Thursday, November 10, 2011

Merry little gingerbread

Hope you have been feeling the Christmas breeze these days, I am yet to experience it:-( Anyways, to get me in the spirit I have been crafting up a storm! This is one of my little creations from last morning.

Tonnes of paper piecing, just the way I like it. A little note though.. You might want to distress the background before you start piecing the image:-) That way you wont get any ink on the buildings.. Luckily I remembered that!

For this card I used some Basic Grey Oliver patterned paper. It's patterns are surprisingly perfect for Christmas! ( The red stripe is by Kaiser Craft)



I curved my sentiment on my stamping block before I stamped it, it was initially straight.. That's the beauty of using clear stamps, so many possibilities:-) The reason behind it was that, my whole card was looking rather linear with the buildings and background paper and I wanted to make it a bit more lighter and fun.



Supplies-

Stamps- Silly Scape, Christmas Trio, Joy to all, Decorate you ( All by Hero Arts)
Patterned paper- Basic Grey, Kaiser Craft
Distress inks- Tumbled Glass, Tea Dye (By Ranger)
White embossing powder- American Crafts

Thanks for looking, hope you have a wonderfully 'Crafty' weekend!

4 comments:

  1. Oh Michelle, this is a grand Holiday Card! What perfect paper piecing and that sentiment banner is fabulous!

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  2. This is such a fun card Michelle! Love the gingerbread man - he's so cute! Also love how you used the city scape for this too - great idea! :)

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  3. I love your very fun card Michelle! Love all the great colors and pretty papers! And that gingerbread man is perfect hanging off the edge!

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  4. Oh my, this is perfection! So bright, cheerful, fun! I love the paper piecing and the gingerbread man stamped embellie. Your creativity always astounds me, Michelle....thanks for this fabulous inspiration!

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