North Pole Gnomes

 Hello!  I decided to take a break from Halloween cards for a little bit to play with the new Little Christmas Tree Stamp Set.  It is a Simon Says Stamp Stamptember collaboration with Trinity Stamps.  

I thought that this tree would be perfect to pair with Trinity Stamps' North Pole Gnomes.  

In order to fit everything on this card, I had to use a 5.25" x 5.25" square card base.  I don't usually make cards with these dimensions, but I have decided that it is a really good size.

For the background I used Tumbled Glass, Salty Ocean and Prize Ribbon Distress Oxide.  I used the Hillside Stencil by Lawn Fawn to lay in some snow drift.  Once my ink was dry, I used their Snowy Sky Stencil with White Pigment Ink to put in the snowflakes.  

I heat embossed the sentiment using Trinity Stamps Simply Sentimental: Merry with white embossing powder.  I had thought about putting in some heat embossed snowflakes, but I was afraid that the background would get cluttered.  

I used Copic markers in the following colors:

TREE:

• G12, G14, GO7

NORTH POLE GNOMES:

• G18, YG17. G29
• R20
• B12, B23, B24
• E000, E01
• Y28, Y26, Y21
• R14, R24, R39, R59
• E50, E53, E55, E57
• C00, C0, C1, C3, C4, C6, C8

This little card makes me smile.  I really like that the reindeer is sitting on top of the sleigh like he's the one wishing you Merry Christmas.

Thanks for stopping by and I hope you have a great day!

Sandy