A Happy New Year from Ching-Chou Kuik

To celebrate the New Year Ching-Chou Kuik is offering 25% off anything from her Digital Stamps Etsy Store.

Hurry on over and grab some bargains.

To get the discount enter the coupon code:  HAPPY2015

This code is valid until the end of 2 January 2015.

Showcase Card - Wednesday 31 December 2014

Are you enjoying seeing our Showcase Cards/Creations throughout the week?  It is time to show you our next Showcase Card.

Here is a beautiful card that has been made by Rebecca Young and shared on the Facebook Group.  She has used the Ching-Chou Kuik Digital Stamp called "Meet Dragonfly".  I love the simplicity of this card and the background Rebecca has created.

Showcase Card - Tuesday 30 December 2014

It is time for you to see another Showcase Cards/Creations.  Alica Ziakova has been busy and has created this gorgeous card using the Ching-Chou Kuik Digital Stamp called "Fairy Wren" which she has shared on the Facebook Group.

Alica has coloured the image in beautifully.

Since Alica shared this card on the Facebook Group she has become a Design Team Member of the Monthly Challenge Blog.  We will all look forward to seeing her cards/creations that she will share with us all.

Showcase Card - Monday 29 December 2014

Isn't it lovely to see so many lovely card/creations made with Ching-Chou Kuik's stunning images?  Are you enjoying seeing our Showcase Cards/Creations throughout the week.It is time to show you our next Showcase Card.

This beautiful creation is by the Facebook Group Design Team member Helen.  She has used the Ching-Chou Kuik digital stamp called "On the Moon".  I love the background effect Helen has made and all that glitter/sparkle.  It certainly shows off this fairy well.

Showcase Card - Sunday 28 December 2014

It is time for you to see another Showcase Cards/Creations.

Margaret was lucky enough to be our very first winner of the Blog Challenge.  It is lovely to see her entering the challenge again and this is a gorgeous Christmas card that Margaret made for the November challenge of "add some ribbon".

Margaret has used the Ching-Chou Kuik digital stamp called "Christmas Tree".

Thank you Margaret for continuing to support our challenge.

Showcase Card - Saturday 27 December 2014

Are you enjoying seeing our Showcase Cards/Creations throughout the week?  It is time to show you our next Showcase creation.

Here is a journal page shared on the Facebook Group by Sharon Hatch Paxton.

She has used the Ching-Chou Kuik digital stamp called "Love".

It is wonderful to see cards with Ching-Chou Kuik's digital stamps but this creation just shows you don't have to just make a card and you can do things like scrapbook pages, gift bags, a canvas work or even a journal page like this creation.

Thanks for sharing this Sharon on the Ching-Chou Kuik Digital Stamps Facebook Group.

Showcase Card - Friday 26 December 2014

Well I hope everyone had a good Christmas Day and got to spend some quality time with their loved ones.  It is time for you to see another Showcase Cards/Creations.

This is a gorgeous, bright and cheery card made by Jasmine McArthur Tyler and shared on the Facebook Group.

She has used the Ching-Chou Kuik digital stamp called "Keep in Faith".

I love sunflowers and it looks like a lot of other people do as this seems to be one of the most popular images used from the Etsy Store.

Thursday 25 December 2014 - Christmas Day

There is no showcase card/creation today.

Instead this is a special Christmas Day message from Ching-Chou Kuik and the Monthly Challenge Blog Design Team members Alica, Anthony, Dianne, Karina, Linda, Vannessa and myself (Kym) to wish that you all have a happy Christmas and all the very best for 2015.

For those of you who are very lucky to spend time with your family and friends we hope you have an enjoyable time and come away with a lot of memories.

Christmas and the New Year can be a difficult or lonely time for some people.  If you are one of these people we send you all our best wishes.

If you do manage to do some crafting over Christmas the Monthly Challenge Blog runs until Tuesday 30 December 2014.  The challenge for December is "Christmas/New Year".  The new challenge for January 2015 will go "live" on Thursday 1 January 2015 and the topic will be ............................ well you will just have to pop on over to the blog on 1 January to find out!!

2014 has certainly been a change for Ching-Chou Kuik as she was a wonderful artist, she held a Design Team call and now has two Design Teams (the Monthly Challenge Blog and the Facebook Group) using her amazing images as well as her customers.

There is the Monthly Challenge Blog where you can make up to 3 creations per month and there is a "Monthly Blog Challenge Winner" picked by Random.org and an "Artist's Choice Award" which is for anyone that has entered the challenge using an image from the Ching-Chou Kuik Digital Stamps Etsy Store and this winner will be picked by Ching-Chou Kuik herself.

 There is also the Facebook Group where you can share any creations you have.

There is the Monthly Challenge on the Facebook Group.

Also recently Ching-Chou Kuik has been involved with Kit and Clowder.

So as you can see it has been a wonderful year for Ching-Chou Kuik.

You will have to wait and see what 2015 brings for Ching-Chou Kuik, her Design Teams and her customers.

In the meantime we wish you all a happy Christmas and all the very best for 2015.

Showcase Card - Wednesday 24 December 2014

Here is another Showcase Cards/Creations.This is a stunning card that has been shared on the Facebook Group by Sue Peck.

She has used the Ching-Chou Kuik digital stamp called "Keep in Faith".  This is one of my favourite images and it has been made into a beautiful "thank you" card that would cheer anyone up to receive.

Newsflash - New images in the Ching-Chou Kuik Digital Stamps Etsy Store

There have been some new releases in the Ching-Chou Kuik Digital Stamps Etsy Store this week:

 This image is called "Lil Bookworm Fairy"

This image is called "Little Talks"

 This image is called "Bunch of Love"

This image is called "Petals of Rainbow".

Aren't they a wonderful collection of images to colour?

Hurry on over to the Ching-Chou Kuik Digital Stamps Etsy Store to have a look at these and the other images in the store.  

There are now 89 images in the Store.

Don't forget you still have a few days over Christmas to enter the Ching-Chou Kuik Digital Stamps Inspiration and Challenge Blog Monthly Challenge.  The topic for December is "Christmas/New Year".

Did you see the post on the blog yesterday giving you the information that there are now two Design Teams.

If not, you can find the post here.

There is a Facebook Group with Collette, Helen, Sylvia and Fernanda (who also has the role of Team Leader).  There is still the Blog Group and after three new arrivals the team consists of Alica, Anthony, Dianne, Karina, Linda, Vannessa and myself Kym (and I have an added role of Design Team Leader).

Make sure you pop on over to the blog regularly.

This week and next week there are Showcased cards/creations and then starting on Monday 5 January 2015 you will see daily posts from the Blog Design Team including the first creations by the three new Design Team members Alica, Dianne and Linda.

Showcase Card - Tuesday 23 December 2014

Are you enjoying seeing our Showcase Cards/Creations throughout the week?  It is time to show you our next Showcase Card.

This is a gorgeous card made by the Facebook Group Design Team member Fernanda.  She has used the Ching-Chou Kuik Digital Stamp called "Blue Pumpkin".  Love the colour combo of black, white and orange.

Ching-Chou Kuik Digital Stamps Monthly Challenge Blog Design Team and Facebook Design Team

Some changes have taken place over at the Ching-Chou Kuik's Monthly Challenge Blog.

Three Design Team members have left the Monthly Challenge Blog and teamed up with Collette Landwer to form the "Ching-Chou Kuik Digital Stamps Facebook Group Design Team (DT)".

The members of the Facebook Group DT are:

Collette

Fernanda

Helen 

Sylvia

This meant that we were three members down for the Challenge Blog Design Team so very kindly three people that entered the Design Team call a few months back accepted a place on the Challenge Blog Design Team.

Please welcome to the Challenge Blog Design Team:

Alica Ziakova

Dianne Jones

Linda Kupstas.

Alica, Dianne and Linda join the Challenge Blog Design Team and will work alongside:

Anthony Paterson

Karina Lange

 Vannessa Hasty

and myself (Kym Upshaw).

I am a Design Team Member but also have the role as the Design Team Leader for the Challenge Blog.

This is the image that Ching-Chou Kuik has made with all our badges together.  

Doesn't it look fantastic??

On the Ching-Chou Kuik Monthly Challenge Blog there will still be:

• the monthly challenge
• daily inspiration posts from the Design Team members on Weeks 1, 2 and 3
• daily "showcase" cards/projects on Weeks 4 (and 5 if there is one!!) from fellow crafters that have used an image from Ching-Chou Kuik's Etsy Store and entered it into the Monthly Blog Challenge, shared on the Facebook Group or entered into the Facebook Monthly Challenge.

So you can see it is exciting times ahead for Ching-Chou Kuik and her Design Teams, both on the Blog and on Facebook.

Make sure you keep on popping over to the Challenge Blog for details of the new challenge, to see daily inspirations posts (weeks 1, 2 and 3), to see details of any new releases/sales information or to see cards/creations that have been showcased (Weeks 4 and 5).

It is Week 4 this week so please keep on popping back for daily inspiration.

Showcase Card - Monday 22 December 2014

It is time for you to see another Showcase Cards/Creations.  Here is a beautiful creation by Helen.

She has used the Ching-Chou Kuik Digital Stamp image called "Hope - While There's Life There's Hope".  It's a gorgeous image and it has been made into a beautiful card.

As mentioned on the Monthly Challenge Blog today we have said good-bye to some Design Team members who have now moved to be a Design Team member on the Facebook Group.  Helen is one of the Design Team members leaving the Monthly Blog.  Make sure you pop on over to the Facebook Group on a regular basis to see the cards/creations she makes.

Little Companions

Hi dear friends of Ching Chou Kuik's fabulous images. Karina here today to show you another inspiration I just made. I had a play with gorgeous 'LITTLE COMPANIONS'. Isn't she just so beautiful?

The coloration is made with Copics.

A little birdcage is the perfect additon to this image... but all birdies are free!! Two of them are sitting on her head and on her hairstreak.

A little feather charm...

Thank you so much for looking.

Have a happy 4th Advent everyone.

Hugs, Karina

Anthony's inspiration post - Sat 20th December

Hello to you all and I hope your week was great and you are all finding time to craft.
First of all I would like to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas.
I am very proud of this as it is all coloured in with just spectrum noir pencils then I used spray and shine over it.

So today is my inspiration day and in a moment you may see my card but for a bit of information,

so here are the links.

ETSY SHOP 

FACEBOOK PAGE

BLOG CHALLENGE

OK so on to my card and this week I have used the digi

Christmas Tree

 

I have used spectrum noir pencils, some great papers and used the tattered lace die to do the sentiment,

so until next time,

Anthony