Pretty Pink Posh - Gingerbread Friends Shadow Box

Hi there,

I'm happy to be back with this adorable Shadow Box featuring the super cute Gingerbread Friends from the Pretty Pink Posh September 2025 release. And I added a mix & match of new and old images to complete my little holiday scene.

I started off by stamping the images on light kraft cardstock using Memento tuxedo black ink. I cut them all using the matching dies, colored everything with my Ohuhu markers, and when the coloring was done, I added highlights and details to the images using a white gel pen. Here is a detailed list of the stamp sets I used: • Gingerbread Friends - gingerbread characters, presents, candy canes, lollipops • Christmas Train - wreath, presents, Christmas tree • Spring Birdhouses - gingerbread house.

Next I worked on my Shadow Box and cut two panels out of the same light kraft cardstock as the images. I kept one of those panels, and cut an opening out of it using the rectangle die from the set. I added vintage photo distress ink to the edges of both panels, and then created a cute gingerbread pattern on both of them using the Layered Gingerbread stencils along with vintage photo, ground espresso and candied apple oxide inks, as well as white pigment ink. I mixed vintage photo distress ink with water and added brown splatters on both panels using a slim brush, and I did the same with copic opaque white ink.

For the background, I cut a 4 x 3 inches panel out of light kraft cardstock, added vintage photo distress ink to the edges, and then added candy canes all over the panel using the Layered Candy Canes stencils along with white pigment ink first and then candied apple oxide ink. I mixed vintage photo distress ink with water and added brown splatters on the panel using a slim brush, and did the same with copic opaque white ink.

I cut three basic insert pieces out of light pink cardstock using a Shadow Box die, and used the wavy border die from the set to turn my three basic inserts into wavy inserts. I applied worn lipstick distress ink along the wavy edges of each insert, mixed that same ink with water and added pink splatters to each wavy border, next I did the same with copic opaque white ink, and then with liquid stardust.

Next I used the scalloped rectangle die and the rectangle die from the Shadow Box die set to cut a frame out of white cardstock. I assembled my Shadow Box, attached the wavy inserts and the candy cane panel using liquid glue, stuck the white frame using liquid glue again, and then stuck all the images on the inside and front of the box using 1mm and 2mm foam squares. 

I white heat embossed "Sending joy & cheer" from Christmas Banner Greetings on dark brown cardstock, cut it into a wavy banner using a Banner Greeting 1 die, and finally attached that banner at the bottom of my Shadow Box using 2mm foam squares.

PRETTY PINK POSH SUPPLIES

- Gingerbread friends stamp set

- Christmas train stamp set

- Spring birdhouses stamp set

- Christmas banner greetings stamp set

- Banner greeting 1 die set

- Beautiful bow die set

- Shadow box die set

- Layered gingerbread stencils

- Layered candy canes stencils

- Holiday gingerbread confetti mix

OTHER SUPPLIES

- Ohuhu markers

- Distress ink: vintage photo

- Oxide inks: vintage photo, ground espresso, candied apple

- White pigment ink by Lawn Fawn

- Copic opaque white ink

- Sakura white gel pen

- Liquid stardust by Lawn Fawn

- Memento tuxedo black ink (images)

- Clear embossing ink by Lawn Fawn

- Fine white embossing powder by Hero Arts

- Kraft cardstock by Lawn Fawn

- Chocolate bar cardstock by Lawn Fawn

- Red cardstock by The Stamp Market

- Light pink cardstock by The Stamp Market

- 110lb Neenah solar white cardstock (images)