Ching-Chou Kuik's Digital Stamps Inspiration Post - Friday 6 January 2017

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

This week the Design Team were challenged to the Monthly Challenge of "USE SOMETHING NEW".

Here is my inspiration post with this theme.

For my card I have used the Ching-Chou Kuik image called "Time Flies".  I have coloured the image in with my Promarkers and added some highlights with a white gel pen.

The backing papers are from my stash.

My something new is using some paints and chipboard piece that I got from a Hochanda Creative Expressions One Day Special.

I have finished the card off with some ribbon and pearls (which were originally light green but I coloured with Promarkers).

I am entering this card into the following challenges: 

Love to Scrap - Anything goes

Card Mania - Layer it

Love to Craft - Anything goes

Paper Creator - Anything goes

Crafts Galore Encore - Anything goes

A Bit More Time to Craft - Anything goes

Country View Crafts - Anything goes

613 Avenue Create - Anything goes with the option of totally technical

A Perfect Time to Craft Open Challenge - Anything goes

Noor Design UK - Anything goes

Classic DT Open Challenge - Anything goes

Whoopsi Daisy - Something new (my something new is using some paints and chipboard pieces I bought before Christmas) 

Get Creative - Anything goes

Ooh La La Creations - Feminine

Through the Craft Room Door - Anything goes

Crafty Sentiments - Something new (New Year)

Passion for Promarkers - Anything goes

Digi Choosday - Anything goes

Lemon Shortbread - Anything goes

Penny's Paper Challenge - Anything goes

The Crafty Addicts - Anything goes/monochromatic

Inspiration Destination - Anything goes

Crafty Creations - Anything goes

Crafting by Designs - Anything goes

Simon Says - New something (New Year, new paints and chipboard)

Crafting with an Attitude - Anything goes

Julia Spiri - Anything goes or twist of planner or journal

Cute Card Thursday - What's new? (New Year, new paints and chipboard)

More Mixed Media - Anything goes with the option of blue

Craft Rocket - Something new (New Year, new paints and chipboard)

Star Stampz - Show off your new stuff (new paints and chipboard)

I love Promarkers - Anything goes

Brown Sugar - Anything goes

Creative Fingers - Anything goes

Crafty Catz - Anything goes

Crafting with Friends - Anything goes

Graph It - Anything goes

The Paper Shelter - Anything goes

Ching-Chou Kuik Digital Stamps - New release

 Today sees the arrival of a new image in the Ching-Chou Kuik Digital Stamps Etsy Store:

 The image is called "Sweet Companion" and is on a special introductory price of $2.00 (instead of $4.00) until the end of  8 January 2017.  

Happy Birthday to Ching-Chou Kuik

 Today is a special day for the Ching-Chou Kuik Digital Stamps Inspiration and Challenge Blog Design Team and the Facebook Group Design Team as it is Ching-Chou Kuik's birthday.

As a nice surprise to her we have arranged a separate challenge whereby we needed to "make a tag".  All of the Design Team members that could take part were all given the "Magic Wish" image to use.  It's amazing to see all the different makes with the same image.

I made a tag shape out of corrugated card and painted it with Imagination Crafts pearl Stardust paint with a tiny bit of lilac chalk paint. I have used the image called "Magic Wish" and coloured her in with Promarkers and fussy cut around her.

Under the cheescloth I have cut out various different circles to look like water bubbles. I have used a Marianne Designs greenery die and cut out in various shades of purple and added a silver one underneath to accent the one above.

I have finished the card off with a sentiment, gem stalk, shells, ribbons and a charm.

I am entering this tag into the following challenges: 

Simon Says - Anything goes

Inspiration Destination - Anything goes

Creative Inspirations - Anything goes and option of a sketch

CRAFT - Anything goes

Brown Sugar - Anything goes

Polkadoodles - Anything goes

4 Crafty Chicks - Anything goes

Cute Card Thursday - Anything goes

Di's Digi Designs - Celebrations (Happy Birthday)

Creatalicious - Anything goes with the option of Happy New Year wishes

Get Creative - Anything goes

Incy Wincy - Celebrate

Ooh La La Creations - Feminine

Love to Scrap - Anything goes

Card Mania - Layer it

Love to Craft - Anything goes

Paper Creator - Anything goes

Crafts Galore Encore - Anything goes

A Bit More Time to Craft - Anything goes

Country View Crafts - Anything goes

613 Avenue Create - Anything goes with the option of totally technical

A Perfect Time to Craft Open Challenge - Anything goes

Through the Craft Room Door - Anything goes

Passion for Promarkers - Anything goes

Digi Choosday - Anything goes
Lemon Shortbread - Anything goes

Hurry on over to the Ching-Chou Kuik Digital Stamps Etsy Store to grab some bargains in the New Year Sale.

Hurry as the offer ends tomorrow 3 January 2017.

Ching-Chou Kuik Digital Stamps Facebook Group January 2017 Monthly Challenge - Something New

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

The topic for the challenge this month is "something new" which can be a new year, new baby, new home, new job or something that you have got new.

For my card I have used the Ching-Chou Kuik image called "Mount Fuji".  I have coloured the image in with Promarkers and highlighted the fireworks with Stickles glitter glue.

The backing papers are from my stash.

I have finished the card off with some die-cut flowers, die-cut greenery, stamped sentiment and dotty ribbon.

My "something new" is a new sentiment stamp, new dotty ribbon and the card is made to celebrate a New Year.

I am entering this card into the following challenges: 

Through the Craft Room Door - Anything goes
Simon Says - Anything goes
Inspiration Destination - Anything goes
Creative Inspirations - Anything goes and option of a sketch

CRAFT - Anything goes

4 Crafty Chicks - Anything goes
Cute Card Thursday - Anything goes
Brown Sugar - Anything goes
Polkadoodles - Anything goes
Allsorts - Something new (new sentiment stamp I got for Christmas and the card is made to celebrate a New Year)
Di's Digi Designs - Celebrations (New Year)
Creatalicious - Anything goes with the option of Happy New Year wishes
Love to Scrap - Anything goes
Card Mania - Layer it
Love to Craft - Anything goes
Paper Creator - Anything goes
Crafts Galore Encore - Anything goes
A Bit More Time to Craft - Anything goes
Country View Crafts - Anything goes
613 Avenue Create - Anything goes with the option of totally technical
Crafty Hazelnut Patterned Paper January Challenge - Anything goes
A Perfect Time to Craft Open Challenge - Anything goes

Ching-Chou Kuik Digital Stamps - New releases

 Today sees the arrival of a new set of Flora and Fauna images in the Ching-Chou Kuik Digital Stamps Etsy Store:

 The Flora and Fauna Set 1 includes 8 images and they are on a special introductory offer of $10.00 (instead of $12.50) until the end of 2 January 2017.  That is an amazing $1.25 per image.  You will get the images called Gift, Snowdrop, Sakura, Jasmine, Rose, Sunflower, Moonflower and Monarch.

Hurry over and grab a bargain.  

Ching-Chou Kuik Facebook Group and Inspiration and Challenge Blog CHRISTMAS CELEBRATIONS - Part 7

Wishing all the followers of my blog a very happy Christmas and all the vert best for 2017.

Over at the Ching-Chou Kuik Inspiration and Challenge Blog and Facebook Group we thought we'd have some competitions up until Christmas Day.  This is a special thank you from Ching-Chou Kuik for loving her beautiful images and for your continued support.

Over on the Inspiration and Challenge Blog the competitions will be to "name the image" as you will see a snippet of an image and you have to name it.

Today is the FINAL PART of the celebrations.

Make sure you pop on over to the blog for the full details.

Thank you to everyone that has taken part.

Ching-Chou Kuik's Digital Stamps Inspiration Post - Friday 23 December 2016

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 "BRIGHT AND BEAUTIFUL".

This week the Design Team have been given the topic of "anything goes".

Here is my inspiration post with this theme.

 For my card I have used the Ching-Chou Kuik image called "Winter Warmth".  I have coloured my image in with Promarkers.

The backing papers are from my stash.

I have finished the card off with some tree ribbon, die-cut snowflakes, die-cut buttons, Stickles glitter glue, sentiment and some gems.

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

Crafts Galore Encore - Anything goes
Creative Ladybirds - Anything goes
Crafty Hazelnut Christmas Challenge Extra - Anything goes
Crafty Hazelnut Patterned Papers December Challenge - Anything goes
Classic Design Team Open Challenge - Anything goes
The Crazy Challenge - Everything goes
Love to Scrap - Anything goes
Crafty Boots - Winter Wonderland
Crafting from the Heart - Anything goes
Incy Wincy Challenge - Non-traditional Christmas colours (blue and green)
Glitter N Sparkle - Christmas with glitter (Stickles glitter glue)
Come and Get It - Christmas
Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - Anything goes
Christmas Card Challenge - Anything goes with option of photo inspiration
Di's Digi Designs - Happy holidays
Crafty Hazelnut Christmas - Cute of anything goes Christmas
Through the Craft Room Door - Anything goes
Lemon Shortbread - Anything goes
Passion for Promarkers - Use your dies and/or punches
Digi Choosday - Anything goes
Crafty Gals Corner - Anything goes
Penny's Paper Challenge - Anything goes
The Crafty Addicts - Anything goes/let it snow
Simon Says Challenge - Make it sparkle (Stickles glitter glue)
Inspiration Destination - Anything goes
Creative Craft Cottage - Anything goes
Crafty Creations - Any holiday
Star Stampz - Christmas
CRAFT - Anything goes
Cute Card Thursday - Anything goes
Creatalicious - Anything goes with the option of Christmas
Julia Spiri - Anything goes with the twist of no square cards
Crafting with an Attitude - Anything goes
The Crafty Purple Frog - Winter blues
Brown Sugar - Christmas
Art by Miran - Anything goes
Polkadoodles - Anything goes
That's Crafty - Anything goes

Christmas Bookfolding

 Here is a bookfolding project I have made for a friend for Christmas.

 For the front, back and inside images I went straight to one of my Debbi Moore CDs - Victorian Christmas.

 For the actual bookfolding pattern I used my Peerless Designs Cd4 (Christmas).  I loved the script used for the word "Christmas".

This is what the book looks like finished with some decoration.

I love doing bookfolding but unfortunately I can't do much these days as I can't find books thick enough for the most of the patterns.  I've tried so many charity shops but I can get 300-400 pages but no higher.  It's sad as it so therapeutic to do and the end result looks lovely when all finished off.

I am entering this bookfolding project into the following challenges:

Crafting from the Heart - Anything goes
Come and Get It - Christmas
Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - Anything goes
Word Art Wednesday - Anything goes
Penny's Paper Challenge - Anything goes
The Crafty Addicts - Anything goes/let it snow
Inspiration Destination - Anything goes
Creative Craft Cottage - Anything goes
CRAFT - Anything goes

Some more Christmas cards

 Here are some more Christmas cards I have made this year.

 We all seem to go to favourite CDs to make our cards.

 For me my two favourite Christmas CDs are from Debbi Moore - Nativity and Santa Claus 2.

 They are such easy to use CDs and they don't need much to make lovely cards.

For all of the cards they have been decoupaged and decorated with various items like die-cut poinsettias, die-cut greenery, pearls, gems, Stamps by Chloe stamped sprig and pom-pom decoration (where some was also cut off to make snowballs).

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

Crafty Hazelnut Christmas Challenge Extra - Anything goes

Crafty Hazelnut Patterned Papers December Challenge - Anything goes
613 Avenue Create - Holiday happiness
The Crazy Challenge - Everything goes
Love to Scrap - Anything goes
Crafting from the Heart - Anything goes
Word Art Wednesday - Anything goes
Penny's Paper Challenge - Anything goes
The Crafty Addicts - Anything goes/let it snow
Inspiration Destination - Anything goes
Creative Craft Cottage - Anything goes
CRAFT - Anything goes
Crafting with an Attitude - Anything goes

Ching-Chou Kuik Digital Stamps New Release and Special Offer

 Today sees the arrival of a new image in the Ching-Chou Kuik Digital Stamps Etsy Store:

 The image is called "Free Spring" and is on a special introductory price of $2.80 (instead of $4.00) until the end of 25 December 2016.  

Also if you use the code "XMAS35" you will get 35% off all digital stamps in store when you spend $11 or more.

Hurry as this offer ends on 25 December 2016.

Don't forget that up until Christmas Day there are Christmas Celebrations taking place on the Ching-Chou Kuik Digital Stamps Inspiration and Challenge Blog and the Facebook Group as a special thank you from Ching-Chou Kuik for your continued support of buying her images, taking part in the Monthly Blog Challenge, taking part in the Monthly Facebook Group Challenge and taking part in the general conversations on the Facebook Group.

Make sure you keep on popping back to this blog for the competitions.

Ching-Chou Kuik Facebook Group and Inspiration and Challenge Blog CHRISTMAS CELEBRATIONS - Part 6

Over at the Ching-Chou Kuik Inspiration and Challenge Blog and Facebook Group we thought we'd have some competitions up until Christmas Day.  This is a special thank you from Ching-Chou Kuik for loving her beautiful images and for your continued support.

Over on the Inspiration and Challenge Blog the competitions will be to "name the image" as you will see a snippet of an image and you have to name it.

Today is PART 6 of the celebrations.

Make sure you pop on over to the blog for the full details.

Please check back in a few days for the next instalment for the Christmas competitions.

Ching-Chou Kuik Facebook Group and Inspiration and Challenge Blog CHRISTMAS CELEBRATIONS - Part 5

Over at the Ching-Chou Kuik Inspiration and Challenge Blog and Facebook Group we thought we'd have some competitions up until Christmas Day.  This is a special thank you from Ching-Chou Kuik for loving her beautiful images and for your continued support.

Over on the Inspiration and Challenge Blog the competitions will be to "name the image" as you will see a snippet of an image and you have to name it.

Today is PART 5 of the celebrations.

Make sure you pop on over to the blog for the full details.

Please check back in a few days for the next instalment for the Christmas competitions.

Ching-Chou Kuik Etsy Store - New Release and Special Offer

  Today sees the arrival of a new image in the Ching-Chou Kuik Digital Stamps Etsy Store:

 The image is called "Scarlet Holly" and is on a special introductory price of $2.80 (instead of $4.00) until the end of 24 December 2016.  

Also if you use the code "XMAS35" you will get 35% off all digital stamps in store when you spend $11 or more.

Hurry as this offer ends on 24 December 2016.

Don't forget that up until Christmas Day there are Christmas Celebrations taking place on this blog and the Facebook Group as a special thank you from Ching-Chou Kuik for your continued support of buying her images, taking part in the Monthly Blog Challenge, taking part in the Monthly Facebook Group Challenge and taking part in the general conversations on the Facebook Group.

Make sure you keep on popping back to this blog for the competitions.

Debbi Moore CDs to the rescue

This year out came my Debbi Moore Nativity and Santa Claus II CDs to make some of my Christmas cards.

I love the Santa CD as he is a nice proper looking Santa.

Then again I love the images on the Nativity CD.  It's all too easy to forget what Christmas is about.

I have kept the card quite simple (a) because of the cost of postage and (b) because I wanted the stunning images to be the focal point of these cards.

I am entering this card into the following challenges: 

Crafty Calendar - Christmas time

Crafty Hazelnut Christmas Challenge Extra - Anything goes
Crafty Hazelnut Patterned Papers December Challenge - Anything goes
613 Avenue Create - Holiday happiness
Glitter n Sparkle - Anything goes
CD Sunday - Twas the night before Christmas
A Snowflakes Promise - Winter theme

Inspiration Destination - Anything goes

A Bit More Time to Craft - Anything goes

Creatalicious - Anything goes with the option of Christmas
CRAFT - Christmas
Brown Sugar - Anything goes
Crafty Hazelnut Christmas - Cute of anything goes Christmas
Pile it On - Any holiday/celebration