Lil Gnome House

I'm not sure if this is a gnome house or a little cottage house or what, but, I thought it made a perfect lil house for my lil gnome!  I used a variety of stamps on this card....

The house was super fun to color with alcohol inks.  I'm pretty sure I used an Amazon purchase instead of my Copics (it's been awhile)...I tend to be more "free" with my use of a fairly cost efficient brand of alcohol markers, but, I will put a plug in for Copics...there is nothing in my mind as quality as a Copic marker.  That being said, I know there are other super great brands (also expensive),  I just haven't tried them.  I only own the lower priced sets I purchase from time to time off Amazon...and then I have a growing inventory of Copics (under 100)...but, they truly are an investment...so when I want to go wild, I use my less pricey ones....hahaha

The house is artist Graciellie Design from Unity Stamp Company:

https://www.unitystampco.com/search.php?page=2&section=product&search_query=house

The trees and cute little birds are from one of my all time favorite artists:  

Kim Hughes of Paper Smooches 

I purchased many of her sets when she was affiliated with Cornish Heritage Farms (stamp company) MANY MANY MANY years ago.  I fell in love with her style and have followed her for several years...her images remain to be in my TOP favorites of all time.  So cute and so so easy to FUSSY CUT!!!  If you look close, the middle tree is fussy cut and popped up with dimensional tape....

Look close on this card...and you will see GRASS!  You know along the way, one tends to buy RANDOM little stamps...at craft stores...I'm pretty sure I picked up my grass somewhere...it comes on a set with all kinds of little accessories for a little tiny chick...I honestly do not know who this comes from..so I can't give credit.  If you do look at the arrangement of cards, you will see I couldn't settle at first on the perfect grass...so a couple have SU grass on it....I guess you can say, no 2 of these cards are alike.  hahaha

 Last, but not least....the HARD part of this card, was making a little DOOR open....and, I cannot say, it's perfect.  Maybe it was too late at night, my cutting skills were unfun.  I did use an old time tool...my COLUZZLE.  (If anyone knows or remembers that...you've been at it as long as I have!  hahaha  I'm so glad I never get rid of supplies....you just might want to cut out a little gnome door)

Anyhow...I'm thinking the door may be opening up the wrong way, but...it's a gnome door, so it is what it is!!! 

The little gnome stamp is from:  Riley and Company

https://rileyandcompanyonline.com/

https://rileyandcompanyonline.com/mini-gnomes-stamp-set-set-of-3/

I bought the little set of 3, and cut them a part, to make 3 stamps...  One little gnome fit perfectly inside the door.  I have used my little gnome on a mushroom card...  So fun to color and FUSSY CUT! 

I hope to be working on some fun new projects to share soon!

Toodles!

Trudi