I have another free pattern for you to download so you make the project. You can find the file here. In the download there are 3 files: a PDF for hand-cutting of the pieces, a PNG to use with your electronic cutting machine and a text file with handy hints and tips (and the sizing information) to use the PNG.
As with most of these projects I cut all the pieces from medium weight white card-stock, the kind used to make cards and such. This is way more economical than having to purchase a bunch of colors and in my experience the paint colors are a lot more stable than the paper colors. I rarely get noticeable fading with the painted projects.
You are free to use the pattern as many times as you wish and even to sell the finished project. But, please don’t give away or sell my patterns. I spend a lot of time creating them and the only compensation I get is from people watching the videos and checking out the blog post. I really want to keep offering these for free so please if someone else wants to make one send them to the video and blog so they can get their own copy of the pattern.
Use a nice thick glue to glue the individual pieces together to form the units that we will be using to build the gnomess. Here is a picture of them all glued. These will need to dry completely before I move onto the painting step since I place mine in a piece of sticky tape to hold them still while they are being painted and drying.
Once dry tape a strip of masking tape sticky side up to your work surface and put the units we just glued together on it in groups by the color they will be painted. I also used a piece of wash tape taped sticky side up to hold the pieces to the rainbow.
The braids got painted with a golden yellow.
The shoes with black.
The nose and hands with a flesh type color.
And the backing/body and the hat with a green.
Then the rainbow pieces got painted with the colors of the rainbow.
Allow the paints to dry.
Once the paints dried I added a line to each braid to represent the ribbons holding the hair in place. For this I used the same green that I used for the other green areas.
Now it was time to glue the rainbow together. I did make an error in gluing mine by lining the biggest arch up with the edge of the backing. I really should have let it hang off a bit to give a bit more surface for the last arch to have a bit more room. I was still able to get it glued on but it would have been better to have more surface area for it.
Next we are going to add the braids to the hat along with the nose. I like to use another piece of Washi tape to hold the braids in place while I am gluing the hat in place. Be sure to add the nose now too. Allow this glue to set up enough that the pieces won’t shift when being added to the rest of the gnomess.
Normally I like to glue these projects in more stages. For me that works better because then I know none of the pieces are going to shift on me. However, this week I am running way behind schedule and I needed to get the video done as quickly as possible. So I added all the pieces at this point. You will need to let the glue dry enough that there is no visible cloudy glue remaining when you add the clear finish in the next step.
Once all the glue has dried to the point you see no cloudy areas on it go ahead and add a coat of clear finish on both the back and the front of the project. I used Satin Mod Podge but you can use your favorite clear finish.
Once the clear finish dries your gnomess is ready to display in you miniature scene. I think she looks right at home with our other Saint Patrick's Day projects.
As always I do want to sincerely thank all of you for watching my videos and reading my blog posts. It means so much to me that you are supporting me in this way. If I could ask you all to do just a bit more by subscribing to the channel and liking the videos and leaving comments. Those help more than you can imagine. Also if you could pass the links on to your friends I would appreciate it so much.
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