The color challenge for our Cowboy-themed month at Gingersnap Creations is Denim, Rust & Dust. For my card, I used another fun technique from the February/March 2011 issue of the Technique Junkie Newsletter (provided by the sponsor to the Design Team) called Distressed Colorblocking. I used a rodeo cowboy image from Graphics Fairy and a … Read more
This week's SCS Inspiration Challenge comes from Spotted Moth, a stylish online store featuring unique clothing and accessories for women. Everything in their store is hand-made or hand-picked. My card was inspired by this Leather Bicycle Card Wallet. I stamped PrintWorks Bike with Basket in Art Print Brown ink on a piece of craft designer paper … Read more
Since we're celebrating cowboys and cowgirls at the Gingersnap Creations Blog this month … the technique is masking. Hop on over to Gingersnap Creations to see my photo tutorial for how to create this fun masked misted background. The vintage rodeo image is from the Graphics Fairy.
We're playing Cowboys & Cowgirls at the Gingersnap Challenge Blog in May. Technique Junkies Newsletter is sponsoring at Gingersnap this month, so they sent me a few of their newsletters filled with lots of awesome techniques to try. When I saw this Faux Tooled Leather technique, it just screamed Cowboy Boots to me. I found … Read more
In honor of the 3rd Annual Copper, Ginger or Rust Challenge at Gingersnap Creations, the Gingersnap Creations Yahoo Group … aka the Gingersnappers … celebrating with a Gingersnappers' Spirit Blog Hop … head over to the blog to follow the complete list. To join the fun I created a gingery, rusty, coppery metallic card showcasing … Read more
In keeping with the Work theme this month at Gingersnap Creations, this week's Random Redhead Challenge is typewriters. I remember when my Mom made me take a typing class my sophomore year of high school. I told her I had no intention of having a job where I typed all day, so I didn't see … Read more
When one of our Vice-Presidents recently retired from work, he had several "vintage" rate books in his desk that predated calculators and spreadsheets. I immediatley said "I'll take them" thinking the rows of rates and numbers would make great backgrounds for masculine designs. That little find turned out to be rather serendipitous, since the March theme … Read more
Lauren & I both freely confess to be lovers of typography. We're always exchanging cool ideas we find that incorporate words and fonts. So for this week's Jingle Belles Prompt we decided to go with a font-filled theme of … Text Me. We're aksing you to incorporate text into your holiday creations … it could … Read more
In keeping with our Royalty theme at Gingersnap Creations, we're focusing on adding sparkle to our art, so we've decided to challenge you to add charms to your art. Go through your supply drawer and pull out all those charms that you've always meant to use and get going! I went with Echo Park Be Mine … Read more
This month at Gingersnap Creations we're celebrating Royalty … Kings & Queens will abound. In order to receive the Creative Crown, all you have to do is create a project featuring a King or Queen. I started by finding cardstock and DP in my collection in the hues for this week's Curtain Call Color Challenge. … Read more