Sunday, October 30, 2022

Sweet Gingerbread "Traditional" Side Step Card

I just LOVE Gingerbread Houses, so this card "spoke" to me! It's inspired, again, by Tami White and uses the new Sweet Gingerbread Bundle, and tons of Shimmer Cardstock! Love the cheery colors, and that gorgeous fence die - awesome!!




Measurements:

  • Polished Pink: 1/2 sheet
  • Melon Mambo: 2 3/4" x 4", 1" x 3 1/2" (fence), 1" x 2 1/2" (front step), scrap (heart)
  • Pool Party: 2 1/2" x 3 3/4"
  • Shimmery White: SNOWBANKS - 1 7/8" x 2 1/2" (behind house), 1 1/2" x 2 1/2" (front step), 2" x 2 1/2" (center step), 2 1/2" x 2 5/8" (back step): scraps (roof, wreath, windows, door, lollipops)
  • Crumb Cake: 2 3/8" x 3"
  • Granny Apple Green: scraps
  • Parakeet Party: scraps
  • Adhesive Sheet: 1" x 3 1/2" (fence)
To Make This Card:

  • Start by cutting the "steps" into the Polished Pink cardstock using the directions above. Crease well as shown.
  • Attach Melon Mambo to the "main" step on left side. Also, add the "extension" to front step.
  • Run Pool Party piece through Wintry 3D, Snowflake, Embossing Folder. Attach to Melon Mambo layer.
  • Tape the "snowbank" behind house to the front step "snowbank" with tape. Hand cut a "snowbank" that flows from behind the house to behind the "fence". Attach to card with 1/8" showing from the Melon Mambo layer.
  • Attach the Adhesive Sheet to the "fence" strip of Melon Mambo.  Cut with die, remove backing, and attach to "snowbank" on front step.  This will also go a little behind "house".
  • Die cut "Gingerbread House" from Crumb Cake.  
  • Die cut "roof" from Shimmery White.
  • Stamp "windows" in Pale Papaya, "door" in Melon Mambo, and 3 lollipops in Pale Papaya, Melon Mambo, and Parakeet Party all onto scraps of Shimmery White. Die cut with corresponding dies.
  • Attach "roof" to "Gingerbread House".
  • STAMP "roof detail" and "window & door trim" in Early Espresso onto Crumb Cake "Gingerbread House). Attach to left side of card with Dimensionals.
  • Cut "snowbanks" from die into Shimmer pieces for Center and Back steps.  Add to card steps.
  • Attach the 3 "Lollipops" behind center step "snowbank".
  • Die cut 7 "trees" in Granny Apple Green and 3 "trees" in Parakeet Party. Scatter around card as shown.
  • Color "wreath" with Stampin' Write Markers and die cut with "wreath".  Attach to "house" if desired.
  • Finish with Die Cut Heart in Melon Mambo cardstock, and Iridescent Rhinestones.

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