Purple Winter Gnome

Hi everyone! If you were celebrating, hope you had a wonderful Memorial Day weekend! Dad wanted to go to Menards for some hanging baskets and citronella. Took him shopping, bought two of each and put them on the deck for him; they look so pretty! 

I was sorry to miss the April Christmas Kickstart Challenge, especially when I'd select a gnome to use. I decided to pop in with a second entry to the May Christmas Kickstart Challenge and use my gnome with the gorgeous May inspiration board/colors.

Supplies: Paper - Neenah white; Paper Studio Solids & A2 card;

Recollections Celestial Skies

Dies - Spellbinders Dancin' Gnome;

A Jillian Vance Designs Stitched Dot Rectangle Backdrop Set;

Lawn Fawn Mini Snowflakes,

Stitched Hillside Borders, & Stitched Labels

Stamps - Hero Arts Color Layering Snowflake Bundle

Other - Copic Markers; foam tape

I was shopping at Michael's on Sunday with a coupon & got this 12x12 celestial print paper pad for free! Can't beat that!! Thought one page had all the colors to be a snowy background evoking the sky in the inspiration photo (die cut with a stitched rectangle). Another paper matched the ombre dots but was too blue... More of another page was used to cut some of the details on the gnome and stump; I added shading with some BV Copics. Here's a quick pic of the paper pad:

 I love to find paper pads with unusual patterns that are fun to fit into my projects! Next I die cut another stitched rectangle in white and cut into two Lawn Fawn snowy hills. The sentiment (from a new to me snowflake set) was stamped onto a LF label and added to the scene. Next I diecut a bunch of the bitty snowflakes in LF's Mini Snowflakes set to add to the celestial sky. Assembled and done!

Thanks again to Jo and elf Gundi for a fun color challenge! I'll add my card to Darnell's May NBUS Challenge since the gnome is getting first play, along with the sentiment. Note - I previously used the stump but figured I could add the card since I'm first using the gnome. :)

Happy crafting & thanks for stopping!!