Hello and welcome to the blog; it's Rick back with you today to share a super cute card using both new and older products. My card today features the A2 Castle Scene Card Die Set as well as the Coffee Gnomes Stamp Set, and the Big Mugs Stamp Set.
I started off my card today by cutting all the pieces for the background scene using the A2 Castle Scene Card Die Set from some white cardstock. I used different distress ink to ink blend the sky, lake, windows, and the grass. I cut the castle from some gray cardstock, the roofs from red cardstock, and the rocks from a granite colored cardstock. I used Distress Ink to add shadows and details to these pieces. I then layered all the roof tops onto the castle. I then built the scene starting from the A2 frame and attaching it to a top folding A2 card base.
I then added the sky to the background of the card front and then the castle. I then added the lake, and the ground. At this point I could stamp and color the gnomes from the
Big Mugs Stamp Set and
Coffee Gnomes Stamp Set. I then used my paper snips and did a little fussy cutting to cut out the images. I then added one of the gnomes to the front left side of the card with just liquid glue. I then added the second gnome with foam squares and the female gnome to the other side of the card with foam squares. I wanted the scene to read as if the gnomes were up before dawn to get ready to go work in the castle. So, they are up drinking their morning coffee.
To finish the card I added some Stardust Stickles and some white gel pen highlights to the gnomes. I have a video over on the Miss Ink Stamps YouTube Channel today. You can watch the video by
clicking here.
Happy Crafting
Rick
