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 

School Turtle

Good afternoon!  It's a late post from me today...  I have a card to share using the super cute School Turtle who was recently released as as rubber stamp at Little Miss Muffet Stamps.  Speaking of Little Miss Muffet Stamps... a new challenge started today!  It's a yummy one!  The new challenge theme is Neapolitan Icecream!  Head on over to the Little Miss Muffet challenge blog and check out the fabulous samples from the Design Team!

Here's my completely-unrelated-to-the-challenge-theme card for today using School Turtle:

The papers I have used are a mixture from my huge scrap pile.  I have coloured this image with copics and cut the frame with my Slice machine.  The charm is from The Secret Garden on Da Wanda and the letters are from October Afternoon.  

Here's a close-up:

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

Ruby's Rainbow: Cute animals

Simon Says Stamp: Anything Goes

Little Red Wagon: Chevrons

Have a lovely evening!

Arabella

Measure up Tobie

Good afternoon! It's time for our final Some Odd Girl digi release reveal this week... let me introduce you to the adorable Measure up Tobie from the Back to School collection!  Head on over to the Some Odd Girl blog and check out my teammates fab projects!

Isn't he sweet?!  The papers and stickers I have used are from Crate Paper (I think) and the ribbon is from The Ribbon Girl.  The sentiment is made with Doodlebug rubons and I cut the frame with my Slice machine.

Here's a close-up:

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

Crazy Amigo Challenge: Free Theme

Paper and Such: Just stitch it

House of Gilli: Back to school

Okay, gotta run!  I have to catch up on some crafting... I'm a bit behind this week!

Ciao!

Arabella

Nerdy Wormy

Hiya!  It's time to showcase our second New Release digi this week at Some Odd Girl... Say hello to Nerdy Wormy!

Lol!  Isn't he cute?!  The papers I have used are from October Afternoon and the sentiment is from the Hay Kaylee clear stamp set.  The ribbon is from The Ribbon Girl, the button is by Doodlebug and the bling is by Prima.   I added Glossy Accents to his glasses.

Head on over to the challenge blog and check out the amazing projects my teamie's came up with (and answer Leah's question for a chance to win Nerdy Wormy)!  We have one more Back to School New Release to showcase for you tomorrow, and he's a cutie too!

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

Love to Create: Spots and dots

Pile it On: Tag you're it

That's it from me for now!  See you tomorrow!

Arabella in Athens

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

Teacher's Pet Tia

Hi there!   I'm back with a second post for today... it's release day over at Some Odd Girl!  We've got three adorable new digis to introduce to you this week starting today with the supercute Teacher's Pet Tia.  Pop on over to the Some Odd Girl blog and check out my teamie's fabulous creations!

Isn't she sweet?!  I have coloured her with copics (will add the details later) and added Glossy Accents to her apple.  The papers are from October Afternoon and the ribbon is from The Ribbon Girl.  The extra bits are from Crate Paper or Simple Stories (can't remember which) and the charm is from my stash.

Here's a close-up of Tia:

I hope you like her!  You can pick up Teacher's Pet Tia (and her two new buddies) up at the Some Odd Girl shop today!

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

The Squirrel and the Fox #22: Kids or babies

Colour Me Creative: Anything Goes with a girlie twist

Card Crafter's Circle: Children

That's all for today!  I'll be back tomorrow with a some Tiddly Inks New Releases and another new release from Some Odd Girl!

Ciao!

Arabella in Athens

Sepia tones

Good morning!  I hope you all had a lovely weekend!  We had to do a day trip with guests on the boat yesterday, but it was pretty easy.  Next week the full on summer season starts for us and we will be really busy!

The word at the moment (subject to change) is that we will be meeting an unknown number of guests up in the Ionian islands (one of whom will be a vegetarian) on Friday and may or may not stay there for the rest of the month with guests coming and going.  It would be nice to know definitively, but that's just not how this boat works.  I will try to provision for every eventuality and then the guests will remark on the food they find in every cupboard they open on the boat and I'll tell them it's because they can't make up their minds what they want to do!

Anyway, I have a Little Miss Muffet Stamps card to share with you today in sepia tones...  I used the rubber stamp version of Camila and stamped her in brown memento ink rather than my usual black.

The papers I used are from my scraps and from My Mind's Eye.  I stamped some grunge corners from LOTV in brown ink over them and the sentiment is also from LOTV.  The lovely velvet ribbon is from The Ribbon Girl and the button is from Crate Paper.  The butterflies are from Maya Road.  I coloured Camila with copics.  (I'll update this post with the colours I used later).

Here's a close-up of Camila:

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

MarkerPop Challenge #3: Black and White/Sepia

Crafting When we Can Challenges: Monochrome

Sweet Stampin Challenge blog: Monochromatic

Don't forget there's still time to enter our current challenge at Little Miss Muffet stamps which is to create a circular card or project and we'd love to have you join our Facebook group!  There may even be some freebies floating around there soon!

Ciao!

Arabella in Athens

Raggedy Ann's boyfriend

Good morning!  It's another day of new releases at Little Miss Muffet Stamps and today we have some brand new digital stamps being released!  I'm super excited because one of them is one I asked Barbara for...  Raggedy Ann's boyfriend Andy!  Head on over to the challenge blog and check out all the other newbies being released today as well!

Here's my card using Chili Pepper as Raggedy Andy:

Isn't he gorgeous?!  Just perfect to go with Paprika as Raggedy Ann!  The papers I have used are all from my ever growing scrap piles and I'm not sure where they are from.  The yacht card is from My Mind's Eye (it's old) and the charm is from my stash.  The sentiment is a sticker from SRM.

Here's a close-up:

Copic Colours to be updated.

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

Digi Doodle Shop's Best: Anything Goes

The Sisterhood of Crafters: Lets hear it for the boy

S J Crafts: Red, White and blue

That's all for today!  See you later!

Arabella in Athens

Rubber Stamp Release at Little Miss Muffet Stamps!

Good morning!  It's an exciting day at Little Miss Muffet Stamps today as we have eight lovely red rubber cling mounted rubber stamps being released! The monsters in particular are some of my favourite LMM images and they're the ones that made me fall in love with Little Miss Muffet stamps in the first place, so I'm super excited that they are now available in rubber!

If you are a digi fan then you had better get your skates on and snap up these guys before they retire this Sunday at midnight US Central time!





In more news, we have brand new digis being released tomorrow on the Little Miss Muffet stamps blog!  And there's even one that I asked for!  I'm stoked!  If you want a chance to win tomorrow's release,  you'll need to add the LMM News Badge to your blog.  Head over HERE to find out the details.
And last but not least, we have a Facebook Page for news, chats, general sharing and maybe even the occasional freebie!  Yay!   You can find us on Facebook HERE.  
So...  I think that's everything!  Now, head on over to the challenge blog and check out my teamie's fabulous creations for today's rubber release!  For my card, I used the adorable Monster Nom-Nom: 

Isn't he cute?!  The papers I have used are from Crate Paper and Studio Calico, the ribbon is from The Ribbon girl and the charm is from The Secret Garden on Da Wanda.  The bling is by Prima.  I have added Stickles and Glossy Accents to the heart and googly eyes to Monster Nom-Nom.

I used this week's sketch from Feeling Sketchy.

Here's a close-up:

And here are the copics I used:

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

Feeling Sketchy: Sketch week 16

Divas by Design: Anything Goes

The Paper Shelter: Anything Goes

Papelitos Stamp Challenges: Anything that Shines

That's all from me today!  Check back tomorrow to see our brand new digi releases!

Ciao!

Arabella in Athens

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

Monday Inspiration at Little Miss Muffet Stamps!

Good morning!  It's Monday again!  I hope everyone had a fabulous weekend!  My husband and I had a really lovely time in Santorini.  It's so beautiful and so nice and relaxing there!  We finally found a decent hotel in Greece (of course we had to pay a lot more for it though) with a comfortable bed and amazing views and we did lots of exploring by car and walking.  One of the nice things about our hotel was that they served each room their own private breakfast on their private balconies!  We had breakfast, privacy, and a beautiful caldera view! Bliss!  

That was probably the last free weekend we'll have all summer, so I'm really glad we took advantage of it and got to see one of the nicer parts of Greece while we are here.  Now it's back to business as usual.

We have some fabulous Monday Inspiration being showcased over at Little Miss Muffet stamps today to kick start your week creatively!  And later in the week we might even have some new releases!  Make sure you have the News Badge on your blog and have added your name to the linky if you want a chance of winning this week's new releases!

Here's my card for today using Summer Breeze in her rubber stamp version:

The papers are from October Afternoon, Hambly Screenprints and Crate Paper and the ribbon is from The Ribbon Girl.  The tags and grunge corners are from LOTV and I stamped them in Rich Cocoa ink from Memento for a softer look.

I will update my copic colours this evening.

Here's a close-up of Summer Breeze:

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

Lets Ink it up: All Girl

One Stitch at a Time: Anything Goes

That's it from me for now!  I've got to go and do some work!

Ciao!

Arabella in Athens