CRAZY 4 CHALLENGES - C4C537 - GNOME CARD

Hi Everyone!

Thanks for stopping by!

This week over with the Crazy 4 Challenges design team our theme is:

30th May - C4C537: Gnomes seem to have become very popular over the past 6 to 12 months with so many fun stamps, dies and papers being released. Create a card today that features a gnome.

Well, gnomes are not really my thing and I didn't think I'd be participating in this week's challenge but I found a gnome die set in my stash and decided to use it for this week.
I'm not sure where the die set came from - could have been a freebie on a craft magazine or I may have got it from a craft fair over the years but at least I had it so I could play along this week.

I, also, had been wanting to use a new turnabout stamp set I purchased a few weeks back from Concord & 9th - the 'Blooms' turnabout stamp set so I combined that stamp set with the gnome die set to create a 'wiper surprise' card for this week's challenge.

I am very happy with how this card turned out - very cute! I love how it says 'Just a little note to say ... and then the gnome pops up and the 'hello' ties in with it.

Here is my card:

Until next week - it's bye for now! 

Stay safe and keep on crafting!

SOME CARDS THIS LAST WEEK

I am loving being back in the swing of my cardmaking and here are some I have made over the last week.

These first few are ones I made at a craft retreat where I went just for one night even though it was a 3 night retreat I could only go for one night :(

These two were made using the Fill In Blooms Stamp Set from Concord & 9th - have to admit that I struggled with the lining up of these stamps but I have made my peace with that now and I look forward to making more cards with this stamp set in the coming months. 

Turn about stamps - well, what an innovation they are!  I have been out of the stamping world for a long time and I have been blown away by how far stamps have come!  This is the Floral Turnabout stamp from Concord & 9th - so pretty and so quick to use to make a card!

Another play with distress oxide inkpads on glossy card and using distress glaze to remove the oxide - I looooove how this turned out.  I have this Aussie Camper die on it's way - great for male cards!

Some more backgrounds and this time with a fish scene die - the second card I made as shaker card - so much fun. I am enjoying making cards to put in my stash!

This is the last card for this post - I needed a card for a bloke I work with and I came across this card on Pinterest on a blog called Bobbiestreasure and I pretty much made it the same as hers but I just added a spanner - the link to her card is here http://bobbistreasure.blogspot.com.au/2014/02/shopping-our-stash-138-oh-shiny.html?spref=pi&m=1