Wednesday, February 3, 2010

GC41: Chestnut Challenge - Romance

Love is in the air at Gingersnap Creations! This month's Chestnut Theme Challenge is

R O M A N C E

Be inspired by hearts, flowers, old movies, poetry - whatever puts you in the mood for love!


Artwork by Jennie - The Artistic Stamper

Our February sponsor, The Artistic Stamper, has very generously donated blog candy for this challenge.


One randomly drawn winner will receive two fabulous stamp plates from The Artistic Stamper - 20's Ladies and Roses are Red plates. The winner will also be featured as the Gingersnaps Yahoo Group homepage artist for one week.

When the challenge closes on February 28, we will pick a top 5 - Ginger Gems - fabulous creations that we feel really exemplify that challenge's objective. The Ginger Gems will appear in a slide show in the blog bar for the entire week and their creators will have the honor of displaying a Ginger Gems blog badge.

For your chance to win this fabulous blog candy and to be eligible as a Ginger Gem, just follow the simple guidelines below:

1) Make a paper crafting or mixed media creation with the theme of Romance.

2) Post your creation to your blog or online gallery with a mention and link to this post; and

3) Come back to this post and leave a comment including a DIRECT link to your creation or use Mister Linky below. Remember to make it a link to the specific post or picture and not just a general link to your blog or gallery. We need to be able to find your art!

For more information on our challenges and directions on linking, please check out our FAQ page.

One random winner and five Ginger Gems will be announced from the qualifying submissions on March 2, 2010. You have until February 28, 2010 to enter!

Here are some fabulous creations from the Gingersnap Design Team to inspire you:


Artwork by Debby Boltman


Artwork by Laura Liddell


Artwork by Erika Taylor


Artwork by Joanne Wardle

Artwork by Jo Capper-Sandon


Artwork by Sharon Briss

And now we'd like to share some beautiful artwork from The Artistic Stamper Creative Team:


Artwork by Lorraine Rigby


Artwork by Julie Ranae

Artwork by Rachel

Artwork by Jacqui Chimes

Artwork by Nicky Cresswell


Artwork by Linda Elbourne

Artwork by Susan Monro

Have fun with the challenge - we can't wait to see what you create. Please insert a direct link to your creation using Mr. Linky below. Thank you!

23 much appreciated comments:

  1. Again I am using one of my favorite book for images!
    A gift to my husband a few years ago for valentines.I adore black and white movies/photographs.
    thanks for the challenge and for your amazing presentation of examples.

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  2. This is the 3rd card I have made and my 1st challenge entered - it's for my Mum and Dad's 62nd Wedding Anniversay. I hope they like it and you do too.

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  3. I love this blog, and the challenges are great,will do more as they give me focus,luv georgina x

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  4. OHHHHHHH!!!!! I've been waiting for this one, girls!!! If you've visited my blog lately, you know I LOVE to make Valentines! I won't cheat and enter any of those already made, though--I'll be making some new stuff for this challenge. Can't wait--it's going to be fun!!! (Darn--I might have to get some more Valentine stamps....)

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  5. The art images presented by the design teams are wonderful! Beautifully created. I have included:
    Gayle's Romance - PLEASE CLICK HERE
    Your comments are appreciated. Hugs, Gayle

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  6. Just found your blog from your comment on mine. I can already tell I will be spending lots of time here. Thanks for the nice comment.

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  7. Thank you Girls for letting me sponsor, I can tell this is going to be a great month :)

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  8. i enjoy every email i get from you folks! every once in awhile, i even enter a contest. i know that all of us will be winners! thank you for the opportunity. here it is: http://rush8888.blogspot.com/2010/01/challenge-posh-designs.html

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  9. Great samples ladies. I finished mine but not in time for the post drats!!!

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  10. Some really lovely ideas - beautiful work peeps! and such a great challenge......

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  11. Gorgeous samples. Lynne Moncrieff

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  12. Sensational samples this week from the DT - thanks for a wonderful challenge!!

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  13. I just posted an entry on my blog. I'm sure there will be more as I finish up my valentines!

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  14. So sorry peeps putting my entry into Mr Linky the first time i got the link to bring you back here! Is it possible for someone to delete it?

    Wonderful work everyone.

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  15. Hope you don't mind that I blogged a romantic 'duo' for this challenge. As I explain in my post, I made the arch earlier but thought I should make something new for this challenge. However, I prefer the arch.

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  16. Fabulous DT Creations! Thankyou for the challenge!

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  17. What a great challenge! It really has got the Mojo flowing......... can't seem to stop!! Thought i'd try combining photo's with the stamping..... love it, love it, love it!!!

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  18. The Design Team cards are gorgeous, and now I get to go check out all the entries. Bet they're gorgeous, too! Thanks for the chance to play along.

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  19. LOVE, love, love this blog! Your challenges are fantastic ... and the DT samples are over-the-top gorgeous!!

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  20. Beautiful samples from the DT....GORGEOUS. Have uploaded my entry to the challenge!

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  21. I just posted my Romance Card called "Dream". The DTs samples are all so very lovely!

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  22. Great DT projects. Added my card with mr. Linky

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