Anniversary Gnomes

Fall, masculine, Ocassions, Seasons, travel, Wedding/Anniversary, Whimsy Stamps

Hello friends!  I hope you’re having a great start to your week!  I’m just popping in to share the card I made my husband for our 25th wedding anniversary…he’ll be getting it this morning and then we’re off to a date night (afternoon as we’ve gotten older)!😆 

I think this turned out pretty cute!  I dug into my Whimsy Stamps stash and colored up these cute gnomes and fussy cut them by hand to add to the scene.  I cut off the string and heart in the center of their hats and stamped the image over the green cardstock with the cut out image layered over top of it.

For the background:  I blended some Autumn colored inks in various places and then stenciled in the leaves with a light brown ink.  I die cut the mountains and attached them to the background by sizing it up with the green die cut tree border for placement.  I stamped the “love you” sentiment all over the green background and then layered the colored image over top of the other.  I added some silver sparkle on the heart in the center of the hats.

I also took a die cut silver cardstock frame to go around it and then I silver heat embossed the “happy anniversary” sentiment at the top of the scene.

All the layers were cut with a scallop rectangle die and placed over a side folding A2 grey card base.

And here’s what I put on the inside of the card.  I thought it up myself and printed it out on the computer.  It was cut out with the same scalloped rectangle die and attached.  I still need to sign it as I’m typing this up!

Here’s the inspiration that I used to help me create this card:

These are some more photos that we took while we were in Alaska last month.  After our cruise, we took a land tour and went on a train ride that took us up to Denali Park.  We had a good day to take a 3 mile hike one day and ran into someone that took our photo and we took their photo too!

I will be back later to share some photos of the stamp retreat I just came back from!  Always lots of fun and great to see my crafty friends!  Thanks for stopping by today!

Challenges:

  1. Retro Rubber – #rrcb242 Fall by the Lake (all products are at least 3 yrs old)RRCB #242
  2. Little Red Wagon – Emboss it! (sentiment)
  3. Penny’s Challenge – #583 Anything Goes Using Paper
  4. Krafty Chicks – #739 All Occasions (Anniversary)
  5. CRAFT – #738 Anything Goes
  6. Just Us Girls – #750 Stencil Week (leaves)
  7. Creative Knockouts – #533 Halloween or Fall (Fall)
  8. Crafty Catz – #681 Anything Goes with optional: dies/punches (I used dies)
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43 thoughts on “Anniversary Gnomes”

  2. Happy anniversary you two!! Congrats on 25 years too, I’m happy for you both. Your card is just adorable and I’ve never seen those smooching gnomies before but what a great anniversary card that is; especially with the mountains in the background which reflect the views in those gorgeous photos! I’m sure you had a fantastic trip and I’m glad you were able to take it. Wishing you 25 more years of happiness together- enjoy this special time! Hugs!

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  3. Happy Anniversary to you both! Your card is perfect, I love the mountain backdrop and gnomes ☺️. You captured your inspiration so beautifully in your design – amazing! Have fun celebrating, we always celebrate in the afternoons rather than the evenings now too …lol ❤️. Enjoy! Happy and creative wishes! Hugs, Jo x

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  6. What a great anniversary card – I love gnomes – and have several stamps but none like this. 25 years – a milestone and the pictures from your trip are awesome. What a great trip to make. Alaska is on our bucket list. Anxious to see what you did at the stamp retreat.

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  7. What a wonderful anniversary card Vicki. Your gnomes are adorable and you’ve fussy cut them out perfectly. Gorgeous background scene too. Thanks for sharing with us at Krafty Chicks challenge. Hugs, Denise x

    Congratulations on your 25th anniversary – enjoy your date afternoon!

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  11. Happy anniversary! Beautiful couple and beautiful photos! AND such a stinkin’ cute card I can’t even stand it! I love anything with gnomes! Looking forward to seeing the photos of your retreat… I KNOW you had a blast!

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  12. Beautiful inspiration for your card background, Vicki, and those gnomes are adorable. Thanks for sharing your card with us at Just Us Girls.

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  13. So very cute Vicki and coloured beautifully and congratulations to you both on your anniversary…I love the photos of your trip absolutely gorgeous views and country side..

    Luv CHRISSYxx

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  14. So sweet – what a fun anniversary card! Love your inspiration for the scene – and great job building it! Thanks so much for playing at Retro Rubber!

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  18. Happy anniversary to you both and congratulations on your 25th Anniversary. Love the really cute card and image-great scenery photos, sorry it’s a day late but laptop did an update then wouldn’t do anything !!!

    Carol x

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  19. Your stunning photos were fantastic inspiration for your Anniversary card Vicki,love the landscape you created for your gnomes.Happy 25 th Anniversary

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  20. What a cute anniversary card for your husband! Your scene is adorable. The subtle leafy stenciled background is very clever. Thanks for sharing this special card with us this week at Just Us Girls!

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  21. I don’t know how I missed this post, but happy belated anniversary. We were married in October also, and it’s a great month to have tied the knot. Your gnomes are adorable. And I love you photos from Alaska. You 2 look so cute together and wow, what amazing scenery. Off to check out your teapot. hugs-Erika

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  23. Happy 25th Anniversary! Your card is absolutely adorable, and I love how you incorporated the gnomes and the beautiful mountain backdrop. The attention to detail is fantastic, especially with the stenciled leaves and silver accents. Your trip to Alaska sounds amazing, and the photos are stunning! Wishing you both many more years of happiness together. Enjoy your special day! 

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  24. very beautiful card you created a romantic scene in nature, very sweet gnomes Thank you for joining C.R.A.F.T. Challenge Taty x DT

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  25. This is a fab anniversary card.

    Thank you so much for entering our challenge this week at CRAFT Challenge, looking forward to see you again next challenge.

    Hugs Sheryl xx CRAFT DT

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