Showing posts with label Ching Chou-Kuik. Show all posts
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Saturday, January 13, 2018

Vintage Chilling

     I'm sharing another card with an image from Ching-Chou Kuik where I was lucky enough to win in two different challenges, one sponsored by them and the other as part of their FB blog hop.  I'm going to be coloring their glorious images for several days now.  :-D   Here's the first card I've done with one of my new images and I'll have another one later next week.


     I knew as soon as I saw this image that I wanted to do something fancy and vintage looking.  But it still needed to be flat enough for easy mailing.  I colored with ProMarkers, white gel ink, and a sparkle gel pen.  I cut the image with a die from Spellbinders.

     I used another Spellbinders die to cut the blue star dp, then used it to frame the image piece.  I found the lace in my stash.  It's one of those "have to have" purchases which get put away and forgotten so this is the first time I've ever used it.   Another "new" thing for my card. 

     The background paper is also new, purchased last week from the open stock papers at my favorite scrapbooking store.  I cut a 5.5" x 5.5" piece and put that onto the card front.  Then I added the lace and the double framed image.  I printed the sentiment and die cut it before adding it to the bottom of the image.

     I found a tiny scrap of thin, white, braided twine, tied it into a bow, and layered it onto the sentiment piece.  Finally, I used 3 sets of three pearls each (also a new purchase); one set on each side and one set at the top of the image.

     Challenges:
Ching-Chou Kuik
Crafty Addicts
Crafty Gals Corner
Creative Inspirations
Creative Moments
Frilly and Funky
Paper Shelter
Scrappy Land
Simon Says Stamp
Sisterhood of Crafters
Sugar Pea Designs

     Happy Crafting and thanks for visiting.  NanaConnie

Saturday, January 14, 2017

Real Puppy Love

     This sweet image is by Ching-Chou Kuik and I just fell in love with that darling Papillion!  I know, I know, I'm supposed to be a crazy cat lady but the truth is I'm an animal lover who just happens to live with two cats.  But don't tell them!  :-D


     The image is colored with ProMarkers and chalks (her hair), then cut with a my newest die from Sue Wilson.  I backed it with brown CS, also cut with a die from that same set.  The blue butterfly was also cut with a Sue Wilson die.  The sentiment is mine and the string of pearls came from my stash.

     Challenges:
Brown Sugar
Butterfly
Ching-chou Kuik
Crafting from the Heart
Crafty Catz
Creative Corner
Delicious Doodles
Digistamps4Joy
Dream Valley
Whoopsi Daisy

     I hope you're having a wonderful weekend and that the weather isn't too severe for you.  Happy Stamping.  NanaConnie

Friday, September 30, 2016

Picking the Perfect Pumpkin

     I love fall, I love autumn colors, I love Halloween color combos, and mostly I love that purple has become one of the Halloween colors.  :-D   And today, I get to combine all those things into a card which I've done as the Guest Designer for the October challenge on the Ching Chou-Kuik blog.


There's also a huge Blog Birthday celebration and you don't want to miss out on the festivities.


     This image is called "Pick a Pumpkin" and it's one-half of a lovely Halloween set available in the Etsy store here.   Since October is underway, we have a theme of "Halloween."


     The image is colored with ProMarkers, then cut with a Stitched Rectangle die by Die-namics.  The embossed background was made using a Sizzix folder.  Doesn't it look like a slab of chocolate?  Mmmm.  Both ribbons were remnants in my stash.

     Challenges:
Colour Your World
Crafty Boots
Di's Digi Designs
Dream Valley
Incy Wincy
Lil Patch of Crafty Friends
Pencil Case
Pile It On
Robyn's Fetish
SUYP Cats

     Come join us this month!  Halloween, birthday, and fun images -- how can you lose?  Happy Stamping.  NanaConnie

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Sunday, September 11, 2016

A Little Talk with an Owl

     Owls are supposed to be such wise birds, how do you suppose a conversation with one would go?   Would you be any wiser when you walked away?  My daughter loves owls and I love finding stamps with owls that I can use on cards for her.  This one, by Ching-Chou Kuik and called "A Little Talk," captured my heart and I'm sure it will capture hers, too.


     I colored this lovely image with my Copics and ProMarkers and then die cut it using Stitched Rectangle dies (Die-namics.)  I also cut all the other rectangles with either stitched dies or pinpoint dies (Memory Box.)  On some of them, I used ink to emphasize the stitching.  I used a scrap of ribbon from my stash and one of the bows I make by the dozens, also from my stash.

     The sentiment is something I say to my daughter all the time.  :-D  Her birthday in in October so this may very well become her birthday card.  But I could end up giving it to her just so she knows I'm thinking of her.

     Challenges:
Ching-Chou Kuik
Crafty Cardmakers
Crafty Gals Corner
Delicious Doodles
Digi Choosday
House of Cards
Inky Chicks
Lemon Shortbread
Whoopsi Daisy

     Thanks for stopping by and feel free to look around while you're here.   There's coffee in the pot and cookies in the jar - help yourself.  :-D  Happy Stamping.  NanaConnie

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Wednesday, August 24, 2016

Soft Autumn

     I was over browsing around the Ching-Chou Kuik blog, then strolled over to their Etsy shop and found this image which jumped in my cart without even asking!  lol  I brought it home and made this early autumn card.


     The image is printed directly onto the card front.  I colored her with my ProMarkers, then inked the edges of the card front to give it a bit of a frame.  I printed the sentiment, hand cut it and inked the edges of it.  I added the dark brown pearls and decided it was finished.  A nicely CAS design.

     Challenges:
AAA Cards
Ching-Chou Kuik
Color Crazy Craft
Crafting from the Heart
Crafty Addicts
Crafty Catz
Craft Your Passion
Creative Moments
Double D
Outlawz PAM
Outlawz Twisted Thurs.
WordArt Weds.

     I do hope fall is truly right around the corner.  We've suffered through the longest, hottest summer recorded in the last 25 years!   We've had more than 50 days over 100 degrees F when we normally have 30 or 31.  At least yesterday and today we've been in the highest 90s but haven't broken into triple digits so there's hope.  :-D  Happy Stamping.  NanaConnie

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Tuesday, July 5, 2016

Pretty in Purple

     I'm back and my normal routine should be back in place in another day or two.  I did stay up late last night and made this card using a Ching Chou-Kuik image which has been in my collection for a while.  It just begged to be colored.  :-D


     I used my ProMarkers to color the image in my favorite color - purple - and then die cut a lacy frame with my newest die from Cheery Lynn, which is mounted on dimensional dots.  Oh, let me assure you this die set will get a lot of use!

     I continue to try new forms of coloring (watercolor, pencils, pastels, chalks) and enjoy most of them but I truly love my alcohol markers the best for blending and saturation of color.  I really missed them while I was gone because I only took chalks and pencils with me, space being a consideration.

     I added just the rose and the leaf stem (also Cheery Lynn) for a wonderful 3-D effect so I think this might still be considered a CAS design even though it has a more complex look with the lace frame.  But how can you go wrong with just one image, one frame, and one embellie?

     Challenges:
As You Like It
Cheery Lynn Designs
Ching Chou-Kuik
Coffee, Chocolate, & Cards
Crafty Awesomeness
Creative Fingers
Cut It Up
Fussy and Fancy

     It's good to be home, sleeping in my own bed and able to sit down to the computer whenever I choose.  :-D   I'll have a few vacation photos for you over the next couple of weeks but I need to download all of them from the camera and do a bit of cropping and editing.  Happy Stamping.  NanaConnie

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