Candy Cane Wishes, Gingerbread Hugs

Hi Crafty Friends,

It’s challenge time with the “Crazies” over on the Crazy 4 Challenges blog. Being a brand new month it is time to introduce our new challenge hostess, which is me!

Our challenge this week is ..... Favorite Holiday Stamps. Let's keep this week simple, use your favorite holiday stamp/s or die/s on your creations today. If you don't celebrate the holidays ... then use one of your favorite stamps.

A few month's ago Honey Bee Stamps released a House Builder die set along with an optional Halloween Add-On die set Of course I loved the idea, so had to buy both. I have already uploaded two cards previously using those products. 

Well about a month ago, in their most recent release ... they came out with the Gingerbread Add-On die set and a co-odinating stamp set. As I had the other two products, I had to add those to my stash which is what I have used for my card today.

My past two cards have been Easel Cards, and as I like making that with this die set, I created a Gingerbread version today. I stepped this one up a bit, by using Pear Blossom Press's EZ-Light battery pack, to make my card light up.

I have a quick video above, which shows my card in action.

You need to use the House Builder die set, for the basic house shape, and the red window frames, but everything else on the card was from the Gingerbread Add-On set which is a massive set!

The battery pack is hidden underneath the rectangle sentiment panel on the base of the card. For this I used two older Spellbinders die set that created tall rectangles and scalloped rectangles.

For the gingerbread girl and boy, I used the stamps from the coordinating stamp set and then used the dies included in the Gingerbread Add-On die set to die cut them out. 

I stamped "Press Here" and an arrow pointing to the Gingerbread boys hand so that the recipient knows to press the hand for the card to light up.

My card folds flat so it can be placed in an envelope for posting. 

All the white pieces on the card other than the fence and candy canes where die cut using white glittered cardstock. The sugar jelly's along the fence etc, were also die cut from white glittered cardstock and then colored using Copic markers.

Don't forget to check out the rest of the “Crazies” cards over on the Crazy 4 Challenges blog and also their individual blogs for more details.

Amy Ottmers

Karen Ostergard

Kathleen Adams

Maryann Einam

Rebecca Ednie

Tracey Farr

Nicky Foden

Supplies:

For your shopping convenience, all products are linked below. Compensated affiliate links are used where possible with no extra cost to you. This helps me to continue to share all the projects I include on my blog. For the benefit of my Australia readers, I have started to include some links to Australian stores when available. Please note I only use and share products I love.

Candy Cane Wishes sentiment stamp - Penny Black (discontinued)

Tall Rectangles Die Set - Spellbinders

Tall Scallop Rectangles Die Set - Spellbinders

Karen Burniston/Pear Blossom Press Blog Hop

Hi Crafty Friends,

Today the Karen Burniston Design Team is collaborating with Pear Blossom Press.   Karen Burniston & Pear Blossom Press Design Teams have come together to hold a blog hop showcasing products from both companies.

For information of prizes and a special discount code for both companies, see the bottom of this post.

Pear Blossom Press have a super fun product called EZ-Light, this product contains a battery holder, batter and set of three tiny lights for you to create fun light up  cards. This product is super easy to use and is perfect to light up any style of card, including pop-up cards. You can find out more info on EX-Lights over on the Pear Blossom Press website.

Here is a quick video to see my card in action.

For my card today I used Karen Burniston's Train Pivot Panels to create my pop-up card. I created three panels using tree patterned paper. I added the ground to the base of each panel using the snow/dirt border from the Nature Edges die set.

Before assembling my card I needed to work out my scene, so I knew where my lights would be going and where to add the battery pack etc.

As you can see by the photo above, I used two of the lights that were attached to the battery pack for my railway sign on the right hand side of the card and the other on the window of the house on the left hand side.

The battery pack is attached to the bottom left hand side of the card and I have adhered an oval over the top using two layers of foam tape. I love that I don't have to have double layers of foam tape for the whole card, just the battery pack area. The wires and lights are so fine, that they are hidden under the decorated panels.

I die cut the train pivot panel section twice, once from kraft cardstock and once using the tree paper. I then cut this so that the wheels would be on the kraft cardstock and the rest of the train on the trees. This helps keep the scene seamless.

I added the train to the pivot panel. Before adding the engine, I stamps the engineer from Mama Elephants Little Agenda Trains stamp set and added him through the window of the train. I also stamps the girl engineer and placed her on the ground near where the train would pass by.

Here is a close up of the left side of the card. The house and individual trees are from the House Pivot Panels die set.

On the top left hand corner of the card, I added a stamped sentiment which is from a Kraftin' Kimmies Stamps stamp set.

The train tracks and Railroad Crossing Sign are both from the Train Elements die set.

For the front of my card, I used some of the same elements that I used on the inside of the card. The "All Aboard" sentiment is also from the Train Elements die set and is layered to an oval from the Crosshatch - Ovals die set.

Thank you so much for hopping along with us on the Karen Burniston and Pear Blossom Press Collaboration Hop! Be sure to comment along the way to be entered to win one of two great prizes:

• Snowman Twist Circle Die Set with a 5-pack of EZ-Lights, or 
• Cake Pop-Up Die Set with a 5-pack of EZ-Lights! 

Now don’t worry if you aren’t drawn as one of the winners; we’ve got a special gift for everyone! Just enter the code POPANDLIGHT for 15% off your purchase at karenburniston.com or pearblossompress.com. One code works for both shops! (Coupon code valid until November 2, 2019.)

Karen Burniston

Pear Blossom Press

Karen Aicken

Niccole Kulig

Frances Byrne <You Are Here>

Jessica Shier

Lois Bak

Lynnea Hollendonner

Fran Sabad

Jenn Paar Gross

Sandy Diller

Jess Francisco

Kelly Booth

Lisa Golzbein

Summer Hills-Painter

Prizes & Official Contest Rules

Two prizes will be awarded to two separate winners, chosen at random, from comments left on participating blogs and videos. No purchase necessary. Comments must be posted by 11:59 pm PDT on October 26, 2019. Only one comment per blog or video will be counted, but you can comment on multiple blogs and videos in the hop for additional entries. (This is to prevent spam.) Contest open internationally to participants over 18 years of age. Void where prohibited by law. Any personal information collected will only be used for the purposes of contacting winners, your information will never be shared or sold. Comments left on YouTube videos must not violate community guidelines. This contest is not sponsored by YouTube. Winners will be announced on November 28, 2019 here and prizes must be claimed within thirty days of announcement, or new winners will be drawn.

Supplies:

For your shopping convenience, all products are linked below. Compensated affiliate links are used where possible with no extra cost to you. This helps me to continue to share all the projects I include on my blog. For the benefit of my Australia readers, I have started to include some links to Australian stores when available. Please note I only use and share products I love.