Silk Dance

I have been having a lot of fun revisiting some of the earlier Sweet Pea Stamps, especially those in the ching chou kuiks Fantasy Art Collection.

This one is called Silk Dance and is part of Plate #54.  As to be expected, every image on the plate is wonderful.  I paired the image with some paper from the Authentique Gathering.  Added a wide ribbon and some soft brads.  I love the water and earth feel of these colors all together.

Get Inky!

Alex

Customer Gallery Submission: Colleen Dewis

Colleen shares her beautiful cards today.

ching chou kuik's Silk Dance:

ching chou kuik's Kimono Butterfly Mermaid:

ching chou kuik's Autumn Harvest:

ching chou kuik's Lotus Trio:

ching chou kuik's Not Just a Pumpkin:

ching chou kuik's Moonlight Siren:

Customer Gallery Submission: Narelle Harrison

Narelle shares her beautiful artwork today.

ching-chou kuik's Shining On:

Elaine Cox Little Jasmine Mermaid:

ching-chou kuik's Inner Tender:

ching-chou kuik's Red Hearts:

ching-chou kuik's Restless Thoughts:

ching-chou kuik's Silk Dance:

ching-chou kuik's Kimono Butterfly Mermaid:

Angela, Silk Dance ,Coral Immersion, The Dragonfly and Fox Allure

I created 4 cards I wanted to share with you. This first one is called Silk Dance by ching chou kuik's Sheet #19/Plate #54 at Sweet Pea Stamps.

The DP is from Glitz Design called Diva Licious. I used the Spellbinders Classic Frame Die to create my frame and covered it pink glitter glue. I drew in alittle more of her tail and her hip and leg area. Then I cut her out and attached her with foam tape. I added some Black bling swirls and some Wild Orchid Craft roses that I added some glitter glue and glitter to.

This picture shows some of the depth I created with her.
Copics:

Skin: E11,E01,E00,E000,RV02,RV00

Black shades: C9,C7,C5,C3,C01,C0

Pink Shades: RV09,RV06,RV04,RV02,RV00,RV000

Here is my second card I created. I have had these image colored for over 2 months and finally sit down to create with her. This image is called Coral Immersion by ching chou kuiks sheet #12/ plate #41 at Sweet Pea Stamps. I used some In My Minds Eye DP that I cut out the circle and flowers and attached them to some dark coral CS then I used my sewing machine to add the stitching around the edge of the card. I added some Fiskars cream bubble dots and the sentiment is from another ching chou kuiks set.

It has been so hot and sunny here, that I decided to take these pictures outside. I finished these early this morning before I went to bed for the night, as I usually take my pictures at night. Only because by the time I get my creation finished its dark outside. I really like the way they look when I can take the pics outside.

Another view!!

Copics Used:

Skin: E11,E01,E00, E51,E51,R22,R20,R11

Eyes: B05,B12,B0000

Hair: E50,E51,E53,E55

Coral Reds: R29,R27,R24,R22,R20,R11

Background: BG02,BG01,BG000,BG0000

For this card I used " The Dragonfly" circle stamp by ching chou kuiks at Sweet Pea Stamps. I love these new circle stamps!!

I used some K&Company Dp, MS border punch, flower from Wild Orchid Crafts, the decorative part around the image was created with a small die from on of my Spellbinders Pendant dies. I added some gold bling to the die around the image and some gold Organdy ribbon. The was colored with copics and I used and orange sakura glitter pen. I used a new skin colored combo, well to me it's new (R30,R01,R00,R0000). Hair (E07,E08,E09,E19,E18,E51) Background(Y21,Y23,YR32,E50,E51)

Here is my 4th card. I had the hardest time getting a good picture.. this was the best I could get. I used Fox Allure for this card and she is available as a single or you can get her in a set with 3 other images( Sheet #22/ Plate #64) at Sweet Pea Stamps.

For this card I used some old Basic Grey DP, American Crafts brown CS, My Minds Eye orange DP, Kraft CS that I inke with distressing inks for the frame for my image. I added some Prima leaves and the roses are from Wild Orchid Crafts. I also added some Orange bling and some felt flower looking things.

Copics used:

Skin:E50,E51,E01,R81,RV00,E17 lips

Hair: E42,E41,E40

Leaves and Clothes: YR09,YR18,YR14,YR65,YR07,YR04, E49,E47,E57,E25

Background:E50,E51,E53,E55

Fox- W00,W1,W3,C1

Hey don't forget to match up the DT's Baby pictures with our DT members. Note!! Each DT member has a clue somewhere on their blog to help you guess who is who. One lucky person who gets all of them right will win a whole set of stamps. Thats 4 images and 1 or 2 sentiments.

It will end on Sept 2.

Silk Dance

I love the way Silk Dance has her tail behind her as a background and it is a fairly open image for the ©ching-chou kuik's FantasyArt Collection. After deciding which background paper I wanted to use I then determined what colors to use for Silk Dance. Probably 85% of the time I decide my image colors after I select my background papers. I often don't decide color placement until I am in the process, but I pull out everything that matches or coordinates from which to select. I am LOVING the hair and think that a coral color is unique appropriate for a mermaid. I wanted this to be a birthday card and went through my fabulous set of sentiments from Sweet Pea Stamps. I finally decided on the one here from Plate #2. While doing so I decided that Plate #2 was one I needed to pull out and play with again. It is just so pretty!

Customer Gallery Submission: Pascale

Pascale shares her beautiful creations.

Elaine Cox's Thumbelina:

ching-chou kuik's Puppet Angel in the Circus:

ching-chou kuik's Silk Dance and Moonlight Siren:

ching-chou kuik's Spring Spread:

ching-chou kuik's Aloha: