Look Mum, no lines!

Hello all... This is my first attempt at 'no lines' colouring using a Tiddly Inks stamp from the Beach Babe clear stamp set.  I used a Memento ink called Desert Sand and coloured with copics.

I'm not sure that my colours are spot on, but I would like to enter this card into the current Pop of Colour challenge at Tiddly Inks.

The papers are all scraps from my stash (Crate Paper I think) and the starfish and icecream cone are rub-ons.  The sentiment stamp is from LOTV.

That's pretty much it from me... life is trucking along nicely for us.  I'm about 7 months pregnant now and I feel absolutely huge... way bigger than last time. I'm not sure I can get any bigger and I still have a couple of months to go!   The bubba in my tummy is very active and keeps me awake at night... I hope that's not a sign of things to come!  Lilian continues to delight us and is sleeping really well thankfully (cross fingers and touch wood that continues).  Tyron is very busy with work.  We are sort of house hunting to accommodate our expanding family, but can't find anything we like that is within budget at the moment.  House prices in Auckland (and particularly on the Shore) are out of control!

Hope you are all well!

Arabella Chickie

It's an itty bitty Tiddly kind of Friday...

Hello! I hope it's going to be a great weekend for everyone!  I'm finally recovering from a nasty sore throat and flu-like virus... so glad to be coming out the other side of it!  I'm just so relieved that Ty and Lilian didn't catch it.  Phew!

So I saw that the latest challenge up at Tiddly Inks is to make a tiny creation (or ATC) and I couldn't resist making some Tiddly-licious pendants...

Each pendant is 1 inch square... a little bit fiddly, but such fun to make!  I'm not sure what I'm going to do with them now though :)  I have coloured them with copics and added a touch of glitter.   Super  fun cuteness!

Happy Friday all!

Arabella Chickie 

PS I was super excited to find today that I have two featured cards up at the moment... one at Tiddly Inks and one at Little Miss Muffet Stamps!  

A long absence...

Hello, it's been a looong time!  Lilian has been keeping me pretty busy and her bedroom is right next to my craft room so I have had very little time to make cards for the last couple of years.  I never realised how sacred nap times would be until I had a baby of my own and now another one on the way!  I finally decided I would have to just make little bits of time to do little bits of crafting... I do feel a bit like I've forgotten how to colour and make cards though, so bear with me.  Here's one of my first attempts using a Tiddly Inks image entitled Wryn and Mo - Love you Most for the current BFF challenge at Tiddly Inks.

Excuse the poor lighting... it is the middle of winter here and we have not had many sunny days at all.

And here are a couple of pics of me, the bump (21 weeks) and my munchkin...

Challenges:
Tiddly Inks Challenge #136 BFF

I hope everyone is well in blogland :)

Arabella Chickie in New Zealand

Tiddly Inks Friends

Hiya!  I bet you weren't expecting a post from me today!  Well I have a few Tiddly Inks cards I made last month that I still haven't shared here yet, so I thought I had better hop to it!  To tell you the truth I'm in a bit of crafting rut (not to mention being too busy at work) and haven't made anything new for a month or so!  

So here's a card I made last month for the the clear stamp release at Tiddly Inks...

This is Wryn from the Friends are Flowers clear stamp set.

Isn't she cute?!  The stamp set comes with two sentiments (I have used one here) and the little flower pot as well.  The papers I have used are from my stash and the ribbon is from the Ribbon Girl.  I crocheted the flower myself and the brad is from my stash. 

Here's a close-up of Wryn:

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:

Everybody Art Challenge: Anything Goes

LEJ Designs Challenge: Anything Goes

Have a lovely day!

Arabella

Happy Bee Day

Hello!  Sorry I haven't been around in a while... been a little busy lately.  I just wanted to stop by and share a card I made recently for the adorable new Anna Belle releases at Tiddly Inks.

Isn't she the cutest?!  I LOVE Christy's images!  The papers I have used are from my stash (Crate Paper, My Mind's Eye and ?) and I have based my card on this month's sketch from I{heart}2stamp.     I added Stickles to her pom poms and her wings.   

Here's a close-up:

And here is the sketch from I{heart}2stamp:

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:

I{heart}2stamp: August sketch

Craft your days away: Anything Goes

Gotta run! That's it from me for now... see you later!

Arabella

Tiddly Inks Summer Fun!

Good morning!  I'm sorry this is late!  We moved out of our good internet zone and we are now in a little bay in Despotiko (close to Paros) which has very bad internet.    Did you see we have a new challenge this fortnight at Tiddly Inks?  And we also have some super adorable new releases?  Check them out HERE.

For my card for the summer fun challenge, I decided to use Wryn Hanging Around.  She's adorable and she's available both as a digital stamp and in a clear acrylic stamp set!

The papers are a mixture from my stash (Crate Paper, October Afternoon, Basic Grey) and the Summertime activity card is from Pink Paisley.  The sentiment is an from the Wryn Beach Babe clear stamp set.  The ribbon is from The Ribbon Girl and the charm is from my stash.  The brad is also from my stash, but might be Crate Paper.  

Here's a close-up of Wryn:

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:

Anything Goes Challenge blog: Summer Days

Elke Kaart Een Feestje: Summer holidays

Everybody Art challenge: Summer

Ladybug Crafts Ink challenge: Summer Fun

Okay, that's it from me... I've got to go and cook lunch for the hungry masses.

Ciao!

Arabella in the Greek Islands

Joy ride

Hiya!  It's a quick post from me...  

First a news update:

We have new releases this week at Some Odd Girl!  Head on over there and check out today's gorgeous puppy stamps!  There are some gorgeous new releases at Little Miss Muffet stamps for you to check out too and our fun challenge theme is Neapolitan icecream!  And finaly, we have new releases next week at Tiddly Inks!  Until then, our current challenge is to use your favourite Tiddly Inks image!

Here's a card I made recently using the new clear stamp set Cute as a Bug from Tiddly Inks:

The papers are a mixture from my scrap containers (October Afternoon, Crate Paper and a couple of others).  The ribbon is from The Ribbon Girl and the suitcases, ladybugs and sentiment are all part of the stamp set.

Here's a close-up:

Isn't she cute?!

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:

Craft your Passion Challenges: Anything goes

Incy Wincy Designs: Sugar n Spice and all things nice (girly)

Marker POP: Bright Colours

Okay, gotta run!  See you later!

Arabella

Dragons and Princesses

Hiya!  I've just realised that I have a pile of Tiddly Inks cards that I haven't posted yet!  So to remedy that, I thought I would start with one I made for the recent Fantasy Friends Release using Dragon Friend:

The papers are from my scrap piles (which I have recently sorted by colour into lovely plastic boxes so that I can find them more easily).  The sentiment is an old stamp from Pollycraft and the ribbon is from The Ribbon Girl.  The charm is from my stash.  

Here's a close-up:

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:

Digi Doodle Shop's Best: Ribbons and bows

The Outlawz Twisted Thursday: Anything Goes with a twist of Things that Fly

Clearly Inspired Challenge: Things with Wings

Okay that's it from me for now!  Don't forget we have a fabulous challenge running this fortnight at Tiddly Inks... it's to use your Favourite Tiddly Image!  Fun huh?!  The hardest part is trying to choose a favourite!

Ciao!

Arabella Chickie in Angostiri or maybe Aegena... (they all look the same to me)!

Tiddly Tuesday!

Good morning!  This post is late I'm sorry!  I don't know where my head is at at the moment!  It's Tiddly Tuesday today!  That means we have a brand new challenge for you over at the Tiddly Inks Challenge blog and it's a good one!  The challenge is to use your favourite Tiddly Inks image!  

I couldn't decide on a favourite as I love all of Christy's images so much, so I decided to use one of the adorable Wryn images that I hadn't made into a card before... Sweet Dreams Wryn (without the bed):

The papers I have used are from Crate Paper and Pink Paisley and the sentiment is from LOTV.  The charm is from The Secret Garden on Da Wanda and the lovely silk ribbon is from The Ribbon Girl.  The felt flowers are from Sew Sweet.

Here's a close-up of Wryn:

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:

The Crafty Bloggers Network: Anything Goes

Paper Playtime: Anything Goes

Paper Pretties: Use two or more designer papers

I hope you can join us with your favourite (or at least one of your favourites) Tiddly Inks image this fortnight at Tiddly Inks!  We can't wait to see your creations!

Arabella 

Fantasy Release at Tiddly Inks!

Good morning!  Did you hear there are some fantastical new digital releases today at Tiddly Inks?   Christy has been busy drawing up a line of gothic/medieval girls with their fantasy friends.  Check them all out HERE... they're amazing!

For my card today, I used the beautiful and mysterious Mystria:

Isn't she gorgeous?!  Her hair was so much fun to colour!  I have coloured her with copics (details to follow).  The ribbon is from the Ribbon Girl and the paper is from My Mind's Eye.  I have cut a couple of flowers from some Crate Paper paper as well to put in the background.  The wooden stars are from my stash.  The skull is Tim Holtz grungeboard.  The sentiment tag is a stamp from LOTV and the charm is from my stash.  The Magic sentiment is Cosmo Cricket tiny type.  I covered the flowers, the stars and the skull in clear Crackle paint.

Here's a close-up of Mystria:

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:

The Crafty Bloggers Network: Anything Goes

Great Impressions Challenges: Show us your best colouring

PanPastel UK: Magical and Mystical

I hope you love the new releases as much as we do!  See you later this afternoon for another new release from Some Odd Girl!

Ciao!

Arabella

Tiddly Tuesday Sketch Challenge

Good morning!  It's Tiddly Tuesday and we have a fabulous sketch for you for our new challenge starting this week!  You'll find the sketch HERE along with some fabulous samples from my teamies to get you inspired!

And that's not all, I'm sure you have heard that Christy has made some of her adorable Wryns into clear stamps?!  Woohoo!  I was so super excited when they came in the mail... They are awesome!  Check them all out HERE.

For my card for the sketch challenge I used one of the new clear stamp versions of Wryn...

Isn't she adorable?  That sentiment is just one of the extra goodies that Christy has included in the clear stamp sets.  I coloured Wryn up with my copics (details to follow) and added Stickles to the hearts and the chipboard butterfly (from Make it Crafty).  The papers are from  October Afternoon and Lily Bee Designs.  The charm is from The Secret Garden on Da Wanda and the ribbon is from The Ribbon Girl.  The brad is from my stash.

Here's a close-up:

Copics used:

I hope you can join us for this fortnight's challenge!  And don't forget to check out all gorgeous new clear stamps!

Challenges I would like to enter:

Love to Create: Use 3 of something (3 DPs and 3 bling gems)

Simon Says Stamp and Show: Anything Goes

Lia Stampz: Anything Goes

Ciao for  now!

Arabella in Athens

Clear Stamps at Tiddly Inks!!!!

Did you hear the news?!  Christy has been busy making some of her adorable little Wryns into clear stamps!!!  How cool is that?!  The big reveal will be tomorrow on Christy's blog and you still have 5 hours to link up to Christy's link list to go into the draw to win a set for yourself! I'm telling you, they are sooo cute!  And there are some lovely little extra bits and pieces that don't come with the digi images.

Here's a little sneak peak until tomorrow:

You're going to love these!!!!

Arabella in Athens

Fabulous Friday!

Good morning!  It's Fabulous Friday at Tiddly Inks!  Hopefully this post is popping up all by itself as I'm on my way to the airport to catch a flight to Santorini!  Yay!  A mini vacation with my hubby!  

I feel like a kind of a digital animal rescue advocate today as I have lobbied to save another of Christy's cute animals from the depths of the basement... Check out the adorable Set of Kitty's that are now available in the Tiddly Inks shop HERE!  They are so cute and such fun to colour up!

Here's my card:

Isn't he cute?!  I had't actually intended to give him fur while I was colouring... it just happened somehow... my copics took over!  The papers are a mixture from my stash and the ribbon is from The Ribbon Girl.  The brad is from My Mind's Eye and the birdcage is from The Secret Garden on Da Wanda.  

Here's a close-up:

And here are the copics I used:

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:

LEJ Designs: Animals

My Time to Craft: It's raining cats and dogs

Lexi's Creations: For a friend

Truly Madly Crafty Challenges: Animals

Well that's it from me today folks!  Be sure to head on over to the Tiddly Inks blog to check out the truly Fabulous Friday creations from my very talented team mates!

Ciao!

Arabella in Santorini

PS: Tomorrow's scheduled post will be the second fairy card I made for this weeks new releases at Some Odd Girl.... Rainbow Fairy.  She's just beautiful!  If you haven't purchased her already, I'm sure you NEED to!  Lol!

Sweet Dreams Wryn

Hiya !  A late post again from me today!  It's Tiddly Tuesday!  Well not exactly... we still have one more week of our current challenge (Red, White and Blue) to run, but we do have a new release to share today! Did you see there is a new Wryn out now at Tiddly Inks?  Check her out in all her cuteness right HERE.  She comes in two versions... one with a bed and one with just her bunny slippers.

Here's my card using the full Sweet Dreams Wryn  bedroom image:

Pastels again from me... It's that Cakewalk paper from October Afternoon that is making me do it!  After I coloured this image up, I spotted Melissa's gorgeous version and I had a 'Doh' moment... of course the lamp should be the light source!!! What was I thinking?!

Here's a close-up:

The papers are from October Afternoon and the ribbon is from The Ribbon Girl.  The letter tiles are from Pink Paisley and the charm is from my stash.

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:

The Crafty Bloggers Network Challenges: Anything Goes

Marker Pop Blog: Pastel colours

I{heart}2Stamp: July Sketch (I mirrored the sketch, see below)

Copic Colours UPDATE:

Skin: R00, E11, E13, T3 and R20

Hair YR21, E97, E08, E18

Dark Pink: RV32, RV34, R37

Light Pink: R000, R00, R21

Yellow: Y00, Y11, Y19, YR23

Aqua: B0000, BG10, G00

Book: E50, E53, E57

Have a lovely day!

Arabella in Athens

Red, white and blue at Tiddly Inks!

Good morning!  Yay!  It's Tiddly Tuesday!  Today I get to reveal my card using the adorable new Patriotic Wryn that I sneak peaked last week!  Yep, it's challenge time again!

Well as many of you know, Independence Day is coming up this week for the US and I'm sure there will be plenty of celebrations, so our challenge for you this fortnight is to use mainly red, white and blue on your creation.

Here's my card:

The papers are from Authentique and I based this card on The Deconstructed Sketch #57.  They really are the best sketches!  The ribbon is from The Ribbon Girl and the charm is from The Secret Garden on Da Wanda.  The swirly bling is by Prima and the sentiment is a sticker by SRM.

Here's a close-up of Patriotic Wryn:

And here are the copics I used:

Do please take a moment to check out my teamies' fabulous creations!  They totally rocked this challenge and you will be thoroughly inspired by their creations!  

I hope you have time to enter our challenge!  We really love seeing your Tiddly Inks creations!

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:

Incy Wincy Designs: Patriotism (Use only the colours from your country)

Paper Playtime: Red, White and Blue plus a diecut

Gingerloft Challenge: Red, White and Blue

2 Sisters Challenges: Red, White and Blue plus optional bling

Before I go, there's a new Wryn being released at Tiddly Inks today!  Check her out, she's so cute:

This is Wryn - Thank You Beary Much and she comes with a sentiment AND she's available now for a beary special price of $1!!!  Whoohoo!  

Also, have you heard about our Facebook Group Page?  It's a fun spot for people to share their Tiddly Inks projects and ask questions and just generally hang out.  I hear there may even be a freebie there at the moment!  If you are not already a member, you can ask to join (look in the top right corner) and we would love to have you!

Have a lovely day!

Arabella in Athens