Gnome Love

Happy Friday everyone!  Hey, guess what I just realized?  It's daylight savings next weekend!  This makes me both happy and sad.  Happy because it will stay light longer which is a good thing but sad because I will loose an hour of sleep and it'll be dark in the mornings.  But the "happy" wins out because Spring can't be far behind .

Today is my day to post for Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps at the Sweet 'n Sassy Digi blog.  With all the things going on at home, I once again was up until the early morning hours to get my blog post done.  The time consuming part is not the coloring.  It's not even the card assembly, (I'm getting better at not being too analytical in picking papers and colors) nope, it's thinking of what to say in my post! 

Anyhow, with all the fabulous digital stamps at Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps, I always have such a hard time deciding which digi I should play with.   After a great 'cyber' discussion among the design team, discussing gnomes and the memories they conjure up, I decided to create a card with Korin's Nathaniel Gnome.

Nathaniel was suggested by Chris Sather for the Digi Designer Contest. Isn't that awesome to see a stamp that you thought of?

Digital Stamp:   Nathaniel Gnome – illustrated by Korin Sutherland for Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps

He's colored with Copics and for his beard I became daring using Liquid Applique. It's my first time using this medium and I am not quite sure if I like it. His beard is too smooth. I'll just have to try it again, right?

Now when I think of gnomes, I think forest, nature, woodsy type colors which is why I chose earth tones for my card stock and panels. I added the red card stock pieces to tie the color of his jacket and hat in with the card. Having said all that, Nathaniel is printed onto Neenah Solar White super smooth card stock which I generally would not have paired with earth tone colors. This time I thought the white gave it a nice 'pop'. I love white space .

The sentiment is from Gnome Sentiments. These are just two of several great digital stamps which were released this week at the shop. And if you don't see a digi stamp that you are looking for or think of one that would make a great digital stamp, enter your suggestion in the Digi Designer Contest. Hurry though, this contest ends March 19th! Wouldn't it be so exciting to see your name at Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps? I think so

Yesterday was Digi Day at Sweet 'n Sassy over on our SNR group!  Although I could only pop in once during the day, I did manage to create a really quick card at lunch yesterday.   The challenge this week is to create something with the colors, yellow and pink.

Digital Sentiment Stamp:  Sing Unto the Lord from Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps

Like I said, just a quick and simple card.  You should play along…. it's so much fun and the ideas you get from seeing everyone's projects is awesome!

You'll want to make sure to check out Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps  because Korin is adding new digi stamps daily. 

Thank you guys so much for stopping by, for your support and understanding for being behind in leaving some blog love….. and for all the wonderful comments.  I treasure each and every comment!  Until tomorrow, have a wonderful Friday!