Watercolour Gnome Character Card with Sparkle Embossing

A project from our live show More Inspiration - Using - Frome Our Gnome to Yours · 10/10/2025 · watch it from 36:45

Create a charming gnome character card using watercolour card and sparkly blue embossing powder. The gnome is stamped in black ink, then coloured with watercolours and embossed for a shimmering effect, mounted on a glitter card background with layered paper strips.

You will need

Avago-ink Designs Stamp & Die Set - From Our Gnome to Yours - 110624GSEE IT Avago-ink Designs Paper Collection - Mystical Christmas - 110624ESEE IT Glitter Cardstock - Splash Sold in Packs of 10 SheetsSEE IT

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Step by step

1. Stamp the gnome character onto watercolour card using black ink. ▶ watch 37:00
2. Colour the gnome with watercolours, starting with lighter green at the bottom and darker green at the top to create dimension. ▶ watch 38:00
3. Add red watercolour to the gnome's hat and white to the beard. ▶ watch 38:30
4. Apply sparkly blue embossing powder over the stamped image and heat set it. ▶ watch 39:00
5. Cut strips from the patterned paper in blue and pink tones. ▶ watch 40:00
6. Layer the paper strips over glitter card to create a background. ▶ watch 40:30
7. Trim the layered strips to size for your card base. ▶ watch 41:00
8. Die cut the coloured gnome using the coordinating die. ▶ watch 41:30
9. Mount the die-cut gnome onto the layered background using adhesive. ▶ watch 42:00
10. Add a sentiment stamp to the bottom of the card. ▶ watch 42:30

Tips from the show

• You don't need to be precious when colouring over embossing as it is now secure.
• Lighter colour at the bottom and darker at the top helps the image lift even when laid flat.

More from this show

• Interactive 3D Gnome Topper Card with Layered Tree
• Shaped Card with Stencilled Background and Character Topper

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