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 gnome stand up

Hello again. 

I liked working with this image so much I decided to attempt a layered approach with him He was easy to color the first time, so I figured I'd try to layer him.

This isn't as easy as some people make it look. It takes some planning! It took 3 images to create the layers.  the main layer is the full image, then the hat and face, mitten and snowball, then snow for the hat and shoulder. I used glittery laser printer paper for those. Once that was done there is a fair amount of color planning as well.  Whew! I'm not sure I'll do this again any time soon.  

The actual construction took less time than planning out and coloring the layers. In the end, it came out great. I will make sure it is sent to someone who will not discard it quickly!

Image: klmdigitaldesigns.com

Paper: PTI Aqua Mist, retired Stampin'UP DSP

Copics:  BG000, 11, 13, 18

               E000, 01, 04

                E33, 39, 47 (beard)

                C2, 4, 5, 8, 100 

                Black Multiliner, Sakura gelly Roll Clear Star

Enjoy

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