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

Competitions entered :-

• Addicted to Stamps and More - W - C10 - #168  Holiday
• Fab 'n' Funky - W,1E, C10 - #279 Christmas
• A Snowflakes Promise 2W, E3, Must be Christmas/winter themed  #8 - Anything Goes with a Winter or Christmas Theme (Week 2)
• Craft-Dee BowZ - M, E3, project must have bow - (October) Anything Goes with a Handmade Bow
• Whoopsi Daisy - M, SIO - (October) Hand colored image

SPS - Pink Peony

Sweet Pea Stamps

Today is my day to showcase an image from Sweet Pea Stamps for our Artist Week where the whole team are using images by Ching Chou-Kuik.  I have chosen to work with the image Pink Peony

I started off by colouring the image with Promarkers.  Once coloured I fuzzy cut the image, not an easy image to fussy cut with the strands of hair but I did not want any white paper on this card.

Promarkers used

I added Liquid Pearls to the fan and parts of the clothing.

Next I covered my card base with some gorgeous paper I bought about 4 years ago (as it is a favourite  I don't use it often <g>).  I recently bought a beautiful die - Joanna Sheen - Large Filigree Fan which I thought would be perfect for this card.  I cut the die 4 times to make the fan shape using the same cream card I used for my card blank.  Two ideas in my head, either cut the corner away as I have shown here or remove the whole section behind the fan.

After some thought I decided on my second thought and removed all the card blank area from behind the fan.

Onto the tag.  For this I used a Just Right stamp which I stamped in green and then used clear embossing powder.  This was cut out using a Spellbinder circle die.  Next I cut some of my beautiful paper in a slightly larger Spellbinder circle die and air brushed it with my Peony Rose Promarker. The final die used for the background is from Sizzix called For The Record 2

Finally I airbrushed some white organza flowers and also a piece of organza ribbon.

 Finally I assembled the card.  Inside view

 Front view.

Ingredients

• Image -  Pink Peony by Ching Chou-Kuik
• Promarkers
• Dies - Joanna Sheen - Large Filigree Fan, Spellbinders Circles and Sizzix - For The Record 2
• Backing paper - can't remember now sorry
• Ribbon, flowers and organza ribbon from my stash

Challenges entered

• Craft for the Craic - M, 5E (First Friday of the month) - August - Craft Item You Have Never Used Before - FAN DIE
• Dream Factory - M, P15 # 11 And the Oscar Goes to… (free choice of film)   Memoirs of a Geisha  
• Mema's Challenge - M, P1, winners every week  ANYTHING GOES
• Natalie and Amy's Challenge - M, P30 'Die cuts & Flowers'
• Seize The Birthday - 2W - Must be Birthday Card (W2 of 2) Anything Goes Birthday
• Crafty SFan-Tastic Tuesday - W, E4, Must Be Square or Rectangular #47 Anything Goes
• Going Grey With Scrap-Creations 2W, 2E - Birthday (Week 2)
• Through The Craft Room Door W, 2E - Always Anything Goes

SPS - Scarlett Holly

Sweet Pea Stamps

Hello folks, here I am again with another creation for  Sweet Pea Stamps.  Today I am sharing with you a Christmas card made using the digi Scarlett Holly by Ching Chou Kuik.  I am trying to get all my Christmas cards done before I return to the UK in June so I can take them with me and leave them with my daughter so she can forward them on at the appropriate time :) :) Last year I got caught out, DHL wanted 50 pounds to send a card from Saudi, where I am, to the UK.  Alas it was for my lovely sister but I refused to pay and the local post is not that reliable so needless to say she did not get a real card, only a photo of it via e-mail.

Anyway, back to today and here is the card.

To make the card I had planned on using my die cutter for the top lacy section but the card I wanted to use is not very tight and after two attempts I gave up and tried an experiment instead.  Using the largest circle from Spellbinders Scalloped Grand Circles I positioned the die to cut just the top off the card.

Next I used a couple of bits of dies, a holly leaf from Lea'bilities Wreath For All Seasons and another leaf from Marianne Design Craftables Flower to create the cut out lacy top.

Next I coloured the digi with Promarkers

Promarkers used

To finish off I used some Ice Stickles on the leaves for a bit of bling and a touch in the eyes too.

While that was drying it was back to the card base.  I used a rectangle of Papermania Christmas vellum and finished off with some red and green organza.

 Using Gold stamping ink I sponged the top area lightly on both the card front and the top of the inside of the card.

Time to play with a new toy.  This week my mini Bowdabra arrived and what a joy to make bows with.  If you are not a great bow maker it is worth trying this piece of equipment.  To finish off I used some gold leaves a friend gave me from a box of chocolates (she ate the chocolates first!!!!!) and then used a couple of the holly leaves cut out from the top of the card and some wee red beads.

Time to put everything together.  I did add the rest of the holly leaves to the card, 4 on the digi and 2 on the inside of the card, it seemed a shame to waste them.

Thank you for stopping by :)

Ingredients

• Digi 'Scarlett Holly' by Ching Chou Kuik available from Sweet Pea Stamps
• Dies -  Spellbinders Grand Scallop Circles, Lea'bilities Wreath For All Seasons and  Marianne Design Craftables Flower
• Promarkers
• Papermania vellum
• Ribbon, beads, peel off stickers and gold leaves from my stash

Challenges entered

• Di's Digis Designs 3E 2W SIO - (W2 of 2) Ribbons and Bows 
• We Do Doobadoo Challenge-  2W, E2 - (W1 of 2)  #8 Ribbon
• Crafty Catz - W, 3E – No.235 - Use 2 Different Dies
• Jingle Belles - 2W - must be Christmas - (W2 of 2) - Red & Green
• That's Crafty! Challenge Blog - 2W, E3, Must be a UK resident - (W1 of 2) Birds
• C.R.A.F.T. - W, 5E -#263 Christmas
• Crimbo Crackers 2W, Must be Christmas -(W2 of 2) Anything Goes (Christmas)
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SPS - Forest Blue

Sweet Pea Stamps

Today is my day to showcase an image from Sweet Pea Stamps for Variation Week were we are all using the same image, Forest Blue by the awesome Ching Chou Kuik

Apart from the awesome digi I just loved the name and the thought of a blue forest for my background seemed perfect.  I love photography and take all sorts of strange things and I knew I had several images of forests.  Time to hunt one out and edit in Photoshop, playing with the colour balance to transform the photo into a blue forest.  Next I overlaid a transparent to blue gradient to enhance the halo effect on the digi.  I love doing this sort of thing <g>.  After printing the paper with the digi in place I added Crystal Stickles to the dotted halo of the digi.  Time now for a coffee break while this dries.

 There is no die cutting on this card, or distraction from the digi, I had decided I wanted the digi large (mind you that is a challenge to colour) and really be the one thing that jumps out at you when you see the card.  I have coloured her with Promarkers.

The wings caused me a problem, with printing the digi directly onto the background this meant the wings were white and in place.  I could have printed a second digi and fussy cut the wings to to late for the I have only just thought of it.  What I did instead was to colour the wings in a matching blue to the background and then used green tulle to enhance their transparency.  More Crystal Stickles added for a bit of bling.

Time to add some butterflies.  These were cut using Cherry Lyn Designs Mimi Butterflies and coloured with my Promarkers

and then finish off with more Crystal Stickles.

 Here are the Promarkers I have used in this creation.

 Some time ago I bough a bunch of velvet feel ribbon with leaves and thankfully I saw it in my box last week.  When I saw the leaves on the digi I knew I had the perfect ribbon to work with <g>.  Once the ribbon was in place I added a big blue bow and the butterflies (well only one butterfly as when I put the three on the card became cluttered).  I hope you like the finished creation and thanks for taking the time to read this, hope I have not bored you lol.

Ingredients

• Digi -  Forest Blue by Ching Chou Kuik
• Promarkers
• Dies -  Cherry Lyn Designs Mimi Butterflies
• DP by me
• Stickles, ribbon etc. from my stash

Challenges entered

• Glitter n Sparkle - W - #84 Female
• Open-Minded Challenges - 2W, 3E  (W1 of 2) #10  Use some ribbon
• PunkyouGirl - M, 3E, C15 (first Friday of month) must use Dark Nature style (Gothic, punk, emo, gory, steampunk, fantasy)  - May -  Things With Wings
• Wags 'n Whiskers - 2W, 2E, SIO - No. 128 - (W2 of 2) -  Ribbon & Bling
• Creative Knockouts W, 2E, C8 #36 Ribbons and Bows
• Fab 'n' Funky - 1E, C10 - #215 Pretty hair
• Nutcrafters - 2W, SIR for 1st prize, any image for 2nd Prize, 1E -  #67 Bingo* (2nd week) NO LAYERS, RIBBON OR STRING, GEMS,GLITTER OR BLING