Merry & Bright Gingerbread Boy

I hope you all had a wonderful weekend.  Did you find any super Black Friday or Cyber Monday deals?    I was pretty good.  I bought a few Christmas gifts on Etsy and managed to stay strong and not take advantage of any of the super deals some of my favorite paper crafting sites were having.   It was soooo hard.   Usually when shopping for Christmas gifts, I end up buying more for myself than any one else. 

Instead of shopping, I busied myself in my craft room and made a card using “Gingerbread Boy” from Whimsy and Stars Studio.   For some reason, this little guy always cries out for paper piecing when I use him.   After printing him on DP, I used my Copics to shade him and color in the berries and embellishments.    All the pieces have a bit of distressing with the edge of my scissors and are finished off with some paint.    I added some texture using some of my favorite recycled elements – Starbucks coffee sleeves.   (Have I mentioned how much I love using them?)    The sleeves were perfect to cut out a little tag and punch 3 little stars.

 

 

 

If you are not already, you might want to follow the Whimsy & Stars Studio blog or  Facebook page so you do not miss out on any freebies.  (That’s a hint!)   You also won’t want to miss our blog hop on December 4th introducing the new Winter 2013 Design Team.

 

That’s it for me today.  I hope you have a fabulous day.  Thank you for stopping by!

 

Supplies:

• Stamps:  Gingerbread Boy (digital stamp) from Whimsy & Stars Studio, Signature Christmas from Papertrey Ink
• Inks: Close To My Heart Olive ink & Distress Ink Antique Linen
• Papers:     Handmade Holiday paper pad from Simple Stories, Papertrey Ink kraft CS, misc. sheet music, Starbucks coffee sleeve
• Tools:  Big Shot, Seeing Spots Provo Craft embossing folder, Stampin’Up edge punch, small star punch, Copic markers  
• Embellishments: Jenni Bowlin Malted Milk paint dabber, Tattered Angels Snow Queen glimmer mist, Maya Mist Latte, May Arts burlap twine, Hug Snug Dusty Olive seam binding, misc. buttons & bell

Challenges:

• Christmas Card Challenges - 1E, must be Christmas - Paper Piecing
• Corrosive Challenges - 2W, 2E - (1st week) Anything Goes
• Creative Inspirations Paint - 1E, SIO - Anything Goes
• Kenny K`s Krafty Krew - 1E, SIO - Traditional Christmas Colours
• Platypus Creek Digitals - 2W, SIO (freebie available) - (2nd week) Christmas Buttons and Bows
• The Squirrel & the Fox - 2E, 2W - (2nd week) Anything Goes
• A Gem of a Challenge - 2W - 1stW - #60 Paper Piecing
• Crazy 4 Challenges - #C4C164 Put a bow on it
• Hiding in my Craft Room - 1E NSD1  #73 Christmas
• Little Claire's - M, 3E, SIO - #27 Christmas
• Card and Scrap - 2W, P1/15 - (ends Nov-30) Christmas
• One Crazy Stamper - M, P1, E5 - Anything Goes
• Inspire Me Fridays – Always Anything Goes
• Totally Papercrafts – All Stitched up
• Wags 'n Whiskers - 2W, SIO - Week 1, Christmas
• Crimbo Crackers - 2W, must be Christmas - (ends Dec-05)  Anything holiday/festive goes
• Delightful Challenges - 1E, SIO - Red & green
• Moving Along With The Times - 3E - Let's go dotty
• Pixie Dust Studio - SIO - All about gingerbread
• Crafty Creations - #197 Christmas Is Coming
• Creative Moments - 2W, 3E - Anything Goes
• Divas by Design - 2E - #62 Use 2 or more Patterned Papers
• Stamp n Doodle - music on site - Anything goes
• Make it Monday - always Anything Goes
• Craft Your Passion - E3 - Holiday Edibles
• Crafty Boots - 2W, SIO - (1st week, ends 9th Dec) Anything Goes
• Crafty Bloggers Network - M, SIO - (ends 30th Nov) Christmas Anything Goes
• Digi Makeover Challenge - SIO, must use digi – Christmas
• Eureka Stamps - 3E, F - Holiday Fun
• Lexi's Creations - 2W - (1st week) Christmas
• MyGrafico - 2W, SIO - (1st week, ends 9th Dec) Anything Goes
• Ooh La La Creations - 2W, SIO - (1st week) Spots & Dots
• Paper Playtime - 2W, F - (2nd week, ends 29th Nov) Anything Goes
• Paper Pretties Monday Challenge - SIO - Anything Goes
• The Paper Girls - 2W, layouts, cards - (2nd week) Christmas/Winter
• Papertake Weekly -  Free For All
• Party Time Tuesdays - 3E (2E anything goes wk) - PTT #96 Anything Goes
• Through The Craft Room Door 3E - Always Anything Goes!
• Tuesday Alchemy - #42 Anything Goes
• Tuesday Throwdown - #125 Lots Of Layers