Are you ready for Christmas? I’m not but I do have my Jolly Gingerbread kit from Paper Pumpkin to help. This is our monthly A Paper Pumpkin Thing Blog Hop. A blog hop filled with alternate ideas using contents from the monthly kit. This month our kit is the Jolly Gingerbread kit from November. Our blog hop is late because last week was Thanksgiving. I hope you enjoyed time with your family.
This kit has 15 Gingerbread themed gift card holders with envelopes. You can also easily convert them to mini cards of gift tags. Below I created some alternate projects by adding supplies from my craft room. I’ll be sharing these project on my Facebook page on Monday, December 7th during my FB Live – noon ET. I hope you can join me – click here.
My first thought with this kit was to create a mini gingerbread house decorating kit! I also made a card using only the left over stamp set, a simple note card and a small treat holder using the kit supplies. I’ll share photo and supply that I added and if you want to see more join me Monday on FB.
Mini Gingerbread House Decorating Kit
This one was fun. I decorated the front of a Mini Paper Pumpkin Box with pieces from the kit. Then filled the box with candies to decorate. All you need to add is graham crackers and frosting to make the house and attach the candies. I found a large container of holiday sprinkles that I wanted to use in my kit. So I converted a Clear Tiny Treat Box into a holder that would fit inside my box. This will be a perfect little treat for my niece or the kids across the street. Maybe I better make my own mini gingerbread house!
Supply List
The additional supplies that I added to complete this project were:
- Card stock – Mint Macaron card stock
- Cinnamon Cider ink
- Mini Paper Pumpkin box
- Clear Tiny Treat box
- Linen Thread
- Brick & Mortar 3D embossing folder
- Stampin’ Cut & Emboss Machine
- and candy – mini candy canes, holiday sixlets, holiday assorted sprinkles
Gingerbread man box
For this project I found these fun Gingerbread man cookies at the grocery store. The custom fit box was made from two of the gift card holders in the kit. These would be fun table favors at a holiday party. The box is made from two of the gift tag holders. I added a score line at the bottom to make them shorter and to form the bottom of the box. I trimmed away a piece of each to shorten the sides. Using one of the plain white house panels from the kit I cut to fit the shorter box and then stamped with the gingerbread house image. To color my house I used the Stampin’ Blends in coordinating colors.
Supply List
The additional supplies that I added to complete this project were:
- Cinnamon Cider ink
- Daffodil Delight Ruched Ribbon
- Linen Thread
- Paper Trimmer
- Stampin’ Blends: Blushing Bride, Cinnamon Cider, Calypso Coral, Daffodil Delight, Mint Macaron
- gingerbread man cookie
Wishing You Christmas Card
Once you’ve completed your kit you get to keep the stamp set and use it for other projects. I added card stock and some additional supplies to make a sweet Christmas card. The house was stamped and colored with Stampin’ Blends and then cut out. I pulled in some of the coordinating cardstock colors that match the kit.
Supply List
The additional supplies that I added to complete this project were:
- Cardstock – Cinnamon Cider, Daffodil Delight, Mint Macaron, Whisper White
- Ink – Cinnamon Cider, Mint Macaron
- Stampin’ Blends – Blushing Bride, Cinnamon Cider, Calypso Coral, Daffodil Delight, Mint Macaron
- Paper Trimmer
- Linen Thread
- Stitched So Sweetly dies
- Stampin’ Cut & Emboss Machine
I hope you liked these alternate ideas for the monthly Paper Pumpkin kit. See all of them on my FB page on Monday. Leave me a comment and let me know your thoughts.
The Blog Hop Continues
To continue through go and click on the next blog in the list below. If you are viewing this in an email you’ll need to click through to my blog to see the list.
Don’t forget you have until the 10th of the month to subscribe to Paper Pumpkin and get that month’s kit. This next kit is almost too good to bear-lieve! With supplies to make 12 versatile cards to love on, celebrate, and give a big bear hug to those you care for, our Beary Comforting kit has it all! Be sure to subscribe with the link to get this adorable kit! Sign up by the 10th – go here.
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