Karen is our hostess in the Color Challenge this week, and I have to say I love her Dessert Option--a cute card! I hope this one qualifies; I think this gnome with his crazy hat is so cute! The colors this week are Pool Party, Poppy Parade and Shaded Spruce.
This was my first attempt at the gnome die. OK, there is definitely a learning curve, and I think I can improve my assembly techniques. All those tiny little pieces! But oh, well, a few extra cuts and I had all the elements in their proper order.
I embossed the Pool Party layer with a snowflake embossing folder, and then brayered white paint over it. A lighter hand would have resulted in fewer "clouds" in the sky, but oh, well!
Paper: Pool Party, Poppy Parade, Shaded Spruce, Gold foil, Neenah Solar White (80 lb and 110 b)
Paper Size: A2
Ink: Shaded Spruce
Accessories: Deco Hat Gnome die (SSS), Pine Tree Forest die (Cottage Cutz), Snowflake embossing folder (Darice), Picket Fence Distress Paint (TH), Stitched Snowdrift dies (MFT), brayer, gold dot and heart embellishments, Copic Markers