In\u00a0playing around some more with the Lawn Fawn “Gnome Sweet Gnome” stamp set, I thought about how I could “stretch” their use. I figured with a few well-placed lines I could transform the little gnome into a Lego-style cartoon version of Dumbledore from Harry Potter. What do you think?<\/p>\n

<\/a>These are the Copic colors I used, along with a Copic multiliner pen to\u00a0draw in Dumbledore’s\u00a0hat brim and robe.
\nSkin: E000, 00, 11 and R11 for blush
\nClothes: R 83, 85, and 89 with W7 for shading and 100 for shoes
\nI also used a gold metallic Sakura Gelly Roll pen to add some dots to cover up some of the gnome’s clothes lines and add shimmer to Dumbledore’s outfit.<\/p>\n

For the background, I used\u00a0a Gothic architecture stamp that my friend Rosa (YT: Rosa Aquino<\/a>) had gifted me. The line details on this stamp are just incredible, and the the hallway scene reminded me of parts of Hogwarts. I used black VersaFine ink to stamp this out on golden colored card stock, which I thought coordinated nicely with the gold dots on Dumbledore’s outfit. At first I was hesitant to combine a hard sketch style background stamp with the round, cartoony Lawn Fawn stamp, but I think the contrast\u00a0works surprisingly well together. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

I die cut Dumbledore’s wand using the wooden spoon from the Diemond Dies Mini Kitchen Utensils Die Set<\/a><\/span><\/span>, just snipping off the spoon head part. You can’t see it in the photos, but I also added some Wink of Stella to the wand for some subtle shimmer. \u00a0My readers can get 10% off and free worldwide shipping on orders of $35 or more at Diemond Dies<\/a><\/span> by using the code: thankskristina<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

This is a card that I made for my niece as she starts college in a couple of weeks. I hope the Dumbledore quote, “It matters not what someone is born, but what they grow up to be.” will inspire and motivate her.<\/p>\n

The following is a video share of this card:<\/p>\n