Good morning, y;all – happy Friday! We’re back on the cusp of a weekend – so I hope you’ve got something fun planned! And that you’ve got good weather – you know, sunny but not hot, breezy but cold, puffy clouds but no rain – to do it in!
My card today is another look-see at Christmas cards – this one is a fun one (as opposed to elegant, religious, etc). It features the new Gingerbread Man bundle – from the Sep-Dec 2025 Mini catalog! And..unexpectedly, maybe – some Autumn Toile DSP! Take a look-see:
I was playing along with the theme challenge at The Paper Players this week!
I started by stamping some “crumbs” in Early Espresso ink in the top left and bottom right corners of an Autumn Toile DSP panel. Then I matted the panel on a Pool Party mat for the card front.
On a piece of Pecan Pie cardstock, I stamped the Gingerbread Man and one of the faces in the set in Versamark Ink, sprinkled it with white Basics WOW Embossing Powder. Then I heat set it with the Heat Tool and cut it out with the large die in the set.
Using the dies in the set, I made some candy. Okay – a LOT of candy!
– I cut a Poppy Parade and a Basic White Lollypop. When you do this – there’s a lollypop and a swirly. I cut the round top off the Poppy Parade die cut and adhered it onto the Basic White die cut. There’s a seperate swirly die – and I cut one out of Basic White – and adhered it to the Poppy Parade candy.
– I cut a Poppy Parade and a Basic White candy wrapper. Then I adhered the Basic White swirly (from the lollypops) to the Poppy Parade wrapper and the Poppy Parade swirly to the Basic White wrapper to make peppermint candies.
– I cut a Granny Apple Green and a Basic White candy cane. With Liquid Glue, I adhered the Granny Apple Green “stripes” die cut to the solid Basic White candy cane.
– On Basic White cardstock, I stamped gumdrops in Pretty in Pink (2 of them), Pool Party, Shaded Spruce and Granny Apple Green. I cut them all out with the dies in the set.
– I cut out a face from Basic Black – and used Liquid Glue (itsy-bitsy dots!) to adhere the pieces into place on the gingerbread man.
I tied a bow from a piece of white Baker’s Twine (from the Black & White & Gold Baker’s Twine pack) and adhered it with a Glue Dot.
With Liquid Glue, I adhered the candy cane and the lollypop to the card front. Then I popped the Gingerbread Man on with Stampin’ Dimensionals – placed near the center-ish of the die cut.
On a piece of Pool Party cardstock, I stamped the Gingerbread Man sentiment in Shaded Spruce ink. Using Stampin’ Dimensionals, I adhered it over the bow.
Then I tucked the two “wrapped candies” in and adhered them with Liquid Glue. I adhered the gumdrops in groups of two – with Liquid Glue and Dimensionals.
I added some Real Red & White Peppermints (yep – these are still around!) and the card front was done!
On the inside, I stamped a second Gingerbread Man sentiment in Shaded Spruce on a piece of Basic White cardstock. Then I added a Pretty in Pink and a Poppy Parade gum drop.
I used Liquid Glue to adhere the panel to the inside of the card base and the card was done.
My Basic White Medium Envelope got a couple gumdrops on the front…
..and more of the Autumn Toile DSP on the envelope flap.
Et Voila! Well – as I mentioned on the video (linked below) I make a lot of cookies and treats at Christmas but…not rolled and cut out ones! Nope – don’t have the patience to decorate them. But I DO have the patience to make this darling Gingerbread Man and all his accompanying candies! So stinkin’ cute – and you can ALSO use the large die to make a full up shaped card. Cool! And the Autumn Toile DSP proves its versatility on this one – it is NOT just for Fall/Autumn cards!
I hope you like!
If you’d like to recreate this card, all the products and card cuts you’ll need are down below! And this is the card I made for my Thursday After Lunch Bunch YouTube Live. If you’d like to see it – for the first time or again – here ’tis!
I’ve also created a printable PDF with written instructions and a list of the products used to create this project. You can download, print and/or save it by clicking this image:
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M
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Card Cuts Used in This Project:
Early Espresso Cardstock: 4 1/4″ x 11″ (card base, scored and folded at 5 1/2″)
Pool Party Cardstock: 4″ x 5 1/4″ (mat for card front); 7/8″ x 2″ (sentiment)
Granny Apple Green Cardstock: Gingerbread Man die cut candy cane stripes
Poppy Parade Cardstock: Die cut Candy wrapper, lollypop & swirly
Basic White Cardstock: Die cut Candy wrapper, lollypop & swirly, extra swirly, gumdrops; 4″ x 5 1/4″ (inner liner)
Autumn Toile DSP: 3 7/8″ x 5 1/8″ (card front panel); 2 1/4″ x 6″ (envelope flap)
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What a fun card, Mary! I love all the details & the fun candies. This looks like a really cool stamp set and dies set. Thanks for sharing.
It IS fun – hope you’ll give it a look! Thanks so much! 🙂
Such a cute card! Love the fun gingerbread man and all of the cute accessories! Mr Moose is definitely worth protecting! 😉
Yes he is – no Moose left behind and all that! Thanks, Amy! 🙂
What an adorable card!!
Thanks so much, Beverly! 🙂
Oh, Mary! You just showed me why I “need” this set. Your gingerbread man is decorated beautifully. And that candy! All of that glorious candy! I will say that it brought back memories of Shrek and the gingerbread man’s famous line: “Not my gum drop buttons!” Thank you so much for playing in my challenge at The Paper Players this week!
LOL – it sort of does – I couldn’t figure where I’d “seen” him before but…that’s it!! Thanks so much for the kind words, Ann! 🙂
I can’t decide what was more fun: looking at this cute card or watching your video making it?🧐 ah who am I kidding??? It was the video😁😁😁 thanks for sharing your endless creativity❤️
LOL – well, I’m happy you enjoyed them both! Thank you so much, Judi! 🙂
Mary, what a wonderful gingerbread man and I love him on that DSP. I also love how you placed the gum drops and other sweets. Fabulous take on our challenge. So glad you shared this with us at the Paper Players this week
Jaydee
Thank you, Jaydee – appreciate you coming by to leave such nice words! 🙂
I love the way you’ve taken the gingerbread man and super-loaded him up with other goodies. The colours you’ve chosen are so inviting and festive. This is a great card! Thanks for sharing with us at The Paper Players.
Thank you so much, Jan – I appreciate the nice comment! 🙂