CAS Anniversary Card + Free Digi Stamp

by CraftyPaws | Aug 12, 2015

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

22 Comments

Meihsia Liui on August 14, 2015 at 7:10 pm

Your card is so beautiful. Love the cute image. Thank you so much for sharing with us at Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge. 🙂
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- CraftyPaws on August 19, 2015 at 10:59 pm
  
  Thanks so much for stopping by and your sweet comment! Hugs, Kristina
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Dragonnanny on August 15, 2015 at 4:26 am

Thank you for the cute little girl digi 🙂
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- CraftyPaws on August 19, 2015 at 11:00 pm
  
  Thanks so much! Hope you enjoy playing with her! Hugs, Kristina
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KT Fit Kitty on August 15, 2015 at 10:15 am

Your card is super cute! Thank you for the free girl gnome!
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- CraftyPaws on August 19, 2015 at 11:04 pm
  
  Thanks bunches! I hope you enjoy the free girl gnome digi! 🙂
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Four11Lady on August 15, 2015 at 10:21 am

Your card and digi are adorable! Thank you so much for sharing your talent………..
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- CraftyPaws on August 22, 2015 at 10:21 am
  
  Thanks for stopping by! I hope you enjoy the free gnome girl digi. 🙂
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Edwina Brown on August 15, 2015 at 5:03 pm

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
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- CraftyPaws on August 22, 2015 at 10:22 am
  
  Thanks so much for the super sweet comment! Hope you enjoy the little girl gnome digi. 🙂 Big hugs, kristina
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hoptownracer1 on August 15, 2015 at 7:17 pm

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! 🙂
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- CraftyPaws on August 22, 2015 at 10:23 am
  
  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
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suekimmet@gmail.com on August 15, 2015 at 7:36 pm

Thank you for the cute digi! Love your card.
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- CraftyPaws on August 19, 2015 at 11:11 pm
  
  My pleasure! I hope you enjoy playing with the new digi! 😀 TF stopping by Hugs, Kristina
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gobarb26 on August 15, 2015 at 10:03 pm

Adorable card!
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- CraftyPaws on August 19, 2015 at 11:11 pm
  
  Thanks so much! Big hugs, Kristina
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Andrea Ockey Parr on August 17, 2015 at 1:13 am

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!
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- CraftyPaws on August 19, 2015 at 11:18 pm
  
  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
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Sherrie Morgan Albright on September 4, 2015 at 3:15 pm

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
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- CraftyPaws on September 4, 2015 at 6:38 pm
  
  I just love this little gnome stamp set from Lawn Fawn. 🙂 TF stopping by! Hugs, Kristina
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- CraftyPaws on August 13, 2016 at 8:54 am
  
  Thanks very much for stopping by and for taking the time to leave a nice comment!
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