Rainbow Fairy

Good morning! Have you seen the totally gorgeous new Fairies that Kristy has drawn up for us this week at Some Odd Girl!  Aren't they just beautiful?!  We had four days of releases over on the blog with four adorable new digi fairies... I hope you got to see them all!

Here's my card using the beautiful and serene looking Rainbow Fairy:

Isn't she just lovely?  I love the expression on her face... so happy creating rainbows!  I thought of my wonderful MIL (April Blackbird) when I was making this card!  I'm sure if AB was a fairy she would be the kind that makes rainbows and hugs. 

I have coloured her with copics and added Stardust Stickles and Glossy Accents to her rainbow and Icicle Stickles to her wings.   The ribbon and twine are from The Ribbon Girl and the button is by Doodlebug.  The little crystal dangle is one I made and the sentiment is from LOTV.  The bling is by Prima and the papers are all from Crate Paper I think.

Here's a close-up:

Copic colours:

Skin: E50, 51, 53, 13 and R20

Hair: YR21, E97, 08, 18

Dress: YG21, 13, 17

Flower: BV00, V12, 15, 17

Rainbow: BV00, V12, Y000, Y11, B000, B01

Red: E32, 35 and E18

Wings: BG0000, 10

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

Stampin Sisters in Christ: At least 1 circle, 2 papers and 1 embellishment

There She Goes: Stitching and sewing

The Cutie Pie Challenge blog: Glitter and Bling

The Fashionista Challenge: Winged Things (second entry)

That's it from me for this weekend!  I'll be back on Monday with some Little Miss Muffet Stamps inspiration to kick start your week!

Ciao!

Arabella in Santorini

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!

Butterfly Kisses

Good morning!  It's a lovely day today!  We have a bonus weekend off this weekend (unheard of in the summer) and we saved our day off during the week so we could have a long weekend!  Yay!  My husband and I are off to Santorini for a mini vacation.  I really hope the hotel is nice... I'm always so disappointed with the Greek hotels...

Anyway, I have a simple card to share with you today using the Little Miss Muffet rubber stamp, Butterfly Kisses:

You probably can't tell, but I actually stamped her with a dark brown (sepia toned) ink instead of my usual black for a slightly softer look.  The extra butterflies come with this image.  She is coloured with copics and the papers are a mixture from my scrap stash.   The sentiment is a sticker from SRM and the corner embellies are from Make it Crafty.  I followed this weeks sketch at Feeling Sketchy:

Here's a close-up:

Copic colours used to be updated later...

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

Feeling Sketchy: Week 15 sketch

Make it Monday: Linky Party

That's it from me today!  Don't forget to check out my teamies' fabulous creations for our new challenge that started today (Circles) on the challenge blog!

Ciao!

Arabella

Blossom Fairy

Good morning!  It's Fairy release time at Some Odd Girl again!  I LOVE Kristy's fairies!  Have you been following along with the daily releases so far?  If you leave a comment on the release posts, you might even win one!  There are still two more fairies to come this week too!  

Here's a card I made with the new Blossom Fairy for Monday's post...

Isn't she gorgeous?!  The papers are from October Afternoon (two from 9 to 5 and one from Cakewalk) and also Jillybean Soup.  The Smile chippy is from American Crafts and the sentiment is from the Hey Kaylee clear stamp set.  The charm is from The Secret Garden on Da Wanda and the seam binding ribbon and twine are from The Ribbon Girl.  The button is from Doodlebug and the crystals are from Prima.

Here's a close-up:

Once again I forgot my notebook so I can't tell you the copic colours right now, but I will (I promise this time!) update with a list tonight!  I do know I tried a new skin colour combo with R00 as the base for a slightly pinker look.

UPDATE:
Skin: R00, E11, E13, T3 and R20
Hair: G000, BG34, G05, G09
Dress: YR00, YR12, YR18
Eyes: B00, B04, B06
Magic Pouch: E40, E43, E44
Leaves: YG00, YG03, YG17
Flower: V12, V15, V17
Yellow bits: Y17, YR27

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

Stamp n Plus: Anything Goes

{Pin}-spirational challenge: See challenge for inspirational picture

Victorine Originals Stamps: Buttons and Ribbons

Going Grey with Scrap Creations: Use something bought in the last 2 months (The October Afternoon papers and the Dear Lizzy chippy).

Have a lovely Wednesday!

Arabella in Athens

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

A bit of yellow and blue

Good morning!  It's Monday!  We almost had a weekend off work this last weekend, but then the boss changed his mind...  Not to worry though, it was an easy trip with easy guests and good weather... the kind we like!

Today I have another Wilma Kay Hatter card to share with you.  I quite like how this one turned out.  I think I prefer the bolder colour schemes on my cards as opposed to pastels...

The papers are from my stash and the ribbon is from The Ribbon Girl.  The pearl drop is by Tim Holtz and the sentiment is a rubon from Pebbles.  The lovely Wilma Kay Hatter is available as a rubber stamp from Little Miss Muffet stamps.  

Here's a close-up of Wilma Kay Hatter:

I forgot my notebook again, so I will update the copic colours this evening if I remember.

UPDATE:
Skin: E50, E51, E53, V20 and R20
Hair: E21, E23, E27
Red: R25, RV29, E27
Blue: BG000, BG01, BG05, BG07 and BG72 over the top
Yellow: Y21, Y26, Y17

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

Let's Ink it up: All Girls

Card Makin' Mamas: Rubber

Okay, that's it from me for now.  I had better go and do some work!

Did you see up on the sidebar (top left) that we have New Releases to share this week at Some Odd Girl?  You'll love these new girls... they are gorgeous!  Check in at the SOG blog at 9am EST to see the first of four lovely new fairies!

Ciao!

Arabella in Athens

Fairy hugs

Hello!  Well we are sitting at anchor off an island not far from Athens, just waiting to find out if we are returning to the dock tonight or not.  The guests and crew have been fed and watered and now I'm having a little relax.  I was doing a spot of blog catching up and I spotted Maria Therese's adorable Pollycraft fairy card and I remembered that I had one of those I hadn't posted yet!  Hers is much prettier than mine though.

Did you know that some of Paula's Pollycraft images are now available at Little Miss Muffet Stamps?  And I have it on good authority that there may be some new ones coming in the nearish future!

Here's my card using the Sapphire Bloom Fairy:

The main papers are from Bo Bunny and Crate Paper (I think) and the lovely ribbon is from The Ribbon Girl.  The swirly bling is by Prima and the charm is from my stash.

Here's  close-up of the sweet wee Sapphire Bloom fairy:

And here are the copics I used:

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:
Chocolate, Coffee and Cards: Anything Goes
Fashionista Challenge: Winged Things

Have a lovely evening!

Arabella Chickie in and around Athens

Wilma Kay Hatter

Good morning!  Yes, I know, I'm a whole day late with my Little Miss Muffet Stamps post!  Sorry!  I forgot to take my photos for my card in time to make this post yesterday.    It's round about mid-challenge at Little Miss Muffet stamps and the DT girls were given free rein to create some inspiration for your viewing pleasure yesterday.   Head on over to the challenge blog and see what fabulousness they came up with!  And don't forget you've still got just under a week to get your Sparkle entry into our current challenge!

I decided to use Wilma Kay Hatter for my card, but I'm not sold on the colour combo I used:

I followed this week's sketch from Feeling Sketchy, but I have turned it on it's side to fit my image:

The stamp is Wilma Kay Hatter, a red rubber foam mounted stamp available from Little Miss Muffet Stamps.  The papers I have used are from October Afternoon (Cakewalk) as is the sentiment sticker.  The sentiment itself is a rubon from Pebbles.  The ribbon is from The Ribbon Girl.  The bling is from Prima and the flower is from Making Memories.  

Here's a close-up of Wilma Kay Hatter:

I will update with my copic colours later... I can't find my notepad right now.

Copic Colours Update:  

Skin: E50, E51, E53, BV23 and R20

Hair: YR21, E97, E08, E18

Pink: R000, R12, R32

Green: G00, G12, G02

Yellow: YR30, YR31, Y17

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

Feeling Sketchy: Week 14

Scrapbook Sisters: One Stamp

Whimsy Stamps: Anything Goes

Have a lovely day!  

I'm soooo tired!  We have lots of dogs in our neighborhood and now that it's summer they obviously sleep outside on people's balconies and the people here just let them bark ALL NIGHT!  It's unbelievable!  You so wouldn't get away with that in NZ.  I sleep with ear plugs and they still wake me up!

Anyway, must go and do some work!

Ciao!

Arabella

Created From Color Copic Class

Good morning!  It's me!  I had a lovely day off work yesterday.  We had visitors for coffee and even sat outside on our balcony in the 34 degree C heat (apparently that converts to 93 degrees F).  The chokkie biscuits (not for me, I'm on a diet) all melted on the plate!  There was at least a lovely breeze and we do have awnings on the balcony, so it was actually quite pleasant.  My husband and I went out for a yummy Peking Duck dinner in the evening... not so diet, but I'm allowed one treat meal per week : )

Anyway, that's not what I wanted to talk about today...  I recently took an online basic copic colouring class called Created from Color which was run by Melissa Andrew from Melissa Made and Kristy Dalman  owner and creator of Some Odd Girl.  It was so much fun!  Melissa and Kristy started with the really basic basics and went through to colouring with some of those really difficult colours (reds, blacks, whites etc...).  They set homework for us to complete and critiqued our work and offered comments and suggestions the whole way through.  I really enjoyed the basic course and I will definitely be signing up for the Advanced course!

I purchased the optional kit that they had made up which included two exclusive Some Odd Girl stamps... This is my before and after work using Celebration Mae.

Do you see a difference?  I definitely do.  The class taught me how to add more definition with my shading, especially in the skin tones.  I'm also now using more vibrant reds and trying to tighten up my light source shading.  I'm also adding more texture to my hair colouring.

Here's my card using my final image:

The papers are from Bo Bunny, Cosmo Cricket and October Afternoon... they were all scraps from my scrap box (I'm trying to be good!).  The chipboard flowers are from Basic Grey (I think).  The sentiment comes with Celebration Mae and the buttons are from my stash.

Here's a close-up of Mae:

And here are the copics I used:

Hair: YR21, E97, E08, E18

Skin: E50, E51, E53, V20 and R20

Eyes: B02, B04, and copic opaque white

Reds: R35, RV29 and E18

Teal: G000, BG11, BG13, BG49 and Colourless blender

So, what do you think?  There was a whole range of students in the class... some who hadn't done much copic colouring at all before to some who were more experienced.  I think we all learned heaps!  It was so much fun looking in the gallery and seeing everyone's before and after projects!  Every single one of us improved lots!  I particularly loved the fact that Melissa and Kristy reviewed all of our homework and offered such helpful suggestions for improvement.  

Now I have to wait until the next Advanced Class to learn some more.  I believe there are still spots open in the up coming Basic Class which starts August 6th.  You can have a look HERE if you are interested in doing it.  I would highly recommend it.

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

Papertake Weekly: Anything Goes

Mema's Crafts: Anything Goes

Lia Stampz: Use your scraps

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