Saturday, May 2, 2026

Less People - More Gnomes

 Good morning!  I was honored to be asked to be a guest designer for the new challenge at:

Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers #274 - G is for Gnome

Funny story about gnomes - I once mentioned to my mom that I thought they were cute, I think we were at TJ Maxx and I bought one for my garden area.  Next thing I knew, she was buying me gnome EVERYTHING.... she thought I collected them!  I didn't have the heart to tell her I don't, so now I kinda do.... ROFL  ;) I have gnome dish towels, figurines, signs, garden gnomes, t-shirts, pj pants... hee hee  Gotta love moms!  Anyway, on to the reason you're here!

I decided to go with some art journaling for this one:





I used clipart from the Watercolor Gnome Ladies set from WondersArtist on Etsy. I used some Gesso on the pages, then applied Lindy's Magicals and let them dry. I used a stencil (with ink for the leaves, I used texture paste for the moon & stars) on the background, blended some brown inks around the edges, and added some die cut trees, leaves, and mushrooms. On the right page, I flicked some dark brown ink spray on the pages and stamped the snarky sentiments from Ink Road Stamps with permanent black ink. Added more die cuts and touches of glitter.

I would like to enter my art journal into the following challenges:

Creative Artiste #126 - AG Mixed Media (must use at least 3 mediums)

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday - Anything Goes

Outlawz May - Anything But a Card

Thanks for visiting! Peace.

5 comments:

  1. You really have done us proud as our Queen this month, Jenn, and I love your choice of images, patterns, textures and phrases! Thanks so much, Jo x

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  2. Beautiful grome scene. The background is wonderfully done. Great little details. So much to take in. Love it. Thank you for joining us at at Creative Artiste this month. Judy DT

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  3. These pages make me smile with that delightful little gnome girl! Wonderful backgrounds and perfect focal images for these magical layouts. Thanks so much for sharing with us at The Outlawz Anything but a Card. Katrina

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  4. LOL same - I do love gnomes - but ya - now EVERYONE buys them for me ;)
    Thanks for being our Queen of Snark with these super amazeballs art pages

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  5. A great layout. I've just started a new art journal. Thanks for joining us at the ABAC CHALLENGE

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