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GINGERBREAD GIFT FOR CHRISTMAS

During my Facebook Live yesterday I made a gift box using the Gingerbread & Peppermint emories & More Card Pack.

I have been looking for some Christmas gingerbreads over the past couple of weeks and found a container of white and green iced gingerbread Christmas trees on Wednesday – perfect timing for my Thursday Facebook Live.

I started by making a 3″x 2-1/2″ box base using Cinnamon Cider card stock. Then I adhered the 4″x 3″ “Sugar and Spice” Memories & More card to the front.

The other three sides of the box were covered with the same iced gingerbread looking panels that were trimmed down to fit each side.

The gift tag was made by trimming down the “It’s beginning to taste a lot like Christmas” card to 3-3/4″x 2″. A piece of Basic White card stock was cut down to the same size and was stamped with the “to” and “from” from the Delivering Cheer Stamp Set.

These two pieces were then glued on either side of the black cooling rack. I punched a small hole in the top so that it could have the Real Red ribbon threaded through it.

I used tongs to transfer some of the gingerbread Christmas trees into one of the food safe Love, Santa Treat Bags. The bag was tied off with a length of Real Red Mini Ruffled Ribbon.

The Treat Bags have four designs – Christmas trees, spots, plaid and leaves. The Christmas tree bag was perfect for this project.

LOVE, SANTA TREAT BAGS

There are 12 bags in each package – three each of the four designs.

Oops – I used Real Red not Poppy Parade ink!

The Gingerbread & Pepperming Memoreis & More Cards have so many great inclusions. I absolutley love the cooling racks, oven gloves and spatulas. They are so cute.

I have enough gingerbread trees left to make a couple more gift boxes. These will make a great Christmas gift for teachers or neighbours or … What do you think? Who would you give this to?

Until next time, happy stamping.

If you live in Australia, you can order any of the products I used to make this card by going to my online store. Just click on any of the images below.

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OKTOBERFEST BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION

My youngest daughter asked me to make a card for her partner. He will be celebrating his 30th birthday on October 30. The celebration will be an Oktoberfest costume themed event.

For this request I knew that I wanted to make a lederhosen inspired card. The Suit & Ties Dies would be perfect.

Althought the Well Suited Designer Series Paper is retired, I chose one design to use for the ‘shirt’.

The ‘shirt’ was so easy to create. I cut a piece of the DSP and trimmed away a triangle at the centre top to accommodate the collar.The collar had Stampin’ Dimensionals placed on the underside so that it would sit up from the ‘shirt front’. I also popped a small piece of Basic White card behind the triangle.

I small strip of the same DSP was cut using one of the Suit & Ties Dies and glued down the centre to appear to be the placket for buttonholes and buttons. The buttons were die cut from Basic Black card that has Adhesive Sheet attached.

For the lederhosen suspenders and front panel, I thought Cinnamon Cider card would be the perfect colour. The suspenders were cut using the same die I used for the placket.

The suspender buckles were also cut using the Suit & Ties Dies.

I created the centre panel of the lederhosen suspenders using the Seasonal Layers Dies. This piece was then recut to make the shape smaller and more authentic looking.

An image from the Batik Boutique Stamp Set was used to add the floral flourish to the centre panel. It was stamped in Tuxedo BLack Memento ink.

Inside the card, I stamped a birthday greeting on the insert and also created a calendar panel to mark the date of his birthday – turning 30 on the 30th.

I sent photos of the card to my daughter and she is very happy with what I have made for her. And I am very pleased with the end result.

Although, I must confess, I’m reallt sure that I want to go in costume.

Until next time, happy stamping.

If you live in Australia, you can order any of the products I used to make this card by going to my online store. Just click on any of the images below.

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GLOBAL DESIGN PROJECT #GDP311

When I saw this week’s Global Design Project Challenge I knew immediately which products I would use.

This week it is a CASEing the card challenge. The card is from GPD German team member Madeleine Mrotzek. It is a such a gorgeous card with an interesting layout.

The idea behind a CASE challenge is that you can take what you like from the design of someone else’s project and make it your own. It might be the stamp set – the colors, the layout, the theme, the images – whatever you like that has inspired you to make a card of your own.

For my project I used a similar layout but a mirror image of it. I also wanted to add colour and die cutting to those corners and keep a floral focus.

For the cut corners I used the Poppy Moments Dies and cut away the multiple poppy shapes.

Then I water coloured two pieces of Shimmery White card. One was adhered with the die cut layer over it. The second piece was used to cut the poppy overlays. The colouring was deliberately uneven in appearance.

Using some of the Poppy Parade ink and a Water Painter I flicked the die cut layer and some extra Basic White card to achieve the speckled effect.

The speckled flower bases were cut using the Poppy Moments Dies, as were the water coloured poppy overlays. I also cut some Garden Green water coloured leaves and Basic Black filament stamens. The stamens had Clear Wink of Stellar brushed across them and the leaves were popped in under the assembled flowers.

The greeting is from the Heartfelt Wishes Stamp Set and was stamped in Poppy Parade before being trimmed down as you can see. Two small pieces of Black & White Gingham Ribbon were tucked under the ‘sending’ layer.

The poppy outline image was stamped on the card insert and envelope.

The last step for this card was to add some Matte Black Dots to the front of the card.

I am so pleased with the way this card looks and am looking forward to sharing it on the Global Design Project web page. Make sure that pop over and see what projects the team made CASEing Madeleine’s card. Over the next week you can also see what other card makers share.

Make sure you leave me a comment to tell me what you think of my CASE.

Until next time, happy stamping.

If you live in Australia, you can order any of the products I used to make this card by going to my online store. Just click on any of the images below.

Product List
Paper Snips
[103579]
$17.00