Dies R Us: Gingerbread Man Spa

Ahhhh!!! Hot Chocolate...

The other day. I was making hot chocolate and some pumpkin spiced chocolate cookies with my daughter and the inspiration hit me...what if I made a hot chocolate bug using the latest Mug dies from Lawn Fawn. That's when I came across the Tiny Gingerbread stamps and I think that is what sold me on it. I had the idea of these little gingerbread people jumping into a cup of hot cocoa and swimming, playing and just having a grand time.

Supplies:

Tiny Gingerbread Stamps
Tiny Gingerbread Die Cuts
Outside In Stitched Mug Dies
Stitched Mug Frame Dies
Just Stitching Star Dies
Ocean Wave Accents
Hocus Pocus Stencil
Milled Lavender Distress Oxide
Shaded Lilac Distress Oxide
Picket Fence Distress Ink
Copic Markers

Antique Linen Distress Ink
Silver Glitter Cardstock
Grey Metallic Cardstock
White Cardstock
Black Cardstock
Brown Cardstock
A2 Card base
Liquid Glue
Foam Tape
White Embossing Powder
VersaMark Embossing Ink

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A little spa treatment please!

To start off I die cut out my solid and hollow mugs out of solid white cardstock. I used the metallic gray for the spoon, brown for a solid mug and silver glitter cardstock for the smoke tendrils. For the brown cutout I also used the Ocean Wave Accents to cut half way down the mug and a small wave cut inside of the mug piece to create a small opening.

Next I worked my background on a 4.25" x 5.5" piece of white cardstock. I blended together Milled Lavender and Shaded Lilac Distress Oxide. Using Picket Fence Distress Ink, I blended in some stars with the Hocus Pocus stencil. I also added some star stitching with the Just Stitching Star Dies. This really added a nice touch. Once completed I adhered the background down onto my card base.

Now I started to put together my main piece. using liquid glue I glued down the brown cut out to the white solid cut out. I left the top of the brown cut out without glue so that I could slide in the spoon behind it Using foam tape I adhered down the cut, centered on the card.

Using Antique Linen Distress Ink, I added some color to the mug outline on the lower portion. I then adhered that down to the mug piece. I stamped out my gingerbread people and colored them in (E31, E35, R39, E93). Once finished I die cut them out. Using the sentiment in the same pack, I stamped and embossed it with white powder on a strip of black cardstock, angling the end. I placed my a gingerbread man under the die cut waves, one on the spoon, one on the handle, two on the sentiment and one jumping in. I also adhered down the steam tendrils to finish it off.

Here is what the finished product will look like.

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Now this was a fun project sharing a whole story from my imagination. I just love fun cards like this and being able to share it with you all. I hope that you come back for another inspirational tutorial.

XOXO - HeartcraftPaper

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