A very generous and thoughtful friend sent me this adorable Inkadinkado stamp set a while ago and I was completely baffled as to how to use it, because my brain somehow only connects gnomes with Christmas. I finally bit the bullet and challenged myself to make a card with it and I'm pleased with how it turned out!
I colored the garden gnomes with Copics and glaze pens, adding some clear W.O.S. glitter pen to the fur around one gnome's cap. I added a tiny Lil Inker die-cut sun along with a tiny die-cut butterfly dotted with yellow glaze pens. The sentiment is from Mark's Finest Papers, heat-embossed with white ep on a black die-cut stitched sentiment panel (first time I used the stitched sentiment die) and I stamped and colored a crow from the MFP stamp set and fussy cut him and placed him right on the sentiment panel. The background was created with 4 colorful strips of cardstock that were embossed with a retired SU! ef and I finally put this cute stamp set to use for a summer garden theme. The inside says "Sending you Sunshine."
I'll share this with the following challenges:
The Double D Great Outdoors Challenge - A/G with the great outdoors
The Four Seasons Summer July 2023 Challenge - A/G summer related
The Triple B July Challenge - Blooms, Birds, Butterflies (1, 2, or all 3)
The Sisterhood of Crafters - In the Garden
NBUS Challenge #52 - Never Before Used Schtuff (the stamped image and die-cut sentiment panel)
Carol
21 comments:
Fabulous card Carol, I love the cute gnomes. It would be lovely if you would share your card over in the Allsorts Challenge where the optional theme is to use an embossing folder. xx
This is a great garden gnome card and a lovely stamp set. In the UK gnomes have long been garden symbols and it would seem that only in recent years have they become synonymous with Christmas. I've a feeling this idea migrated from Scandinavia but of course I could be totally wrong 🤣🤣. Whatever, they are cute anyway whatever their association.
Fabulous job. These gnomes will fit in any season. Love that you used many colors. great coloring and excellent design. Love it.
Hugs and Blessings
I LOVE how it turned out and it's so cute! Your coloring is great and love the background and embossing. The crow - OMGoodness! The absolute perfect touch to an already precious card!
Lynn
So cute! You've used this gnome stamp perfectly. I always think of them as an outdoor garden decor. Beautiful coloring and the embossed background strips look fabulous. Thanks for sharing at the Double D Challenge Blog.
Oh what a cute card. Loving the summertime garden gnomes!
But WHERE is your inky debossed card? Did you not rush off to fix yourself a drinkypoo and ink up an embossing folder yesterday? LOL! xxx
This is absolutely adorable Carol! I love your coloring of the gnomes and that textured background with the vines goes wonderful with them! Such a cute and colorful scene you've made with this image! Love it!
Those gnomes are adorable, LOVE your wonderful card. Have a great week, hugs, Valerie
Your garden gnomes are adorably cute and perfect for our challenge!
Thank you for joining our challenge at The Sisterhood, Four Seasons, and Triple B!
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Great Summer card love the image and embossed strips
Carol x
Oh Carol! How CUTE!! I'm very glad that you changed your mind about gnomes only for Christmas! These gardeners are just perfect for Summer and I would love having them to help me in my garden! LOL :D You coloured them so well and absolutely love the additions of the sun, the butterfly and that adorable crow! We rarely have crows here, only sometime in winter, when they run away by the cold of the other Northern zones and come here for a short vacation near the sea with a more cool weather. LOL
The colourful embossed panels look amazing, this is a great way to use snippets and as always you are so inspiring! I must absolutely lower the volume of my leftover piles and could do some panels ready to go in this way! Thanks so much for the inspiration!
You are loved from afar too :) Sending lots of hugs and positive vibes on your way, dear friend!
Just popping back to say that you can add up to three cards in the Allsorts Challenge. xx
I'm certain Gnomes are avid gardeners Carol so quite at home in the setting of your card and what a pretty one it is at that in all the summery colours.
B x
Oh my goodness, Carol....this is so adorable! Such a breath of fresh air in these fun colors and that crow is just the perfect addition! I love how you colored the gnomes and the added texture from the embossed panels! I just love everything about this card!!!! It makes me smile! Thank you for sharing and starting my day with a smile! Hugs~
OH MY STARS!!! How adorable are these guys and your coloring is fabulous! Love the background too ... really brings them front & center! Thanks for playing along in several of our challenges! GREAT JOB!! Good Luck and we hope you’ll come back often.
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How strange, you are thinking Gnomes for Christmas, I could only think of them in gardens hahaha. I LOVE your colourful and stunning card Carol. The embossed strips, are a wonderful background, for this lovely card.
Faith x
You should be pleased with how this turned out, Carol! The colors of the card and your coloring are all perfect for summer in the garden with the ganomes! Thank you for inspiring everyone at NBUS! Hugs, Darnell
OMGosh Carol, I am so loving this card!!! It is so cute, so "sunny" and cheerful! That gnome stamp is adorable and you have colored these guys up perfectly. Love the garden theme too. You have made quite the sweet scene! The butterfly and sun just add to them. Love the embossed colorful strips too, fits so well with this card for sure. But what really go me was the sentiment with the crow, I don't know why but I just adore that! Too cute!! Hugs, Brenda
These gnomes are super cute! I love the happy spring colors too. Really a bright cheerful card. The emboss folder is great with the garden theme too.
Really cute card!
I love your gnomes and your coloring. Saw your entry over at NBUS and had to come check it out.
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