Hello friends, I took a quick detour from my Halloween crafting to make this adorable Christmas card. Jaded Blossom Stamps was kind enough to send this to me to create with and with all of my excitement, I just couldn’t wait any longer to share it with you. This cute little Santa is from their Gnome For Christmas stamp set which comes with 3 gnomes and multiple sentiments. You betcha, I will be sharing more projects with this one during the holiday season!
To create this card I stamped the gnome twice, once onto smooth cardstock and the other onto masking paper so that I could ink blend behind him. I colored this cutie with Copics and when I was finished, I placed my paper back into the Misti stamp platform and stamped him again with Versafine Clair Nocturne ink and heat embossed it. I love a bold outline and after watching Yana Smakula do this several times, I decided to give it a try! It’s really important not to use Versafine Clair prior to coloring the image because it isn’t compatible with Copics and will mess them up!!! Any who.. I then masked the image and blended Tumbled Glass Distress Oxide over the entire panel going lighter at the bottom. To add just a little more interest I splattered white acrylic paint and shimmer spray and let it dry while I worked on the rest.
Now don’t you love those bold letters? I die cut them from Gina Marie Designs‘ Whiskey Bottle Font Alpha’s. I die cut them in red and white and stacked them 3x times to get a chip board effect. I simply drew in the stripes to add interest. Since the letters are so bold, I decided to place them to the right and in a vertically linear design. My last step was heat embossing the fun sentiment from the Gnome for Christmas stamp set and placed it on an angle.
Now I am curious… what little ho ho are you worried about making the nice list this year? Let me know in the comments below!
Just a small disclaimer! All items used in all of my projects are (or have been) purchased with my own funds, but this does not include design team items that I have received or otherwise stated.
Until next time… keep crafting!!!
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6 responses to “Gnome Doubt About It You’re On The List”
Your card looks FANTASTIC!!! Thanks for playing along with the Jaded Blossom Challenge
I just love this design! And thanks for the tip about embossing AFTER coloring. Thanks for joining our Jaded Blossom Fall challenge.
Sweet card!! Thanks so much for joining in this month’s Jaded Blossom challenge!
Sweet card!! Love the card design!! Thanks so much for joining in this month’s Jaded Blossom challenge!
This card is absolutely precious!! I also stamp a second time (sometimes) to give a nice crisp, bold outline. It really does make the image pop. Thank you for joining us this month for the Jaded Blossom challenge. xx
This is awesome! Love the Ho Ho Ho along the side of the card! Thank you for playing in the Jaded Blossom Monthly Challenge! Hugs, Rosie