Gingerbread Latte Barista

 I'm here today with a shaped Christmas card for a couple of the Christmas Challenges out there.

So I cut Barista Ginger using an older Bigz Die - aptly named Gingerbread.  It cuts the gingerbread person and the white frosting lines.

In search of a Santa Hat - I found the Fresh Baked #1 Thinlit die set that had one that fit perfectly on Ginger's head.

THEN I thought to make Ginger a Barrista serving Gingerbread Lattes at Gingerbucks and found the Coffee Cup die in the Festive Things Thinlit die set!  

(I added a little piece of the frosting die cut to the cup as the steam raising up from the cup!)

And since this is a professional Barrista Employee - I just had to add the eyeglasses that I found in the Cool Yule Thinlit die set.  ALL of these die sets are Tim Holtz/Sizzix.

The sentiment stamps are retired from Waltzingmouse sets - Gingerbread Joy and Coffee Set.

I cut Ginger out of white Woodgrain Paper and sponged with Rusty Hinge Distress Ink.  I cut the coffee cup out of the same paper and sponged it with Gathered Twig Distress.  I punched the buttons and eyes out of red card with a circle punch and added enamel dots to the centers of the buttons - I added white dots to the eyes and then drew black pupils with a Micron Pen (and then added the glasses to make Ginger more professional AND because the eyes looked wonky after I added the pupils!)

I adhered the two sides together at the top of the head, making a score line just below the glue line on the back piece so it would bend out cleanly and Barista Ginger could stand up and not spill the Gingerbread Latte in her hand.

I'm linking my Barista Ginger card to:

Christmas Kickstart 

Jingle Bells

Santa's Hat

Double Trouble

Santa's Hat

Stamps: Gingerbread Joy and Coffee Set - Waltzingmouse (retired)
Ink: Vesafine Clair Nocturne, Ranger Distress Rusty Hinge, Gathered Twigs.
Paper: White, True Black, Pure Poppy - Papertrey Ink, White Woodgrain Paper - Tim Holtz/ Ranger.
Accessories: Bigz Die Gingerbread, Festive Things Thinlit Dies, Fresh Baked #1 Thinlit dies, Cool Yule Thinlit Dies - Tim Holtz/Sizzix, foam dots, enamel dots - Altenew, 1/2" circle punch - Marvy, Memo Punch - Stampin'up.