A Trio of Gnomes

Hi my friends, apologies in advance for sharing yet another project featuring those adorable gnomes from Simon Says Stamp but I had 3 of the white bases left over from the fundraising production line and I wasn't going to waste them, so I made another card with the Tim Holtz Stampers Anonymous Mini Weathered Winter stamp set and the Idea-ology Christmas papers and Design Tapes still sitting on my workdesk.

I trimmed Tim Holtz Idea-ology Christmas paper from last year's collection to measure 4.1/4" x 8", added a mix of last year's and the latest Christmas Design Tapes and stamped the snowflakes from Mini Weathered Winter, inked with Versamark and heat embossed with Ranger Superfine White Embossing Powder.

I die-cut the hats for the gnomes from Simon Says Stamp Schoolhouse Red card, added the waste dots from the body section on one and doodled stripes and checks with a Sakura White Gelly Roll Pen on the other two.

I die-cut the noses and beards from white card and coloured with Worn Lipstick and Ground Espresso Distress Oxide inks using a mini round blending tool.

I inked the sentiment from Merry Misfits with Versamark, stamped on to a strip of Schoolhouse Red card and heat embossed with Ranger Superfine White Embossing Powder.

I trimmed around the beards leaving a small border, fixed the gnomes and sentiment to the panel, added glossy accents to the noses and matted on to a white card blank measuring 4.1/2" x 8.1/4" and hey this must be one of the quickest cards I've ever made.

Have a great weekend everyone and I'll be back on Sunday to share a sneaky peek from the Sizzix Blog of a project I made using Tim Holtz Chapter 4 dies and on Monday to share my DT project for Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge and I promise it won't feature GNOMES.

Toodle-oo for now

Hugs Kath xxx

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Gnome Gift Bags

Hi, Happy Thanksgiving to all my crafting friends in the USA,I hope you have a fun day with family and friends. It's just another run of the mill Thursday here in the UK and I'm back to share the gift bags I decorated with the left over bits of kraft card from yesterday's cards and continuing with the gnome theme.

I stamped the sentiments from Simon Says Stamp Believe, inked with Versamark and sprinkled with  Ranger Superfine White Embossing Powder. Die-cutting more snowflakes was not floating my boat so I looked out my Tim Holtz/Stampers Anonymous Mini Weathered Winter and repeated the stamping and embossing process. I laid each panel aside and heat embossed them all in one go, that way your heat gun gets good and hot and there is less chance of the card warping.

I added the "keeping to a theme" 3 strips of Tim Holtz Idea-ology Christmas Design Tape and honestly, despite many makes, the dent in my supplies is minimal.

Then it was time to die-cut the gnomes from white card and Simon Says Stamp Schoolhouse Red with the help of my trusty Sidekick, what a star and workhorse this little guy is. Life is so much simpler since he arrived in the cubbyhole and I can't imagine crafting without him. I inked the nose with Worn Lipstick and the beard with Hickory Smoke Distress Oxide inks and assembled using Distress Collage Medium Matte. I only wanted the top half of the gnome, so I trimmed around the beard leaving a small border.

I attached the panels to the white gift bags, added a generous blob of Glossy Accents to the noses and left overnight to dry. 

Labels printed and attached and the job is done. 

I'll be back tomorrow to share the last (for now) gnome card.
Toodle-oo for now
Hugs Kath xxx

 

A Gnome Invasion

Hi my friends, the fundraising production line is going at full speed and the cubbyhole has been invaded by lots of gnomes, the most gorgeous gnomes ever. I just had to order the die from Simon Says Stamp to create this gorgeous little dude. I'm sharing the batch of cards I made ready for Saturday's Christmas Craft Fair, fingers crossed these adorable fellas tempt folks to part with their cash.

I began by adding 3 strips of Tim Holtz Idea-ology Christmas Design Tape to A2 Kraft blanks and stamped the sentiments from Tim Holtz/Stampers Anonymous Merry Misfits and Tattered Christmas inked with Versamark and heat embossed with Ranger Superfine White Embossing Powder.

I die-cut the Simon Says Stamp Kate Snowflake from white card (3 for each card) and fixed in place with Distress Collage Medium Matte. Believe me when I tell you, by the end of this die-cutting adventure I was losing the will to live and with hindsight, I should have attached Sizzix Adhesive Sheets to the card, making the sticking down much faster.

I die-cut the base, nose and beard of the gnome from white card and his hat and body from scraps of Simon Says Stamp Schoohouse Red and Tim Holtz Idea-ology Christmas Paper Stash, fixed in place with Distress Collage Medium Matte and added another snowflake.

I coloured his nose with Spun Sugar Distress Marker, sprinkled Stampendous Shabby White Embossing Enamel over the front of the card and heat set from underneath until melted.

At this stage, I had a change of heart and trimmed off the front of the card and fixed to a 5" x 7" white card blank.

The back of the card won't be wasted, I have a plan to use those up, so watch this space.

Have fun whatever you are creating

Toodle-oo for now

Hugs Kath xxx

AALL&Create - Memories of Summer

Hi my friends, it's Tuesday and time to share my Guest Designer project for AALL&Create using the gorgeous Flower Moments stamp designed by Tracy Evans. I'm not ready for winter yet and created an Art Journal page to remind me of all those beautiful summer days spent sitting in the garden.

This week I returned to my Dina Wakley 6" x 6" Media Journal. I love working in this journal with it's rough textured cotton rag paper but it does pose challenges when it comes to stamping. I used my quick and easy favourite technique to add colour to the background by smooshing Distress Corduroy Distress Oxide ink on to my glass media mat, spritzing with water, picking the ink up on a piece of acetate and pressing on to the pages. I repeated the process until I was happy with the background and then used a small paintbrush with the left over ink to create splatters. 

I applied Peeled Paint Distress Oxide ink through Stencil #59 Weathered Tiles using a mini round blending tool.

I inked the image from #233 Flower Moments with Versafine Clair Nocturne ink and stamped on the background - you can see that the image is not perfect but no matter.

I re-stamped the flower heads with the same ink on to Distress Watercolor card, coloured with Wilted Violet Distress Oxide ink and fussy cut.

I fixed the flower heads over the original images using Distress Collage Medium Matte, coloured the centres with Wild Honey Distress Marke and add dots using a Sakura White Gelly Roll Pen.

I coloured a strip of Distress Watercolor card with Wilted Violet Distress Oxide ink, die cut the letters using Tim Holtz/Sizzix Alphanumeric 1" Thinlits, lined them up using my T Square Ruler and fixed in place with Distress Collage Medium Matte. I inked the sentiment from the stamp set with Versafine Clair Nocturne ink and stamped on to a scrap of Idea-ology Plain Collage Paper. I painted around the sentiment with a wet paintbrush, teased the excess paper away with my finger and added to the page with Distress Collage Medium Matte.

You can find the AALL&Create products I used and a list of worldwide stockists HERE

I'll be back tomorrow to share the latest batch of cuties to come off the "Brodie's Christmas Craft Fair" production line.

Toodle-oo for now

Hugs Kath xxx

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Simon Says - Tape It Up

Hi Everyone...welcome to another week on the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge Blog. Thank you for joining us for last week's challenge and we hope you can join us this week too because

and the theme for this week is...
TAPE IT UP

This week's project is a bit of a kill 2 birds with one stone effort, on one hand creating a Christmas card and matching gift bag incorporating Tim Holtz Idea-ology Design Tape for this week's challenge and secondly, firing up the cubbyhole production line and re-stocking the cards and gift bags for my Grandson Brodie's next Christmas Craft Fair Fundraising adventure on the 30th.

Surprise, surprise, I have a LOT of Tim Holtz Idea-ology Christmas Design Tape, so this was a great opportunity to use it. I began by trimming panels of Simon Says Stamp Schoolhouse Red and Neenah Desert Storm card to be slightly smaller than the front of the gift bags and cards. I fixed 3 strips of Design Tape to each panel, fixed in place with Distress Collage Medium Matte. (I didn't want the edges curling up when it came to the next step)

I dusted the panels liberally with an Anti-Static Powder bag, inked the sentiment from Simon Says Stamp Believe, an oldie but one of my absolute favourite SSS Christmas sentiment stamp sets, with Versamark, sprinkled with Ranger Superfine White Embossing Powder and heat set.

I repeated the process with the smaller sentiment from the stamp set (I know, I should have stamped them both together) isn't hindsight a wonderful thing and dusted off the powder from the anti-static bag with a soft cloth.

I die-cut the Kate snowflake from Simon Says Stamp #120 Ultra White card and fixed to the cards and gift bags using Distress Collage Medium Matte. I sprinkled the panels with Stampendous Chunky White Embossing Enamel, heat from underneath and fixed the panels to the bags and cards using Distress Collage Medium Matte.

Quick and easy to make and that's what's important if you're making large batches. I'm rather pleased with how they turned out but will I be feeling as joyful by the time I've got through the pile of gift bags and card blanks and die-cut hundreds of snowflakes.

You can find all the products I used over at Simon Says Stamp, just click on the links below

Why don't you pop over to the Monday Challenge Blog and check out the amazing creations from my very talented Design Team mates and as always you all have the chance to win a $50 gift voucher to spend at Simon Says Stamp. You have until Monday 8am Ohio time...1pm UK time...2 pm CET to join in...

You can also follow Simon Says Stamp on Instagram

and if you use Instagram...

please add #sssmchallenge to your entry uploads so we can see them on there too

I look forward to seeing what you create this week...

Have Fun and Happy Crafting

Hugs Kath xxx

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