New Releases

 Today sees the arrival of two new images in the Ching-Chou Kuik Digital Stamps Etsy Store:

  The set of two new images are another in the collection called "Halloween Girl with Skeleton Images" and are available in the Etsy Store.  

The images are called "Pick a Pumpkin" and "Not Just a Pumpkin".  

Gloria's Inspiration Post - Tuesday 9 August 2016

Good morning!  Thank you for visiting Ching-Chou Kuik Inspiration and Challenge Blog.  Today I have chosen the gorgeous Ching-Chou Kuik Iris.  This week the DT are featuring "Add Flowers" to our creations.  

I have colored my image with Copics and you can find more information on My Blog Post.

We would love to see your gorgeous creations on our August Monthly Challenge.  This month is Ching-Chou Kuik "Let's Go Neutral".  We can't wait to see what you create.  You will have a chance to win more of Ching-Chou Kuik images.

Visit our Facebook Group for more inspiration and challenges for you to enter your wonderful creations and a chance to win more images.

Need more images?  Check out Ching-Chou Kuik Etsy Shop.

Don't forget to visit this blog daily for more gorgeous DT creations.  

Have a wonderful day!  

Gloria (purpleglocreations)

Inspirational Post by Lozzy

Hi everyone and hope you all ok..

Its Lozzy here today with a quick reminder post about our new Challenge for August. Its "Let's Go Neutral" and for my card iv used Ching-Chou Kuik's so gorgeous images called  Sea the Rainbow

Hope you keep popping back as we have more gorgeous creations from the lovely Design Team coming your way plus the challenge theme running for you is "Lets Go Neutral". There's lots of gorgeous images over at Ching-Chou Kuik store.

The lucky winner picked by Random.org from the challenge will win 2 digital images from the Etsy Store of their choice.

Ching-Chou Kuik will pick the Artist’s Award each month – picking a winner from those that have used an image from her Etsy Store. This winner will win 5 digital images of their choice.
You can also join our Facebook group for more inspiration and we have a monthly Facebook Challenge there as well.

Take care

Hugs Lozzy xx

Inspiration Post by RoRa - Sunday 7 August 2016

Hello.. RoRa is here again for my first Sunday's inspiration post in August..

This card is for our August challenge.. The theme for this month is "Let's Go Neutral".. Which means you can ONLY use white, cream brown and grey colours.. And I choose Grey.. As for the image I use Come Softly which you can find here.. Colouring the gorgeous image with Copic marker (Neutral Grey tones).. And here's my card.. 

You can visit my blog for more details..

You can join our August challenge.. it runs till end of this month.. Click here for joining.. 

You also can join another challenge at Ching-Chou Kuik Facebook Group.. Theme for this month challenge is 'The Four Season'.. click here for joining our facebook group challenge.. 

Thank you so much for stopping by today.. Hope you can stop by again tomorrow for another awesome project and inspiration from other DT member.. Till the next post then and have a beautiful Sunday .. <3

hugs,

Vannessa's August Challenge Card - Saturday 6th August 2016

Good Morning and welcome to my post for the new challenge at Ching-Chou Kuik Inspiration and Challenge blog. This month our challenge is for you to use neutral colours on your card or project, so that means we are looking for black, white, grey or brown to be your main colours.

I used the gorgeous Spooky Blue for my card and went with a black, white and grey colour scheme - I love how this one came out!




She has been coloured in with Copics and you can read more about her here on my blogpost.

Don't forget to check out all the other gorgeous design team posts this week and why not join in the fun with our challenge this month? There are some fabulous prizes to be won!

You can also join our Facebook group for more inspiration and we have a monthly Facebook Challenge as well.

Kym's Inspiration Post - Friday 5 August 2016

 Hello! This is Kym here again.  

Don't forget the new challenge started on 1 August 2016.  

The topic for this month is "LET'S GO NEUTRAL" ie white, cream, browns or greys.

 For my card I have used the Ching-Chou Kuik image called "Purple Woods" (this comes in a set with three gorgeous other images).

Make sure you keep on popping by every few days as there will be inspiration on this blog from other Design Members, showcased cards/creations from people have entered the challenge or posted on the Ching-Chou Kuik Digital Stamps Facebook Group, details of any new releases and details of any sales.

Inspiration by Linda "Heart of Faith"

 Hello everyone, today is my day to inspire you.   My image is Heart of Faith and it can be found here.

This image is for our monthly challenge of "Go Natural" 

I have choosed to use tans and creams with a pop of green.  You can find all the details and more photos of  this card on my blog here.

I do hope you will come join in the fun with our monthly challenge for a chance to win some beautiful Ching-Chou Kuik images.  

I And also hope you will come on over to facebook here 

to play along with the challenges there as well. 

So till next week I hope you have a wonderful crafting week.  

Linda

New Releases

 Today sees the arrival of two new images in the Ching-Chou Kuik Digital Stamps Etsy Store:

  The set of two new images called "Halloween Girl with Skeleton Images" are available in the Etsy Store.  

The images are called "Halloween Dusk" and "Halloween Trio".  

Dianne's Inspiration Wednesday 3rd August

Hi 

Dianne here today with my inspiration and to co-inside 

with our New Monthly challenge 

'Let's Go Neutral ' 

I have used the gorgeous image on my card today

'DREAMY LILY' 

I have gone for cream's ,brown, grey and a pale green

You can find the image i used -Here 
If you would like to know more about what i have used pop over
to my blog -Here 

and don't forget to join us on this month's challenge
it would be lovely to see you there
and don't forget to check out all the gorgeous makes
thru out this week from the DT ladies

Thank you 

Dianne xx 

Gloria's Inspiration Post - Tuesday 2 August 2016

Ching-Chou Kuik August Challenge - Let's Go Neutral

Good morning Blogland!  Thank you for visiting Ching-Chou Kuik Inspiration and Challenge Blog.  Today I have chosen the gorgeous Ching-Chou Kuik Autumn Breeze.  Such a sweet image with the little bunny.

'Today's inspiration is "Let's Go Neutral".  I usually work with bold, bright colors; so this one was a challenge for me. LOL!  I did enjoy trying something new for me; and hope to create more with neutrals in the future.  I hope you enjoy my creation.

I have colored my image with Copic markers and you can find more details on My Blog post.

Be sure to create something for our fabulous August Challenge - "Let's Go Neutral".  I can't wait to see your gorgeous creations.  There are chances for prizes; so you can build up your collection.   Purchase Autumn Breeze Here.

We also have a fan Ching-Chou Kuik Facebook Group where you can find more challenges and inspiration!  We would love to see you there.  It is always a joy to see your wonderful creations; so please join us and share all of your Ching-Chou Kuik creations with us.  

Be sure to take a look at Ching-Chou Kuik Etsy Shop for her gorgeous new stamps and all her other fabulous images.  I own most of them and can't wait to see what images you create for us.

  

Thank you so much for stopping by for today's inspiration post.  Stop by daily for more inspiration from the DT.  Have a fabulous day!  I look forward to your creations in our challenges. 

Hugs.

Gloria (PurplegloCreations)

Inspirational Post by Lozzy

Hi everyone and hope you all ok..

Its Lozzy here again today with my DT card as its the start of our new Challenge for you. Its "Let's Go Neutral" and for my card iv used Ching-Chou Kuik's so gorgeous images called  Wishing Star

Hope you keep popping back as we have more gorgeous creations from the lovely Design Team coming your way plus the challenge theme running for you is "Lets Go Neutral". There's lots of gorgeous images over at Ching-Chou Kuik store.

The lucky winner picked by Random.org from the challenge will win 2 digital images from the Etsy Store of their choice.

Ching-Chou Kuik will pick the Artist’s Award each month – picking a winner from those that have used an image from her Etsy Store. This winner will win 5 digital images of their choice.
You can also join our Facebook group for more inspiration and we have a monthly Facebook Challenge there as well.

Take care

Hugs Lozzy xx

Ching-Chou Kuik Digital Stamps Inspiration and Challenge Blog - August 2016 - Let's go neutral

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 23 and that creation has been created by Tina.  This is the decorated bag that Tina made:

Congratulations Tina.  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.

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 July 2016 is No 24:

and that card is by Teresa.

Congratulations Teresa.  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.  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 2016 is No 5 and that card was created by Dewi:

Congratulations Dewi.  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 2016 the challenge is "Let's go neutral" ie browns, creams, whites or greys.

The first card I have to show you is from Elena.

Elena agreed to be our Guest Designer for August 2016.

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.

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

Aurora

Using the image Come Softly

Dianne

Using the image Dreamy Lily 

Gloria

Using the image "Autumn Breeze".

Kym

Using the image "Purple Woods" (which comes in a set with 3 other gorgeous images)

Linda

Using the image Butterfly Moth Lily Flower

Lozzy

Using the image Wishing Star

Vannessa

Using the image Spooky Blue

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 "Radiant Soul".

This image is called "Breaking Dawn".

This image is called "Poppy Night Adventure".

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.  

Today sees the arrival as Lisbeth as a new Facebook Group Design Team member.  Tiina joined the Design Team last month.

Over at the Facebook Group 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. 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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