Frosted Gingerbread Shaker

Hello! Alison here. I've got a new shaker card to share with you today. I have the Simply Celebrate Winter stamp set from Lawn Fawn, and truthfully, I haven't used it much. So I thought it would be fun to make a shaker card using each of the stamps in that set. I may not get to all of them this month, but I am going to certainly try. Doodles Paper Playground has so many amazing Sparkle Blends to choose from, that I know it won't be hard to pair a stamp with the perfect sequin mix. Today's card uses the gingerbread folks stamp with the Frosted Gingerbread Sparkle Blend. 

Coloring the gingerbread cookies was easy. I used only 5 Zig markers for them and then fussy cut the strip out. I had some frosty pink snowflake paper from Wild Rose Studio that worked really well with the Frosted Gingerbread Sparkle Blend. The only problem was that the paper is 6x6, and it has some distressing around the edges. So when I cut my paper down, the distressing was cut off of 2 sides. So I applied some Tattered Rose Distress Ink direct to the paper to coordinate with what's printed on the other two sides. I also used a blending brush to soften the inner area a bit. I think it's hard to tell which sides I actually inked up, which makes me happy. I didn't want to cut off the distressing, so this was the perfect solution.

Above, you can see how "sweet" this Sparkle Blend really is! There are different sizes of gingerbread cookies, as well as adorable kawaii cupcakes and peppermint swirls. That's not even to mention all of the beautiful sequins! I used a scallop die from Stampendous for my shaker window and a brown patterned paper for behind it. I adhered a few sequins to the top of my card too, with On Point Glue. I inked my card base with more Tattered Rose Distress Ink. I really wanted to use a mint green, to go with the cupcakes, but I didn't have the right shade of ink. Inside of the shaker, I used foam tape from Pear Blossom Press.

Because the Simply Celebrate images are small and quick to color, I got this shaker card made in a pretty short amount of time. I think it's entirely possible to get a set of these made before Christmas. We'll see! Please be sure to visit the Sparkle Blends Shop on Etsy. You can use my code, “ALISON10” to save 10% off of your purchase, not including Bundles. Also, why not join the Sparkle Blends Fan Club on Facebook so you can join in on the fun we have there? I’ll be back tomorrow with another holiday-themed post. Thanks so much for stopping by. Have a fantastic day! 

Gingerbread House

Hi, it's Phoenix. Today I am going to show you my Gingerbread House card that uses the new Frosted Gingerbread Sparkle Blend from Doodles Paper Playground. I really like the Lawn Fawn Build A House die set with the Gingerbread Add-On, so I knew I wanted to use it with Frosted Gingerbread.

I started out by die cutting the different pieces of the house with brown cardstock, and the details were done with white cardstock. I used Snap & Peel on the small parts, like the piping, which is a double sided adhesive sheet. This makes it a lot easier to adhere the small things to the house. After that, I glued the Sparkle Blends to the house using On Point Glue from Imagine. One thing that I really like about the Frosted Gingerbread Sparkle Blend is the small peppermints. I used one for my door handle.

Next, I cut out the white snowy hill behind the house and the gray wintry sky for a mat. I glued these two pieces together and then stuck the house on top of it. I thought that the hill needed some additional decorating, so I cut out a sign from brown cardstock, die cut another roof from the Gingerbread Add On set in white, and added it to the sign for snow. I decided to use the Season's Greetings stamp from the Reveal Wheel Holiday Sentiments. The sky was a little plain so I stamped the swirls from the Winter Dragon Lawn Fawn set with Pumice Stone Distress Ink.

I didn't use a lot of the parts of the Sparkle Blend, but it has really cute Gingerbread Men and frosted cupcakes. I decided to keep my house a little simple though, so I only used some of the plain brown sequins. I hope you like this card. Have you seen the entire new release of Sparkle Blends yet? Head over to the Sparkle Blends Shop on Etsy to check them out. Have a nice day!

Christmas Wishes From Our Home To Yours

Are you all loving this new release!!!! Check this out. I used Minter Is Coming and Frosted Gingerbread Sparkle Blends on my card. I adore all the amazing elements in these two blends and did two different shakers for this but then did use some elements from both blends as I added extra detail on my card.

I used papers and foam shapes and dies from Queen and Company North Pole Kit as well as some red glitter paper and white cardstock that I ink blended with Speckled Egg Distress Oxide Ink. Queen and Company and Sparkle Blends make for a perfect afternoon! You can see details of all the fun elements in these pics.

 

So head over to the Sparkle Blends Shop. Grab your favorites from the new release. And maybe grab them all while they are still available! There is even an October Bundle! And, take a look on the Doodles Paper Playground blog, Facebook page and in the Sparkle Blends Fan Club on Facebook to see all the fun things going on!

I do hope you enjoy this project and can't wait to see what you create!

Hugs!

Judy