Hey friends! It's that time of the month again, where a bunch of my crafty friends and I dig around in our stashes to find and use some of those supplies we have been "squirreling away" for a rainy day. You should have arrived here from Val's Instagram. Well, today may or may not be a rainy day, but I'm still here to share what I made for our theme this month:
This card was a fun one for me to make. My first step was to ink blend the Strathmore Bristol smooth 6x6 panel with Chipped Sapphire and Wilted Violet Oxide inks. After I dried it with my heat tool, I used my never-before-opened Studio 490 Wendy Vecchi embossing paste with the Echo Park Jingle Bell Snowflakes stencil. I quickly removed the stencil and placed it and my palette knife in some warm soapy water. Then I sprinkled Distress Rock Candy glitter onto the paste. I left the panel to dry while I worked on die cutting the pieces for this adorable gnome that comes from the Gina K/Thermoweb Gnome for the Holidays kit. If you haven't seen this sold-out kit, it comes with a die set to make gnomes and trees, a 6x8 stamp set, a detail stencil, and Fancy Foils in Glimmering Gold and Sparkling Silver. I truly wanted the kit mostly for the gorgeous foils, but I can definitely see me making more cards with cute gnomes!
Anyway, I cut the pieces I wanted all from 110lb. white Recollections cardstock. I colored the hat and body pieces using the same Oxide inks, and used my alcohol markers to color the nose, beard, and shoes. I did use the coordinating stencil to apply Star Dust Stickles to the hat, and to the ball at the end of the hat. When my panel was dry, I cut it down using the largest die from the Spellbinders Card Creator Set B. I also cut a matting layer from navy cardstock using the largest die from the A set. I assembled my gnome and decided that he looked best in the lower left corner of the card. My lovely Squirrel Sister Karen (misplaced mojo) suggested that I add the vellum snowflake behind him, and I'm glad she did! I love the added layer of texture, and that it doesn't really cover up too much of the background. For the sentiment, I used Sizzix/Tim Holtz Christmas Sentiments 1 for the die cut "Merry," which I cut from the same white cardstock 3 times. The top layer was softly ink blended with Wilted Violet Oxide ink from the bottom up to create an ombre look. Which I happened to like the look of much better before I continued on by adding Wink of Stella and Glossy Accents to it. I think those 2 products washed out the ink. Oh well, it's done now! Here's a couple different pics:
How adorable card, Marie! Love this gnome and all the snowflakes! The color combination for the background is sooo pretty!
ReplyDeleteWow! Snowflakes, a cute Gnome and purple too! Home run. Love your card. It is beautiful.
ReplyDeleteLove your colors choice ! It really pops out ! It's super cute and pretty !
ReplyDeleteOh so great to see your card again. I saw it on Facebook. Love the colors and the gnome is just too cute. I need to get this cutie. Great snowflakes and glad you shared over at Cardz 4 galz, Crafty Catz.
ReplyDeleteI love love your color combination Marie! And that gnome is a real cutie!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful card love the cute gnome,texture and glitter.Thank you for joining us at Daisy Chain
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Hi just popping back to say-Thank you for joining us at Unicorn
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Hi me again lol just to say-Thank you for joining us at Creative Craft Cottage
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This is such a funny card.
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Beautiful card Marie. I love the inked background. Thank you for entering the Anything Goes Challenge at Lil Patch of Crafty Friends.
ReplyDeleteLove the detail in this card. Gnomes are so in right now and I'm really loving the cards with them. Love your texture. Thanks for playing along with our For the Boys challenge at 12 Months of Christmas Link Up.
ReplyDeleteGorgeous colour combo, wonderful Christmas card. Thanks for joining us at the CHNC Christmas Weekly this week for our "Anything Goes, optional "something beginning with R" challenge.
ReplyDeleteGorgeous winter card! Thanks for joining our Anything Goes Challenge at Lil Patch of Crafty Friends. I hope join us again real soon!
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Sweet card. Thanks for joining us and Little Red Wagon and i hope to see you back again soon.
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I so love how this card turned out!!! And I am glad you liked my suggestions! I love that we have each other to bounce ideas off of and to help push ourselves out of our crafty ruts 😊 Sorry to be so late in commenting, but as you know... migraine, holiday, BF... ugh. But I had to pop in and tell you how much I love this card!!! Well done, squirrel!!!
ReplyDeleteLovely card, well done! Thanks for joining us at Craft Rocket Challenges.
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Beautiful card Marie! Love that gorgeous texture and it's the perfect backdrop for that sweet little gnome! 😍😍
ReplyDeleteHello again Marie, I am commenting this time on behalf of the Crafter's Castle Challenge Blog. This card is beautiful. Thanks for joining us over at the Castle. HUGS, Tracy, DT Member
ReplyDeleteMarie this is lovely. The background is amazing and yes, you can see the snowflakes glittering away. The vellum on behind the gnome works really well.
ReplyDeleteThank you very much for entering your lovely card into our challenge. Good luck with the prize draw.
Stay healthy, happy, keep crafting and Creating Joy :)
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Gorgeous as always! I love the little gnome and the color is beyond stunning.
ReplyDeleteI just love your background, the colours are beautiful
ReplyDeleteThank you for sharing with us at 'Cardz 4 Galz' this time, hope you will join in with us again, real soon
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I love the gnome. Thanks for sharing your cute card with us 12 Months of Christmas. Christine DT
ReplyDeleteFantastic card ,love your image and card design...Thank you for joining us at A GEM OF A CHALLENGE ,hope to see you again
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Great card. So cute! Thanks for entering Polkadoodles Chooseday Challenge. Madison x
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