Cards with gnomes

It isn't Christmas in my world without a gnome card! So I gathered up lots of punches and DSP and made a couple gnomes come to life. Garden Green and Real Red - THE Christmas colors! Just look at all those candy canes! The Candy Canes background stamp from the July-December mini catalog makes a quick, fun layer. The gnomes are made with the Ice Cream Cone, Double Oval, Tulip, Small Hole and Heart punches. Ho, Ho, Ho! What's a Christmas party without some treats?' This treat holder is made…

I have made a few really simple Christmas cards and thought I would share some tips for colouring with Stampin’ Blends.These little guys are so cute, they stamp beautifully and are nice and quick to colour. You can have lots of fun choosing colour combinations for the clothes.I'm sure there are many ways to colour and blend with alcohol markers but the way I'm showing you here is quick and easy and pretty much foolproof.The picture above shows the three stages of colouring in two different…

This was a fast and very simple card to make. I first sponged the background using a Blending Brush with Balmy Blue ink. I stamped the gnome in black ink and colored in with Blends alcohol markers. I adhered a snowflake and then the gnome using dimensionals. Stamped a greeting and the card front was complete. TFL

Card making and paper crafting blog featuring products from Whimsy Stamps.

Make this adorable little Santa Gnome using products from Stampin' Up's Storybook Gnomes Suite and the Kindest Gnomes Stamp Set and Gnomes dies.

Today's card features the Kindest Gnomes Bundle which includes the Kindest Gnomes stamp set and the Gnomes Dies.

Card featuring Stampin' Up! Friendly Gnomes stamp set with images coloured with Stampin’ Blends. #cardcreationswithcatherine #stampinup #cards #cardmaking #papercraft #handmadecards #friendlygnomes #gnome #heart #stampinblends

A mish mash of a card, the Gnomes and Tree dies are new, saw them on eBay and had to buy them. They are Marianne dies smaller than I expected but still worked out cute. I used Simon says Stamp stitched ovals to cut an oval in the centre of the card used their slopes and hills die for snowdrift and backed with snowflake paper from Doodlebug. Penny Black snowflakes die may have to cut another, the white space by the single tree is annoying me. Sentiment is the one found on my desk could…