Embossed gnome card

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Good morning, Cathy here with a fun card to make.

Stamp Used:

pointy hat gnome

I started out with embossing some white cardstock. I then flipped it over to use the debossed side of it. 

I used copic makers to color in all the leaves. What you can also do is color the cardstock with ink before you emboss it. Next you take a black or whatever dark color ink pad and swipe all over the top. Because you colored in the debossed image the black ink fills in the flat part. 

I then stamped and colored the gnome and cut him out. Of course, he had to have a mushroom or two next to him. 

I hope you will join in our gnome challenge.

Juggling gnome

Welcome back to Lost Coast Portal to Creativity where Lost Coast Designs and Carmen's Veranda collide to bring you twice the inspiration and double the fun!

Hello, all Cathy here with a card for you.

Pieces of calligraphy 

New mini gnomes not on website yet

I stamped a stamp from the Pieces of calligraphy in red ink and in blue ink on a piece of red, white and blue check paper. 

I then stamped one of the new mini gnomes on white cardstock with blue ink. I glued some sparkly sequence, so it looks like the gnome is juggling.

You still have a few more days to join the challenge here.

Happy Holidays

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Hello all Cathy here with a slimline card for you.

Stamps used.

Pointy hat gnome

small snowflake set

So I was inspired by my Christmas pattern paper I have. (pinks,teals,whites, ) 

I stamped Pointy hat gnome on white cardstock and then I stamped small snowflake set in pinks all around him. 

I then colored him in teal to match the teal snowflake pattern paper. 
Next I layered the papers and then I decided to make it into a slimline card. So I then took one of the snowflake from the  small snowflake set that I didn't use and stamped that in teal ink all over the card base. 

Come join the fun challenge here

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Springtime Gnome Fun

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Did you know that gnomes love flowers? They do enjoy a nice frolic in the fresh spring flowers....such a nice diversion after staying hunkered down all winter long.

Such a fun way to share a bit of Spring time joy with a friend.

I started off by applying various shades of blue and green alcohol ink to a piece of Craft Plastic cut down to card size.

I then stamped several Sketchy Cone Flowers, a Butterfly and my Pointy Hat Gnome friend on white cardstock using VersaFine Clair Nocturne ink which was then colored with KingArt dual tip markers.

Then came the layering of the flowers...some affixed directly to the panel others adhered with foam tape and finished up with the little butterfly.

Added the panel to a teal card base and with a few kind words this card is ready to be popped into the mail to a friend!

Remember you still have time to join in our

Spring has Sprung Challenge

and

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Flying Gnome

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Cathy here with a flying gnome.
Stamps Used:
Pointy hat gnome
Cherry blossom 
Winged skeleton

So I started with the Pointy hat gnome stamp and color with Copic markers. Cut out.
Next stamp  Winged skeleton on a scrap piece of cardstock and color with Copic markers. I chose 3 light colors to color the wings. Cut out.
Tape the wings behind the Pointy hat gnome. I then added foam tape and set aside to make the background.

To make the background I used Distress sprays in purple, pink and blue. I sprayed the paper with water and then I sprayed the Distress sprays. I then took another paper and spritzed it  with water and laid it on top of the first one so I got 2 backgrounds from 1 (well 3 from all the over spray). Dry and then drip water on the background to make the spots.

Stamp Cherry blossom  to the top of the background. Move the stamp around to cover the top of it. Next add the your flying gnome to the front at a angle and then add sparkle to the wings and beard because your gnome is magickal and needs glitter.

So you can join the fun for this challenge here.

 Also Lost Coast and Carmen's Veranda is have a sale. Come check it out here.

Wandering Gnome

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Roni back with another creation for
  Challenge #94 - Artist Trading Cards/Coins/Chunkies!

One thing I love about ATC's is that you can use up those smaller bits left over from other projects. The background is from a gift I made for my son and DIL that I just couldn't part with because it was just such cool looking paper. Well, it fit perfectly with the sentiment and I colored the gnome to match! 

I started off by mounting the pattern paper to an ATC blank (really just an old playing card) to which I stamped the sentiment with VersaFine Clair Nocturne ink.

I stamped the little Pointy Hat Gnome onto scrap paper using the same ink. He was then colored with Prima Watercolor Confections.  After he was all dry I fussy cut him and added him to the card using foam tape to pop him off the background a bit.

You've still got time to join in on the fun....