gingersnap words of wisdom

This month Gingersnap Creations is Sponsored by Rogue Redhead Designs. I am fortunate to be on the Design Team of both of these.

This first card was made for the Words of wsidom Challenge at Gingersnap Creations. I didn't use any rogue redhead stamps for this,

but I also made a bookmark using the relish reading plate from Rogue redhead.

I covered the bookmark with laminating film, but realised too late that I had cut it a little short!!

to make a feature of this I roughed up the edge with a blade and inked it... a happy accident??

going green with stampotique at Gingersnap

I love the combined challenges of using Stampotique stamps with the gingersnap themes, whilst Stampotique are sponsoring the challenges at Gingersnap.

This was such an easy challenge, green is always so easy to use. To make this background I simply applied 3 colours of green ink to a glass mat, spray with mica spray, swirled it around with my finger and then dabbed my card onto it.

Then it was sinply stamped with Jo Capper-Sandon's grass stamp in all three colours. I inked around the edge with the darkest green, added a sentiment some paper ribbon and applied to a card blank.

Stampotique meets gingersnap creations : ribbon challenge

two of my favourites combine this month as Stampotique Originals are sponsoring the challenges at Gingersnap creations. The overall theme at Gingersnap creations this month is using up scraps, and this weeks new theme is ribbons...

sooo taking all that into consideration (and the fact that I needed a new baby card for a friend) this is what I came up with.

The stamp is Strolling by Stampotique, and I have finished with just a scrap of knotted ribbon. The image is of course stamped in brown onto kraft card and coloured with pencils.

couple of things that I forgot to blog..

I really fell behind with my blogging over the last few weeks, so here's a couple of things to catch up.

first of all my DT entry for the gingersnap white and soft yellows challenge. Made with a swipe of jenni bowlin malted milk ink, die cuts and bubble beads from penny wise arts.

secondly is my piece for the last stampotique challenge, which was shimmer and sparkle, practically everything on this card is sparkly!

gingersnap challenge: Wax

I took the gingersnap challenge of wax quite literally this week. I remember I used to be fascinated when I was younger when restaurants had wine bottles with candles in and the wine bottles were covered in dripped wax. I know they are a bit tacky but I like them.

Candles don't drip like that nowadays, so to create this effect I had to drip the candle myself down the side of the bottle.
To add a little bling I embedded iridescent bubble beads from penny wise arts into the wax (just heat gently with a heat gun and then push them into the wax)
Finally I heated the wax on the front and pushed the crown coin stamp from this crafty individuals stamp plate into it. leaving the stamp unmounted makes this really easy to do.

GCSP10: Once in a Blue Moon - Thank You Notes

The current new theme at gingersnap creations is Thank you notes.
I made this simple card with lovely paper, but I finished it with some white acrylic paint.

gingersnap creations red, yellow and brown.

Here's my piece for the new challenge at gingersnap creations.

I've used torn post-it notes to create the frame and distress inks to colour. The stamps are from PaperArtsy.

GC#124 Black and Grey

This week, the new challenge at Gingersnap creations is Black and Grey. I used this fabulously spooky image from Crafty Individuals, which was just perfect for the theme.

I stamped the image in grey and then again in black. from the black one I just cut out the bed. One the grey one I created a mask for the moon and building and then made the whole background more moody with black and grey distress inks. I mounted the bird on 3D foam.

I finished with an immovable knot.

gingersnap creations: alcohol inks

The new challenge at gingersnaps is to use alcohol inks. to be honest I don't use mine very often, but I don't know why.

To make this card I stamped Carol's flower from Stampotique onto acetate with stazon, then on the reverse I applied various colours of ranger alcohol inks with a blending tool. I then glued this to the card, to which I had already added a ribbon (by threading through the card), glued on a button.

spotlight punching tutorial for Gingersnap Creations

I made a monogram card using this no-stamping technique earlier in the year. Many people commented that it looked quite tricky. I wanted to show you how easy it really is. To do this technique you will need



- an "anywhere" hole punch with interchangeable heads. 3 sizes. I use a making memories punch that requires the use of a hammer (very loud and very therapeutic)
-a post-it note and pencil
-a card blank
an insert (preferable sparkly coloured paper)

How-to:
1) draw the outline of your numbers (or letters, or even shape e.g. heart) onto a post it note. Doing it this way means that you don't have any pencil lines to rub away at the end and you can redraw as many yimes as you like (drawing is NOT my strength. If you really can't draw you could always print letters out from your computer.

2) postion on card (landscape or portrait, it doesn't matter)

3) take your LARGEST punch and randomly punch within the shape. Make sure that some go right up to the edge. Fill the shapes.

4) with your MIDDLE size punch fill in the gaps between the larger holes, again make sure that some go right up to the edge.

5) now do the same with the SMALLEST punch. (always go from large to small as it's about filling gaps).

6) remove the post-it note and check it looks okay. add more holes if required.

7) add an insert, to complete the card.

Here's another example of the same technique with some extra embellishment.


i am entering the star card for the less is more 1000 challenge

Gingersnap Challenge - Crimpers

The Challenge at Gingersnap Creations is to use crimpers.

It's always good to have an excuse to dig out old bits of crafty equipment. I made a tag using stamps from Crafty individuals, cutting out an extra birdcage and 3Ding it, and ran the end through my crimper.

I then inked it to define the crimping, added some flower soft and added it to a card.

Gingersnap Creations: Gal Pal Challenge

I made this card using stampotique stamps for the Gingersnap Challenge
I wanted the card to Say BFF and I liked the letters from Stampotique's altered fabulous stamp.

To use just these letters, I stamped the stamp onto copy paper and created a stamp mask for each letter as shown. to use, ink the stamp and then attach the mask with tape to the block.

Stamp the stamp (using a positioner if required).
In this case I stamped the letters and girls onto patterned paper, and added "forever" from the word collage stamp.

Gingersnap Baby Wipe challenge- baby wipe swipe

I made this for the gingersnap challenge to make a card using baby wipes.


To make the background I wrapped some babywipes around the edge of my acrylic block and dabbed it onto a multicoloured inkpad. I then wiped this across the card to make a simple but colourful effect. I then added lots and lots of stampotique stamps using the same inkpad.
I finished with a girl stamp and a hello for a general greeting.



yesterday's card was created using the same technique, but first I masked with post-it notes to create a strip and swiped the acrylic block-baby wipe-ink combo from one post it to the other. I then overstamped the dragonfly and greeting. I finished the card by embossing two straight lines using a scoring board.