Whimsy Stamps - Gnome(s) For Christmas ...

 Hello everyone!

I hope you are all well and enjoying your weekend!

Oh.My.Word - you know how sometimes you make a card ... and you just get ridiculously over excited...well here is THAT card!

(Thank you Hazel France for such a fabulous photo)!

I made this card with two amazing stamp sets from

Whimsy Stamps 

Gnome For Christmas Clear Stamps by Crissy Armstrong

Gnome For The Holidays Clear Stamps by Crissy Armstrong

and one of the fabulous Whimsy Stamps innovations,

Slimline Card Builder Die 

I have put together a little tutorial to show you how I masked and stamped this Gnomie panorama...

 

I die cut a piece of Kraft card with the Card Builder Die and stamped the first gnomes right in the centre.

...then I stamped and created a mask with my favourite masking paper (Judikins Eclipse) and put it over the top of the original stamped gnomes.  (The best way to create the mask is to cut very carefully just into the black outline so that you can line up you images without any gaps)

I then placed a piece of clear acetate over the card and stamped my second gnome onto it.  I do this as it helps to see what the design will look like and I can make sure the images are lined up how I like them!

...I repeated this with the third gnome...

I then masked the second and third gnomes...

...and stamped the final two images onto acetate again to line them up.

I stamped the two final gnomies and then peeled off the masking paper - the reveal is my favourite part!  This is how the gnomie scene looked - and I have to confess I was pretty happy!

I settled down to do some colouring with my Prismacolor pencils, lashings of tea and the odd chocolate biscuit! - such FUN!

...it was worth every colourful minute!

Thank you so much for popping by!

Take care of yourselves and happy creating!

love from Sue...xxx

Ingredients from

Whimsy Stamps 

Gnome For Christmas Clear Stamps by Crissy Armstrong*

Gnome For The Holidays Clear Stamps by Crissy Armstrong*

and one of the fabulous Whimsy Stamps innovations,

Slimline Card Builder Die* 

Prismacolour Premier Pencils* - colours used 

(Thank you Elaine Marker Geek for the colour combo inspiration)

Skin - Clay Rose, Nectar, Peach, Seashell Pink
Beards - French Grey 70%, French Grey 50%, French Grey 30%, French Gray 10%
Reds -  Olive Green, Crimson Lake, Scarlet Lake, Carmine Red
Blues - Poppy Red, Aquamarine, Light Green
Greens - Crimson Red, Kelly Green, Apple Green, Spring Green
Yellow/gold - Lilac, Goldenrod, Spanish Orange, Jasmine

 

Other Ingredients

Neenah Desert Storm Kraft Card

Ink on 3 Blackout Detail Hybrid Ink Pad*

Mod Podge Matt*

Crystal Glamour Dust

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