Gingerbread ~ A Mini Album

Hello sweet friends!  I must have been obsessing on a sweet tooth when I made this Gingerbread Card because the ideas kept rolling around in my head, wanting to make more darling gingerbread themed things.

 

 

 I made a mini album featuring more scrumptious gingerbread.  This giant mixing bowl made it's first appearance on the previous post for the Gingerbread card linked above.  

 

 

 I filled the bowl with a gingerbread man from Elizabeth Craft Design, a sugared up Candy Cane from Dee's Distinctively, a whisk from Spellbinders, some greenery and a ginger snap cookie.

 

  I'm currently obsessed with the Gingerbread Baking Co. label from Blue Fern Studio.

 

A peek inside the mini album shows more fun gingerbread items, such as this fun little tea cup from Elizabeth Craft Design.  She's filled with hot cocoa and mini marshmallows.  The Hot Cocoa label on the right is a printable I found on Etsy.  The tab flaps open so you can add a photo and some journaling.  

Look at what's hiding at the bottom of the tag!  A simple gingerbread cookie made using circle and scalloped circle dies from Spellbinders.  The faces are from Peachy Keen Stamps.  So fun!

Both of these pages have little tuck spots for photo's, ephemera or journaling.  Another one of those sweet printables from Etsy is tucked in on the right.  You'll see more on that below.

 

I found this polka dotted paper sack in my stash and made a little tag for more creative space.  The Plum Pudding is from Elizabeth Craft Design.

This is the little journaling booklet I made to tuck inside the tuck spot on the right side of the album, featuring another sweet gingerbread man from Cottage Cutz.

I adore how this mini album turned out, tied closed with a ginger spice plaid ribbon.

 

I hope you enjoyed today's post.  I'd like to enter this project into the following challenges:

Word Art Wednesday ~ Anything Goes

Christmas Kickstart Challenge ~ If It's Christmassy, Link It Up 

A Cut Above ~ Anything Goes

Krafty Chicks Challenge ~ All Occasion

Simon Says Wednesday Challenge ~ Anything Goes

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Candy Canes ~ Double D Challenge

Hello friends~  Are you all ready for Christmas??  It's just a few days away!  Double D Challenges is sneaking in one last challenge, and the theme is "Candy Canes".

My card uses all "oldies" but goodies!

I started with a piece of printed scrapbook paper and added some Tim Holtz Mini Holiday Greens.  I'm so glad that "greens" never go out of style!

I layered two Candy Canes from Dee's Distinctively and topped them with a bow from Impression Obsession Patchwork Gifts.  The beautiful "JOY" die cut is from The Greetery.  

A few scattered snowflakes from Elizabeth Craft designs finished this card off nicely.

Here's the mood board to help inspire you:

And here's the prize that you could win when you play along:

I hope you'll visit the Double D Challenge blog to see more fantastic inspiration from my amazingly talented teammates and join in on the fun, if you find the time!

I wish for you and your family, a very Merry Christmas!

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Paradise, A State of Mind

When you live on the east coast, where winters are long and cold, "Paradise" really is a state of mind.

I started my card by stenciling Bold Florals by ARTplorations onto the background of an A2 sized card base, using DOX inks.

I added Dee's Distinctively Tropical Leaf Trio, that I also blended with DOX inks.

The Impression Obsession Flip Flops add to the beachy feel and the tiny flowers are from Spellbinders.  The sentiment is from HoneyBee Stamps set called "Sea Breeze".  Yes, please!!

 I often listen to steel drums and tropical music when I'm creating in my craft room on those dark, cold, winter days.  It helps to put my mind in a different place.

Here's a list of the products I used that can be found at Dies R Us:

Impression Obsession Flip Flops
Dee's Distinctively Tropical Leaf Trio
Spellbinders Flowers 
Distress Oxide Inks

Be sure to stop by the DRU Challenge blog to see more fun inspiration and join in on the fun!

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Walk Through the Woods Curio ~ DRU

Hello friends~  Sorry for two posts on the same day.  That doesn't happen very often, but this month, it's happened twice due to two design team schedules that are overlapping.  Anyway, if you're looking for Double D's post, look HERE.  If you're looking for Dies R Us, then you're in the right place.

There's a new challenge starting up over at Dies R Us and the theme is "Dads / Masculine".    

I've been seeing a lot of these curio style cards on the internet lately and I realized that I have plenty of dies from Dies R Us, that will help me achieve the same look, starting with the Lawn Fawn Peekaboo Backdrop, cut out of brown textured cardstock. 

I randomly stamped a piece of printed paper in soft inks to finish the background.  I then added an Impression Obsession Feather, that I inked using DOX ink, splattered with water and heat embossed the edges in gold. 

The berry twig is from Cheery Lynn Designs Floral Bouquet Kit, a Dee's Distinctively Fower 3, and an Elizabeth Craft Designs Small Butterfly, which was also cut from printed scrapbook paper.

Here are the links I used to make today's project, found at Dies R Us:

Lawn Fawn Peekaboo Backdrop

Impression Obsession Feather

Cheery Lynn Designs Floral Bouquet Kit

Dee's Distinctively Flower 3

Elizabeth Craft Designs Small Butterfly

While I had my supplies out, I ended up making one card for each season.  The card above is for SPRING.

Here is SUMMER:

FALL:

and WINTER:

Please hop on over to the Dies R Us Challenge blog to see more of my amazingly talented teammates projects and then join in on the fun!

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Secret Garden Flowers ~ DRU

Good morning friends~  Dies R Us is starting a new challenge today and the theme is "Anything Goes".  I've pulled out some pretty spring flowers from Dee's Distinctively to brighten your day.

I cut the flower petal layers out of two different shades of pink and added some details using my copic markers and a white gel pen.  I colored the centers of each flower using copics as well.  The leaves are from Cheery Lynn Build A Flower, Petals & Leaves.

The gold, oval frame is from my stash, but there are so many wonderful ovals in the store to choose from.  I know if you stop by the DRU store, you'll find just what you're looking for and more!

  

Here are some handy links to the Die R Us store:

Dee's Distinctively Dies

Ovals

Cheery Lynn Build A Flower, Petals & Leaves

Be sure to visit the DRU Challenge Blog for more amazing inspiration from the talented design team and join in on the fun! 

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Gingerbread Tags ~ Dies R Us

Hello everyone~  Dies R Us Challenge Blog is starting a new challenge and since it's so close to Christmas, I thought I'd share with you a few tags that I made using some of the amazing dies I get from Dies R Us.

I like to mix and match my dies to see how well they compliment each other.  For these tags, I started by cutting the Marianne Designs Hot Chocolate cup out of soft plaid patterned paper.  I buy all my Marianne Designs Dies during the Special Order Events at Dies R Us.   The snowflake on the front of the cup and the whipped cream is from Elizabeth Craft Designs Hot Chocolate.  I added a candy cane from Dee's Distinctively Designs and an Elizabeth Craft Designs Gingerbread Man.  I added a bit of glue and sprinkled on some glitter to sugar up some of the sweets.  

The gingerbread men were coming out so cute, so I made extras to make tags and embellishments for future cards.  

Here's a list of handy links:

All Gingerbread

All Coffee & Hot Cocoa Cups

Marianne Designs (Special Order)

All Candy Canes

All Elizabeth Craft Designs

All Dee's Distinctively Dies

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A Little Birdie Told Me It Was Your Birthday ~ DRU

Good morning friends~ There's a new challenge starting up over at the Dies R Us Challenge blog and if you recall, the theme is "Anything Goes" all year long!  

This makes it so easy for us, as a design team, and for you, as a participant!

Here's a list of the dies I used:

Impression Obsession Quilted Frame

Dee's Distinctively Winter Robin

Creative Expressions Rustic Twig Wreath

Creative Expressions A Little Birdie Told Me

I hope you'll visit the DRU Challenge blog to see more inspiration from our amazing design team and join in on the fun.  While you're there, be sure to sign up for their newsletter so you can be one of the first to be notified of their special order events.  

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Sleigh Bells Ring, Are You Listening? ~ DRU ~ Winter Wonderland

Hello stamplings ~  There's a new challenge starting up today over at the Dies R Us Challenge blog and the theme is "Winter Wonderland".  I knew right away that I wanted to use one of the Christmas Carol stamps from Marianne Designs for this challenge.  These are available during their special order events, so be sure to sign up for their news letter so you can be notified when they take place.


  I stamped the Winter Wonderland sentiment in the center of an A2 sized card and added some Tumbled Glass Distress Oxide Ink along the bottom and let it gently fade to white toward the top.

 I cut the Poppystamps Capri Sleigh out of red and silver mirror card stock and assembled it.  I cut a curvy hill using Lawn Fawn Stitched Hillside Border and added some Moondust Stickles to the top edge to give it some winter sparkle.

 The flowers in the top corner were made using Dee's Distinctively Mini Poinsettias.  I dabbed a bit of Tim Holtz Texture Paste to the edges of the petals and added some Elizabeth Craft Designs Silk Microfine Glitter to the center of the poinsettia.    The brown twigs are Impression Obsession Pine Twigs.

You can find all the details and join in on the fun by clicking here.  You could be the next winner of a DRU Gift Certificate!

I wanted to remind you that we have some exciting news to share with you.  Dies R Us now has opened a sister store with warehouses in the USA and Canada called Didi Crafts.  

It will ship to both the US and Canada.  Didi Crafts will carry some of the same products as DRU, but most will be different.  Now our Canadian friends don't have to worry about huge taxes or shipping fees. How great is that!?!  We'd love for you to visit by clicking on the links above or by clicking here.

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Be Blessed

Good morning!  I was happy to find time this week to play along with Color Hues: Color challenge #5, where the colors are YELLOW & KRAFT.

I did a triple dose of stenciling in the background. 

 I started by stamping a scripty background using Kraft ink and then stenciled on some polka dots using a Dotted Stencil in soft yellow.  It felt flat to me so I added some Gina K Glitz Glitter Gel over an Altenew Leaves & Berries Stencil.

I cut a Memory Box Pinpoint Frame from Linen cardstock to lay over the background.  The bird is from Dee's Distinctively Dies called Winter Robin.  So sweet!

I'll be adding this card to the Color Hues Color Challenge #5

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Things With Wings ~ DRU Challenge

Hello~  We're starting a new challenge over at the DRU challenge blog and the theme is "Things with Wings".

I enjoy feeding the birds during the long winter month's.  They make me smile as I watch their funny antics at the bird feeders outside my window.  Dee's Distinctively Winter Robin is such a pretty die and just perfect for this challenge.

I started by cutting the Elizabeth Craft Designs Entwined Hearts from brown cardstock.  I added leafy sprigs from Cheery Lynn Designs Floral Bouquet.  The nest is from Leabilites Young Birds set, which was purchased during a special order event.  The lovely edge is Frantic Stampers Lovely Arched Loop Edger.

I hope you enjoy today's card and that it lifts your spirits.  You can find all the details of the challenge and join in on the fun here.

Thanks for stopping by!