Sugar Nellie Christmas Fairy

Hello!  I'm back with another card to share today this time using one of the sweet Sugar Nellie Fairies.  I love all the new releases at Sugar Nellie lately.

I followed the current sketch at The Sugar Bowl:

Here's my card:

The papers are from Crate Paper and I have coloured Little Apprentice with copics (see details below) and added loads of Stickles.  The chipboard snowflakes are from Make it Crafty and the snowflake charm is from my stash. The seam binding is from The Ribbon Girl.  The sentiment is a rub on from Pebbles.  

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

The Sugar Bowl #71: Sketch

Party Time Tuesdays #41: Bling it on

Shopping our stash #25: Stickers, rub ons and chipboard

Here is a close-up of the Little Apprentice:

And here are the copics I used:

Have a lovely evening!

Arabella Chickie in Glyfada, Greece

Sugar Bowl Sketch #70

Good Saturday morning all!  It is a long weekend here in Greece (a version of Independence Day called 'No' Day I believe).  Unfortunately the weather is not great for boating, so our boss is not going to get to take the boat out, but they will probably come down to the boat for lunch on Sunday.

I was going to do some crafting today, but my mojo seems to have disappeared overnight due to a migraine or maybe it got blown out with all the hayfever I have had lately.  Anyway, I might have to find something easy to do like hemming curtains instead.

Earlier in the week I made a card for the current sketch (#70) at The Sugar Bowl.  This week it was Maria Therese's turn to make the sketch and it's a lovely plain and simple one.

Here's the sketch:

I decided to use one of the Gorjuss girls for my card... I hope they still count as Sugar Nellie stamps as they were the first stamps I saw online that inspired me to start card making and to me they will always be Sugar Nellie stamps.

The paper I have used is from Crate Paper.  I have painted the edges with Adirondack Paint Dabbers.  The sentiment is an SRM sticker.  The flourishes are from Maya Rd and I crocheted the flower.  

Here is a close-up of the little lady...

Here are the copics I used:

Arabella Chickie in Glyfada, Greece

Sweet Fairy...

Good morning!  Last night I had some free time and I made a couple of cards for some challenges.  I must be slow though as it took me about 5 hours just to make 2 cards!  

I just got my new Sugar Nellie Fairy stamps from Funky Kits this week and I had to ink one of them up, especially when I saw Joey's gorgeous card!  I had a quick look at the challenge blogs and decided to use the sketch from The Sugar Bowl this week and my favourite copic colour combos for the Mad for Markers challenge.

Here's my card:

The papers are from Crate Paper and October Afternoon and I have coloured the image with copics (see details below).  I have added Stickles to her wings and to the snow flakes.  The ribbon is from The Ribbon Girl and the charm is from The Secret Garden on Da Wanda.  The pearly blingy swirls are by Prima and the sentiment is from Lili of the Valley.

My favourite copic colour combos are the ones I have used here:
Reds: R30, 35, 37, 39 (I also love the 'Christmas red' combo of R21, 22, 24, 29 and 89)
Blue Greens: BG0000, 10, 53, 45, 49
Yellows: Y000, Y00, 11, 17
Blonde hair: YR30, YR31, Y28 plus I think I added a touch of YR24
Skin: E0000, E000, E00 and R20

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

The Sugar Bowl: Sketch #69 (I don't really like green so I had to pass on the optional theme)

Mad for Markers Monthly Challenge: Favourite copic colour combo

Here are the copics I used:

Gotta run... work is starting now!

Ciao!

Arabella Chickie in Glyfada, Greece

Dutch Dare sketch challenge

At first glance I thought the sketch for this week at the Dutch Dare challenge blog looked a bit too complicated, but then I saw the Design Team samples and I really liked what they had done with it, so I decided to join in the challenge.

Here is the sketch:

And here is my card:

The image is a Gorjuss Girl originally from Sugar Nellie Stamps, now I think sold under the Gorjuss Stamps label (purchased from Funky Kits).  The paper is from Echo park and October Afternoon.  The sentiment is from Pollycraft and the buttons and thread are from Blooming Felt.

I coloured the image with copics, but it was a while ago when I first got my copics and I wasn't recording the numbers I used then.

We are now anchored in a Bay off the island of Elba after a lovely flat trip from Napoli today.  Tomorrow we take the final (and shortest) leg of the trip to Imperia.

Happy Tuesday!

Arabella Chickie in Elba, Italy

Sugar Sugar

I have so many cards to post this week for challenges that I might just have to post twice a day for a while...  I made a card for the Sugar Bowl challenge this week (Challenge 54) following the sketch and the theme of Clean and Simple.

Here is the sketch:

And here is my card:

The image is one I had coloured up from when I first got my copics and was learning how to use them.  The papers are from Echo Park, October Afternoon and one other.  The sentiment is from Pollycraft.

Arabella Chickie in Lavrio, Greece

A Happy Hello

Just popping in to share another card I made on the weekend...

I am going to enter this card in the Stamp Something (Anything goes) Challenge.

Arabella Chickie in Lavrio, Greece

Cheddar the mouse

I love the Soft Centres stamps from the Sugar Nellie Home Grown collection and they are so much fun to colour!

This cute little fellow is called Cheddar...

Cheddar is coloured with copics (as usual), the ribbon is from The Ribbon Girl and the papers are mostly from Cosmo Cricket.

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:
The Sugar Bowl Challenge # 51 - Sketch challenge
The Creative CAS Challenge - Fireworks

Arabella Chickie in Lavrio, Greece

Last day to enter the Sugar Bowl challenge!

Whew!  Now that I have started discovering challenges I just can't stop myself from entering them!  Today is the last day of the Sugar Bowl Challenge number 50.  This one is special one as it is the second birthday of the Sugar Bowl so there will be two winners!

Here is the sketch.

Once again, I struggled to make a nice oval without my Spellbinders or my Fiskars cutter, so I went with rounded rectangle.  I also don't have my embossing gear here, so I had to skip the optional extra embossing option.

Here is my card...

I love this image from the Sugar Nellie Home Grown collection.  His name is Rory... isn't he cute?!  He is coloured with copics, the paper is from October Afternoon and the ribbon is from The Ribbon Girl.

Have a lovely evening!  We are off to Bookie Bird's house for dinner.  It is the last night before her folks in law leave to go back home to Australia.  I made a sinful chocolate cake for dessert... we figured that since we are both on diets we had better make our one dessert this month a good one!

Arabella Chickie in Lavrio, Greece