They're Baaaack! Graveyard Witch Gnome

Welcome! 

Finally some beautiful weather here in Vermont. Just in time for the return of the KLM Team.

I had so much fun working on this card!

I will admit it was a little labor intensive but I've been wanting to use some of my new Tim Holtz materials so I took this opportunity to marry the two styles together with some fun results!

I used Spellbinders Essential Arches Die set to make the card base and the inner sentiment liner.

The moon and glow in the dark grit paste on the moon are from the latest Tim Holtz Halloween release.  Yes, it actually glows in the dark! So much fun. I used some crypt paste with a dab of mica stain in green for the moss on the grave stone.

The arch layer was dipped into purple and blue Distress dye inks and mica sprays.

I used stencils from the Holtz collection and a bit of purple Mica  Spray to add a bit of texture to the black paper. The Broom is from the Frightful Things Thinlits Die set by Sizzix.

The image and sentiment were printed with an Epson ET printer onto Pen and Gear white card stock.

Coloring was done with Copic markers. It was fussy cut and popped up onto 3M Foam tape.

Color map:

Stone - C1,2,3,5,7, YG63, Y00

Skin - E00, kE35, V15

Hair - Y00, V12, 15, 09

Pumpkin - Y35, YR15, YR09, E09

Hat/ Coat - C1,3,5,8, 100, Y00

Dress - YG03, 17, G99

More fun is on the way so stay tuned!

Until then keep creating,

Susan

Walking in a winter wonderland

Hello and welcome to my little corner of the card-making world.

At the time of this writing, it's still pretty green in the valleys of Vermont. Some of the higher mountains have snow, most man-made. We need a bit to make it a white Christmas... as long as it's not on the 23rd or other busy travel days! A little might be nice for my gnome friend here.

This card uses one of the new digital images from klmdigitaldesigns.com and a borrowed sentiment from the Sledding Gnome.

The background was made using the Ironed- off Emboss resist technique and Distress Oxide ink.

The snow and snowflakes were made with Pen & Gear Glitter Ink Jet cardstock.

The image was colored with Copic markers and details were added to his sweater with a white gel pen. 

Copic markers:  Hat - E30, 41, 42     Antlers and ears - E81, 84, 87

             Walking poles - C2, 6, black Multiliner and white Gel pen

               Pants/ mittens - E41,42,43,44

               Beard - W0, 2 , 4, Multiliner

                Sweater - B000, B02, B14

                Shoes - YR20, 21, 23, 27

                    Enjoy the outdoors... even if there is no snow!

Snowball Gnom Flurry kisse

Welcome! Are you ready for some snowflakes?

I LOVE this gnome and sentiment! "If kisses were snowflakes, I'd send you a blizzard!"

He is a digital image from klmdigitaldesigns.com, colored with Copics, fussy cut, and popped up with thin foam on a hand-dyed background.  Great as a holiday card, but I was thinking more for that long cold stretch in January, or even Valentine's Day!

Copics: E000, O4, E00 (skin)

            E41, 43, 44 (pants and mitten)

            BG000, 01, 05, 07, Clear Blender (hat, coat, and snow)

            C0, 2, 4, black Multiliner pen 0.1 (beard)

           Sakura Gelly Roll pens Clear Star and white