Kym's Weekly Post - Sunday 2/3/14

Over at the One Sweet Challenge this month the topic is "scream for green".

Well this was certainly a challenge and a half to make as I really dislike the colour green and very rarely use it as a main colour for my cards.  The image I have used from Sweet Pea Stamps is by Conie Fong and is called "Puppy Love".  It is available as a digital stamp and a rubber stamp.

I have coloured the image in with my Promarkers for a change, used Tea Green for the sky and then added clouds with my blender pen and Ice Grey 1 and Ice Grey 2.  The backing papers are from Summertime Designs.  I have finished the card off with a ivy die-cut from a friend, organza ribbon bow, flowers won in some candy, lace, Craftwork Cards die-cut sentiment and some brads which I have had for years now.

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 Here is a card I have made using a Sweet Pea Stamps image by Ching-Chou Kuik called "Cherish Christmas".  It is available as a digital stamp, and a single rubber stamp.  

I have coloured my image in with my Graph'it pens.  The backing papers I was given.  I have finished the card off with a sentiment off the Perfect Companions Christmas CD, poinsettias, washi tape and pearls.

Kym's Weekly Post

Here is a card I have made using a Sweet Pea Stamps image by Ching-Chou Kuik called "One and only heart". It is available as a digital stamp and rubber stamp. 

I have coloured the image in with my Graph'it pens. The backing papers are from Summertime Designs. The flowers I have made from die-cutting flowers shapes from a book and then colouring the die-cuts with my Graph'it pens. I have inked around the edge of the layers with my Tim Holtz's Black Soot distress ink to keep in with the pink and black colour scheme. 

I have finished the card off with some raffia ribbon, Craftwork Cards die-cut sentiments and some pearls.

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Yes I know Christmas has come-and-gone for 2013 but I am determined to be more organised for 2014 so here is a card I have made using a Sweet Pea Stamps image by Ching-Chou Kuik called "Cherish Christmas". It is available as a digital stamp, and a single rubber stamp.

I have coloured my image in with my Graph'it pens. The backing papers I was given. I have finished the card off with a sentiment off the Perfect Companions Christmas CD, poinsettias, washi tape and pearls.

4 cards to share

I colored this image "Cherish Christmas" by ching chou kuiks at Sweet Pea Stamps (sheet #21/ Plate #60) and decided I wanted to cover it with some glossy accents to make it look like glass. As I set down to create a card for her I had this idea of creating a card that looks like a church. I remembered I had a stained glass embellishment and then it all started to come together. I added pop dots to the center piece the steeple part of the church to give dimension to the church.

I drew in the side stained glass windows and colored it with copics then went over it with some Twinkling H2o's and then added some liquid glossy accents over them. I cut out black strips and pop dotted them to create the steps of the church. The bushes under the windows are some Vellum stickers that were actually trees that I cut and layered with pop dots to add dimension.
Here is a close-up of the image, stained glass and shrubs.

Here is a pic of the shine from the glossy accents.

I also added some yellow silky rope/twine around the steeple ( center part of the card) just to give it that finished look and it also hides the pop dots when looking at it from the side.

Well I hope this inspired you to get creative with your next card and do something different!!

I really love how this card turned out!! This Christmas card will go to someone special to me..My Mom!! She'll love it!!

For this card I used one of the New BIG Elaine Cox Halloween images called "Twilight Halloween" at Sweet Pea Stamps. These images are so much bigger than all the other Sweet Pea Stamps. My card is a 5.5 x 5.5 , so you can tell how big this image is. Supplies:
Stamp:"Twilight Halloween" Elaine Cox at Sweet Pea Stamps
Ink: Memento Tuxedo
Paper: Basic Grey "eerie", Bright green and black CS, the image was stamped on Neenah Solar Crest White CS
Accessories: EKSuccess Big Bat border punch, Prima Flowers, Flower punches, Making Memories Metal tag, silver adhesive pearls
Copics: E11, R01,E01,E00,E000, R22, R20
Clothes:YR09,YR07,YR04,Y38, G28,G14,G07,G08,FYG2,YG25,YG03 and YG01
Hair and gloves: C9,C7,C5,C3,C1
Tree: E47,E57,E35,E33,E31,E30,E29
Background: BV04,BV20,BV23,BV11,BV31,BV00,V01,V000
Moon: Y04,Y00, E50,E51,Y32
Look at this Elaine Cox( Starry Halloween) image from Sweet Pea Stamps!!!!!!! Isn't it just gorgeous??? This image is HUGE!! I have her on a 6x6 card, so you can tell how big it is. I had the hardest time trying to get a decent pic of my card.. it is so much prettier in person. Sometimes pics just don't show the true beauty of someone artwork. I love that I was able to get so much dimension in her dress with my copics.

I used some Basic Grey eerie DP and circle chipboard. I used my new EKSuccess Big Spiderweb border punch. I love the bigger border punches they will be perfect for my Scrapbook pages

For this one I used one of Samantha Rawlings images at Sweet Pea Stamps and the name of this image is "Lil' Witch" sheet #2 Plate #62. I think she is so cute with her one eye showing!! The artist of this images is only 18 yrs old and she draws some of the cutest images.

I used some DCWV DP and a Creative Memories Jack-o-Lantern Die cut that I have had over 9 yrs..Talk about old. I added a pumpkin paper clip.

Thanks for stopping by and I hope you all have a wonderful day!!

A Bevy of Beauties...

Ok, so the title phrase has been stuck in my head for a couple weeks now so if I use it somehow maybe it will go away....so here is my bevy of beauties:

This is a card I made for a challenge - the theme was Aloha -  the image is from the ching-chou kuik collection and is title Kimono Butterfly Mermaid. And what is more perfect than a memaid sitting on the shore in the evening light to say aloha? She was colored with pencils.

This next card was from last month's Sketch Challenge at Stamper's Quest. The image is Elaine Cox's Pirate Captain Mermaid:

And this one is for Stamper's Quest monthly theme: Reflections. It features ching-chou kuik's Cherish Christmas. I invite you to visit Stampers Quest where I have a tutorial for creating the technique!

Hope you have a great weekend! j

Cherish Christmas

Recently Connie posted a project using the Mosaic Tile technique and it really inspired me. This is the sixth card I have made and am really addicted. This week I have used the technique on the ching-chou kuik's Cherish Christmas image from one of the most recent plates.

For starters I stamped the image and colored it with Copics, this image for some reason is pretty daunting to me when it comes to coloring....anyway after wards I picked out my mat, cut it .5" larger the the image and began cutting it up and gluing it down.

After I have the pieces arranged, I then take Diamond Glaze and give each piece a light coating and allow the image to dry overnight (well actually I touch it, first, in the middle of a piece, it sticks to my finger and I have to add some more glaze, sigh).

Then the image is ready for the card! Hope you enjoy it!