Gnome Witch for the Paper Players

Hello friends!  The Paper Players are back with a new challenge and this week the amazing Elizabeth is hosting (with an assist from Christy) our monthly color challenge.  She has chosen a fabulous fall combo of purple and green.

Paper Players

I think these colors are perfect for flowers, but for this time of year, these colors can only mean Halloween to me!

I'm also joining over at Just Us Girls.  It's Word Week and Sue has chosen "Halloween".  How could I resist?

Just Us Girls #796

Here's what I came up with this week:

The colors seemed perfect for this gnome witch and she makes more of a fun Halloween card rather than a scary one.  I colored her skin green because I was thinking of Elphaba from Wizard of Oz and that way I could give her a purple hat and cloak.  

I stamped her on a panel of white, then masked her off so I could ink blend the background with purple, green and black Distress Inks.  Once that was done, I removed the mask and colored her with Olo and Copic markers.

Next came a Gothic style Halloween background text stamp, which was stamped in black on purple cardstock, then black inked was blended around the edges.  When that dried, the panel was die cut with a mirrored arch label die, as was a panel of black with a size smaller so our witch could be framed up.  Both the "boo" letters and bats were cut from black glitter paper, then everything was added to a black card base.  The last thing I did was use a silver gel pen to color the buckle on her hat.  So fun!

How do these colors inspire you?  Remember, neutrals are welcome along with the two challenge colors.  The challenge will remain open until Friday, October 17th at 3pm EDT. I really hope we'll see your card in the gallery, but before you head off to your crafty space, be sure to check out the fabulous inspiration by my talented teammates over on the challenge blog.

Thanks for stopping by!

Stef

• Whimsy Stamps Gnome Witch stamp
• Simon Says Stamp Gothic Halloween Background stamp
• Spellbinders Mirrored Arch Label dies
• Tim Holtz/Sizzix Vault Coffin Box dies (letters) and Vault Wicked (bats) dies
• Peeled Paint, Twisted Citron, Villanous Potion and Black Soot Distress inks
• Olos - BV1.7, 1.4, 1.2, 1.1
• Copics - YG67, 17, 03, E47, 44, 43, 37, 35, 33, 31, C7, 5, 3

Gnomie Christmas for Color Hues

Hello friends!  It's mid-month already (!!?!) and time for a new challenge at Color Hues.  The fabulous Julie is hosting and has chosen a wonderful color combination.  

Color Hues

I considered several options but decided to add to my Christmas card stash with a funny gnome take on the holiday.

The stamp set is one that I bought a couple of years ago from Colorado Craft Company. The gnome Santa is kind of different looking but I was really enamored with the polar bear and the three penguins.  Plus I thought the sleigh looked pretty cool too. 

I colored everything with Copic markers.  Santa and the sleigh were red, of course, but then I added gold to all the metallic parts of the sleigh and the bell on Santa's hat.  I used the matching dies to cut them out.  

I had the sky background in my background stash.  I'm guessing but I think it was created using a Distress Spray stain and a Mica Spray stain because it has a shimmer to it.  A couple of snow hills were hand cut, layered on the background, then I added the images.  I covered everyone's eyes then splattered the entire panel with white splatter medium for lots of snow.  After that dried, the final step was to add the sentiment, which is from another CCC stamp set.

I hope that you'll be joining us for this challenge and if you need further inspiration, my very talented teammates and guest designer, the lovely Leslie Miller, have a wide variety of cards on the challenge blog just to do that!  The challenge will be open until Friday, August 29th at 9am EDT.  I hope to see your card in the gallery!

Thanks for stopping by!

Stef

• CCC Chillin' Gnomies stamps and dies
• CCC North Pole sentiment stamp
• Guessing - Salty Ocean Distress Spray Stain and Snow Flurries Distress Mica Spray Stain
• Simon Says Stamp White Splatter Medium
• Copics - R59, 46, 27, 05, 20, YR27, Y15, 13, 11, T4, 2, 0, C9, 7, 6, 5, 3, 1, 0