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25 February 2011

My first shaker card!

This week's challenge at the Tiddly Inks Challenge Blog was to make a shaker card... another first for me!  Unfortunately on the day I went down to our little village craft shop to see what I could find to put inside the card the whole town was on strike (only in Greece)!  So I had to make do with some seed beads that I had on hand.  They actually turned out to be okay though as they do make quite a satisfying rattle.













































































The image is called Donna's Adventure from Tiddly Inks and the papers are from October Afternoon and Bo Bunny.  The ribbon is from the Ribbon Girl and the sentiment is from Lili of the Valley.  I used copics to colour the image (see below).




















It is a horrible windy grey day here... I hope it's nicer where you are.

Arabella Chickie in Lavrio, Greece



14 comments:

Larissa said...

Such a cute card Arabella! Love the star paper and your stitching on the card! Thanks so much for joining us at the Tiddly Inks challenge this week.

Hugs,
Larissa

Dorcas said...

How adorable!!

ChickieChirps said...

That's funny. When I first looked at the card I had no idea what part would be 'shakin'. Now I see. Wow, that's an intriguing idea!
BB

Anonymous said...

That's okay BB... I was wondering why the card need a religious theme i.e. Shakers... took me a while... my excuse??? It's early in the morning and I need another cup of coffee.

Love the card Arabella. Wonder if you could find some tiny little pebbles on that beach of yours... would they 'shake' sufficiently? Or little shells?

You could do a beach theme :)

AB

mfc.melissamade2 said...

OH...ok, this card is GORGEOUS - first your coloring is simply amazing and I love the shaker with those little black beads! Love the layout too and that little tag - Ok, I could go on forever - did I mention your awesome stitching? Fantastic - so glad you entered our challenge at Tiddly Inks - can't wait to see what you create next!
Hugs,
M

Unknown said...

Wonderful card! You colored this image so nicely and used a great paper for your coloring. So glad you could join us this week at Tiddly Inks!

Aussieleigh said...

What a cute card Arabella! Love love your colouring, little DOnna justs pops and the stitching detail just finishes it off. So glad you joined us at Tiddly inks this week!

Loopylou. said...

this is just adorable! its is so cute and cheery, i love the shakey soil and the papers are yummo and your colouring is awesome! thank you for sharing it with us over on tiddly inks hugs Lou xxx

Tracy Jedi said...

I love everything about this...especially your coloring and the papers you used! Great job! Thanks for joining us at the Tiddly Inks challenge this week!

CraftyMomOf3 said...

this is stunning!!! your paper and ribbon choices are divine!! i love the seed beads!!! amazing coloring...

just fabu all around!!

thanks for joining us this week at TI!!

HUGS!

Lysa said...

Wow this is a fabulous "first" shaker card! ♥ how you colored Donna and the stitching are perfect touches :)

Thanks for playing along at Tiddly Inks!

Unknown said...

Lovely card!!. I like it very much, and I think that the seed beads are perfect.

DonnaMundinger said...

oh how adorable! the beads look fab and it's so exciting to have participants all the way from Greece. thanks for playing along. xxD

Christy/Tiddly Inks Digitals said...

This is simply wonderful! :) Love the beads!