Gnomie's Patriotic Home

Happy Thursday everyone!

Today begins week #2 of the Art Impressions

Stars & Stripes Forever challenge.

I made a gnome card using 5785 – Gnomes Set,  5494 – Front Porch Patriotic Set,

 5719 – FB Fence & Window Set 

and stars from 5327 – Christmas Mini Dies,

5317 – MB Template Dies and 5132 – Tag Stitched Dies

Gnome Window Scene from Art Impressions

 Happy Thursday everyone!

Be sure to check back later today for the winners of the Give Us a Fright challenge and to see what the new challenge is!

Until then,  you can take a look at my most recent gnome card.

These little guys are just so cute!

Since all of these sets are the perfect size for this window die I thought it would be cute to create a bit of a different type of window scene.

I will list and link all of the Art Impressions products that I've used below.

5785 – Gnomes Set
5788 – Whimsical Mushrooms
5794 – Whimsical Flowers
5797 – Little Things Sentiment Set
5543 – Journal Template Die Set
5588 – Journal Oval Frames Die Set
5795 – Berries

Copics used:

Y11, Y15, YG13, YG17, B00, B02,
RV14, RV29, E33, E40, E47, E53

Twintone markers used:

Chrome Yellow, Chocolate

Meet my GnomeBee from Art Impressions

 Hello and Happy Thursday!

I am absolutely in LOVE with the new Gnome set!  Today I'm sharing a Black and White card that has pops of yellow and green.  My favorite colors!

I've used several new sets to create my card and I'll link everything below.  One thing I can't link is the itty bitty bee on his nose.  That is from a retired Freebie stamp but I couldn't NOT put him on my card.  I love him so much.

The gnome set comes with dies but the other watercolor sets don't so I used my Brother Scan-N-Cut to cut out the flowers.

It's funny how people can look at something and see different things. I look at this and see he's dressed like a bee. My husband would look at this and say, "Cool!  He's a Steelers fan!" lol!

Everything was colored using Copic markers and Twin Tones.

Copics used: E15, E30, E33, RV66, N1, T3, YG07, G05

Twin Tones used: Black, Gray, Yellow

Gnomes and Bees from Art Impressions

 Hello and Happy Sunday!

Do you love these new Gnomes as much as I do?
And, yes.  Just so you all know, I can see you furrowing your eyebrows and hear you muttering, "Well that's a silly question," in my head! lol!

Of COURSE you love them!

Gnomes live in the woods so I added lots of bees. Gnomes love flowers and so do bees, so I'd assume that Gnomes love bees too. The teeny little bee is from a retired freebie.  He sits on a flower that a sweet little bear is holding.  I only inked up the bee and placed him on the gnomes nose.  It wasn't easy, but it was worth it.  Maybe someday Bonnie will make us a full bee set with everything from a teeny little cluster of 3 bees that we could ink up as one, two or three...all the way up to larger bees that could be the star of our cards!

One very cool feature of this new Gnome set is that one of them is a Front and Back stamp which means you can create a window showing him from the front and on the inside of the card where you see his backside.

The same goes for the little bees from Birds and Bugs. Since some face left and some face right, you can make those F&B stamps too!

I love using clear acetate to make it look like certain images are flying or floating.  You just have to love bees!

5785 – Gnomes Set
5794 – Whimsical Flowers
5797 – Little Things Sentiment Set
5463 – Slimline Dies Set
5561 – Birds and Bugs Set
5543 – Journal Template Die Set
4967 – WC Fence Dies
5724 – Nested Rectangle Dies

Copics used:

B00, Y11, Y15, E33, E47, E53, YG13