Father's Day Gnome

Hello Scrapping Cottage Friends

It is Pam on the blog this fine Thursday!

Just like Mother's Day snuck up on us so will Father's Day!  I am getting a little head start with this fun little gnome just relaxing in his hammock perfect for a Father's Day card!

Design Steps:

1.  Start with a white slimline base use a cloud stencil and blue ink to create the sky

2.  Using the Grass Slimline die cut out all three designs in green card stock

3.  Glue the grass to the card base starting at the bottom only putting glue at the very bottom of the grass.  Next slip in the next layer of grass again only putting glue on the bottom of the grass.  Lastly slip the third layer of grass behind the second layer again only putting glue on the bottom of the grass.  You will add glue to the layers after you slip in the little gnome and the letters

4.  Using the Gnome Sleeping in Hammock die cut out all of the pieces in navy, brown, orange, green, kraft, white, tan and orange polka dot DP.  Shade the pieces using a variety of inks and a small applicator

5.  Using the Stitched Alphabet die cut out the work relax in white and orange polka dot DP.  Glue the DP to the white letters and then ink the edges with orange ink.  Assemble the gnome and slip him in the grass as shown.  Next slip in the letters as shown

 

6.  The last step is to cut out 5 orange flowers using the Gnome Sleeping in a Hammock die and gluing them to the card front as shown.  I added some little orange sequin flowers on top of the cardstock flowers for a little dimension and shine

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Pam

Father's Day Gnome Sleeping in Hammock

Hello Scrapping Cottage friends! Thanks for taking the time to stop and visit with us today. It's Mary Marsh here bringing you the Monday edition of the Blog. 

We have a brand new release of dies in the online store. Your slimline cardmaking is going to get a lot easier. We have 9 Slimline designs and they are on sale at a great price. You can get the entire bundle for under a $100 or each individual die is 25% off.  

These are wonderful, basic dies that should be a part of every card maker's collection especially if you are liking the new slimline style. 

Today for your viewing pleasuring I am using the Nested Stitched Rectangles Slimline, the Clouds Slimline and the Grass Slimline dies. I paired this with the Gnome Sleeping in Hammock die to create a Father's Day card. 

My card colors are from this week's color challenge #839 on Splitcoaststampers. We were to use granny apple green, daffodil delight, melon mambo and bermuda bay as our color combination. These colors worked out great for my sleepy little gnome.

granny apple green, daffodil delight, melon mambo, bermuda bay

For this card I am using several of the new slimline dies. The background designer paper is cut with the largest Nested Stitched Rectangle Slimline. And the image panel is cut with the 2nd largest die from the same set. 

To create my outdoor scene, I used the Cloud and Grass Slimline dies. The gnome and flowers were cut from cardstock in the challenge colors. I stamped my Father's Day sentiment to complete my card.

See you on Saturday!

dies I used to create card:

It's your Day to Bask in the Sun!

Hello!  This is Sukie and today I have a quick card to share for my design team post.  I'm using one of the die sets from the new Springtime die release.  This die release offers so many wonderful dies which are currently on sale.  Also, check out the St. Patrick's Day sale going on through tomorrow!

For today's post, I used the Gnome Sleeping in Hammock die set.  Using basic card stock for the die cut pieces, I followed the package design for my colors.  I changed the gnome's hat to a patterned design.

The ink blended card base is a background that I had created some time ago and ended up not using it for my project.  It seemed to be the perfect background for the sleepy little gnome.

The die cut scene was placed in the center of my card against the yellow portion of the ink blended background.  The yellow is a nice contrast against the die cut pieces.

I found a whimsical sentiment in my stash of stamps and added it to a coordinating strip of paper and adhered it at an angle in the corner of my card.

The edges of the sentiment tag were snipped off with some scissors using the card base as a guide.

This card came together very quickly and  will be a fun celebratory card for a birthday, Father's Day or other special occasion.

Here is the die set used on my card, available in the store:

Taking A Rest

Hi!

It's Anja here. I have a simple card for you today. I made a scene with a gnome taking a rest in a hammock. Can't wait for the warmer days to come and hook my hammock in the garden.

For this card I used:

- Cottage Cutz dies (Gnome Sleeping In Hammock),

- Distress Inks,

- craft card base (12,5x12,5 cm),

- white card stock for die cuts and background (11,5x11,5 cm),

- black pen,

- scissors,

- paper glue. 

First I cut and colored the gnome.

Next I did the background.

And for more interest I trimmed the edges of the paper. I used scissors for it.

And my quick and simple card was done.

Thank you for stopping by. Have a nice Sunday and see you again tomorrow for my Monday's post. 

Anja Z.

Cottage Cutz dies I used for this card: