Ching-Chou Kuik Digital Stamps Inspiration and Challenge Blog - February 2018

 Thank you to all those crafters that entered last month's 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 5 and that card has been created by DEWI.  This is the card that Dewi made:

Congratulations Dewi.  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.

Please note: when selecting digital stamps for a prize, stamp sets do not count as one digital stamp. You may choose individual digital stamps from a stamp set but you must clarify carefully what image you would like.

 Every month there is an "Artist's Choice Award".  The winner of this award will be picked by Ching-Chou Kuik herself.  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 pick 5 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" for January 2018 is No 10:

and that card is by SUSAN.  Congratulations.  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.

Please note: when selecting digital stamps for a prize, stamp sets do not count as one digital stamp. You may choose individual digital stamps from a stamp set but you must clarify carefully what image you would like.

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Now is the time to reveal the name of the Guest Designer for March 2018.

Well no-one actually put "GDT" after their name but I am happy to say that again NELIDA has agreed to be our Guest Designer next  month.  I will be in touch shortly with details of the challenge and to ask you to pick an image from the Etsy Store to use for your card/creation as a "thank you" for being the Guest Designer.
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Today sees the start of another challenge.

For the month of February 2018 the challenge is:

"ALL YOU NEED IS LOVE" 

First off it is time to show you the cards/creations for the Guest Designer for this month.  This month be are lucky to have Nelida as our Guest Designer and this is the project that they have created using the image called "Love":

Time to show you now the cards/creations made by the Design Team.

Secondly, I have a card to share created by Wendy who is one of the Facebook Design Team Members.  Wendy has used one of the newer images called "Love Barn Owl":

Here are the cards that have been made by the Blog Design Team members:

Aurora

Using the image "Butterflies".

Bonnie

Using the image "Heart of Spring"

Dianne

Using the image "Love is in the Air''

Kym

Using the image "Key to my Heart".

Lozzy

Using the image Full Moon"

Nicola

Using the image 'Love Garden'

Vannessa

Using the image "Red Hearts"

The "rules" of the monthy 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 "Little Sprout" and you get two images, one with a background and one without a background.

This set is called "Owlie".
In this set you will get a black-and-white digital stamp and a partially hand coloured image by Ching-Chou Kuik herself.

This set is called "Love Message".
In this set you will get a black-and-white digital stamp and a partially hand coloured image by Ching-Chou Kuik herself.

This set is called "The Fading Rose".
In this set you will get two different level of grayscale images.

 This image is called "Love Barn Owl".  

In this set you will get two different levels of grayscale images.

This set is called "Night Shadow".
In this set you will get two different levels of grayscale images.

In this set you will get the image "Monarch Butterfly" and "Two Ladybugs".

This set is called "Lavender Illusion".
In this set you will get two different levels of grayscale images.

Here is a PRE-COLOURED  digital art image called "Monarch Butterfly".

Here is a PRE-COLOURED  digital art image called "Two Ladybugs".

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?

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.

Ching-Chou Kuik is now a proud sponsor over at the Passionate Paper Creations and Friends Facebook Group.

Why not pop on over and take a look.

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.  

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

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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 Linky Tools 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.