Blooming Wishes Birthday Card

Hello Crafty Friends! It’s Laurie here! I am sharing my Blooming Wishes Birthday Card that was published in the March Issue (#242) of the Simply Cards and Papercraft Magazine. I was honoured when Christine Young, owner of Paper Nest Dolls, asked me to create a card to be published using Watering Can Gnome from the Gnome Set. There are ten images in the set including:

• Shears Gnome
• Tulip Gnome
• Shovel Gnome
• Watering Can Gnome
• Bird Bath
• Tulips
• Daises
• Mushroom with Butterfly
• Wheelbarrow Gnome
• Gnome Home

The Details of My Card

For my card, the Magazine had specified pastel colours with a Spring theme. So, I used The Four Seasons Spring, P13 paper for my card. I coloured my images with my Copic markers to match my paper.

To build my card, I used the largest mini slimline scallop die to create a banner behind my focal point. I trimmed it down to fit my card. Next, I added a banner along the top to finish off the top.

Tip: Use mini slimline dies for different sized cards by trimming down to fit project.

I thought that the watering can die would be fun way to anchor my watering can gnome. Accordingly, I die cut the watering can twice, once in pink and once in yellow. Then, I trimmed the top and bottom of the yellow watering can and adhered to the pink to give the watering can a two tone look.

Once that was done, I layered the watering can with a sun and cloud from my favourite die set. I added the tulips along the bottom of the watering can and added one of the birds from the Bird Bath Stamp.

Tip: Use parts of digital stamps, like the birds from the birdbath, instead of the whole stamp to create interest.

The sentiment was printed out on my computer and slid behind the watering can gnome’s head almost like she is wishing the recipient a blooming birthday!

The other bird and butterfly were added to the music paper on the card base.

Clear Wink of Stella was added to the wings of the butterflies and Glossy Accents to her watering can A scattering of rhinestones that were coloured with my Copic markers were added to give sparkle.

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Copic Markers

Watering Can Gnome

Skin: E15/E13/E11/E00/E000/R20

Hair: E25/YR24/Y26/Y21

Pinks: R85/R83/R81

Greens: G82/G43/G40

Yellows: YR24/YR31/YR30

Flower Petals: YR31/YR30

Flower Centre: YR24/YR31

Watering Can: C5/C3/C2

Tulips

Pinks: R85/R83/R81

Yellows: YR24/YR31/YR30

Greens: G82/G43/G40

Birds

Yellows: YR24/YR31/YR30

Beaks: YR24

Butterfly

Body: C5/C3/C2

Wings: BG11/BG10

Rhinestones: R85/G82

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Card Recipe for My Blooming Wishes Birthday Card

Gnome Set, Paper Nest Dolls

Paper Basics – Stamper’s Select White Cardstock, Papertrey Ink

The Four Seasons Spring, P13

Chiffon Card Stock, Bazzill

Romance Card Stock, Bazzill

Spring Showers Dies, Lawn Fawn

Shaped Card-Watering Can Dies, Creative Expressions by Sue Wilson

Petite Scallop Mini Slim Stacklets, Taylored Expressions

Gnome Men Sentiments, Polkadoodles Stamps & Papercrafting

Clear Wink of Stella, Stampin’ Up!

Glossy Accents, Ranger

Basic Rhinestone Basic Jewels, Stampin’ Up!

Finished card size: 5” x 5”

Stamp Size: 3”

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Hope you like my Design Team Inspiration Card using

Watering Can Gnome from the Gnome Set by Paper Nest Dolls!

Thank you for stopping by!

Hugs,

Laurie

Hello Springtime!

Hello Crafty Friends! Welcome Spring! It’s Laurie here! I am sharing Hello Springtime! as my Design Team Inspiration Card for Paper Nest Dolls using Watering Can Gnome from the Gnome Set. There are ten images in the set including:

• Shears Gnome
• Tulip Gnome
• Shovel Gnome
• Watering Can Gnome
• Bird Bath
• Tulips
• Daises
• Mushroom with Butterfly
• Wheelbarrow
• Gnome Home

Since today is the First Day of Spring, I thought I would create a Spring card with tulips blooming, birds singing and butterflies fluttering! For my card, I decided to create a scene using several stamps from the Gnome Set.

 

The Details of My Card

I used Microsoft Word to layout my carefully planned scene so that when I added the Watering Can Gnome, she wouldn’t block any of the other images. I printed and coloured her with my Copic markers separately so that I could add some depth to my scene.

Once everything was coloured, I used the different sizes of the Blending Brushes by Picket Fence and a Kraftin’ Kimmie Stamps cloud stencil to create my sky around the coloured images. It’s nice that the blending brushes come in different sizes! The smaller ones allowed me to get into areas close to the coloured images without having to mask them.

Tip: Use parts of digital stamps, like the birds from the birdbath, instead of the whole stamp to create interest.

For the grass, I wanted a straight part where the flowers were and then a hill to add interest. So, for the straight piece, I used the largest Small Mini Slimline Stackables Die to get the stitching along the top. The hill was from the Slimline Stitched Hillside Border Dies by Lawn Fawn. To create dimension and differentiate the two pieces of grass, I used dimensionals.

Tip: use your slimline dies for more than just slimline cards.

I tucked my coloured gnome into the hill part of the grass but added dimensionals behind her to give depth to my scene.

I added die cut stitched clouds to match the stitching on the grass. The sentiment was printed out on my computer and them die cut with another stitched die.

Clear Wink of Stella was added to the wings of the butterflies and Glossy Accents to her watering can. A scattering of yellow resin flowers in the grass added to my Spring theme.

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Copic Markers

Girl Gnome

Skin: E15/E13/E11/E00/E000/R20

Hair: E25/YR24/Y26/Y21

Pink: R85/R83/R81

Green: G82/G43/G40

Yellow: YR24/YR31/YR30

Flower Petals: YR31/YR30

Flower Centre: YR24/YR31

Watering Can: C5/C3/C2

Tulips

Pink: R85/R83/R81

Yellow: YR24/YR31/YR30

Green: G82/G43/G40

Birds

Yellow: YR24/YR31/YR30

Beak: YR24

Butterflies

Body: C5/C3/C2

Wings: BG11/BG10

Mushrooms

Pink: R85/R83/R81

Yellow: YR24/YR31/YR30

Stems: E25/YR24

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Card Recipe for My Hello Springtime! Card

Gnome Set, Paper Nest Dolls

Paper Basics – Stamper’s Select White Cardstock, Papertrey Ink

The Four Seasons Spring Paper Pad, P13

Aloe Vera Card Stock, Bazzill

Romance Card Stock, Bazzill

Turquoise Mist Card Stock, Bazzill

Spring Showers Dies, Lawn Fawn

Slimline Stitched Hillside Border Dies, Lawn Fawn

Small Mini Slimline Stackables, Lawn Fawn

Spring Gnome Sentiments, Polkadoodles Stamps & Papercrafting

Pretty Pillowbox Dies, Stampin’ Up!

Krafty Scenery 2 Stencil, Kraftin’ Kimmie Stamps

Salty Ocean Distressed Inks, Ranger

Blending Brushes, Picket Fence

Fun Flowers Resin Shapes, Stampin’ Up!

Electronic die cutting machine and scissors

Clear Wink of Stella, Stampin’ Up!

Glossy Accents, Ranger

Finished card size: 5” x 5”

Stamp Size: 3”

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Hope you like my Design Team Inspiration Card using

Watering Can Gnome from the Gnome Set by Paper Nest Dolls!

Thank you for stopping by!

Hugs,

Laurie