Guest Designer - AAA Cards Challenge!

A couple of months ago I was picked as one of the favourites of a challenge over at AAA Cards, and asked to guest design for a future challenge which starts today. The game this week is 1/9th with optional 'Gnomes':

I decided to go with the optional 'Gnomes' theme, as I have a set of cute little gnome stamps by 2 Jays. I stamped one of the gnomes directly on to a kraft card blank, coloured him using watercolour pencils, then added a sentiment (from the Woddware 'Hanging Basket' set).

For more inspiration from the wonderful AAA Cards design team, please pop over to their challenge - thanks for having me!

Christmas Gnomes

I have a couple of Christmas cards to share today featuring some non-Christmas Gnome stamps by 2 Jays. I stamped the gnomes directly on the kraft card blanks, then coloured them using watercolour pencils in traditional Christmas shades of red & green. I added a little snippet of tartan paper (from the 'Jolly Santa' pad from The Works) along one edge of each of the cards, and sentiments from the 'Scribbly Christmas' set by Tim Hotlz for Stampers Anonymous.

Challenges for these cards:

• Christmas Kickstart - Gnomes
• Crafty Catz - Anything Goes
• Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas - Anything Goes
• Pixie's Snippets Playground - Use Snippets
• The Holly & the Ivy - Anything Christmas Goes
• Through the Craft Room Door - Anything Goes

Gnomes

I have a set of three simple birthday cards to share today...made using a set of stamps I received for Christmas called 'Gnomes' by 2 Jays. I stamped them all on to watercolour paper, coloured them sing watercolour pencils, then carefully cut them out. I embossed snippets of navy card using embossing folders by Sizzix (Chevrons) and Cuttlebug (Zig Zag & Spots & Dots) to make simple backgrounds, then added the gnomes on top using 3D foam pads. The sentiment stamp is from the 'Anytime Messages' set by Hero Arts.

Challenges for these cards:

• Cute Card Thursday - Anything Goes
• Seize the Birthday - Anything Birthday Goes
• Shopping Our Stash - What's New?
• Simon Says Stamp (Mondays) - New Products 
• Simon Says Stamp (Wednesdays) - Something New