So, how did I make this scene? First I trimmed a card panel for a mini-slimline card. The measurements are approximately 6 x 3.25 inches.
I have a Ranger Ink rectangle stencil that I absolutely love. I wanted a slimmer, more narrow vertical space to work with for the scene I had in mind, so I placed masking tape down the right of my stencil to narrow the gap.
In the first picture, I used my Misti stamp positioner and stamped my gnome near the lower right corner onto my mint tape (masking tape) . I peeled off the stamped tape and trimmed off the hat (don't toss the hat!).
Here's where it gets a little tricky, stamping a 2nd time on the cardstock. It would be easier to simply do some paper piecing for the hat but I wanted to have pretty much a one layer card (with the exception of paint splatters).
And because I wanted my hat to have red inky stripes, I had to carefully stamp as much of the gnome body with black ink, (so I could color with markers later) cover the body with the stamped mint tape to create a masked area, then stamp my hat with the red ink. Once this was done, I put both of my pre-stamped sections back on top of my stamped card panel for the next step.
Next, I grabbed my mint tape again and hand trimmed a little sloped hill. This was place directly across the bottom of my card panel and above my gnomes shoes. Keep in mind, I still have my stamped masking tape over my gnome as well.
I grabbed a tree stencil that I've had in my stash for so long, I can't remember what brand it is. I offset my tree stencil from the left side and ink blended with my Scrapbook.com Pine hybrid ink and blender brushes.
In my last photo, I used a circle punch on my mint tape for a moon. I placed it so it's offset on the upper right corner and ink blended over the open area of my card panel using Ranger Distress Ink - Prize Ribbon.
I also used some white pigment ink and blended around my moon for a "glow.
God bless you, if you read through all of that! I know it was a little more lengthy than my usual posts. Sometimes I'm compelled to lay every little thing down in writing.
Initially, I was going for a clean and simple look. I even polled some of my crafty friends to see if they thought this qualified for a CAS card. It was a resounding NO by about 70%, mainly because my techniques weren't so simple, in their opinion.
I hope you love my Create-A-Scene card as much as I do! I had a blast experimenting and it came out exactly as I had imagined. It's always a win when that happens, right?
Be sure and link a card up to the hop, here. You have until November 10th to get crafty. There are some amazing sponsors and prizes being offered up, as well. For more details on the products I used or to shop, click my affiliate links below.
Terri
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I hope you're not sending that to anyone. You should frame it. All that masking...for a perfect design.
ReplyDeleteThis is so cute and well done!!
ReplyDeleteI am in love with this sweet gnome slimline card!
ReplyDeleteSuch a great design for a mini slimline card! I love the sweet scene you created!!
ReplyDeleteSuch a pretty slim card for the hop, Terri. Best wishes. :)
ReplyDeleteLove this cute winter gnome scene.
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