All that is dear!

 Happy Tuesday HH fans!

Today's I'm sharing our sweet image called Gingerbread Friends which I have combined with the sentiment All That Is Dear on the inside.

I love making Gingerbread cookies & houses too BUT I can't eat any of it.  Sadly I'm allergic to every spice that goes into making them.  My children & husband too can always enjoy the bounty so that's a good thing.

I tried to keep up with my non-traditional colours for Christmas again with this card.  I have quite a bit of patterned paper in my stash that fits the bill lol.  

This is the inside of the card.  I made sure the image on the front fully overlapped the back so you couldn't see the sentiments right away.

Copic Combos

Red - R46, R37, R24

Brown - E35, E24, E33, E31

Gingerbread Boy & Girl - Dark Blue/Green - BG78, BG75, BG72

Gingerbread Boy & Girl - Light Blue Green - BG07, BG05, BG02, BG01

Shading & Grounding - BG01, BG000, BG0000

Cheeks - R02, R01, R00

Candy Stick - R02, R01

Grey - C4, C2, C0

Stamps - Gingerbread Friends T108 & All That Is Dear R034

Misc. Stuff - Patterned Paper Sweet Christmas from Holland, American Craft Hot Cocoa, Cardstock Red & Dark Kraft, Frosted Lace Stickles, Satin Ribbon & Enamel Dots

Thanks for poppin' by today, happy stampin'!

Gingerbread Dreams!

Hi!

I haven't made a "stair step" card in forever and decided that this would be perfect to pair with the High Hopes Stamp "Gingerbread Friends" and "Gingerbread House" images. This brings back memories of my Mom making Gingerbread Houses every year with my girls. I have to admit that ours never looked this pretty, more "goopy" and loaded with anything and everything LOL. But they sure had fun doing them.

To start, I stamped and coloured all my images to match the papers in the Doodlebug "Christmas magic" 6x6 collection. Next using my Brother Cut N Scan machine I cut out the images. Then I pulled out my Cameo and a svg file and created the Side Stair Step card base. I enlarged the file to fit the larger Gingerbread Friend image. I added a fence die cut in front of the Gingerbread House to create a little scene. The lollipops have some Clear Glitter Pen added to them and of course I had to add some Crystal Stickles to "icing" parts on both images.

Here's a side view where you can see the "stair steps" better. I thought the High Hopes "Gingerbread Dreams"sentiment went perfectly with my card theme!

I stamped an extra house and coloured in just the lollipops and little gumdrops, fussy cut them out with scissors and added on the first "step" to help create a more dimensional look.

Copics Used:

Gingerbread: E33, E35, E37

Reds: R24, R27, R29

Greens: G28, YG17, YG23, YG25

Yellows: Y21, Y23, Y26

Pinks: RV02, RV04, RV06, RV09

Blue Greens: BG13, BG18, BG34

Thanks for stopping by today and don't forget to head on over to the High Hopes website and see all Lora's adorable stamps! You can find more inspiration from the Design Team by visiting our Blog and Facebook page too!

Happy Stamping!