Happy Thursday AI Friends!
Today I have a cute little frame that fits right in with the current blog challenge called "Stitches and Scallops". I love this little #5902 - Mini Scallop Frame set. It makes the cutest little display card for a desk, mantel, shelf or anywhere for that matter. This one with the gnomes brings a smile to my face.
I began by stamping the images onto copic friendly paper with Memento black ink and coloring with my copic markers listed below. The gnomes (5785 - Gnomes set) and the bees (5935 - Fairytale Houses) were cut using their corresponding dies that are included in these sets.
The scene was stamped onto a 3 x 2 1/2" piece of copic friendly paper. The tree stump is from the 2025 freebies part 1. If you don't have that freebie, you can use the stump from the KH5951 - Foxes set and draw in the door and window. I colored, free hand, the walkway and the grass. Don't look too close because they are pretty rough. 😞 The leaves were stamped with Memento black ink using the 5989 - Dwelling Foliage set and colored with my copic markers.
I die cut the frame from a piece of striped paper from the 6012 - Basic Yellow PP using the #5902 - Mini Scallop Frame die. I also die cut the oval opening using the #5727 Nested Oval die. I then die cut a stitched oval frame to place on the outside of the oval opening using the #5065 - Oval Double Stitch die with a slightly larger nested oval from the #5727 - Nested Oval dies.
I popped the gnomes up on foam tape and adhered one to the top of the stump and the other to the outer side of the stitched oval frame. I adhered one bee directly to the image and the other to the outer frame. Lastly, I cut the sentiment banner from the #5588 - Journal Oval Frame set and stamped the sentiment from the #5785 Gnomes set onto the center of the banner.
Oops, almost forgot the easel. Make sure to die cut one from the #5902 - Mini Scallop Frame die and adhere to the backside of the scallop frame so that it stands nicely.
That's it for me today. Hope you play along and enter the challenge "Stitches and Scallops" to win a free stamp set of your choice. It's easy and so fun (especially if you win). 😁
Have a great weekend and keep creating but make sure to share because we love inspiration!
Copics used: E01, E11, E21, E23, E25
W0, W1, W3, W5
Y15, Y17
B32, B34
G40, G43
