Gingerbread House (YNS dies)

Hello, everyone!  Today I've made a card using some awesome dies I received from Brian for Christmas - Your Next Stamp Gingerbread House and Forest Friends.  I fell in love with these dies as soon as I saw them!  This is the first time I've used them and I'm so happy with how my card turned out!  I made this card for Brian to celebrate our first winter together in our new home!  See the heart-shaped smoke coming from the chimney!

I was inspired by the sketch over at Your Next Stamp (see below) and made this snowy scene. My new dies cut very well, and the house went together like a dream! The trickiest part was getting the tiny yellow pieces to fit inside the windows but I used my tweezers! The snowdrifts, trees, and squirrel are from Forest Friends, and the rest are from Gingerbread House. 

The gingerbread house is supposed to be our new house, and the little gingerbread people are supposed to be Brian and me!  There's our house number on the little sign above the cute squirrel!

I used white Flower Soft on the trees and Perfect Pearls in the sky to represent snow. It's hard to tell but I used my Fiskars wavy crimper on the wreath and trees. The icy overhang is die-cut from glitter tape, and it's really sparkly in person!  I added a clear gem for the door knob.  A wonderful thing about using dies is using up my snippets/leftovers so I'm linking up to Pixie's Snippet Playground.

I'm also linking this up to Scrap it with a Song - I was inspired by the song Little by Little, especially the line, "Little by little, I gave you everything you ever dreamed of," because Brian and I have dreamed about having a home together for nearly 10 years, and he finally made the dream come true this past summer!

I would like to support these fun challenges:
Allsorts Love is All Around 3/3
Artistic Inspirations AG with Twist of Hearts UE
Buckwell's Crafty Challenge Love/Red 3/3
Card Mania Add Some Red 3/3
Clique Kits AG 1/3
Come and Get It Love is in the Air 2/3
Connie Can Crop Sweets for my Sweet (gingerbread house/people) 1/2
Craft Your Passion Always AG 1/3
Crafting from the Heart AG 1/3
Crafty Calender AG 1/3
Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Challenge Extra February UE
Creative Inspirations Love is in the Air UE
Cute Card Thursday Crazy in Love UE
Cuttin' and Stampin' Masculine (card made for Brian) 2/3

DL.ART February Linky AG UE 1/day
Dragonfly Dreams Love is in the Air UE

Fussy and Fancy It's All About Love UE
Incy Wincy Use a Punch or Die Cut 1/5
Inspiration Destination AG UE
Inspiration Journal Love is in the Air UE
Loves Rubberstamps AG UE
My Craft Creations Feb.2-14 AG UE
Not Just Cards AG UE
Papertake Weekly AG 4/5
Penny's Paper-Crafty Favourite Technique (using dies to create a scene) 3/3
{PIN}spirational Photo Inspiration (I was inspired by the love theme) 5/5

Pixie's Snippet Playground - Lots of snippets used here for die cuts 1/3
WINNER Scrap it with Song Little by Little (inspiration described above)
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday All Things Bright and Beautiful 4/5
Simon Says Stamp January Work it Off Wednesday New (new dies) 1/3
Sister Act (Cards Only) AG UE
The 12 Months of Christmas Optional Love Theme UE FT
Word Art Wednesday AG w Uplifting Sentiment 5/5
Your Next Stamp Sketch Challenge 1/3

Your Scrapbook Place AG Optional Masculine (made for Brian) 3/3

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