Can you smell the fresh baked gingerbread straight from the oven?  This card is made for a child’s Christmas and depicts a gingerbread house complete with white sugar icing, cinnamon drops, peppermint drops and candy canes.

This was my first attempt making Karen Burniston’s Tiny House Pop-Up and I made some mistakes that created a catch point on a roof corner. (I highly recommend watching the assembly video to avoid some of my mistakes such as making the front door of the house on the end with the bottom attachment flaps and gluing the roof unevenly on top of the house.)

Overall, the Gingerbread Tiny House Add-ons set is easy to use with the Tiny House set. The cane canes and peppermint drops are tiny and may require tweezers to assemble. (I added Glossy Accents to the tops of the candy canes and peppermint drops to give them a shiny coating.) There are other decorative die pieces for gum drops and tiny dots in the set, but I opted to use some Nellie’s Effect Snow media for dimensional icing and Nuvo Drops for red cinnamon drops. (The Effect Snow made the roof curl up some creating more of a catchpoint on the roof corner.)

The card base is an A2 size card (5 ½ x 4 ¼ inches) made of heavy white cardstock and covered with patterned papers for smooth surfaces for the house to slide over. The sweets decorations are placed so that they don’t hinder the house mechanism opening.

Merry Christmas has a shadow die cut background of patterned paper and all the sentiments are cut from red paper so there are less chances of creating catchpoints. (I used some fancy nested label dies to create areas for a personal message.)

As is my style, I stamped the back of the envelope with hints of what’s inside using two colors of ink and a gingerbread house stamp set from Hero Arts.

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Other cards that use the Tiny House Pop-up die Set

• A Toolbox Father’s Day
• HELLO SUMMER

Dies:

• Karen Burniston – Dies – Merry Christmas Shadow – 1177
• Karen Burniston – Dies – Merry Christmas- 1065
• Karen Burniston – Dies – Tiny House Pop-Up– 1157
• Karen Burniston – Dies – Gingerbread Tiny House Add-Ons – 1173
• Karen Burniston – Dies – You’re Sweet – 1087
• Momenta – Firefly – Label Dies

Stamps & Ink

• Memento -Fade-resistant Dye Ink – Rich Cocoa
• Stampin’ Up Classic Stampin’ Pad – Melon Mambo
• Hero Arts – Clear Stamp Set – Color Layering Gingerbread House -CM462

Papers

• Heavy white card stock
• Brown cardstock
• Patterned papers from Carnation Crafts – Merry & Bright
• Colored papers from my stash
• A2 green envelope

Additional Supplies Used:

• CosmicShimmer – Specialist Acrylic Glue – 125ml
• Sizzix – Big Shot PLUS die cutting Machine
• Tim Holtz Stamping Platform
• Fineline 20 Gauge Applicator & Bottle
• Nelliie’s Effect Snow
• Nuvo Crystal Drops – Berry Red
• Ranger – Glossy Accents