At last, I can safely say I've finished The Ginger Bread House Card! ('No, you haven't! You haven't added that Happy Christmas sentiment on the inside yet!') Ok, I'll go do that next. Now you've made me forget what I was going to type! Oh yes, following on from the making of the Ginger Bread House in another post... the next thing that went wrong?? I placed the open card across an opened ink pad. Arrgh! Ink smuged all over the Gingerbread man! So I covered him with another one, along with the star and the tiny sweetie. Then added the sweet brad, from my stash, over the inky mark on the top lefthand corner. Sorted! This card came with all the goodies you need to make this pop up Ginger Bread House card (and many other things) in the kit Box 24 from Papercraft Society by Sam Callcott. Go HERE to see her 'live' Youtube toturial. (Fast forward to the good bits!)
Here's the card showing the Happy Christmas I've just fixed on!(It's not on any of the other pictures) The GingerBread man and woman where cut out of brown card wrapped around tins of (posh) cat food or tuna. I just love the brown colour on the inside. The Happy Christmas was die-cut from a band around tins of Stella Artois, and the next lot of gingerbreads will be cut from a 'Caramel Pots of Choc Creamy Desserts' wrap-a-round band. I throw nothing away!
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The Back of the House
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The gems are from my stash but everything else is from the kit. I used the bits from the cut out windows as the path, as my path die didn't seem to emboss like Sam's did(then I spotted that they weren't the same!) The Christmas Wreaths, I decided looked good as chocolate bagels with Hundreds and Thousands sprinkled on them! |
A Sky view
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I've used Glossy Accents or Wink of Stella on most of the Sweeties. The roof is covered with some really lovely off white smooth glitter card. I did actually make the roof a little bit smaller. Any colouring was done by my Promarkers. And with any luck, it all folds flat and fits into a 6x6 envelope.
As well as die-cuts, stamps and papers, card, sentiments and templates, there's also some white pompom ribbon, little candy canes, a candy cane embossing folder and a cookie cutter included in the set. |
Opening the card
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Write your messages on the back
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Now, if you don't score down the middle of the sides of the house, you can make it into a cute little treat box or tree decoration!
That's it! Thank you for stopping by. I'll try to add a video later. Hoping to add some... Challenges.
Craftycatzweeklychallenge-anything goes
Craftyhazelnuts-christmas challenge
mftstamps-176-colour combination
Through The Craftroom Door -anything goes
Kraftychickschallenge-all occasions
Pixiescraftyworkshop challenge-415
Allsortschallenge.-add a sentiment
