Wednesday 1 December 2021

Quick & easy Gingerbread Christmas card set

20 Quick and easy handmade Christmas cards using Stampin Up Gingerbread and Peppermint Suite, and patterned paper, Memories and More cards. Cards by Di Barnes, Independent Stampin' Up Demonstrator in Sydney Australia - diecutting - cardmaking - colourmehappy - stampsinkpaper - Christmas to remember - 2021 Christmas Mini Catalogue
Hello & welcome! Today I'm sharing 14 (yes 14) quick & easy card designs made with the Gingerbread & Peppermint 6 x 6 inch patterned paper pack and Memories & More Cards & Envelopes,
together with the Frosted Gingerbread stamp set & die bundle. Sadly none of these goodies are carrying over, so are only available while supplies last. Shop supplies for these cards in my store now.

I made multiples of some designs resulting in 22 cards in total for one Sunday afternoon. It was a good feeling to boost my still too small Christmas card stash.

Here's how they turned out (click on pic for a bigger view).
 
 20 Quick and easy handmade Christmas cards using Stampin Up Gingerbread and Peppermint Suite, and patterned paper, Memories and More cards. Cards by Di Barnes, Independent Stampin' Up Demonstrator in Sydney Australia - diecutting - cardmaking - colourmehappy - stampsinkpaper - Christmas to remember - 2021 Christmas Mini Catalogue
 
The card designs are all variations on a theme using the Gingerbread & Peppermint 6 x 6 inch patterned paper pack and Memories & More Cards & Envelopes as the main elements. I used all the card bases, and have a ton of papers left to make more.

20 Quick and easy handmade Christmas cards using Stampin Up Gingerbread and Peppermint Suite, and patterned paper, Memories and More cards. Cards by Di Barnes, Independent Stampin' Up Demonstrator in Sydney Australia - diecutting - cardmaking - colourmehappy - stampsinkpaper - Christmas to remember - 2021 Christmas Mini Catalogue20 Quick and easy handmade Christmas cards using Stampin Up Gingerbread and Peppermint Suite, and patterned paper, Memories and More cards. Cards by Di Barnes, Independent Stampin' Up Demonstrator in Sydney Australia - diecutting - cardmaking - colourmehappy - stampsinkpaper - Christmas to remember - 2021 Christmas Mini Catalogue

As you can see from the paper pic, many of the papers have large gingerbread illustrations  - most of which can be cut out with the outline dies in the Frosted Gingerbread stamp set & die bundle.

Cutting Tips
  • Die cut a pile of shapes so you can go into production mode.
  • Die Cut 2 shape sheets together at a time by carefully matching & washi taping them together. The paper is thin enough to easily do this.
  • Use the more subtle prints on the card base to add colour. I used a check print, 2 different stripes and the smaller ornament print on my cards.
  • I covered up most of the kraft colour on the base with a 3 x 4 inch paper pieces. This allowed the scallop & a little kraft border to show, and maximised paper use.
  • For the designs with the wide, white sentiment panel, I was able to cut down the remaining 2 x 6 to use together with other scraps, or hide joins behind the wider sentiment panels.
  • All the gingerbread shapes have Wink of Stella on them for essential Christmas bling.
  • Pre-cut a stamp ton of sentiment pieces using your Stamparatus. 
  • The wide sentiment is from the Frosted Gingerbread stamp set & bundle.
    The thin sentiment is from the Words of Cheer stamp set & bundle.
    Inside sentiment is from the Christmas to Remember set. A fabulous set for inside cards.
  • Additional card used - Basic White, Real Red, Crumb Cake
  • Most die cut shapes are popped on Dimensionals.

Star Gingerbread cards

20 Quick and easy handmade Christmas cards using Stampin Up Gingerbread and Peppermint Suite, and patterned paper, Memories and More cards. Cards by Di Barnes, Independent Stampin' Up Demonstrator in Sydney Australia - diecutting - cardmaking - colourmehappy - stampsinkpaper - Christmas to remember - 2021 Christmas Mini Catalogue

Ornament Cards

20 Quick and easy handmade Christmas cards using Stampin Up Gingerbread and Peppermint Suite, and patterned paper, Memories and More cards. Cards by Di Barnes, Independent Stampin' Up Demonstrator in Sydney Australia - diecutting - cardmaking - colourmehappy - stampsinkpaper - Christmas to remember - 2021 Christmas Mini Catalogue

Bell Cards

 20 Quick and easy handmade Christmas cards using Stampin Up Gingerbread and Peppermint Suite, and patterned paper, Memories and More cards. Cards by Di Barnes, Independent Stampin' Up Demonstrator in Sydney Australia - diecutting - cardmaking - colourmehappy - stampsinkpaper - Christmas to remember - 2021 Christmas Mini Catalogue
 20 Quick and easy handmade Christmas cards using Stampin Up Gingerbread and Peppermint Suite, and patterned paper, Memories and More cards. Cards by Di Barnes, Independent Stampin' Up Demonstrator in Sydney Australia - diecutting - cardmaking - colourmehappy - stampsinkpaper - Christmas to remember - 2021 Christmas Mini Catalogue
20 Quick and easy handmade Christmas cards using Stampin Up Gingerbread and Peppermint Suite, and patterned paper, Memories and More cards. Cards by Di Barnes, Independent Stampin' Up Demonstrator in Sydney Australia - diecutting - cardmaking - colourmehappy - stampsinkpaper - Christmas to remember - 2021 Christmas Mini Catalogue
 
Alternative Cards using regular card bases

I had some more die cuts & strips left after I finished the Memories & More card base pack, so I made a couple more cards. Of course, if you don't have the card pack, you could make any of the above designs just using a regular card base and the same paper pieces. I'm going to cut more die cut shapes to make more regular cards too. The inside sentiments below are the same as I used on all cards. I really liked that one.

20 Quick and easy handmade Christmas cards using Stampin Up Gingerbread and Peppermint Suite, and patterned paper, Memories and More cards. Cards by Di Barnes, Independent Stampin' Up Demonstrator in Sydney Australia - diecutting - cardmaking - colourmehappy - stampsinkpaper - Christmas to remember - 2021 Christmas Mini Catalogue
20 Quick and easy handmade Christmas cards using Stampin Up Gingerbread and Peppermint Suite, and patterned paper, Memories and More cards. Cards by Di Barnes, Independent Stampin' Up Demonstrator in Sydney Australia - diecutting - cardmaking - colourmehappy - stampsinkpaper - Christmas to remember - 2021 Christmas Mini Catalogue

So there you go! 20 plus cards done in an afternoon, They were so fun to make - I really like limiting my supplies and seeing what I can come up with. I hope you like them and give you more ideas to try.

I best be off now to make some more! December means panic stations to get cards finished & I have lots to go.
 
Happy stamping & inky wishes

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