Mag - Thousand Years Waiting

Hi everyone !

Here is a card with a lovely
Ching-Chou Kuik's stamp
"Thousand Years Waiting"
This card took the plane for the USA few days ago :)

Ching-Chou Kuik's Thousand Years Waiting from plate 30
Bazzill and Basic Grey papers
Martha Stewart Border Punch Deco Shell
Wild Craft Orchids Flowers
Prima Swirls Say It In Cristals and Studs

Copics used :
Skin : E000, E01, E11, R20
Hair : C1, C3, C5, C7
Clothes : R81, R83, R85, G21, G24, G28, B32, B34, B37, B39

Big Hugs

Mag ;)

Pink Beauty

Here's a stunning image from Plate #25 of ching chou kiuk's fantasy art collection. She's called Come Softly. She is so beautiful and would look wonderful in almost any color combination.

This card uses a mica card base which is a beautiful shimmery cardstock. It shines in the light and is just a beautiful background for this stamp. I had decided to color her mostly pink so I selected an assortment of simple pink embellishments to go with the image: prima flowers, basic grey brads, Queens&Co pearls, pink ribbon, and some purple skittles. The image was colored with copic markers and mounted using pop dots to give extra dimension.

Cheers, Holley

ching-chou kuik's Fantasy Art Collection #12

NEW! ching-chou kuik's Fantasy Art Collection, sheet #12, plate #41

on sale through March 24th

Begins shipping March 25th

'Mad Tea Party' card created by design team member, Randi

'Enchanting Gold' card created by design team member, Jennifer


'Cheshire Cat' card created by design team member, Traci

'Coral Immersion' card created by design team member, Alex

It's My Birthday

Hey it's Angela here to show you a card I created with It's My Birthday from ching chou kuik's fantasy art collection sheet #1/ plate#20. These are not colors I create with often but I wanted to try something a little different. So I went for more of a summer look. Wit all the cold weather and snow we have all had this year, I wanted something to remind me that warmer weather is right around the corner.

I hope she warms you up as much as she has me when I was coloring and creating this card. The card base itself is 5.5 x 5.5. So you can see that the orange scalloped circle(Memory Boutique) is a little bigger than a 6x6 card. But I just loved the orange color of this and was going to try to make it work. I am pretty happy with the way it turned out. The image was Stamped on Georgia Pacific CS(I already had this image stamped before I started using PTI White CS "Paper Trey Ink" which I prefer to use now) colored with copics and then I added some glitter glue to the stars and her tail. I also added more shimmer with come spica pens and sakura pens. The chipboard swirls are by Colorbok, that I cover in white pigment CTMH ink and then covered them in some Martha Stewart fine white glitter. I also colored the little prima flowers with my copics to match the colors in the image. I added some yellow bling to the centers of the flowers and a circle bling by Me and My Big ideas around the big yellow flower. I hope I this inspired you to try something different.

Copics Used:

Skin: E000,E00,E11,R20,RV02
Hair: E47,E50,E51,E53,E55
Oranges: YR09,YR07,YR04
Yellows: Y17, Y08,Y06,Y11,Y0000
Blue Greens: BG13,BG11,BG10,BG000,BG000
Greens(Tail)- YG25, YG03, G05

Connie-Un-Stamping Technique with Love Is Blind

I used a cool "un-stamping" technique with this card containing images from Sweet Pea plate #7 "Love Is Blind."  You can see the entire plate HERE

1)  Stamp image with Memento ink

2)  Color only the part you will be removing color from

3)  Pour small amount of blending solution in plastic lid and

dab with Tim Holtz applicator then apply to "busy" stamp

4)  Place alcohol-ed stamp over original stamped image and

press down as if stamping (this removes color)

5)  Repeat if necessary-embellish and finish as desired

My sample uses Sweet Pea Stamps image.  I colored the dress with a

Copic marker, then removed color partially to create sense of pattern

by over-stamping with alcohol blending solution which removed some of 

the marker.

For this technique you will need alcohol-based markers.  The

blending solution removes the alcohol marker color in the design

or depth of your "busy" stamp for a cool textured effect.

**Important**  Only color that portion of your image that you will be removing

color from as the blending solution removes any alcohol-based ink.  You can color the rest after

you have done steps 3-5.

ching-chou kuik's Fantasy Art Collection- Sheet #12

card created by design team Randi

(see the rest of sheet #12 on Friday, March 12th)

Lady(s) in Red

Today I am sharing three cards with the same theme - it wasn't something I planned but just worked out that way while I was coloring images. Hope you enjoy them!

Thousand Years Waiting:

Nostalgia:

Fairy of the Night:

Fly Butterfly

This is the image named Fly Butterfly from the ching-chou kuik's Fantasy Art Collection. The sentiment is from Plate #25. I really love the sentiments that are on each of these different plates and how well the work with all of the different images or even just on their own.

I hope you are all sending in your creations for our customer challenges. I know that customer week is my FAVORITE one each month. I love seeing what you all create with the Sweet Pea Stamps!

NEW Elaine Cox's Sheet #3 (Plate 40) Owls

NEW!!!! Plate #40, sheet #3 from Elaine Cox's Collection

shipping begins March 22nd

on sale through March 18th

To order plate 40, go here

'Blushing Violet Fairy' card created by design team member Mag

'Little Oak Tree Owl' card created by design team member Katarina

'Brown Hat Owl Fairy' card created by design team member Randi

'Owl Pals' card created by design team member Angela

Masked Fairy in Green (Or Rust and Brown!)....

Hello! Today I have made a card using the gorgeous Masked Fairy in Green from ching-chou kuiks Fantasy Art Collection (sheet 9 plate 33). I have colored her with Copics and given her a little sparkle on her wings with a Clear Spica glitter pen, on her jewelry with a Gold Spica glitter pen, and on her mask with Stardust Stickles. I did a little ink distressing around the edges of the Designer Paper and added some faux stitching. For the final touch I used Golden Brown Scribbles 3D paint to make little faux pearls around the edges of the picture. The Scribbles paint did not settle into as pretty of a pearl shape as Liquid Pearls seems to, but it's what I had in brown! One trick I have learned is to tap the underside of your cardstock after you apply paint to be faux pearls. It helps it "settle" so you don't have those Dairy Queen ice cream cone tops on the tip!

The Details:
Stamp: Masked Fairy In Green - ching-chou Kuik's Fantasy Art Collection - Sweet Pea Stamps
Paper: My Mind's Eye, Dark Chocolate, White (Paper Trey Ink)
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Walnut Stain Distress Ink
Copics:
Skin: R00,E00,E11,E13,R20
Hair:E02,E07,E08,E18
Dress:R02,R05,R08,E07,E44,E47,E49
Wings: Y17,YR15,YR16,YR18,E07
Mask and Background: YG21,YG23,YG25,BG10,BG11,BG32,BG13
Misc: Spellbinders Nestabilities Scalloped Rectangle, Golden Brown Scribbles 3D Paint, Atyou Spica glitter pens in Clear and Gold, Stardust Stickles.

I hope you have a Magical Day!
:-)Traci