Something Else on Saturday #172 Featuring Sea Rose from Ching Chou Kuik

Good morning and welcome to this week's Something Else on Saturday post. I haven't coloured up a digi stamp from Ching Chou Kuik for ages for no particular reason, so I thought I would use one for this week's card. This image is just gorgeous and I just added some water themed papers and lots of sea life die cuts as well.

This card is for

Incy Wincy September Challenge Mystical

The Fairy and the Unicorn September Challenge Anything Fantasy Goes

Digi Choosday Challenge Week 36 Anything Goes

Creatalicious Challenge #242 Anything Goes

The Paper Funday Challenge #45 Anything Goes

Creative Knockouts Challenge #469 Anything Goes

Recipe

Stamps: Sea Rose from Ching Chou Kuik, Merwees Set #2 from Sweet November Stamps

Papers: So Saffron, Highland Heather, Perfect Plum (Retired), Crisp Cantaloupe (Retired), Elegant Eggplant (Retired), Polished Pink (Retired) and Tempting Turquoise (Retired) all from Stampin' Up, Fresh Feelings Patterned Papers from The Works, Make It Colour Blending Card from Make It Crafty

Inks: So Saffron from Stampin' Up, Copic Markers

Accessories: Porthole Frames Dies from Lawn Fawn, Swimming Seahorses Dies from Memory Box, Seashells & Seaweed Dies from Sweet Dixie, Under The Sea Shells, Conch & Starfish Dies 6002/0329 from Joy Crafts, Blue Lagoon Glitter Drops from Nuvo

Copics Used:

Skin - E000, E00, E21, E11, E04, R30, R20

Hair - BG11, BG13, BG15, BG18

Eyes - BG45, BG57, 100

Lips - RV32, RV34

Tail - V12, V15, V17, V09

Top & Tail Trim - Y21, Y23, Y26

Buttons - V12, V15

Water - BG01, BG02, BG05, BG07, BG09

Leaves - G14, G17

Flowers - RV13, RV14, RV17, C6, C8

And that's all from me for this post folks! Thanks for stopping by and I hope to see you all again soon! Have fun and take care! 

#mermay Challenge 27 - Chilling

Hello everyone! today's mermaid challenge is called Chilling, so I have used this gorgeous image Coral from Ching-Chou Kuik, who definitely looks like she's chilling amongst all the coral and plants on the sea floor! 

I went for a very bright colour combo on this one and tried to use some of my scraps up on this one! I decided to go for an ombre hair colour combo as well on this one and I really like how it came out. 

Recipe:

Stamps: Coral from Ching-Chou Kuik, Mermaid Dreams from Whimsy Stamps

Papers: Crushed Curry & Melon Mambo both from Stampin' Up, Under The Sea Patterned Papers from Doodlebug, Make It Colour Blending Card from Make It Crafty

Inks: Crushed Curry from Stampin' Up, Copic Markers

Accessories: Gems from Poundland

Copics Used:

Skin - E000, E00, E21, E11, E04, R30, R20

Hair - RV10, RV11, RV13, RV14, RV17, RV19

Eyes - 100, BG05, BG07

Lips - RV95, RV99

Top - Y35, Y38, RV19

Tail - RV00, RV02, RV04, Y00, Y02, Y04, Y06

Sea - B000, B00, B01, B02, B04

Bubbles - B04, B06

Sand - E31, Y21, Y23, Y26

Blue Coral - B63, B66, B69

Purple Coral - V04, V05, V06

Orange Coral - YR04, YR07, YR09

Green &Yellow Coral - Y06, Y08, YG21, YG23, YG25

Pink Coral - RV04, RV06, RV09, RV66, RV69

Red Coral - R14, R17

Aqua Coral - BG32, BG34, BG23

Dark Aqua Coral - BG75, BG78

And that's all from me for this post folks! Thanks for stopping by and hope to see you all again soon! 

Something Else on Saturday #23 Featuring Purple Tender from Chick Chou Kuik

Good Morning and welcome to this week's Something Else on Saturday post. This week I am sharing the gorgeous Purple Tender from Ching Chou Kuik. I haven't actually used a Ching Chou Kuik image for ages, not really since I left the DT a while ago and now that I have used one, I realise that I really miss using them, so will have to get them out more often!

The sentiment was one from the patterned paper pack that I used and was printed along the bottom of one of the sheets. I thought it would go really well with this image, so trimmed it down into smaller chunks to use on this card.

Recipe:

Stamps: Purple Tender from Ching Chou Kuik

Papers: Wisteria Wonder (Retired), Perfect Plum (Retired), Always Artichoke (Retired), Wild Wasabi (Retired) & Tranquil Tide (Retired) all from Stampin' Up, Mermaid Tales Patterned Papers from Kaiser Craft, Make It Colour Blending Card from Make It Crafty

Inks: Copic Markers

Accessories: Wisteria Wonder Ribbon (Retired) from Stampin' Up, Lace from stash, Seaweed Dies from eBay, Eyelet Lace Punch Around The Page Set from Martha Stewart, Purple 3D Pearl Effects from Dovecrafts

Copics Used:

Skin - E000, E00, E21, E11, E04, R20, R30

Hair - V12, V15, V17, V09

Hair Clip - RV52, RV55

Eyes - G03, G05, G07, C9

Lips - RV17, RV19

Tail - BV000, BV11, BV13, BV17

Scales on Body - V91, V93, V95

Flowers - V20, V22, V25, V28

Leaves - YG11, YG13, G24, G28

And that's all from me for this post folks! Thanks for stopping by and see you all again soon for another Something Else on Saturday post!

Happy New Year!

Good morning! I usually do a favourites post of all my cards of the year on New Year's Eve, but I forgot this time! So here it is today instead!

I made quite a few changes with the design teams I was on last year. I felt I was spending so much time making projects for the design teams that I lost my mojo and my love of crafting a bit. At times, it felt a bit like a chore, but I have now dropped down to three teams and have more time to do more of my own crafting which makes me much happier! I get to use the images and make the cards in my own style, rather than having to be prescriptive so often!

Anyway...

Delicious Doodles was a small DT that I was on, but unfortunately the term didn't last for long as after 12 months, Teri, the owner of Delicious Doodles, decided to close the challenge blog down. My favourite card from being on this DT was actually my last card for this DT - a Gothic wedding card! You can read more about this card here.

Whimsy Stamps is one of my favourite companies for cute images and fabulous sentiments. I decided to step down from this DT in June as I had been on the DT for 1 year and 4 months and to be honest I was struggling to keep up with the weekly creations. At that time, I was teaching in a school with a very challenging class and a very challenging set of expectations and I was working all the hours I could to keep on top of my workload. (Luckily I have now left that school and moved on to much better things!).  

My favourite card for this team was really hard to choose as I loved so many of them, but eventually decided to go with Fairy and her Bunny. You can read more about this card here.

Another team I stepped down from in June last year was the Ching-Chou Kuik Challenge blog team. I had been on this team for almost four years and I felt I needed a change. I love these images, but I felt lots of my cards were becoming the same old thing every time, so I stepped down with this gorgeous project using Aloha Lady. You can read more on my blog post here.

Polkadoodles was a DT I was only on for a very short amount of time. Although I love the images, I just felt the team wasn't for me, so left after my initial term of 3 months was up. My favourite card was this one using Frosty Penguins from the Octavia Frosted Winter Collection. You can read more on this post.

Faery Ink is one of the DTs that I have been on for a while now. Although the team kind of disbanded for a while, I stayed on and did a couple of projects a month for Amanda, while she was going through some personal stuff. The team started up again at the end of the summer and Amanda has released lots of fabulous new images. However, my very favourite was the Unicorn Masquerade collection that Amanda released in May and here was my project. you can read more about this project on my blog post here.

I started at Little Miss Muffet Stamps as a guest designer and when Lyn asked if I wanted to stay on, I went with a yes! I love these images and although it is back to a weekly project, I am now in a better position work wise and I have a lot more time on my hands. My favourite project for this DT was another hard one to choose as I love the Polka Dot Pals images and have used several of them this past year. In the end I decided to go with this card using the adorable Polka Dot Pals Maeve. There's more here on my original post. 

And my final Design Team that I am on is The Paper Shelter. I have been on this team since March 2014 and I just all their images. This one was so hard to choose a favourite for - just glad I only had a year's worth of cards to look through! In the end, I decided to choose this one as my favourite because I was so pleased with the colouring on this one. I draw and coloured the background by myself, which for someone who cannot draw was a feat in itself. I was really proud of how this one came out! You can read more about it here. 

The final favourite I am going to share with you all from my creations last year is from my Fantasy Friday posts that I have been doing since the summer. I decided to start these as I have a huge collection of fantasy images - fairies, mermaids, unicorns, dragons etc - and never had the opportunity to use them because of all the DTs I was on. Once I had left a few in the summer, I had the time to create using my own choice of images, which lead to doing these posts every week and believe it or not I have managed to keep it up! I wasn't sure I would! 

Anyway this card uses Message In A Bottle from Simply B Stamps. You can read more on my original post here. 

Phew! If you have got to the end with all that, thank you so much! I hope you have enjoyed seeing all my favourites from the last year! I really enjoyed looking back at them all myself too and found some I had forgotten that I had made. 

Ching-Chou Kuik Last Inspiration Post with Aloha, Lady

Good morning and welcome to my final post for the Ching-Chou Kuik Inspiration and Challenge blog team. I have decided to step down from this design team, partly because my mojo is not what it used to be and partly because I feel I need a bit of a break from design team crafting, which in turn adds extra pressure at times to create, which again can make me lose that mojo!

I have been part of the team for almost 4 years now and have loved being part of it. The images are just gorgeous and I know I will always use them in my crafting. I would like to just say a huge thank you to Ching-Chou and to Kym for being fabulous ladies to work with! Thank you also to all the other design team members I have worked with over the years - you have all been a great inspiration!

Anyway on to my final card using the gorgeous Aloha, Lady. I love this image and these colours together!

This card is also for

Crafty Gals Corner Challenge #168 Anything Goes

Through The Craft Room Door Challenge Anything Goes

Butterfly Challenge #102 Violet & Butterflies

Crafting By Design Challenge Flowers, flowers, flowers

Lemon Shortbread Challenge #70 Anything Goes

Digi Choosday Challenge Week 25 Anything Goes

Recipe:

Stamps: Aloha, Lady from Ching-Chou Kuik

Papers: Bermuda Bay, Old Olive & Fresh Fig all from Stampin' Up, Butterfly Garden Patterned Papers from The Paper Boutique, Super Smooth Card from That Craft Place

Inks: Soft Sky & Pool Party both from Stampin' Up, Copic Markers

Accessories: Butterfly Border Die from Whimsy Stamps, Cascadia & Leavenworth Butterfly Trio Dies all from Memory Box, Diamond Stickles, Ribbon from The Ribbon Girl (I think), Doily from Trimcraft

Copics Used:

Skin - E000, E00, E21, E11, E04, R20, R30

Hair - E50, E51, E53, E55

Eyes - B02, B04, B06, 100

Lips - V12, V15, V17, V09

Top - V12, V04, V06

Armband - BG53, BG45, BG57

Star in Hair - FV2, V25

Small Flowers - BG45, BG57, BG49, BG09
Small Leaves - YG07, YG09
Big Flowers - BG11, BG53, BG45, BG57, BG49, V91, V93, V01, V04, V05
Big Leaves - YG61, YG63, YG67, YG97
Purple on Butterfly - V01, V04, V05
Aqua on Butterfly - BG53, BG57
Butterfly Body - W6, W8

And that's all from me for this post and for this design team! Thanks for stopping and thank you also for all the love and comments I have received for this design team's projects over the years. Don't forget to pop on over to the Challenge blog and check out all the other fabulous projects from the DT and why not join in the monthly challenge, Cats or Dogs, whilst you are there too?!

Ching-Chou Kuik Inspiration Post - Peony Dawn

Good morning and welcome to my inspiration post for this week for Ching-Chou Kuik Inspiration and Challenge blog. This week I am using the gorgeous Peony Dawn grayscale version and the DT were challenged this week to use either pink or blue. No brainer for me really - pink all the way, although I enjoy using blue as well.

I kept this card fairly simply as I printed the image fairly large. I do love how this one came out! Not sure if you can tell, but her wings are covered in clear Wink of Stella which adds such a nice shimmer to the card.

This card is also for

Creative Fingers Challenge #148 Anything Goes

Crafty Friends Challenge #86 Anything Goes

Fun-Day Friday Challenge #238 Anything Goes

Crafty Catz Challenge #421 Anything Goes

Colour Crazy Challenge Week 24 Anything Goes

Polkadoodles Challenge Week 24 Anything Goes

Recipe:

Stamps: Peony Dawn from Ching-Chou Kuik

Papers: Pink Pirouette & Raspberry Ripple (Both Retired) both from Stampin' Up, Super Smooth Card from That Craft Place, Wild Rose Capsule Collection Papers from Papermania

Inks: Copic Markers, Clear Wink of Stella, White Gel Pen

Accessories: Raspberry Ripple Ribbon (Retired) from Stampin' Up, Lace from Brenda's Lace & Ribbons, Die-Namics Stitched Banner Alphabet from MFT

Copics Used:
Skin - E000, E00, E21, E11, E04, R20, R30
Hair - E74, E77, E79
Eyes - YG13, YG17
Dress - RV21, RV23, RV25, RV32, RV34
Wings - RV000, RV00, RV02
Bracelets - YG07, YG09
Flowers - RV14, RV17, RV19
Flower Centres & Berries - RV11, RV13
Leaves - YG61, YG63, YG67
Sky - W5, W6, W7, W8, W9
Moon - W0, W1, W2, W3
Grass - YG93, YG95, YG97

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 the monthly challenge, Cats or Dogs, while you are there too?!

Ching-Chou Kuik Stamps June Challenge - Cats or Dogs

Good Morning and welcome to my DT post for the new challenge from the Ching-Chou Kuik Inspiration and Challenge blog. This month our challenge is called Cats or Dogs and we would love to see your projects using one of the images in Ching-Chou Kuik's store, but you can of course use another image if you so wish.

I used the gorgeous Lavender Night Adventure and went for a pastel colour scheme this time. It feels like an absolute age since I last coloured hair in blonde and really do love this colour combo!

This card is also for

Fun-day Friday Challenge #237 Anything Goes

Crafting With An Attitude Challenge #40 Anything Goes

Creative Craft Cottage Challenge #108 Anything Goes

Creative Knockouts Challenge #249 Anything Goes

Aud Sentiments Challenge #205 Anything Goes + A Sentiment

Recipe:

Stamps: Lavender Night Adventure from Ching-Chou Kuik, Compact Sentiments Part One form Waltzing Mouse Stamps

Papers: Wisteria Wonder & Basic Grey both from Stampin' Up, Lilac Woods Papers from Whimsy Stamps (Retired), Super Smooth Card from That Craft Place

Inks: Wisteria Wonder from Stampin' Up, Copic Markers, Clear Wink of Stella

Accessories: Double Loops Punch Around The Page Set & Doily both from Martha Stewart, Flowers from Wild Orchid Crafts & Hobbycraft

Copics Used:
Skin - E000, E00, E21, E11, E04, R20, R30
Hair - E51, E53, E55
Eyes - B32, B34, B37
Lips - RV63, RV66, RV69
Top - RV11, RV14, RV17, RV19
Wings - RV10, RV11, RV13, BV0000, BV000, BV00, BV01
Lavender - BV11, BV13, BV17
Cat - R00, R11, W2, W3, W5, W6, W9, G05, G07, RV11, RV13, RV14
Mountains - BV23, BV25, BV29
Moon - C00, C3, BV20, BV31
Sky - C0, C1, C2, C3, C5
Flowers - V15, V17, V09
Leaves - G28
Grass - G82, G21, G46, G85, G94, G99
Flowers in Grass - V0000, V17, RV25

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 cards from the DT and why not join in the fun whilst you are there?! As always there are some fantastic prizes to be won!

Ching-Chou Kuik Inspiration Post - Spring Flower

Good Morning and welcome to my DT post for Ching-Chou Kuik Inspiration and Challenge blog. This week I set the DT challenge of making your own flowers and I pulled out some long owned, but hardly used felt form Papertrey Ink for this card. I also used the gorgeous Spring Flower for this one.

A group of friends and myself all had a bit of an addiction to Papertrey Ink a few years back and would order every month on release day. I have heaps of stamps, card, ribbon etc etc but I hardly ever use it all now. It just became so expensive having to pay for the shipping to the UK and then the import fees on top used to add another £30 or more, so I stopped buying and consequently stopped using their stuff, although I do still use their stamps a lot.

Anyway, here she is...Can you see all the sparkle on her wings? I finally got a new clear Wink of Stella pen which is so much more glittery than the last one was! Might just be because it is new though!

Recipe:

Stamps: Spring Flower from Ching-Chou Kuik Stamps, Fairy Friends from Lawn Fawn

Papers: Perfect Plum & Night of Navy both from Stampin' Up, Super Smooth Card from That Craft Place, Butterfly Patterned Papers from The Range

Inks: Perfect Plum from Stampin' Up, Copic Markers, Clear Wink of Stella, Pearlescent Chalks from Pebbles Inc

Accessories: Floral Flourishes Dies 6002/0160 from Joy Craft, Beautiful Flowers Stencil Dies BF03 from Studio Light, Bunting With Hearts Die from Fantasy Dies,  Lace from Brenda's Ribbon and Lace, Ribbon from The Ribbon Girl, Elastic String from The Works, Blueberry Sky, Royal Velvet & Simply Chartreuse Felt & Spring Moss Buttons all from Papertrey Ink

Copics Used:
Skin - E000, E00, E21, E11, E04, R20, R30
Hair - C5, C7, C9
Eyes - YG91, YG93, YG97
Lips -
Wings & Flowers on Dress - B63, B66, B69
Dress - V01, V12, V15, V17, V09
Flowers in Hair - V22, V25
Leaves - YG93, YG97
Ground - YG61, 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 fabulous projects from the rest of the DT this week and why not join in our monthly challenge as well while you are there?!

Ching-Chou Kuik Inspiration Post - Little Daisy

Good Morning and welcome to this week's inspiration post for Ching-Chou Kuik Digital Stamps. This week I have chosen to use the gorgeous Little Daisy.

The DT were challenged to use buttons on their projects this week and initially I used the yellow buttons in the middle of the rose trim, but they looked a bit like fried eggs! So I moved them to the butterflies and they look a bit better! I just didn't want to add buttons on the edges of the card, where I would normally add gems or pearls.

This card is also for

Crafty Friends Challenge #84 B is for....Butterflies, Buttons and Bow

Fun-Day Friday Challenge #234 Anything Goes

Creative Fingers Challenge #147 Anything Goes

Crafty Catz Challenge #417 Anything Goes

Colour Crazy Challenge Week 20 Anything Goes

Polkadoodles Challenge Week 20 Anything Goes

Recipe:

Stamps: Little Daisy from Ching-Chou Kuik

Papers: Pink Pirouette & Whisper White both from Stampin' Up, Super Smooth Card from That Craft Place, Heart Painted Patterned Papers from Lemoncraft

Inks: Copic Markers

Accessories: Ribbon from The Ribbon Girl, Lace from Brenda's Lace and Ribbons, Rose Trim from stash, Lemon Tart Buttons from Papertrey Ink, Double Loops Punch Around The Page Set from Martha Stewart, Vintage Flourishes Butterfly Die 6003/0023, Butterfly 2 PCS Dies 6002/0390 & Around With Butterflies Dies 6002/0322 all from Joy Crafts

Copics Used:
Skin - E000, E00, E21, E11, E04, R20, R30
Hair - E71, E74, E77, E79
Eyes - E71, E74, E77
Eyebrows - E74, E79
Lips - R81, R83, R85
Top - R81, R83, R85, R89, Y23, Y26
Daisies - R81, R83, Y21, Y23, Y26
Leaves - G21, G24

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 creations from the DT this week and why not join in our monthly challenge, Pearls or Gems, while you are there too?!

Ching-Chou Kuik Challenge - Pearls or Gems

Good morning and welcome to my post for the monthly challenge from Ching-Chou Kuik Stamps and Inspiration blog. This month our challenge is for you to add pearls or gems to your project.

For this card I used the gorgeous Keep In Faith and went with a yellow and green colour combo. Not a colour combo I would usually go for, but one which works really well with the sunflowers in this digital stamp.

This card is also for

Cute Card Thursday Challenge #529 Flowers

Polkadoodles Challenge Week 19 Anything Goes

Crafting With Friends Challenge #67 Anything Goes

Colour Crazy Craft Challenge Week 19 Anything Goes

Fun-Day Friday Challenge #233 Anything Goes

Aloha Friday Challenge #118 Feminine

Recipe:

Stamps: Keep in Faith from Ching-Chou Kuik, Sunshine and Rainbows from Stampin' Up

Papers: Daffodil Delight, Pear Pizzazz & Greenhouse Gala DSP (Retired) all from Stampin' Up, Super Smooth Card from That Craft Place

Inks: Daffodil Delight from Stampin' Up, Copic Markers

Accessories: Daffodil Delight Ribbon (Retired) & Lucky Limeade Baker's Twine (Retired) both from Stampin' Up, Charm & Pearls both from stash, Rectangle & Scalloped Rectangle Nestabilities both from Spellbinders, Sunflower Die 6002/0452 from Joy Crafts

Copics Used:

Skin - E000, E00, E21, E11, E04, R20, R30

Hair - YG61, YG63, YG67, YG99

Eyes - E43, E44, E47

Lips - R20, R30

Flower Petals - Y32, Y35, Y38

Flower Centres & Twigs - E44, E47, E49

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 cards from the DT and why not join in the fun whilst you are there too?! As always there are some fantastic prizes to be won! 

Ching-Chou Kuik Inspiration Post - Poppy Love

Good morning and welcome to my DT post this week for Ching-Chou Kuik Inspiration and Challenge blog. This week the DT were challenged to use a charm on their project and I added a little one hanging on my bow. I used the gorgeous image Poppy Love and love how this one came out!

Recipe:

Stamps: Poppy Love from Ching-Chou Kuik, Flag Sentiments from Clearly Besotted

Papers: Cherry Cobbler, Whisper White & Always Artichoke all from Stampin' Up, Berry Sweet Paper bloc from Joy Crafts, Super Smooth Card from That Craft Place

Inks: Cherry Cobbler from Stampin' Up, Copic Markers

Accessories: Cherry Cobbler Ribbon (Retired) & Always Artichoke Ribbon (Retired) both from Stampin' Up, Xmas Red Stickles,

Copics Used:
Skin - E000, E00, E21, E11, E04, R20, R30
Hair - E44, E47, E49
Eyes - E43, E44, E47
Lips - R24, R27, R29
Dress - R46, R37, R39, R89, G94, G99
Bird - BG72, BG75, BG78, V12, V15, V17, YR12, YR15, BG01, BG07
Grass, Leaves & Stems - G21, G24, G28, G43, G46
Poppies - R22, R24, R27, R29, C5, C7, C9
Sky - BG0000, BG000, BG01

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 creations form the DT and why not join in our monthly challenge, Use Your Favourite Colour, while you are there. As always there are some fantastic prizes to be won!

Ching-Chou Kuik Inspiration Post - Rose

Good morning and welcome to my inspiration post for the Ching-Chou Kuik Inspiration and Challenge blog. This week the DT were challenged to a monochrome colour scheme, so I just had to use my favourite pinks on this one and used the gorgeous and suitably named Rose image for my card, which is available in this set of 4 Girls with Flowers.

In my mission to use up some of my old patterned papers, I used the long time retired Subtles papers from Stampin' Up and slowly I am getting through the pinks that I was saving for a special card. No point in saving something for "special" as I never use it!

This card is also for

Crafteezee April Challenge Flowers

Crafting With Dragonflies Challenge #102 Cards with Dies/Punches

Crafty Catz Challenge #412 Anything Goes

Colour Crazy Challenge Week 15 Anything Goes

Crafting With Friends Challenge #65 Anything Goes

Polkadoodles Challenge Week 15 Anything Goes

Recipe:

Stamps: Rose from Ching-Chou Kuik, Vintage Labels Just To Say from Lili of the Valley

Papers: Blushing Bride, Rose Red & Subtles DSP (Retired) all from Stampin' Up, Super Smooth Card from That Craft Place, White Card from stash

Inks: Blushing Bride from Stampin' Up, Copic Markers

Accessories: Rose Red Ribbon (Retired) from Stampin' Up, Flourishes Swirl No. 2 Die 6003/0003 & Vintage Border Die 6002/0366 both from Joy Crafts, Die-Namics Mini Rolled Roses Dies from MFT, Jumbo Crochet Trim from Papermania

Copics Used:
Skin - E000, E00, E21, E11, E04, R20, R30
Hair - R81, R83, R85, R89
Eyes - 100, E44, E47, E49
Lips - R83, R85, R89
Roses - RV10, R81, R83, R85
Background - R0000, R000, R00
Hearts - R00, R20, R21

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 creations from the DT this week and why not join in our monthly challenge, Use Your Favourite Colour, whilst you are there. As always there are some fantastic prizes to be won!

Ching-Chou Kuik Challenge Favourite Colours

Good Morning and welcome to my post for the new challenge from the Ching-Chou Kuik Inspiration and Challenge blog. This month or challenge is for you to use your favourite colours. I have lots of colours I love, but tend to use lots of pink and purple in my cards, so I went for a pink, purple and grey combo using the gorgeous Misty Moon Grayscale image.

I bought a silver frame for this A4 sized colouring which goes really well with it. I will admit it took me hours to do especially all the sky using little dots, but I love how it came out! This one is going on my bedroom wall once I find some nails!

This project is also for

The Sketchy Challenges #140 Favourite Colours

Crafty Friends Challenge #81 Favourite Colours

Creative Craft Cottage Challenge #106 Anything Goes

Crafting By Designs April Challenge Anything Goes

Colour Crazy Craft Challenge Week 14 Anything Goes

Polkadoodles Challenge Week 14 Anything Goes

Recipe:

Stamps: Misty Moon Grayscale from Ching-Chou Kuik

Papers: Basic Grey from Stampin' Up, Super Smooth Card from That Craft Place, Pink Glitter Paper from Poundland

Inks: Copic Markers

Copics Used:

Skin - E000, E00, E21, E11, E04, R20, R30

Hair - RV52, RV63, RV55, RV66, RV69

Eyes - B14, B16, B18

Lips - RV14, RV19

Dress - BV00, BV01, BV02, BV04, BV08

Wings - RV00, RV52, RV55, BV13, BV17

Flower - V12, V15, V17, V09

Sky - BV31, BV20, BV23, BV25, RV10, RV91, RV93, RV95 

Moon - C0, C1, C2, C3

Accessories: Alphabet Dies from First Edition Crafts 

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 rest of the DT and why not join in the fun this month too. As always there are some fantastic prizes to be won! 

Ching-Chou Kuik Inspiration Post - Little Sprout

Good morning and welcome to my inspiration post for the Ching-Chou Kuik Inspiration and Challenge blog this week. The DT were all challenged by Dianne this week to use the colour green as the main colour for their project, which is not a colour I use as a main colour very often if I'm honest!

I chose to use the gorgeous Little Sprout for my card and added some white and yellow to break up all the green layers a bit.

This card is also for

Polkadoodles Challenge Week 12 Anything Goes

Little Miss Muffet Challenge #185 Anything Goes

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends Challenge #78 Anything Goes

Through The Craft Room Door Challenge Anything Goes

Digi Choosday Challenge Week 12 Anything Goes

Dream Valley Challenge #175 Spring Colours

Recipe:

Stamps: Little Sprout from Ching-Chou Kuik, Sentiment from Card Making Magazine

Papers: Old Olive, Gumball Green (Retired) & Haiku DSP (Retired) all from Stampin' Up, Super Smooth Card from That Craft Place

Inks: Old Olive from Stampin' Up, Copic Markers, Pearlescent Chalks from Pebbles Inc

Accessories: So Saffron Ribbon (Retired) & Old Olive Ribbon (Retired) both from Stampin' Up, Double Loops Punch Around The Page Set from Martha Stewart, Gems from Poundland

Copics Used:

Skin - E000, E00, E21, E11, E04, R20, R30

Hair - E50, E51, E53, E55

Eyes - Y38, G82, G85

Lips - R20, R30

Dress - G000, YG61, G82, YG63, YG67, G28

Leaves - G17, G28

Flowers - Y000, Y11, Y13, Y19, Y28

Berries - Y000, Y02

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 gorgeous projects from the rest of the DT and why not join in our monthly challenge, Spring/Easter, for your chance at winning some fabulous prizes.

Ching-Chou Kuik Inspiration Post - Star Wish

Good Morning and welcome to my inspiration post for the Ching-Chou Kuik Inspiration and Challenge blog this week. The DT were challenge to be inspired by a nursery rhyme or song for our inspiration posts this week and I chose to use the adorable Star Wish for my card and took the nursery rhyme Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star as my inspiration.

I decided to go for an all blue combo with touches of silver, but I just could not find any patterned papers with stars on it the right colours. Luckily I had a tidied up a box of bits last weekend and found these winter themed papers which worked pretty well.

This card is also for

A Bit More Time To Craft Challenge #64 Anything Goes

Crafting With Friends Challenge #63 Anything Goes

Love To Scrap Challenge #107 Anything Goes

Creatalicious Challenge #135 Anything Goes

Morgan's ArtWorld March Challenge Anything Goes

World Wide Open Design Team Challenge #3 Anything Goes

Recipe:

Stamps: Star Wish from Ching-Chou Kuik Stamps

Papers: Soft Sky, Night of Navy & Silver Glimmer Paper all from Stampin' Up, Super Smooth Card from That Craft Place, Pure Frozen Patterned Papers from Craft Sensations

Inks: Copic Markers

Accessories: You're A Star Die from Fuzzy Lemon, Seeing Stars Dies from Papertrey Ink, Stardust Stickles, Winter Wishes Circle Stars Die 6002/2042 from Joy Crafts, Holiday Ornaments & Circle Card Dies from Stampin' Up, Die-Namics Star Border from MFT

Copics Used:

Skin - E000, E00, E21, E11, E04, R20, R30

Hair - B000, B00, B01, B02

Eyes - B21, B24, B26, 100

Dress - B34, B37, B39

Sky - B41, B91, B93, B95, B97, B99 

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 creations from the DT for this week's inspiration and why not join in our monthly challenge Spring/Easter while you are there! 

Ching-Chou Kuik March Challenge - Spring or Easter

Good Morning and welcome to my post for the new challenge from Ching-Chou Kuik Inspiration and Challenge blog. This month our challenge is Spring or Easter and I chose to use the gorgeous Girl In Spring for my card.

I actually coloured her up with some particular patterned papers in mind and then when I went to make the card, the colours didn't match at all LOL. (I hadn't actually checked the colours - just thought I knew what they were!) Queue a mad hunt to find some that matched then! This was as close as I could get, but I think they work well.

This card is also for

Colour Crazy Craft Challenge Week 10 Anything Goes

Crafty Catz Challenge #407 Layer It Up

Creative Knockouts Challenge #235 Die Cuts

Little Miss Muffet Challenge 184 Anything Goes

Sweet Stampers Challenge #18 Spring or Easter

My Time To Craft Challenge #366 Easter or Spring

Recipe:

Stamps: Girl in Spring from Ching-Chou Kuik, Butterfly Dreams from Papertrey Ink

Papers: Berry Burst, Basic Black & Crushed Curry all from Stampin' Up, Raspberry A Hint of A Hoot Patterned Papers from Paper Boutique, Super Smooth Card from That Craft Place

Inks: Berry Burst from Stampin' Up, Copic Markers

Accessories: Daffodil Delight Ribbon (Retired) from Stampin' Up, Around With Butterflies Dies 6002/0322 & Butterfly Border Die 6002/0251 both from Joy Crafts, Gems from Poundland

Copics Used:
Skin - E000, E00, E21, E11, E04, R20, R30
Hair & Black on Butterfly - W5, W7, W8, W9
Eyes - Bg02, BG07
Lips - RV63, RV66, RV69
Dress - Bg11, Bg13, BG15, BG18
Leaves - BG96, BG99
Yellow - Y32, Y35, Y38
Pink - RV52, RV55, RV04


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 cards from the DT for this month's challenge and why not join in the fun here whilst you are there too?! As always there are some fabulous prizes to be won!

Ching-Chou Kuik Inspiration Post - Free Spring

Good afternoon and welcome to my inspiration post for Ching-Chou Kuik today. Huge apologies that my card is so late in the day! I honestly thought I had created this card and written my blogpost and when I checked in my planner this morning, the image was still in there uncoloured! Argh! I am usually very organised, but being on holiday last week meant I was not! Just glad today is Saturday and I can leave the school work until tomorrow! 

Anyway on to my card. I used the gorgeous Free Spring for the week's inspiration and used some new mermaid themed patterned papers as inspiration for the colour combo as well. 

This card is also for

Creative Fingers Challenge #143 Anything Goes

Colour Crazy Craft Challenge Week 8 Anything Goes

Crafty Catz Challenge #405 Anything Goes

Little Miss Muffet Challenge #183 Anything Goes

Creative Moments Challenge #137 Anything Goes

Recipe:

Stamps: Free Spring from Ching-Chou Kuik

Papers: Bermuda Bay (Retired) & Berry Burst both from Stampin' Up, Mermaid Tales Patterned Papers from Kaisercraft, Super Smooth Card from That Craft Place, Card Blank from Craft Creations

Inks: Copic Markers

Accessories: Berry Burst Ribbon from Stampin' Up, Star Dust Stickles, Double Loops Punch Around The Page Set from Martha Stewart, Layered Scalloped Posy dies from Heartfelt Creations, Faux Quilled Blooms Dies from Creative Expressions

Copics Used:

Skin - E000, E00, E21, E11, E04, R20, R30

Hair - BG70, BG72, BG75, BG78

Eyes - BG02, BG07

Lips - RV17, RV19

Top - RV52, RV55, RV17

Tail - BG11, BG34, BG23, BG15, YG01

Armband & Earrings - RV10, RV11

Flowers - RV63, RV66, RV69

Leaves - YG63, YG67

Butterflies - RV63, RV66, RV69, Y32, Y35, E49

Ropes - BG96, BG99

Sky - BG000, B00, BG01

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 our monthly challenge, All You Need Is Love, whilst you are there too?! As always, there are some fabulous prizes to be won!

Ching-Chou Kuik Inspiration Post - Fading Hearts

Good morning and welcome to my inspiration post for Ching-Chou Kuik today. I decided to use the gorgeous Fading Hearts image this week from the Valentine Love Fairy set and as I am trying to use up some old stash (to try and make some space but I think it will take me a very very very long time to do that!), I used some older patterned papers from Lili of the Valley's NitWit Collections from when they used to sell them years ago!

I love the softer colours in this collection and have also found that NitWits sell these papers as a digital download too, so I might have to buy those for when I need to add more to this paper pad!

This card is also for

World Wide Open Design Team Challenge #2 Anything Goes

Simon Says Wednesday Challenge Add A Die Cut

Crafty Gals Corner Challenge #159 Add A Heart

Through The Craft Room Door Challenge Anything Goes

Crafty Creations Challenge #360 Anything Goes

The Crafty Addicts Challenge #45 Anything Goes

Recipe:

Stamps: Fading Hearts from Ching-Chou Kuik

Papers: Crumb Cake & Blushing Bride both from Stampin' Up, Country Meadow Patterned Papers from Lili of the Valley, Super Smooth Card from That Craft Place

Inks: Copic Markers, Pearlescent Chalks from Pebbles Inc

Accessories: Precious Hearts Dies from Memory Box, Ribbon from The Ribbon Girl, Double Loops Punch Around The Page Set & Doily both from Martha Stewart, Pearls from Hobbycraft, Star Dust Stickles, Sentiments 3 Dies from Spellbinders, Blushing Bride Baker's Twine from Stampin' Up, Heart Charm from stash

Copics Used:
Skin - E000, E00, E21, E11, E04, R20, R30
Hair - E50, E51, E53, E55
Eyes - B21, B24, B26
Dress - E41, E42, E43, E44
Pink - RV32, RV34

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 our monthly challenge, All You Need Is Love, whilst you are there too?! As always there are some fabulous prizes to be won!