My sweet friend gifted me with this cute Gingerbread house die, so I made a Christmas card with it using some very old self-adhesive cardstock I bought from QVC back when they sold craft supplies. The adhesive backing is weathered from age, so I had to give it a little help with some fresh adhesive, but it worked! I die cut the house from tan, and then fussy cut a solid piece of white that was traced around the die. I ran it through my Xyron to lay down some overall adhesive, then placed the die cut on top and pressed that down. Next I sprinkled on some sparkly glitter and pressed it down into the die with a bone folder. I die-cut a postage stamp rectangle from coordinating cardstock and placed it over 3 strips of blue on top of a navy cardstock base. The sentiment is from SNSS, heat embossed with white on navy and matted with matching cardstock from the gingerbread house. This is a rare glittered card from me as I do not like working with glitter, but this house just needed some sparkle and I was happy with the way it turned out. Here's a close up of the glitter....click to make larger.
I'm entering this into the following challenges:
Double D challenge - glitter, glitter, glitter!
Tuesday Throwdown TT#350 - punches and/or dies
Cuttlebug Mania - anything goes with die cuts and/or embossing
Happy Little Stampers September Christmas challenge- a/g with option sparkle
Thanks for checking in today and I hope your day goes well for you.
Carol
22 comments:
Super cute, cute card with all the glitter and perfect sentiment, too!! Thank you for joining our challenge at Double D!
Diane DD DT {Nellies Nest}
Oh my, such a delightful card!!! Love how you put the glitter trought the windows of the houses, and the kraft cardstok really remember me cookies! :D Lovely embossed dp and fab layout on the back with the blue stripes! This is a very inspirational card! thanks for sharing!
And pinned! :D
https://it.pinterest.com/pin/534802524493248226/
Loving the cute gingerbread house die, also good to have details of how you layered it. I have some of that adhesive card lurking somewhere I think but from a seriously long time ago - must check if the adhesive is still good (I'd forgotten I had it until I read your post).
A fabulous Christmas card Carol, a super Gingerbread house and great colours,
Pauline - Crafting with Cotnob
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That textured cardstock make the gingerbread house look completely realistic! Very cute card!
This is so pretty Carol, with the patterned papers and the lovely glittered Gingerbread house.
Jean x
This is way cool! What a fun die to play with. It makes me think of all sorts of fun Christmasy candies.
I have some of that really old sticky backed cardstock too. Nowadays it only thinks about staying stuck. Like you, I give it a little help. Another reason to use your craft stash rather than hoard it!
I love this adorable card! To me, everything is just perfect. :)
WOW WOW WOW! I totally love anything gingerbread! Love that you added all that glitter to make it pop! I am not one to play with glitter or embossing powders unless I am in a mood, too! Love your Gingerbread House and the design of this, Carol! You outdid yourself today but then again there is not much to do on a very rainy day! Fantastic job! Hugs~
What a fabulous gingerbread house die and you've showcased it beautifully! Love your choice of colors and the sparkle is PERFECT!! Thanks so much for joining in the fun at our Double D ‘GLITTER’ challenge! We hope you’ll come back often.
Darlene
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Gorgeous Die love the outcome and never seen one like this. I remember the self adhesive cardstock had lots in packs when I first started crafting...Love the end result ... [aNNie]
A beautiful creation Carol. Lovely design and gorgeous colours used for our GLITTER IT UP challenge, sure suits our theme beautifully ...hope to see you next challenge.. Double D Challenges{DT aNNie}
This reminds me of a great big sugared molasses cookie, and I just want to take a big bite! The way you did this is perfect, and I would not change a thing.
Oh, Carol, this is the cutest little gingerbread house! What a sweet friend, indeed! Love that you made it all sugary and sparkly inside. So darling! Thanks bunches for sharing it in our Glitter challenge at Double D!!
Such a sweet card! *sweet* for two meanings :) get it?
What a fabulous gift. I love the die and the dp you chose to use with it is perfect. A beautiful Christmas.
Super cute card, I love what you have done with that glitter. Great take on the challenge, thanks so much for playing along with us over at Double D.
Judy~ DD DT
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What a pretty card and a lovely gingerbread house die from your friend. It's a lovely card. I've still got stuff from QVC days too. Barbxx
What a fun die, makes for a yummy card! Been thinking I need to make some "gingerbread" cards of some sort this year too, been awhile!
OMG what an amazing die, it looks almost real, so you can eat it.
What a sweet gift and what a beautiful card you have made!!
Thank you so much for joining us at the “Anything Goes” challenge at Cuttlebug Mania.
Cuttlebugs & Hugs
Jannie
Wow! Stunning creation!
Thank you for joining Cuttlebug Mania this time!
Hugs, Swissie
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