One Sweet Challenge - November 2013

It is the first day of the month and therefore time for another challenge over at One Sweet Challenge.  This month the topic is "it's a feast".  This means you have to have lots of one item eg lots of different colours, lots of images, lots of papers or lots of embellishments.

 For my card I have used the Sweet Pea Stamps image by Ching-Chou Kuik called "Coral Immersion". It's available as a digital stamp, single rubber stamp and as part of a multi-image plate (Sheet 12, Plate 41 - Coral Immersion is on the multi-image sheet with Enchanting Gold, Mad Tea Party and Cheshire Illusion).

I have coloured the image in with my new Graph'it pens.  I haven't got many but of course had to start with my favourite colour purple!!  The backing papers are from my Perfect Papercrafting CD.  For my feast part of the challenge I went overboard with embellishments - cheesecloth, raffia ribbon, die-cut scroll, die-cut flower button, Prima butterfly, gems and pearls.
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Today starts a new system for me at Sweet Pea Stamps.  All of the Design Team have been given a specific day to show you their creations.  I am teamed up with Susan and we will show you our creations on a Sunday.

The first of my weekly cards is "Holly Fairy" by Ching-Chou Kuik

I have kept the height and embellishments to a minimum as we are all concerned about the cost of posting items these days.  For my card I have used the Sweet Pea Stamps Ching-Chou Kuik image called "Holly Fairy".  She was one of my first Sweet Pea Stamps rubber stamps and she is still one of my favourite Christmas images.  She is now available as a digital image, single rubber stamp and as a plate of 4 images (Sheet 21, Plate 60 - Holly Fairy comes with the images Poinsettia Fairy, Holly Night and Cherish Christmas).  

The image I have coloured in with my Promarkers/Flexmarkers and highlighted areas with a white gel pen.  I added Glossy Accents to the holly berries.  For the large piece of backing paper I made this myself with various Christmas stamps and edged with a green chalk ink pad. 

The other backing papers are from Bearly Mine Designs Christmas Traditions.  I have finished the card off with some Marianne Designs holly die-cuts, card candi, ribbon and a stamped sentiment.

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The second of my weekly cards/creations uses Norma J Burnell's "Firefly Friends Owl".

I have used one of the stunning images by Norma J Burnell called "Firefly Friends Owl".  It is available as a digital stamp and a single rubber stamp.  I have coloured the image in with Promarkers/Flexmarkers, highlighted areas with my Sakura Stardust clear pen and inked around the edge with Tim Holtz's Tumbled Glass and Chipped Sapphire distress inks.

The backing papers are from my beloved Tim Holtz paper pad which my son bought me two years ago.  I have mounted the image on a Marianne Designs die-cut which I have inked with Tim Holtz's Chipped Sapphire distress ink.  I have finished the calendar off with some raffia ribbon, satin ribbon, washi tape, calendar tab and some decorative pearls.

Coral Immersion

Hello everyone, today I want to show you a card I just made with an older but not less amazing stamp designed by the fabulous ching-chou kuik's. It is 'Coral Immersion', and is available as a single stamp, and on Plate # 41 together with three other wonderful image.

I coloured the image with Copics and wanted to keep a red and grey tones colour scheme.

Thank you so much for looking.Wish you a wonderful day now!
Hugs, Karina

Customer Gallery Submission: Robyn Pitcher

Robyn shares her beautiful creations today.

ching chou kuik's Plate 43, Coral Immersion, Aloha, Dance of the Butterfly, Blue-Rose-Tatoo, September Rhythm, In The Wind, Plate 43:

ching chou kuik's Restless Thoughts:

Karen Middleton's  Plate 138:

ching chou kuik's Plate 43:

Customer Gallery Submission: Nadia-Dianascarlett

Nadia shares her beautiful creations today.

ching chou kuik's Forever Valentine:

ching chou kuik's Coral Immersion:

ching chou kuik's  The Silentness:

ching chou kuik's Rising Flame:

ching chou kuik's One and Only Heart:

ching chou kuik's In the Wind:

ching chou kuik's  Growing Love:

 

Caron Vinson's Blushing Rose Fairy:

Coral Immersion

Greetings! Here's a wonderful image today from artist ching-chou kuik called Coral Immersion (Plate #41). This is a beautiful mermaid that is so enchanting. I added an elegant saying to this card "Sing like no one's listening, love like you've never been hurt, dance like nobody's watching, and live like its heaven on earth. Mark Twain"Ohh, that saying is so inspiring and the look in this woman's eyes makes me want to do these things. I added some simple flowers from Prima and adorable brads from Bo Bunny along with some Bazzill Swiss paper. A little ink brushed on the edges of the paper and the images stands out. As the sailors used to say, the mermaids would call out to them. I think looking at the eyes of this mermaid, she does call out to you.

Have a magical day!
Holley

Customer Gallery Submission: Caroline Franielczyk

Caroline shares her beautiful artwork today.

ching-chou kuik's Coral Immersion:

ching-chou kuik's Black Haired Lady:

ching-chou kuik's Spring Spread:

ching-chou kuik's Purple Hearts:

Customer Gallery Submission: Nancy M Holland

Nancy shares her beautiful cards today.

ching chou kuik's Coral Immersion:

ching chou kuik's The Serene Night:

ching chou kuik's Purple Woods:

Caron Vinson's Moonlight Fairy:

Customer Gallery Submission: Robyn Pitcher

Robin shares her beautiful cards today.

ching-chou kuik's Coral Immersion:

ching-chou kuik's Blue-Rose-Tattoo:

Angela, Silk Dance ,Coral Immersion, The Dragonfly and Fox Allure

I created 4 cards I wanted to share with you. This first one is called Silk Dance by ching chou kuik's Sheet #19/Plate #54 at Sweet Pea Stamps.

The DP is from Glitz Design called Diva Licious. I used the Spellbinders Classic Frame Die to create my frame and covered it pink glitter glue. I drew in alittle more of her tail and her hip and leg area. Then I cut her out and attached her with foam tape. I added some Black bling swirls and some Wild Orchid Craft roses that I added some glitter glue and glitter to.

This picture shows some of the depth I created with her.
Copics:

Skin: E11,E01,E00,E000,RV02,RV00

Black shades: C9,C7,C5,C3,C01,C0

Pink Shades: RV09,RV06,RV04,RV02,RV00,RV000

Here is my second card I created. I have had these image colored for over 2 months and finally sit down to create with her. This image is called Coral Immersion by ching chou kuiks sheet #12/ plate #41 at Sweet Pea Stamps. I used some In My Minds Eye DP that I cut out the circle and flowers and attached them to some dark coral CS then I used my sewing machine to add the stitching around the edge of the card. I added some Fiskars cream bubble dots and the sentiment is from another ching chou kuiks set.

It has been so hot and sunny here, that I decided to take these pictures outside. I finished these early this morning before I went to bed for the night, as I usually take my pictures at night. Only because by the time I get my creation finished its dark outside. I really like the way they look when I can take the pics outside.

Another view!!

Copics Used:

Skin: E11,E01,E00, E51,E51,R22,R20,R11

Eyes: B05,B12,B0000

Hair: E50,E51,E53,E55

Coral Reds: R29,R27,R24,R22,R20,R11

Background: BG02,BG01,BG000,BG0000

For this card I used " The Dragonfly" circle stamp by ching chou kuiks at Sweet Pea Stamps. I love these new circle stamps!!

I used some K&Company Dp, MS border punch, flower from Wild Orchid Crafts, the decorative part around the image was created with a small die from on of my Spellbinders Pendant dies. I added some gold bling to the die around the image and some gold Organdy ribbon. The was colored with copics and I used and orange sakura glitter pen. I used a new skin colored combo, well to me it's new (R30,R01,R00,R0000). Hair (E07,E08,E09,E19,E18,E51) Background(Y21,Y23,YR32,E50,E51)

Here is my 4th card. I had the hardest time getting a good picture.. this was the best I could get. I used Fox Allure for this card and she is available as a single or you can get her in a set with 3 other images( Sheet #22/ Plate #64) at Sweet Pea Stamps.

For this card I used some old Basic Grey DP, American Crafts brown CS, My Minds Eye orange DP, Kraft CS that I inke with distressing inks for the frame for my image. I added some Prima leaves and the roses are from Wild Orchid Crafts. I also added some Orange bling and some felt flower looking things.

Copics used:

Skin:E50,E51,E01,R81,RV00,E17 lips

Hair: E42,E41,E40

Leaves and Clothes: YR09,YR18,YR14,YR65,YR07,YR04, E49,E47,E57,E25

Background:E50,E51,E53,E55

Fox- W00,W1,W3,C1

Hey don't forget to match up the DT's Baby pictures with our DT members. Note!! Each DT member has a clue somewhere on their blog to help you guess who is who. One lucky person who gets all of them right will win a whole set of stamps. Thats 4 images and 1 or 2 sentiments.

It will end on Sept 2.

Customer Gallery Submission: Tracey Feeger

Tracey shares her beautiful cards today:

ching-chou kuik's Coral Immersion:

ching-chou kuik's Framed Sunflower:

Mag - Coral Immersion

Hello everyone,

Here is a card with Coral Immersion.

I never use bright and vibrant colors but
for this card I've used my most
vibrant and fluorescent Copics !!!

And I liked it !!!

Ching-Chou Kuik's Coral Immersion from plate 41
Papers are Bazzill and Basic Grey "Euphoria"
Flowers are from Wild Orchid Crafts and Magnolia
Kaiser pearls
Ice Stickles Cristal
Border punch EK Success "Swirl"

Have a wonderful day !!!

Hugs

Magali :)

Customer Gallery Submission: Catherine

Catherine shares her wonderful creations today.

ching chou kuik's Black Haired Lady:

ching chou kuik's Red Hearts:

ching chou kuik's Come Softly:

ching chou kuik's Cheshire Cat Illusion:

ching chou kuik's Shining On:

ching chou kuik's Coral Immersion: