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Wednesday, November 24, 2010 GC80: Color Challenge - Vintage Hues

Dang I cannot believe I forgot o post this. Card created for the Gingersnap Creations blog, challenge - Vintage Hues.  Gorgeous Image and Sentiment from the Relish Reading Plate by Rogue Redhead Designs who is the most talented  and beautiful Sharon Briss. You can find her blog Ill Tempered Ink here  . Now shipping internationally. Do check it out. :)

Papers, Khaki Crepe Ruche (my fave) and Skinny Columns in Solar White and Canyon Brown are all from Paper Temptress.

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 Ink is Memento. See how the ink and stamps and the skinny columns are perfect together!

Alright you know what to do! Thanks for stopping by!

GC83: Random Redhead Challenge - Polar Animals

I love this image from "Saturday Evening Post" for Cornish Heritage Farms. I had to play with it a bit and decided simply embossing with silver and not coloring the image was most effective for me.

The image is stamped with Versamark on to Solar White Skinny Columns and embossed with silver powder. They layer behind the image and the card base is Indigo Blue Skinny Columns. DP unknown. Perhaps My Minds Eye. Ribbon also unknown. Can you tell I am incredibly disorganized? :)

So. Your task...vistit the Gingersnap Creations Blog  and check out the awesome talent and play along in the challenges!!!

Wednesday, December 8, 2010 GC82: Spicy Supply Challenge - Glitter

This weeks challenge at Gingersnap Creations is to use white glitter. I added some diamonds stickles to the sky portion and then scraped it off so it gave off a subtle glittery glow and then added sugar sparkly fluff. which is glittered flock. to Santa's beard. Image is from the Snowy Woods plate at Artistic Outpost. Sparkle cardstock is from Paper Temptress. Be Tempted @ Paper Temptress - Save 15% at Paper Temptress by entering the following code db15

Wednesday, December 1, 2010 GC81: Chestnut Theme Challenge - Snowpeople

And yes I am late. Sorry.  I decided to create chocolate gift holders for my Snow People challenge. Always fun to pass around this time of year. Keep a purse full and its always a surprise for the dry cleaner or the checkout at the grocery store etc. You get the idea. I found this stamp set in my stash from Basic Grey called Snow Baby. Who knew clear stamps is "tampons transparents" in french i'm guessing.  All paper is from a Basic Grey kit i received eons ago. Cut the paper with a nestabiltie die and added some ribbon and cut out my snow people and I'm good. :) I added Twinklets to the snow hats and the penguin.

Check out the challenge details here at the Gingersnap Creations blog.

Thanks for stopping by! :)

Relish Reading by Rogue Redhead Designs

Please check out my post at the Rogue Redhead blog.

Relish Reading by Rogue Redhead Designs

This is a little journal that I created with the "Relish Reading" plate from Rogue Redhead Designs. Some of you may have already seen it on the Rogue Redhead blog . The top layer was inspired by the latest edition of The Technique Junkies Newsletter.

“Relish Reading” is available at the Rogue Redhead Etsy store. As part of the initial release, RRD is offering this brand-new plate on sale for 20% off the regular retail price of $22.00 until December 15, 2010. Get yours now for the introductory price of $17.60!!!! Run! Dont walk!

Want to see some samples with the Relish Reading plate? Check out the new Rogue Redhead blog to see what the Rogue Crew are creating. There will be new art regularly from the RRD team!  Also, watch out  for the Rogues at Large as they drop in and tempt all of us us with their own amazing art!

I'm terrible at listing supplies. Sorry. If you saw my desk you would understand ;)

Rogue Redhead Designs

Announcing Rogue Redhead Designs, a brand-new stamp company! And I am super super super excited & honored to be a part of it!!!! And guess what? I do have a little bit of redhair. Especially after my hairdresser has been at me.....

RRD offers deeply etched unmounted stamps on high quality rubber. You’ll love the level of detail! And trimming and cutting the rubber was like cutting butter. Perfection.

Started by avid, amazing, talented, beautiful stamper, Sharon Briss, love Sharon :), this new company will feature stamps in several different styles including vintage, eclectic and modern. The first full plate release is a tribute to the literature lovers in our midst. The “Relish Reading” unmounted plate is perfect for creating hand-made bookmarks, adding a personal touch to journals and creating beautiful note cards.

This 8" x 10" plate includes images and elements to get you stamping right away from a full-sized background to focal images to sentiments.

“Relish Reading” is available at the Rogue Redhead Etsy store. As part of the initial release, RRD is offering this brand-new plate on sale for 20% off the regular retail price of $22.00 until December 15, 2010. Get yours now for the introductory price of $17.60!!!! Run! Dont walk!

Want to see some samples with the Relish Reading plate? Check out the new Rogue Redhead blog to see what the Rogue Crew are creating. There will be new art regularly from the RRD team!  Also, watch out  for the Rogues at Large as they drop in and tempt all of us us with their own amazing art!

Enjoy. See you soon! :)

Painted background papers

Please visit my post at Gingersnap Creations for another Spicy Supply Challenge!

Markers.....

Please visit Gingersnap Creations today to view my tutorial! Yes it's been 3 weeks. Yes that's rare for me. Do I miss it. YES! I'm hoping when school lets back in and summer is over things will be back to normal. I would love for you to visit GC today and don't forget to check out all the fabulous tutorials, challenges and inspiration. You won't be disappointed. And there you will find technique details on the following cards.

Image is from Hearts In Touch #98 Stacey Tippin Fantasy

Papers from Paper Temtpress. Image & background on Ultra High Gloss Glossy. Layers are Green & Light Green Basis.  

Image is from Hearts In Touch #98 Stacey Tippin Fantasy

Papers from Paper Temtpress. Image & background on Ultra High Gloss Glossy. Layers are Black & Green Basis.

For further details, please visit Gingersnap Creations!

Papers from Paper Temptress. From top to bottom. Black Premium Glossy, Gamma Green Pearlescent (which I understand has been discontinued. sorry) and card base is Black Premium Glossy,

Image is from Hearts In Touch #98 Stacey Tippin Fantasy

Papers from Paper Temtpress. From top to bottom. Black Premium Glossy, Venus Violet Pearlescent (sorry, manufacturer has discontinued this color) and Purple Basis.

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Time for a Gingersnap Creations Challenge

GC61: Chestnut Theme Challenge - Heat

"Think hot thoughts! Create steamy scenes or use hot colors or incorporate quotes about heat, fire, or flame. Don't sweat it!" 
I didn't read all the description, as is my nature. I can be rather impulsive. So I took heat literally. So I used a heat gun. I crumpled up Kraft paper from Paper Temptress and crumpled it again. Then I brayered Versamark over that paper after I unfolded. The idea is the Versamark will sit on the folds. Then I sprinkled metallic blue embossing powder all over it and heated it. This is Gilding. You knew that though right.

I stamped the image from Hearts In Touch #97 HIT Mermaids with versamark and used the same embossing powder. I then just dipped the edge of the image CS in to the versamark and dipped in different ep's and heat set and wala. We have a card. I lurve this blue metallic embossing powder. It's American Crafts Zing. Looks like denim with Kraft.

So after fully reading the project description I was playing with the canvas and this one i just sorta slapped paint in to bead gel and slapped on to the canvas. Love my artsy crafty techie terms? And it reminded me of a blazing sun beating down on the grass. I decided to capture it before I added something to it and perhaps taking away the "heat" element of it. So there it is. Glad you stopped by and don't forget to run don't walk over to Gingersnap Creations to see what everyone has been up to and find out how YOU can become a Ginger Gem!

Canvas

Is all new to me. Shar (Sharon), my beautiful friend and co founder of the Gingers and Gingersnap Creations has been working on some canvas and they are jaw dropping gorgeous. Check out Shar's blog here and browse around for a bit. Lots of fabulous eye candy and inspiration to be found.

So. She inspired me to step out of my little tiny box.  I was very inimidated until I found this wee little canvas in my stash o stuff and it measures 2.5" x 2.5". What a great way to start small no?!

So here is my first wee canvas using metallic acrylic paints and doo dads again from my stash o stuff.

I had fun makin a big ole mess and glueing and slapping stuff on here. Kinda cool huh?! Here's part of my mess.

I know some will say thats no mess at all. Yes it is. This is room 1 of 3. This is my laundry room. No room to do laundry. Oh well.

Here is a canvas in progress I started yesterday. Not sure what I'm going to do with it yet. And come back tomorrow so I can show you another one :)

Have you noticed how I tend to work in the same color scheme on several projects right in a row. Yep I do that.

Gingersnap Creations Color Challange

GC60: Color Challenge - Shades of Blue

I had this fabulous picture of Jon Bon Jovi that I took at the Key Arena on February 19th. He is wearing this gorgeous blue shirt and I wanted to make a scrapbook page and thought this would be the perfect challenge to do that. I grabbed a piece of Sparkle Blanc and regular copy paper. I poured some paint in a paper plate and dippep some string in to the paint then laid different pieces of string in varying directions on my paper. I put the piece of copy paper on top of that and then tried to pull the strings out to get an interesting pattern. I didn't turn out lik I expected. I was hoping for cleaner lines but I guess my strings were too wet. That's okay. Still kind of cool so I am gonna use it anyway.

These are background papers made with leftover paint, glimmer mists and deli paper.

Grabbed some of my Jovi paraphanalia and put a quick page together. Which now I have decided I am going to frame and hang on on my Jovi walls. Did she say walls! Yep. I said walls :D


The "Super Rock Star" is from a set of $1 stamps from Michaels and embossed with gold. I used a sponge brush to edge the page with blue. And I used my carpet thingie to add the dots. See my little cupid charm? ;)

So that's it. Late as usual. Better late then never. I am working on that. Hope everyone is a having a fabulous and fantastic weekend.

Be sure to head over to Gingersnap Creations to check out Reasons to Stamp for July and the other challenges still open for the month of June:

Current Challenges

A new challenge every Wednesday!

Chestnut Theme Challenge
GC57: Wings
- closes July 4, 2010

Spicy Supply Challenge
GC58: Transparencies
- closes July 11, 2010

Random Redhead Challenge
GC59: Fairies
- closes July 18, 2010

Color Challenge
GC60: Shades of Blue - closes July 25, 2010

New Once in a BlueMoon Challenge coming June 30!

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Squigglefly Challenge

This weeks challenge at the Squigglefly Blog is "add a bit of yellow to celebrate the beginning of summer". I've so wanted to use this image "Hands" by artist Lynne Stansbery and the sentiment "Parents" by artist Chesney Young,  So yay i finally am!

I inserted the Hands image in to a word doc, rotated the image and then positioned it at 4 1/4. I wanted the image to be part of my background paper. My background paper is Sparkle Blanc from Paper Temptress. The sentiment is also printed on Sparkle Blanc and layered on  Solar Yellow Pearlescent from Paper Temptress. CAS with a hint of yellow. CAS was not part of the challenge but I thought it would be kinda cool this way.

OKAY! I have no idea why this turned out bluish. I had the blinds open, the overhead and the ott lite on. Flash made it worse. However....this does show you the detail of this image and how fabulous it is printed on the Sparkle Blanc CS and I didn't have to treat it, emboss it. Nuthin. Awesome Right!

Another picture showing the sparkle and also the richness of the Pearlescent paper. And you know what to do when you can't cut a straight line? Distress baby!

Visit the Squigglefly Blog for some awesome inspiration and to see how you can win a digi!

Hearts In Touch Challenge

Black & White and one color.  I printed the image from Hearts In Touch #141 Strip A on Sparkle Blanc and added a few pearl accents. The image is adhered to Crystal Clear CS stamped in white staz on with flourishes from Hearts In Touch #141 Strip A and a $1 sentiment stamp from Michaels. I adhered a layer of Sparkle Noir to the inside of the front cover. When you open up the card the colored layer is Mars Mica/Metallic and the white square for an inside sentiment is Sparkle Blanc. Everything is adhered with vellum glue dots. All paper from Paper Temtpress. I've never done a transparency card before so this was all new to me. This was previously posted on the Gingersnap Creations Blog for Spicy Supply Challenge #58. There is still time to enter so head on over to find out the deets!