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Monday, June 13, 2011

Hangin With My Gnomies! BBTB2 Challenge!

 Hi Everyone, I'm just Hangin With My Gnomies over at Bitten By The Bug 2 and I'm the Host of this weeks challenge, Woo Hoo! Well I've been up to my elbows in dirt from the garden and what a perfect little friend to keep me company as I work in my garden as these adorable little Gnomes! They are from the Freshly Picked Cartridge and it's the reason I bought it and then found out it had all kinds of Garden theme extras on it so it was an added bonus!
Well I was so excited to use these little guys that when I picked the challenge I just assumed (You know what they say about assuming..........I'll be nice, e-mail me if you don't know, lol) that all my Gnomies (aka: Design Team Sisters) had this cart and come to find out (from a frantic e-mail form a few of them) that they didn't and could we pick another image to go along with it! Well I frantically checked and sure enough, No, Nada, None! So it popped in my head, "What about an Elf" Yep there are a few (Jolly Holidays, Wrap It Up, Paper Doll Dress Up and Gingerbread that I could find, there may be more, please let me know!) So if you don't have Freshly Picked please use one of the above, any you find, or if all else fails, how about a Bird Bath or Something out in the Garden that you Love and makes you smile!   
I used two of the little Gnomies, they are on pages 35-37, you can use ANY of them or ALL of them if you want, lol! I also used the Opposites Attract for the saying. I welded the shadows in Design Studio and embossed the letters, they aren't welded. I did LOTS of embossing on this layout and LOTS of inking. The ink I used is from Quick Quotes and I LOVE this ink! It's called Powder Puff Chalk Ink and I absolutely LOVE it! It goes on so soft and smooth and dries fast so you don't get it all over you! My little old man boy Gnome is cut at 5"........
 So is the little girl! Their eyes are little black rhinestones and I just seen her as a Redhead, lol! Her braids are tied with some jute and she has a flower attached to her hat with a flower brad.  
I also did one of my hidden Journal spots made with the watering can. It was cut at 3" with the shadow welded in Design Studio and the embossed and distressed too. I also used a Martha Stewart Punch around the page for some interest. The Paper is Cosmo Cricket called Garden Variety. The cardstock is Colorbox and I just love the Bright Vibrant colors I used!
I added pop dots to give it some depth and to compensate the bulky ribbon that I've had Forever and finally used it all up! You can see the dimension on this picture. I popped the saying and even tho it's inked it was missing something so I had to add some bling! You can never go wrong with Bling, Right. LOL! I think it was just what it needed!  
Well I made three little flower pots and couldn't fit this one on (I just can't leave any open spaces, LOL) so I made a card with some of the scraps. You can never have enough cards and this one would be a perfect "Just Because" card, don't you think! The saying is form the Scrappy Moms Stamp line.

Well I sure hope you had fun "Hangin with Me and My Gnomies" for a bit today! We enjoyed having you here, if you like please leave us a comment, I think my little Gnomies would get a kick out of seeing what you think of them I'll make sure to relay the comments (giggle)! Thank You so much it really makes my day and now my little Gnomies will get to put a smile on their face and warm their little hearts!
Hope you can play along this week with us at BBTB2! Remember, if you don't have the Freshly Picked cart, use one of the Elves on one of the carts mentioned above, a bird bath or some cute garden ornament that makes you smile! You have two weeks to enter the challenge, link up with the linky on the BBTB2 Blog under the post and you could win that Cute little Pick of the Week (POW) Blinkie to add to your blog, along with bragging rights of course!
Well Thanks again for stopping by today, make sure you check out what all the other Design Team Gnomies have done, I had so much Fun with this challenge (and to tell the truth, I think the DT had some fun with it too, lol) Have fun in your garden if you have one and if you don't have a little Gnome, maybe you should put one in there, they make great conversationalists, LOL!!!

Edited to Add: I am including this in the Frosted Design Sketch Along Tuesdays #17 Challenge. Love Frosted Design, they always have so many great challenges and tutorials and is just an all around wonderful blog hop over and check them out, they love new visitors! I also found a new challenge site which is Whimsical Wednesday's and I'm entering their color challege #11, use at least Red and Yellow and one other color, but since I couldn't on this layout I used a bunch of fun colors, I sure hope it'll be OK!
((Hugs)) and Take Care,
Theresa

28 comments:

Suzanne cricutcraftingrammyblogspot.com said...

Absolutely adorable Theresa. Darn I don't have FP but I will try to come up with something else.

DonnaMundinger said...

OMG!!! Theresa this is the cutest darn layout EVER!!!! Super details and colors and the title is adorable! Love, love, LOVE it, girlfriend! Thanks for a fun challenge (even though I almost didn't make this one. Just by the skin of my teeth! LOL) xxD

Jeri said...

What a perfectly gorgeous layout, Theresa. The paper colors you used are so vivid and stunning. So glad you picked that gnome for us to work with this week. I bought that Freshly Picked cartridge just because of that little gnome.

Maria Elena said...

Adorable Project !
Have a great Monday ;-)
~Maria Elena~
http://mariaelenaworld.blogspot.com/

Anonymous said...

OMGOSH! What they said!!! I ADORE this layout! So cute and soooo funny - love that title! Just amazing - I like every single detail from paper choices to cuts to placement!! WOW!! Love it.

xx Susan

Josie0602 said...

This is the cutest layout!! I love the Gnomies!!

moknowsall said...

OMGosh - I just ordered Freshly Picked from Cricut Rewards this morning..... I love this cart.... Can't wait to use your layout as inspiration for one of mine. All those extras - will have to take some time and go over this wonderful gnomie layout.

maureen
moknowsallcrafts.blogspot.com

abusybee - DoubleClick Connections said...

Amazing lay-out! Love all your fun details!

Penny'sfromHeavenreborn Nursery said...

This is an adorable layout the colors are perfect, I love it ....

Hugs
penny

Karen Pinsonat said...

LOVE your title! Precious layout!

Nanne said...

OMG!! OMG!! that title it so darn cute and so funny.. I have to scraplift that from ya.. :)
this layout is amazing as is all of your work..
thanks so much for joining us girls over that Frosted Designs..
Hugs
Nanné

A Little Time said...

This is so adorable! I am always amazed at your detail. You do incredible work!

The Archiving Angel said...

This layout is just too cute for words! Your special touches & details make this a true standout. Great job!
Thanks for joining us at Whimsical Wednesday.
Crafty best wishes,
Sonia

Charlotte said...

This is about the most adorable LO ever! You really out did yourself with all the amazing details. The colors, cuts, papers, embossing, and detail is fantastic.
Charlotte

Cathryn said...

Beautiful Layout and card! Your details are stunning!!! Thank you for playing along with us at Whimsical Wednesdays! Hugs, Cathryn :)

Karin said...

Wow, beautiful projects using the sketch! So many details! Great job.
Thanks for joining us on Sketch Along Tuesdays @ Frosted Designs. Hugs!

Anonymous said...

So cute!!!

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*Star said...

Amazing LO!! I absolutely love the way you did the title. All the details on this LO are wonderful. Thanks for playing with us at Whimsical Wednesday. :)

Cindy Beland said...

This is such a BEAUTIFUL layout!Fantastc job with all the amazing details and the colors are SUPER,"Way too CUTE"!Thanks so much for playing along at Whimsical Wednesday!!:)

Debbie Bakk said...

Wow- so much work in all the details-LOVE IT and the title is just so cute Thanks for joining us at Frosted Designs-Sketch along Tuesdays- you did a great job on the 2 page this week.

Jessica said...

Fabulous layout! Those gnomes are too cute!! Thanks for playing along with Sketch Along Tuesdays at Frosted Designs!

GiGi said...

WOW! What an awesome layout! I love the gnomes theme. Thanks for playing at Whimsical Wednesdays!

Unknown said...

What a fun layout! Your attention to detail is fantastic :) Thanks for playing at Whimsical Wednesday.

Scrapper69 said...

OH MY GOSH!!!! I ABSOLUTELY LOVE THIS LO!! The details are just Wonderful! TFS! :o)
Theresa

Anonymous said...

Holy Crap! You put sooooooooooooo much detail into this, I almost can't stand it! Wow!
So my new wonderful friend...we are home and boy did we have some adventures (not all good...) on vacation! But home and and company is gone and now its onto Summer! I'm out back with the kids and they are playing in a little toddler water table. Fun for them.
So I was silly and didn't write your # down so if you wanna chat give me a call...should be home most of this week except something here and there. Home all day today (its tuesday if you catch this today).

Leah

Fern said...

OMGosh this is so darn cute!!! Love all of the cuts and layers and those little gnomes are adorable!!! Thanks for playing along with us over at Sketch Along Tuesday/Frosted Designs!! Hugs!!

jessica said...

Awesome LO! I really love this cart and need to pick it up! You did an excellent job with our color challenge!! Thanks for sharing and playing along with us over at Whimsical Wednesdays!

Debbie said...

What an amazing layout!!! Love all of the details. Thanks for playing along with us at Frosted Designs Sketch Along Tuesdays Challenge!