Spring Moony Night

Here's one of the originals from artist ching-chou kuik called Spring Moony Night (Plate #22).  This image is just stunning, I had some gorgeous ribbon with a whole rainbow of glittery sequin colors and I was looking for the perfect image to match.  I think this image really does the trick.

I added a wonderful saying "All the flowers of all the tomorrows are in the seeds of today. Indian Proverb" (Plate #8).  I just love the forlorn look on this beautiful mermaid's face.  It's as if she is already imagining the beautiful flowers of tomorrow.  Perhaps she is holding out that lamp and awaiting the arrival of her lover to come home.

Hope you will check out the great sale at the store, right now there is a variety of stamps on sale for $1, $2 and $3 each!  Check it out.  Also, the winner of my blog candy was announced this week on Wed.  Be sure to check.

Cheers, Holley

Autumn to Spring

Hi everyone.  Today I have 2 cards to share with you the first one has an Autumn feel to it and the second one has a Spring feel to it.

I love the colors of this first one, so warm and comforting.

I used an older image by ching chou kuiks called "Spring-Moony-Night".

Sheet #3, Plate #22.

 I used some new 6x6 papers from BoBunny.

This one reminds me of Spring.  I used one of Conie Fong's images from her very first sheet, called
"Serenity", Sheet #1/Plate #185.

Sorry my last pictures aren't that great.  I really need a better camera.
Thanks for stopping by today and have a wonderful day.

Hugs:)
Angela

Asian beauty

With so many new releases from Sweet Pea going on right now, it got me looking through my older stamps. This one is called black haired lady from plate 22 and it's one of the first plates from ching chou kuik. I'm not sure I have used it before so it was definitely time for it to see some ink. I love the Asian feel of this stamp and since I got some Asian inspired papers for my birthday I knew they would fit perfectly.

I often feel that I'm not having enough embellishments and decide when I start that this time I'll fill the card to the brim. But then I use these beautiful images and papers and I don't want to take focus off them. So in the end this is what I get :) Very clean and simple.

I'm quite happy with the little embellishment I did add. I used a Chinese coin with a brad and a flower. I also used white mesh that I inked with a promarker and cut out two leaves. I think this way the embellishment compliments the image instead of stealing focus from it.

Hope you're having a fantastic day and find time to ink up some of your Sweet Pea stamps, whether they are old or new.

My Buddy

Sweet Pea Stamps has so many fabulous images!  I have several stamped and waiting to be colored and/or used.  I decided to revisit some of the earlier images and pulled out this one drawn by ching-chou kuik's  called My Buddy. 

I used a sketch I found on a piece of paper.  I know that at one point I had found it as part of a challenge on-line, but have no idea which one to credit them.  I used some Basic Grey, Origins. This paper pac is great colors for outdoor images or feel.

I hope you have been by Sweet Pea Stamps lately.  There have been several new artists added and the selection is FABULOUS!

Revisiting Egypt

I have loved each and every one of the images that are part of ching-chou kuiks fantasy art collection. The other day I went through and decided to play with some of the first ones released again. This is Egypt Mermaid. I loved being able to combine lace with a sparkle paper and have an image that could support it.

Customer Gallery Submission: Caroline Franielczyk

Caroline Franielczyk shares this wonderful card using Black Haired Lady from the ching chou kuik Fantasy Art Collection Plate #22.

Moving Magic

I've made a card with a moving panel that displays different messages. It uses four different sayings and the main image Dragonfly Fantasy.

It might not look that spectacular at first glance, but the fun part is that you move the tab up or down on the left so that the frame reveals different messages...

I wrote the word "magic" above the image with black glitter glue. 

/Katarina

Spring-Moony-Night

This beautifully detailed stamp is ching-chou kuik's Spring-Moony-Night. It is sold individually or as a part of Plate #22. I love the wishful look on her face, as though she is holding up a lantern waiting for her partner to come home. Next time I use this stamp, I am going to either cut the background out and use black paper or I will just color the background dark blue or black.


The image is stamped with Memento ink and colored with Copic Markers. I mounted the stamped image on printed paper, the same paper that I stamped the Thinking of You sentiment (plate #4). I used some detailed paper ribbon from K&Co across the bottom and enhanced it with bling.

Have a wonderful day!

Holley

Into You...

Hi everyone,

Today I wanted share another card created with chin-chou kuik's My Buddy. This image has such a woodsy feeling that I tend to use earthy-woodsy type colors every time I color this image.

This is one of my favorite images, perhaps because it evokes memories of my childhood roaming the forests in Germany or perhaps because of the frog. I'm not a big fan of real frogs, but love love love frogs in my paper crafting world. Weird - I know.... :-)

Since my desk is covered with bit of scraps, embellishments and ribbon pieces, I tried to lessen the pile by using some of the embellishments from my scrap pile on this card. I love it when I can use up my scraps.

I put the sentiment which comes on Plate 22 on the inside of the card:

A quick card which any nature lover would enjoy, don't you think?

Make sure to head over to Sweet Pea Stamps to check out that latest sale. And while you're there, you should check out the Fantasy Art Collection sentiments grab bag special.... what a great deal and a great way to get 6 unmounted sentiments from the Fantasy Art Collection. Can't ever have too many sentiments :-).

Mag DT card 10 - My Buddy

Hi Ladies !!!
Hope you are well.
Here is a Ching-Chou Kuik's card
using My Buddy's stamp from plate 22

I add feet to this little fairy,
then make them going out of the frame.

Ching-Chou Kuik's My Buddy from Plate 22
Papers Bazzill and Basic Grey Paper Pad Origins
Spellbinders Frameabilities Classic Frames
Leaves and flowers from Prima
Kaiser pearls, Sakura Glaze Pen
Martha Stewart border punch
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Copics used :
Skin : E000, E01, E11, R20
Hair and Pants : RV91, RV95, RV99
Dress and Wings : Y13, Y15, Y19, Y28
Frog : YG21, YG25, YG95
Hat : E25, E27, E29
Mushroom : E53, E55, E57
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Have a great day !!!

XOXO

Mag

Love is...a Valentine

Here's one of ching-chou kuik's Fanasy Art stamps from plate # 22. I paired it with the "Love is" quote from Plate #17. It makes a beautiful Valentine.



I started with a large sized corrugated card from Paper Pallete. I took two ribbons, a black ribbon and a thinner red ribbon. Because the card is corrugated, it would be hard to attach the ribbon directly to it. I cut a thin strip of paper just a little smaller than the black ribbon. I used ribbon glue to adhere the ribbon to the paper strip and then glued the red ribbon on top of the black ribbon. I then used regular adhesive to attach the paper strip to the card.

Project Materials: Stamps (Sweet Pea Stamps Plate #22 and #17); Ink (Memento, ColorBox Chalk); Heart Brad (Bazzill); Round Tag (Stampin' Up); Cardstock (DCWV); Color (Copic Markers);

Cheers all!
Holley

"Toad"ly into you....

I love this saying "I am 'toad'ally into you!" and it goes perfect with ching-chou kuik's My Buddy stamp from sheet #22. I think this combo would make a great valentine's day card.

I stamped the images onto thick white cardstock with Memento ink. I used Copic markers to color the image. On the wings, I used two light shades of blue and colored the interior of the wings only, leaving the outside edges white. I used a Color Bbox Chalk pad in dark brown to add distressing to the edges of the card and to a lesser extent, the edges of the stamped images. I added some printed Prima flowers for embellishment.

Hope you have fun with this image! I would also love to use this stamp with my own fun frog/toad sayings like: Un'frog'ettable, That's what you are; Toad you so! Hop on Over. Hoppy for You! You're toad-ally Awesome.

Cheers, Holley

The allure of Egypt

I'd love to go to Egypt! There is something about that area of the world that draws me in. Maybe that is one reason this 'Egyptian image' is one of my favorites. This image is one of the Ching-Chou kuik designs and is available on Sweet Pea plate #22.
I stamped the image onto white card stock and then painted with Twinkling H2O's. I don't know if this shows very well in the scan of this card, but I applied some gold glitter glue to various areas of her dress and jewelry. After trimming the image into a rectangle I used a decorative corner punch on all 4 corners, and then edged the piece with a gold Krylon pen. I layered this onto a piece of gold embossed decorative card stock. I used a different decorative corner punch on this layer and also edged with gold Krylon pen. I placed the matted image onto a gold card and then threaded white and gold ribbon through a couple of slits I punched at the bottom of the card.




I had some multi-colored backgrounds laying around that I had made some time ago. I stamped the image onto the background with india black ink, cut the piece into a rectangular shape, and edged with a silver krylon pen.
I rummaged through my decorative card stock and found a piece that had colors that coordinated with the background and had a glittery gold embossed corner. Using an exacto knife I cut through part of the embossed corner, slid a corner of the stamped piece into it, and taped the rest of the image to the decorative card stock. Before attaching the matted piece onto the embossed purple card, I tore some blue mulberry paper pieces and attached them behind the matted piece. I edged the purple card with the silver krylon pen to complete the card.
You've gotta have this image!!! Chrissy

Egypt Mermaid

This beautiful mermaid comes from Plate #22 and is called Egypt Mermaid. I love her exotic look and fancy jewelry. I have also used this image and colored in the mid-drift part of the mermaid. It gives the image a totally different look.This image was colored using watercolor pencils with a blender pen. I double layered the image before mounting it on the card and added some flat black buttons as decor. I like how the tones in the image match the cardstock used. I guess to some it seems a little plain, but I sometimes like the image to be the eye-catching part of the card and the embellishments to take a back seat.

Have a great day all!

Holley

Customer Gallery Submission

Etha Schuette shares these pretty cards with us today. If you would like to have your cards featured in our gallery please send to Jennifer!

Light of my Path

©ching-chou kuik's Spring-Moony-Night

As much as I love the 'clean & simple' style, sometimes I love to play with bold, bright colors. Right now I am really loving the teal blues and oranges. Can you tell? With our Christmas blizzard which kept us house-bound, I was able to just sit and color. It took me a while to get back into the rhythm. But this beauty, ©ching-chou kuik's Spring-Moony-Night from Plate 22 literally inspired me to play with those bold, bright colors of Copic markers that I tend to shy away from. The card came together relatively quickly too.... scrap paper from my stash of scraps. The ribbon is recycled. It was part of the packaging from a gift journal. The sentiment is also from Plate 22 and as is the norm for me.... worked perfectly to hide a little 'oops'!

Have you seen the newest stamp release by ©ching-chou kuik's 'Fantasy Art Collection'? Absolutely beautiful! Make sure to head over to the Sweet Pea Stamp shop and check them out.

Thanks so much for stopping by! Don't forget to send us your creations with any of the Sweet Pea Stamps!

Cards using the Ching-Chou Kuik images

This oriental themed image is available on Sweet Pea plate #22. I love the pinks and blues so those are the colors I chose to paint this image with.... I used my Twinkling H2O's to do just that! I trimmed the image and mounted it onto decorative card stock that also seemed to have an oriental theme. Before selecting and attaching the next layer of matting I attached a silver dragonfly brad in the upper left and 2 flower petals with a colored brad in the lower left. I then mounted the decorative card stock piece onto a slightly larger pink metallic card stock. I selected a pink card and used a corner/photo punch in the lower right corner before inserting and attaching the matted piece to the front of the card.






I've always liked frogs!! Maybe that is what draws me to this image which is also available on Sweet Pea plate #22, along with the image used above, two other images, and 3 versatile verses.
I painted the image with Twinkling H2O's and a water brush and then trimmed close to the image.I chose colored card stock that would help bring out the colors I used to paint with. I trimmed the green cardstock slightly smaller than the gold card, leaving a little extra off the left side since I knew I wanted to add the ribbon. I punched both the right and left side of the green card stock with an EK success border punch that not only cut the zig zag pattern, but also embosses dashed lines along the edge. The decorative paper used under the image was given to me by a friend; it was a great addition to the card. And the ribbon, which I had purchased for autumn themed cards, was also a great match.
Have fun with these and all the other Sweet Pea stamps!!!
Chrissy

Fantasy Art Collection 3

These images are from the ching chou kuik Fantasy Art Collection sheet 3 - Plate #22. The images were stamped with black VersaColor ink, colored in with pencils and Copic Markers. The bases are mica card stock and the background papers are various pieces from my stash. Add a touch of bling with a Sakura Stardust pen, Queen and Co. rhinestones, ribbons, and Prima flowers finish them off.

 

 

Have a Mystical Birthday!

This beauty comes from ching-chou kuik's Fantasy Art Collection 3 (plate 22). I used the image to make a sweet birthday card, by adding one of the sayings which comes from Plate #22.

For this card I started with the ribbon, which had two shades of blue, yellow, a tiny amount of red and brown. Starting with those colors, I stamped the image with Memento black ink. I then used Copic markers to color the image. I double layered the image on dark blue and brown papers onto a light blue card. Then I added the saying. I really think this card would be good for a man or a woman.

Have a stamptastic day!

Holley

Connie-Wild One

Sweet Pea Stamps  (Plate #22)

Cardstock:  "Yam" by Bazzil Basics & "Safari Chic" by DCWV

Black rickrack & black cardstock (unknown)

Prima flower

Glitter brad by Oriental Trading

Sparkly glitter glue "Opal" by Sulyn

Tiny jewels by Basic Grey

Markers by Copic

Dies by Spellbinders "Standard Circles-small" and "Standard Circles-large"

Stardust glitter pen by Sakura

homemade glue dots

dimensional tape by 3M

Directions:

1)  Stamp lady image, color and trim out-set aside

2)  Make A2 base from Yam, layer black & yam & strip of safari chic

on left side.  Add strip of rickrack on right side of safari chic with glue dots.

3)  Cut circle from white scrap with small standard circle die and circle from

black cardstock scrap with large standard circle die, layer white over black.

4)  Adhere circles together and to card front.  Affix girl image in center of

circles with dimensional tape.

5)  Adhere flower with brad in image and add glitter glue to necklace.

6)  Adhere 3 small jewels on lower right corner of card with homemade glue dots.

*TIP*  Make-Your-Own Glue Dots Technique

(Supplies for Glue Dots)

Aleene's Tack-It-Over-And-Over Glue

Wax paper or Xyron release paper

Directions:

1)  Squeeze amounts of glue onto non-stick paper (a drop for tiny dots or more for bigger ones).

2)  Allow to dry overnight before using.

*These will be repositionable, will not harm paper and best of all:  you can make them any size you choose.

IMO there are times I need a small glue dot and have to settle for the wide flat ones, now I can make glue dots as tiny as I need!

Connie