Peeking Gingerbread Cookies

As soon as I saw this sketch over at the Incy Wincy Designs challenge I was inspired to make a card with gingerbread men at a jaunty angle.

At Kate Hadfield Designs there are so many fabulous sets it is really easy to get inspired to use them. There are digital stamps which you can colour, coloured versions you can scrapbook or make into digital layouts. Papers, patterned overlays and doodles galore. No matter what your skill level there are so many goodies to play with.

One of the most fabulous things about being in this Creative Team is that we have free rein to make anything we want to using the sets in the shop. This is amazing for inspiring creativity as there are so many amazing packs to play with. I feel very, very lucky to be able to have this opportunity.

My card idea started out by using the plain kraft paper from the Red, White 'N Blue kit. I thought it could work pretty well as a base layer with a Christmas motif overlay. 

I saw this Christmas Overlays kit on the store and as I love gingerbread men that was my first thought when the idea came into my head about this card. I set the opacity to 60% for the overlay so it was a bit more subtle in the background.

To fit the sketch layout the gingerbread needed to be inside a frame. I chose the cerise round circle from the Ornamental Frames kit. I added a plain brown circle behind each one. 

The bows in the Ornamental kit are on a ribbon and were not quite right for what I had in mind so I used the one from the December Doodads kit. It was a bit shorter snd more compact.

Finally the stars of this card are the cute gingerbread images from Cookies for Santa. It was perfect to showcase all 3, Mommy, Daddy and Baby gingerbread. 

I played around with the angles and sizing until I was satisfied. I sometimes do this when planning a layout of a card. In this case I made the whole card front in one, printed it out and adhered this to an A5 sized card base.

I added iridescent glitter to to the ornament frames so they are really sparkly in real life. Mommy is decorated with pink gems, Daddy has red and green gems, baby has small pearls. Finally a little bit of Stickles glitter glue was added to the eyes and mouth.

After being really poorly with a cold for 10 days it was nice to feel so inspired to make my first Christmas card of 2024

Over at Kate Hadfield Designs there is lots going on. Kate is really generous with her freebies which are readily available. If you sign up to the newsletter you get access to an extra subscriber area the Doodle Den where there are loads more freebies. There is a gallery full of projects by the Creative Team and customers and so much inspiration for crafters and teachers. I would highly recommend you pop over there and join in the fun.

Hybrid Card Details -

Size - A5

Digital Images - Cookies for Santa, Ornamental Frames, December Doodads (Kate Hadfield Designs)

Digital Paper - Red, White N’ Blue (Kate Hadfield Designs)

Digital Overlay - Christmas Overlays (Kate Hadfield Designs)

Embellishments - Gems, pearls, glitter, Stickles glitter glue

P.S. The cute felt gingerbread in the photo are from a banner I bought at The Works. They will be appearing on cards in the future.

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

• 613 Avenue Create - #202403 Anything Goes
• A Perfect Time To Craft - #4 - Anything Goes
• A Place to Start - Anything Goes
• ABC Christmas Challenge - G is for Gingerbread
• CD Sunday Plus - #130 - Anything Goes with a Digital Item
• Classic Design Challenge - #3-2024 Anything Goes
• Crafts Galore Encore - #122 Anything Goes
• Creatalicious Challenges - #275 Anything Goes
• Creations in Pink - #68 Anything Goes with More Pink Than Any Other Colour
• Creative Fingers - #271 Anything Goes
• Creative Moments - #256 Anything Goes
• Digi Choosday - #12 Anything Goes
• Dragonfly Dreams - Circles
• FarmQuest HomeStyle Kitchen Challenge - #4 Anything Food Goes
• Gem of A Challenge - #6 Anything Goes
• Girlz Creative Christmas Challenge - #66 Anything Christmas Goes
• Incy Wincy Designs - Inspired by the Sketch Layout
• Krafty Chicks - #709 All Occasions
• Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - #226 Anything Goes
• Love To Craft - #79 Anything Goes
• Love To Scrap - #166 Anything Goes
• Merry Little Christmas - #54 Anything Christmas Goes
• Mirtillamente - #30 Anything Goes
• Mix It Up Challenge - #70 Anything Goes / Fancy Fold
• Morgan’s Art World - #75 Anything Goes
• Outlawz Festive Fridays - Christmas
• Outlawz Twisted Thursday - Anything Goes
• Penny’s Challenge - #568 Anything Goes
• Polkadoodles - #12 Anything Goes
• Scrapping4fun Challenges - #234 Anything Goes
• Sheepski Designs - #85 Anything Goes
• Simon Says Stamp Wednesday - Anything Goes
• Sparkles Christmas Challenge - #159 Non-Traditional Christmas Colours
• Sparkles Monthly Challenges - #174 Sweet Treats
• Star Stampz Challenge Blog #56 - Anything Goes / Animals
• The Crafting Challenge - Anything Goes
• The Creative Crafters - #74 Anything Goes
• The Holly & Ivy Christmas Challenge - #160 Anything Christmas Goes
• Word Art Wednesday - #641-642 Anything Goes
• Worldwide Crafters & Colorists Challenge - #15 Anything Goes