Polished Vellum

Here's a stamp I've had for a while, but didn't quite know what to do with it. When I made this polished vellum background (TJ newsletter April/May 05), I thought they would make a good match.

The basic idea is similar to polished stone, where you pounce different colors of alcohol inks and alcohol onto glossy paper, but in this technique, you use vellum instead. I used vellum c/stock from Stampin' Up!, which is more sturdy than regular vellum paper.

Once the inks were dry, I brayed black Stazon onto the David stamp and stamped onto the vellum. It was layered it onto a dictionary page, then black and white c/stock.

I'm not quite sure who I'd send this card to, so he might keep me company in my studio for a while.

Have a splendid weekend!

Supplies:

• Stamps: Artful Artifacts (Stampers Anonymous)
• Paper: More mustard, whisper white, basic black and vellum c/stock, dictionary page
• Ink: Black Stazon, alcohol inks
• Accessories: Word stick (Ideology), black embroidery floss

Growth

Oops - long time, no post! I've been super busy with a myriad of projects both at home and stamping related. And I realized that I forgot to post the card I made for Gingersnaps Growth Challenge last week. And I posted another challenge today, which will be on my blog tomorrow. Yikes - I can't keep up!

For this card, I used a new poppy stamp (well new to me) from Penny Black and I just love it!

The poppy is stamped on watercolor paper and I used Stampin' Up! markers to watercolor it (Marker Watercoloring). The centers has black seed beads, which you can see better in this close up picture:

Tomorrow I'll share a wall hanging I made using a paper fringe.

Thanks for visiting!

Supplies:

• Stamps: Poppy Poem (Penny Black), Teeny Tiny Wishes (Stampin' Up!)
• C/stock: Watercolor paper, Old Olive c/stock & Fabriano card base
• Ink: Stazon, SU markers, Old Olive
• Accessories: Linen thread, black seed beads
• Tools: Word window punch

Found Paper Herringbone Card

The weekend is almost over, but we had a great one spent in the company of good friends! And school starts tomorrow after February vacation, so I'm doing a little happy dance.

I have a different kind of card to share tonight. It's one of those cards that I either really like or really hate, but can't make up my mind which - does that ever happen to you?

I have a drawer full of text papers - mostly small scraps. So, I pulled out the drawer and turned over the pile, like it was a compost heap and started collaging pieces onto card stock. Once the c/stock was completely covered, I sponged on several colors of ink and cut the page into 1/4" strips. These strips were adhered to another piece of c/stock using the Herringbone technique (TJ Dec09/Jan10). I finished off the card with a Tim Holtz sentiment and some twine.

Hope you had a restful weekend!

Supplies:

• Stamps: Good Thoughts (Tim Holtz - Stampers Anonymous)
• C/stock: Vintage Cream (Papertrey), found papers
• Ink: Spiced Marmalade, Peeled Paint, Pine Needles & Faded Jeans Distress Inks
• Accessories: Linen Twine (SU)

Playing with Alcohol Inks

There's exciting news at Gingersnaps today - a new Design Team call! It's been six months since the last one - where does the time go? If you're looking to have some creative fun on an easy going and supportive team, then check it out!

Here's a card I made just for fun - that doesn't happen a lot these days! I was playing with alcohol inks and used the Alcohol Ink Press technique from the TJs newsletter (April/May 07). It didn't smoosh as well as this card, so I gave it a quick spritz with some Ranger's Blending Solution and it created this speckled effect.

I love I Brake for Stamps collage image - it's the first time I've used it and I'll definitely be using it again!

Supplies:

• Stamps: I Brake for Stamps, sentiment from Stampin' Up!
• Cardstock: Fabriano watercolor cards, acetate, whisper white, basic black
• Ink: Alcohol inks - Stream & Wild Plum, Black Stazon, blending solution
• Accessories: flat black pearls
• Tools: tab punch

Thanks for visiting! Come back to tomorrow for the Gingersnaps Blog Hop....

Vintage Lace

I have been working on lots of stuff - honest. But so many of the projects are not quite finished - sigh....

Here is something I've completed using some vintage lace and an adorable stamp from The Artistic Stamper in the UK. I wrote a tutorial on Gingersnaps yesterday on how to create this glitter/lace effect - check it out!

The lady is lightly colored with Copic markers and her dress is paper pieced with the same paper used on the card base. Her earrings and shoes are silver, but the photo didn't pick them up clearly.

Thanks for visiting!

Supplies:

• Stamps: 20's Ladies plate from The Artistic Stamper
• Paper: Very vanilla, basic black & Basic Grey Urban Couture
• Ink: Memento black & Copic markers
• Accessories: Flat pearl, black satin ribbon, glitter, vintage lace & mailing labels
• Tools: SU border punch

Watercolor Resist Card

Ooops, I almost forgot to share this card! I made it for a tutorial on Gingersnaps called Distress Watercolor Resist.

All the info about the card is over on the Gingersnaps blog. Thanks for visiting - have a wonderful day!

Supplies:

• Stamps: Serendipity
• Ink: Versafine black, Versmark, Fire Brick Distress ink, Glimmer Mist
• Paper: Watercolor paper, Very Vanilla, patterned paper by Crate Paper and BoBunny
• Accessories: black lace, flat black pearls, black & clear embossing powder
• Tools: Heat Gun, iron, aquapainter

Ice Queen

Happy New Year, everyone! 

I've got a card to share today that's made with an ArtChix collage image.  I love this collage sheet called Snowflake Kisses, the women are so ethereal and mysterious. 

My Ice Queen is layered onto a piece of patterned paper by Bobunny and the card base is from the Silver Lustre Package from PaperTemptress.  I added some vintage glass glitter around the corner of the picture for a little icy sparkle, sheer ribbon and a metal snowflake charm.

Today's the last day to enter the Gingersnap Creations Winter Wonderland challenge.  We've had loads of gorgeous creations so far, have you entered yet?  We're starting something different this year and picking a top 5 Ginger Gems from all the entries - it could be yours!

Christmas Inchie Cards

Before the holiday season is over, I wanted to share a couple of inchie cards I made using some $1 stamps from Inkadinkadoo. 

To create the inchies, I washed scraps of watercolor paper with yellow and blue ink, then added a thin layer of Shimmer paint (SU).  Once the scraps were thoroughly dry, I stamped the images with Versafine black ink. 

I punched out the yellow inchies with a 1" square punch, trimmed off 1/8" with my xacto knife, then mounted them onto 1" squares of Crushed Curry c/stock.  The blue ones were merely punched out with the 1" square punch and mounted directly onto a rectangle of black c/stock.

The bases are my favorite Fabriano watercolor cards and a few rhinestones and a little ribbon finished them off.

 

   I hope you all had a wonderful holiday!  Happy New Year!

Hearts in Touch Blog Hop

Welcome to the first-ever Gingersnap Creations Blog Hop and Hop Stop #2!

If you’ve already been hopping then hopefully you have just come from the Gingersnap Creations blog. If you are starting here, welcome! It's a loop so you can start anywhere along the way!

At each stop, you need to collect a word! There are 10 stops in all starting and ending with the Gingersnap Creations blog where you can get all the specific information and get a peak at the Christmas 2009 plate from Hearts in Touch.

When you get all your words, 9 in all, unscramble them to form an art quote. Once you have your guess at the quote, email it and your name to gingersnapstamp@gmail.com by December 13, 2009. We will be picking one lucky winner at random from the correct entries to win the Hearts in Touch Christmas 2009 plate!

My word is "but".

Your next stop on the hop is Debby at Debby's Stuff. Good luck!

Winter Wonderland

I'm high in the sky right now on my way to England, but technology being such a wonderful thing, I can pre-schedule blog posts - yeah!

I made this card for the Gingersnaps Winter Wonderland challenge using a new Christmas plate from Hearts in Touch. 

I inked the image with a brayer and kaleidoscope pad and stamped it on Whisper White.  I covered the whole image with Versmark and heat embossed it with Iridescent Ice e/p from Stampin' Up!  The image is double matted on Whisper White and Night of Navy.  The card base is Classic Columns from PaperTemtress and the sheer navy ribbon came from the bottom of my ribbon jar.

Thanks for visiting!

Haute Couture

I have a new card to share with you using a Cornish Heritage set called Haute Couture.  Cornish Heritage Farms is our October sponsor on Gingersnap Creations.  Check out these gorgeous creations that Laura from the Gingersnaps Team made with the same set.

The background was made using the TJ technique Faux Designer Paper from the Dec08/Jan09 issue.  I used Bashful Blue, Kiwi Kiss and Night of Navy inks to create the effect.  All supplies are listed below.

Happy stamping!

Supplies:

• Stamps: Haute Couture (Cornish Heritage Farms)


• Paper: Vintage Cream (PTI), Night of Navy


• Ink: Kiwi Kiss, Bashful Blue, Night of Navy, Versamark


• Accessories: Kiwi Kiss satin ribbon, clear embossing powder, vintage button


• Tools: Heat gun

Happy Harvest

This is a card I made for the Gingersnap's Harvest theme this month.  It uses a gorgeous Cornish Heritage set called Fall Harvest.  Head over to Gingersnap Creations to read an interview with the owners of Cornish Heritage and have a chance to win some awesome blog candy.

Thanks for visiting!

[Stamp Credits: Lined Paper Backgrounder, Fall Harvest both from Cornish Heritage]