Mood Garden

This image is called Moon Garden, part of plate #124, and is drawn by ching-chou kuik for Sweet Pea Stamps.  I have paired her with some Basic Grey paper and decided she looks wonderful in blue and as a redhead.  How would you color her?

Get Inky!

Alex

Dream of FairyTales

Hey everyone.  Today I have some older cards to share with you that I have had done of months and just keep forgetting to share them with you.  For this first card I used ching chou kuik's The Seahorse.  She is available on a single half sheet with a sentiment.

I used Moon Garden by ching chou kuiks and she can be purchased as a single or on sheet #32, Plate #124, with 3 other beautiful images.

For this one I used an image by Karen Middleton called Autumn Fairie.  She can be purchased as a single or on  sheet #4, Plate #115, with 3 other adorable images. The original artwork by Karen shows that she is a little girl, but when I looked at it I saw a little boy.  It was fun to color a little boy fairy for once.

Thanks so much for stopping by today and I hope you have a wonderful day.

Beautiful Bride Box

Another beauty by Ching Chou Kuik! I love how this little box turned out. It's from one piece of card stock and not hard to make at all. I've linked the tutorial/template below. It would be wonderful for a gift card holder or to share a special small gift in.

Supply List
Image-Dryad Bride by Ching Chou Kuik for Sweet Pea Stamps

Stamp Ink
Memento Tuxedo Black

Paper
Neenah Smooth white card stock
Color Card Stock-Stampin Up

Copic Markers
Skin tones-yr0000, e000, e30
Hair-e41, e42, e43
Eyes-w00, w1, w3, w5
clothing-v91, v93, v95
Veil-v91, 0
Flowers-b91, b93, b95, v95, v99
Greenery-yg61, yg63
Background-e41, e42, v03

Misc. Supplies
Chocolate Box tutorial by Kirsten
Crocheted lace-ivory
Martha Stewart Border punch-lace doily
Seam binding ribbon
Smooch "Illuminate"
Ranger Glossy Accents
Chalks
Scotch ATG gun and adhesive

Mirror Mirror

Hi Sweet Pea friends out there. I was working on something special the last few weeks. And finally today I can show you. I wanted for once making a bigger project than a card had the idea to decorate one of those simple mirrors available at the big Swedish furniture mart. I saw this a while ago when I visited friends. They have such a mirror in their apartment, with a painting on it. I loved it and knew I have to create something like this as well. So here it is:

I painted the wide wooden frame with acrylic pain, a mix of purple, blue and green.

To decorate the mirror I chose two of the amazing images from the ching-chou kuik's Fantasy Art Collection. The first one is Nocturnal Spirit.

And Dryad Bride

 Both are on the same plate # 124, but are available as single stamps as well. I coloured them with Distress Inks on heavy watercolour paper and glued them to the frame.

Then I added some more effects to the frame; I punched some stars out and layed them to the frame. I painted some white fabric paint over them, let it dry and surrounded them with stickles for a lovely shine. I added more fabric paint to the images and added some flowers and beads as well. To finish off I glued some cord around the inside of the mirror and as a hanger.

The saying with the lovely celtic border is a cut out from a sheet of paper from the 'once upon a time' stack by DCWV... love it!

Well, I hope you like what I made and perhaps you feel inspired to make your own mirror. If so let me know, I would LOVE to see.

Thank you so much for your visit. Always so much appreciated.

Hugs, Karina

Live Laugh and Love!

Here's a wonderful Sweet Pea image from artist ching-chou kiuk. This lady is called Moon Garden and she is sold separately or on Plate #124. I love her mystical look as she is staring off and lost in thought. It makes this wonderful saying match her so well."Don't walk in front of me, I may not follow; Don't walk behind me, I may not lead; Walk beside me and just be my friend." (Plate #121); I used a wonderful printed sheet of black and white paper to add a little more "noise" to the background of the card. The punch on the left is from Martha Stewart. The beautiful vertical saying comes from the Vertical sayings sheet (Plate #4).

Hope you will have Live, Laugh, and Love today! Also, I am having blog candy this week of wonderful Sweet Pea stamps celebrating over 100,000 hits on my personal blog, so be sure to stop by there and leave a comment on my personal blog for a chance to win some Sweet Pea stamps!! Holley's Blog (sign ups end on June 6th)

Hugs, Holley

Winged Beauty Bookmark

This beauty is another from my favorite Ching Chou Kuik. Her wings are drawn so beautifully! I made the image stick out a big by 3 coats of ultra thick embossing powder in clear. I love the dimension it gives the image.

Supply List
Image-
Nocturnal Spirit by Ching Chou Kuik for Sweet Pea Stamps

Stamp Ink
Memento Tuxedo Black

Paper
Neenah Smooth white card stock
Designer Paper-unknown
Solid Color Card Stocks-Stampin Up

Copic Markers
Skin tones-yr0000, e000, e30
Hair-e41, e42, e43, 0
Dress-e07, e09, e18
Gloves-b95, b97, b99
Wings-w3, w5, w7
Eyes-w00, w1, w3, w5, e13, e35

Misc. Supplies
black ribbon
Embossing gun
Versamark watermark stamp pad
Ultra Thick Embossing Enamel-clear
Smooch-gold
Chalks
Scotch ATG gun and adhesive

Moon Fairy

This is another of the images on Plate #124 by ching chou kuiks Fantasy Art Collection.  The sentiment is from a different plate.  I used all Basic Grey papers and just enjoyed the process!!  The colors, papers and pearls just all seem to compliment Moon Fairy perfectly.

Get Inky!

Alex

Nocturnal Spirit

This is one of the newest images drawn by ching chou kuik for Sweet Pea Stamps called Nocturnal Spirit.  It is one of four images on plate #124 and I think it is AMAZING!!!  Do you see the feather wings?  Looooooooooove them!!!

I used a sketch to create the layout and kept everything simple to really highlight the image.

Get Inky!

Alex

Dryad Bride

Hi everyone. This is one of ching-chou kuiks new images available now. The name of this image is "Dryad Bride". Isn't she beautiful? You can find her on plate # 124 with 3 other gorgeous images.

Here is a close-up of the image.

I tried to stay with creamy wedding colors.

Here is the inside of the card. I usually stamp and put all my sentiments on the inside but rarely ever take pic's of the inside of my cards. So this time I remembered to take a pic.

Here are the supplies I used for my Dryad Bride card.

Paper: Basic Grey Cappella DP, cream and brown CS

The image was stamped on Mohawk color copy Brilliant White 100lb Cover CS

Colorbok decorative circle embellishments in cream, brown and green

K&Company silver and pearl embellishments
Wild Orchid Crafts green roses

Bo Bunny fabric flowers

Spellbinders Label Die

Spellbinder Petite Oval Die

Spellbinder Fancy labels Die

Green lacey trim

What are you waiting for go HERE and see what's new at Sweet Pea Stamps.