Gnomes and Bees from Art Impressions

 Hello and Happy Sunday!

Do you love these new Gnomes as much as I do?
And, yes.  Just so you all know, I can see you furrowing your eyebrows and hear you muttering, "Well that's a silly question," in my head! lol!

Of COURSE you love them!

Gnomes live in the woods so I added lots of bees. Gnomes love flowers and so do bees, so I'd assume that Gnomes love bees too. The teeny little bee is from a retired freebie.  He sits on a flower that a sweet little bear is holding.  I only inked up the bee and placed him on the gnomes nose.  It wasn't easy, but it was worth it.  Maybe someday Bonnie will make us a full bee set with everything from a teeny little cluster of 3 bees that we could ink up as one, two or three...all the way up to larger bees that could be the star of our cards!

One very cool feature of this new Gnome set is that one of them is a Front and Back stamp which means you can create a window showing him from the front and on the inside of the card where you see his backside.

The same goes for the little bees from Birds and Bugs. Since some face left and some face right, you can make those F&B stamps too!

I love using clear acetate to make it look like certain images are flying or floating.  You just have to love bees!

5785 – Gnomes Set
5794 – Whimsical Flowers
5797 – Little Things Sentiment Set
5463 – Slimline Dies Set
5561 – Birds and Bugs Set
5543 – Journal Template Die Set
4967 – WC Fence Dies
5724 – Nested Rectangle Dies

Copics used:

B00, Y11, Y15, E33, E47, E53, YG13

Friends Forever from Art Impressions

 Hello Ai fans!

I have a card today that I made for the Emboss Like a BOSS! challenge
here on the Art Impressions blog.

On the front of my card I used:
5425 – WC Peeking Animals
5721 – Nested Heart Dies

5724 – Nested Rectangle Dies

5734 – Friend Sentiment Set

5742 – Easter Journal Paper Pack

On the inside I used several of the same sets as well as
a couple of dies from 5543 – Journal Template Die Set.

I love decorating the inside of my cards and do so almost every time.

My embossing powder worked far better on the inside than it
did on the front of my card. I'm not sure if it was because it was a
chunkier sentiment?  I'm also really out of practice.

I have so many powder colors and really need to start using
them more.  It's such a pretty effect on cards.  I'll always be partial to
the embossing folders but both make wonderful

additions to your cards and crafty projects!

Be sure to enter your project for a chance to win a free stamp set!

Emboss like a BOSS!

Copics used:

T3, C4, W2, E02