No Place Like Gnome

Dr .Digi's House of Stamps is the sponsor this week at Passionate Paper Creations and Friends. I love Gnomes and their mushroom houses, so I selected No Place Like Gnome for my card.

Here it is!

Supplies Used:
No Place Like Gnome by Dr. Digi's House of Stamps
Peekaboo Rectangle Die Set by Gina Marie Designs
Layered Heart Border Die Set by Die-namics
Solar White Classic Crest® cardstock by Neenah Papers
Brown and Rust/Red cardstock by Bazzill Pasics
Mellow patterned paper by Basic Grey
Copic Markers used:
 House: R05, R17, E30, E31, E40, E41, E42, E43, E44
 Door, Shutters, Window Frames, Barrel: E21, E23, E35
 Brass Accents: Y21, Y23, Y26, Y28
 Steps, Pavers, and Pathway: E41, E42, E43, E44
 Windows: Y000, Y04
 Grass: YG11, YG13, YG17
 Tree: G43, G46, G82, E70, E71, E74 E89
 Planter: E93, E95, E97
 Flowers: Y06, R17, YG03, YG05
 Gnome's Face and Hand: BV000, E50, E21, E11, E00, R000
 Gnome's Beard: C00, C0, C1, C2
 Gnome's Shirt and Hat BG11, BG23, BG34
 Vest, Belt, Shoes: E33, E35, E47, E04 RV95
 Pants: B95, B97
 Buckle, Watering Can, Bell on Hat: C0, C1, C2, C3, C4
 Rust on Watering Can: E97
 Sky: B21, B21


Instructions:

1. Make a 6" x 6" card from brown cardstock.
2. Layer patterned paper as shown, trimmed to 5.75" square, and adhere to card.
3. Die-cut frame from red cardstock with a die from the Peekaboo Rectangle Die set.
4. Die-cut heart border from red cardstock with a die from the Layered Heart Border Die set.
5. Resize and print No Place Like Home digital image and print onto Neenah cardstock using a laser printer.
6. Color with Copic markers.
7. Frame the image panel with the red die-cut and adhere to the card.
8. Adhere the heart border die over the seam between the floral and striped papers.

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Gee Wiz!

Dr .Digi's House of Stamps is the sponsor this week at Passionate Paper Creations and Friends. Since it's September, that means that my favorite time of the year is rapidly approaching. I'm feeling the magic, so I chose Spells for Beginners to create my card.

Supplies:
Spells for Beginners Digi Stamp by Dr. Digis
Solar White Classic Crest® cardstock by Neenah
140 Lb. Mixed Media Paper by Strathmore®
Navy and Black Cardstock by Bazzill Basics
Copic Markers
  Skin: BV0000, BV20, E000, E00, E11, E21 R20
  Beard: BG90, C00, C0, C1, C2, C3, C4
  Robe and Hat:  B93, B95, B97, B99
  Shoes, Belt, Hat Band: E33, E35, E47
  Staff: E23, E25, E27, E39, E49
  Brass on Book: Y11, Y21, Y23, Y26
  Book: G05, B17, G29, E81, E84, E87
Tim Holtz® Hickory Smoke and Vintage Photo Distress® Oxide inks by Ranger
Tim Holtz® Hickory SmokeDistress®  ink by Ranger
Basically Brick Stencil for Art by Wendy Vecchi/Stampers Anonymous
Arched Windows Nestabilities Dies by Spellbinders®
Circle Nestabilities Dies by Spellbinders®
Bats Dies by
Cats Die Set by Impression Obsession
Sketch and Wash® Pencil by General® Pencil
Grey MultiLiner Pen by Copic
Clear Gelly Roll® Stardust® Glitter Pen by Sakura of America
Clear Gelly Roll® Glaze® Pen by Sakura of America

Instructions:

1. Create an A2 card from Navy cardstock.
2. Resize and print digital stamp onto white cardstock using a laser printer.
3. Color with Copic markers, fussy-cut, and edge with a black marker
4. Add glitter pen to the globe on the staff. When dry, add several coats of Glaze pen to add dimension and shine.
5. Set aside the wizard, who can cast spells while waiting for a background to be created for him. Alternately, he can play with the cat and bats while waiting.
6. Smoosh Hickory Smoke Distress Oxide ink onto a craft mat. Spritz with water, drag the piece of mixed media paper through the ink, and heat set. Repeat this step until pleased with the result. 
7. Repeat Step #5 with Vintage Photo Distress Oxide ink. Heat set thoroughly until 1000% bone dry.
8. Temporarily adhere the Oxided panel to a piece of scrap paper. Tape the stencil down and lightly trace the bricks with the Sketch and Wash pencil.
9. Sponge Hickory Smoke Distress ink over the stencil. The ink is sufficiently wet to slightly disperse the Sketch and Wash pencil.
10. Remove stencil and use the Grey Multiliner pen to outline the bricks. Smudge the ink with your hand as you go to soften the edges. Add cracks, shadows, and suchlike to the bricks and the mortar using the same pen, smudging as you go.
11. Tape one of the the Arched Window Nestabilities dies in place and run the panel through the die-cut machine.
12. Cut a small rectangle from navy cardstock.
13. Using one of the Circle Nestabilities, die-cut white cardstock.
14. Die-cut black cardstock with the cat and bat dies.
15. Adhere the circle to the navy cardstock, then adhere the bats as desired.
16. Adhere the navy cardstock behind the Arched Window aperture in the brick-stencilled paper.
17. Adhere the cat onto the windowsill of the Arched Window.
18. Adhere the Wizard as desired.
19. Adhere the card front to the card.

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