Saturday, April 7, 2018

Gnome Couple

Hello, everybody! Today I'm sharing a card I made with Gerda Steiner's Gnome Couple. I received this image for free because I participated in last month's challenge. This is a progressive challenge, so if you play along this month, you will receive a new image in May for free. Yay! It is fun to receive a cute new image every month, and I always look forward to it! Thank you, Gerda! Here's a link to Gerda's April challenge.

I played with my alcohol inks to make a rainbow background! I've been excited about the alcohol ink trend! I've had my Ranger Adirondack alcohol inks for many years, and they've been collecting dust. Now I've been inspired to use them again! While I prefer to use yupo paper, this time I used scraps of glossy photo paper. These were scraps that are too small to use in my printer. You don't get the same effect as on yupo, but they are still fun. I made each colour individually and then cut them into strips to piece together into the rainbow background.


As for the gnome couple, I decided not to colour them due to the vibrant background. Instead I doodled some dots and check patterns on their outfits. I computer-generated the sentiment in Microsoft Word and punched some tiny hearts from the leftover backgrounds. The stitched heart was die-cut from a vellum scrap, and I used a pierced scalloped rectangle die to cut the rainbow panel.

I would like to support the following challenges: 613 Avenue Create Use Vellum 1/8; Ally's Angels Hearts 1/3; Cardz TV 42 AG 1/3; Crafting by Designs AG April 1/3; Crafty Creations AG 1/2; Crafty Gals Corner AG 3/3; Creatalicious AG Optional Friendship UE; Cute Card Thursday AG UE; Die Cut Diva's April AG 1/4; DigiStamps 4 Joy AG Optional Bright Colours 1/3; DL.ART April Linky AG 1/d; Gerda's Steiner April1E; Get Creative No Patterned Paper 1/3; Jo's Scrap Shack FFC228 AG 1/3; Lil Patch of Crafty Friends AG 1/3; Pammie's Inky Pinkies AG 1/3; Penny's Paper-crafty AG 1/3; Pixie's Snippet Playground 323 (used photo paper and vellum snippets, as mentioned above); Simon Says Stamp Monday Trio of Something (punched hearts) 1/5; Simon Says Stamp Work-it Wednesday Inking Technique 1/3; The Outlawz Twisted Thursday AG Optional Rain 1E; Through the Craftroom Door AG 1/2; Tuesday Throwdown Rainbow Colours 1/3; Word Art Wednesday AG w Uplifting Sentiment wk2 1/5; Your Scrapbook Place April AG 1/3

Thank you for looking at my card! Wishing you a joyful day!

42 comments:

Scrapper69 said...

I totally LOVE your rainbow background!!! So vibrant and pretty!!! The gnome couple is so sweet!!! Fantastic card!!! Have a great weekend!

Theresa

jimlynn said...

CUTE card and I love the background. I prefer the Yupo paper too but this looks great. Fun sentiment too.
Lynn

cotnob said...

A super card Kitty, such a lovely bright background.
Pauline - Crafting with Cotnob
x

Liz said...

Fabulous card, Kitty. Your background is stunning! xx

Lisa Lynn said...

Kitty, this is beautiful!!! You are so creative.

Linda Mc Enery said...

What a stunning card! Your background is fantastic and I'm super impressed at your uncoloured couple - I've never been brave enough to leave an image uncoloured - it was definitely the right decision! Your vellum heart is wonderful too! Thanks so much for sharing this lovely creation with us at DigiStamps 4 Joy!
Linda

Linda Mc Enery said...

Thanks for sharing your lovely card with us at Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenges too!
Linda

Vickie Y said...

Cute images and card; love the vibrant background. Thank you for sharing with us at the PIP Challenges.

Barb said...

Your card is stunning Kitty and the little gnomes are so sweet. Barbxx

Andrea W said...

Such a cheerful rainbow background. Fun card!

Alice (scrAPpamondo) said...

Wow wow wow!!! LOVE this wonderful card!! Amazing work with alcohol inks, Kitty, your rainbow panel looks really wonderful and vibrant!! So striking with the scallop frame! And such fabulous design with that cute couple of gnomes on the vellum heart!! Just adorable! Your card is so beautiful and different, my friend!
Pinned immediately! https://it.pinterest.com/pin/534802524496380638/
I can't stop to look at it, is really a catch-eyes! :)The tiny hearts area a fabulous touch!
I too have some alcohol inks, very unused in the last year, I have to bring out them and making something! Thank you for the inspiration and for sharing your lovely card!
Big hugs and make some cuddles to your kittens! :)

MagsB said...

What a gorgeous card - the rainbow background is fabulous, and the plain image of those sweet gnomes and the vellum heart look fantastic against it! Fab work!!

love Mags B x

The Craft Princess said...

Kitty to answer your question about Crafter's Castle....it is ANYTHING GOES and the themes are OPTIONAL. Thank you for brining the rules to my attention....I just changed them so it no longer says the theme is required. Please feel free to enter your projects in our challenge. Your gnome card is awesome!!! :) Hugs...Janie

Suzanne H said...

Another cute card. Love the background you made.

New Creations said...

Such cute creation in Happy colors Kitty! Love the vellum heart placed on rainbow strips, a great result of alcohol inks! Love it dear!

Fikreta said...

Wonderful card!
Love colorful backround you made.
Thank you so kuch for your support on my youtube channel.
Hugs❤

Kath Stewart said...

love the rainbow background and the gnomes are adorable, thank you so much for sharing with us at Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge,hugs kath xxx

Unknown said...

Your card brought a smile to my face! :) Thank you for sharing it with us at Crafty Creations. Ciao, Lisa

ike said...

Fantastic :-) xxx

Barbara Godden said...

Awesome background, good call not colouring those super cute gnomes. Great card.

Lisa said...

This is so very sweet! Love that background and these sweet gnomes!

Lisa said...

So absolutely adorable!! The gnomes are so sweet!! I love the rainbow background and the hearts you added!! Have a great day!! Big hugs :)

Lisa
A Mermaid's Crafts

Donna said...

How fun and cheerful, gorgeous background!

KraftyKoolKat said...

This is so cute & full of fun. Love the colourful background.
Hugs
Cathy
xxxx

Karenladd said...

Oh my gosh, this is adorable! LOVE the rainbow background and doodled gnome couple so much! That vellum heart frames them perfectly.

Golden Goddess Designs said...

love this! great background and adorable gnomes!

Alicia

Terri Winske said...

What an adorable image and a beautiful card! Love the rainbow in the background and so happy you shared it with us for our rainbow challenge at Tuesday Throwdown.

CraftyNatalie said...

Lovely, sweet card. Thanks for joining us at Through the craft room door this week.

terrie said...

Great looking card.....the rainbow background looks awesome but I love how you doodled the gnomes and left them Black & White...very creative.
Well done and good luck in the challenges

Di said...

What a brilliant card! Wonderful background too. I have a load of photo paper (a printer ink supplier always used to enclose some with orders) so will be having a try at this! Free as opposed to the expensive Yupo - which I do agree is fabulous but costs so much am almost scared to use the stuff!

Lovely to see you in the Playground.

Hugs

Di xx

Arlene said...

What a fun card. Love the background. So glad you joined us at Die Cut Divas.

Anna-Karin said...

This is so cute. Thanks for joining us at Crafty Creations. Anna-Karin DT

Jana Forrest said...

Lovely background for a wonderful card. Thank you for joining us over at Crafty Gals Corner challenge. Best of luck and hope to see you again soon. DT~Jana Forrest

katieo said...

The background is genius and perfect for the gnomes. I love the way you pieced together the beautiful rainbow . Thank Yu for entering the DL.ART April Linky Challenge.

Heather said...

This is adorable!!! Your background is fabulous!! That image is super cute, and I think it was a genius idea not to color them; they stand out against the background perfectly! Thanks for playing with Jo's Scrap Shack.

Dotstolines said...

Lovely rainbow background:)! The image is so adorable! Thanks for playing with us at Through The Craftroom Door ATG Challenge! Looking forward to seeing you again next time and good luck!
Regards,
Sunila & Aditi- DT
Dots to Lines
https://dotstolinesblog.wordpress.com/

Desire Fourie said...

This is a wonderful creation with great attention to detail and perfect for our ‘ANYTHING GOES with an optional twist of BRIGHT COLOURS challenge. Thanks for sharing your talent with us. Good luck.
Hugs
Desíre
{Digistamps4Joy DT Member}
{Doing Life – my personal blog}
PS: Love the bright colours.

Katie said...

Gorgeous card and love the colours

Lady Joyful said...

I love that you left the cute gnome couple uncoloured against that beautifully vibrant rainbow background. Fabulous card. Thank you for joining us at Creatalicious Challenges - Charlotte/Lady Joyful, DT

Sheryl said...

Gorgeous colourful background. Love that cute couple.
So glad you stopped by at 613 Avenue Create.
Hugs Sheryl DT member xx

Janelle said...

LOVE the background and how you left the stamped image uncoloured! Very clever! Goes perfectly with our theme this month. Thanks for joining us at Get Creative Challenge. Cheers, Janelle (DT) :)

Jana Forrest said...

Wow just Wow! Thank you for joining us over at Crafty Gals Corner Challenge. Best of luck and hope to see you again soon! DT~Jana Forrest