Gnomes & stitchy flowers

 A much smaller group than usual joined Moira Walters for the Hobby Art workshop at Costessey on Saturday. The hot weather probably had a lot to do with the low numbers, but we had a lovely day in an air-conditioned hall, we did have to ask for the aircon to be turned down eventually!

We used the gnome and stitchy flowers  ( it's actually called floral patchwork but stitchy flowers is a perfect description!)
sets of stamps designed by Lisa; the first sample is sort of following Moira's sample,with the card split into sections.
I used fewer sections and added shading between sections rather than thin strips of card - life is too short to be cutting thin strips of card! Images were coloured using Koh-i-noor watercolour palette with a water brush.

 My second gnome card was because I couldn't resist playing with masking tissue to create a diffeent new home card. the gnome was stamped first, then the house, then the sign board and finally the sentiment. Coloured with alcohol markers once I got home.

 This one had a distress oxide background before stamping the flower pots and colouring them with watercolour again. Mats of brown and white card and a brown card base.

 For this one one of the flower pots was stamped onto a distress oxide background on a small tag, then again onto patterned paper and paper pieced. A matching tag cut out of patterned paper, both mounted onto slightly larget tags and then onto a base card stmaped with the buttons in a matching colour of distress oxide ink.












 My last two used the corner stamp and the buttons to create a wreath shape - very easy to do with a stamping platform, I could never do them just using a circle guide, and I live very much in awe of those who can!

You need a square of card, position the main stamp in one corner, stamp it, turn the card 90 degrees, stamp again, continue till you have done all four corners. Then all you need to do is fill in the gaps - dead easy!
Two different colourways, both coloured at home with alcohol markers.