GINGERBREAD KISSES LETTER TO SANTA | with Miguel

The arrival of Santa Claus is approaching and what better way to greet him than with a very special letter!  I made this cardboard box, covered it with red cardstock and decorated it with the Gingerbread Kisses collection!

I made my box in an envelope shape, then got to work decorating it with some DoodlePops, Odds & Ends and Chit Chat Pieces.

On the front I added a beautiful sleigh with Santa, this gives a 3D effect to the project making it look even more fun, don't you think?

I take this opportunity to thank you for all  of  your support during  2023! And for all of your wonderful comments on my Doodlebug projects! I wish you a Merry Christmas and I hope that Santa brings lots of health, blessings and gifts to your home.

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GINGERBREAD KISSES TABLE CENTERPIECE | with Kathy

 Hi Everyone!  I'm finally finding some time to decorate for the holidays!  I usually throw a couple of family parties this time of year, and wanted to have something fun to put on my table.  I used the Gingerbread Kisses Collection and a cut file from Lori Whitlock to create this fun ornament snow globe.  Take a peek...

I started with this ornament SVG from Lori Whitlock.  I enlarged the file to 180% and cut the pieces from white cardstock.  I cut doubles and glued them together for a little more strength.  Instead of cutting paper for the panels, I cut acetate.

I then started to put together my scene.  I started with the fun Gingerbread Lane Doodle Cuts.  I cut all of the pieces from a combination of Gingerbread Kisses 6x6 papers and some Candy Stripe-Sprinkles Petite prints.

I added some fun sprinkles for color and dimension. I stuck 2 hearts from the Warm Wishes Shaped Sprinkles on either side of a piece of acetate to make it look like it was floating from the chimney. Since you can see my little scene from all directions, I made sure to create a "back" for all of my pieces.  I even added some windows and shaped sprinkles to the back of the house!  

I wanted the ornament to stand straight, so I created a base.  I cut 2, 2" strips from the Snowflake side of the Sugar plums paper and combined them to make a circle that was 16" circumference.  I rested the ornament in it, and marked with a pencil where the white "ribs" of the ornament hit the paper.  I then cut small slits in those spots so that the ornament would sit flat in the base.

Here is a close up of the cute little gingerbread people!  I also added some fake snow to the bottom to cover up the "bases" I created so everything would stand up straight.

It's all set up on my table, now I just have to get cooking!  Have you created any fun projects with the Gingerbread Kisses Collection or doodle cuts?  Be sure to tag us on socials, we always love to see your creations!  That's it for me today, thanks for stopping by to peek.

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Gingerbread Kisses Collection
Gingerbread Lane Doodle Cuts
Candy Stripe-Sprinkles Petite Prints

OTHER

White Cardstock
3D Christmas Ornament Solid Panels SVG
Silver Cardstock
Ribbon
Fake Snow Sprinkles
Acetate
Silhouette Cameo

GINGERBREAD KISSES WREATH | with Tya

Hello there friends! Welcome to December! Wow - has this year just flown by! For my post today, I am sharing a fun and festive home decor piece with you! It's just in time to add to your decorations this year! I love making all sorts of wreaths and knew when I saw the Gingerbread Kisses collection, I wanted to make one of these candy cane wreaths! I knew it would be a great way to showcase all the yummy candy in the collection.! I also repurposed the "Shadow Box Insert Kit" to be the decoration in the center of the wreath! You don't always have to put those in Shadow Boxes!

So to make my wreath I used the following products:

-Gingerbread Kisses Shadow Box Insert Kit

-Candy Canes- these are the "Elf" Movie-themed ones that are out in stores now. I loved how the candy cane colors are perfect matches for the Gingerbread Kisses collection!

-an 8 inch foam wreath form - picked this up at the Dollar Store

-(2) 10 inch circle canvases

-Buttons and white twine

-Red Dot Ribbon- 2 spools

-For the decorative tag on the left side of the wreath, I layered a flower, some mesh ribbon, a fun cookie decoration, some greenery, a button, and twine and the cute "Merry Christmas" banner is from the Chit Chat.

-burlap twine

- Hot glue

To start I laid out one of the circle canvases and then arranged my candy canes around the circle. I used hot glue to glue the bottom points onto the canvas and then glued the top corners of the candy canes to the one next to them.

I then added some white twine to some 1-inch buttons and hot glued them to the centers where the two candy canes meet.

Next, I assembled the Shadow Box kit as shown in their instructions, but used the second circle canvas as my background instead of a piece of paper. I centered the vellum sheet onto the center of the circle canvas and glued that to the top of the candy cane layer, which I previously did.  I then covered my foam wreath form with the red dot ribbon and hot glued that on top of my Shadow Box sticker layer.

I wanted to add a little bit more decoration to my wreath so I took a large kraft tag and layered it up with a striped flower, some mesh ribbon, a cute realistic looking cookie ornament, some greenery, a button tied with twine and the "Merry Christmas" banner which is from the Chit Chat die cuts. I had a sparkly red glitter bow in my stash that added to the left edge of the wreath. I glued the tag and all it's fun bits to the top of the glitter bow.

Finally I wrapped some burlap twine to two of the top candy cane bundles. I hot glued that really well and then made a loopy bow and hot glued that to the top of the twine I just wrapped. This serves as my hanger for the wreath.

I hope this wreath has inspired you to create your own fun and festive holiday decor piece! The "Gingerbread Kisses" collection was perfect for this candy-themed project, and I had so much fun making it. I encourage you to get creative and use your favorite holiday collection to put your own spin on this wreath. It's a great way to showcase your favorite holiday treats and add some cheer to your home this season. Happy crafting!

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Gingerbread Kisses Shadow Box Insert Kit

Gingerbread Kisses Chit Chat Die Cuts

OTHER

Candy canes

2 Circle Canvases

Foam Wreath Form

Ribbon & Twine

Buttons

Hot Glue

Decorations for the tag

ADVENT CALENDAR HOUSE - WINTER WONDERLAND | with Karen

When my girls were smaller, one of our favourite traditions during the Christmas season was spending a few minutes together on the couch in the morning with our Advent calendars. Their favourite calendars were the ones that made it a little bit hard to find the actual day, hidden in pictures or patterns. They would get so excited when they finally found the date. So I knew when Doodlebug released an Advent calendar, I wanted to try to capture that "hide and seek" feel.

   

 I also knew that I wanted to see if I could incorporate one of the most elusive "hiding" characters (and my personal favourite Doodlebug character of all time) - the YETI! But we will get to him later! 

   

For this calendar, I used the Winter Wonderland collection. The papers and patterns in this collection are spectacular - no dull winter scenes here. I mixed and matched the patterns, cutting each door at 2 1/4" x2 1/4" each with about 2 doors for each pattern. I then grabbed the Alphabet Soup Puffy stickers for the numbering. On some of the doors, I used contrasting number so they would stick out and be easy to find (like #1 in the photo). But for other doors, I decided to hide the numbers a bit more by using a matching colour and disguising it in the pattern (like door #22 beside door #1). I really love the way the doors turned out. The patterns are amazing and I love that you really need to look to find some of the dates! Mission accomplished.

   

And the best part of this calendar is that you don't have to have any fancy tools to decorate. The scene at the top and embellishments on some of the doors were simply created with the die cuts in the Odds and Ends pack - both the regular Winter Wonderland pack and the Snowflakes pack. Just use some adhesive and you are all set!

 

I did jazz up some of the die cuts by poking holes in them and stringing some small LED light behind the holes. You can see this feature on a couple of trees and along the cabin.

   

 

And then of course, the Yeti! Harry gets to make an appearance here to riding a little gondola to the top of the calendar. I actually took the chimney feature off of the calendar and used it to combine two gondola die cuts (front and back), creating a little box in a rather unusual location for one last special treat. This also gave me a really sturdy way to attach the gondola with a hidden craft stick. I took the picture from this angle so you could see the stick (it pokes down right into the top part of the calendar)...

   

 ...but from the front, with a special placement of some die cut trees, it looks like it is suspended above the mountain. Some more of the LED string complete the look of the cables. While not your traditional advent calendar, I am in love with this version. If you have a favourite Doodlebug collection, don't be afraid to use it on a project like this. There is no wrong collection to use! And trust me, this will not be the last time you see Harry on one of my projects! Thanks for stopping by! Hugs,

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Advent Calendar House
 Winter Wonderland collection

Mini jewels - variety of colours
Alphabet Soup Puffy Sticker

OTHER

Adhesive

Craft Sticks

Mini LED lights

Cotton stuffing

ADVENT CALENDAR HOUSE - GINGERBREAD KISSES | with Brianna

Hey friends!! I am so excited that it's my turn to share how I decorated my Advent Calendar House! I love seeing how everyone is decorating theirs and it's so fun to see different collections and themes being used. You can get so creative with these!! I decided to use the Gingerbread Kisses collection since I have my sweet girl this year and we will be continuing on with all of the fun traditions each day in December. Here's my calendar:

I decided to work on the top of my calendar first, so I measured and cut two pieces of the Pistachio Buffalo Check -Wood Grain paper. Since the front part of the roof is a bit of a unique shape, I measured the bottom (largest straight edge) and cut it into two. Next, I put each piece up against the shape and sort of pushed it against the long diagonal shape of the roof to make an imprint on the paper. Totally not a fancy technique, but it worked just fine! After carefully cutting along that line, I then adhered both pieces down with the wood grain side facing up.

Next, I measured and trimmed out some white cardstock that I planned to adhere to the eaves portion of my roof. I wanted that fun frosting/icing look so I cut into each strip creating a wavy look. Then I added some silver Stickles to the edges for a bit of sparkle. I popped them up on foam tape and adhered it to the edges of my roof. I thought it would be fun to add the train from the Odds & Ends pack and I love how cute it looks!

Next, I got to work on the drawers and cut 2"x2" inch squares using the Swiss Dot Rainbow Petite Prints 6x6 paper pad. I used a 1" inch circle punch to create the notch in the top of each one. After I adhered each one down, I trimmed out the numbers from the Christmas Jammies 12x12 paper and added them to each drawer.

Now it was time for my favorite part... embellishing all of the cute drawers!!! I used the Mini Icons stickers, Puffy Icon stickers and Enamel Dots to embellish. The Mini Icons were the perfect size.

I loved being able to display each sticker/icon and I popped some up on foam tape for a bit of interest. There are so many adorable elements in this collection and this project was definitely perfect to highlight a lot of them.

Here's one last look at this festive advent calendar. I can't wait to fill each drawer up with fun activities to do with my kiddos year after year! I can't wait to see how you decorate yours, please tag me on social media!

Thank you so much for stopping by today, I hope that I've inspired you in some way! See you in my next post friends!

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Gingerbread Kisses Collection

Swiss Dot Rainbow Petite Prints

Buffalo Check - Wood Grain Petite Prints

OTHER

White Cardstock

Silver Stickles

ADVENT CALENDAR HOUSE | with Cynthea

For the past couple of weeks, we've challenged our Design Team to create their own unique versions of our new Advent Calendar House.  But did you know the the Gingerbread Kisses Collection has papers made specifically to embellish the calendar?  All you need to decorate it is a few sheets of paper!

This Gingerbread Kisses - Christmas Jammies paper comes with the 24 boxes, as well as some elements you can use to decorate the "attic" of the Advent Calendar.  You just need to cut the boxes apart,  punch the half circle  using a 1" circle punch and glue them directly to the front of each drawer!  Cynthea used the "b" side of the Christmas jammies paper to cover the attic part of the house, and cut the window pieces to embellish.

You can also dress the Advent Calendar up even more like Cynthea did, just add a few extra embellishments.  She added some other elements from the Gingerbread Kisses collection including the Icon Stickers, Sprinkles & Shaped Sprinkles and some Doodle Pops to the existing designs, popping some up to add dimension!

These few additions make a big impact!  Here are some close-ups!

So whether you use just the Christmas Jammies paper or decide to embellish a bit more, you will get  fabulous results!  This would be a great weekend project with the kiddos, or friends!  Have a great day!

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Advent Calendar House

Gingerbread Kisses - Christmas Jammies Double Sided Cardstock (3)

Gingerbread Kisses - Icon Stickers
Gingerbread Kisses Assorted Sprinkles
Peppermint Place Shaped Sprinkles
Gingerbread Kisses Shaped Sprinkles
Gingerbread Trimmings Shaped Sprinkles
An Eye for an Eye Shaped Sprinkles
Deck the Halls DoodlePop
Hello Santa DoodlePop

Christmas Cookies DoodlePop

ADVENT CALENDAR HOUSE GINGERBREAD KISSES ADVENT CALENDAR | with Tarrah

Are you getting excited for Christmas?! I know I am! What better way to start getting excited than to count down the days with one of the gorgeous new  Advent Calendar Houses! 

With 24 little drawers in the calendar, there are plenty of options to add cute little trinket gifts for each day counting down! I decided to cut into the attic of the house using my craft knife and metal ruler to create some little scenes in the attic. I just love all the gorgeous embellishments in the Gingerbread Kisses collection and used quite a few just in the attic space! I lined the back wall of the attic with the 'Merry and Bright' patterned paper and then added lots of embellishments. I added 3 of the adorable Doodle-Pops including the Candy Cottage one, the Deck the Halls one, the Holiday Treats one and also the Gingerbread Kisses one too! I also added a few die-cut pieces from the Odds and Ends pack. To add some more dimension, I added some of the sprinkles to the tops of the cupcakes etc.

For the chimney, I added some of the 'Gift Wrap' patterned paper around the outside and then added the Hello Santa Doodle-Pop inside the chimney! I also added some of the die-cuts to toothpicks and stuck those in too. On the outside of the chimney, I added a die-cut heart and a puffy Gingerbread man. I covered the outside edges of the house/calendar with the 'Holiday Sprinkles' patterned paper and then added some of the puffy shapes to the joins in the calendar. Around the outside edges I took the pink cardstock and punched some scallops to create a decorative edge. I then added the gorgeous puffy heart shapes to the centres of the scallops. I added the die-cut wreath at the top for some more interest.

For the front of each drawer, I took cardstock in dark pink, lime, aqua and yellow and had my Silhouette Cameo cut out 6 squares of each colour, I then punched a half circle at the top of each square and adhered these on. Next I took the Cookies for Santa paper and punched out 24 scalloped hearts and added craft foam behind them all. I then took the Alphabet Soup Alphabet stickers and added numbers 1 - 24 on each drawer. I did have to improvise for these as I ran out of number 1 and 2! These were all glued on and then I added a small embellishment to each drawer. For the very edge of the house, I glued a paper straw to each side from my stash and glued in candy cane die-cuts at the top of each straw.

I absolutely LOVE how my house/advent calendar turned out and hope I have inspired you with an idea of what to do with your Advent Calendar! Thanks for stopping by today! Happy creating!

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Advent Calendar

Gingerbread Kisses collection

Gingerbread Kisses Cardstock Assortment pack

Alphabet Soup stickers in Bon Bon

Puffy Hearts in variety of colours

OTHER

Scallop border punch

Scallop heart punch

1" circle punch

Paper straws

Toothpicks

ADVENT CALENDAR HOUSE - GINGERBREAD KISSES CHRISTMAS COUNTDOWN | with Miguel

The advent calendar is something very exciting for children and adults, it is the countdown to Christmas Eve and the arrival of Santa Claus!  Doodlebug surprised us with this new Advent Calendar House blank to decorate for the season!

My calendar is decorated with the beautiful Gingerbread kisses collection which consists of a sheet included with the numbered boxes from one to twenty-four to decorate our project.

I cut each square from the sheet and backed it on red cardstock to give it a little more color and then punch with a 1" hole punch to make the half circle at the top, matching each drawer of the calendar.

The top and sides are decorated with papers from the same collection and in the center place this beautiful window with Santa Claus and a very sweet garland, use chit chat and some borders for more decoration.

Thank you for stopping by, I invite you to create your own version of the advent calendar and wait for the arrival of such a beautiful date together with the family. See you soon!

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Advent Calendar House

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