Friday, December 17, 2010

Gingerbread House Candle Holder (battery operated tea light)





Hey all my crafty friends, I have been busy getting ready for Christmas (shopping, wrapping, cooking,ect) So, I haven't gotten the chance to post my project for today until just now.. I saw this card board house at Hobby Lobby and I instantly knew what I was going to make, I gingerbread house of coarse :0) ...

So to create my house, I used

Cricut Carts:
*"Just Because" Cards (gum drops 1 1/2')
*Gingerbread (snowman 3')

Paper:
*Card stock (red, green, yellow, white, purple, kraft)

Stamp:
*Snow Cuties (Peach Keen)

Other Supplies:
*Cardboard house
*Ink(brown, red, black)
*White gel pen
*Red marker
*stickles (crystal)
*White puffy paint
*Red glitter buttons (homemade)
*Glue dots
*Modge Podge
*Battery operated tea light

Challenges:
Fantabulous Cricut - Deck the Halls
Gaby Creates - Gaby Abby Challenge #10 (anything with a snowman or santa

12 comments:

Anonymous said...

This is so CUTE!!! :-)

Jean said...

This is great! Thanks for playing along with us at FCCB this week.

GabyCreates.com said...

This is just adorable... at first I thought it was gumdrop paper you had used, but after paying more attention, WOW you actually cut all those gumdrops and glued together!! fabulous! Thanks for entering the Gaby Abby Challenge!! Gaby

CuteCuteWorld said...

awesome project! thanks for the inspiration and also thanks for playing with us at FCCB :)

Andrea said...

That is SO cool! Thanks for joining us at FCCB!

Norma said...

OMG!!! Super cute Amanda!!! love the light inside the gingerbread house:)

Saundra said...

How cute is this! Thanks for playing with us at FCCB!

Jamiecrafts said...

this is so cute, i love it. thanks for playing along at FCCB

Unknown said...

This is fabulous!!! I wanted to make a cardboard gingerbread house - yeah... that didn't happen this year! *LOL* I just love what you did with yours, those gumdrops are especially darling :)

MoonDust Bath and Body said...

That is completely adorable! Thanks for playing with us at FCCB

Pookie said...

looks good enough to eat. :-) Great job.
pookie

Valerie said...

Darling, I love the roof:)