Ching-Chou Kuik stamped card

I love working with Sweet Pea Ching-Chou Kuik stamps there are so many possibilities for creating mood with colour.  I masked the image and applied a background of various coloured inks, I don't get on with brayers and I hate the ink wastage so I always use brushes.  I then coloured the image itself with Promarkers and completed areas of the image with glitter.  I've used the sketch by Pascal from Sweet Pea Stampers challenge

This is my entry into the following challenges

Sweet Pea Stampers - Sketch by Pascal

In a Sweet Pea Dream - Show us your dream

Sir Stampalot - All Distressed
ABC Challenge blog - D is for distressing
The Stampman - challenge #5 distress

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Chinese Tilda #2

I just couldn't resist another card featuring Chinese Tilda, the background was not so much difficult as fiddly, I first cut a mask for the Magnolia tree so that I could create a landscape background with inks, I then randomly ripped paper as stencils for the background hills. I then completed the Magnolia tree with Pro Markers, Tilda is also coloured with Pro Markers.  The flower I quilled with ordinary cartridge paper tinted with inks.  I did do more quilled flowers but for some reason putting more than one on the card did not seem to work.  Anyway I really enjoyed putting this card together despite the time it has taken to complete.  I've based the layout from the CLP Challenge.

This is my entry into the following challenges.

CLP Sketch #29

Totally Tilda - Make your own flowers

Chinese Tilda

Hi peeps I've not had time to craft this week, we went back home to Yorkshire for our sons 40th surprise birthday party and also managed to fit in a paper crafting show on the Sunday at Harrogate, where I managed to spend far more than I intended.  Chinese Tilda is one of my favourite buys along with a few bags of other goodies, so all in all I've had a great weekend. 
The light is quite bad today for taking photographs so the colours on this card are not looking as brilliant as they are in reality,' hey ho sometimes that's the way it goes'. I've used the sketch which is featured on this weeks Magnolia Down Under Challenge, Tilda is coloured with Pro Markers, the background papers are from Crafty Individuals, I've embellished the flowers with  findings and beads, black organza ribbon and bow complete the card.
Thank you for stopping by
Kathleen x

This is my entry into the following challenges

Magnolia Down Under - Sketch challenge #63
Kaboodle Doodles - Get Inspired #39

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 tcup@hotmail.co.uk

Angels and Fairies #R49 Crafts 4 Eternity

Hi peep's seems to be my weekend for Fairy / fantasy stamping.  This beauty is called Hiding and is a Crafts and Me stamp.  I started to colour her with Pro Markers last night till my light went and then continued this morning, the flower paper is a Basic Grey the larger paper is called colour texure which I bought a few years ago.  Lace and pearl heart embellishments complete the card.  I've used  Crafts 4 eternity Sketch.

I will be entering this card into the following challenge

Crafts 4 Eternity - R#49 Angels and Fairies

Thanks for stopping by

Kathleen x

Fantasy Card

I wanted to try one of Ching-chou Kuik's design stamps and decided it was time to order one from Crafts and Me  I'm so pleased I did, this stamp is called 'Flowing in Blue and delivers on detail lots of it.  I've coloured the image with Pro Markers and decided to leave the card as simple as possible, there are times when less is more especially as I wanted the image to be the focal point of the card. I've also dotted small gems on the hair but these are not showing up to well on the picture.
 
I love working with Pro Markers but they are not the easiest of mediums to work with and getting the right card  is a difficulty in itself, after a bit of trial and error I've found Rymans Bright white coated card 200gsm is my favourite.  The colour stays damp for quite a while which means I can work wet in wet with the pigment making it so much easier to blend different colours together.  I always us Brilliance Lightning black pigment ink to stamp my images, it's waterproof so I can use all water based mediums including Pro Markers.

I will be entering this card into the following challenges

I Love Pro Markers - Myth and Magic
Crafts and Me - Gems and Sparkle