Ching-Chou Kuik Digital Stamps Inspiration and Challenge Blog - August 2015 Challenge - A Floral Display

Thank you to all those crafters that entered last months' challenge.

As mentioned anyone that entered that used an image from the Ching-Chou Kuik Digital Stamp Etsy Store would get a second entry into the draw. 

The winner of 2 digital images from the Etsy Store is:

No 13 and that card has been created by Art Jypsy.  This is Art Jypsy's cards that she made:

Congratulations Art Jypsy.  Please pop on over to the Ching-Chou Kuik Digital Stamp Etsy Store and e-mail me with your choice of 2 images.  Make sure you take your Monthly Challenge Winner badge from the sidebar to add to your blog.

As mentioned in the post on 1 November 2014, there is now an "Artist's Choice Award" every month.  To be in with a chance of winning this award you need to use one of Ching-Chou Kuik's Digital Stamps from her Etsy Store for your card/creation.  At the end of the month Ching-Chou Kuik will look at all those cards/creations using one of her digital stamps from the Etsy Store and pick one winner that will get the "Artist's Choice Award" and will also get to pic 3 digital stamps of their choice from the Etsy Store.

Ching-Chou Kuik certainly had a lot of beautiful cards/creations to choose from but the winner of the "Artist's Choice Award is No 8:

and that card is by Aurora.  Congratulations Aurora.

Please pop on over to the Ching-Chou Kuik Digital Stamp Etsy Store and e-mail me with your choice of 5 images.  Make sure you take your Monthly Challenge Winner badge from the sidebar to add to your blog.
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Now is time to reveal the name of the Guest Designer.  As mentioned previously we are now going to have a Guest Designer join us for the monthly challenge from May 2015 onwards.

Out of the names that said they would like to be considered in being a Guest Designer, the lucky winner for the Guest Designer for September 2015 is No 5 and this card is by Lozzy:

Congratulations Lozzy.  I will be in touch with you shortly to give you details of the September Challenge and for you to let me know what image you would like to use for the challenge as a "thank you" for being the Guest Designer.

For those that were not lucky there is always next month.
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Today sees the start of another challenge.

For the month of August 2015 the challenge is "A Floral Display" ie flowers in your image, flowers in your backing papers, flowers used as embellishments or all of these.

Don't forget if you would like to be a Guest Designer for a forthcoming challenge please remember to add "GDT" after you name in the InLinkz or add a comment in the comment box.

Our lucky Guest Designer for August is Sylvia.  She has made this gorgeous card using the Ching-Chou Kuik digital stamp called "Heart of Spring":

Here are some creations from the Design Team to give you some inspiration:

Alica

Using the image "Heart of Spring"

Anthony

Using the image "Garden Daisy Fairy"

Dianne

Using the image 'Spring in the Air'

Kym

Using the image "Swing in Spring"

Linda

Using the image "Hello Magnolia"

Vannessa

Using the image"Flowery"

The "rules" of the monthly challenge are very basic and can be found in the blog sidebar or in a page at the top of the blog.

It would be lovely if you could play along with the challenge this month.

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You might or might not be aware but they have been some stunning additions to the Etsy Store recently and these include:

This image is called "Flowery"

This image is called "Lily's Lullaby"

There is an amazing array of beautiful digital stamps in the Ching-Chou Kuik Digital Stamps Etsy Store.

Why don't you pop on over and take a look?

If like us you love using the amazing images by Ching-Chou Kuik and you actively post on a blog why not enter the Design Team Call we are having for 2 new Design Team Members.  Please click HERE for more details.  Make sure you hurry though as the Blog Design Team Call ends on 7 August 2015.
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There is also a Facebook Group where all new members are very welcome. The Facebook Group can be found HERE.  Here crafters will share their creations made with a Ching-Chou Kuik image.

On the Facebook Group there will also be the details of the monthly Facebook Challenge and details of any sales etc.  The Facebook Challenge for August is "monocromatic".  Full details of this challenge can be found HERE.

If you love using Ching-Chou Kuik's images but don't have a blog the Ching-Chou Kuik Digital Stamps Facebook Group is having a Design Team Call for 2 new Design Team Members.  Click HERE for more details.  Hurry as the Facebook Group DT call ends on 9 August 2015.

Over at Kit and Clowder you will find details of various on-line classes that you can buy and participate in.  Ching-Chou Kuik is one of the sponsors.  At the moment the various classes are as follows:

Alcohol Markers - Skin and Hair Technique Class

Alcohol Markers - Clothing Technique Class

Alcohol Markers - Lightsource Technique Class

Alcohol Markers - All About Animals Class

Alcohol Markers - Creative Confidence Class

Alcohol Markers - Whimsical Class

Watercolours - Distress Ink Class

Pencils - Perfecting Pencils Class 

If you want to find out a bit more about colouring techniques pop on over to Kit and Clowder and have a look.

Don't forget if you would like to be a Guest Designer for a forthcoming challenge please remember to add "GDT" after you name in the InLinkz or add a comment in the comment box.

Please remember when linking to this challenge you MUST link to your blog post and not just your actual blog.  As you have taken the time to create something to enter into the challenge the Design Team members like to leave you comments but this is made more difficult when they have to look through your blog to find the right card/creation to comment on.  Thank you for your understanding.

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