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

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

To enter this challenge you need to use a rubber stamp or digital stamp (black-and-white/grayscale or partially pre-coloured). 
Just coloured in images are NOT allowed.
NO fully digital cards are allowed. 

 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 1 and that card has been created by JOLANDA.  This is the card that Jolanda made:

Congratulations Jolanda.  

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 March 2018 is No 15:

and that card is by ELENA.  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.

*****************************************

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

We had two people put their name forward for a Guest Designer role in May 2018.  As we had no Guest Designer for April I have decided to go with both ladies.

The Guest Designers for May 2018 will be WANDA and MARLENE.  

I will be in touch shortly with you shortly Wanda and Marlene 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.
*****************************************
Today sees the start of another challenge.

For the month of April 2018 the challenge is:

"USE YOUR FAVOURITE COLOUR" 

Sadly we did not have a Guest Designer for April 2018.

Wendy, Facebook Design Team Member has made us this gorgeous journal page using her favourite colour of "pink" using the Ching-Chou Kuik digital stamp called "Spring Twilight":

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

Aurora

Using the image "Rose in Storm"

Bonnie

Using the image "Dahlia"

Dianne

Using the image "Love Message''

Kym

Using the image "Purple Tender".

Lozzy

Using the image "Butterfly Charm"

Nicola

Using the image 'Monarch Butterfly' from the set 'Butterfly & Ladybug'

Vannessa

Using the image Misty Moon

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.

*****************************************

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

This set is "Hello Natural Set 2".  In this set you will get three GREYSCALE images called "Purple Woods", "Spring Spread" and "Awake in a Purple Dream".

This image is called "Aloha, Lady".  In this set you will get a black and white image and a partially coloured image by Ching-Chou Kuik herself.

This is an "Under the Sea" set where you will get the images "Tender Blue", "See the Rainbow" and "Lilac" ALL in greyscale images.

In this "Kimono Fairy Set" you will get the image "Dandelion Dream", "Ponderer" and "Green Goth Maiden" ALL in greyscale.

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

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.

**************************************************************

To enter this challenge you need to use a rubber stamp or digital stamp (black-and-white/grayscale or partially pre-coloured). 

Just coloured in images are NOT allowed.

NO fully digital cards are allowed. 

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.