Bread & Bells

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Good morning. Today is Day 4 of the 12 Days of Christmas at Christian Paper Crafts and I have some serious eye candy for you! Today we're showcasing baking and how to use paper as ways to give as gifts. I went to a theme of a gingerbread man making a basket of cookies and baked bread in a ceramic gingerbread man shaped loaf. I've been making a lot of my Christmas projects using purple and I bumped it up a few with glitter, bling, and bells!

I will share with you a short tutorial on how I made my basket and pictures, and then the wrapping on my loaf of bread. First, I will show you the set together. Is this darling or what?!

The majority of product that I used is from Papertrey Ink. I take advantage of die-cuts whenever possible and these projects were no different. My basket was cut from the Favor It Box 2. Before assembly, I ran the Sparkle and Shine Jumbo Wheel by Stampin' Up! with Perfect Plum ink over my die-cut. I die-cut a piece of Fine Linen card stock using Mat Stack 1 and stamped the coordinating label in Memento Rich Cocoa, then I ink distressed the edges with Chamomile. I then die-cut a scallop circle from Limitless Layers in Plum Pudding card stock. I covered the scallop circle with Versamark and sprinkled Stampin' Up! heat and stick powder over the scallop, shaking off the excess, used the heat gun on it, and then sprinkled purple glitter onto the card stock, again shaking of the excess, and set it with the heat gun. I adhered the scallop circle to the Mat Stack with sticky strip. I then stamped my image and sentiment from Tiny Treats: Christmas, onto Vintage Cream card stock with Memento Rich Cocoa and colored in the image with Copic markers. I punched out the image and sentiment with a 1-3/4" punch, ink distressed the edges, and added faux brown pearls for the eyes of the gingerbread man and Stampin' Up! Basic Rhinestones in the middle. I colored the zig zag in the image using a Copic Spica marker in purple. I adhered the image panel to the scallop glitter circle and Mat Stack with foam dots to give it dimension. I wrapped Fine Linen polka dot ribbon around my cookies that were wrapped in a cellophane bag and put them in the basket. For a little accent, I cut a piece of Rustic Cream Twine, added two bells, tied triple knots at the end, and then draped it over the basket handle. Here are some additional pictures of the basket. With both projects, it is obvious which ones I took in the light box because the quality is so much better, but it was difficult fitting both in, as you can see above as the light box seams are showing.

Stamps: Papertrey Ink Tiny Treats: Christmas, Stampin' Up! Sparkle and Shine Jumbo Wheel
Card Stock: Papertrey Ink Plum Pudding, Fine Linen, Vintage Cream
Ink: Memento Rich Cocoa, Stampin' Up! Perfect Plum, Versamark, Copic markers, Copic Spica marker, Papertrey Ink Chamomile
Accessories: Papertrey Ink Rustic Cream Twine, Fine Linen polka dot satin ribbon, Favor It Box 2 die-cut, Mat Stack 1 die-cut, Limitless Layers scallop circle die-cut, Stampin' Up! 1-3/4" circle punch, purple glitter, Basic Rhinestones, small cellophane bag, Recollections faux pearls, Celebrate It Christmas purple bells
Technique: Die-cutting, punching, heat embossing, ink distressing
 
For my loaf of bread, I picked up this gingerbread shaped ceramic tray at Michael's for $1.99. It's the perfect gift for the recipient to use again and the wrap that I made can also be used again. I cut a piece of Papertrey Ink Fine Linen card stock to 3-1/4 x 11 and scored lines so that it would wrap securely around the loaf. I then measured my designer paper at 1/8" less intervals than the Fine Linen card stock, cut, and adhered. I wrapped this around the bread and tied a Plum Pudding satin ribbon around it. I die-cut another Mat Stack 1 with Fine Linen card stock, ink distressed the edges,  and stamped my coordinating image from Papertrey Ink Everyday Treats onto the die-cut with Memento Rich Cocoa. I then made another scallop glitter circle as described above and adhered it to the Mat Stack with sticky tape. I stamped the circle and bottom sentiment onto Papertrey Ink Vintage Cream card stock and added the "Homemade" with Memento Rich Cocoa. I stamped the "Bread" with Stampin' Up! Perfect Plum. I punched this out using a 1-3/4" circle punch and ink distressed the edges with Papertrey Ink Chamomile. I adhered the sentiment circle to the glitter panel with foam dots for dimension and added Stampin' Up! Basic Rhinestones to the edges of the dotted line. I applied sticky tape to the back of the Mat Stack, cut two pieces of Papertrey Ink Rustic Cream Twine, added the bells, and then used sticky strip to adhere them to the Mat Stack. I then adhered the entire Mat Stack to the top of my cover in the center.
 
 
 
 

Stamps: Papertrey Ink Everyday Treats
Card Stock: Papertrey Ink Plum Pudding, Fine Linen, Vintage Cream
Designer Series Paper: Papertrey Ink Sugar Plum
Ink: Memento Rich Cocoa, Stampin' Up! Perfect Plum, Versamark, Papertrey Ink Chamomile
Accessories: Papertrey Ink Rustic Cream Twine, Plum Pudding satin ribbon, Mat Stack 1 die-cut, Limitless Layers scallop circle die-cut, Stampin' Up! 1-3/4" circle punch, purple glitter, Basic Rhinestones, Celebrate It Christmas purple bells
Technique: Die-cutting, punching, heat embossing, ink distressing
 

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