Autumn Harvest

I hope that you all are having a very creative week. This is my first project for the week and I would like to introduce you to one of Ching Chou Kuik’s digis, Autumn Harvest. This beautiful image is also available in rubber. Search for Plate #57.

Autumn Harvest was colored with Copics and trimmed with Spellbinder’s A2 Curved Matting Basics B. For more depth I added Distress Ink in Frayed Burlap, Spiced Marmalade, and Seedless Preserves, to the border.

Copics used:

Skin: E000, E11, E13, R20

Hair: E50, E53, E43, E57, E49

Other:

BV20, BV23, BV25

G21, G24, G29

Y08, Y19

YR00, YR02, YR12, YR15, YR18

W0, W00, W1, W2

Colorless Blender

I added the butterfly as an afterthought.  Now that I am looking at it photographed, I think that I needed to add something darker to the edges. The butterfly was cut with Cheery Lynn’s Exotic Butterfly Small #2. I colored it with DI in Spiced Marmalade and Seedless Preserves.

The backdrop for Autumn Harvest is Spellbinder’s Locking Loops. I love the Oriental feel of this die. The bling and flowers are from my stash.

Sweet Pea Stamps has some new Ching Chou Kuik’s digis. Don’t you need to go shopping? I know that I do. Thanks for stopping by.

Aletha Jane

SPS Design Team

The Silentness

The Silentness is a ching-chou kuik image that I love to use for horizontal cards.  She just looks so peaceful and is such fun to color.  The Silentness  can be purchased individually in rubber or digi or the full plate #57 in rubber with three other amazing images!

Get Inky!
Alex

Autumn Harvest

Here's a stunning ching chou kuik image called Autumn Harvest. I just love it. I colored her in rich fall colors of purple and blue and then found matching cardstock to go with it. I had a wonderful fall theme embellishment set with beautiful autumn leaves and pumpkin accents.
It also came with a paper-clip with the word "Fall" on it. I clipped it to the top of my colored image and added a highlight behind it. The shimmery papers all sparkle in the light. This stamp is called Autumn harvest and it is sold individually or on Plate #57. Wishing everyone a very Happy Thanksgiving this year. I bet you can all guess what my favorite thanksgiving item is (*hint it's shown in the stamp). Yep, it's pumpkin. Pumpkin ANYTHING--pumpkin pie, pumpkin cheesecake, pumpkin cookies, pumpkin bagels, pumpkin muffins, ....ahhhh BRING IT ON!

Have a wonderful holiday! Cheers all, Holley

Multi coloured blocking

I've had so much fun playing with today's card. It's a technique I've never used before I think and I came up with it all on my own (although I had inspiration) I'm proud of it and thought I'd share it with you.

If you're not very happy with your colouring of the sweetpea images  - you don't have to be! There are so many ways to use your stamps and this is one of them.

I started by inking different stamps in different bold coloured inks on white paper and embossing them with clear embossing powder. After the powder has cooled off I inked the whole image with a contrasting colour with a direct-to-paper technique (which means you dab the inkpad directly on the paper) When I was happy with the result I wiped the images to remove any ink that was left on the raised embossed part. This will make the images pop. Finally I cut out different sized blocks and mounted them together. I added the little ribbon and bow to add some more interest to the card.

It's a super easy technique and I hope you'll give it a go. All you need is some embossable inks (I used small versacolor) and some clear embossing powder. Have fun!

Images used:
ching chou kuik: Seahorse plate 79
ching chou kuik: cheshire cat illusion plate 41
ching chou kuik: autumn harvest plate 57
Elaine Cox plate 102
Meredith Dillman: peacock fairy plate 76
Nikki Burnette: Tulsa
Sentiment: plate 30

Little Stars Witch

Happy Halloween! Continuing with my love of the season, I am making another Halloween theme card. This cute witch was designed by artist Elaine Cox and is called Little Stars Witch. She comes on a wonderful plate (plate #59) full of Halloween images along with adorable owl images that are good for all sorts of themes.The wonderful saying on this card comes from another sheet of Elaine Cox stamps, plate #67, to go with the saying, I added some adorable dimensional black cat stickers and some bling that was sparkly and black as well as some glitter on the cats and some bling to the flowers. Hope you have a wonderful time making your own Halloween cards!
Cheers, Holley

I Miss You

I have a super quick post for you today. I love this new image from Sweet Pea Stamps. These images are SO much fun to color. This particular image is called The Silentness and I think she's gorgeous. I colored the image with copics, then added Stardust Stickles (my fave, I love the sparkle). Next I created my card base out of SU cardstock. My DP is from The Paper Co. (I got it at Michael's). I added a bow, pearls, and roses from Wild Orchid Crafts. The sentiment is also from Sweet Pea Stamps. What do you think?

Well, thanks so much for stopping by. Have a wonderful day! :)

Hugs, Christine :)

Autumn Harvest

Hello! Today I have used a gorgeous new image by ching-chou kuik called Autumn Harvest! I colored her with Copics and used some corner and edge punches for a little interest. I did not use a sentiment because I like to have a few blank cards for any occasion that might pop up. This one could easily be a birthday card or a thank you card (or several other things) just by whatever sentiment I put on the inside.

The Details:
Stamp: Autumn Harvest - ching-chou kuik's Fantasy Art Collection (sheet 20, Plate 57) - Sweet Pea Stamps
Paper: Bo Bunny, Basic Black, Whisper White (SU), White for image (Papertrey Ink)
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black
Copics:
Skin: R00,E00,E11,E13,R20
Hair: E02,E08,E09,E18
Grapes:V04,V06,V09,FV2
Clothes:YG21,YG23,YG25,YG17,V04,V06,FV2
Pumpkins: YR14,E08,E25
Misc: Martha Stewart Edge and Border Punch, KaiserKraft Pearls, Sakura Glaze Pen, Darice Gems, Corner Rounder (SU)

:-)Traci

Not Just a Pumpkin

Hi! I think ching-chou kuik's witch images are my very favorite of hers! And since Halloween is my favorite time of year, I decided it's never too early for a Halloween card! This card is very simple - 1 Designer Paper, 2 Colors of Cardstock with one embossed for interest, 1 Ribbon and some slight ink distressing.

The Details:
Stamp: Not Just a Pumpkin - chiong-chou kuik's Fantasy Art Collection (sheet 20, Plate 57) - Sweet Pea Stamps
Paper: Graphic 45 (Halloween in Wonderland), Really Rust, Basic Black 9SU), White (Papertrey Ink)
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Antique Linen and Walnut Stain Distress Inks
Copics:
Skin: R00,E00,E11,E13,R20
Hair: C3,C5,C7,C9
Clothes: YR04,E08,E09,V04,V15,V09
Tails:C3,C5,C7,YG25,G05,G09
Background: B91,B93,B95,B97,B99
Misc: Sizzix Tim Holtz Embossing Folder, Ribbon (Offray)

Have a Wonderful Day!
:-)Traci

I Have been BUSY!!!!

I have 5 cards to show you and this first one I used Kimno Butterfly Mermaid sheet #19/Plate #54 at Sweet Pea Stamps. I colored her with copics (so bright and pretty) I really love the way this one turned out. I used 2 different DP's, one has small butterflies on it and them over it I added a vellum sheet with bigger Butterflies on it. The BIG butterflies on this card was a gift from my blogging friend Rellz!! She sent me alot of beautiful embellishments.

I added some tree branches that I made from a die. The sentiment is also from a ching chou kuiks Sweet Pea Stamps set.

Here is a close up!!

Here is my second card!!!

I used Not Just A Pumpkin ching chou kuiks image Sheet#20/ Plate #57 from Sweet Pea Stamps. The DP is from a fall DCWV stack, I also added some dark plum purple CS. The sentiment is a sticker that I added a black pearl to either side of it. I also randomly added some orange bling. The die on either side of the image is a spellbinders die

3rd card
This is Dreamy Sand Castle by Elaine Cox Sheet #7/Plate #52 at Sweet Pea Stamps.

I had a blast coloring her!! Every time I color a new Elaine Cox image I love them even more!!!
Here is a close up!!

Stamps: Dreamy Sand Castle by Elaine Cox at Sweet Pea Stamps, Sentiment from Sweet Pea Stamps.
Paper: DCWV and Heidi Grace, brown and aqua CS PTI, Image was stamped on

Neenah Solar Crest White CS

Accessories: Cuttlebug corner Die, Water Splashes Die Quickuts,

Fiskars water wave border punch, foam tape, Liquid Accents added to splashes and her tail fin.

COPICS:

Skin:E13,E11,E02,E01,E00,E000

Cheeks: R20,R83

Hair: E18,E17,E15,E37,E09,E08,E07,E53

Tail: BG75,BG72,BG000,BG0000

Water: B0000,B000,B00,B32,B23,B21

Sun: Y0000,Y11,Y04,Y06,FYG1,YR31

Sky:B00,B60,BV31,B23,B21, BV11,RV000

Sand:E40,E41,E43,E33,E35,

Here is my 4th card usingBlue Nocturne by Elaine Cox for Sweet Pea Stamps( the sentiment is from a ching chou kuiks set at Sweet Pea Stamps). I wanted to color her in bright pinks. I have had this card made for quite awhile now. Here are the colors I used for her hair...RV09,RV06,RV04,RV02,RV00, 0 colorless blender.
Other supplies, Fiskars Border punch, Sizzlets corner die, flowers from Wild Orchid Crafts and those beautiful pins are from my Blogging Friend Rellz!! Thank you Rellz!!

And here is my 5th card. I created these a while ago and if I don't post more than one at a time you'll never get to see all my cards!!
This adorable beautiful image is Magical Springtime by Elaine Cox sheet #52 and you can get your's at Sweet Pea Stamps.

Here is a close up

I used some Making Memories DP and ribbon. I colored her with copics and cut her out and attached her with foam tape. I added a big Prima green flowed and the rest I purchased at Wild Orchid Crafts.

Copics used

Skin: E13,E11,E01,E00,RV21,RV02,RV00

Hair: C9,C7,C5,C3,C1,0

Clothes:

Pinks: RV23,RV21,RV13,RV02,RV00,RV000

Greens: YG03,YG06,G40,G20(added G14 to eyes as darkest color)

I told you I've been busy!! Make sur eyou go and check out the sales in the store HERE, as Lynette has some that are 50% off.

The Silentness

As a mom- the name of this stamp "The Silentness" just sounds fabulous to me. I can imagine a million different things.

However, The Silentness is an image drawn by ©ching-chou kuik's for Sweet Pea Stamps Fantasty Art Collection. This beautiful sentiment is also on the same plate #57 with the image.



I created this card in the same manner as most others. I selected the image, them the paper then began to color. Once that was finished, I just began to put it together and see where I ended up. I did refer to a sketch to start this time. I have this card sitting on my mantel, and am enjoying looking at it. I will put it in my next box of cards to Operation Write Home, but until then, I am just enjoying the peacefulness it gives off.

Checkbook Cover (a project I'm keeping!)

Sorry this is such a huge post, but I wanted to be sure you could see what I had going here. I am so excited about how this turned out! I have used a hand stamped checkbook cover for ages and needed a new one. I am in love with so many of the new Ching Chou Kuik images so I grabbed a couple I thought worked really well for this. I will share a link to the checkbook cover vendor I used, but please know there are others...this is just the one I found first.

Supplies used on this project:
Images-Autumn Harvest and The Silentness, Sweet Pea Stamps
Papers-white Couture card stock, DP Bo Bunny "Jazmyne", "Jazmyne Mist" and "Jazmyne Plush", pale plum and elegant eggplant Stampin Up card stock
Copics-
Skintones-yr0000, e000, e01, e21
Autumn Harvest (left image)
Hair-e99, e09, e29
Eyes-bg05, bg07, v000, v01
Dress-v01, v12, v15, v09, v17
Grapes/vine-y95, yg97, v09
Pumpkins-yg18, e07
Sunflowers-e33, e35, y08, y21
Outline shading-w1, w3, w5
The Silentness (right image)
Hair-y21, yr23, e34
Background-b21, v01
Flowers/greenery-g24, b23, rv19, v17
Eyes-b00, bg01, b05, b16
Misc-vinyl checkbook cover (link), purple Prima flowers, Martha Stewart leaf punch, Smooch "illuminate" (for wings) and "cherry chocolate" (for grapes), Stickles "crystal" for wings and dress, chalk for cheeks

Connie-The Silentness

I have been itching to get this stamp by ching-chou kuik inked for some time now.

I stamped it with Tuxedo Black ink and colored with Copics.

Then punched a 1 inch circle, masked a sun and sponged dye inks for the background.

I cut the mat from a silvery cardstock with my Creative Memories cutting system

and mounted it together.

But I felt it still needed something....

I stamped the word from plate #54, added a pillow sticker by K & Company and some small gems by Kaiser.

Still needs more......

I stamped one of the wings on a scrap of vellum and cut a little tab which I folded

beneath for dimension and to attach it as well.  It pops up very nicely

but of course my scanner is squashing it flat.

I added 3 tiny black gems in a corner and figured

I better quit before I overloaded it.

You can see the newest Sweet Pea stamps by clicking:

HERE

There are a number of totally beautiful images that just came out so be sure to check them out!

Thanks for stopping by!

Connie

Little Black Unicorn

Do not adjust the color of your screen. My little black unicorn is white :).

This is one of the newer images by Elaine Cox for Sweet Pea Stamps and is part of Plate #55 and I think it is so sweet. I colored her to coordinate with the background paper. I wanted some texture so ran the circle through the cuttlebug and distressed it with some light blue chalk ink. It is rather glaring in the photo, but in reality the felt heart matches the pink in the unicorn's main and tail. I wish the picture was more accurate. Evidently I need to learn some new photography techniques for felt! The sentiment is from Plate #57.

-Alex-