Gnome Friends In The Garden – Especially For You

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Today’s handmade card has been created for the challenge at I Love Promarkers Challenge #567.

The theme for this challenge is Anything Goes with the option Gnomes.

You must use alcohol markers on your work to join in the fun, any brand is excepted.

Our sponsor for this challenge is Last Minute Manda.

For my card I have used one of their digital images from a set called Gnome Friends In The Garden.

Handmade card using a digital image from Last Minute Manda

Here is a tutorial on how I created this card.

You will need :

7″ By 7″ White Card Base
Last Minute Manda Digital Image – Gnome Friends In The Garden
Promarker Pens
The Paper Boutique – Sunflower Song Paper Collection.
White Card
Black Card
Glue / Double Sided Tape
Foam Pads

Instructions:

Print one of the digital images from Gnome Friends In The Garden on to white card.
Choose three papers and one square topper from the paper collection.

Layer one:
Cut a square from black card measuring 16.5 cms by 16.5 cms.
Cut a square from the first paper measuring 16 cms by 16 cms.
Matt and layer together and attach to the card base.

Layer two:
Cut a piece from black card measuring 16.5 cms by 5 cms.
Cut a piece from the second paper measuring 16.5 cms by 4.5 cms.
Matt and layer together and attach to the card base on the right using foam pads.

Layer three:
From the third paper, cut out a flower board strip.
Attach to the card base on the left.

Layer four:
Cut a square from black card measuring 8.5 cms by 8.5 cms.
Matt and layer with the square topper.
Attach to the top of layer two.

Layer five:
Colour in the digital image from Gnome Friends In The Garden, I used promarker pens.

Clothes / Shoes: pear green, herb green, olive green, cool grey 3, 4, 5, black.
Beard / Skin: Ice grey 1, 3, 4, soft peach, peach.
Flowers: Amber, sunflower, yellow, bright green, forest green, caramel, cocoa.
Seed Packet: Terracotta, chestnut, amber, sunflower, yellow, bright green, forest green.

Handmade card using a digital image from Last Minute Manda

Cut around the image leaving a small white border.
Then attach to the card base using foam pads.

To finish add an insert to the inside of the card base

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Thank you for visiting my blog and please feel free to follow and make any of my handmade card tutorials.

If you would like to see other cards I have made please have a look here:

Gnome For Christmas – Happy Christmas

Winter Gnomes – The Best Gift Is Friendship

Winter Gnomes – Wonderful Time Of The Year

Winter Gnomes – For A Special Someone

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Challenges I would like to enter are:

Digi Choosday Challenge WK 38 – Anything Goes

Cd Sunday Challenge #142 – Anything Goes Using A CD, USB. Digital Download.

The Creative Crafters Challenge #80 – Anything Goes

Crafts Galore Challenge #127 – Anything Goes

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4 thoughts on “Gnome Friends In The Garden – Especially For You”

  1. Andree says:

    A gorgeous card. Wonderful images and papers.
    Thank you for joining in with the Crafts Galore Encore September Challenge “Anything Goes”. Good luck! x

  2. Carol says:

    Perfect for the Autumn season and beautifully coloured.
    Carol xx
    CD Sunday Plus DT

  3. Jocelyn Butler says:

    A perfect image and design for this time of year. Thank you for sharing with us.
    Jocelyn x
    CD Sunday Plus DT

  4. Pamela says:

    A lovely autumnal card. I like the positioning of the gnome and the image,
    Pamela
    CD Sunday Plus DT.

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