Gingerbread Easel Card

Hello, everybody! I've been having fun with the Alphabet Challenge over at Beccy's Place and her annual Month of Holiday Cards!  I've been skipping around with the letters of the alphabet, and today I'm revisiting Day 8 - G for Gingerbread!

I made an easel card with Beccy's Place - Gingerbread set!  This is my all-time favourite set of Beccy's and I use it every year!  It comes with the house, several kinds of cookies, and some word art.

I went with the pre-coloured images - I love this colour combo!  I fussy-cut all of the images and die-cut some swirly lollipops (Your Next Stamp) and stitched snowbanks (Poppystamps and Simon Says Stamp).  The house and tree cookies are popped up with craft foam and behind them is a die-cut stitched snowbank.  I made a little hinge for the gingerbread couple on a die-cut stitched snowbank.  This hinge stands up but will lie flat when the card is closed.  

I added tiny die-cut bows (Your Next Stamp) to the gingerbread people, a bow-tie for the boy and a hair bow for the girl.  I used a line of pink gems as the stopper for the easel, as well as on the bottom edge.  The patterned paper was part of a card kit years ago, so I don't know the brand.  

Here is an old photo from my childhood showing our Christmas tree with lots of homemade gingerbread cookies.  My mom and nanny would both hang gingerbread men on their trees, and I think that's where my love of gingerbread men comes from!

I would like to support the following challenges: A Perfect Time to Craft AG UE; Ally's Angels AG 1/3; Cardz TV 102 AG 3/3; Crafty Creations 402 AG 1/2; Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas AG Optional Use a Button(s) UE; Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper November UE; Creative Craft Cottage Add Buttons and/or Bows 1/3; Cute Card Thursday AG UE; DL.ART November Linky UE 1/d; Dragonfly Dreams Christmas/Winter UE; Get Creative AG 3/3; Gem of a Challenge AG 1/3; Jan's Digi Stamps 1 AG 4/5; Pixie's Snippet Playground 365 Snippets were used for die-cut snowbanks and lollipops 1E; Polkadoodles AG 1/2; The 12 Months of Christmas Link-up AG Christmas Optional Red and Green 10/10; The Outlawz Festive Friday Christmas UE; Through the Craft Room Door AG 1/2; Word Art Wednesday 412-413 AG w Uplifting Sentiment wk1 1/5

Thank you for looking at my card! Wishing you a joyful day!