Conie Fong Art & Design: Gnome Sweethearts

I am always in need of birthday cards. I try to build my stash with cards that will suit different ages. Today I made a card using Conie Fong's adorable "Gnome Sweethearts," which is great for both kids and adults. This digital stamp set is called Gnome Sweethearts with Dogs and Sentiment Bundle comes with 11 images (1 gnome sweethearts, 5 dogs, 5 sentiments) and it comes in PNG or JPG formats. This is also a great stamp for other occasions, such as Valentine's Day, friendship, and hello.

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I first imported the images into my Silhouette Cameo software and placed the dogs around the gnomes then printed it on cardstock. I then printed the same image on Eclipse masking tape so that I could mask the images before I ink blended the background. 

After applying the masking tape, I used Distress Oxide inks in Lucky Clover for the grass and Tumbled Glass and Faded Jeans for the sky making sure I did not ink over the sentiment. I then peeled off the mask and was ready to Copic color the images. Copic colors are listed below.

Copic Markers Used:

Skin: E04, E11, E21, E00, E000

Cheeks & Dog's tongue: R21, R20

Beard: T5, T3, T1

Hair: E59, E25, E33, E21

Blue: B06, B04, B02, B01, B00

Yellow: Y38, Y35, Y15, Y13, Y11

Black: T7, T5, T3, T1

Pink: RV02, RV00, RV000

Labrador retriever: E53, E42, E41

Maltese: T5, T3, T2, T0

Bulldog: E44, E43, E42, E41

Yorkie: W5, W3, W2, W0

I used a Copic Multi-liner to draw hearts on the caps and dots on their clothes. I used a Spectrum Noir sparkle pen on the hearts, flower, and pom-poms. To finish the card, I added flower gems to the card. 

I hope you enjoyed this card. Thank you for stopping by and have a creative day!