Winter Fun

 Last weekend when we got dumped on with snow, I had the pleasure of watching the neighbour's little ones trying to sled down a really tiny hill. It didn't work so well but they had so much fun and I couldn't help but laugh and giggle with them. 

When we were little, we had a very large hill to go sledding on and how we didn't break a limb or tailbone is beyond me! "Let's Go Sledding" from High Hopes brings back some wonderful childhood memories and also reminds me of my neighbours on the weekend. These two seem to have gotten more speed then they thought and have gone straight off the end of the hill instead of down it.....gulp!

                                                                                                                                 

I stamped on alcohol marker friendly paper, coloured these cuties with Copic Markers and hand fussy cut them. My card base is 5"x 5" and patterned paper from Whimsy Stamps was perfect for my background. I cut a few stitched hills to fit and added some tiny trees to help with the perception that they are flying through the air. I used some Prismacolor pencils to add a "track" for where they should have gone down the hill.

A build a banner die with a snowflake from Memory Box and some larger snowflakes cut with a Memory Box die help create my snowy scene. The sentiment was stamped and cut with a fishtail banner die and mounted on matching card stock. Enamel dots finish off my card. 

Card Details

Stamps - Let's Go Sledding (TLF032) - High Hopes Rubber Stamps

Sentiment - Winter Fun (F109)

Patterned Paper - Blurry Flurries

Memento Tuxedo Black ink, Hammermill Digital Cover Card Stock, stitched hills dies - Whimsy Stamps, Your Next Stamp, build a banner die (retired) - Whimsy Stamps, snowflake dies - Memory Box, fishtail banner die - Your Next Stamp, tree die - Memory Box, Prismacolor Pencils

Copic Markers

Skin - E00 E21 E11 E04

Beards - W0 W1 W2 

Clothing - BG32 BG15 BG49 BG09 V05 V06 V09 C9

Sled - E34 E35 E29

Boots - E23 E25 E27 E29

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You're Great!

Hi!

It's the last day of the "Gnome Mania" release over at High Hopes Stamps! The Design Team sure had a fun time playing with all the new images! Today my card uses the adorable "Let's Go Sledding" and the "Gnome Mistake" sentiment.

I wanted to use non-traditional colours on my card today so I decided on a pink and black colour combination. I used some papers from the Paper Rose "B & W Christmas" 6x6 collection and layered pink cardstock behind it. Next I stamped my image with Memento Tuxedo Black ink onto Copic Friendly paper and coloured the image in with my Copic Sketch markers. I cut the image out using a Gina Marie Designs "Pleated Circle" die. For some added dimension, I popped up the image and sentiment with some foam tape.  A nice white bow finished everything off.

Copics Used:

Skin: E11, E21

Beards: N0, N1, N2, N3

Pink Outfit: RV04, RV06, RV09/ N6, N8

Black Outfit: N6, N8, N9/ N2, N4

Sled: N0, N1, N2, N3, N6, N8, N9/ RV06, RV09

Don't forget to head on over to High Hopes and check out the Gnome Mania release!

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Happy Stamping!

 

A Friend Like Gnome Other

Welcome Everyone;

Well winter is coming, along with plenty of snow.  I know my children enjoyed playing outside when the snow was falling and it was a becoming a mountain.  One of the many fun activities they enjoyed doing was to go sledding, just like these gnomes are doing.

For today's card, I used the cute Let's Go Sledding Stamp paired with Gnome Other.  Both are from the Gnome Mania Release from High Hopes Stamps.  After stamping the image onto XPress It Blending Cardstock, I coloured it with Copic Markers and then cut it out using the Double Stitched Oval Dies.  The Frosty Border, Mini Snowflakes with Glacier Jewels finished off this card.

Supplies used:

• Stamps: Let's Go Sledding -- TLF032, Gnome Other -- FLL015 -- Gnome Mania Release, High Hopes Stamps
• Ink:  Tsukineko Memento Tuxedo Black
• Paper:  XPress It Blending Cardstock; DP -- Gnome for the Holidays -- Photo Play
• Copic Markers: 
• Skin:  E0000 - Floral White, E000 - Pale Fruit Pink, E00 - Cotton Pink
• Beards:  W00 - Warm Gray No. 00, W0 - Warm Gray No. 0, W1 - Warm Gray No. 1
• Clothes & Shoes: R46 - Strong Red, R29 - Lipstick Red, R27 - Cadmium Red; B24 - Sky Blue, B23- Phthalo Blue, B21 - Baby Blue; N6 - Neutral Gray No. 6, N2 - Neutral Gray No. 2, N0 - Neutral Gray No. 0
• Sled:  C00 - Cool Gray No. 00, C0 - Cool Gray No. 0, C1 - Cool Gray No. 
• Sakura Gelly Roll Pen: White -- dots on Red Hat
• Dies:  Double Stitched Ovals, Mini Snowflakes - Gina Marie Design;  Frosty Border - Memory Box
• Nuvo Glitter Drops - White Blizzard
• Miscellaneous:  Glacier Jewels - Pink Fresh Studio

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Hugs,