Customer Gallery Submission: Caroline Franielczyk

Caroline shares her beautiful cards today.

ching chou kuik's Winter Watcher:

ching chou kuik's Soft Goth Night:

ching chou kuik's Black Haired Lady:

ching chou kuik's Love is Gone:

ching chou kuik's Dark Sirene:

Ching-Chou Kuik's Dark Sirene

Making cards using Ching-Chou Kuik's images make me happy!

 There should be a group of us that just rave about the zen like feeling that take over us as we create using these amazing stamps! I found this stunning image in my stash and I just needed to color her up! I wanted to make her with a darker complexion... and had NO CLUE that the name was Dark Sirene. Coincidence??? I THINK NOT! She can be found on Sheet 4 plate 24. Anyway, I colored her with copic markers and went a little bit bananas with the smooch spritz and other embellishments... but I think it all works together pretty good!

Thanks for popping in and be sure to check out the Sweet Pea Store to get you some of these stamp and experience zen for yourself!

Very berry mystical wishes

How wonderful isn't it that the new year has started? I hope you are as excited as I am. Can't wait to see all the new sweet pea releases and what we make with them during 2011. I hope you'll continue stopping by to see what we are up to.

The card I want to show you today is my first for 2011. I made it using a colour challenge and let me tell you, it was a CHALLENGE. The colours were plum, blueberry and beige. Say what?! I've never played with that colour combo so I started looking through my stash - there are always papers with any combo you're looking for, but not this one. I almost gave up, but stubborn as I am I got intrigued. So I realized I needed to whip up my own set of matching papers. I immediately thought of this purple glittery one I had been saving. The blue and beige were harder as I don't use those colours much. I came across the dotty one which is the backside of a vintage Charleston dancers paper. I also found the light blue with beige swirls and was quite proud at how I managed to match them up together.

The image I used is Ching chou kuik's dark sirene from plate 24 and the sentiment is from plate 46. I've never used her before, but knew she was right for this as soon as I saw her. I think it was the fact that her hair was dark that gives the card that extra "darkness" and leaves it more muted than it would be if I had coloured it blue. She is stamped with black ink and then I went over her hair with midnight blue promarker to make her hair agree more with the patterned papers. The rest of her is also coloured with promarkers. I added some glittereffects with a sakura gelly roll to the image, text and butterfly border. That pen is addictive! To make the white parts more yellow on both the image and sentiments I inked them with a distress ink. The different butterflies are made using Martha Stewart punches and the leaves are made using a quickutz die. I also made a little decoration from a bottlecap that I hammered on to flatten a bit. I then glued on a circle from one of the patterned papers, filled with clear dimensional glue and filled with tiny see-through beads.

Customer Gallery Submission: Sarah A

Sarah shares her beautiful cards with us.

Dark Sirene:

Customer Gallery Submission: Sharon Traynor

Sharon Traynor shares her beautiful cards:

The Serene Night:

Misty Reflections:

Dark Sirene:

Red Hearts:

 
Love is Gone:

Customer Gallery Submission: Geneviève Samson

Geneviève Samson shares her beautiful cards today:

Love is Gone:

Dark Sirene:

Red Hearts:

Have a Magical Day!

I love this stamp, called Dark Sirene, from ching chou kuik's fantasy art collection. This stamp is on plate #24 and the saying used comes from Plate #21. For this card I stamped the image with Memento black ink and trimmed out the image to remove the background. I colored her with copic markers including coloring over the black hair to give it a dark brown look.

I think she is so beautiful that I didn't want to add a lot of extra embellishments, but I do think the image would love fabulous if I had some flowers that matched the color of the flowers in it. You can even use your stamping ink to add extra color to the floral embellishments so they match even better. The bling used on this card are pearls from Queen&Co.

Have a magical day!

Holley

UTEE and Fantasy Art Stamps - Let's Play

Let's play with some UTEE and ching chou kuiks Fantasy Art stamps! 

Disclaimer: No rubber stamps were harmed in the process - just in case you were wondering :-)!

This project is a fun to do because you can let your inner artist come out to explore all kinds of different creative ideas. Basically I mean go wild and have fun! Gather your supplies and let's get started!
 

Supplies you will need:

• UTEE (Ultra Thick Embossing Enamel)
• Melting Pot
• To Dye For Ink
• Pigment or Permanent Ink
• Rubber Stamps

 

• Craft Stick or Spatula
• Non-stick Embossing Craft Sheet
• optional: Dry Pigment Powders
• optional: Glitter, Beads, Charms, etc.
• Wonder Tape or Glue

Working on a sturdy, protected area plug in your Melting Pot. Pour clear UTEE in the pot to melt, cover with lid .

Keep your melting pot covered while the UTEE is melting. This helps to melt your embossing enamel more quickly and efficiently. 

(Having said that, once I started pouring the melted UTEE, I completely got lost in what I was doing that I did not put the lid back on in between pourings)

While we're waiting for the UTEE to melt, grab your Sweet Pea Stamp of choice. I grabbed the angel stamps from Plate 17, ching-chou kuik's Caribbean Treasure from Plate 36 and ching-chou kuik's Dark Sirene from Plate 24.
(Ok, I admit I dragged them all out - after all, I don't play too often with the Melting Pot and UTEE so when I do, I take full advantage of it :-) )

 

I used StazOn Azure ink to ink up my stamp. You can use any pigment ink, but I like the results I got with StazOn. Be sure to ink up your stamp really well.

Once the UTEE was completed melted, I added 3-4 drops of To Dye For Ink.

Using a craft stick or spatula, stir it really well.

Pour the melted UTEE onto the craft sheet.

Now hold your breath, lol and press your inked stamp into the melted UTEE.

As you press, it's normal that some of the melted UTEE will push out on the side - creating like a wedge shape. No worries, that's perfectly ok.

Leave the stamp in the UTEE until it cools completely.

I didn't have time to trim or apply repositionable glue on the back of the images from Plate 36 yet. I didn't let that stop me. As seen here, I used ching-chou kuik's Caribbean Treasure without an acrylic block.

Once the UTEE cools, the stamp will lift out easily.

Peel image from craft sheet, if desired trim while still warm or use a hot knife. I like the look of the excess UTEE and didn't trim any of it.

Save all excess pieces of UTEE or any pieces that you are not happy with because you can re-melt these. I safe mine in a sandwich bag for later use.
 

Oh you can also make your own dew drops :-).

Here is a close up (blurry - sorry) of the stamp after I peeled it off the melted UTEE.

See, no harm done. After a good scrub with StazOn cleaner, my stamps looked good as new!

Now you can embellish your piece with glitter glue or charms or you can use pigment ink powders to add more definition. You can attach your piece to a card or leave as is to use as a suncatcher. The piece will be see through, just remember that the stamped image will appear in reverse if you use the non-stamped side. If you plan on using it as a sun catcher, use a toothpick to poke a hole while the finished piece is still warm.

I wanted to create a piece of wall art, so let's continue:

Using card stock from DCWV's Old World Stack and my Lattice Shapeabilities pendant, I die cut 2 pieces which I glued back to back.

I applied my finished piece on top of the lattice die cut with Zippy Paper Glue and yes, my piece cracked. I left it like this because it adds character.... I like it :-). At this point, I could have called this piece finished.

But since I love hardware stores and wanted something a little sturdier, I dug out my Formica sample chips.

You can find these at any home improvement center in the cabinet/counter section.

Using a regular glue stick, I adhered a piece of DP cut slightly larger than the Formica swatch.

Next I used my sanding pad to sand along the edges which gives gets rid of the excess paper and finishes the edges.

I added my melt art on top of the covered Formica with glue. Finishing the whole piece off with different embellishments.

Here are a couple of close-ups!

I hope you enjoyed this tutorial. I'm by no means an expert but the whole idea is to experiment and have fun.

As you can see from my piece, there are no mistakes just opportunities to embellish!

I'll leave you with another look at the finished piece!

Customer Gallery Submission

Today Dawn Knight, Alison Heikkila, Nicola Borrill and Brocéliane share their beautiful creations, all images are part of the ching chou kuik Fantasy Art collection.

Dawn's creation features Dragonfly Fantasy.

Nicola Borrill shares her beautiful card featuring Love is Gone.

 

Brocéliane's artwork features Purple Woods and Dark Sirene from Plate #24.

Alison Heikkila shares these great cards with us, she uses Black Rose Fairy, Love is Gone and Winter Watcher.

 

  

  

  

 

Mag Card 5 - Dark Sirene

Hi everyone !!!
I just can't stop colouring Ching-Chou Kuik's stamps,
this is just the most fabulous stamps I've ever seen,
a stamper's paradise !!!

Click to enlarge

Ching-Chou Kuik's Dark Sirene stamp from Plate 24
Papers Bazzill and Basic Grey Ambrosia Paper Pad
Prima flowers and Prima centers, Kaiser pearls

Spellbinders Labels Eight
Pebbles metallics chalks
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Copics :

Skin : E000, E11, R20
Dress : R02, R24, R27, R29
Flowers : Y15, YR04, YR07, YR09

HUGS everyone !!!
And thank you so much for all your warmly comments :)

Mag