Wednesday 31 October 2012

Gingerbread house



Stamps: Gingerbread Man (Elzybells); Nordic Winter (WM)
Ink: Rhubarb Stalk (Memento)
Dies: pinking squares (WPlus9)
Finally!  This card has been haunting me for a few days now, but I have not managed to get 5 minutes time to make it happen.  And then when I do, Blogger conspires to defy me with its "server returns invalid response".  Grrrr.
 
Moving on...fairly simple front, not much to explain, but open it up &
 
 
TA-DAAA.  A gingerbread house for the man to live in.  House is made from a manila swing file, with scraps of red.  The roof is strips cut with scalloped scissors & edged with white gel pen. 
I was an engineer for 14 years before I had my children, so I find this sort of construction extremely satisfying.The concept came from a book I found in the library years ago: Paper Engineering for Pop-up Books and Cards by Mark Hiner which contains many fab ideas & techniques.
 
Linking to:
CAS-ual Fridays: CFC76 ~ Kraft On
CASology: Week 17 ~ Sugar

16 comments:

  1. You have to put this in CASual Fridays - it's a winner FOR SURE! Wow! That house is just amazing!

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  2. Wow Loved the front with your swatches and gingerbread man and the stunned with your little pop us house. I agree a winner for sure!

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  3. That is so ' cute! I loved it at first glance and then - up pops a house.

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  4. I love the little details - the snow on the roof, the heart on the window! Thanks for playing along with CASology this week!

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  5. Wow! Your project wow me again! congrats on a fabulous card, when you have time, please tell me the dimensions on your previous project (the birdhouse)
    Thanks so much for sharing your talents.

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  6. Oh MY! This is just TOO clever, I love it!

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  7. Ack! Jenny your card is the bomb! I loved it on the front but then the house? So so clever, I agree with Ardyth.

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  8. and...Thank you so much for joining us this week at CASology!

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  9. The front of your card is lovely but the inside just stunning!! Thanks for joining us at CAS-ual Fridays this week :)

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  10. oh goodness, jenny!! your card is absolutely brilliant! love that pop-up gingerbread house! love seeing what you create each week for the CASology challenge!

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  11. GORGEOUS gingerbread house Jenny - love the fab front too :)

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  12. This is just amazing ... I couldn't not comment ... I love it all! Anita in France

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  13. Shut the front door, Jenny! If you were a video, you would be viral! I've pinned this but have no real hope of ever CASEing it. It is too brilliant for words!!

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  14. Love the gingerbread man with the swatches of patterned paper. And your house is amazing!! Thanks for playing along with CASology this week!

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  15. What a fun pop up card! The pinking squares and gingerbread man are very sweet too!

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