Gingerbread House

 

Over at The 12 Months of Christmas Link Up it is the midway point of our challenge. That means it is the turn of the Merry Maidens to share some more fabulous Christmas cards

This paper pack Embossed Metallic Christmas Edition designed by Decosse's Dynamite Doodles is up for grabs to the lucky winner who follows the optional twist to feature Something Metallic on your card.

The Sponsor for this challenge is Beccy's Place who is offering the fabulous prize of $10 to spend in her store.

For my card I have used an image from one of the sets on my wishlist from Beccy's store Gingerbread Set. I adore the gingerbread house and knew it would look lovely if I decoupaged it to create multiple layers and highlight the intricate details. The whole set can be purchased from Beccy's Place store for $10 HERE

I started with a sheet of gold A4 pearl card for the base. On this is a layer of brown card and then the gingerbread paper from the Christmas Confectionery Patterned Papers set from Decosse's Dynamite Doodles. The great thing about digital files is that you can play about with the sizing and placement to fit your project. This is a real advantage when you have a motif that you can be certain fits into the size and shape of your project. No one wants to cut through the body of a gingerbread man!

I isolated one of each motif from the paper and enlarged them so they could be added as embellishments. Lisa's files are always really good quality and high resolution so they are perfect for this and a great way for you to stretch your supplies. Good quality digital papers easily allow you to expand your creativity in this way.

The gingerbread house is made up of 3 layers. The bottom layer is the full image. The next layer up is the whole roof and chimney. The final layer is the roof trim and the window shutters. All layers have been coloured using Promarkers.  They have been fussy cut with my trusty Fiskars embroidery scissors. These were a VERY expensive purchase when I first started making cards but allow me to cut very neatly and have lasted over 20 years. They only need sharpening every now and again by cutting through several layers of kitchen foil and they are as good as new. They have definitely been worth the initial outlay. 

The layers have been put together with some thin foam pads. Of course I have had to add lots of stickles glitter glue and some red gems. I added this to some brown cardstock and trimmed close to the image. This slight contrast gave a better separation from the element and the gingerbread paper.

I also added the trimmed gingerbread figures to card in the same way. Used a black fineliner to add some eyes and some red gems for the buttons.

The sentiment is one I created myself using a font that came in a special font package my hubby bought me from Serif who are the creators of the digital software I use:- Affinity Photo and Affinity Designer. 

I have included the png and jpg files below. You are very welcome to download these and use in your creations. If you do use them please do not claim as your own. It would be smashing if you send me a link to anything you make with my freebies and I can pop over and leave you some love.

For the gold metallic sentiment mat I have used one of my fave dies from Crafter's Companion Grace Frame. This was my very first die from CC and must be about 17 or so years old. I love how intricate the border is an it is a decent size so perfect for framing a larger sentiment panel.

All in all I am really pleased with this card. Beccy's image has turned out exactly as I had hoped and Lisa's gingerbread paper is the perfect combination to make a super yummy Christmas card that is good enough to eat.

I do hope you will take part in our challenge and look forward to seeing your creations.

Card Details -

Size - A5

Digital Image - Gingerbread Digital Stamps (Beccy’s Place)

Digital Paper - Christmas Confectionery (Decosse’s Dynamite Doodles)

Digital Sentiment - Freebie Made by Mandy

Dies - Grace Frame (Die’sire /Crafter’s Companion)

Colouring Medium - Promarkers

Embellishments - Gems, Stickles Glitter Glue

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges (in Alphabetical Order)

• 613 Avenue Create - #9 Anything Goes
• ABC Christmas Challenge - T is for Two (Two shutters, 2 large gingerbread cookies)
• Angie’s Digital Stamps - #56 Anything Goes
• A Bit More Time to Craft - #145 Anything Goes
• A Bit More Time to Craft Extra - Anything Goes
• A Perfect Time To Craft - #9-2021 Anything Goes
• A Place to Start - #9 Patterned Paper Please
• Beccy’s Place Challenges - Anything Goes With A Store Image
• Cardz TV - #149 Anything Goes
• CD Sunday Plus - #69 - Anything Goes with a Digital
• Christmas Crafts All Year Round - Something Starting with Q or R (roof)
• Christmas With The Cuties - #52 Anything Cute & Christmassy
• Classic Design Challenge - #9 Anything Goes
• Colouring in Scrapland - Anything Goes / Back To Routine
• Colour Crazy Challenge - #35 Anything Goes with Colouring
• Corrosive Challenge - #9 Anything Goes
• Crafter’s Castle - #45 Anything Goes
• Crafting Happiness - #113 Anything Goes
• Crafts Galore Encore - #91 Anything Goes
• Crafty Calendar Challenge - Anything Goes
• Crafty Creations - #425 Anything Goes
• Crafty Hazelnut’s Christmas Challenge - #559 Anything Christmas Goes / Use Some Patterned Paper
• Crafty Hazelnut’s Patterned Paper - Anything Goes with Patterned Paper
• Crafty Sentiments Designs - Anything Goes
• Creatalicious Challenges - #219 Anything Goes
• Createful Heart Design - #36 Anything Goes
• Creative Craft Cottage - #144 Anything But Square
• Creative Fingers - #214 Anything Goes
• Creative Moments - #222 Anything Goes
• Cute Card Thursday - #692 Anything Goes
• Die Cut Divas - Anything Goes
• Digi Choosday - #37 Anything Goes
• Gem of A Challenge - #19 Anything Goes
• Get Creative Challenges - #105 Anything Goes
• Happy Little Stampers Christmas - Anything Christmas Goes
• Happy Little Stampers Die Challenge - Anything Goes with a die/diecut
• House That Stamps Built - #S821 Sparkle & Shine
• Ike’s World Challenge - #148 Anything Goes / Autumn
• I Love Promarkers - #443 Anything Goes / Monochrome
• LeAnn’s World 101 - #42 Anything Goes
• Let’s Craft & Create - #175 Anything Goes / Lots of Layers
• Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - #165 Anything Goes
• Love To Craft - #62 Anything Goes
• Love To Scrap - #149 Anything Goes
• Merry Little Christmas - #38 Anything Christmas Goes
• Mix It Up Challenge - #53 Anything Goes / Monochrome
• More Mixed Media Challenge - Anything Goes / Brown
• Morgan’s Art World - #9 Anything Goes
• My Time To Craft Christmas - #18 Inspirational Image (gingerbreadman cookies)
• Passion For Markers - #608 Something beginning with B (brown, bling)
• Pattie’s Creations Design Challenge - #186 Anything Goes
• Penny’s Challenge - #505 Anything Goes
• Polkadoodles - #37 Anything Goes
• QKR Stampede - #428 Anything Goes
• Simon Says Stamp Wednesday - Lots of Layers
• Stamps & Fun = Creativity - #394 Anything Goes
• The Creative Crafters - #44 Anything Goes
• The Holly & Ivy Christmas Challenge - #101 Anything Christmas Goes
• Through The Craft Room Door - Anything Goes
• Through The Purple Haze - #184 Anything Goes
• Unicorn Challenge - #69 Add Some Sparkle
• We Love Chocolate Baroque - Anything Goes / Celebrations
• Word Art Wednesday - #509-510 Anything Goes
• World Wide Open Design Team Challenge - #9 Anything Goes