Jane presents Ching Chou Kuik's Holly Fairy

Good morning folks, hope you are having a good day :) For my DT creation today I have used the gorgeous image Holly Fairy by Ching Chou Kuik available in both rubber and as a digi from Sweet Pea Stamps.

To begin with I coloured the image with Polychromos.

Next I embossed a black mat and then mounted this on red.  Next was the red lace and then it was onto the die cutting :)  The trellis is a die by Cherry Lyn and the wee holly leaves are a die from Memory Box.  I then added red crystal gems to represent the holly berries.  Finally I added some red ribbon to cover the line of the lace edge and a bow with another couple of holly leaves and some more gems.

The inside of the card was finished off using the Tattered Lace Studley die for the red and Spellbinders circles for the white writing area.  Ah, almost forgot to mention, the last bit I did was to add a Christmas sentiment using Elizabeth Craft Designs - 745 Merry Christmas die

Ingredients :-

• Image - Holly Fairy by Ching Chou Kuik
• Colouring medium - Polychromos
• Dies - Cherry Lyn Trellis,  Memory Box Holly Leaves, Tattered Lace Studley, Spellbinders Circles andElizabeth Craft Designs 745 Merry Christmas die
• From my stash - lace, gems, ribbon, gold cord

Sweet Pea Stamps

Weekly inspiration from Sylvia, Conie Fong's "Angel of Christmas Stars" and Ching-Chou Kuik's "Holly Fairy".

Hi everyone!

Sylvia here...

Today I want to share a lovely image from

Conie Fong "Angel of Christmas Stars".

Christmas is here...

It's like a little magic, don't you think?

This gorgeous stamp is availble at:

Sweet Pea Rubber Stamp

and also as a digi:

Sweet Pea Digi Stamp

I stamped this image with my favorite stampingink

Archival Potting Soil.

I love the darkbrown, it is more softer than the black ink.

Ofcourse I colored this beautiful Angel with my distresspads.

I added some glossy accents on the looking glass

(don't know the english word for it... oh hey.. you know what I mean).

The base of this card is Kraft.

The designpaper is from Bo Bunny.

I added a bow with a little button from our local store.

This cute Fairy is from the artist Ching-Chou Kuik

and is called "Holly Fairy". 

I love the way she looks at you...

She is availble as a rubber stamp at:

Sweet Pea Rubber Stamp

and as a digi:

Sweet Pea Digi Stamp

I colored my Holly Fairy in with the distresspads (ofcourse).

I added glossy accents on the berries.. it's a shame you

don't see them so good on this picture.

The base card is made from Kraft and green and red cardstock.

The lace and the ribbon I had in my own stash... it was waiting

for this card to make!

The button I bought at a local store.

I wish you a Fairy Merry Christmas!

Sylvia
xxx

Kym's Weekly Post

It is start of another month and therefore time for another challenge over at One Sweet Challenge.  

This month the topic is "A Gift in Itself" ie maybe a card like a present or a gift card or an actual gift item you can give to someone.

  

Here is the gift item I have made - a gift for a friend to put on their Christmas tree:

 I decided to make a decorated bauble for the tree.  I have used the Ching-Chou Kuik image called "Holly Fairy".   It is available as a digital stamp, single rubber stamp and as part of a multi-image plate (Sheet 21, Plate 60 - Holly Fairy comes on the multi-image plate with Poinsettia Fairy, Holly Night and Cherish Christmas).  The image has been coloured in with my Graph'it pens and I have inked around the edge with Tim Holtz's Peeled Paint distress ink.

For the chipboard bauble I first added gesso.  I then tore up some Christmas tissue paper a crafty friend gave me last year into pieces and used watered down PVA to stick the tissue paper onto the bauble.  Once dry I used a texture stamp by Sheena Douglass around the edge and all over the back of the bauble - well you can't leave the back messy in case the bauble swings around on the Christmas tree!!

Here is a close-up of the image by Ching-Chou Kuik.  Isn't she stunning?

I have finished the bauble off with some hanging thread, wooden bow which I have coloured with my red Graph'it pens, cheesecloth, die-cut holly and some gems as the berries.

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Here is a card I have made using a Sweet Pea Stamps image called "Serenity" by Concetta Kilmer.  This image is available as a rubber stamp and also as a digital stamp.  

I have coloured the image in with my Promarkers/Flexmarkers and highlighted areas with my Pan Pastels.  I have kept to a summery yellow colour scheme.  

The backing papers are from what I have been given.  Around the image I used various See D's stamps to add some detail.  I die-cut Tim Holtz's butterfly die and then coloured it with two shades of yellow Pan Pastel.  I have finished the card off with gems, satin edged organza ribbon, die-cut sentiment, die-cut butterflies and some flower buttons (yes these are buttons which I have taken the shank off and filed down the rough edge).

Featured Artist Week: Rachel Anderson

It is Artist of the Week time over at the Sweet Pea Stamps Blog.  This month the Artist of the Week is Rachel Anderson.  All members of the Design Team use a Rachel Anderson image and make a card/creation with it.

For my Artist of the Week card I have chosen Rachel Anderson’s image called “Sunrise”.  It is available as a digital stamp, single rubber stamp and as part of a multi-image plate (Sheet 2, Plate 111 – Sunrise comes on the multi-image plate with Amanita Muscaria, Pixie Dust and Twilight Shimmer).

I have coloured my image in with Graph'it pens and highlighted areas with my clear Wink of Stella pen.  I have die-cut around the image and used a set of peg pens of flowers and leaves and stamped around the image.  I have used a yellow Pan Pastel to colour around the image.

The backing papers I have used are from my Perfect Companions CD.  I have finished the card off with some lace, ribbon, crochet flowers a friend made, buttons, Craftwork Cards die-cut sentiment and a butterfly made out of air dry clay coloured with two tones on yellow Pan Pastels.

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Here are some other cards I have to show you this week.

 As Christmas will soon be here I decided to make a Christmas card using the Sweet Pea Stamps image by Ching-Chou Kuik called "Holly Fairy".  It is available as a digital stamp, single rubber stamp and as part of a multi-image plate (Sheet 21, Plate 60 - Holly Fairy comes on the multi-image plate with Poinsettia Fairy, Holly Night and Cherish Christmas).

 

I have coloured the image in with my Promarkers/Flexmarkers and then inked around the edge with Tim Holtz's Crushed Olive and Peeled Paint distress ink.  I have added Glossy Accents to the holly berries.

The backing paper is a freebie from a magazine last year.  I have mounted the image on a Marianne Designs die-cut frame.  I have finished the card off with some ribbon threaded through the holes, die-cut flower cut from tissue paper and held together with a brad, Marianne Designs die-cut holly, Craftwork Cards die-cut sentiment and some pearls.
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Here is another holly Christmas card but something totally different.  This time I have used a Rebecca Sinz image called "Holly".  She is available as a digital stamp, single rubber stamp and as part of a multi-image plate (Sheet 12, Plate 236 - Holly comes on the multi-image plate with Hemlock, Witching Hour and Dragon Angel.

I have coloured the image in with my Graph'it pens.  The backing papers I was given.  Due to the expense of posting cards I am trying to keep the height of cards to a minimum so it doesn't cost people a lot to post.  I have therefore embellished with some washi tape, gems,  Craftwork Cards die-cut sentiment and made a flower out of tissue paper with a brad centre and red Stickles rubbed over it (messy but very effective).  

One Sweet Challenge - November 2013

It is the first day of the month and therefore time for another challenge over at One Sweet Challenge.  This month the topic is "it's a feast".  This means you have to have lots of one item eg lots of different colours, lots of images, lots of papers or lots of embellishments.

 For my card I have used the Sweet Pea Stamps image by Ching-Chou Kuik called "Coral Immersion". It's available as a digital stamp, single rubber stamp and as part of a multi-image plate (Sheet 12, Plate 41 - Coral Immersion is on the multi-image sheet with Enchanting Gold, Mad Tea Party and Cheshire Illusion).

I have coloured the image in with my new Graph'it pens.  I haven't got many but of course had to start with my favourite colour purple!!  The backing papers are from my Perfect Papercrafting CD.  For my feast part of the challenge I went overboard with embellishments - cheesecloth, raffia ribbon, die-cut scroll, die-cut flower button, Prima butterfly, gems and pearls.
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Today starts a new system for me at Sweet Pea Stamps.  All of the Design Team have been given a specific day to show you their creations.  I am teamed up with Susan and we will show you our creations on a Sunday.

The first of my weekly cards is "Holly Fairy" by Ching-Chou Kuik

I have kept the height and embellishments to a minimum as we are all concerned about the cost of posting items these days.  For my card I have used the Sweet Pea Stamps Ching-Chou Kuik image called "Holly Fairy".  She was one of my first Sweet Pea Stamps rubber stamps and she is still one of my favourite Christmas images.  She is now available as a digital image, single rubber stamp and as a plate of 4 images (Sheet 21, Plate 60 - Holly Fairy comes with the images Poinsettia Fairy, Holly Night and Cherish Christmas).  

The image I have coloured in with my Promarkers/Flexmarkers and highlighted areas with a white gel pen.  I added Glossy Accents to the holly berries.  For the large piece of backing paper I made this myself with various Christmas stamps and edged with a green chalk ink pad. 

The other backing papers are from Bearly Mine Designs Christmas Traditions.  I have finished the card off with some Marianne Designs holly die-cuts, card candi, ribbon and a stamped sentiment.

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The second of my weekly cards/creations uses Norma J Burnell's "Firefly Friends Owl".

I have used one of the stunning images by Norma J Burnell called "Firefly Friends Owl".  It is available as a digital stamp and a single rubber stamp.  I have coloured the image in with Promarkers/Flexmarkers, highlighted areas with my Sakura Stardust clear pen and inked around the edge with Tim Holtz's Tumbled Glass and Chipped Sapphire distress inks.

The backing papers are from my beloved Tim Holtz paper pad which my son bought me two years ago.  I have mounted the image on a Marianne Designs die-cut which I have inked with Tim Holtz's Chipped Sapphire distress ink.  I have finished the calendar off with some raffia ribbon, satin ribbon, washi tape, calendar tab and some decorative pearls.

Holly Fairy

Today I want to show you this lovely stamp from Ching-Chou Kuik and it is called Holly Fairy, it exist in both DIGI and RUBBER. She is a true cutie and proves that Christmas stamps don't necessarily have to be Santa and reindeers.:-)

Happy Crafting!

Hugs Gry

Customer Submission: Randi Strimp

Randi shares her beautiful creations.

Elaine Cox's Miranda:

ching-chou kuik's Purple Comfort:

Elisabeth Bell's Kiki with Dolly:

ching chou kuik's Holly Fairy:

Karen Middleton's Magenta Rose:

Conie Fong's Bella:

Customer Submission: Kym Upshaw

Kym shares her beautiful works today.

Caron Vinson's Royal Flower:

ching-chou kuik's Soft Goth Night:

ching-chou kuik's Forest Blue:

ching-chou kuik's Exotic Halloween:

Elaine Cox's Katie:

ching chou kuik's Holly Fairy:

ching-chou kuik's Fantasy Art Collection sheet 14:

Joanne Schempp's Love Lace:

Elaine Cox's Darya:

Beautiful Holly Fairy

Hello dear fellow Sweet Pea Stamps lovers. One of my most favourite image of Sweet Pea Stamps is definitely the beautiful 'Holly Fairy' by the amazing artist ching-chou kuik. She is such a pleasure to colour and perfect for any Christmas cards and projects. Remember, I used her on my candle as well. This time I made a card with her. You can find her on plate # 60 together with three other fabulous images and is available as a single stamp as well.

Here's a close-up of the image. I coloured it with Distress Inks.

A poinsetta as a decoration. The leafs and border are die cuts from Magnolia.

Your big chance to get the most beautiful Christmas and Thanksgiving images, including this Holly Fairy: all those stamps are on SALE right now. Your chance to rise up your collection.

Have a magical week!
Hugs, Karina

Christmas Candle

Hi everyone, Halloween is past now, and everyone is already thinking on Christmas, to get everything done in time... just less than two months to go. Something which cannot be missed in this time, not only Christmas itself, the time before.. the Advent season as well, are candles. 

So today I will not show you a card, but a beautiful candle I made with one of the gorgeous Sweet Pea Stamps images. This collection from the fabulous artist ching-chou kuik you can find on plate # 60 is perfect for. I used for my candle 'Holly Fairy'. 

I uploaded a tutorial on my blog how to make a candle step by step. You can find it HERE if you want to give it a try. It is so fun to make them.

Have a wonderful week. Thank you so much for your visit.
Hugs, Karina

Holly Fairy

Hi Everyone,

I think the heat is generating wishful dreams of Christmas, snow and cool temperatures which meant I finished coloring ching-chou kuik's Holly Fairy, part of Plate #60. The sentiment is from Plate #36.

This fairy had been in my 'unfinished' drawer for a while but I thought I'd give it a shot to see if I could get something going. The card itself isn't anything fancy BUT I think I saved this gorgeous fairy. And I wanted a silver background - something shimmery. So I used my silver metalic Sharpie pen.

I also used Viva Decor Gel Gloss on the berries and added some shimmer and glimmer to her wings with an orange Atyou Spica pen. Since I used copics to color the image, I made sure to do the background with the sharpie last.

Thanks for stopping and don't forget to check out the store for the latest new releases!

Fluttering Fairy Christmas

I have 2 Sweet Pea cards to share with you today. Both of my cards I used 2 of Meredith Dillman's images/stamps at Sweet Pea Stamps. This first one is called Fairy Lights and you can purchase her by herself or on a sheet of 3 other GORGEOUS stamps, sheet #1/ Plate #76.

For my second card I used Blue fairy by Meredith Dillman and she is also on the same sheet.

This one I made months ago. It was when this set first came out in the summer and I forgot to share it with you.

The image is from Sweet Pea Stamps called Holly Fairy and she can be purchased as a single or on a sheet with 3 other beautiful Christmas images on it(Sheet #21/ Plate # 60 by ching chou kuiks)

I used some DCWV older Christmas DP. I added some lace and some American Crafts Holly Leaves and flower that I added glitter glue to then some MS fine glitter. I also added some ribbon from my blogging friend Rellz. I colored the image with copics and added some more glitter glue and fine glitter to the leaves.

Have a wonderful day and a Happy and safe Christmas!!