Ching Chou Kuik's Golden Mermaid

Shanna here with a new card to share with you. This is one of my favorite color combos and I think it goes perfectly with Ching Chou Kuik's image The Golden Mermaid. She comes in DIGI and RUBBER.

Items Used:

Sweet Pea Stamp Golden Mermaid by Ching Chou Kuik

Lily Bee papers

Wild Orchid Flowers

Copics

Prima Flowers

Cheesecloth 

Distress Inks

Stickles

Dusty Rose and Forest Companion

Here's a striking image from Sweet Pea artist Joanne Schempp called Dusty Rose. I will confess that I was not hooked on this image when I first saw it, I got hooked by this image when I saw several other design team members make some amazing projects, check out their stunning creations to see my inspiration.

I had to choose my favorite colors, of course, which is a warm tone, reds and oranges, also as summer approaches, I tend to use more and more in that color family. I think she looks delightful in that color. Even though her coloring is very bright, I still kept a dusty rose color. I added a small vellum saying "All I need is your Love" which I think is very fitting for this card. Here's a close up of the stamp image. Isn't Joanne Schempp a wonderful artist? She has many brand new stamps available at the store right now.

I think springtime is perfect for showing faries with baby animals. This wonderful Sweet Pea stamp is called Forest Companion (Plate #110). I colored her up in greens for the season, but artist ching chou-kuik also did a stunning job on her coloring, so check it out on the website to see how differently it looks.

I am using some paper from WE R Memory Keepers and cardstock from Neenah and DCWV; A beautiful border punch from Martha Stewart; great ribbon from Prima; a die cut from Lifestyles and a lovely saying from Sweet Pea stamps;  I hope these cards make you want to stamp something beautiful, be it a love card or some springtime cheer.   Check out the wonderful new stamps from artists Terra Biddlespacher and Elisabeth Bell as well as your other favorite artists at the store now!

Cheers, Holley

More to Share

Hi everyone. Today I have a card to share with you using one of ching chou kuik's  image called "Forest Companion".  You can find her as a single or on sheet #31, plate #110 with 3 other sweet images.

I used some BoBunny paper for my background.  The bird and decorative label are from Colorbok.  I colored the image with copics and cut her out.  I then added some beautiful ruffle trim lace and added some pop dots behind the image and the bird for that extra dimension.

Oh don't look too close as I forgot to color her eyes and lips.  Oh well maybe no one will notice, but they will now as I told on myself.

 Here is a side view that shows some of the dimension to the card. 

Here is my second card using an image by our featured artist over on the store... Rachel Anderson.

I used "Queen of Hearts" , you can find her as a single or on sheet #4, Plate #201.

Adjust your eyes because this red will pop out at you.

I used these red copics to color the whole image.

R35,R37,R59,RV99, RV25, RV23 and the darkest shadows I used W9

I used some Valentine's paper, some big buttons, Queen of heart card, 2 different Memory box dies and a Spellbinder die to frame the image.

Thanks for stopping by and have a great week.

Hugs:)

Angela

So SORRY..... Angela

Hi to all you awesome Sweet Pea fans.  Today I have 2 cards to share with you.  Sorry, I have been so quiet here lately in blog land, morning sickness has settled in and I have felt terrible this past week. 

But I did finally get a chance to sit down and make a bunch of cards this past weekend and believe it or not I didn't color anything as all my images had been colored for weeks and months.  I do have a ton colored and ready to be made into cards.  Does anyone else do that or do you make a card as soon as you get the image colored?

Well my first card I have to share with you I used Meredith Dillman's "Fanciful Notions", and you can purchase her as a single or on sheet #7 Plate #202 with 3 other GORGEOUS images.  If you love this one then you will want the whole sheet as they are all so beautiful.

I used a K&Company Mat stack for my background paper. Here lately K&Company has some of the most  yummy papers out. I colored the image with copics and then cut it out and attached it to the background paper with foam squares. I added some roses form Wild Orchid Crafts, some dark pink glitter sprigs, Maya Road Sewing chipboard scissors, and a little old time fancy gold shoe button.

The WISH ticket is from Websters Pages and I attached it to a Spellbinder Fancy Labels die.

For my 2nd card I used this sweet image by ching chou kuiks called "Tender Cuddle" she reminds me so much of Spring and Easter. You can purchase her HERE as a single or on Sheet #31, Plate #110.

Here is a list of supplies I used for my Tender Cuddle card.

Paper: 6x6 Glitz Pretty In Pink paper pack

Spellbinders Oval Die

Tim Holtz Walnut stain Distressing Ink

Pop Dots for dimension

Pink ruffly Lace

CTMH Distressing tool

Pink staples

Wild Orchid Crafts rose

the little pink roses I got out of Michael's $1 bins

Pink Leaf pins

The image was colored with copics

Hair:

E50,E51

Skin: YR0000,YR000, and E11

Dress: RV09,RV06,RV04,RV02,RV00,RV0000

Bunny: E40,E41,E42, W3,W1 and W00

Thanks for stopping by today and your comments are much appreciated.

I hope you have a wonderful day and a Happy Easter.

Hugs:)

Angela

Mermaids light and dark

I thought it would be fun to do a pair of cards. I like how these two mermaid beauties go together. I used Randi's tutorial for coloring hair (here's a link) to do the light hair. I topped both mermaid's hair with Glossy Accents for the shine.

Supply List
Image
Rose Mermaid and An Ordinary Summer Day by Ching Chou Kuik for Sweet Pea Stamps

Papers
Neenah Smooth white card stock
Mulberry papers-unknown
Solid color card stock-Stampin Up

Copic Markers
Skin Tones-yr0000, e000, yr000, e01, e11
Eyes-v0000, v000, v01, b21, b34
Dark-Rose Mermaid
Hair-w5, w7, w9
Clothing/tail-b12, b16, b06
Rose-r27, r46, r59, g21, g24
Light-An Ordinary Summer Day
Hair-b00, b01, r30, g04, g20, 0
Clothing/tail-r00, r01, r02

Misc. Supplies:
Adhesive gems-smooth diamonds
Smooch
Silver sheer ribbon-Stampin Up
Silver metal circle for ribbon to loop through
Sakura Gelly Pen "stardust"
Chalks for cheeks
Scotch ATG gun and adhesive
Ranger Glossy Accents

Spring has Sprung

Did you already see those wonderful new images of the ching-chou kuik's Fantasy Art Collection? They are amazing and so I want to show you two new springlike cards I made with some of her new images.

The first one is called 'Moon Garden'. You can find it on plate # 129. This beautiful fairy comes along with three more lovely images, or is available as a single stamp as well.  

For this card I used Bo Bunny designer paper of the Jazmyne collection. The dies are from Spellbinders and the flowers from Wild Orchid. As usual I coloured this beautiful image with Distress Inks. On the fairy wings, the flowers and background I added some glitter.

On this card you can see 'Tender Cuddle' and it is to find on plate # 110. This super sweet image comes along with three other beautiful images and is available as single stamp as well. Isn't this image so sweet? I love it so much.

For this card I used designer paper by Melissa Frances. Dies are Spellbinders. And all other goodies are from local stores. The butterfly I found at a supermarket as a Easter decoration. I added some ribbon and pins to bling it up a bit. Coloration of the image is made with Distress Inks as well. On her wings and flowers I added some glitter as well.

Thank you so much for your visit. Always much appreciated. Have a wonderful day everyone.

Hugs, Karina

Thinking Spring

I am a huge fan of Ching Chou Kuik's work and this new one is another beauty! I love how the rabbit is such a soft sweet drawing!

Supply List
Images
Tender Cuddle-Ching Chou Kuik for Sweet Pea Stamps

Stamp Ink
Memento Tuxedo Black

Paper
Neenah Smooth white card stock
Designer Paper-Basic Grey "kioshi"
Solid color card stock-Stampin Up

Copic Markers
Bunny-e41, yr31, e42, r01, 15
Fairy:
Skin tones-yr0000, yr000, e000, e51
Hair-e13, e15, e17, e18
Dress-g20, g21, g82, g12
Flowers-r81, bv01, yr12, y11
Outline/background-e41, e40, e42, e43, g20

Misc. Supplies
Stickles "diamond"
Gold flower basket charm
Light Blue Taffeta ribbon-Stampin Up
Light blue and lavender roses
Circle and Scallop Circle punches-Stampin Up
Martha Stewart Border punch-Double loops
Chalks for cheeks
EK Success "Rock Fern" leaf punch
Scotch ATG gun and adhesive

Golden Mermaid

This beautiful image is one of the newest images of the fabulous artist ching-chou kuik from her Fantasy Art Collection. Isn't she just beautiful? She is called 'Golden Mermaid' and comes with another three gorgeous images. You can find them on plate 110 and they are on pre-order now.

Hugs from Karina

Tender Cuddle

Here's a wonderful new stamp from Artist ching-chou kuik called Tender Cuddle

This stamp is part of Plate #110 and is available for pre-order on the Sweet Pea website now.

Forest Companion

Are you loving all of the new Sweet Pea images that have been released lately? I know I am.

This gorgeous image is ching-chou kuik 's Forest Companion.

It can be found on ching-chou kuik's sheet 31, plate #110.

The image has been cut and adhered to the card using mounting foam giving it a bit more dimension.

I hope you like it.

Thank you so much for joining me today.