Ching-Chou Kuik's Digital Stamps Monthly Challenge Blog - Kym's Inspiration Post - Monday 16 March 2015

It is Monday and therefore time for me to show you an inspiration post for the Ching-Chou Kuik's Digital Stamps Monthly Challenge Blog.

  For this weeks' inspiration post I chose the Ching-Chou Kuik Digital Stamp called "Toadstool Fairy" to work with.  I wanted to make an extra special birthday card that had a bit of WOW!!  I have coloured the image in with my Promarkers and then used a blue, green, pink and yellow Pan Pastel and blended it all in with the Pan Pastel blender.

 The shape of the card came from Kathryn Sturrock who I saw making a card like this on Create and Craft a few weeks ago.  She used two A5 pieces of card, added some score lines and hey presto a dimensional card - but one that can be folded flat to go in an envelope but springs to life as soon as it is released out of the envelope - the only problem with it is that it's not that easy to photograph especially when using mirri card!!!

The backing papers I have used are from Joy! Crafts and are there "Under the Sea" paper pad.  It is such good quality paper.  The flowers took the time to punch out and ink and they were made with the same backing papers.

I have finished the card off with the punched flowers, Craftwork Cards die-cut sentiment, liquid pearls for the spots on the toadstools, die-cut butterflies (inked and Stickles glitter glue added), Papermania Glitterations, ribbon bow and a pearl.

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

Kit and Clowder and Ching-Chou Kuik Colouring Challenge - Winged project using a Ching-Chou Kuik winged image from her Etsy Store
Crafty Sentiments - Birthday
Papertake Weekly - Mum's the word - or another female or make a girly card
Passion for Promarkers - For a special lady (card is for a special friend)

Simon Says - Things that fly (fairy)
The Paper Shelter - Girly
Penny's Paper Challenge - Ribbons and bows
Inky Impressions - For a special lady (card is for a special friend)
I Love Promarkers - Fantasy/fairy tales
Inspiration Destination - Anything goes
Creative Inspirations - Anything goes and option of a sketch
Moving Along with the Times - Three in a row - I have gone for the diagonal line of ribbon or lace, image and punch
As You Like It - Favourite type of stamp and why - I like lots of different types of stamps but my favourite have to be fantasy ones like mermaids/fairies.  With life being so hard at times it is nice to escape and make something relating to fantasy
Aud Sentiments - Use a two word sentiment - I have used Happy Birthday
Cute Card Thursday - Celebrate
Crafting Musketeers - Ribbons and pearls
Sister Act Card Challenge - Anything goes
Brown Sugar Challenge - Shaped card
Creative Fingers - Anything goes
Fairy Tale Challenge - Flower power
Polkadoodles - Birthdays
Crafts 4 Eternity - Mums (or female theme)
Suzy Bee's Blooming Challenge - Anything goes with a twist of spots or stripes
Allsorts - Flowers and pearls
My Time to Craft - For a special lady (for a special friend)
Scribble and Scrap - Always anything goes
Glitter n Sparkle - Glitter and sparkle
613 Avenue Create - Anything goes with optional theme of caffeine
CCC Digi Creations - One for the girls
One Stitch at a Time - Anything goes with women
Craft Your Passion - Always anything goes
Love to Scrap! - Anything goes

Ching-Chou Kuik Digital Stamps

Here is a weekly reminder to tell you that Ching-Chou Kuik's digital stamps are available from her Etsy Store.  You will see a wonderful array of beautiful images for all occasions and there will be more added on a weekly basis so remember to go and have a look.

Ching-Chou Kuik's Etsy Store can be found at:

https://www.etsy.com/shop/gjzcck

There is an Inspiration and Monthly Challenge Blog.  Here you will find a challenge topic for each month.  

There will be a Monthly Blog Challenge Winner who will get to pick two digital images as their prize from the Ching-Chou Kuik Digital Stamps Etsy Store.  This winner will be picked by Random.org.

There is also a Monthly "Artist's Choice Award" and this means that anyone that has entered the Monthly Blog Challenge using an image from Ching-Chou Kuik's Digital Stamps Etsy Store will be in with a chance of winning 5 digital images of their choice award.  This winner will be picked by Ching-Chou Kuik herself.

The Monthly Blog Challenge Topic for March 2015 is "Fancy and frills".

As from March 2015 we have a new idea for those that enter the Monthly Blog Challenge in that we will be asking for a Guest Designer to join the Design Team for a month.  For those that enter the March Challenge they will be get to be a Guest Designer for May to give the crafter chance to make a card/creation, those that enter the April Challenge will be a Guest Designer for June etc.  If you would like to be a Guest Designer please put “GDT” after your name.  You will be contacted ASAP if you are successful.  If you don’t get in the first time make sure you keep trying!!

Daily you will also find inspiration for Weeks 1, 2 and 3 from the Design Team members Alica, Anthony, Dianne, Karina, Linda, Vannessa and myself.

For Weeks 4 (and 5 if there is one) each day there will be a card/creation showcased that a crafter has entered into the monthly blog challenge or shared on the Facebook Group or entered into the monthly Facebook Challenge.

If you would like to have a look at these images made into cards why don't you join the Ching-Chou Kuik's Digital Stamps Facebook Group.  This Group can be found at:

https://www.facebook.com/groups/721131444589832/

Here you will also find details of the monthly challenge they have. Anyone can also post cards/creations on here that they have made from Ching-Chou Kuik's digital stamps and you will see creations made by the Monthly Challenge Blog Design Team (Alica, Anthony, Dianne, Karina, Linda, Vannessa and myself) and the Facebook Design team (Collette, Fernanda, Helen and Sylvia).

Over at Kit and Clowder you will find details of various on-line classes that you can buy and participate in.  Ching-Chou Kuik is one of the sponsors.  At the moment the various classes are as follows:

Alcohol Markers - Skin and Hair Technique Class
Alcohol Markers - Clothing Technique Class
Alcohol Markers - Lightsource Technique Class
Alcohol Markers - All About Animals Class
Alcohol Markers - Creative Confidence Class
Alcohol Markers - Whimsical Class
Watercolours - Distress Ink Class
Pencils - Perfecting Pencils Class 

If you want to find out a bit more about colouring techniques pop on over to Kit and Clowder and have a look.

Ching-Chou Kuik and Kit and Clowder Colouring Challenge - Wing Designer

Ching-Chou Kuik and Kit and Clowder present a Colouring Challenge.

To take part in the Colouring Challenge you have to use one of the images "with wings" from Ching-Chou Kuik's Etsy Store.

If you don't have any of Ching-Chou Kuik's winged images from her Etsy Store why not pop on over and have a look.  If you use the code SPRING20 you will get 20% off ALL stamps in the Etsy Store - so why not add some others that you have put on your wish list whilst the offer is on.

So what are the prizes you ask?

A Random Winner will win 4 digital stamps of their choice from Ching-Chou Kuik's Etsy Store and there will also be a Top 3 selected.  The Top 3 will get the honour of being a Guest Designer for the next challenge if they so wish.

What do you do when you have created your "winged project"?

You need to post it on the special album on the Kit and Clowder Facebook Group HERE.

This Colouring Challenge ends on 22 March 2015 11.59pm EST.

Don't forget your "winged project" might also fit the Blog Monthly Challenge of "Fancy and Frills" so if it does make sure you enter it HERE.

Also your "winged project" might also fit the Monthly Facebook Challenge of "Spring Fling" so if it does make sure you enter it HERE.

Newsflash - New release in the Ching-Chou Kuik Digital Stamps Etsy Store

There has been another new release in the Ching-Chou Kuik Digital Stamps Etsy Store this week:

The image is called "Here with Me".

Why not pop on over to the Ching-Chou Kuik Digital Stamps Etsy Store as there is now an amazing 116 images in the store to choose from.

Newsflash - New release in the Ching-Chou Kuik Digital Stamps Etsy Store

There has been a new release in the Ching-Chou Kuik Digital Stamps Etsy Store this week:

The image is called "Swing in Spring".

The title mentions Spring but she's a stunning image that could be used all year round.

Why not pop on over to the Ching-Chou Kuik Digital Stamps Etsy Store as there is now an amazing 115 images in the store to choose from.

Home Sweet Home

 I have made this card for a special lady who has had a tough time of it lately and continues to do so and on top of that is moving house.  I decided to make a card and decorated a box for it to go inside.

 The owl images were all from my recent Debbi Moore magazine.  This magazine is a wonderful buy at £4.99 every two months and you get ideas/inspiration in the magazine along with images/decoupage/backing papers and on top of this is a CD.

 For the backing papers I have used as I wanted them to be all the same on the card and on the box so I have used the Debbi Moore Shabby Chic Garden CD.  I have also used the flowers from the CD for decoration.

 To get some dimension I have used my new Crafter's Companion Hessian Textures embossing folder.  I love these new Textures folders as Crafter's Companion have coloured in the front of the embossing folder with the image that will be embossed eg the hessian.  This makes it so much easier if you are used a one-sided piece of card (eg it is a posh/patterned/decorate card with a white back) that you know which way to emboss properly.  It also makes it easier when you want to use just a specific area to emboss on your card or a specific area of the folder you want to use.  Fingers crossed they keep this idea up with other embossing folders.

I have finished the card and box off with flowers, sentiments/tags from the magazine, pearls, Joanna Sheen die-cut bunting, ribbon, buttons, stamped sentiments and I also stamped the sentiment on tissue paper to line the box with.

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

Through the Craft Room Door - Anything goes

Not Just Cards - Anything goes

Natalie and Amy - Flowers

Crafty Hazelnut Patterned Paper March Challenge - Anything goes
Inspiration Destination - Anything goes
Crafting by Designs - Anything goes
Simon Says - Special lady/girly
Penny's Paper Challenge - One for the girls/female cards
Creative Moments - Anything goes/spring greens
Word Art Wednesday - Anything goes

Aud Sentiments - BINGO board - middle vertical column of some pink, flowers and glitter or bling
In the Pink - For a special lady
Cute Card Thursday - Die-cuts and punches
Creative Fingers - Anything goes
Crazy 4 Challenge - Put a bow on it
Glitter n Sparkle - Decorate the inside
UnstampaBelles - Harmony and/or peace and the twist of something in flight (entering card into this challenge - hope that this is deemed as in harmony/peace of wishing someone all the happiness and a good life in the their new with the twist of the owl)
613 Avenue Create - Anything goes with optional twist of aquamarine
Craft Your Passion - Always anything goes
Papertake Weekly - Mum's the word or another female or make a girly card

Ching-Chou Kuik's Digital Stamps Monthly Challenge Blog - Kym's Inspiration Post - Monday 9 March 2015

It is Monday and therefore time for me to show you an inspiration post for the Ching-Chou Kuik's Digital Stamps Monthly Challenge Blog.

 For this weeks' inspiration post I chose the Ching-Chou Kuik Digital Stamp called "Peony Kimono Maiden" to work with.  I decided I wanted a Spring-like feel card and went for tones of orange, yellow and green as that reminds me of tulips and daffodils springing up in the Spring time.  I have coloured the image in with my Promarkers and made the background with a a turquoise blue, pink, green and yellow Pan Pastel and used the Pan Pastel blender to blend it all together.

The backing papers I have used I printed off about a year ago from Summertime Designs.

I have finished the card off with a lace bow, button, Lea'bilites tiny die-cut flowers, die-cut butterfly, Craftwork Cards die-cut sentiment, Perfect Pearls, spotty grossgrain ribbon and some twine.

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

Fan-tastic Tuesday - Anything goes with a twist to add a ribbon
Papertake Weekly - Anything goes and optional extra to use some hand made flowers (used various different dies to make my flowers)
Inspiration Destination - Anything goes
Crafting by Designs - Anything goes
Creative Inspirations - Something old! (My mum used to do dressmaking when I was young.  About 6 years ago she found some lace and ribbon she'd had for maybe 10-15 years so she passed this on to me to use)
Simon Says Challenge - Special lady/girly (this card is for a special lady to let them know that I am thinking about them)
Penny's Paper Challenge - One for the girls/female cards
Inky Impressions - Dots or stripes
Creative Moments - Anything goes/Spring greens
Scrapper's Delight - Always anything goes
Crafting for all Seasons - Girly girls
Crafts and Me - Add some flowers
Cute Card Thursday - Die-cuts/punches
Really Reasonable Ribbon - Flowers and ribbon
Brown Sugar - Spring
Creative Fingers - Anything goes
Sister Act Card Challenge - Anything goes
Fussy and Fancy Friday - Ribbon and lace
Crazy 4 Challenge - Put a bow on it
Allsorts - Spring is in the air
Robyn's Fetish - Pearls or gems
613 Avenue Create - Anything goes with the optional twist of aquamarine
One Stitch at a Time - Anything goes with women
Eureka Stamps - Anything goes
Craft Your Passion - Always anything goes
Bunny Zoe's Challenge - Spring colours

Ching-Chou Kuik Digital Stamps

Here is a weekly reminder to tell you that Ching-Chou Kuik's digital stamps are available from her Etsy Store.  You will see a wonderful array of beautiful images for all occasions and there will be more added on a weekly basis so remember to go and have a look.

Ching-Chou Kuik's Etsy Store can be found at:

https://www.etsy.com/shop/gjzcck

There is an Inspiration and Monthly Challenge Blog.  Here you will find a challenge topic for each month.  

There will be a Monthly Blog Challenge Winner who will get to pick two digital images as their prize from the Ching-Chou Kuik Digital Stamps Etsy Store.  This winner will be picked by Random.org.

There is also a Monthly "Artist's Choice Award" and this means that anyone that has entered the Monthly Blog Challenge using an image from Ching-Chou Kuik's Digital Stamps Etsy Store will be in with a chance of winning 5 digital images of their choice award.  This winner will be picked by Ching-Chou Kuik herself.

The Monthly Blog Challenge Topic for March 2015 is "Fancy and frills".

As from March 2015 we have a new idea for those that enter the Monthly Blog Challenge in that we will be asking for a Guest Designer to join the Design Team for a month.  For those that enter the March Challenge they will be get to be a Guest Designer for May to give the crafter chance to make a card/creation, those that enter the April Challenge will be a Guest Designer for June etc.  If you would like to be a Guest Designer please put “GDT” after your name.  You will be contacted ASAP if you are successful.  If you don’t get in the first time make sure you keep trying!!

Daily you will also find inspiration for Weeks 1, 2 and 3 from the Design Team members Alica, Anthony, Dianne, Karina, Linda, Vannessa and myself.

For Weeks 4 (and 5 if there is one) each day there will be a card/creation showcased that a crafter has entered into the monthly blog challenge or shared on the Facebook Group or entered into the monthly Facebook Challenge.

If you would like to have a look at these images made into cards why don't you join the Ching-Chou Kuik's Digital Stamps Facebook Group.  This Group can be found at:

https://www.facebook.com/groups/721131444589832/

Here you will also find details of the monthly challenge they have. Anyone can also post cards/creations on here that they have made from Ching-Chou Kuik's digital stamps and you will see creations made by the Monthly Challenge Blog Design Team (Alica, Anthony, Dianne, Karina, Linda, Vannessa and myself) and the Facebook Design team (Collette, Fernanda, Helen and Sylvia).

Over at Kit and Clowder you will find details of various on-line classes that you can buy and participate in.  Ching-Chou Kuik is one of the sponsors.  At the moment the various classes are as follows:

Alcohol Markers - Skin and Hair Technique Class
Alcohol Markers - Clothing Technique Class
Alcohol Markers - Lightsource Technique Class
Alcohol Markers - All About Animals Class
Alcohol Markers - Creative Confidence Class
Alcohol Markers - Whimsical Class
Watercolours - Distress Ink Class
Pencils - Perfecting Pencils Class 

If you want to find out a bit more about colouring techniques pop on over to Kit and Clowder and have a look.

Sweet Pea Stamps Facebook Group - Progressive Challenge Part 2 - 23 February to 8 March 2015

Over at the Sweet Pea Stamps Facebook Group during 2015 they are having a Progressive Challenge throughout the year.  Part 1 is when you can use any image from the Sweet Pea Stamps shop.  If you enter this you will be sent the image to use for Part 2 free of charge.  Obviously if you want to take part in Part 2 and haven't got the free image with entering Part 1, the image is always available in the Sweet Pea Stamps shop to purchase.

For Part 2 of the Progressive Challenge we were provided with an image by Katerina Koukiotis called "Love is in the air".

I have coloured the image in with my Promarkers and then doodled around the edge of the image and highlighted dots on the heart with my Graph'it white pen.

I have decided to decorate a gift bag.

The backing papers are from Summertime Designs.

I have finished the decorated gift bag off with some doilies, punched out flowers, gingham ribbon, fibres, twine, lace bow and a die-cut sentiment.

I am entering this gift bag into the following challenges:

Sweet Pea Stamps Facebook Group - Progressive Challenge - Part 2 - use the image "Love is in the air"

613 Avenue Create - Anything goes with optional twist to use a Dr Seuss freebie

Whoopsi Daisy - Add a sentiment

Not Just Cards - Anything goes

Crafty Hazelnut Patterned Paper March Challenge - Anything goes

Crafts Galore Encore - Anything goes

The Crazy Challenge - Happy birthday

Eureka Stamps - Anything but a card

Crafty Boots - Anything but a card

Craft Your Passion - Always anything goes

The Pink Elephant - Girly girl

Through the Craft Room Door - Anything goes

Fan-tastic Tuesday - Anything goes with a twist to add a ribbon

Papertake Weekly - Anything goes and optional extra to use some hand made flowers (used various different dies to make my flowers)

Inspiration Destination - Anything goes

Crafting by Designs - Anything goes

Penny's Paper Challenge - One for the girls/female cards

Inky Impressions - Dots or stripes

Creative Moments - Anything goes/Spring greens

Scrapper's Delight - Always anything goes

Crafting for all Seasons - Girly girls

Ruby's Rainbow - Anything but a card

Aud Sentiments - BINGO board (middle horizontal row of paper punch (Martha Stewart punch used on paper just beneath image and punches used for flowers), flowers and lace (lace tied into a ribbon bow)

Really Reasonable Ribbon - Flowers and ribbon

Creative Fingers - Anything goes

Crafts 4 Eternity - Anything but a card

Crazy 4 Challenge - Put a bow on it

The Corrosive Challenge - Follow your heart