Rings of Love and gnome

I still had the Kindest Gnomes on my desk plus the Ring of Love Paper,

and I saw the Freshly Made Sketches #546 

I embossed the wood grain onto the white card blank, added 3 "logs",

added a gnome, fussy cut mushrooms, leaf, and teeny butterfly.

A few enamel dots finished the scene.

Lesley

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Gnomes home in the mountains

The Kindest Gnomes have come out to play again.

This one's for the July Rudolph Day Challenge. I should have posted on 25th, 

but we do have until the end of the month, 

and I've only just made the card, hey ho (or should it be ho ho ho).

It's also for the Snippets Playground Challenge #433

 

Using the Storybook Gnomes paper, I die cut the gnomes, and fussy cut the mountains.

I used lots of snippets, including scrap strips to make my own "foam pads",

uses up your scraps, plus if you run out the proper pads, make your own :)

I also use any snippets of paper that can be used to decoupage pieces, like the window.

So I raised up the mountain paper, and then the figures, adding some stickles for snow.

I was left with the snippet of paper that I'd cut the mountains from, so I tucked it behind.

Another snippet was used, as my first sentiment was wonky....

so rather than bin it, I used it as a second layer to raise it up a bit!

My next one was inspired by Carol Longacre HERE.

I liked how she used paper, of which I have lots, as I know many of us crafters do.

I'm playing along at Christmas Craft Creations where the July theme is patterned paper

as well as the Sisterhood of Crafters where the challenge is fairy or gnomes.

So one layer creates the background, then a coordinating strip, then I used a gnome as my focal point.

I added some teeny snowflakes with crystal effects, you may be able to see my splodge.

I love how you can create lots of designs with these gnomes, I will try not to bore you with them :)

Lesley

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Kindest Gnomes for the Snippets Playground

 I’m submitting my homework for the Snippets Playground Challenge HERE

It’s a Christmas theme this time, so a chance to play with a new set, Kindest Gnomes,

You can also get coordinating dies and papers.

I used snippets of white card, that I coloured with Stampin’ Blends,

His boots and trousers, with lace embossed detail,

Toadstools and grass,

Nose and beard……..

Can you tell the beard is also cut from…….paper towels!

I folded a paper towel on top of a snippet of white card for strength,

and you can really see the detail….if you wet it (wink of Stella here) it bubbles up more.

I used white pen for toadstool highlights (defo need more practice!)

His hat was from a snippet of blue card.

Added a few enamel dots, used one of the lovely papers in the set as background.

This is the first gnome I have ever built, and the first gnome set ever used,

So I think this qualifies for the NBUS challenge too, for never before used stuff HERE

(MyNBUS.blogspot.com)

Don’t forget to visit pixiessnippetsplayground.blogspot.com too HERE

EDITED to add that I’ve just seen the ALLSORTS challenge is Christmas in July too!

Lesley

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