CAS(E) This Sketch 331

It's time for a new challenge at CAS(E) This Sketch!  This week our sketch is designed by the super talented Brian.  I'll admit those vertical layers gave me pause but I ended up finding a scrap of patterned paper with some long stripes in my stash so I separated the stripes into the correct sizes a-la the sketch and away I went!

I also wondered about the bottom layer and as I often do when I'm in a card-making pickle I go to vellum to save the day.  So I ripped a couple of strips and they became that bottom layer on the sketch.  Then I added this little gnome and a Christmas sentiment as I was done!

There are Christmas challenges all over the place so I'm going to play along with the Crazy for Challenges this week.  You know what's really crazy?  Thinking about Christmas when it's 90-degrees outside!

Thanks for stopping by!  My CAS(E) This Sketch teammates have made some fabulous cards with this sketch so be sure to check them out.  I hope you can join us in the gallery!

Supplies
Stamps:  A Gnome Winter (Picket Fence Studios); Travelers' Journal December Typed Words (Papertrey Ink)
Paper:  Solar White (Neenah); Vellum, Ski Slope DSP (Stampin' Up!)
Ink:  Nocturne (Versafine Clair); Baja Breeze, Real Red, Old Olive (Stampin' Up!); Copics

CAS(E) This Sketch 298

I am totally committed to the gnome craze this year and the new challenge at CAS(E) This Sketch, designed by Donna, fit right into my gnome-plan! 

These gnomes are just so dang cute!  Every time I go into Marshalls or TJ Maxx I can't help but roam around the Christmas decorations smiling at all the gnomes that I see.  And they're a great winter decoration with their warm hats and beard too!  So when I saw my friend Jen Timko using this fun stamp set I knew right away that I needed to have it.  I used a silver shimmer vellum to die cut a couple of snowflakes which I layered behind my little guy.  After I glued them to my card I thought they might look a tad like I gave him antlers but the glue was stuck fast so they had to stay! 

I made this card on Sunday and just before I sat down to write this blog post (on Wednesday) I decided to have a look at the newest Color Throwdown challenge.  Well what to my wondering eyes should appear --- but the colors (or a reasonable facsimile) that I used on my card!  What a happy coincidence!  That's one of my favorite challenges and I don't play along with them nearly as much as I used to so it's nice to join in this week.

How will our CAS(E) This Sketch challenge inspire you this week?  Join us in the gallery!  And thanks for stopping by!

Supplies
Stamps:  A Gnome Winter (Picket Fence Studios)
Paper:  Solar White (Neenah); Baja Breeze, Ski Slope DSP (Stampin' Up!); vellum (Grafix)
Ink:  Black Licorice (My Favorite Things); Chocolate Chip (Stampin' Up!); Polychromos
Accessories:  Snowfall Backdrop Portrait die (Lawn Fawn); Snowflake Trio die (amuse.studio)