Gingersnap creations: white Glitter

This week's challenge at Gingersnap is to use white glitter on your creations. I always think that white glitter looks like sugar, so I used it on this cupcake stamp (serendipity) for a card for a friend's birthday. It's meant to be a Cath Kidston style, as the gift is also from Cath kidston.


The papers are Papermania and I've used the wonderful immovable knot technique again.

Reasons to stamp in August

looking for some inspiration for August? then pop over to the gingersnap blog where the design team have provided samples for every occasion or inspiration there is for August.
I chose to make a sample for Clown week (all stamps from Scrolls Work stamps)


and Cupcake day (cupcake stamp from serendipity stamps) decorated in what I like to think of as a Cath Kidston style.

"fairy cake"

You see, up until recently in the UK you never heard the term "cupcake", to us they are "fairy cakes", so I decided to revive the "fairy cake" by making my cake with an actual fairy on it.
This was Jo's birthday card and also my piece for the gingersnap DT this week, where the theme is wings. I have stamped moon girl (from stampotique) three times: once onto vellum, twice onto card, then layered her up so the vellum wings are sandwiched between the body and the card wings. The fairy cake base is stamped onto patterned paper and I have coloured the top with markers.

As Sunday stamper's theme is also wings I am entering this card for that challenge as well

gingersnap frosting challenge and another pair of slippers

This week at Gingersnap creations the challenge is Frosting. I decided to use some flower soft to decorate my serendipity cupcake and also some stickles glitter glue to decorate the cherry and the lettering.



Here's another pair of my crochet slippers, I have made these for my mum for mothers day using Wendy Skye DK (shade: violet) this took just over one 50g ball so I have most of a ball still to play with.

More Cupcake

Can you tell I'm on a diet? I'm getting my fix of sweet things by making cupcake cards!!
This is just a really simple birthday card, made using the fabulous stamp from serendipity. Don't forget there are lots of serendipity stamps to win at the gingersnap challenges this month, as Serendipity are kindly sponsoring the challenges

cupcake calendar

The theme at Gingersnap creations this week is numbers. For my Design Team piece I immediately knew I wanted to make an Easel Card Calendar. I know it might seem a little late for calendars now, but I actually made this for a gift for the host of the new year's eve party I attended.

The stamps are by Serendipity, who are sponsoring the challenges at Gingersnap this month. I love this cupcake stamp. I just know I will use it loads! The papers are by k&co

serendipity tag

I have made this for another collaborative challenge on our forum, this time we are making a collection of tags. This month I have to make one for Karin, with the theme "sea or nature" I really wanted to use these serendipity stamps again, so I made this tag. I hope that she likes it.

it's time.......

the theme at gingersnap creations that is.



I chose a dandelion "clock" from serendipity stamps, along with this lovely dreamy quote and the fabulous circle quote for the background. I have done the background using a versamark resist technique (resist being the technique focus at gingersnap this month) roughly brayered with whispers inks

back to blogging!!

Gosh it seems an age since I last blogged. I have been creating, but all for upcoming challenges, so I can't show any of that yet.

This is just a really simple tag shaped notecard, made with stamps from Serendipity Stamps who are the sponsors at Gingersnap Creations this month. The DT were all offered some stamps to play with, and I just fell in love with this dandelion clock stamp. I just know I shall be using it all of the time. The quote is from the same set, and I love that too.

I hope that the new year is going well for you all so far, and continues on to be the best year ever