Paper Smooches SPARKS-Spreading Good Cheer

***  Scroll down to the post below or click HERE to see my card for this week's Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge. ***

This week's Paper Smooches SPARKS challenge is an Anything Goes challenge.  I used the Paper Smooches Giddy Gumdrops stamp set and coordinating Gumdrops Icons dies to create this fun and festive seasonal design.

The set's gingerbread boy is my focal image. To give the outline an icing-like look, I stamped the image in white pigment ink on brown cardstock, then heat embossed it with white embossing powder.  After cutting it out with the matching die, I added a pair of red buttons using a Pico Embellisher. The Pico Embellisher makes fabulous dimensional accents--if you haven't tried one out, you should! 

I used foam tape to attach the gingerbread man to a green dotted panel.  The panel was tied with contrasting red ribbon. I added the set's "spreading good cheer" sentiment above the ribbon, heat embossing it so it would really stand out.  The dotted panel was adhered to a green panel over a piece of plaid patterned paper.

Don't miss what the rest of the talented SPARKS team has created for this week's challenge.  Here's where to find them:

Alice Wertz

Erin Taylor

Jenny Mullens

Katie Gehring

Lynn Mangan

Lori Tecler--you're here!
Larissa Heskett

Savannah O'Gwynn

Hope you'll join us and play along!

Materials Used:
Giddy Gumdrops stamp set  and Gumdrops Icons dies (Paper Smooches); Memento Luxe Wedding Dress ink, Lady Bug irRESISTible Pico Embellisher (IMAGINE Crafts/Tsukineko); marker (Copic); Creamy Caramel, Gable Green and Green Galore cardstock, red grosgrain ribbon (Stampin' Up!); Home for the Holidays 6x6 paper pad (Doodlebug Design); white embossing powder (Michaels); foam tape