I fell in love with this Lawn Fawn “Gnome Sweet Gnome” stamp set and was thrilled to have been able to pick it and the matching die set up in a destash for one-third of the retail price! Unfortunately it has been sitting unused in my stash all summer…until today!
But to create the card that I envisioned that would play off the red and blue gnomes of the movie, “Gnomeo and Juliet,” I needed a girl gnome.  What to do….  Well, of course. I could draw a little girl digi gnome to share with all of you (available for free download HERE)!
These are the Copic colors I used to color up the happy couple:
Skin: E50, 51, 53; girl blush: R20; and boy blush: R30
White areas of boy’s beard, girl’s apron, and mushroom spots and base: C1
Girl’s hair: B000, C5, 7, 9, 10
Girl’s outfit: R22, 24, and 29
Boy’s outfit: B41, 34, 24 and 18
Mushroom roof: R24 and 29
Mushroom door and window ledge: E31, 33, and 37
Mushroom windows: B000
Grass around mushroom house: YG07 and G09
For the inside of the card, I knew I wanted to use the pun, “there’s gnome place I’d rather be” and use the mushroom house from the Lawn Fawn stamp set. But I wanted to kind of surround the little mushroom house with the words in a circle so I had to do a little research on how to do this in paint.net (the free digital editing software I use to make my digis). I found a great free plugin that had a circle text effect (and a lot of other cool effects) (HERE), and I also downloaded this adorable free script font, called “mf I love glitter” (HERE).
The following is a video share of this card:
This card is being entered into the following challenges:
MFT Summer School: Symmetry/Asymmetry
Simon Says Stamp Monday Homegrown Summer
Card Mania Anniversary Challenge
613 Avenue Create Anything Goes Challenge
Lil Patch of Crafty Friends Anything Goes Challenge
Thanks for stopping by, and I hope you’re having a wonderful crafty day! WOOF
Your card is so beautiful. Love the cute image. Thank you so much for sharing with us at Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge. 🙂
Thanks so much for stopping by and your sweet comment! Hugs, Kristina
Thank you for the cute little girl digi 🙂
Thanks so much! Hope you enjoy playing with her! Hugs, Kristina
Your card is super cute! Thank you for the free girl gnome!
Thanks bunches! I hope you enjoy the free girl gnome digi! 🙂
Your card and digi are adorable! Thank you so much for sharing your talent………..
Thanks for stopping by! I hope you enjoy the free gnome girl digi. 🙂
This card is so adorable! I love the gnomes and mushroom house so much. The sentiment looks great the way you placed it. Thank you so much for sharing your digi and card. Edwina Brown
Thanks so much for the super sweet comment! Hope you enjoy the little girl gnome digi. 🙂 Big hugs, kristina
What an awesome card!!! You did an amazing job making the little girl gnome for your card; she looks like she belongs in the set! Thank you for sharing her; that was so nice of you! I’m sure your hubby will love his card! Thank you again! 🙂
Awww thanks so much! I hope you’re right and that he gets a kick out of the card. 🙂 Hope you enjoy the little girl gnome digi. Big hugs, Kristina
Thank you for the cute digi! Love your card.
My pleasure! I hope you enjoy playing with the new digi! 😀 TF stopping by Hugs, Kristina
Adorable card!
Thanks so much! Big hugs, Kristina
Wow! How clever of you to just whip up your own Juliet gnome when you needed one? Super impressive and I love, love, love how this card turned out! It is so sweet, yet is whimsically wonderful at the same time. I like the bright happy colors and the creative way that the card folds. You did an amazing job here and this was a pleasure to see and to read about. Thanks for sharing your talents with us here at the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge Blog!
Thank you so much Andrea! I really had fun making this card and creating the little girl gnome digi. 🙂 Thanks for your super sweet and thoughtful comment! I truly appreciate it. Big hugs, Kristina
Another awesome card with this gnome stamp set, this is really an adorable anniversary card! I really need to get this set lol…..big hugs Sherrie
I just love this little gnome stamp set from Lawn Fawn. 🙂 TF stopping by! Hugs, Kristina
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