The World of the Geisha

April is already in full swing and Gingersnap Creations has started its journey to the Far East. The first stop on this journey is Japan with its magical and mysterious world of the Geisha

The base for this postcard type project are two different colour BasicGrey papers, they are layered and slightly distressed around the edges. I added a bamboo image from The Sum of All Crafts. One side of the image is stamped upon with Kaisercraft stamps and embossed. On the opposite side I added 'fake' banboo sticks which I painted black. The focal point is the Geisha with her rich Kimono

The basic instructions for the Geisha creation can be found here. The paper used is japanese Washi paper which is wonderful to work with when it comes to folding. The finishing touches are a little birdie, an embossed fan and some fancy hair decoration.

Come and join us on our journey and enjoy the magical works of art of the Gingersnap DT, Petra.

We're Folding

Another challenge from the Daring Cardmakers: we're folding. It reminded me straight away at the time when my children were small and we folded and cut star shapes, little bags, 'Himmel und Hoelle', and much more.
I wanted to keep the card quite unfuzzy with only a limited colour palette but make the folded part the central element of the design.
The card has a folded outside which you can open:

Supplies used: white cardstock A6, paper: American Crafts, K&Company, stamp: from
magazine, eyelets: Fiskar, ink:Heine

This was good fun and I will definitely do more folding in the future. Petra.