Ice Cream Gnomes - Simon Says Stamp collaboration with Trinity Stamps

 

Hi guys!  I am so excited to share this card that I made with the Ice Cream Gnomes set from Simon Says Stamp.  It is the collaboration with Trinity Stamps that released today as part of STAMPtember.  This is such a fun month for card makers with all the fun collaborations.  It is also STAMPtember's 16 year anniversary!  Wow!  16 years!!!

These little ice cream "Gnomes" are just adorable.  I also like that the set is birthday focused, however, you could use these for the different holidays as well.

I thought it would be fun to have my clouds in the shape of the ice cream on top of a cone.  To start, I lightly blended Tumbled Glass Distress Oxide ink on the top two thirds of my white cardstock.  Using the Little Layered Ice Cream Cone Stencil with white pigment ink.  I layed in the solid part of the ice cream in different spot on the sky.  Make sure you give the white ink some time to set - it does take a little longer than the other inks.  

While the clouds were drying, I used Tea Dye Distress Oxide Ink to lightly lay in my sand.  I decided that it would be cute to have the ice cream sprinkles sprinkled in the sand.  Using the Layered Confetti & Ribbon Stencil, I inked them in using Saltwater Taffy, Ripe Persimmon and Salvaged Patina Distress Oxide Ink.  

I layed in the shading on the clouds with Tumbled Glass Distress Oxide Ink using the shading part of the Little Layered Ice Cream Cone Stencil.

I colored my little friend with Copic Markers in the following colors:

• R00, R30 - Nose
• RV00, RV23 - Ice Cream
• E53,E33, E99 - Cone
• BG01, BG45
• Y15, YR16

I used black embossing powder to heat emboss the sentiment on the front of the card.  

I used the Rainbow Sherbet Clay Confetti pieces in the sand to add to the ice cream theme.  

I used foam dots to pop up my little ice cream gnome to give my card a little dimension.

This was such a fun card to make! 

Thank you for stopping by today and I hope you have been inspired to create your own Ice Cream Gnome card,

Sandy