Blank Page Muse: Christmas in July! Gnome Holiday Card

Some countries in the Southern Hemisphere, such as Australia, celebrate Christmas in July since it's summer there in December. To have more of a winter feel, these countries will have an unofficial holiday in July. How fun is that?! So for those celebrating Christmas in July, I've made this holiday card using a stamp from Blank Page Muse called Sir Holiday Gnome Tree - No Place Like Gnome Words designed by Pam Bray. This is a five piece stamp set that you can combine or use alone to make holiday and winter cards.

Supplies:

• Blank Page Muse Sir Holiday Gnome Tree - No Place Like Gnome Words stamp
• A6 white card base
• Black card mat cut to cut to 4-3/8"W x 6-1/8""H
• Green patterned paper cut to 4-1/4"W x 6"H
• White cardstock die cut in oval shape 3-3/4"W x 4-7/8"H
• White cardstock to stamp stars and sentiment (sentiment of choice on front of card is optional)
• Black cardstock to mat the sentiment on front of card (optional)
• Coloring medium of choice. I used Copic markers.
• Black fine tip marker
• Black stamp pad
• Two different shade of green stamp pads. I used Distress Oxides in Mowed Lawn and Lucky Clover.
• Masking tape/paper
• Red Glitter gel pen
• Clear Glitter pen
• Optional embellishments: Enamel dots

 Instructions: 

• Using a stamp positioner or stamp block, stamp one tree and the gnome.

• Color the gnome with your favorite coloring medium. I used Copic markers.

Copic markers used

Skin: E13, E11, E21, E00

Red: R39, R37, R35, R32

Gray: C5, C3, C1, C00

White: C5, C1, C00, 0

Snow: T3, T1, T0

Sky: BV00, B00, B000

Stars: YR24, Y17, Y15, White gel pen

Holly: G17, G14, R29, R22

• After coloring the gnome, I used a Copic Multi-liner to add in more hair for the beard 
• Using masking tape or paper, stamp another gnome and mask it

• Stamp the second tree with a different shade of green

• Peel off the masking tape
• Add in the snow

• Add the sky

• Stamp and color two stars, then fussy cut them out
• Adhere the stars to the top of the trees

• Using a red glitter gel pen, add ornaments to the trees

• Using the A6 card base, stamp the sentiment and holly inside the card

• Color the holly

• Optional: Add a sentiment to the front of the card
• Optional: Add enamel dots to the front of the card

Thank you for visiting! I hope this card reminds you it's time to start your Christmas cards. This one is easy and fun to make so I hope you give it a try. Have a great and creative week!

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