The gnomes in the STORY BOOK SUITES are adorable. But dancing gnomes are paper crafting genius. The amazing idea came from Susan Campfield, a fellow Stampin' Up demonstrator and shared with me by a team member. After watching her video I had to give it a try. I used the KINDEST GNOMES bundle and the suite's DSP. The dies in this bundle create an adorable gnome with no stamping or coloring.
To make the gnome, I used BASIC WHITE card stock to make the beard, BASIC BLACK for the feet and BLUSHING BRIDE for the nose. For the hat, I chose a piece of the coordinating DSP. for this card a snowflake design. The special die cut that creates the "dancing feet" is from the SWEET CANDY CANES bundle. It's the die intended for making the candy cane holder.
For the card, start with a piece of SOFT SUEDE card stock cut at 4-1/4in by 11in and scored at 5-1/2in on the LONG SIDE. Adhere to the card front a piece of the coordinating DSP measuring 4in by 5-1/4in. In the center of the card front, layer a POOL PARTY card stock measuring 2-1/4in by 4in.
To create the dancing legs, cut the candy cane holder die out of BASIC WHITE card stock. Cut down the edges so they are even with the holes, approximately 3/8in. Then cut the piece in half. You can use the other for our next project. Adhere this piece to the top of the legs.
Arrange the gnome on the front of the card. Remove all but the legs and adhere the legs using a MINI DIMENSIONAL in the hole. Add the rest of the gnome using DIMENSIONALS.
Add the sentiment using a 5/8in strip of BASIC WHITE card stock, stamping with BALMY BLUE INK. Adhere to the top of the card front with DIMENSIONALS.
Using this same fun design, I created a TREAT BOX, changing the gnome to a Santa and adding a delicious LITTLE DEBBIE'S BIG CHRISTMAS TREE CAKE.
To create the box, start with a piece of GARDEN GREEN card stock cut at 7-1/2in by 10-1/2in. On the SHORT side, score at 1/2in, 2in, 6in. On the LONG side, score at 1/2in, 2in, 5-1/2in and 7in. Below is the box after the card stock is scored, creased and excess paper is cut away.
Before assembling the box, adhere two DSP panels on the front and back, measuring 3-3/8in by 3-7/8in. For my box, I used DSP from the SWEET CANDY CANES SUITE. At the top of the front panel, punch out a thumb notch using a 3/4in CIRCLE PUNCH. Assemble using TOMBOW.
For the embellishments on the front, start with a piece of POOL PARTY card stock measuring 2-1/4in by 3-1/2in and adhere it. The gnome I created was similar to the one on my card above. The only difference was that I cut out two hat die cuts, one in CHERRY COBBLER card stock and one in BASIC WHITE. I trimmed the BASIC WHITE piece to create the fur for the hat. Adhere the gnome in the center of the front panel of the box.
Punch a BASIC WHITE circle using a 1-3/8in CIRCLE PUNCH and stamp the sentiment using GARDEN GREEN INK. Adhere it to the top right using DIMENSIONALS. Finally, add a GARDEN GREEN bow from the REAL RED & GARDEN GREEN RIBBON COMBO PACK using a GLUE DOT.
Click on the link below to see how both of the projects came together.
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Thanks as always for visiting my blog. I hope you feel inspired to try to make something creative on your own.
Keep Stamping,
Barb Reed
The Wexford Stamper
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