Sunflowers and Apples Gnome

I haven’t been able to get into my craft room for a couple of weeks now because of Hurricane Sally and the aftermath of cleaning up. But, I have a few things that I got done right before she decided to make her appearance and I thought I’d share them this week.

With their little pointed hats, hidden eyes, and whimsical beards or braids, they are charming and mischievous at the same time. But no where are they as popular as in the stamping world right now.  Almost every company has at least one set of some sort of gnome. And I love (and want!) them all. 

Gnomes are a big thing right now. Use to be that you saw them only at Christmas but not any more. Now you see them everywhere. There is a commercial on tv with a little ‘travel’ gnome as it’s spokesperson. Sports teams have decked them out in the team colors for fans everywhere to show their allegiance. And you might see a little garden gnome hiding in someone’s yard every once in a while.  

I stumbled upon this cute little Autumn Gnome digital from KLM Designs by accident but as soon as I saw him, I knew I had to have him! That sunflower and those apples spoke to me. I colored him up and cut him out and adhered him to some golden yellow card stock that I had lightly stamped some sunflowers on.  The mat is some fall plaid paper that I’ve had for several years. Normally, I would go with a kraft card base but when I tried it, it sort of dulled the colors so I decided to go with a red card base to keep the colors brighter. 

He’ll be going out later this week to cheer up someone’s mailbox just because. 

Calendar Girls…January, Take Three

Several years ago, I started making calendars with a group of crafty ladies. I tell how it all came about here. Last year (2019) there were two groups of ladies making calendars and this year we had three! This year, I participated in two of the groups (and wish I had done all three!) and gave one as a gift. January was my month for the first group and I chose this little gnome from Picket Fence Studios to adorn my calendar. He was so much fun to color and made me fall in love with gnomes. I now have several different ones and plan to use them throughout the year, not just during Christmas and winter. I used a snowflake embossing folder on the background-I have no idea where I got it.  I just love seeing this on my kitchen counter every day…he makes me smile!