Dot & Whimsy : December 2020

Gingerbread House Mini Mini & Tree Gift Bag

It's a gift inside of a gift! Today I have a super cute "mini-mini" album that I've tucked inside of a simple-to-make tree gift bag! Get that assembly line going...this would be the perfect little gift for snail mail, grandkids, or use them as a place setting treat.

I will have a YouTube video available of the tree-treat bag, but first, let's talk about the Gingerbread House Mini Mini!

I started with the "Visions of Sugarplums"Stamp and Die Set. The gingerbread house was stamped onto a piece of the Kraft Woodgrain (Buffalo Check Petite Prints) and then carefully trimmed out. Next, I stamped the image again onto various papers of blue, red and green from the 6X6 "Night Before Christmas" Paper Pad.

As you can see, everything was paper-pieced into place. White and red Sugar Coated glitters were used on the rooftop, steps and candy canes!

For the mini album pages, I used the same gingerbread house die to cut the shape from patterned papers and heavy-white cardstock. I layered the patterned papers (front and back) onto the white cardstock. Each of the pages were embellished and then added to a ring.

I used the completed album to figure out the size of the triangle-shaped gift bag. To see how I put the bag together, please visit my YOUTUBE CHANNEL.

I completed the front of the tree bag with Doodle Frills, die-cuts and Doodle Pops! The handle is a simple red/white chenille stem...voila!

Doodlebug Design Products:

Night Before Christmas Collection Kit

Night Before Christmas 6X6 Paper Pad

Night Before Christmas Chit Chat Die Cuts

Night Before Christmas Icon Stickers

Ladybug Paper Frills

Limeade Paper Frills

Visions of Sugarplums Stamps & Doodle Dies

Visions of Sugarplums Sprinkles

Christmas Sprinkles

Here Comes Santa Claus Sprinkles

Snow Much Fun Sprinkles

Tinsel Time Doodle Pop

Goody Goody Gumdrops Doodle Pop

Kraft Buffalo Check Petite Prints

Ladybug & Lily White Sugar Coating Glitter

Christmas Countdown christmas crafting countdown calendar Doodlebug Design

Christmas Countdown Flip Calendar

Perfect for a child's room or a desk in your office!

Today I'm sharing the sweetest mini Christmas Countdown Flip Calendar using the new "Night Before Christmas" Collection by Doodlebug Design.

I started with a few basic supplies from Amazon: a 3-Ring-Binder-Bar; the rings are 1". For the base of the flip album I've used white backing chipboard, but plain chipboard is fine.

I cut the chipboard pieces to measure 3.5"X5 (2 pieces) and 3.5"X2". Next I cut a strip of the Petite Print Woodgrain Lily White Paper 3.5" and left the bar code strip on the bottom (so roughly 12.25"). I used the patterned paper to form the easel by gluing the chipboard pieces, with the smaller 2" piece in the middle (be sure to leave a 1/16" gap between all three pieces so it will fold without obstruction).

I dressed the front of the easel with patterned paper and strips of the Limeade Paper Frills. The numbered cards were cut apart and then layered onto mats of paper that measured 2.5"X4".

After folding the easel into shape, I found the placement for the three ring bar. Next I punched the holes and used that as a guide for punching holes in the numbered cards!

I outlined the edges of the easel (to hide the chipboard edge) with regular Doodle Twine and Bearly Art Glue...works perfectly!

To the front, I added a mini-clothespin that I embellished with a Doodle Pop Candy Cane and then tied on an embellished metal tag!

I kept the embellishments for the remaining cards as low-profile as possible. I used Mini Icon Stickers, Sprinkles and Paper Frills to add a little POP!