Ching-Chou Kuik's Digital Stamps Inspiration Post - Wednesday 13 May 2020

 Here is my weekly inspiration post for the Ching-Chou Kuik Digital Stamps Monthly Challenge Blog.

Before I do I'd like to remind you that our challenge this month is:

 "EMBOSSING - WET OR DRY OR BOTH".

This week the Design Team were challenged to "add some sparkle" eg glitter, glitter glue, sequins, gems or glitter pens etc.

Here is my inspiration post with that theme. 

 I decided to recycle a tin from a box of biscuits I got for Christmas from some colleagues at work as the lid had a beautiful pattern on it.  I first did a gesso layer on the tin lid.  I then used a brown acrylic paint mixed with gesso for the sand layer, a light blue acrylic paint for the sea and finally I used a sparkly blue Imagination Crafts starlights paint for the sky.

The Ching-Chou image I used was called "Autumn Sea" and I printed her out virtually the width of an A4 piece of card.  I then coloured my image in with Promarkers, added some Crafter's Companion clear sparkle pen to her tail (well everyone has to have a bit of sparkle don't they??) and fussy cut out.

I used various dies and stamps to embellish the tin and cut some grass out freehand.

I have finished the tin off with some sparkly sequins, die-cut mermaids, pearl, stamped sentiment and some wide string tied up like knots in a rope.

Here is a picture with my coloured in images waiting to be made into cards/creations and my uncoloured images.

I am entering this project into the following challenges:

Creatalicious - Add some sparkle (Crafter's Companion clear sparkle pen)
The Paper Shelter - Embellishments (die-cut shells/seaweed/clouds/mermaids, rope, sequins and pearl)

Crafts Galore Encore - Anything goes

Classic DT Open Challenge - Anything goes

Mix it Up - Anything goes with the option of masking

613 Avenue Create - Anything goes with the option of diamonds and lace

Love to Create - Anything goes

Jan's Digi Stamps - Anything goes

More Mixed Media - Anything goes with the option of pink

Unicorn Challenge - Use dies
Creative Inspirations - Fabulously feminine!
The Corrosive Challenge - Anything goes
Through the Purple Haze - Anything goes with the optional twist of black and white
Allsorts - Anything goes
Ally's Angels - Anything goes
Digi Choosday - Anything goes
Crafty Sentiments - Anything goes
I Love Promarkers - Anything goes
Penny's Paper - Anything goes
Fab n Funky - Hand coloured image
Through the Craft Room Door - Anything goes
Crafting Happiness - Anything goes with the option of nature
Crafty Gals Corner - For the ladies