Merry Christmas gnome

Hello there! Just over a week to go – how are your Christmas preparations coming on? I feel a bit like I’m in one of those circus acts spinning lots of plates on poles (and some of them are getting a bit wobbly!!) Never mind, it will all be fine when the day arrives. I’ve started on my family cards – this is for one of my sons (it’s OK, he doesn’t read my blog so no risk of spoilers!) I went with one of ‘Barbara’s Gud Gnomes’ from ClarityCrafts, picking up the colours from Creative Colour Challenges, the layout from Atlantic Hearts and white, brown, red & embossing from Festive Friday‘s inspo list (I haven’t featured any food on this card, but there’s always a possibility he’s got some leftover dinner tucked in that fabulous moustache! 🤣)

I stamped the gnome in the centre of a 6×6 card blank, covered him with the pre-cut mask that comes with the stamps, laid Clarity’s mountains mask across the centre of the card and lightly brushed ‘mowed lawn’ Distress Oxide across it. I lifted the mask off and coloured the gnome with Pergaliner pencils (I always blend two tones of each colour so I can get shade on the image)

I then used a square embedder to create a frame around the gnome, picking up AHSC’s sketch, and finished with one of the KISS word stickers that I’d edged with a black Sharpie.

Thanks for dropping in. I’m off to a friend’s for dinner tonight – we’ll be watching the Strictly Come Dancing final (sequins at the ready!)

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14 thoughts on “Merry Christmas gnome”

  4. What a darling card, Deborah! I love the cute gnome, masking and how you made it a frame. Your son will love it! Thanks for joining us at Festive Friday Challenge! 🙂

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  6. OMG, that background and gnome are amazing, so soft and so pretty and he is pretty darn cute! Thanks for playing along with Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge (AHSC).

    Brandi R.
    DT member AHSC
    crzy4scrapbooking.blogspot.ca

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