Words of Wisdom

Gingersnap Creations wants to hear our words of wisdom. I love this quote from Iris Murdoch. It's a good philosophy to live by!

Green

I love green and one of the latest Gingersnap Creations' challenges is for a green card. Here is mine:

Favourite designer paper

Stamps used: Cavallini

Gingersnap Creations has a challenge to use scraps of our favourite designer paper. This card uses one of my favourites from BasicGrey. It's nice to think about Spring!

Soft yellow and white

Soft yellow and white is one of the challenges at Gingersnap Creations. I used Sunshine Yellow alcohol ink for the background and added some texture with Perfect Pearls and paper lace.

Candelabras, chandeliers and candles

Gingersnap Creations' random readhead challenge is for Candelabras, Chandeliers and Candles. Sounds like a good song title.

I dusted off my Inkadinkadoo chandelier stamps and enjoyed playing with my new Adirondack Color Wash sprays in stream and cranberry. I first stamped them with Versamark and then sprayed with the colours. I stamped again on acetate using silver ink and embossing powder.

Livestock

Gingersnap Creations are still on the farm, with the new challenge "Livestock." My livestock is sheep!


Background stamps: Elusive Images



Farm Fresh

Gingersnap Creations is on the farm for its Chestnut Theme challenge. My farm specialises in strawberries!

Strawberry stamp, Stickles glitter glue,
letters by American Crafts

Horror Story is a Ginger Gem!



Stamps by Stampotique and Cherry Pie.



Woo hoo, thrilled to discover my Halloween Horror Story (left) was chosen as a Ginger Gem by Gingersnap Creations.  Thanks ladies!

 

Gingersnap Creations: Alcohol Inks

Alcohol inks is the Spicy Supply Challenge at Gingersnap Creations. Here is my card:

On the road

Gingersnap Creations has a challenge "On the road."
My entry has a hand drawn car painted with glass paints on acetate.

GC98: Mists

Mists is the Spicy Supply Challenge at Gingersnap Creations. I used Tattered Angels' Glimmer Mist in the background of my card. The sun is coloured with glass paints.

Gingersnap Creations: Sunshine

The Once in a Blue Moon challenge at Gingersnap Creations gives you free rein to choose one of the many previous challenges.

I chose GC63, Sunshine, which is very timely with the lovely heat wave we are enjoying. The card features three of my favourite techniques: stamping, glass paints and alcohol inks.

Stamps: Elusive Images, Cavallini

Jewel colours plus gold

Jewel colours plus gold is one of the challenges at Gingersnap Creations. I've used emerald green and ruby red plus gold (mirri card - doesn't photograph very well) and an image from Alpha Stamps.

Crowns

One of the challenges at Gingersnap Creations is "Crowns." Here is my entry.

Stamps by Elusive Images, Joanna Sheen

GC85: Hot Beverage

Here is my entry for Gingersnap Creations' hot beverage challenge.Background made with alcohol inks. Stamps used: The Artistic Stamper, Craft Stamper (cup and saucer).

Gingersnap Creations: Ginspirations

Here's my entry for the Gingersnap Creations challenge "Ginspirations." I went for Jo Capper-Sandon's Back to Basics challenge: create a card with a single layer.

stamps: Elusive Image; snowdrops highlighted with Liquid Pearls

Gingersnap Creations: Paint

Here's my entry for the Gingersnap Creations Paint challenge, which ends on September 5. I used Twinkling H2O paints and glass paints. The stamps are by Cherry Pie.

Gingersnap Creations: Kraft

 Gingersnap Creations is celebrating things related to the Earth this month, so the challenge is to use the colour kraft or light tan in our creations. Here is my entry, a collage using stamps by The Artistic Stamper and Alpha.

Gingersnap Creations: Botanical

It's always exciting to discover a new art challenge, particularly when the standard is as high at it is at Gingersnap Creations. There is a new challenge every Wednesday and each one is valid for three weeks. This is my entry for Botanical. I used tree stamps by Stampin' Up and had fun with shrink plastic and dried flowers.