I love this gnome!

Hi there, I’m back.  A huge thanks to Jenny and Kate for covering for me while I was away, that was really sweet of you girls.

I made a little gnome card today, I just LOVE this Paper Smooches gnome, he’s so fun to colour!

I used three different Paper Smooches sets for this card, the gnome is from Forest Whimsy, the toadstools from Whimsical and the sentiment from Pretty Phrases. The toadstool stamps are solid so the top is black with white polka dots.

I stamped the toadstool (masking off the far left toadstool) onto the card and then stamped the row of toadstools again three times in the different colours. I then just paper pieced them.  I cut the coloured ones slightly smaller than the black ones so that the black outline would show and then just touched up any gaps with a Copic multiliner to give a cleaner finish.

Hope you get some time to play this week, have fun!

Hey there!

Hello :0)

My name is Jenny and I'm a craftaholic...there I've said it now...Lol
Seriously... this is my first post as a member of the Design Team here at Make the Day Special and I'm thrilled to join such a talented bunch of ladies :0)
I like to think I have a clean, simple and fun style which lends itself nicely to my love for Paper Smooches and Lawn Fawn stamps, so without further ado here is my card to share with you....

As you can see I like to mix and match the stamp sets and this uses 'Zoo Crew' and 'Whimsical' with the sentiment from 'Sentiment Sampler', the Paper Smooches stamps lend themselves so well to paper piecing as well as colouring, both of which are fun techniques to do :0)
By lifting the leaves on the tree you can see Mr Giraffe is hiding and the sentiment inside the card reads "....you can't hide, it's your birthday!!"

Doesn't that little giraffe look adorable with those big 'baby' eyes. I'm thinking she could be quite versatile on cards for all ages and occasions :0)

Well that all from me today, I'd like to take this chance to say Thank You to Emily and my fellow Teamies for such a warm welcome..... and I hope everyone is enjoying the long weekend :0)

Thanks for stopping by

Jenny x