Every year I go thru the agony of trying to figure out what in the world to make for a Christmas/Holiday Card. Not everyone I know is Christian and PC Girl that I am, some years I make two seperate cards, some years I make one for everything. Now this year I am making two cards but not because I am being a PC Girl, but rather because I just got a really cute new stamp in. Enough about that...come back next week to see it.
This year I was inspired for my first card by a Food Network Show that featured gingerbread houses and a stamp set I got a month or so ago from Martha Stewart's line. The stamp set has gingerbread men, round candies and gum drops (and more). I cut the house itself out from a pattern I made at work on Monday (boss is in Orlando, shhhh don't tell him LOL). I stamped and cut the gingerbread men and the candies, and then I used Liquid Applique that I got from CTMH and heated it to create the snow (ahem icing) on the roof. I also used LA for the snow under the gingerbread me as well as for their icing. I used Candycane Stickles for their eyes and buttons. I also used Stickles on the candies (stardust and diamond)
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I liked it but it just didn't look icing enough for me, so back to Mike's I went on the hunt for something a little different. I did find a dimentional paint in the paint section that worked, but stupid me used the whole bottle and then threw it out before I remembered to write down the name. So my apologies but I am not about to go rummaging around in the dumpster at the bottom of the street where all 144 of us townhouse dwellers put our garbage. (Although it would have made for a hysterical scrap page). I added some course Martha Stewart glitter to the icing to look like course sugar crystals. These cards are for my immediate and extended family. I hope they like them.
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On another note, today I was reading a blogging thread on SCS that just burned my cookies (no pun intended based on my card) about a blogger who stole an original banner from another blogger, cropped the original bloggers name off the bottom and then called the banner her own! Even put a copyright on it. I just don't understand people. Several SCS sistahs went to the culprits blog and posted that she should do the right thing. And you know what? Not a word from the blogger. The original creator of the banner has asked her repeatedly to take down the banner since September. I just don't think this is right. On top of that, its a SU demo who is the culprit and the blog is her SU blog. I just don't think that this whole mess is becoming of a SU Demo, and thankfully I know that most demos are not like this one person.
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Thanks so much for being such wonderful readers!
Enjoy!
Enjoy!
I love the gingerbread house!
Posted by: Kimberlee | December 10, 2008 at 12:05 PM
Adorable card and I like the cut out gingerbread men!!!
Posted by: Jackie | December 08, 2008 at 11:08 AM
What cute gingerbread cards - good enough to eat!
Posted by: Bagpuss | December 07, 2008 at 07:55 AM
Your cards are making me hungry.....I think I have some chocolate ship cookies around here somewhere that might do.
I heard about the banner theft....it's just so wrong in so many ways. I really wish people would follow the golden rule sometimes!
Posted by: Shannon Bracken | December 06, 2008 at 07:51 AM
Love your gingerbread house cards. They look yummy. Makes me want to make a gingerbread house with the kids.
Posted by: Ellie | December 05, 2008 at 10:18 PM
Love your gingerbread house cards. They look yummy. Makes me want to make a gingerbread house with the kids.
Posted by: Ellie | December 05, 2008 at 10:16 PM
Your cookie house card looks good enough to eat!
Posted by: Meg | December 05, 2008 at 11:09 AM
love the gingerbread people. the card is adorable. tfs
Posted by: Lorraine | December 05, 2008 at 09:05 AM
Great gingerbread card! Very cute!
Posted by: Jackie Zepeda | December 04, 2008 at 11:16 PM
so so cute!
i love it. great detail and work.
Posted by: Martha Pineda | December 04, 2008 at 07:08 PM
Adorable card! Love the snowy house, and those gingerbread boys are too cute! :D
Posted by: Ann | December 04, 2008 at 03:03 PM
I love the gingerbread cards, and hey, you used Stickles....too...thanks for visiting my blog.....I am still going thru yours...I love looking at the older posts, too, I always find some great ideas! Now as to the blog banner theft....why on earth would someone do that.....shame on them, now you have me curious and i have to go on SCS and look for it, and its all your fault my room is not getting cleaned!!! I also love your Cricut ornaments...I just got my Cricut a couple of weeks ago......so now I know a bit more what it can do...thanks for sharing!
Posted by: Diane | December 04, 2008 at 02:39 PM
Cute card. And as for that demo stealing the banner - isn't that awful? Some people's children....
Posted by: Dragana (Happy Inker) | December 04, 2008 at 12:50 AM
These are absolutely adorable! Super cards and wonderful creativity!
Posted by: PAT(mspfd) | December 04, 2008 at 12:44 AM