Gingerbread Baker Pocket Card

Hello Scrapping Cottage friends! Thanks for taking the time to stop and visit with us today. It's Mary Marsh here bringing you the Monday edition of the Blog. 

Our Christmas dies are in the online store. And, you can still pick them up on a 25% sale. We have Christmas Part 1 (22 new designs), Christmas Part 2 (21 new designs) and Christmas Part 3 (11 new designs).

Today, I have for your viewing pleasure a card featuring the new Gingerbread Baker die from the Christmas Part 1 release. 

I created this card using the colors from the Splitcoaststampers color challenge #818. Our own Jeanne was the hostess and she chose some colors that were just about perfect for this gingerbread die. And, the red works well for a Christmas card.  

I decided to create a pocket card. It's such a good technique if you want to include a tag in your card. I made one on this post and give all the details on how to create it. And, if you like to watch one being made, you can check out this video on Splitcoaststampers. 

I created the card front first using designer paper in the real red color. On the pocket flap, I added vanilla and red ribbon. The little cookie embellishments are from the Sweet as a Christmas Cookie die- Christmas Part 3. Added the sentiment using the Merry Christmas Love die from the Christmas Part 3 release. 

On the inside tag, I cut the gingerbread baker in the challenge colors. For this challenge you are allowed other neutrals and I used a medium brown for the baker itself. I attached some curly red ribbon and tied it with some silver cording. Scattered a few red glitter enamel dots. 

Here is a photo showing the tag placed inside the pocket. 

 Well, that's it for me for this post. I hope I have given you another idea for a way to use this new die. See you again on Saturday!

dies I used to create card:

 

Sweet Christmas

Hello!  This is Sukie and today I have a Christmas card to share.  For this card, I worked with the Sweet as a Christmas Cookie die set from the Christmas Part 3 die release.  It's just one of the fabulous die sets from the Christmas die releases which are currently on sale.

I used glittered card stock for some of my die cut pieces and some Stickles for the solid card stock pieces. The sparkle and shine adds a fun element to the cookies.  I also cut out a circle from patterned card stock and a Nested Stitched Scallop Circle from white card stock.

All of the papers are from my stash of Christmas themed card stock.  The colors of the striped paper were the inspiration for my die cut pieces.

Once I layered the striped paper on my card base, I added the red strip of card stock to break up the stripes. The double circles were affixed on top.

The next step in my card design process was to add the sentiment inside the circle.  The whimsical font makes for a fun focal point on my card.

A row of cookies was adhered below the sentiment inside the circle filling in all of the empty space.

The remainder of the cookies and rolling pin were added in the remaining empty space inside of the circle.

The finished card is perfect for tucking in with some yummy home baked treats during the upcoming holiday season!

Here are the die sets used on my card, available in the store:

A Sweet Christmas

I hope you had a wonderful weekend!  It's Jeanne today with a sweet card to start the week.  As I mentioned in this post, gingerbread is one of my favorite themes for Christmas.  And the new Christmas releases have some wonderful gingerbread and baking themed dies.

My card today uses two of the dies - Gingerbread Cottage and Sweet as a Christmas Cookie.  For this card I used paper that came from the same paper pack as my previous gingerbread card.

For this card I wanted to see more "sweet" in keeping with the sentiment.

I used white glitter paper for the frosting on my house and also for my gumdrops.  It was easy to color the glitter paper with Copic markers.

I also wanted my peppermints to shine, so after assembling them I covered them in Glossy Accents. I used Distress Oxide ink in Vintage Photo to "brown" the cookies, house and card.

Be sure to visit the online store where the new releases are on sale for a limited time!

Dies used:

 

Thanks for visiting today!  I hope you have a wonderful week!