A Sugar Sprinkled Season

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There is something about the smell of ginger bread baking in the oven, whether in cakes or cookies, that takes me back to simpler times.

Let’s Get Started:

Card Base: 4.25 x 11, scored and folded at 5.5

Copper Border:1/8 x 5.5, x 2

Rich Red Border: 1/8 x 5.5, x 2

Kraft Card Face: 3.75 x 5.5

Small Scrap of Cardstock for Sentiment

Small pieces of rich red and metallic copper cardstock for cup and saucer

Card Face:

• This is a two part stencil.

• I secured the first layer of stencil to the kraft cardstock with Mint tape, grabbed a couple of brown inks and the correct brush and set to work.

• I used a medium brown ink for the body of the ginger people, and then switched stencils and ink colours; using a dark brown for the features and buttons.

• By using the lighter of the two brown inks first I was able to avoid contaminating my ink pad, as I used the same brush for both applications.

• I felt that the gingerbread people needed a little more oomph, so I traced around each one using a metallic copper gel pen.

Other:

• I cut the cup and saucer out of both red and copper papers, removing both the inside of the heart and the cup from the copper version so that I could replace them with the red paper.

• Taking the piece of red paper that would ultimately fit into the cup I stamped a small pointsettia onto the center of it with clear versamark ink, and heat embossed it in copper embossing powder.

• I stamped the sentiment onto red paper with clear versamark, and also heat embossed this piece with an irridescent embossing powder.

• I put dimensional foam on the back of the sentiment piece.

Assembly:

• I centered the cardface vertically on the card base and glued it in place.

• I added one of the narrow strips of red cardstock to each side.

• I repeated this with the copper coloured strips.

• I glued the copper coloured cup and saucer in place, and inserted the red pieces as shown.

• I removed the backing from the sentiment and put it in place where shown.

Final thoughts:

I LOVE this colour combination! The copper and kraft mix and mingle beautifully, but when I added the rich, deep red the whole thing came to life.

If I were to recreate this design I wouldn't use the irridescent powder on the sentiment as it doesn't show up well enough on the red cardstock.

Supplies: (and links where possible)

I have listed which products I have used, and where they may be purchased. It's a huge marketplace and in most instances there are multiple sources and many alternatives to choose from.

Stencil: Layered Gingerbread Men, A Colorful Life Designs

Cup and Saucer Die: Cuppa Love by Memory Box, Simon Says Stamp

Ink: Stampin’ Up!

Mint Tape:Scrapbook.com

Blending Brushes: Stampin’ Up!

Metallic Gel Pen: Gelly Roll Metallic Gel Pens, Amazon

Copper Cardstock, Michaels

Rich Red Cardstock, Stampin' Up!

Adhesive: Tombow Aqua, Michaels

Card Base: Accent 100 lb., Amazon

Card Face: Accent 80 lb., Amazon

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