Spring Blooms & Fairy for Ching-Chou Kuik

 Hello, fellow crafters!  I'm posting today on the Ching-Chou Kuik Inspiration & Challenge Blog.  The 4-legged friends challenge is still underway, so join us for that!

I used one of Ching-Chou's partially colored images on today's card. This is Spring Blooms:

The partially colored version of Spring Blooms comes with the hair and eyes already colored.  I colored everything else with Copic markers, then cut her out and backed her with dies from The Scrapping Cottage.

The background paper is from We Are 3 Digital Shop. It is one of the Bokeh Blends papers. The cute little die cut bunny is from Peachy Cheap.

I hope you check out the inspiration often at Ching-Chou Kuik Inspiration & Challenge Blog. 

I'd like to enter this in the following challenges:

Morgan's Artworld -- ATG

2 Crafty Critter Crazies -- ATG with a Critter

Crafty Animals -- ATG with an Animal

D.L. Art -- April Linky Party

Passion for Markers -- Feminine

Colour Crazy Challenge -- ATG with a colored image

Sakura in March -- For Ching-Chou Kuik

 Happy Spring, everyone!  Easter is inching ever closer, so I couldn't pass up the chance to color up one of the beautiful floral/Spring images in the Ching-Chou Kuik Etsy Shop. I'm posting on the Ching-Chou Kuik Inspiration & Challenge Blog. 

For today's inspiration, I used the gorgeous image, Sakura in March:

It is a black & white image that I colored with Copic markers.  That embossed and die cut panel behind her is a die from Anna Griffin.  The cute bunny die cut has been in my stash for a long time, but was purchased from a company called Peachy Cheap. 

There is a challenge underway at the Ching-Chou Kuik Blog.  The theme is Easter &/or flowers. There's still time to join us!  Visit the CCK Blog often for wonderful inspiration! For even more inspiration, try the Ching-Chou Kuik Facebook Group.  You'll find another challenge there, too. 

Cuttlebug Mania challenge -- use a bunny (and a die cut) 

Animal Friends Challenge -- Use a bunny

Morgan's Artworld -- ATG

Digichoosday -- ATG

Promarker Challenge -- Bunnies &/or Blooms

Crafty Sentiments -- ATG

Easter Blessings -- For Jan's Digi Stamps Challenges

 It's time for a bit of Mid-month inspiration over at Jan's Digi Stamps Challenges. The challenges last all month (the current one runs until April 4), and they are always Anything Goes!  You could win an awesome gift certificate to the Jan Mayhew Store just for linking up! Your chances are even greater if you use a Jan Mayhew image, so shop the store!

Since Easter is close, I used one of Jan's darling Easter sets for today's inspiration.  This is one of the Black & White images in the Happy Easter set: 

I colored the Happy Easter image with Copic markers.  The sentiment is also part of the set. 

The background paper is from We Are 3 Digital Shop. It's called Bokeh Blends. The Easter eggs are dies I purchased long ago.  I think they were from Peachy Cheap. The sentiment is mounted on a die from Crafter's Companion.

You still have time to link up at JDS Challenges.  I hope you join in on our Anything Goes Challenge!  I'd love to see what you create! 

I'd like to enter this in the following challenges:

Cuttlebug Mania -- Use a Bunny on your project (and a die cut)

Show us your Pussies -- Anything furry goes

2 Crafty Critter Crazies -- ATG with a Critter

Crafty Animals -- ATG with an animal

Animal Friends Challenge -- use a bunny

Spring Jasmine -- For Ching-Chou Kuik's March Challenge

 It's March, and a new challenge just got underway over on the Ching Chou Kuik Inspiration & Challenge Blog.  The challenge has the theme this month of Easter &/or Florals, and it will the whole month of March.

I used the beautiful Spring Jasmine for this month's challenge:

This gorgeous little fairy girl is a black & white image that I colored with Copic markers. Then, I went looking for pretty dies and papers to construct the card.  The dies are by Crafter's Companion.  That pretty paper is by We Are 3 Digital Shop.  It's one of the new Sweetness Papers. The rabbit die cut is from my stash, but I think it's from Peachy Cheap. The sentiment is computer generated, and placed on a banner by Crafter's Companion.

You have all month to link up to our Easter/Floral challenge.  There is also a challenge in the CCK Facebook Group, along with great inspiration both on Ching-Chou Kuik Challenge & Inspiration blog and in the group.  Check back often! 

I'd like to enter this in the following challenges:

Colour Crazy Challenge -- ATG with a colored image

D.L. Art -- March Linky Party

Crafty Sentiments -- ATG

DigiChoosday -- ATG

Nuts About You! for Bugaboo Stamps

Did you know that Squirrel Appreciation Day was celebrated this week?  Well, it's Humor Me Wednesday at Bugaboo Stamps, and I thought Squirrel Appreciation Day was well worth celebrating!

Here's my card in honor of the day, using Squirrel:

I colored up the Squirrel digi with Copic markers.  Isn't he magnificent?  My dog, Winter, would certainly love to chase this fine Squirrel! The bushier the tail, the more fun they are to chase!

Papers on this card were found at Pixel Scrapper. I searched 'Acorn'.  I found the sentiment that way, too. The acorn die cut is from a die I purchased at Peachy Cheap. 

Visit the Catch the Bug blog to see what other obscure days are being celebrated this week.  Did you know it's National Pie Day? That's certainly worth celebrating!

I'd like to enter this in the following challenges:
D.L. Art -- January Linky Party
2 Crafty Critter Crazies --ATG with a Critter
Outlawz Twisted Thursday -- Layers

Just Walkin' in the Rain -- for QKR Stampede

Friiiiiii-day!  The last Friday of my working career!  It hardly seems possible that next Friday, June 1, I'll be retired.  Wow!

Friday also means it's time for a new challenge at QKR Stampede Challenge Blog, where the weekly challenges are always 'Anything Goes'.

I've been having fun with distress inks lately, and I used a rainbow of colors for the background of this card, using a sentiment from QKR Stampede called In the Rain (Q-digi13904):

I printed the In the Rain sentiment first, sizing it large, to be the focal point of the card.  Then, I got out my Tim Holtz Distress Inks and chose those that fit the colors of the rainbow (remember Roy G. Biv?)  I inked the entire 5.25 x 4 card front with the colors of the rainbow, then spritzed it lightly with water to form some raindrops on it.  

The die used on this card is from Peachy Cheap, and is part of a set of spring dies that I purchased last year.

I had a great time getting inky and making this card!

I hope you are inspired to link up with us this week at QKR Stampede Challenge blog.  I love to see what everyone creates, and we have great digis you can win -- like this one!  



I'd like to enter this in the following challenges:
The Outlawz Sunday Rhymes and Songs -- May 20, Somewhere Over the Rainbow
Word Art Wednesday -- ATG
IDCB -- ATG
An Inky Mess -- Anything Mixed Media Goes
Baustel-traum -- rainbow colors
Shoppingourstash -- April Showers Bring May Flowers

Happy Easter! -- for QKR Stampede

It's almost Easter!  I hope you and yours have a blessed Easter holiday!

It's time for a new challenge at QKR Stampede Challenge Blog. Challenges last a week, and are always Anything Goes!

Since it is just about Easter, I made an Easter card for this week's challenge, using a darling Bunny & Egg (Q-digi14910):

I colored the Bunny & Egg with Copic markers, then fussy cut the image.  The Script Happy Easter (ES-digi3703) adds an elegant touch to the card.

The designer paper on the card is digital -- found at Snap Click Supply, and is an Echo Park paper.  The egg shaped card is a file found at the Silhouette Design Store, cut out on my Silhouette Cameo 3.  The bright pink bunny is a die cut from Peachy Cheap.

I hope you find time during this busy Easter week to join our challenge at QKR Stampede.  I'd love to see what you make, and we've got great prizes you could win (like this darling digi!!) 

I'd like to enter this in the following challenges:
Outlawz Challenges -- Monday Greetings (animal)
IDCB -- ATG
D.L. Art -- March Linky Party
Word Art Wednesday -- ATG
Crafty Sentiments Challenge Blog -- ATG
AUD Sentiment -- Easter or spring
Paper Craft Challenges -- Bunnies for Easter
Die Cutting Divas -- Easter
Deep Ocean Challenge -- Easter/Spring