Ching-Chou Kuik Inspiration Post - Sapphire

Good Morning and welcome to my last inspiration post of the month for Ching-Chou Kuik. This week I have used the gorgeous Sapphire and made an extra large (7.5 inch square) card for my best friend's daughter who went off to university last weekend, so hopefully she has received this already. She is training to become a primary school teacher and has named me as one of her inspirations in doing so! How lovely is that?! I wanted to give her a little card just to wish her lots of luck.

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Recipe:

Stamps: Sapphire by Ching-Chou Kuik, Mega Mixed Messages by Papertrey Ink

Papers: Marina Mist, Crumb Cake, Subtles DSP (Retired) & Twinkles DSP (Retired) all from Stampin' Up, Super Smooth Card from That Craft Place

Inks: Marina Mist from Stampin' Up, Copic Markers, Silver Star & Clear Star Gelly Roll Pens

Accessories: Doily from stash, Flowers from The Range & Wild Orchid Crafts, Stamens from Wild Orchid Crafts, Gems & Butterflies all from Poundland, Ribbon & Lace both from Brenda's Lace & Ribbons, Oval Floral dies from Spellbinders, Cheesecloth from The Ribbon Girl

Copics Used:
Skin - E000, E00, E21, E11, E04, R20, R30
Hair - E42, E43, E44
Eyes - BG05, BG07
Lips - R27, R29
Bottom Skirt - B14, B16, B06, B18
Top Skirt - B01, B12, B14
Beads - B37
Rose - B91, B93, B95, YG63, YG67

And that's all from me for this post folks! Thanks for stopping by and don't forget to pop on over to the Ching-Chou Kuik Inspiration and challenge blog and check out all the other DTs' gorgeous projects this week and why not join in our challenge Fall/ Fall Colours/ Pumpkins, whilst you are there too?!


Whimsy Stamps Inspiration Post - Open Different Doors...

Good Morning and welcome to another of my inspiration posts for Whimsy Stamps for this month. This time I decided to create a page for my quotes journal using the Fantasy Sheet 1 and Fantasy Sheet 2 as I loved the sentiment Tracy has included. I also used the Enchanted Garden digital papers.



Recipe:

Stamps: Fantasy Sheet 1 & Fantasy Sheet 2 both from Whimsy Stamps

Papers: Chocolate Chip from Stampin' Up, Enchanted Garden Papers from Whimsy Stamps, Super Smooth Card from That Craft Place

Inks: Copic Markers

Accessories: Chocolate Chip Ribbon (Retired) from Stampin' Up

Copics Used:
Stones - W3, W5, W6
Flowers - V05, V12, V22, V25, RV17, RV19, RV52, RV59, R43, RV55, Y08, YR15, YR04, YR09, B63, B69, BG53, BG45, YG13
Mushroom - R32, R35, R37, E43, E44
Top Door - E35, E37, E39
Middle Door - e44, E47, E49
Bottom Door - G21, G24, G28
Grass - YG63, YG67, G05

And that's all from me for this post folks! Thanks for stopping by and don't forget to pop on over to the Whimsy Stamps and Inspiration Group on Facebook and check out all the other fabulous projects from the rest of the DT this week.


The Paper Shelter Challenge #310 - Make It Digital

Good Morning everyone and welcome to my post for the new challenge from The Paper Shelter. This week the challenge is called Make It Digital, so we would like to see your digital creations. You could use a digi stamp, digi papers, digi colouring and so on.

I have used the adorable Treasure Hunt and combined the image and background paper in my paint program and then printed onto card so I could colour the image using my Copics. I kept this card fairly simple - just 1 layer, which is unusual for me. I just added a sentiment and a few gems to it.


Recipe:

Stamps: Treasure Hunt from The Paper Shelter, Signature Series: Dress Form from Papertrey Ink

Papers: Pacific Point & Soft Suede both from Stampin' Up, Super Smooth Card from That Craft Place

Inks: Pacific Point from Stampin' Up, Copic Markers

Accessories: Pacific Point Ribbon (Retired) from Stampin' Up, Gems from Poundland

Copics Used:
Skin - E000, E00, E21, E11, E04, R20, R30
Hair - Y21, Y23, Y32, Y26
Eyes - YG06, YG13
Lips - R20, R21
Hat & Boots - W5, W6, W7, W8
Shirt - R24, R27, R29, R39
Trousers - E13, E15, E18
Belt - E84, E87, E89
Buckle & End of Scabbard - YR21, YR23, YR24
Scabbard - C5, C7, C9
Bracelet - B02, B06
Treasure Chest - E33, E35, E39, E37, YR21, YR23, YR24
Map - E30, E31, E34, YG06, YG13, B000, B00, B02
Parrot - B02, B04, B05, R27, Y17, Y19, YR14, YR16
Shovel - E25, E27, E29, C3, C5, C7

And that's all from me for this post folks! Thanks for stopping by and don't forget to pop on over to the Paper Shelter Challenge blog and check out all the other fabulous creations from the DT and why not join in the fun whilst you are there too?! As always there are some amazing prizes to be won!

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Ching Chou Kuik Inspiration Post - Spring Night

Good morning everyone and welcome to my inspiration post for Ching-Chou Kuik this week. Today I am using the gorgeous Spring Night from the Spring Mermaid & Fairy set. I was going to use a different image originally but as the DT were challenged to create our own backgrounds I thought that this mermaid image would work better with a bubbles background. I used my Dutch Doobadoo stencils to create 2 different patterns in varying shades of aqua.

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Recipe:

Stamps: Spring Night from Spring Mermaid & Fairy Set by Ching-Chou Kuik, Little Mermaids by The Greeting Farm

Papers: Tempting Turquoise, Pool Party & Pear Pizzazz all from Stampin' Up, Super Smooth Card from That Craft Place

Inks: Tempting Turquoise, Soft Sky & Pool Party all from Stampin' Up, Copic Markers

Accessories: Tempting Turquoise Ribbon (Retired) from Stampin' Up, Gems from Papermania, Seaweed Die from eBay, Wavy Stripes & Bubbles Stencils both from Dutch Doobadoo

Copics Used:
Skin - E000, E00, E21, E11, E04, R20, R30
Hair - V12, V04, V05, V06, V09
Eyes - YG21, YG25
Lips - V22, V25, V28
Top - BG72, BG75, BG78
Tail - V12, V15, V17, BG02, BG05, BG07
Big leaf - YG05, YG07, YG09
Flowers - G02, G05, G28, Y13, Y15, Y18
Sea - B00, B01, B02, B04, B05
Sun & Sky - Y32, Y35, Y38, YR12, YR14, YR15, YR16

And that's all from me for this post folks! Thanks for stopping by and don't forget to pop on over to the Ching-Chou Kuik Inspiration and Challenge blog and check out all the other fabulous projects from the DT this week and why not join in our monthly challenge, Fall/ Fall Colours/ Pumpkins, whilst you are there?!

Whimsy Stamps September Challenge - Anything Goes

Good Morning and welcome to this month's challenge for Whimsy Stamps. Our challenge this month is as always an Anything Goes challenge!

I have used the adorable Penguin Apple Bushel along with the pretty Summer Smoothie Papers. I also used a retired rubber stamp set for the sentiment (I have loads of rubber sentiment sets, which I love, but unfortunately they tend to be retired now, so I must buy myself some new ones!).

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Recipe:

Stamps: Penguin Apple Bushel & Treasured Moments Tickets (Retired) both from Whimsy Stamps

Papers: Real Red & Old Olive both from Stampin' Up, Summer Smoothie Digital Papers from Whimsy Stamps, Super Smooth Card from That Craft Place

Inks: Real Red from Stampin' Up, Copic Markers

Accessories: Old Olive Ribbon (Retired) from Stampin' Up, Beautiful Borders Dies from Die'Sire, Doily from Martha Stewart, Lace from Brenda's Lace & Ribbons, Roses & Leaf all from Craft Box

Copics Used:
Feathers - C5, C8, 100, T0, T1
Beak & Feet - YR14, YR16, YR18
Hat - G82, G85, G46
Apples - R32, R35, R37, R39, YG03, YG06, YG09, E000, E01, E81
Leaves - YG61, YG63, YG67
Bushel - E33, E35, E37, E39
Grass - YG13, G05, G46, YG99
Sky - BG0000, BG000, B01, BG01, BG02

And that's all from me for this post folks! Thanks for stopping by and don't forget to pop on over to the Whimsy Stamps Challenge blog and check out all the other fabulous creations from the Dt adn why not join in the challenge whilst you are there too?!


Ching-Chou Kuik September Challenge - Fall/Fall Colours/Pumpkins

Good Morning and welcome to my DT post for the new challenge from Ching-Chou Kuik Inspiration and Challenge blog. This month our challenge is for you to use Fall, Fall Colours or Pumpkins in your project. As I love Hallowe'en this challenge was an easy one. I used the gorgeous Blue Pumpkin for my card and use traditional Hallowe'en colours of black, orange, green and purple.


Recipe:

Stamps: Blue Pumpkin by Ching-Chou Kuik

Papers: Old Olive, Basic Black & Cast-A-Spell DSP (Retired) all from Stampin' Up, Super Smooth Card from That Craft Place

Inks: Copic Markers

Accessories: Happy Halloween Die form Impression Obsession, Die-namics Spooky Scene Dies from MFT, Strolling Kitties Dies from Poppy Stamps, Flowers from Petal Lu

Copics Used:
Skin - E000, E00, E21, E11, E04, R20, R30
Hair - V12, V15, V17, BV08
Eyes - YG21, YG25
Lips - V12, V15
Top - BV20, BV23, BV25, BV29
Pumpkin - E15, YR04, YR68, YR07, YR09, YR18
Pumpkin Features - C5, C7, C9
Cats - C3, C5, C7, C9, RV10, RV11, YG05, YG13
Candlestick - C1, C2, C3
Skull - C1
Light & Flame - YR30, Y00, Y11, Y04, Y13, Y18, YR12, YR14, YR16
Flower - YR01, YR12, YR14, YR15, YR16, YR18
Background - V0000, V000, V01

And that's all from me for this post folks! Thanks for stopping by and don't forget to pop on over to the Ching-Chou Kuik Inspiration and Challenge blog and check out all the other fabulous projects from the DT and why not join in the challenge whilst you are there too?!

Whimsy Stamps Inspiration Post - Top O' The Mornin'

Good Morning and welcome to my first inspiration post of the month for Whimsy Stamps. I am using the adorable Top O' The Mornin' this time and used the Christmas Tidings papers as well. How cute is he with his little robin friend!

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Recipe:

Stamps: Top O' The Mornin' from Whimsy Stamps

Papers: Real Red & Whisper White both from Stampin' Up, Christmas Tidings Papers from Whimsy Stamps

Inks: Copic Markers, White Wink of Stella (Thought it was clear, but it just shows up as snow in the sky!)

Accessories: Merry Christmas Dies from Creative Dies, Snowflake Punch Die from Marianne Design

Copics Used:
Red - R35, R37, R39
Cheeks - R20, R21
Robin - R24, R27, E23, E25, E27, YR15, YR18
Leaves - G46, G94, G99
Scarves - G02, YG09, G05
Nose - C3, C5, C8
Hat - W5, W6, W7, W9

And that's all from me for this post folks! Thanks for stopping by and don't forget to pop on over to the Whimsy Stamps and Inspiration Group on Facebook and check out all the other fabulous projects from the DT this month!

The Paper Shelter Challenge #308 - Layers, A Bunch of Them

Good Morning and welcome to my DT post for the new challenge from The Paper Shelter. This week our challenge is all about the layers! We want to see lots of them on your project, the more the better! This was an easy challenge for me as you all know I love my layers!

I used the adorable My Unicorn for this week's card and used my Rainbow Magic papers again. Over the summer holidays I bought myself a couple of unicorn dies as well and used one of them on here today too.


Recipe:

Stamps: My Unicorn from The Paper Shelter, Little Mermaids from The Greeting Farm

Papers: Melon Mambo & Basic Grey both from Stampin' Up, Silver Mirror Card, Rainbow Magic Patterned Papers from Hobbycraft, Super Smooth Card from That Craft Place

Inks: Melon Mambo from Stampin' Up, Clear Star Gelly Roll Pen, Copic Markers

Accessories: Silver Ribbon & Holiday Ornaments Dies both from Stampin' Up, Reindeer Flying Die & Unicorn Die both from X-Cut

Copics Used:
Skin - E000, E00, E21, E11, E04, R20, R30
Hair - E74, E77, E79
Eyes - E25, E27
Lips - RV23, RV25
Outfit - RV19, RV17, RV09, RV29
Gloves, Trims & Boots - C5, C7, C9
Socks - T1
Unicorn - C00, C1, C2, C3, RV0000, RV52, RV63
Unicorn's Mane - RV52, RV63, RV55, RV66
Unicorn's Eyes - BV23, BV25
Ground - W3, W5, W6

And that's all from me for this post folks! Thanks for stopping by and don't forget to pop on over to the Paper Shelter Challenge Blog and check out all the other fabulous projects from the DT and why not join in the fun whilst you are there too?! As always there are some fabulous prizes to be won!

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Whimsy Stamps New Release - Halloween Witchy Girl

Good evening. Apologies I am late with my new release post for Whimsy Stamps today. I am really suffering with a bad back, shoulder and neck at the minute and every little movement hurts. My back is the worst though and being bent over to craft and colour takes its toll after a while, so I can only do little bits at a time. I think my cards might have to be on the simpler side for a while until this heals!

Anyway here is my card using the adorable Halloween Witchy Girl and the previously released Halloween Haunts Digital Papers and Halloween Sentiments 1.



Recipe:

Stamps: Halloween Witchy Girl & Halloween Sentiments 1 both from Whimsy Stamps

Papers: Tangerine Tango, Elegant Eggplant & Basic Black all from Stampin' Up, Halloween Haunts Digital Papers from Whimsy Stamps, Super Smooth Card from That Craft Place

Inks: Copic Markers 

Accessories: Bats Dies from X-Cut

Copics Used:
Skin - E000, E00, E21, E11, E04, R20, R30
Hair - R05, YR18, R24, R27
Hat & Boots - C3, C5, C7, C9
Dress & Hat Band - BV01, BV02, BV13, BV17
Trims on Dress - G02, G05, G28
Buckle - Y21, Y23, Y26
Tights - W5, W7, W8, G02, G05, G28
Pumpkin - YR04, YR68, YR07, YR09
Ground - W3, W5, W6

And that's all from me for this post folks! Thanks for stopping by and don't forget to pop on over to the Whimsy Stamps and Inspiration Group on Facebook and check out all the fabulous creations from the rest of the DT for this month's new release!

Whimsy Stamps New Release - Unicorn Sentiments

Good Morning and welcome to my first post of the new releases from Whimsy Stamps this month. There are some really gorgeous stamps, sentiments and papers being released again this month and I know you will love them all.

I do love all things fantasy - fairies,, mermaids, unicorns, dragons and any other fantasy type characters, so I just had to use the Unicorn Sentiments for one of my projects this month. I used one of the main images as well as a sentiment and paired them up with the Fantasy 1 and Fantasy 3 papers.


Recipe:

Stamps: Unicorn Sentiments from Whimsy Stamps, Sparkle & Shine from Marianne Design

Papers: Bermuda Bay from Stampin' Up, Silver Mirri Card, Super Smooth Card from That Craft Place, Fantasy 1 & 3 papers both from Whimsy Stamps

Inks: Bermuda Bay, Pool Party & Wisteria Wonder all from Stampin' Up, Copic Markers

Accessories: Star Border Frame Die 6002/0362 & Winter Wishes Circle Stars Die 6002/2042 both from Joy Crafts, Ribbon from Brenda's Lace and Ribbon, Circle Nestabilities from Spellbinders

Copics Used:
Mane - BG01, BG05, BG49
Face - V0000, V000, V01
Horn - V91, V93, V95
Eye - V05, V09

And that's all from me for this post folks! Thanks for stopping by and don't forget to pop on over to the Whimsy Stamps and Inspiration Facebook group and check out all the other gorgeous projects from the DT this month.

Delicious Doodles September Challenge - Fairies at the Bottom of the Garden

Good Morning and happy September. It will soon be time for me to go back to school. I am starting a new job in a new school this year and am a little nervous, but really excited and looking forward to it.

But first on to the new challenge from Delicious Doodles. This month our challenge is Fairies at the Bottom of the Garden and I used the adorable Fairy Treehouse for my card. This is a really detailed stamp and took me about 3-4 hours to colour in the end. I do love it though, but it needed to be on a larger than my usual size card.

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Recipe:

Stamps: Fairy Treehouse from Delicious Doodles, Garden Gnomes from Clearly Besotted

Papers: Chocolate Chip, Real Red, Wild Wasabi, Pear Pizzazz & Woodland Walk DSP all from Stampin' Up, Card Blank from stash, Super Smooth Card from That Craft Place

Inks: Wild Wasabi & White Chalk Pen both from Stampin' Up, Copic Markers, Clear Wink of Stella

Accessories: Wild Wasabi Ribbon (Retired) from Stampin' Up, Flowers & Leaves from Craft Box, Mushrooms Dies from Spellbinders

Copics Used:
Tree - E23, E25, E27, E29
Door & Windows - E84, E87, E89
Door Hinges - YR23, YR24
Light in Windows - Y04, Y21, Y23
Window Boxes - YG97, YG99
Roofs & Leaves - YG61, YG63, YG67
Chimney - E08, E09
Sign - R24, R27, G00
Acorns - E34, E35, E37
Swing - E35, E37, YG97
Chair - Y23, Y26, Y28
Mouse - V20, V22, V25, R81, R83, W1, W3, W5
Red Toadstools - R24, R27, R29, E51, E53
Speckled Toadstools - E51, E53, E55, E59
Plain Mushrooms - E11, E13, E15
Grass - G82, YG63, G46, G85
Rocks & Path - W3, W5, W6
Flowers - V15, V17
Leaves on Flowers - G02, G05
Sky - B0000, B41

Phew that was a lot of Copics! That's all from me for this post folks! Thanks for stopping by and don't forget to pop on over to the Delicious Doodles Challenge blog and check out all the other gorgeous projects from the DT and why not join in the fun whilst you are there too?!

Scene It Sunday #180 Featuring Fore You from Di's Digi Stamps

Good morning and welcome to this week's Scene It Sunday. This week I have used this cute golfing mice image from Di's Digi Stamps, ...