I Dig You Gnome Card

Happy Friday!  I have a card today featuring the adorable tomte from the new Gardening release at Cottage Cutz.  To me their new tomtes look a lot like gnomes. So I wondered - what is the difference? I found that Tomte is a Swedish word for a sprite that is pretty much the same as a gnome.  In Norwegian he would be called a nisse.

I love all the gnomes that are being used on cards recently.  They are super fun to color or in this case, die cut and color.

I picked my palette from a pad of retired paper - I believe it's called A Little Foxy.  (It is one of my favorites and I admit I hoarded a few pads before it was retired.)

I cut the pieces from Calypso Coral, Pool Party and Smoky Slate cardstock along with white.

I edged the beard and mustache in just a bit of Distress Oxide Pumice Stone.  I used Distress Oxide inks in Antique Linen, Tea Dye, Tattered Rose, and Vintage Photo to color his face, shoes and shovel handle.

To give some height to the frame I used three coral frames underneath the patterned one.  I glued that to the panel and then inset the white circle.

I added my gnome, bird and flower to the circle.  The sentiment is heat embossed in white.

Stamps: MFT You Gnome Me
Dies: all Cottage Cutz - Flower Power Tomte, Hat Box w/Foliage, Wide Stitched Circle Frames, Stitched Circles
Cardstock: Calypso Coral, Smoky Slate, Pool Party
Ink: Distress Oxide Antique Linen, Tea Dye, Tattered Rose, Vintage Photo, Pumice Stone

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