The Write Stuff

It’s my pleasure to host the Splitcoast Featured Stamper Challenge this week, so a big Congrats to Susan, the newest Featured Stamper! She has a bunch of adorable gnome cards in her gallery & I chose THIS card to case. I kept the gnome & shaker elements, but used different images & dies, different colors & moved my greeting to the inside of the shaker window.

For my card, I colored & die cut the cute gnome (yay!there are now matching dies!), then I die cut the white bg & also cut the circle into it. I stacked 2 of these fronts together to give it some depth for the shaker behind it. Then I used 2 sizes of stitched circle dies to make the frame around the opening.

A couple of stitched snow hills were added at the bottom w/ a line of stickles for a little sparkle. The shaker pouch is actually a clear bag that something came in & I used my fuse tool to seal it all around before attaching it under the top layers. The circular greeting was stamped directly onto the card front & I used my Misti to stamp it in sections w/ different colored ink &/or markers.

Here are the Copics I used for the gnome.

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Supplies:

 

RN Michael Winter Gnome 1255-01	RN Michael Winter Gnome die 1255-01D	RN Merry Christmas w/ Holly 1256-06	RN Rectangle Stitch dies 5007D	RN Circle Stitch dies 5006D
RN Stitched Hills dies 5173-01D	Staples 110# White Card Stock	X-Press It Blending Card	Copic Sketch Markers	We R Memory Keepers Fuse Tool
MISTI	Sequins	Stickles

For the Inspiration Challenge (IC728), we’re headed to a fashion clothing site. I did a lot of browsing & my inspiration came mostly from THIS dress. I liked the khaki & deep green combo but I couldn’t resist adding a little red.

I really love the look of Prismacolor pencils on kraft colored card. I used a combo of the black & rhubarb inks to ink the pinecone then used the Prismas to color it. The image was masked & I stamped the pine bough w/ the northern pine ink. The snow was added w/ a white Posca paint pen & I used a paintbrush & some thinned white paint to add the snow splatters. I sponged around all of the edges w/ a Brilliance moonlight white ink pad to add a little more of the snowy look. 

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Supplies:

Pine Cone w Bow 1001G	Pine Bough 467K	Joy to You 640G	Prismacolor Pencils	Cuttlebug Herringbone embossing folder 37-1915
Staples 110# white card stock	MISTI	Memento Inks	AC color card stock	Decoart Acrylic paint
Posca Paint Pen	RN Rectangle Stitch dies 5007D	RN Rounded Corner Rectangle Stitch dies 5017D	Double Stitched Circles dies CBD136	Brilliance Inks

For the Color Challenge (CC765) on Splitcoast, the colors are a dk red, dk green & a lt green. I thought these colors were perfect for these cute elf shoes.

My card is fairly CAS, the only thing slightly tricky I did was to rearrange the feet a bit on the center one. I made a mask first & put them where I wanted, removed the right one & stamped the left. It left some blanks where I wanted them. Then I stamped the left one. The other pairs of shoes were stamped on either side then everything was colored. 

The top envelope flap shaped panel was die cut along w/ a red patterned paper border, then I stamped part of the fairly large greeting (there is more on top & underneath, but I masked these off w/ scotch tape).

Here are the Copics I used.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Supplies:

 

RN Elf Shoes 1253	RN Wishing You 1256-05	RN Rectangle Stitch dies 5007D	RN Borders 2 dies 5160-02D	Staples 110# White Card Stock
X-Press It Blending Card	Pebbles Welcome Christmas	Copic Sketch Markers	Memento Inks	MISTI