Happy Birthday, Gnomie!

Happy Saturday, friends!  You know what that means!  We have a new Anything Goes Challenge live on the Polkadoodles Crafting Blog!  This week the Design Team challenge was to create an easel birthday card using fall colors of browns and greens.  

I colored the adorable Autumn Wheelbarrow Halloween Gnome digital stamp with Copics (listed below), cut it out and set it aside.  

I started with a brown card base and layered several different cardstocks, including a digital paper (and I am sorry, but for the life of me, I can't remember which collection I pulled it from).  I inked the edges of all of the layers with Distress Ink. 

I wrapped a piece of burlap ribbon around the layers and before adhering it to the card base, I added a row of Stitched Flower Brads along the bottom.  I had to get a little bit creative with my main image, as the gnome is holding a jack-o-lantern on a stick.  Since Halloween is over, I covered it with a Sunflower Brad.  I also added some Stitched Flower Brads along the bottom of the panel. 

I stamped my sentiment on the inside of the card, and popped the "to you" panel up with foam tape so that the card front could rest behind it when popped open.  To complete my card, I created a loopy bow using some thin grosgrain ribbon paired with linen thread.  I cut the prongs off of a pumpkin brad and used my hot glue gun to make a "button" for the bow.  I also added some Chocolate Jewels from Kat Scrappiness to add some sparkle.

Colors Used:

Skin - E04, E11, E21, E00, E000

Beard - C9, C7, C5, C3, C1, C0

Green - G99, YG67, YG63, YG61

Brown - E29, E27, E25, E23, E21

Yellow - YR27, YR14, YR15

Blue - B29, B26, B24

Orange - E09, E99, E97

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Misc. Shopping List:

Sunflower Brads

Stitched Flower Brads - Fall

Pumpkin Brads

Chocolate Jewels

I hope you are inspired to get out your craft supplies and try something new!  Make sure to share it with us on the Challenge Blog and be entered to win some amazing prizes!  

Thank you so much for spending a few minutes with me! 

Xoxo, Kim

Little Dudes Pirate - Polkadoodles Crafting Challenge - Week 23

 Good morning, lovelies!  It's Saturday and that means we have a new Anything Goes Challenge up on the Polkadoodles blog! 

This week, we were challenged to create an easel card.  I wanted to try something different, and I found a Square Easel Fold Card tutorial by Gloria Plunkett, so I went to work creating!   I had so much fun coloring the Little Dudes Dragon Onesie, that I decided I wanted to make another card using this collection.  I colored up the Little Dudes Pirate with Copic markers (colors listed below), cut out the image and set it aside. 

I wanted to keep the color palette a bit subtle so that the image itself would stand out.  I used one of the digital papers that comes as a bonus with the digital stamp and then chose some solids that coordinated with the paper.  I used the Deckle Die Set from Stampendous to cut out the blue and gray panels.  

Lastly, I adhered one of the sentiments that is included with the stamp.  I just LOVE this little fella and the fact that the card folds flat and will fit in a standard envelope, and it stands on its own to display.  

Colors Used: 

Skin - E04, E13, E21, E00, E000, R20

Hair - E18, E15, E13

Denim - B16, B14, B12

Shirt/Dog Scarf - R59, R39, R35, B18, B16, B14, B12

Stick/Chest - E18, E15, E13

Coins - YR25, YR21, Y11

Sand Castle - E15, E13, E21

Pail - BG49, BG57, BG53

Fishbowl - YR07, YR04, YG25, ,E21, BG53

Shovel - YG11, YG00

Starfish - R05, R12

Shell - C01, C0, 0

Sword/Belt - E18, E15, E13, N9, N7, N5, N3

Dog - E55, E53, E51, N7

Please make sure to hop over to the blog and share your work with us!  There are prizes and bragging rights up for grabs, and because it is Anything Goes, that means that there are no product or theme requirements!  

As always, thank you so much for popping by! 

Xoxo, Kim