Chickie Chirps

It's Tiddly Tuesday and our theme is Valentine!

2012-01-31T17:00:00.000+11:00

Good morning (or evening as it is here in NZ)! It's Tiddly Tuesday again and we have a new challenge theme for you this fortnight! We had some fabulous entries into our last challenge! It was very inspiring to see how everyone interpreted the colour challenge!

Our challenge to you this fortnight is to create a special Valentine project in plenty of time for Valentine's Day!

Head over to the Tiddly Inks challenge blog to get some fabulous inspiration from my fabulous teamies!

For my card, I decided to use Little Bear:

The papers I have used are from Crate Paper, Simple Stories, and My Mind's Eye I think. The ribbon is from my stash and the brad is from My Mind's Eye. The sentiment is from LOTV. I have coloured Little Bear with copics (see details below).

Here's a close-up of Little Bear:

And here are the copics I used:

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

The Corrosive Challenge Blog: I {heart} you

Dream Valley Challenges: Animal

One Stitch at a Time: Use a Digi

Paper Sundaes #105: Valentines

The Crafty Pad: Valentine/Anniversary

That's all from me for now! I'm heading off for a lovely catch up dinner with some friends I haven't seen for a year!

Ciao!

Arabella Chickie in Auckland, New Zealand

These are a few of my favourite things...

2012-01-30T19:00:00.000+11:00

Good morning all! Can you hear me humming? Yep, it's a bit of The Sound of Music stuck in my head after the lovely Lou picked this week's challenge theme at Pollycraft...

These are a few of my favourite things

We are sponsored this week by Crafty Emma's Store and the winner will receive a £10 voucher to spend in the store. How exciting! Emma has some fabulous stuff there.

I tried to cram all my current favourite things onto my card this week which was no mean feat let me tell you as I used a small card base again (11cm x 11cm)! Do pop over to the Pollycraft challenge blog and check out the fabulous projects from my teamies!

Here's what I came up with:

The image is Call Me Chester (Chester is one of my favourite Pollycraft characters). The papers are from my favourite paper company... October Afternoon. I have also used My Mind's Eye brads, felt stars, a flower button from Blooming Felt, a Crate Paper chipboard embellishment, a Maya Rd tag, Glossy Accents, copics, my sewing machine, a Pebbles rub-on sentiment, Tim Holtz Distress inks, The Ribbon Girl seam binding and twine, and swirly bling by Prima!

Here's a close-up of Chester:

And here are the copics I used:

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

Craft Your Days Away: Distressing

Crazy 4 Challenges: Layer it on - lots of layers and embellies

Make it Colourful: Shading with Reds

One Stop Craft Challenge #121: Stitching Real of Faux

That's it from me for now, I'll be back tomorrow for Tiddly Tuesday!

Ciao!

Arabella Chickie in Auckland, NZ

Meet Vanilla from Little Miss Muffet Stamps

2012-01-27T20:48:00.001+11:00

Hello! Well, I think I spoke too soon about summer being here! It was a miserable day today in Auckland. We were going to take our godchildren to the zoo, but it was a grey rainy day here today, so we had to take them shopping instead! We did end up going to 'Glow in the dark' mini golf though as well which was fun!

Anyway, today I have my second card for the New Releases from Little Miss Muffet stamps to show you. Meet Vanilla. As an aside, I have been finding it soooo hard to find decent vanilla essence in Greece! They have powdered vanilla for the main part and occasionally a liquid vanilla essence that is very fake tasting to me. I'm going to stock up while I am in NZ!

So here is my card:

Isn't she cute?! I coloured her with copics (see details below) and I tried to mix in some yellow as highlights on the pink bunny for fun this time. It kind of worked, but I need more practice I think at mixing in completely different colours like that.

The papers are a mix... October Afternoon (the stripes), Echo park, (the blue) and My Mind's Eye (the pink). The yellow paper is from Pink Paisley., The ribbon is from The Ribbon Girl and the button is from Jane. The sentiment is from Pollycraft.

Here is a close-up of Vanilla:

And here are the copics I used:

I would like to enter the following challenges:
Penny's challenges #71: Ribbons and Buttons
Simon Says Stamp: Anything Goes
Whimsy Stamps #23: Pearls or Bling
C.R.A.F.T Challenge: Recipe (digi, ribbons and buttons)
Digi Doodle Shop Challenge: Anything Goes

Have a lovely day!

Arabella Chickie in Auckland, NZ

New Releases at Little Miss Muffet Stamps

2012-01-26T19:00:00.000+11:00

Hello! Good afternoon! We arrived in NZ yesterday and the weather has been lovely here so far! It feels like we haven't had a proper relaxing summer in a while as we usually work our hardest over summer in Greece, so we are going to take full advantage of this one!

Now that Barbara is feeling better she has been sketching up a storm with five new releases to share with you today! Head over to the Little Miss Muffet Challenge blog to see all five new images or head straight to the shop to buy them! There are two Little Misses, two Sugar n Spice dolls and one Animal Friends image.

I have used the two adorable new Sugar n Spice dolls for my cards, and I will show you one today and one tomorrow...

So, for today's card, meet Jasmine:

Isn't she cute? The three papers I have used are from Simple Stories, Echo Park (I think the yellow one is or it could be October Afternoon) and Pink Paisley. The crystals are by Prima and the sentiment tag is from Maya Rd. The sentiment stamp is from Pollycraft and the lace is from The Ribbon Girl. The flower is from Sew Sweet and the brad is from My Mind's Eye.

Here's a close-up of Jasmine:

And here are the copics I used:

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

My Mum's Craft Shop: Flowers

Simon Says Stamp: Anything Goes

Stamp and Create: Anything Goes

Stamp n Doodle: Include an Animal

See you back tomorrow for my second card!

Arabella Chickie in New Zealand

Tiddly Tuesday!

2012-01-24T19:00:00.000+11:00

Good morning! I'm still in transit I hope.... by this stage we should be in a Singapore airport hotel sleeping through our 14 hour stopover before we get on a plane to NZ.

I know it's not a challenge day at Tiddly Inks today because we switched to fortnightly challenges. That means you still have one week to get your entry into our colour challenge. Go on... challenge yourself!

Here's some Tiddly loveliness to share with you today:

This little guy is the adorable Little Monkey from Christy's December release. Isn't he cute?! I have coloured him with copics (see details below). The papers are from Crate Paper and October Afternoon. The seam binding is from The Ribbon Girl and the swirly bling is by Prima. The ticket stamp is from Maya Rd and the sentiment stamp is from Pollycraft.

I have followed the January sketch for you to try at I{heart}2stamp:

I managed to do all twelve sketches last year... this year I hope I can do the same!

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

I{heart}2Stamp: January SFYTT

Dream Valley Challenges #24: Animals (second entry)

Shelly's Images: Anything Goes

Raise the Bar #88: Circles

Here are the copics I used:

That's all from me for now! See you later!

Arabella Chickie in transit

Pollycraft Monday - Warm it up!

2012-01-23T19:00:00.000+11:00

Good morning! Is anyone else feeling a bit of a chill in the air lately? We definitely are here in Greece, but I can't complain... it really has been quite a mild winter so far. Anyway, right about now I'm at the airport about to check in for my flight to Auckland where it will hopefully be warm and sunny! (it had better be because I tried to pack light and only summer clothes made it into my bag!... ah well, I suppose I could force myself to look around the shops : ) )

So, today we have a new challenge at Pollycraft set by the lovely Mary J and it is

'Warm it Up'

We would like to see warm colours, or warm feelings or anything that makes you feel warm on your creations. Our sponsor this week is The Crimson Cloud who are are offering three packets of die cuts to the winner. Woohoo!

Head on over the the Pollycraft Monday challenge blog to check out my teamies fabulous creations!

For my card today, I decided to use the ever so cute Swings and Slides Lil Kitty:

I tried to use just warm colours, but I see a little bit of blue/green just snuck in there! Lil Kitty is coloured with copics (see details below). The papers are from Simple Stories and Crate Paper and the felt rose is from Sew Sweet. The birdcage charm is from Da Wanda. The tag is from Maya Rd. The card is quite small (11cm x 11cm) so I had to keep it fairly simple.

Here's a close-up of Lil Kitty:

And here are the copics I used:

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

ATC's and Cards with Attitude #5: Anything Goes

Dream Valley Challenges #24: Animals (there is a bird on my card as well as the Lil Kitty hat)

Crafty Purple Frog: Anything Goes

That's it from me for now. If you have wondered why I have been pretty quiet lately it's because I won't be taking any crafting gear with me on holiday, so I have been very busy trying to make all my DT cards for February before we leave... Busy busy!

We hope you can join us for the challenge!

Ciao!

Arabella Chickie in transit (Athens to Auckland via Istanbul and Singapore)

Blues and Creams at Little Miss Muffet Stamps

2012-01-19T19:00:00.000+11:00

Good morning! Well it's probably not so much for me... I have scheduled this post as I found out last minute that I have to cater for an office meeting for the boss for lunch today. Yikes! I hate cooking in an unfamiliar environment!

The menu:

Nibbles: leek and brie pastries and mini chicken cakes with hoisin sauce

Starter: Thai fish cakes with Asian style salad

Main: Caramelized chilli pork served with coconut rice, baked honey garlic butternut and roasted asparagus

Dessert: Individual pavlovas with pastry cream, cream and strawberries

Our challenge this fortnight at Little Miss Muffet Stamps is Blues and Creams! A tough one right? Actually it wasn't so bad at all and I quite liked how my card turned out...

This is another small card... 11cm x 11cm... I have been making quite a few of them lately to give as a gift. The image is Linda Lee Hatter (I do so love Barbara's Hatter Girls) and I have coloured her with copics (see details below). The papers are from My Mind's Eye, the ribbon is from The Ribbon Girl and the tag is from Maya Road. The sentiment stamp is from Pollycraft.

So, what do you think? Want to join us this week? If you are not convinced yet, head over to the challenge blog and check out the fabulous creations from my teamies! On another note, we are all super pleased to have our fearless leader back with us and feeling a tad better, and let me tell you... she has been creating up a storm and there are some exciting things up her sleeves! But all will be revealed in February... just make sure you don't miss out on the excitement!

Here is a close-up of Linda Lee Hatter.

And here are the copics I used:

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

Whimsical Wednesday: Anything Goes

Whimsy Stamps: Blue and brown

Cupcake Craftroom: Anything Goes

Crafty Sentiments: Anything Goes

Wish me luck today!

Arabella

Tiddly Tuesday - Colour Challenge

2012-01-17T17:00:00.000+11:00

Good morning! It's Tiddly Tuesday! We had some gorgeous entries into our Celebration challenge! This week we have a brand new two week challenge for you! It's a tough one though... it's a colour challenge!

Here are the colours we would like you to use:

Of course you can use other skin and hair colours, but we would like the rest of your creation to be limited to these colours if possible. Head on over to the challenge blog and check out the fabulous projects from my teamies!

I must admit I struggled with this one! It's not a colour combo I'm used to using as I am really not very fond of this colour green, but here's what I came up with...

This little cutie is Lilli Claire - Did you Hear? and I have coloured her with copics (see details below). I have kept the card fairly simple as my image was quite large. The papers are from Crate Paper and Echo Park and the clip and film strip are by Tim Holtz. The tag is from Maya Rd and the sentiment stamp is from Amy R Summer Sentiments.

Here's a close up of Lilli Claire:

And here are the copics I used:

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

Crafty Cardmakers Challenge #59: No Floral Embellishments

Daisy Doodles Creative Challenges #51: Anything Goes

iCopic Lover Weekly Challenge #65: Unloved colours

Truly Madly Crafty Challenges: Anything Goes

Robyn's Fetish Challenge #90: Animals

Okay, that's all from me for now! I hope you can join us this fortnight!

Arabella Chickie

Tiddly Inks Blog hop image winner!

2012-01-17T03:24:00.001+11:00

Good evening! I had so much fun on the Tiddly Inks blog hop! I hope you all did too. There were so many amazing Tiddly Inks creations out there! It was fabulous inspiration!

Christy has announced the prize winners here, so I thought I would pop in to let you know who Mr Random Org picked as the winner of the cute Come in Cuteness Tiddly Inks digi image that Christy was offering on my blog for commenting on the blog hop post.

Drum roll please.....

The winner is number 43... Jane from Milliesmarvels

Congratulations Jane! Send me an email and I will get Come in Cuteness out to you!

Have a lovely evening all!

Arabella

Pollycraft Monday #123 - Bingo Challenge!

2012-01-16T19:17:00.000+11:00

Good morning! I hope everyone had a great weekend and did you all enjoy the Tiddly Inks blog hop? It was fun to see all those fabulous creations out there in blogland!

Today it's time for a new challenge at Pollycraft and the lovely Cazza has set a bingo board! You just have to choose three squares in a row to participate (vertical, horizontal or diagonal).

This week's prize is a fabulous 10 digis of your choice from our very own Paula at Pollycraft! Do head over to the Pollycraft challenge blog and check out the fabulous inspiration from my lovely teamies!

For my card today, I chose to use Ribbon, Pollycraft image and Pearls (diagonal from top left).

This is Chester in Love... one of my favourite Pollycraft images. The card is a small one to fit in the box I made last week... 11cm x 11cm. The papers are from October Afternoon and the seam binding is from The Ribbon Girl. The tag is from Maya Rd and the sentiment is an old stamp from my stash. I have coloured Chester with copics (see details below) and added Glossy Accents to his eyes and heart.

Here's a close-up of the cute little guy:

And here are the copics I used:

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

Dream Valley Challenges: Anything Goes

Gingerloft Challenge #31: Anything Goes

One Stitch at a Time #96: Anything Goes

Pile it On Challenge #3: Fuzzy Friends

Sentimental Sundays #89: Ribbon

That's all from me today my friends! I hope you can join us for the challenge this week!

Have a lovely week!

Arabella

Friends are the flowers of life - Tiddly Inks Blog Hop

2012-01-13T17:00:00.000+11:00

Update: Doh! I got confused and thought the blog hop was starting at 12am CST! Turns out it was 12pm... I was so proud of myself for working out the 3 time zones I have to convert through and scheduling my post! Oh well, better early than late though right?

It's Tiddly Tuesday on Friday! Welcome to Tiddly Inks' first blog hop of the year!!! Since it's Friday the 13th today, we thought we would reverse the usual negativity associated with this day and celebrate our friends instead!

We are celebrating the many friends that make our world a more lovely place andare so glad you are here as one of them. :) We are trying to keep this simple,so the blog hop is based on the Challenge Blog home page.Instead of directing you to the next page, we suggest you keep the challengeblog open and create a new window for the hopping around (click Control whenyou click on each link and it will open a new window). After you visit with metoday, just click HERE toreturn you to the main list (and that is where the prizes are listed...hint!)Have fun playing along with everyone!

For my card today I decided to use the adorable new Wryn - Close to my Heart. You can read all about the creation of Wryn and why she is close to Christy's heart here.

Isn't she adorable?! I have coloured Wryn with copics (see details below) and the papers I have paired her with are from Crate Paper. The crochet flower is one of mine and the buttons are from my stash. The felt flower is from Sew Sweet and the brads are from My Mind's Eye.

Here is a close-up of Wryn:

And here are the copics I used:

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

Paperplay Challenges 2012 week 2: In Stitches

PixieDust Studio Challenge #109: Put your heart into it

My Mum's Craft Shop Challenge #39: Here come the girls

Did you make it down to here? I hope so, because Christy has very generously offered to give away this cute little guy to one random commenter on my blog post today...

I made a card with this handsome fellow (Come in Cuteness) recently and I fell in love with him! You can see my card here. So, leave me a comment if you want to be in with a chance to win him! And I do hope you enjoy the blog hop! My Tiddly Inks teamies may also be offering a digital image as a prize to one lucky person for commenting today, so what are you waiting for! Go hopping!

Happy Friday!

Arabella Chickie in Glyfada, Greece

How to hop/play along with the Tiddly Inks blog hop

2012-01-13T03:07:00.004+11:00

So we thought we would spell out exactly how to join in the blog hop on January 13 because we would love to have you play along...

Theme: Friends are the Flowers of Life: Use any Tiddly Inks digital image to create a card or project and participate in the blog hop

How to Participate:
This is actually a 4-step process:

One, you have to make the card in advance using a Tiddly Inks image, preferably with friends or flowers as the theme, but it is open to any TI image. Just have fun! :)

Two, post your photo and information on your own personal blog on January 13 before 12 PM CST--and at least by 5:45 PM CST---so you can meet the 6-hour window to enter the blog hop. The title of your post should be "Friends are the Flowers of Life - Tiddly Inks Blog Hop".

Three, once your blog post is live, visit the Tiddly Inks challenge blog (our enrollment list will be open for 6 hours--see times below) and link your blog hop post at the bottom of the "Flowers" Blog Hop post (there will be an Inlinkz list) in order to be qualified for the prizes. There is no need to sign up in advance---just have a post ready to link.

Four, the enrollment time will close at 6:00 PM (and hopefully we have about 30 to 40 people who linked) and then we hop around and view their cards---and your card---from the list on the Tiddly Inks challenge blog. Sounds like fun, right? Last time we had a hundred-plus people coming around and commenting and it was fun!! :)

Dates:
6:00 PM CST on Friday January 13 to 6:00 PM CST on Saturday January 14

The blog hop will run until January 14 at 6:00 PM. We will have a wrap-up "party" on January 14 in the Tiddly Inks PCP group from 6:00 PM to 10:00 PM CST. Stop in and chat with us in the comment section at the bottom of the page. Between 6 PM and 10 PM CST, one lucky PCP commenter will be randomly selected to receive the next 2 Tiddly Inks stamps before anyone else (free of charge).

Prizes: Two blogger participants selected from the Tiddly Inks Inlinkz list will be announced on January 15 and highlighted on the TI challenge blog. Each will receive a $10 gift voucher.

There will also be random prizes throughout the DT blogs, so be sure to comment and visit each one. :)

Some Little Miss Muffet Inspiration

2012-01-12T20:07:00.000+11:00

Good morning all! And a chilly morning it is here in Greece! My husband and I are planning a trip back to NZ and Australia in a couple of weeks time to visit family and I'm already worrying about what clothes to pack. It's always hard to imagine summer when you are in winter mode. I'm sure I will get there with loads of too warm clothes and find I have nothing suitable to wear!

This week at Little Miss Muffet Stamps we have some mid-challenge inspiration to share and also five new DT members! Please pop over to the challenge blog to meet my new teamies and see everyone's fabulous creations! Our fearless leader is still sick unfortunately, but she is slowly recovering and is hoping to be out of hospital very soon. We are all sending her happy healing thoughts!

For my project this week I decided to make another card box since I wasn't all that happy with the last one I made. Thankfully I like this one a lot more:

This gorgeous lady is Miss Linda Lee Hatter from the Hatters collection. She is such fun to colour! The papers I have used for the box are from October Afternoon. The red paper is from Pink Paisley and the brown paper is probably from Crate Paper. The chipboard sticker is definitely from Crate Paper. The brads are from My Minds Eye. The seam binding is from The Ribbon Girl.

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

Gingersnap Creations: Ribbon

Little Darlings Challenge #15: Favourite colour (blue... but red comes a close second)

My Mum's Craft Shop Challenge #39: Here come the girls

Bearly Mine Challenges: Anything Goes

Anything Goes Challenge #58: Anything Goes

Here are the copics I used:

Have a lovely day!

Arabella Chickie in Glyfada, Greece

Tiddly Inks Blog hop coming up!

2012-01-10T18:19:00.000+11:00

We are having so much fun with Wryn and her friends that we would like to celebrate in a big way....we're going to have a blog hop!!!

It is going to be a biggg one too! LOL The DT will join in, but we hope you join in and create something for the hop since it will be open to everyone to play along. Feel free to swap out the badges for the new blog hop one if you plan to join in. :)

We will re-post this again prior to the blog hop, so keep your peepers peeled, but here are the details:

Theme: Friends are the Flowers of Life: Use any Tiddly Inks digital image to create a card or project and participate in the blog hop

Dates: 6 PM CST on Friday January 13 to 6 PM CST on Saturday January 14

How to Participate: Create a new Tiddly Inks project and post on your personal blog between 12 PM CST and 5:55 PM CST on January 13. The title of your post should be "Friends are the Flowers of Life - Tiddly Inks Blog Hop".

Once your blog post is live, visit the Tiddly Inks challenge blog and link your blog hop post in the Inlinkz list at the bottom of the "Flowers" Blog Hop post in order to be qualified for the prizes. There is no need to sign up in advance---just have a post ready to link. The Inlinkz list will close at 6 PM and then we hop, Wryn style, from the Tiddly Inks challenge blog.

The blog hop will run until January 14 at 6 PM. We will have a wrap-up "party" on January 14 in the Tiddly Inks PCP group from 6 PM to 10 PM CST. Stop in and chat with us in the comment section at the bottom of the page. Between 6 PM and 10 PM CST, one lucky PCP commenter will be randomly selected to receive the next 2 Tiddly Inks stamps before anyone else (free of charge).

Prizes: Two blogger participants selected from the Inlinkz list will be announced January 15 and highlighted on the TI challenge blog. Each will receive a $10 gift voucher.

There will also be random prizes throughout the DT blogs, so be sure to comment and visit each one. :)

We really hope you can join in!

Arabella

Pollycraft Monday #122 Anything But a Card

2012-01-09T18:59:00.002+11:00

Good morning! Things are back to normal at Pollycraft after the holidays and we will start having weekly challenges again from now on.

The lovely Jane has set us a hard one to start the year off... Anything But a Card...

Our fabulous sponsor this week is the Funky Farm Scrapbook Barn!

who are offering a £10.00 voucher for their fabulous shop for the winner!

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The sale at Funky Farm Scrapbook Barn is well underway now with many items
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I was really stumped with this one for a while because I didn't want to make another bookmark, so finally I decided to make a gift box for cards. I'm not 100% happy with how it turned out... I think I don't like the paper I chose. Ah well... such is life! You really must check out my teamies makes though as they are all just fabulous!

Here's my card gift box:

It was kind of hard to get a good picture of... but you get the idea! The cute fairy image is from the Swings and Slides Enchant and Explore collection and the papers are from Making Memories (I think). The lid and base are both made from the same patterned paper, just reversed since they are double sided. The chipboard flower is from Crate Paper and the swirly bling is from Prima. The butterfly is from Maya Road and I have painted it with Ranger paint dabbers. The seam binding ribbon is from The Ribbon Girl.

I used a tutorial from here to make the box. I like this method as it makes the box quite sturdy with the double layered sides. The box is 14cm x 14cm x 4.5cm.

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

Dream Valley Challenges: Anything Goes

Gingerloft Challenge #31: Anything Goes

One Stitch at a Time #95: Use 3 different Embellishments

2 Sisters Challenge #73: Things with Wings

CES Challenge #57: Anything Goes

Here are a few more pics:

And here are the copics I used:

I hope you can join us for the challenge!

Happy Monday!

Arabella Chickie

Copicendium Volume 2

2012-01-07T21:39:00.000+11:00

Good morning! It's a somewhat chilly Saturday morning here in Athens. At least it's not as windy as it was yesterday... we recorded a whopping 58knots on the boat in the marina just after midday! I tell you, all that movement was making me a bit sea sick!

I was planning on taking the day off work yesterday and spending a lovely day crafting all by myself in my craft room since I had some time owing, but unfortunately fate and my boss stepped in and asked me to cater for a dinner party for them last night, so my crafty hopes were dashed!

Ah well, maybe I will take Monday off instead! I really need to catch up and get ahead with all my crafty commitments as we are planning on taking a month's holiday in February!

I have a quick card to share today that I made months ago and kind of forgot about as I submitted it to the Mad for Markers Copicendium mini magazine... which just came out recently. You can get yours here. My husband flicked through the mag when it arrived and spotted my card instantly... he says I have my own distinctive style... I'm not sure if that is a good or a bad thing, but it's lovely that he pays attention!

These images are both from Pollycraft... the penguin is Dexter the penguin - gifts and the tree is Decorated Christmas tree. Both are coloured with copics (see details below). The papers are from Crate Paper and October Afternoon (I wish I could buy shares in these companies!). The ribbon is from The Ribbon Girl. I did follow a sketch, but I can't remember whose now.

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

Jingle Belles Rock: No Time Like the Present(s)

Here are the copics I used:

Have a lovely weekend!

Arabella Chickie

Something New at Little Miss Muffet Stamps

2012-01-05T19:00:00.000+11:00

Good morning! It's time for a new challenge at Little Miss Muffet stamps! We had lots of entries into our last challenge of 2011 and it was fun to see all your gorgeous projects! The challenge for this fortnight is Something New. We also have two new DT members joining our team, so head over to the challenge blog and check out their cards!

For my card I decided to use Chloe and my new chipboard trees from Maya Road...

Isn't she lovely? I quite like that she has such a big blank sweater that you can add details like stripes to where and when you want to. I have coloured her with copics (see details below). I can't remember where the papers are from... will have to check and update. The stamp is from Inkadinkadoo and the tree and bird are from Maya Rd. The chipboard trees come in this funky tin...

Cute huh?

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

FabnFunky Challenges: Something New

Freshly Brewed Challenges #77: Something New

Inky Impressions: Anything Goes

My Mum's Craft Shop #38: Something New

The Paper Shelter #45: Anything Goes

Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenge #70: Birds

Here is a close up of Chloe:

And here are the copics I used:

We hope you can join us for the challenge!

Arabella Chickie

Wryn - New Wings

2012-01-04T19:35:00.000+11:00

Good morning! Wow! Two days in a row for me! Things must be getting back to normal around here again.

So, did you check out the adorable new Wryn n' Friends over at the Tiddly Inks blog? Did you squeal with delight like I did?

Here's my first of many Wryn cards to share with you...

This is Wryn - New Wings. Isn't she cute? I have coloured her with copics (see details below). The papers are from Crate Paper and October Afternoon. The ribbon is from The Ribbon Girl and the sentiment is from LOTV. Those beautiful felt flowers are a new purchase from Emma at Sew Sweet. She has them in loads of colours! I think I might have to go back to some more!

I have followed this week's sketch at Sketch Saturday and added lots of embellishments.

Here's the sketch:

I must say I didn't like the sketch at first, but now that I see the card made up, I think I might use it again!

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

Sketch Saturday #188: Sketch

Party Time Tuesdays #49: Something New (the felt roses and Wryn)

Ladybug Crafts Ink Challenge #51: Use your new stash (the felt roses)

Bearly Mine Challenge #26: Anything Goes

Here's a close up of Wryn:

And here are the copics I used:

Have a lovely day!

Arabella Chickie

Cosmic Birthday and Tiddly Inks New Releases!

2012-01-03T19:18:00.001+11:00

Good morning! Well we had our New Years guest trip on the boat and it all went well. The crew were all exhausted when we got home though! We had very little sleep due to the weather. We took yesterday off work to recuperate and relax a bit and I finally got to spend some time catching up on some crafting that I got very behind in.

Today is the first challenge of the year at Tiddly Inks and we have a couple of changes to our challenges this year. You can check out the details here. We also have two new super talented members joining the Tiddly Inkers... Hannah and Wendy, so if you get a chance it would be lovely if you could check out their blogs and say hello!

And now, for more exciting news... Christy has been been busy creating again and today is the new release day for the adorable Wryn 'n Friends as well as Silver the dog. You don't want to miss these cuties! Head on over to Christy's blog and have a peek! Christy is also having a 36 hour 30% off sale so you'll want to find out how you can take advantage of that too!

I have to say I think Wryn is just the cutest wee girl ever and I can't wait to get back to my craft desk and make some more cards with her! I'll show you my first Wryn card tomorrow, but for today, here's my card for this fortnight's challenge... the theme is CELEBRATE!

This little guy is called Come in Cuteness... isn't he gorgeous?! I have coloured him with copics (see details bellow) and added some Stickles to his antennae. The papers are from October Afternoon, American Crafts and My Mind's Eye. The sentiment is from Pollycraft. The wee planet in the top right corner is a rubber charm from October Afternoon.

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

Crafty Boots Challenges: Celebrations

Simon Says Stamp and Show: Something Old, Something New (old paper in my stash, new rubber charm and stamp)

Heartsong Inspirations #29: Anything Goes

Kaboodle Doodles Challenge #100: Let's Celebrate

Here's a close up:

And here are the copics I used:

I hope you get a chance to join us in the challenge this round! And do let us know what you think of the new releases! We hope you love them as much as we do!

Have a lovely day!

Arabella Chickie in Glyfada, Greece

I'm late!

2011-12-30T06:23:00.001+11:00

I'm late with my Little Miss Muffet Stamps post today! Sorry about that! Things got on top of me this week... My parents left to fly back to NZ this morning and we have a guest trip starting this evening, so it was a race to get everything organised! We had a great time with my parents, but I hope they weren't too bored! They helped me out at work a lot! I hope their looong trip back to NZ goes smoothly.

This week at Little Miss Muffet stamps we are showcasing a new Sugar n' Spice Dolls cutie called Saffron. She is actually a FREEBIE, so if you head over here you can find out how to get her! We have some very talented guests this week too, so head over to the Little Miss Muffet Challenge blog and check out all the fabulous creations from the team! And don't forget we have an Anything Goes and be a follower challenge running at the moment as well as a DT call!

Here's my card:

I have coloured Saffron with copics (see details below) and followed the current sketch at Sketch Saturday. The papers are from Crate Paper as are the border stickers in the background. The brads are from the Stella and Rose collection from My Minds Eye. The sentiment is made with Doodlebug rubons.

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

Sketch Saturday: Sketch 186

Art Impressions Stamps #45: Die cuts or punches (the circles)

Charizma Card Challenges Week #50: Anything Goes

Here's a close-up of Saffron:

And here are the copics I used:

Have a lovely weekend! And Happy New Year!

Arabella Chickie

Kala Christouyenna/Merry Christmas!

2011-12-25T07:42:00.000+11:00

Merry Christmas or Kala Christouyenna if you are in Greece! I wish everyone a wonderful Christmas full of fun and laughter and love and celebration with friends and family!

Well Mum and I have spent all day baking and prepping for our Christmas meal tomorrow and hopefully we will hardly have to do anything at all tomorrow other than unwrap prezzies and drink coffee and eat lovely Christmas baking! Maybe if I'm really lucky I will get to sneak away and play in my craft room when everyone else is napping : )

Anyway, here's one more Christmas card to share with you... 'cause it won't be any good posting Christmas cards on the blog after Christmas!

I just love the gorgeous Lilli Claire - Sweet Christmas Dreams from Tiddly Inks! I am wondering if I could possibly disguise her candy cane and use her after Christmas... what do you think?

Lilli Claire is coloured with copics and I have added Glossy Accents to her candy cane and Stickles to the pom pom on her hat.

The papers are from October afternoon as is the sticker. The snowflakes are from Make it Crafty. The ribbon is from The Ribbon Girl and the charm is from Telfords Direct.

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

2 Sisters Challenge blog #71: Snowflakes

Crafty Calendar Challenge: Cold and Frosty

Di's Digi Design Challenge: Show us Christmas

One Stop Craft Challenge, week 163: Winter Wishes

Here's a close-up of the adorable Lilli Claire:

And here are the copics I used:

Merry Christmas again! I hope all you crafty people get some lovely crafty prezzies and lots of time to craft!

Ciao!

Arabella Chickie in the Christmas Spirit

Anything Goes and DT Call and freebie at Little Miss Muffet Stamps!

2011-12-22T18:00:00.000+11:00

Good morning! Only 3 more sleeps 'til Christmas! Wooppeeee! I don't know why I get so excited about Christmas, but I just love finding the right gifts for people... I just hope they all like them!

I was planning on having a relaxing lead up to Christmas, but a spanner was thrown in the works and I now have to work on Thursday and Friday this week (I was hoping to take those days off) which means I won't be able to relax Saturday as I will have to do my food prep then for the big day! Oh well... que sera. I also have to cook at the boss's office on Tuesday and the shops will be closed on Monday, so will have to provision for that on Saturday as well... what a pain!

Today we have a very easy Anything Goes challenge for you at Little Miss Muffet stamps but we would like you to become a follower to enter. Aaaaand we are having a DT call! Barbara has a supercute freebie you can use for your DT call card if you are interested! Head on over to the challenge blog to check out the details and of course to see the wonderful creations from my teamies!

I have made another small card today using one of the Hatter's hats...

The hat belongs to Linda Lee Hatter and I have coloured it with copics (see details below). The fabby paper is from my favourite paper company... October Afternoon. I have added buttons from my stash to the button card. The wooden button is from Crate Paper. The butterfly is from October afternoon and the sentiment tag is cut with my Slice machine. The sentiment itself is an SRM sticker.

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

Bearly Mine Challenges #26: Anything Goes

Everybody Art Challenges #123: Anything Goes

Try it On Tuesday: Anything Goes

Hope you can join us for the Anything Goes challenge and of course the DT call!

Ciao!

Arabella Chickie

Genius

2011-12-21T01:13:00.001+11:00

Hello! Wow! Two posts in a two days! That seems to be a record for me at the moment! It's like that at this time of the year though isn't it?

I just popped in to share a card I made using the Tiddly Inks image Genius.

Isn't he gorgeous?! I used a sketch from Deconstructing Jen to base the card layout on. Here is it here. The blue paper are from October Afternoon and the kraft paper is from My Mind's Eye (I think). I have added felt stars from The Craft Barn and sentiment alpha stickers from my local craft store in NZ. Did you know G9 is txt shorthand for Genius (and also goodnight apparently).

Here's a close-up of him:

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

Deconstructed Sketch #31: Sketch

365 Cards: Use a combo of alphabet stickers and numbers

The Corrosive Challenge Blog: Anything Except Christmas

Here are the copics I used:

Have a lovely evening!

Arabella Chickie

Pollycraft Monday Challenge #121

2011-12-19T19:00:00.000+11:00

Good morning! We Pollycraft girls are finally back with a new challenge after our four week break! You would not believe the number of entries we had into the big four week Christmas Fun challenge! Over 640 wonderful entries! I've about worn my keyboard out commenting!

The four lucky winners will be announced on the Pollycraft blog soon, but in the meantime, our challenge to you for this week (from the lovely Sheena) is to Punch It! Head over to the Pollycraft Monday Challenge blog for some wonderful inspiration from my teamies and to find out the details!

I haven't quite finished making Christmas cards yet, to I used the opportunity to get one more done...

Firstly, I must apologise for the dark pictures... There's no sunshine here at the moment! I feel quite put out! I wouldn't mind so much if we had some lovely white fluffy snow, but there's no chance of that for a while yet.

To tell you the truth, punches are not really my thing... I find them a bit bulky and awkward and so I never buy them. I do have a circle punch though which I recently purchased to make my Snowman Poop gifts (another story) for Christmas, so I used it for the sentiment. The flourishes are cut with my Slice machine, but I guess if you closed one eye and squinted you could think they were punched.

This image is one of the adorable new Swings and Slides Merry Christmas images called Happy Mail. Did you know that right now you can get all 28 of the Swings and Slides digis for just £8.99 in the shop?! That is such a good deal!

The papers I have used are from October Afternoon. I have coloured the image with copics and added lots of Stickles. The sentiment stamp is from LOTV as are the postmark stamps. The crystals are by Prima.

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

Dream Valley Challenges #22: Christmas

Gingerloft Challenge #30: Christmas and Winter

One Stitch at a Time #93: Anything Goes

Catch the Bug: Baby it's cold outside

Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Challenge #51: Anything Goes for Christmas

Here's a close-up:

And here are the copics I used:

Have a lovely week!

Arabella Chickie in Glyfada, Greece

I'm Dreaming of a White Christmas

2011-12-13T15:00:00.000+11:00

Good morning! I am scheduling this post, so hopefully it works okay... as if flights work out, I should be sight seeing in Budapest right now.

I would so love to have a white Christmas, but sadly since the weather here has been so warm lately I really don't think it's going to happen this year. So, can you guess what the challenge theme this week at Tiddly Inks is? Yep... it's White Christmas.

Head over to the Tiddly Inks blog and check out the amazing creations from my teamies!

For my card, I used Lilli Claire Warm Wishes. I have been itching to colour her in for ages now!

I have coloured Lilli Claire with copics (see details below) and added Stardust Stickles to her muff, ear muffs and the fur on her coat and Silver Stickles to her snowflake earrings. I have added Icicle Stickles to the ground for snow. The papers are from Crate Paper and October Afternoon and the doily is from the supermarket. The buttons are from Doodlebug Designs and the chipboard snowflakes are from Make it Crafty.

The sketch I have used is from I{heart}2stamp.

I would like to enter this card into:

The December I{heart}2stamp challenge: Sketch

2 Sisters Challenge #69: Christmas

Crafty Calendar Challenge: Cold and Frosty

My Sheri Crafts #75: Let it Snow

Here are the copics I used:

I have entered all 12 of the I{heart}2stamp monthly challenges this year and here are my posts:

May

December - this one.

Have a lovely day!

Arabella Chickie in Budapest, Hungary

Just call me Princess!

2011-12-11T07:00:00.001+11:00

Hello! I must apologise for my sporadic posting lately... I'm just finding that getting organised for Christmas is getting on top of me... that and having my parents visiting at the moment. It would be awfully anti-social of me to head off to my craft room after work every day!

Tomorrow we are off to Budapest for a few days... I'm really looking forward to it. I hear it is a very beautiful city.

I have another bookmark to share today... this one using Everyday Princess from Tiddly Inks. Don't forget there's still time to enter our Ooh La La Sexy card challenge at Tiddly Inks!

This image makes me smile. I work with three boys on the boat and no other girls... when they want something they sometimes call me Princess or The Princess. I rather like it! I think I'll keep this bookmark for myself.

The paper I have used is from Crate Paper. The ribbon is from The Ribbon Girl. I have coloured the Everyday Princess with copics.

I would like to enter this bookmark into the following challenges:
Our Creative Corner: All Ruffled Up
Wee Memories: Anything Goes
Crafty Catz Weekly Challenge #112: Anything Goes

Have a lovely rest of the weekend! I'll be back at the end of the week next week!

Ciao!

Arabella Chickie

Buttons and Ribbons at Little Miss Muffet Stamps

2011-12-08T18:49:00.001+11:00

Good morning! It's time for a new challenge at Little Miss Muffet Stamps! We know you are all super busy at the moment since it's only 17 more sleep until Christmas, so we have an easy one for you this round...

Buttons and Ribbons

Super easy right? Head over to the Little Miss Muffet Challenges and Releases blog to check out my teamies fab creations.

I decided to make a bookmark for this one...

I was totally inspired by one of Leah Ann's cards and I had to hunt up the poem she used... It is by Jenny Joseph... you can read it here. It reminds me a lot of my Granny... she loved purple!

I have put the first verse of the poem on the back and the last verse on the front of the bookmark.

I will be back to enter this bookmark into challenges.., got to run right now. Okay, I'm back!

The paper I used for this bookmark is from Crate Paper, the ribbon is from The Ribbon Girl, the button is from Blooming Felt and I have coloured the hat with copics (see details below).

I would like to enter the following challenges:
Papertake Weekly: Anything Goes
Crafty Boots Challenges: Anything Goes
The Crazy Challenge #96: Anything Goes
Victorine Originals Challenge #22: Use Ribbon

Here are my copics:

Ciao!

Arabella Chickie

Envelope Boxes!

2011-12-07T03:24:00.001+11:00

I was just doing a bit of commenting around blogland and I ran across this great idea that Tracy of Crafteezee has had for cards with lots of embellishments... she has had some envelope boxes made! How cool is that?!

They are professionally cut and scored ready for your glue/tape and are an absolute godsend. So if your interested please email Tracy: t.payne@homecall.co.uk for a quote. She can ship worldwide no problem.

To help spread the word, Tracy is giving away a pack of 25 as a blog candy. Head over here to find out how you can win!

I'm off to email Tracy for a quote now!

Ciao!

Arabella Chickie

It's a Tiddly Tuesday!

2011-12-06T08:27:00.001+11:00

Good morning! I can't believe it's Tuesday already! Time is just whizzing by for me at the moment!

Today we have a new challenge starting at Tiddly Inks! We had some gorgeous creations entered into our two week Anything Goes Challenge! Wowsers! There are some amazing artists out there!

This week's challenge is to make a Sexy card to warm things up... fun huh?! Head over to the Tiddly Inks Challenge blog and check out the fabulous creations from my teamies!

Here's my card using Angel Spice's Halloween:

I have used a mixture of papers from Crate Paper, October Afternoon and My Mind's Eye. The felt tree is from The Craft Barn, the flower is one of mine, the handbag charm is from Telford's Direct (I cut off the Halloween bag she was carrying) and the button is from Doodlebug, oh and the sentiment is from Penny Black and I have added yellow Stickles to her halo. I cut the heart shapes with my Slice machine.

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

Craft Your Passion Challenges #87: Anything Goes plus Glitter (I added Stickles to her halo)

Crafty Boots Challenges: Anything Goes

Creative Inspirations: Felt

Sir Stampalot Challenge - December: Bingo (Flowers, Buttons and Stickles)

2 Sisters Challenge Blog #68: Punches and or dies

Catch the Bug Challenge Blog: Anything Goes

Here are the copics I used:

Have a lovely day and I do hope you have a chance to play along with us at Tiddly Inks this week!

Arabella Chickie

Pollycraft Monday challenge 120 Mid-way reminder!

2011-12-05T18:00:00.000+11:00

Good morning! It's Pollycraft Monday again! But we don't have a new challenge for you this week as we have a four week long challenge running at the moment with four fabulous prizes! The challenge theme is Christmas Fun! How easy is that?!

I made a midway reminder card using the brand new Swings and Slides Merry Christmas - Snowballs...

The papers are a mixture from Crate Paper (I think) and another brand. The felt tree is new to me from The Craft Barn and very cool I must say. I have added Stickles to the branches for snow. The sentiment is a rub on from Pebbles. The wee snowflake is the waste from a chipboard snowflake from Make it Crafty... I just cut around it in a hexagon shape. Waste not want not I say : )

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

Addicted to Stamps #18: Christmas

Come and Get it Challenges: Anything Christmas

Dream Valley Challenges #21: Sparkle

Gingerloft Challenge #30: Christmas and Winter

Mad for Markers: Christmas

Here's a close-up:

Here are the copics I used:

Have a lovely Monday! Don't forget you still have two weeks to enter our Christmas Fun challenge at Pollycraft!

Arabella Chickie in Glyfada, Greece

More New Releases at Little Miss Muffet Stamps!

2011-12-02T18:00:00.000+11:00

Good morning! It's day 2 of new releases at Little Miss Muffet stamps this week and we have one new kid and one you've seen before from the Operation TREEHOUSE collection to show you! Take a peek over at the Little Miss Muffet Challenge blog to meet Agent Bubblegum Zipping (in NZ we call these things Flying Foxes) and Bandit Boy Tom. I'm so excited that there is now a boy in the collection!

Here's my card:

How cute and boyish is he?! I loosely followed the sketch from Sketch Saturday, but I got carried away with the sewing and accidentally stitched the blue strip down before I could tuck those circles behind it... oops! The buttons are from my stash and the papers are from Bo Bunny and October Afternoon. The sentiment stickers are from the Fynmark Fundamentals range. The crystals are from Prima.

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

Sketch Saturday #183: Sketch

The Paper Shelter Challenge #42: Anything Goes

Fab n Funky Challenges #101: Anything Goes

4 Crafty Chicks #66: Birthday

Here are the copics I used:

Have a lovely Friday!

Arabella Chickie in Glyfada, Greece

New Releases at Tiddly Inks!

2011-12-02T02:38:00.001+11:00

Kalispera! Good evening! I'm back...

Christy from Tiddly Inks has been visiting her adorable wee niece and was inspired to doodle up some lovely new images for us! If you mosey on over to Christy's blog you can see them all and find out the details of the SALE that Christy is having in the store.

I used the adorable Little So and So and one of the new sentiments for my card:

Isn't he cute?! The papers I have used are mostly from Simple Stories. The seam binding ribbon is from The Ribbon Girl. Little So and So is coloured with copics (see details below). The crystals are from Prima. The card is another small one... 11cm x 11cm.

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

Simon Says Stamp: Anything Goes

Paper Crafting Journey: Anything Goes

Willow Sketchie Challenge: Anything Goes

Here are the copics I used:

Have a lovely evening!

Arabella Chickie

New Releases at Little Miss Muffet Stamps

2011-12-01T18:48:00.001+11:00

Good morning! It's a lovely Thursday morning in Athens... the sun is shining, the birds are singing and the fish are swimming through the marina...

Barbara has four new images in the shop today! Allison and Abby and Payton are being showcased over on the Little Miss Muffet Challenge blog right now and tomorrow you will get to see two more little cuties from the Operation TREEHOUSE collection.

I didn't get a chance to make a card for today, but I did make one for tomorrow using the very first boy digi from the Operation TREEHOUSE collection, so pop back tomorrow and I will show it to you! Right now I am off to get provisions for our guest trip this weekend on the boat.

Have a lovely day!

Arabella Chickie in Glyfada, Greece

A Pollycraft Christmas Fun reminder...

2011-11-28T18:00:00.000+11:00

Hello! Good morning! This is just a quick note as I am on my way to pick up my parents from the airport... They have come from NZ to spend Christmas with us here in Greece... their first ever cold Christmas! I doubt we'll be having a BBQ for Christmas this year!

There's no new challenge at Pollycraft today as we have a special four week long challenge running at the moment with four fabulous prizes!

The challenge theme is Christmas Fun, so show us your Christmas projects! We love to see all your fabulous creations every week!

Bye for now!

Arabella Chickie in Glyfada, Greece

Giveaway Winner!

2011-11-24T22:49:00.001+11:00

Hi! I nearly forgot about that giveaway I had!

So, without further ado, here's the random number thingy....

Anita, that's you! I hope you enjoy them! Want to send me an email with your preferred postal address and I will get them sent out to you ASAP?!

For those of you who didn't win this time, I will be crocheting up some more flowers to give away soon. I am also planning another giveaway just as soon as I get everything together and photographed, so stay tuned!

Arabella

Gratitude

2011-11-24T18:00:00.000+11:00

Good morning! It's time for a new challenge at Little Miss Muffet stamps! I know I've said it before, but I can't believe how fast the days are flying by at the moment!

Our challenge this week is Gratitude/Thanks

I have made another smaller card this time (11cm x 11cm) and used one of the hats from The Hatters. When you purchase any of the Hatter Girls, they come with the hat as a separate digi as well which is great for tags or smaller cards!

Here's is my card:

I have followed this week's sketch at Sketch Saturday.

The papers are from October Afternoon and the sentiment is a rub on from Pebbles. The tag is from Maya Road and the seam binding is from The Ribbon Girl. The hat is coloured with copics (see details below) and I have poked holes with my pergamano pokey tool freehand (for the rustic look) and stitched in the holes. Other than that I have kept it pretty simple!

Challenges:

Sketch Saturday #182: Sketch
Crafty Creations Challenges: Give Thanks or Gratitude
Little Darlings Challenge #12: Thank You
Going Grey with Scrap Creations: Thank You

Here's a close-up of the hat:

And here are the copics I used:

Have a lovely day!

Arabella Chickie in Glyfada, Athens

A splash of blue

2011-11-23T18:33:00.001+11:00

Good morning! Dinner last night went really well at the boss's house. They loved the NZ lamb shanks... phew! I was a bit worried as they have told me before that they don't really like the taste of lamb, but I think they really just don't like their lamb rare, so slow cooked lamb shanks was a good solution.

I have a small card to share today that I made for the Do You Stack Up challenge this week which is A Splash of Blue. This is an 11cm x 11cm card rather than my usual 14.5cm x 14.5cm.

The papers are a mixture from Jilly Bean Soup, Bo Bunny and maybe Echo Park. The seam binding is from The Ribbon Girl and the button is from my stash. The sentiment is from LOTV. This little fairy is a clear stamp from Pergamano and I affectionately think of her as the loo fairy as she really looks like she's sitting on the loo to me.

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

Do You Stack Up #46: A Splash of Blue

Here's a close up of the 'loo' fairy:

I coloured this one a while ago and I can't find my photo of the copics I used sorry....

Have a lovely day!

Arabella Chickie in Glyfada, Athens

I'm a Tiddly Inker!

2011-11-22T19:03:00.001+11:00

Woohoo! Guess what?! I made it on to the Tiddly Inks Design Team! {...happy dance...} I'm sooo super excited! I have been in love with Christy's gorgeous images for ever so long and I'm very excited to be working with such a talented and lovely group of designers!

Here are the team links in case you haven't visited any of these super talented ladies before... You might even be able to spot a few new names on the list! There's me, Joey, Kindra and Tracy... all newbies.

AMANDA of CCC

ARABELLA of ChickieChirps

CHERYL of Ink Trap

JEN of Deconstructing Jen

JOEY of Joey’s World

KINDRA of Creations by Kindra

LARISSA of Car-d-elicious

LOU of Loopy Lou’s Thoughts

MARLENA of Paper Paradise

MELISSA of MelissaMade

POPS of Pops Cards

STEPHANIE of Savory Stamping

TRACY of Stamping Seasons

So today is my first official post for the Tiddly Inkers and it happens to be the start of a two week challenge (#74) with the theme Anything Goes.

I made a card using the sweet Christmas Pixie who I have had sitting around waiting to pop onto a card for ages now.

I followed this sketch from my new teamie Jen and boy was it a hard one!

The papers are from Crate Paper as is the sticker. I cut the tag with my Slice machine and crocheted the flower. The charm and button are from my stash. I added lots of Stickles around the place and did a bit of stitching.

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

Deconstructing Jen #27: Sketch (a friendly challenge yourself challenge)

The Crafty Pad #148: Festive Cheer (Red, Green, Gold etc...)

2 Sisters Challenge blog #66: Let it Sparkle

So Artful Challenges: Sew Pretty

Floweret #8: Christmas

Here's a close up:

Unfortunately I forgot to record my copic numbers... sorry.

Have a lovely day all! I had better get a move on with my food prep for tonight's dinner party!

Ciao!

Arabella Chickie in Glyfada, Athens

Thank you

2011-11-22T17:00:00.000+11:00

Hello! It's Tuesday! Yes, I'm sure you knew that already, but I just have to remind myself sometimes. Tonight I am cooking at the boss's house for a manly dinner... want to know what they are having?

Well I'll tell you anyway...

For nibbles they will have mini leek and mushroom tarts and crostini with smoked salmon, cream cheese and lime and crostini with sugar cured beef, goat's cheese and red onion relish.

For a starter they are having peking duck pancakes

For their main course they are having slow cooked lamb shanks served with creamy truffle mashed potato and a medley of roasted vegetables

For their dessert they are having individual pavlovas with fresh fruit, whipped cream and icecream.

Now, on to more crafty things. Sadly today is my last day as a design team member for Karber Digital stamps. I have really enjoyed playing with their fun and super cute images and I'm definitely going to get a lot of use out them.

I hope you get a chance to check out the Karber Digital blog. I love my teamie Kelly's cards!

Here is my last card for Karber Digital... sniff sniff...

This image is a slightly different style from the other ones I chose to work with, but I really like it. It's a quick and easy colour and is great for an any occasion card. The image is called Birds. The papers are a mixture from my stash, but I can spot Bo Bunny and Crate Paper in there. I coloured the image with copics and inked the edges with Distress inks, first in yellow and then in green. The sentiment is a rub on from Pebbles and the tag is cut with my Slice machine. The layout was inspired by the November SFYTT from I{heart}2stamp.

I would like to enter this into the following challenges:

I{heart}2stamp: November SFYTT

House of Gilli #21: Flourishes

iCopic Lover #57: Thanksgiving

Here's a close-up:

Here are the copics I used:

Have a lovely day! I will be back shortly with an announcement!

Arabella Chickie in Glyfada, Greece

Pollycraft Monday Challenge #120 - Christmas Fun

2011-11-21T18:46:00.001+11:00

Good morning all! It's Monday again! We got the weekend off work again... yay! I had a bit of a stomach bug though, so my mojo battery was running a bit low unfortunately... I did watch lots of Fringe though.

We have a new challenge at Pollycraft this week that is going to run for one whole month! We know everyone is busy around this time of year, so we are making things easy. Our theme for this special four week challenge is

Christmas Fun

We will have four winners and so we have four wonderful sponsors offering four wonderful prizes:

Rainbow Studios is offering one winner a Musical Amelia stamp

Bunny Zoe's Crafts is offering one winner a £10 voucher to spend in the store

The Ribbon Girl is offering one winner a green mini ribbon kit

Crafty Emma's Store is offering one winner a £10 voucher to spend in the store

How great is that?! Remember you have to be in to win!

This week we also have four fabulous new release stamps in store from the Swings and Slides Merry Christmas collection to introduce to you and that's not all {squeal}... Paula is offering a freebie today over on the Pollycraft blog!!!

Head on over to the Pollycraft Monday blog to check out all five of the new stamps! The DT had loads of fun with them! For my card, I used one of the brand new Swings and Slides images called Snow Buds:

How cute are these two?! The papers I have used are from Crate Paper and I think the sentiment is too. The snowflakes are from Make it Crafty and the ribbon and button are from my stash. The image is coloured with copics (see details below).

Challenges:

I Did It Creations #82: Snowmen

Lollipop Crafts #58: Anything Goes

One Stitch at a Time #89: Anything Goes

PanPastel UK #9: Frosty and Bright

Paper Sundaes #96: Beautiful Bows

Here's a close-up:

Here are the copics I used:

Gotta run! I'm late!!!!

Ciao!

Arabella Chickie in Glyfada, Greece

How Many Fingers?

2011-11-21T04:18:00.001+11:00

Hello! Sadly the weekend is drawing to an end and it's back to work we go tomorrow, but at least we have had a weekend!

Here's a card I made a wee while ago and forgot to share...

The image is a rubber stamp from CC Designs called Phillip and the papers are from Crate Paper. The cut sentiment is done with my Slice Elite and the stamped sentiment is from Inkadinkadoo. I coloured Phillip with copics (see details below).

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

Dream Valley Challenges #20: Stitching

One Stitch at a time #89: Anything Goes

Stamptacular Sunday #139: Boy oh Boy
Sweet Stampin' Challenges: Birthday (in honour of 2nd birthday celebration)

Here's a close-up of the cute Phillip:

Here are the copics I used:

I hope you all had a lovely weekend!

Arabella Chickie in Glyfada, Greece

New Releases - Audrey and Hope

2011-11-18T18:42:00.001+11:00

Please enter here if you are interested in my Follower Thank you Giveaway.

Good morning! Yes, I'm on time this morning : ) We have two new lovely ladies being released at Little Miss Muffet stamps today... Audrey and Hope. Head over to the Little Miss Muffet challenge blog to check out the fabulous cards my teamies created with these two new images!

For my card I decided to use Audrey...

The papers I used are from the October Afternoon Sidewalks range. I cut the clouds with my Slice machine and the corner embellishments are from Make it Crafty. I coloured Audrey with copics (see details below) and added Stickles to the design on her pants and to the clouds.

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:
Shelley's Images: Anything Goes
Freshly Brewed Challenges - November: Anything Goes
Try it on Tuesday: Anything Goes plus Wish you were here

Here's a close up of Audrey... I tried out a new skin colour combo... a bit pinker and darker than usual. It's growing on me.

Here are the copics I used:

Have a lovely day!

Arabella Chickie in Glyfada, Greece

Sssssorry.....

2011-11-17T22:01:00.001+11:00

If you are interested in my wee thank you giveaway for Followers, click HERE.

Hi There! I forgot to post my New Release post this morning for Little Miss Muffet stamps! We have four new releases to showcase this week. Today we have two from the Animal Friends collection and tomorrow there will be two Little Miss girls to share. Head on over to the Little Miss Muffet challenge blog to check out the beautiful creations from the DT.

For my card today I decided to use Echo the Snake. He comes with and without the gift wrapping bow.

The papers I used are mostly from Echo Park and the Snake card is from My Mind's Eye. I coloured Echo with copics (see details below) and I added a Googly eye to soften his look a bit as the actual digi drawing is quite realistic.

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

Alota Rubber Stamps #71: Dots

Bearly Mine Challenges #23: One for the boyz

Sassy Cheryl's Challenge #90: Anything Goes

Sir Stampalot Challenge November: Blue and Green

Here are the copics I used:

Have a lovely day!

Arabella Chickie in Glyfada, Greece

A wee thank you giveaway for Followers

2011-11-16T18:42:00.001+11:00

Hello! It's me! I have been thinking for a while about having some giveaways. So far I have only organised the most important one which is for Followers... So if you are a Follower of this blog, keep reading!

When April Blackbird and I started this blog a year or so ago we didn't have much of a clue what we were doing and somehow as we have bumbled along we seem to have collected a few people along the way who actually read our posts! I find this totally amazing and I am very thankful to have met such lovely people in blogland!

So to show my appreciation I wanted to have a special giveaway... I crocheted 20 of my wee flowers (10 different colours, 2 of each colour). The flowers are roughly 3cm across and are made from bamboo cotton and crocheted with love! I will also include a 6x6 paper pad from Crate Paper just for fun...

Here's a picture:

So, if you are a Follower, all you have to do to get your name into the draw is leave a comment on this post! I will keep this open until November 23rd.

Have a lovely Wednesday!

Arabella Chickie in Glyfada, Greece