The Gnomes Are In The House

Hello friends and welcome back,

So happy to share a card I made for a friends birthday.  I'm in love with Gnomes right now and got my final set of gnome stamps in the mail the other day.  

I combined the gnomes with some fun dies from Karen Burniston.  I've linked everything blow so you can simply click on the image to get all the information.

This little guy turned out soooo cute and then I placed him in the window with the balloons and gifts so he could be seen from the front and the inside of the card.  Because, after all, you can not have too much a cute gnome.  I used the Spinner Square on the inside and have the Happy Birthday spinning when it is opened.

To see how to assemble this card - click here.  Karen does a much better job of explaining it than I ever could.  She even shows how to create the window.

Happy Crafting,
S@ndy

Happy Birthday America

 Hope all of you are having a fabulous 4th of July holiday.  I made this card to celebrate the season.  I am a very patriotic American - always enjoying a way to use red, white & blue.

As you know, I like to find different ways to use my dies and came up with this fun way to make the stripes on the flag using Karen Burniston's new Nature Edges die.  I really like that it is stitched on each side of the cutting blade so that no matter which piece you use it is stitched.  Happy Birthday is from Karen's Word Set 2 and all the stars on this card are from the Charm Accordion.

For the inside, I used the Flower Pot Pop-up die set.  Instead of flowers, I added more stars, all double sided with a thin wire in between, and the cute flourish from the Cupcake Pop-up.  USA was stamped on labels from the
Katherine Label Pop-up.

All total, 6 die sets were used here and it is amazing how they all work together to give a

perfect result.

Enjoy your holiday,

S@ndy