Variations Week: Holley's View

Happy Friday everyone!  here's an awesome image from Sweet Pea called Forest Blue. This image was designed by artist ching-chou kuik.  I am using very dark green paper as my base and shimmery green flocked paper to mount the image on.  I created a border with Bazzill Bling at the base of my card and then filled the whole card with green bling.  I added a sentiment from K&Co.

To finish the card, I added in a flag border on the corner with cute butterflies and a little flower button.  Here's a close up of the stamp being feature this week:

Do you like her blue hair?  I am using B91-B97 for it, I was initially going to choose a much brighter blue color family, but I didn't want anything that would stand out too far away from the greens that I used to color her dress and wings (G20-G28).

Have a wonderful weekend.

Cheers, Holley

Variations Week: Lina's View

My very favorite stamp artist is up this variations week. Ching Chou Kuik with her lovely Forest Blue stamp. It's one of those versatile images, that could be used any time of the year, depending on your choice of colors and embellishment.

No surprise there, but it's an easel card again. I just can't seem to stop. No stitching this time though. Instead I went in real heavy with my distressing tool.

I chose to color her in warm yellow and red tones, as always with my copics:
Skin: E0000, E000, E00, E21
Hair: E30, E31, E35, E37, E49
Reds: R30, R32, R35, R37
Greens: G40, G43, G46
Sun: Y13, Y17, YR15, YR16, YR18
Wings: E40, E41, E42

This image is available at the Sweet Pea Stamps store as a digi og rubber stamp.

Thanks so much for stopping by today.
-Lina

Variations Week: Suzanne's View

Hi, as you would know this week we are featuring the fabulous Ching-Chou Kuik and in particular her Forest Blue stamp which by the way is available in either rubber or digi format.

I absolutely love this image, loved using all the blues to colour her too.

As just about always I have coloured with Copics, I actually hardly ever use any other medium to colour. Added Spica pens to the wings and a little of the background.

Spellbinders die and Tim Holtz on the edge Doily die, Memento inks, Spellbinders embossing folder, Viva Pearl pen, flowers from Wild Orchid Crafts.

I am very happy with Forest Blue, hope you like her too.

Thanks for much for joining me today.

Cheers, Suzanne

Variations Week: Aletha’s View

I hope that everyone is having a great week. I’ve been able to get in some coloring and studio time in the past week. With that time I created an art card using ching chou kuik’s Forest Blue digi stamp. You can also find Forest Blue in red rubber. Sweet Peas Stamps red rubber is top quality. You will always get a clean impression that very first time.

I colored Forest Blue with Copics and highlighted the wings with a Sharpie paint pen. She was then layered on several pieces of cardstock. I die cut the leaf swirls and accented with the paint pen.

The embellishments are rhinestones, metal fan charms, and fabric flowers.

Come join some fun in our Facebook group. There is a bi-weekly contest. The prize is one digital image of your choice. We also have a monthly challenge at One Sweet Challenge. This month the theme is “flowers.”

Thanks for stopping by. Please stop by every day and check out Sweet Pea’s designers and their variations.

Aletha Jane

Sweet Pea Stamps Designer

Variations Week: Jane's View

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Today is my day to showcase an image from Sweet Pea Stamps for Variation Week were we are all using the same image, Forest Blue by the awesome Ching Chou Kuik

Apart from the awesome digi I just loved the name and the thought of a blue forest for my background seemed perfect.  I love photography and take all sorts of strange things and I knew I had several images of forests.  Time to hunt one out and edit in Photoshop, playing with the colour balance to transform the photo into a blue forest.  Next I overlaid a transparent to blue gradient to enhance the halo effect on the digi.  I love doing this sort of thing <g>.  After printing the paper with the digi in place I added Crystal Stickles to the dotted halo of the digi.  Time now for a coffee break while this dries.

 There is no die cutting on this card, or distraction from the digi, I had decided I wanted the digi large (mind you that is a challenge to colour) and really be the one thing that jumps out at you when you see the card.  I have coloured her with Promarkers.

The wings caused me a problem, with printing the digi directly onto the background this meant the wings were white and in place.  I could have printed a second digi and fussy cut the wings to to late for the I have only just thought of it.  What I did instead was to colour the wings in a matching blue to the background and then used green tulle to enhance their transparency.  More Crystal Stickles added for a bit of bling.

Time to add some butterflies.  These were cut using Cherry Lyn Designs Mimi Butterflies and coloured with my Promarkers

and then finish off with more Crystal Stickles.

 Here are the Promarkers I have used in this creation.

 Some time ago I bough a bunch of velvet feel ribbon with leaves and thankfully I saw it in my box last week.  When I saw the leaves on the digi I knew I had the perfect ribbon to work with <g>.  Once the ribbon was in place I added a big blue bow and the butterflies (well only one butterfly as when I put the three on the card became cluttered).  I hope you like the finished creation and thanks for taking the time to read this, hope I have not bored you lol.

Ingredients

• Digi -  Forest Blue by Ching Chou Kuik
• Promarkers
• Dies -  Cherry Lyn Designs Mimi Butterflies
• DP by me
• Stickles, ribbon etc. from my stash

Thank you for stopping by and hope you have a wonderful crafting day today :) 

Variations Week: Sande's View

Sande here with you today. 

Starting a Variation Week and this time our featured Artist is 

Ching Chou Kuik. 

The image the DT is featuring is "Forest Blue".

 Is that image a Beautiful or what! Gorgeous I say! 

You can find her as a rubber or digital version. 

I have used Copics for coloring and somehow I just saw her in blues.

There is much more fabulous images at Sweet Pea Stamps so don't forget to pop over!

Hope you'll get some inspiration here and create something fabulous!

Hugs, Sande xx

Customer Submission: Gina Lindsay

Gina shares her lovely artwork today.

ching-chou kuik's Forest Blue:

Rebecca Sinz The Ghost:

 ching chou kuik's Poppy, from the mist:

Customer Submission: Kym Upshaw

Kym shares her beautiful works today.

Caron Vinson's Royal Flower:

ching-chou kuik's Soft Goth Night:

ching-chou kuik's Forest Blue:

ching-chou kuik's Exotic Halloween:

Elaine Cox's Katie:

ching chou kuik's Holly Fairy:

ching-chou kuik's Fantasy Art Collection sheet 14:

Joanne Schempp's Love Lace:

Elaine Cox's Darya:

Angel paperdoll

Hope you've had a fantastic new year, all ready for more inspiration and new releases from sweetpea stamps. This time I have gone all out, hoping to get your crafty fingers itching. Time to long for spring :)

The stamps I have used are from ching chou kuik plate 33. Sayings for the arms and legs are from different sheets. The images are colored with promarkers and watercolor pencils. The edges are inked with different distress inks. The doll is cut out in white paper and heavier designer papers for the back and wings. The images for the skirt are masked. I made the pattern for the doll myself. For the top and skirtpart I used 3D tape - thicker for the skirt. The joints of the legs and arms are attached with brads. I made sure the back was as beautiful as the front in case it would hang in a window or similar so I added matching little flowers for the joint's backs. I also added some pretty organza ribbon for the hem and top of the dress.

The doll is about 10" (25cm) tall and you can bend the joints. Hope you liked it!

Customer Gallery Submission: Susie Little

Susie shares her wonderful creations.

ching chou kuik's Red Hearts: 

ching chou kuik's Field of Poppies: 
 

ching chou kuik's Red Hearts, Love is Gone, Forest Blue, Fly Butterfly: 

ching chou kuik's Fly Butterfly: 

ching chou kuik's Red Hearts:

ching chou kuik's Flowing in Blue: 

ching chou kuik's Dance of the Butterfly: 

ching chou kuik's Blue Eye Fairy: 

ching chou kuik's Love is Gone:

ching chou kuik's Field of Poppies: 

ching chou kuik's Sunflower Angel: 

ching chou kuik's Masked Fairy in Green: 

ching chou kuik's Forest Blue: 

ching chou kuik's Puppet Angel in the Circus: 

ching chou kuik's Flowing in Blue: