All things Halloween at Ching Chou Kuik and an anniversary gift!!

Hello all

So, have you managed to join in with our new challenge over on the Facebook page or the blog yet?

No?  Well, if you love Ching Chou Kuik's images you really ought to get an entry in.

If you read to the end there is a special surprise further down!

I would like to show you my latest project which is, as the blog header suggests, very much about Halloween.

This is my inspiration post for the current Facebook challenge over at Ching Chou Kuik.  The challenge this month is centered very much around Halloween.

So, Halloween/Pumpkins/Halloween Colours

(i.e. black, orange, purple and green)

So, I am sure you can all find something that fits the bill can't you?

Although I am not a huge lover of Halloween, I have to say that Purple is my FAVOURITE colour ever.  So this challenge was right up my street.

The image I have used here is called Misty Reflections and you can find it at Ching Chou's Etsy store here.

I chose those backing papers from a pad of Claritystamp papers which you can find here.

These papers are double sided and all mix and match perfectly.

I added the flowers because I think they just finish the card off perfectly and the little gems just give the card that bit of bling.

I decided to go with my markers for this project and I am pretty pleased with how it turned out.

See the moon?  That was a technique I picked up at Alyce's colouring classes over at Kit and Clowder on Facebook, I think it gives the moon that cool textured look, don't you?

I love how this came together and the only think I would do differently if I made it again would be to change the colour on the cats.  I'm not sure whether the black really works.  Please let me know what you think.

Now, just before I go, I have some fabulous information for you all.

This challenge will be celebrating five years of Ching Chou Kuik's challenges - how fantastic is that?  Quite an achievement in today's crafting world I think, don't you?

Well, to celebrate, everyone who enters the challenge this month, both on the blog challenge and the Facebook challenge, will each receive a copy of this fabulous image, called Dark Moon.

Isn't she fabulous?

So, because this is such a special occasion, I have made a card using this image too.

For this project I decided to use my Polychromo pencils.  I really do love using pencils for my colouring but the only downside is that they do tend to take a little longer, but hey I can live with that. Lol.  Now strangely enough I went for purple on her dress - which was not planned but as I said, it is my favourite colour so tends to be my go to Halloween choice. Lol

The stencil behind the image is a Claritystamp stencil which you can find here.

The background is done with pan pastels which I blended to give a more ghostish finish, if you know what I mean?

The little die cut leaf branch is one I have had in my die cut box for simply ages, I just coloured it green and then added the roses.  These were bright red so I brushed them over with some black ink to give them a darker look.  I finished off with a piece of ribbon and black bow and three little purple gems. 

These free images will all be sent out at the end of the challenge.  Doing it this way means our lovely Kym isn't on and off the computer like a jack in a box!! Lol

So there you go then.

What did you think of them?  What colours would you have used for these images?

Please leave me a comment and let me know, I do love to read your comments as they may just change the way I do something on a future project.

Thanks for stopping by, see you again soon.

TTFN

xxx

Challenges:

Crafter's Castle #22 - Anything Goes, Option Fall/Autumn

Crafty Calendar - Autumn Colours/Halloween

Daisy Chain Challenge - Pink or Halloween

2 Crafty Critter Crazies - Anything Goes with an animal

2 Sisters on the Blog - Autumn Card

A bit more time to craft - Anything Goes

Creative Fingers - Anything Papercraft Goes

Brown Sugar Challenge - Anything Goes

Craft Dee Bowz - Anything Goes with a handmade bow

The Fairy and The Unicorn Challenge - Anything Fantasy Goes

Paper Funday Challenge - Anything Goes, Twist of Halloween