A Little Love for my Little Boys ♥

So Honestly, at first sight I really thought that this Gnome stamp set from the Occasions Mini was pretty useless.  Enter stage left:  My boy's love & fascination with the movie "Gnomeo & Juliet". It got me thinking...this bearded little Gnome, with a little creativity, could look just like his "Favorite bad guy", Tybalt!  Bam! A perfect Valentine's card was born!

 

 

I'm a little bit proud of myself here... check out my creativity making that awesome garden fence out of the "Stripes" Embossing folder :)

 

 

 

Keeping in mind that most people have no need to create a gnome version of Tybalt, here's a similar card that I made using this set:

 

I made this Valentine for my cute, happy little God Son :)

 

Inklings Tips:

~ I adhered the So Saffron pattern DSP to the cardstock and ran the Early Espresso paper through the bigshot with the Stripes embossing folder.  I used a border sticker from  Nursery Suite quick cuts for a seamless transition. 

 

~ I used the heart stamp & a versamark pad to create a background on the Bashful Blue CS. I then stamped my image, cut it out and mounted it on early espresso.  I used Stampin' Write markers to color the baby Gnome.  

~ For the heart balloon, I stamped the sentiment and them used the Full Heart punch to cut it out.  I sponged around the edges of the heart, popped it up on stampin' dimensionals, and used some adhesive & hemp twine to attach it to the baby Gnome's hand.  The "sweetheart" sticker is from the Nursery Suite quick cuts as well. 

 

Stamp Sets:

~Gnome Sweet Gnome (126537)

~ The background heart is from Itty Bitty Bits (120060)

~The sentiment is from the "Valentine's Day set, which retired.

 

Paper:

~Early Espresso (119686), Bashful Blue (125120), & Whisper White (100730) cardstock

~ DSP Subtles Collection Patterns Stack (117152)

Ink:

~Early Espresso Stamp Pad (19670)

~Versamark Stamp pad (102283)
~Bashful Blue (105111) & So Saffron (105114) Stampin' Write Markers


Embellishments:

 

~ Linen Thread (104199)

~Nursery Suite Quick cut Accents. No longer available, but in case you want to search, here's what they look like:

Extras:

~Big Shot Die-Cut Machine (113439)

~Full Heart Punch (119883)
~Stampin' Dimensionals (104430)
~Textured Impressions Embossing folder ~ Stripes (123128)

 Gnomes aren't really my thing, but I'm glad I was able to make it work:).