Happy Gnew Year!

Greetings! It's Topflight Stamps Tuesday! This week's focus is new beginnings, so I've made a calendar card featuring the adorable Kate Crane KC017 Cling Rubber Stamp Set by PaperArtsy, which features three large gnomes, five small gnomes, plus a cute sign, and several sentiments. 

Here it is!

Topflight Stamps Products Used:

Kate Crane KC017 Cling Rubber Stamp Set by PaperArtsy.

Della Blue, Lime Punch, Pine, and Olive Elements Inks by Lavinia Stamps

Tuxedo Black Memento Ink by Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko

Other Products Used:

Solar White Classic Crest Cardstock by Neenah Papers

White Heavystock Cardstock by Bazzill Basics

140 lb. Mixed Media Paper by Strathmore

Copic Markers:
Gnomes: BV000, E50, E21, E11, ED00, R02, R01, R00, N7, N6, N3, N2, N1, N0, T2, T1, T0, C3, C2, C1, C0, C)), B26, B24, B23, B21, R37, YG57, YG45, YG41

Mushrooms: R46, R27, R24, R22, R21, E79, E77, E74, E71, E49, E47, E44, E43

Black Pigma Pen by Sakura

Alphabet Dies: All Occasion Dies

"Happy Birthday Die: All Occasion Dies

Mushroom Dies: Source Unknown

Greenery Die: Source Unknown

Calendar

STAY-tion by Wendy Vecchi for Ranger Ink

Glassboard by Glassboard Studios

Black Foam Adhesive Squares by Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L

Sookwang Tape

Stamping Platform

Instructions:

1. Use Tuxedo Black Memento Ink to stamp the largest gnome and all five of the small gnomes from the Kate Crane KC017 Cling Rubber Stamp Set onto white cardstock. 
2. Fussy-cut all of the images.
3. Color them with Copic markers.
4. Use a black pen to edge them, then set them aside
5. . Cut a piece of mixed media cardstock to 5.75" square. 
6. Brush Della Blue Elements Inks over the entire panel and use the ink to edge the panel as well.
7. Cut a scrap of white cardstock with a leafy foliage cutting die. 
8. Brush Lime Punch, Pine, and Olive Elements Inks over the various leaves.
9. Brush the same inks onto a piece of white heavyweight cardstock, blending as you go. 
10. Use this panel to cut a 1/8" strip, a 3.25" x 2.5" panel, and to die-cut the sentiment. 
11. Use mushroom dies to cut three toadstools and three shiitake mushrooms from white cardstock. 
12. Color the mushrooms with Copic markers.
13. Adhere the inked foliage die-cut to the bottom of the 5.75" panel. 
14. Adhere the 1/8" strip of inked cardstock over it. 
15. Adhere the three colored toadstools, the shiitake mushrooms, and the small gnomes as shown. 
16. Use dimensional foam squares to adhere the large gnome as shown.
17. Adhere the calendar onto the sponged 3.25" x 2.5" panel, then adhere it to the upper left of the image panel. 
18. Adhere the sentiment die-cuts onto the upper right as shown.
19. Adhere the calendar card to a 6" white card.

Note:

Retrospectively, I should have exercised some restraing and let more of the foliage and mushrooms show, but I really, Really, REALLY wanted to use all the little gnomes. 

Thanks for visiting today!