Today’s challenge is “Gingerbread Dream” and the brief is to create a festive card that evokes the sweet, cozy charm of gingerbread.
I have to confess if had to name my favourite Christmas food it would be gingerbread. Literally, any type of gingerbread–German lebkuchen, Dutch speculaas, Swedish pepparkakor, gingerbread men, iced gingerbread biscuits and fully decorated gingerbread houses. I even love plain old Arnotts Ginger Nut Biscuits!
So I couldn’t I just make a card with only one gingerbread item, could I?
I’ve created the biscuit box using the two tackle box dies from the Gone Fishing dies. Die cut Pecan Pie card stock was attached the tackle box base using foam adhesive strips.
A Pecan Pie Stampin’ Blend coloured the inside and the outside edge of the white foam adhesive strips to match the cardstock and create the illusion of a biscuit box
I used the top tackle box die to die cut the tartan DSP to perfectly fit and line the box and then created an assortment of gingerbread using fussy cut images from the A Little Bit Festive DSP.
I also created an extra jam filled gingerbread biscuit made using the Perennial Postage Dies and the star from the Snowy Wonder dies die cutting the jam centre from glimmer paper.
The Garden Green foliage was die cut using Citrus dies and the “Celebrate” sentiment is from the Well Wishes dies.
Many of the elements in the card have had shading added using a sponge dauber.
I’ll hopefully be back tomorrow with another “30 Days of Christmas” Christmas card. I hope you can join me then.
Welcome to week twenty-two of our Art With Heart 2024-25 Colour Creations blog hop!
This week we’re featuring Daffodil Delight, a sunny and bright yellow from the Brights family. I’ve used the stunning Mediterranean Blooms Suite collection to make some thank you cards for my wonderful customers.
Some of the dies in the Citrus Blooms Dies die cut images from the Mediterranean Blooms DSP, however they die cut the patterns that feature oranges.
As we are featuring Daffodil Delight this week I chose to fussy cut the DSP pattern with the larger lemons that does not have a matching die. These images were very easy to fussy cut out.
I used the Distressed Tile 3D Embossing Folder to emboss the Basic White cardstock layer. This was also die cut out using the large arch die from the Garden Meadow Dies. As this arch has a very Mediterranean feel, it works really well with this suite!
The “Thanks” sentiment is from the My Small Business Stamp Set, white heat embossed onto Night of Navy cardstock. The Old Olive cardstock fronds are die cut using the loose foliage dies from the Citrus Blooms Dies.
Never waste the edge pieces of a DSP design you have fussy cut! These pieces are perfect for decorating the inside of your cards. I’ve also used up leftover strips of the other Mediterranean Blooms DSP I used on the front of the card.
The inside sentiment is also from the My Small Business Stamp Set.
These cards were sent out on the weekend and I’ve already received some lovely messages from my happy customers who loved the cards and their thank you gifts.
Now it’s time to hop in over to our next participant, the lovely Rachel Palmieri. I can’t wait to see what Rachel has made this week!
If at any time you find a broken link, you can find the complete list of all participants below.
The AWH Colour Creations team will be back next Wednesday 2nd October, showcasing Early Espresso or you can join us on Monday night for some more Christmas inspiration.
Welcome to week fifteen of our Art With Heart 2024-25 Colour Creations blog hop!
This week we’re featuring Cajun Craze, a dark burnt orange colour from the Regals Family.
As the annual paper sale began yesterday I’ve created a card that uses one of the beautiful Designer Series Papers for sale: the stunning Mediterranean Blooms 12″ x 12″ (30.5 x 30.5 cm) Designer Series Paper.
One of my favourite features of Stampin’ Up! Designer Series Papers is that many of these DSPs have patterns that can be die cut out using coordinating dies. I’ve used the Citrus Blooms bundle of stamp set and dies to create this card and cut out the Mediterranean Blooms DSP.
I must admit there is not a lot of Cajun Craze in this DSP so I’ve added a white heat embossed “Hello” sentiment stamped onto Cajun Craze cardstock. I also die cut a few branches from Old Olive cardstock to tuck in behind the DSP image.
One of my other favourite things about the Citrus Blooms bundle is this large frame die I used to die cut the Basic White card stock layer.
Adhesive-Backed Shiny Sequins add a final touch of bling!
Now it’s time to hop in over to our next participant, the lovely Kate Morgan – I can’t wait to see what Kate has made this week!
If at any time you find a broken link, you can find the complete list of all participants below.
The AWH Colour Creations team will be back next Wednesday, 14th August, showcasing Calypso Coral or you can join us on Monday night for some Christmas inspiration.
