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Gingerbread House Pop-Up Card

December 29, 2017 by Lucy 5 Comments

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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.

Gingerbread House Pop-up Christmas card #gingerbreadhouse #christmascard #popupcard #papercraft

Front view of the Gingerbread House pop-up Christmas card

Gingerbread House pop-up side angle view #popupcard #christmascard #gingerbreadhouse #papercraft

Another view of the Gingerbread House pop-up Christmas card

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.

Gingerbread House pop-up side angle view #popupcard #christmascard #gingerbreadhouse #papercraft

Gingerbread House pop-up made with the Tim Holtz Village Dwelling die

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.

Gingerbread House pop-up card with a gingerbread man and snowman in front #gingerbreadhouse #christmascard #popupcard #papercraft

Close-up of the Gingerbread man and snowman for the gingerbread house popup card

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.

Gingerbread house popup card with deer on front #gingerbreadhouse #christmascard #popupcard #papercraft

Front view of the Gingerbread House popup card. It never lays down as flat as I would like though it is better than the first card I did.

This card is works much better than my very first pop-up card earlier in the month. It lays flat and opens a little better. Also I glued the flaps that hold the house to the card INSIDE the house this time which looks better. I also think the front of the card looks a little more polished. These cards are experiments for  next year's invitation to the Little House Making Party which I intend to host next November. You know you can't start too early on these kinds of things. Creativity takes awhile.
I am going to add this to 2 online challenges - the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge which is "Anything Goes" and the 12 Tags of Christmas Funkie Junkie Style - tag number 2. Linda's background is what inspired me for this card. I only entered 3 tags in the 12 Tags of Christmas but that is 3 more than I did last year. I'm going for at least 6 in 2018.
I hope you have a Happy New Year. Take care.
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  1. Sara Barker

    December 31, 2017 at 3:38 pm

    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!

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  2. Dr Sonia S V

    January 02, 2018 at 6:26 pm

    Super!!! I love making Pop Up Cards too!
    Cheers
    Dr Sonia

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  3. Mandy

    January 02, 2018 at 9:53 pm

    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

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  4. Linda Coughlin, the funkie junkie

    January 03, 2018 at 12:41 pm

    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

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  5. Mary W

    June 10, 2018 at 10:52 am

    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

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