Here is another Christmas pop-up card. This time it’s a Gingerbread House as the pop-up. I chose to do a gingerbread house because I just got a white gel pen and it’s so fun to use. I had to think of an excuse to use it and I thought the icing on gingerbread would be perfect.
The other idea I had was to mix cinnamon and cloves in the paint so the house would actually smell like gingerbread. That didn’t work out as well as I expected. It has the faint smell of cloves and cinnamon but it’s not very strong. I think the paint covered up the wonderful Christmasy smell. I will experiment with that again though. I didn’t want to waste too much paint so I didn’t mix as much as I should have.
I made the house out of the Tim Holtz Village Dwelling Die. It’s the basic house without the front gable. On most of the pop-up houses I studied online, the roof is not attached at the wall-roof intersection because it has to float enough for the house to become square during the popping up action. I attached the roof with a folded piece of paper in the center under the roofline. I also cut the roof larger to make overhangs to cover up the gabled ends of the house better.
I made a couple of other pop-up features – 2 gingerbread men, 2 snowmen and one tree from the Tim Holtz Sizzix Mini Christmas Things. I think they are a nice addition to the house. The page the house sits on needs more decor. I will work on that.
The front of the card was fun to do as well. The background is a Tim Holtz Layered Stencil called Crossed where I used crackle texture paste highlighted with Distress Walnut Stain Ink. I used some Christmas papers from paper stash and mini-paper stash behind that. The cardstock inside is scrapbook paper from years gone by. I love the deer from the Winter Woodlands Thinlet dies. And then there are 2 stamped messages – “Wishing You Peace and Joy” and “Happy Holidays”. I choose those 2 because it’s after Christmas. I’m going to send this to a friend with 2 girls. I think they will enjoy it.
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Sara Barker says
Lucy, you're a GENIUS! I need you to come build me a house that doesn't have so many issues. But that's another story. Let's focus on this wonderful pop-up card! The front of your card is beautiful enough, but then these incredible surprises wait inside. And to top it off it smells like gingerbread??! Wow! Congratulations on working out the 'bugs' in your pop up design and for getting three 'tags' done! Your blog is always a treat to visit, and thank you for all your inspiration through out this year–so glad I found you! Happy New Year!
Dr Sonia S V says
Super!!! I love making Pop Up Cards too!
Cheers
Dr Sonia
Mandy says
Gorgeous card & Gingerbread house Lucy! I love the cute deer and the texture paste looks lovely.
Thanks for joining us at Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge
Mandy xx
Linda Coughlin, the funkie junkie says
Amazing Lucy. I can't even get my mind around how something like this can be constructed. The front of the card is gorgeous, beautiful layers and textures. The pop up is crazy wonderful! Thanks so much for playing in week #2!
Hugs,
Linda
Mary W says
WOW so yummy, Love the idea to mix in the cinnamon and cloves. Please update us when you get the formula to your liking and I’ll probably experiment myself further down the building stages. Making Christmas and Birthday cards are my favorite. I usually make all my Christmas cards each year and actually do have a few friends how look forward to them. When I worked it went unsaid that I would make a group card for everyone’s birthday that all 30 or so employees could sign. Had fun and difficulty thinking up new themes for upcoming birthdays and how to make them big enough for everyone to sign. Here I go running off again. THANK YOU for your lovely blog and all the help and inspiration you give.
Mary