Ching-Chou Kuik Digital Stamps January 2019 Facebook Challenge - NEW BEGINNINGS eg New Year, new baby, new home, new job or even new crafty stash

 Well last night we saw the end of 2018 and the start of 2019 has begun.  I hope you all have a happy New Year and I wish you all the very best for 2019.  Let's hope it is a happy, healthy and certainly VERY crafty 2019!!

Today is the start of the Ching-Chou Kuik Digital Stamps Facebook Group Monthly Challenge.

The topic for the Facebook January 2019 challenge is "NEW BEGINNINGS" eg New Year, new baby, new home, new job or even new crafty stash.

Here is my inspiration post with this theme.

 As Design Team Leader for the Blog and Facebook Design Teams I am forever writing notes down ie to do things etc so I thought I would have a notebook especially for this.  The book started off as a turquoise colour and cost me £1.50 from Sainsburys.  I then thought it looked a bit boring so I decided to alter it.

For my altered notebook I have used the image "Papillon" and I have coloured the image in with Promarkers and highlighted areas with my white Posca pens.

 For my book I started off painting with a purple acrylic paint but the coating of the book didn't make it stick.  I should have used my gesso but it has gone thick like a texture paste so I think I need to get some more.  After that I used my Imagination Crafts Platinum Starlight Paint on the book on areas that would be seen ie not the whole of the front and back as they would be decorated.  I then edged the book with my Imagination Crafts Rich Gold Starlight Paint.  I was going to use my Imagination Crafts Dark Orchid Starlight Paint but although it had about an inch high worth of paint in it like the other two it had gone hard as I haven't used in the last year.

I have used various papers from my stash.  The decorated strips I used were from a friend and were light blue so I coloured with my Promarkers.  I then used some new Paperpabe Stamps that I got for Christmas for the wave-type effect and stamped with black Versafine.

I have finished the book off with die-cut words and number, decorative lace, velvet ribbon, die-cut flower, button, embossed panel from a Crafter's Companion 3D embossing folder and then lots of ribbon and fibres to decorate the spiral of the book.

So, for new beginnings, I have decorated this book so I can put everything I need to do for the Design Teams for 2019 in it so it is a NEW BOOK.  I have also used some NEW Paperbabe Stamps.

What will you use for the topic of "New beginnings"?

The Promarkers that I have used are: 

Face/skin - Saffron, Spice and Oatmeal 
Hair - Raw Sienna, Cinnamon and Caramel
Dress - Purple and Plum
Dog - Ice Grey 1, Ice Grey 2 and Ice Grey 3.

I am entering this card into the following challenges: 

Crafty Creations - Anything goes

Penny's Paper - Anything goes

QKR Stampede - Anything goes

Word Art Wednesday - Anything goes
613 Avenue Create - Anything goes
Simon Says - Anything goes
Cute Card Thursday - Anything goes
Morgan's Artworld - Anything goes
Lemon Shortbread - Anything goes
Crafty Hazelnut Patterned Paper January Challenge - Anything goes
A Bit More Time to Craft - Anything goes
2 Crafty Crazy Critters - Anything goes with critters
Crafts Galore Encore - Anything goes
Love to Craft - Anything goes
Love to Scrap - Anything goes
Digi Doodle - Happy anything (this cute image makes me feel happy and happy that my book has been made out of everything purple as it is my favourite colour)
Digi Choosday - Anything goes
Through the Craft Room Door - Anything goes