Santa Gnome in Present

Hello Blogger Friends! Thanks for taking the time to stop and visit with The Charmed Life Blog today. 

It's a cold one here in Pittsburgh. We even had snow showers early this morning. With the wind chill it's a 28° "feels like temp", although the actual temp is 36°. 

One of those days when a pot of soup or chili is a good meal. I am actually going to make chili. And, I have corn bead in the freezer so I am good to go. Now let's move onto my card for today.

This one I created for my weekly DT post on the CottageCutz Blog. Today for your viewing pleasure, I have a design featuring the whimsical Santa Gnome in Present die from the Christmas Part 2 collection. We have so many cute gnomes in the collection this year. Here is a card I made using another one of them.


So let's get started with some details on how I created this card.

Design Steps:
I started my card this week with the layout. As I have said so many times before having the sketch in mind helps start as well as simplify the card making process for me. I liked the sketch #869 at Splitcoaststampers. I thought it would work well for this cheeky little gnome.

Then I also used the colors from the Splitcoaststampers color challenge #869. We were to use cherry cobbler, gold and shaded spruce. Perfect colors for the Christmas gnome.

cherry cobbler, gold, shaded spruce

I had the perfect designer paper that had all the challenge colors. It's from the Stampin'-Up "wrapped in plaid" collection. My card is a 5 1/4" square. For the diamond shape, I used the largest Stitched Square (3.5") die and the circle is the 2nd largest (3 1/4") from the Circle set.

cherry cobbler base: 5 1/4" square

gold layer: 5" square

designer paper: 4 7/8" square

Next, I cut the Santa Gnome in the challenge colors. I used Art glitter glue to assemble the image. I like this one because it dries clear.

I stamped my sentiment on an angle in the circle using the shaded spruce ink. I used my MISTI for placement. The stamp set is from the Hero Arts Christmas Messages set. 

Now that my card elements are prepared, I am ready to start card assembly. I used double sided tape to attach the panels. The Gnome is attached with dimensional adhesive. I also changed the Christmas ornament, I decided to cut it from the designer paper to give a bit more contrast against the green present box.

To finish off my card, I attached the panel to the cherry cobbler card base and also scattered a few gold sequins. And, that's it for me for this post. So until next time.......God bless. 

dies I used to create card:

I am also entering:

1.  Alphabet Challenge is "P" for patterned paper.

2.  ABC Christmas Challenge is "W" for whimsical.

3.  The Male Room Challenge #156 is "gnomes". 

4.  Christmas Crafts All Year Round -something that starts with U,V, or W.  - Whimsical and White bearded gnome

5.  Merry Little Christmas Challenge is anything goes.