Ching Chou Kuik DT Inspiration!

Hello There!!

So if you follow my blog you would've seen that I applied for the Ching Chou Kuik Design Team and I'm so excited to announce that I MADE IT! 

The gals are so friendly, the images are stunning and Ching Chou Kuik is so sweet! I'm very lucky to be apart of such an amazing team!

If you check out the Ching Chou Kuik FB Group, you'll see that I've shared an inspiration piece as a  way of introducing my self.

This is the piece that I shared:

This image is called Red Panda and you can find this image and MANY other fabulous images of at the Ching Chou Kuik Etsy shop. 

This coloring technique is from a Create and Learn class from Kit & Clowder and is done with Spectrum Noir Pencils. What a fun class this was! I learned so many new techniques such as how color fur, 3 toned hair, and a beautiful and mystical background! I loved this image so much that I framed it and added some flowers from my stash and added some dies (Fanciful Flourish by Cheery Lynn Designs) and presto a beautiful piece of work (I'm biased, of course ;)) that I can hang in my hobby room.

If you are a fan of Ching Chou Kuik's images you should most definitely check out the special she is running on her NEW images!

Thanks for stopping by today and I hope you have a wonderful rest of the weekend!

Faery Ink July Inspiration!

Hello Faery Ink fans! 

This month's inspirational is a little different than my normal creations. I'll explain why in a few. ;) 

For this months inspirational post, I decided to use the Amber Exotic Fowl from the New Release.

I hope that you will take a look at the Faery Ink Store and try your hand at any one of these amazing images.

So - this month I decided to use my colored pencils SOLELY to color this amazing image. I usually only use alcohol markers and very rarely use my pencils but this image inspired me to give it a whirl! I'm actually so pleased with the result! You can add so much more detail with pencils that you could absolutely NEVER get with markers. I will definitely be using these A LOT more often!

If you have been following my monthly inspirations, you have probably seen that I've been working my way though some Fancy Fold cards. This month however I just thought something simple would suit this image perfectly! I used a Tree stamp that I've had forever and stamped it a few times to create the background. I then used my paper to distresser to distress the background paper, and light blue paper - threw in some flowers and sentiment and VIOLA!

Supplies used to make this card:

Blue & Ivory Cardstock - Stash

Watercolor Paper - Canson

Rose Bud - Memento Dew Drop Inks
Toffee Crunch - Memento Dew Drop Inks
Tree Stamp - Stash (Freebie I picked up somewhere)
Pearls - Recollections
Paper Distresser - Tim Holtz
Flowers - Stash

Spectrum Noir Colored Pencils

 Thanks for stopping by today!