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Friday, July 12, 2019

You Gnome Me

Happy Friday!!! It's Jeanne today with another card using the Magical Garden dies.  This one features the cute little gnome an a tree stump.
The card came together very quickly, in large part because I used the sketch from this week's sketch challenge at Splitcoaststampers.
The first thing I did was pick the papers so I knew what colors I'd use for the gnome.  The panel is A2 size and I used the largest tag from the Mail Tag dies and the third smallest rectangle from the Stitched Rectangle set.  I had this cute sentiment which I thought worked perfectly for this little guy if I had him hold a rose instead of his lantern.
Once I had the panel, tag and sentiment cut out, I die cut the gnome from both white and vanilla card stock.  Normally I would just use the vanilla for everything but I needed a white beard so I used the white as well.
I ended up coloring him in a combination of regular dye inks, Distress Oxide Ink (the tree stump) and Copic markers (the small pieces - belt, rose, stem, etc.).  I used just a touch of the DO on his nose and cheeks for a rosy glow.
To get him to hold the rose I simply rotated his hand and snipped off part of the underneath part of the arm/hand.  When he was assembled I glued him to the tag.
I then assembled the card.  The tag is popped up using foam and I added the baker's twine to the top of the tag. 
Super quick and fun card to make!

Don't forget to stop by the online store today where there is a NEW RELEASE of Birthday Dies!!!! They are really cute and on sale for a limited time.  Be sure to visit the blog in the upcoming weeks for great inspiration with the new dies!

Dies used:
http://www.scrappingcottage.com/cottagecutzgnomeontreestump.aspx

http://www.scrappingcottage.com/cottagecutzstitchedrectanglesetbasics.aspx


Thanks for stopping by today.  I hope you have a fun and creative weekend!


3 comments:

  1. Cute card- I like tags on cards because they can be saved and reused by the recipient- nice work on this sketch

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  2. Super fun sketch for that sweet little gnome! Delightful card!

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  3. Very cute! Great take on the sketch and those papers are so gorgeous!

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