Chickie Couture Part 2

Hello, DeNami friends! I'm back with a second edition of Chickie Couture!!! As many of you know my husband and I just recently spent five months in New Zealand with side trips to Australia and Bora Bora! Such an amazing part of the world!!! It was an INCREDIBLE journey full of experiences we'll treasure for a lifetime!!! My chickies for this month's Chickie Couture feature were inspired by some of our adventures!

First up...snorkeling chickie!!!

Anyone else out there LOVE to snorkel?!?! It's so much fun, and I find it completely fascinating!!! The colors, the sounds, the ocean current, the coral, the sea creatures, the plants----it's a feast for the senses!
 
I created snorkeling chickie by first stamping the Large Chickie I60 image onto light yellow cardstock. Then, I placed a piece of printer paper over top. Using the underlying chickie image as a guide, I drew the snorkel mask, snorkel, and flippers onto the printer paper. I cut these pieces out and used them as templates to create my colored cardstock pieces. Once my chickie was assembled, I used several other DeNami Design images (see supply list below) to create an underwater scene for him to snorkel in! Here, I used him on a card, but I think he'd also be super cute on a luggage tag----especially if you're headed somewhere tropical!!

Supplies:
Stamps: Large Chickie I60, bubbles & seaweed from Under The Sea Stamp Set PF39, fish from Sea Friends Stamp Set PF41 (DeNami Design)
Ink: Tuxedo Black Memento (Tsukineko), Robin's Egg Color Box (Clearsnap)
Copic Sketch Markers
Cardstock: White PC21, Sky Blue PC33, Charcoal PC44, and Desert Orange PC37 (DeNami Design), Harvest Gold (PTI)
Tools: Cutter Bee Craft Knife (EK Success), Crop-A-Dile Corner Chomper (We R Memory Keepers), Stamp-A-Ma-Jig
Punch: Patterned Circles Large Edger Punch (EK Success)
Quickie Glue Pen GL01: (Sakura)
AtYou Spica Glitter Pen: Clear (Too Marker Products Inc)
Copic Multiliner Pen: 0.3 Black
 

Next up...paddle boarding chickie!

 

I tried out standing paddle boarding for the first time in Bora Bora and fell in love!!! It's awesome and a great workout too! The board is from the Surfboard Trio M56 image. I hand-drew the paddle on brown kraft cardstock. You could also opt to leave the paddle off and create a surfing chickie instead! FUN! (Although I'd make my waves seriously bigger for that activity! HA!)

Supplies:
Stamps: Large Chickie I60, Surfboard Trio M56, Large Bold Hibiscus M47 (DeNami Design)
Ink: Tuxedo Black Memento (Tsukineko), Robin's Egg Color Box (Clearsnap)
Cardstock: White PC21, Brown Kraft PC11, Sky Blue PC33, Black PC23 (DeNami Design); Harvest Gold (PTI)
Dies: Small Standard Circles Nestabilities (Spellbinders)
Ribbon: 3/8" White Grosgrain (DeNami Design)
Quickie Glue Pen GL01: (Sakura)
Copic Multiliner Pen: 0.3 Black
Tools: Crop-A-Dile Corner Chomper (We R Memory Keepers), Stamp-A-Ma-Jig
Scor-Tape: (Scor-Pal)
Adhesive Tape Runner and Zots: (Therm-o-web)

Well, that wraps up my second edition of Chickie Couture!!! I hope you're enjoying this feature as much as I am!!!

GIVEAWAY ALERT!!!
Leave a comment on this post for a chance to win a little prize package that includes: a Large Chickie Stamp, a "happy birthday" cling stamp (in honor of DeNami's birthday month), and a Quickie Glue Pen!!! Comments must be received by Wednesday, March 13, 2013 at 11:59PM PST! I'll choose one random winner from all comments received and announce the winner here on my blog on Thursday, March 14th! Good Luck!!!

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And...as promised here are some photos from our overseas adventures! (Keep in mind I came home with 2600 photos on my computer...HA!...so this is just a glimpse...)

 Hiking - Kaikoura Peninsula, NZ

 

Shark sighting while snorkeling - Great Barrier Reef, Australia

 

 Barron Gorge Falls, Australia

 

 Punakaiki (Pancake Rocks), NZ

 

 Buller Gorge Swing Bridge (yep...we hiked across that)

 

 Anchorage Beach, NZ

 

Hiking up Stony Bay Peak, NZ

 

 Morning ritual - Bora Bora

   Parasailing - Bora Bora

  

 Bora Bora

 Hokitika River Gorge, NZ

 

 Sunset - Hokitika Beach, NZ

 

 Hiking - Fox Glacier, NZ

 

 Lake Matheson, NZ

Lake Pukaki, NZ

Doubtful Sound, NZ (from helicopter)

Milford Sound, NZ (from boat)

Hiking Mt Iron - Wanaka, NZ