gingersnap arches

This week at Gingersnap the new challenge is arches. I made this arch shaped card using all stamps from PaperArtsy's hotpicks range.

gothic arches: mother and child

The theme at Gothic arches is Mother and Child. So I decided to use this lovely Klimt stamp from Cherry Pie, the splatter stamp is also cherry pie and the love stamp is by VAP.

oo yes, just thought I can enter this for theme thursday's flower theme as well!

gothic arches sunday postcard and an Inka Sale

The theme at Gothic Arches is pink and brown and the theme at sunday postcard art is Once Upon A Time, so I combined these two challenges to make this arch/postcard. The piece is postcard sized, but folds to form a card.

The gorgeous collage image and stamps are all by Inka. And on the subject of Inka Stamps I am pleased to announce the following Sale for the month of March.

Inka Stamps is proud to announce that we have a new design team member Cynthia Powell! To celebrate if you put Cindy in the message to seller box on the check out order form you will get a 30% refund within 24 hours. If you are ordering snail mail you can just deduct the 30 % off qualifying merchandise.

This offer is not applicable to prize awards, items already on sale, grab bags and items on the "Vintage found items and mounting supplies" page at Inka Stampstheme

snow arch

The theme at Gothic Arches is Snow. I'm using all these christmassy challenges to build up my supply of christmas cards. I've used a collage image and word stamp from Inka. The speckles around the edge are actually the marble fleck stamp I gave away in my blog candy. a very useful stamp.
The background is embossed with two different fiskars boards

gothic arches

the theme at gothic arches is silhouettes, so I used my one and only lavinia stamp again. I also couldn't resist having another play with the fantastic thread technique from saturday's workout.

gothic arches

the theme at gothic arches is vintage children. so I thought I'd use this Sally stamp that I just got from Inka. I am also using this piece for the Uk art raffle, whose theme is "circles". How many types of circle can you spot?
all other stamps are by Inka, the paper is basic grey, I've used zoomz (the beady things) and punched black circles.

don't forget Inka is having a 40% off sale, the information you need for this rebate is in my sidebar or here

EDIT: in case anyone cares, I was counting five. the background circles on the paper (preprinted), The ringer stamp, the sequin waste stamp, the punched black polka dots, and the zoomz (beady things).

wee witch

I guess there will be quite a few Hallowe'en challenges around this week but I didn't think I was going to bother until I came across Gothic Arches "wee witches" theme. I couldn't resist.

I also fancied having another go at the background I accidentally created on my heart piece, but this time I decided to incorporate the bandana technique to tie in with Saturday workout's theme.

As I have used the word Magic on this piece I will also enter it for Rainbow Lady's Magic and mystery theme

All of the stamps and the collage image are by Inka

this one is for me!

I'm really into using fabric and stamping on fabric at the moment, so when I saw big art adventure's challenge theme of "fabric arches" I knew this is something I would like to try, and when I saw TGIF's theme of "favourite stamp" I knew I would be making something for myself. There are no prizes for guessing my favourite stamp. Erica, of course!
I have used various scraps of fabric to make a sort of random patchwork (I know nothing about patchwork)The images are stamped onto fabric and then sewn on. so it is all fabric (except the button of course)
I am going to use this as a book mark, so I had to keep the dimension to a minimum, but the button at the top will peek out of the top of the book.
The stamps are by Inka

paper patchwork

The theme at Gothic Arches is paper patchwork.
I have made this with scraps of blonde moments christmas paper. which I positioned randomly. I painted the joins and the edge with white paint. The Santa collage image didn't really stand out against the background enough, so I masked it and edged it with black ink using a cotton wool ball.
The snowflakes are stamped with acrylic paint.
The collage image, greeting, snowflakes and pine cone stamp are all from Inka.
I have made my arch from a A6 card so that I can use it as a christmas card.

napkin background

The theme at Gothic Arches is pretty in pink and the theme at saturday's workout is tissue or handherchief.
I've used a floral paper napkin to make the background, I glued it to card with mod podge, and scrunched it and left it to dry. I then sprayed it with antique brass glimmer mists to accentuate the texture. I like the sepia tones against pink so I used this sepia child from Inka, I have also used various inka stamps.

shades of white

the theme at Gothic Arches is shades of white. *gulp* that's a scary theme. but I do so love a challenge, so first stop was my box of images where I found this gorgeous little girl from Inka all dressed in white. A bit more rummaging and sticking later and I made this.

The heart stamp is from Inka and is white embossed on vellum, the flowers are made from vellum too, and the heart clip was silver so I white embossed that as well. I went for a textured background, to stop it looking too plain.

gothic arches: for the birds

The theme at Gothic Arches is for the birds. I recently received a couple of nest stamps from Inka, the larger of which fits inka's large bird perfectly (the small one, incidentally, fits one of the eggs)
all the papers are offcuts of basic grey paper. And I've even used a fiskars border punch which has been sat in my drawer ever since I won it in a competition a couple of years ago! I quite like its effect here.

gothic arches: cats

the theme at gothic arches is cats This cat is from Cherry pie. I decided to use a mini arch so that it looks like it is sat at a window. the stripes around the edge are hand drawn.

saturday stampers- winter

The theme on Saturday Stampers this week is winter. This ties in really nicely with a winter gothic arch swap I am taking part in. so here's my contribution.
I have used fusible fibres on the background, and the main stamp is by paperartsy which I've stamped in grey as a change from black.

saturday stamper gothic arch

I made this for the fantastic new challenge blog, saturday stampers. This week's theme is trees, and since the gothic arch challenge has an autumn theme this week I thought I would combine the two.

Gothic Arch

This week's Gothic Arch Challenge is "Family". One of the most special people in my life is my sister. When we were growing up we were typical sisters and fought like cat and dog. but under that I now see the love we had and how much we looked after each other. And now as grown ups, she is my best friend. so for my family arch I have chosen to show the relationship that has developed between us

My first ever gothic arch

I've never tried a gothic arch before but the gothic arch challenge blog was just too tempting. The theme is moon. so this is what I've made. I hope you like it.

I am also entering this for saturday stampers, as it is based on a poem.

(in response to comments)
and according to my dictionary, shoon means shoes! it is the archaic plural of shoe. The quote is by Walter de la Mare

Slowly, silently, now the moon
Walks the night in her silver shoon:
This way and that she peers, and sees
Silver fruit upon silver trees.