Teddy Bea is 4 Today

Good Afternoon

The current challenge over at Ready Teddy Go Challenge - is to make a card with a number on.  Here is my card:

I followed the sketch at Stamp With Fun to create my card.

6 x 6 card blank

Teddy Bea stamped in Memento cocoa ink and coloured with Spectrum Noirs

Nellie Snellen oval dies used, cut from cardstock from PaperMill

Backing paper and ribbon border came free in a magazine.

Butterfly from my stash (part of a blog prize I won)

Velour number also from my stash.

My card is also for the following challenges:

Teddy Bo Challenge - Anything Goes

Shopping Our Stash - Fur or Feathers

Simon Says Stamp - Anything Goes

Pile It On Challenge - Card for a Child

Teddy Bea

The current challenge over at Teddy Bo is black, white and one other colour.  I combined this with the Sketch challenge at Try It On Tuesday to come up with my card:

6 x 6 card blank

Digi stamp printed onto Neenah card and coloured using Coloursoft pencils and Spectrum Noir pens.

Gingham backing paper from stash.

Card from Create and Craft embossed using a Darice embossing folder from Crafters Companion and sanded slightly, distressed around the edges with a distressing tool.

Mat Teddy Bea is sat on is Spellbinders Romantic Rectangles.

Flowers are a Memory Box die, centres are a punch and pearls from my stash.

Nellie Snellen punch used to create the leaves.

Gingham ribbon from my stash, tied using a bow shaper.

My card is also for the following challenges:

Creative Craft Challenges - Monochromatic Birthdays

Pink Gem Challenge - Animals or Teddies

Digi Doodle Shop Challenge - Use pearls

One Stitch at a Time - Use a Digi

Craft Your Passion - Embossing

Christmas In July

The current challenge over at Teddy Bo is Christmas in July.  I followed the sketch over at Sparkles Creations.  Here is my card:

A5 card blank

Teddy Bea coloured in coloursoft pencils.

Papers are Papermania from a Christmas Goody bag I bought last year.

Some very neglected Marianne dies cut from mirror card.

Ribbon from stash.

My card is also for the following challenges:

Crafty Sentiments Designs - Christmas in July

Diva's By Design - Christmas in July

Totally Gorjuss - Christmas

Crafty Hazelnuts Christmas Challenge - Twinkle, twinkle little star

The Poodles Parlour - Use a digi

Christmas Cards All Year Round - Christmas flowers/holly

Ready Teddy Go

Hello again

I've spent the afternoon in the company of my favourite teddy, Teddy Bea!

I happened across a new challenge called Ready Teddy Go and for their current challenge there is a fabulous sketch to follow.

Teddy Bea is coloured with coloursoft pencils.The sky was added with Distress Ink on a cotton wool ball.  The die cut shape is a Crafts Too die.  These are excellent value for money.  I go mine from Cupcakecrafting.  I created a faux die from Core'dinations for the image to sit on.

The backing paper  has been in my stash for ages and was from Making Cards magazine.  The pansies are from La Pashe 'The Big One' cd-rom, the Build a Blossom section.  I printed the sheets onto A6 size paper to get the size of pansies I wanted.

I would also like to enter my card in the following challenges:

Crafty Creations Challenge - Flower Power

Cute Card Thursday - ~Spring Flowers

Stampin For The Weekend - Ready Teddy Go

Penny Black At Allsorts - Cute

Paper Sundaes - Anything Goes

Happy Bea-irthday Megan

Good Morning

Today is my niece's birthday and I wanted to make her more of a keepsake than a card this year.  With the help of Teddy Bea here is what I made:

I'm sorry about the quality of the photos, the light is very poor here this morning.

Using my new MCS cd-rom, I imported the lettering from a Crafters Companion cd.  I then selected the images I wanted to use and cut round them all using the new scissors tool. I then re-sized the letters and images to suit and added an image to each letter. I printed them all out on Neenah cardstock and then coloured all the images using coloursoft pencils, blended, as usual, with baby oil.

I added a small dimensional butterfly to the letter M.

I added ultra fine glitter to the moon on this image, but I didn't spread the glue evenly as I wanted to try and create the surface of the moon. 

This is one of the first digi stamps I purchased and still one of my favourites.  I added a balloon embellishment from my stash to this one, threaded through her hand to secure in place.

I added eyelets to each of the letters for extra strength, and then attached them to each other using bakers twine.

My creation is for the following challenges:

Teddy Bo Challenge - Anything Goes

Flutterby Wednesdays - Bright Colours

My Mum's Craft Shop - Here Come The Girls

Moving Along With The Times - Spots and/or stripes (All the letters are spotty)

Chocolate, Coffee and Cards - Add Glitter

Alphabet Challenge Blog - Y for You Can Choose

ABC Challenge - Happy Birthday

I'm sorry for the long post today, I hope you stuck with me!  Enjoy your Sunday.

Jo x

Teddy Bea Sitting Pretty

Good Evening

The current challenge over at Teddy Bo and Co is to use your birthstone.  My birthday is in February, therefore my birthstone is Amethyst which could perhaps explain my liking of purples.  I have been busy making calendars, and I have made this one to tie-in with the challenge:

Teddy Bea is coloured with Coloursoft pencils, blended using baby oil. The mat she is sat on is cut using a Spellbinders die, matted onto core'dinations cardstock which I have distressed with a sanding block.  Distress Inks in Milled Lavender and Dusty Concorde are used round the edge of the image to take away the starkness.

The gorgeous papers are printed from one of the SWALK cd-roms (sorry I can't remember which one), I printed them onto Crafters Companion satin paper, as recommended by my lovely blogging friend Edna, you get such fantastic results with this paper.

The calendar tab is sat on a mat cut with a Mariannes die from core'dinations card, again I distressed this with a sanding block.  The flourishes are also a Marianne die from silver mirror card.  The flowers are Nellie Snellen punches, with a co-ordinating pearl in the centre.

I would like to also enter my calendar in the following challenges:

Craft Your Passion - Anything Goes plus distressing

Shopping Our Stash - Revisit an old challenge - November, use a digi

Thanks for having a look.

Jo xx

Yummy Teddy Bea

Good Evening

Over at Teddy Bo and Co Top Tip Thursday our homework for this week is to make a fabulous corner bookmark.  Here is mine:

I'm going to use mine in my recipe books, so this was the perfect image for me to use. Teddy Bea is coloured with pencils, and matted onto some orange cardstock cut with a Nellie Snellen die.  The backing paper is from a Cute Companions cd-rom,  I attached some lemon and mint green satin ribbon to which I added some round and flower-shaped gems.  I've put it to the test and it works perfectly!

Just to let you know that my friend loved the tea-bag holder that I made for last weeks' homework.  I filled it with tea-bags and biscuits before giving it to her.

I would also like to enter my bookmark in the following challenges:

My Mum's Craft Shop - Food and Drink

Cuddly Buddly Challenge - Anything But A Card

PaperPlay Challenges - Cupcake

A Thank You Note From Teddy Bea

Good Morning

I am in the middle of a batch of Thank You cards for my daughter to send to thank everyone for her 18th birthday presents.  I've had to keep them fairly straight forward but had a bit of a mental block to say the least!  The current challenge at Teddy Bo is Clean and Simple, so I decided to sit and colour my favourite bear to use on one of the cards.

Teddy Bea is coloured with coloursoft pencils and then matted onto some lovely mottled cardstock that I got from Papermill.  The flower and flourishes are cut using Marianne dies and a gem added to the centre of the flower.

My card is for the following challenges:

Teddy Bo Challenge  - Clean and Simple

Saturday Challenge - White plus one other colour (not including the colour of the image)

The Crafty Pad Challenge - Monochromatic

My Time To Craft Challenge - Punches and dies

Creative Inspirations - Monochromatic

Bling It On Challenge - No patterned paper

Pollycraft Monday Challenge  - Girls, girls, girls

Whoopsi Daisy Challenge - Free and Easy

Thanks for visiting my blog today, I'm off to try and finish the rest of the Thank You cards.

Jo x

Time For Tea Teddy Bea

Good Evening

As soon as I saw Nela's fab project over at Teddy Bo & Co I knew it was a perfect make for a friend of mine.  Here is my finished project:

The paper I've used on the teapot is from a previous Making Cards magazine and I went round all the edges with Milled Lavender distress inks.  Teddy Bea is coloured with coloursoft pencils and distress inks, and the pattern on the cup is made using a teeny-weeny stamp.  The sentiment is computer generated.  The mat Teddy Bea and the sentiment are sat on are Spellbinders Labels 22 and this is the first time I have used them.  Little gems were added to complete the design.

I would also like to enter my project in the following challenges:

Teddy Bo Challenge - Use Your Favourite Colour

Totally Paper Crafts - Animals

Allsorts Challenge - Use A Bear

One Stop Craft Challenge - Anything Goes

Paper Sundaes - Favourite Colours

Hooked On Craft  - Anything But A Card

Digi Makeover Challenge - Anything But A Card

Thanks for having a look.

Jo x

My Little Sunflower

Good Afternoon

Those of you who visit me regularly will know of my soft spot for Teddy Bo and Bea, so I just couldn't resist participating in The Teddy Bo's top tips lesson.

Jill has provided us with a fab tutorial to make a post-it easel card, and here is mine:

Who could possible resist that little face?

Teddy Bea is coloured with coloursoft pencils.  The papers are from an issue of Making Cards magazine.  The dies are spellbinder.

This is now sat on my craft desk so I can see that lovely face all the time (and hopefully will be able to find my post-it pad easier!!!).

This is for the following challenges:

Teddy Bo Lesson - Make A Post-It Easel Card

Top Tip Tuesday - Easel Card/Easel Box Card

TIP - My tip to share is if when matting and layering you find you sometimes go a bit wonky, apply DST then photo glue over the top.  Not only does this give you additional time to line up correctly, but it gives extra strength and adhesion to your card.

Shopping Our Stash - Birds Bugs or beasts

Thanks for visiting!

Jo x

Teddy Bea In The Pink

Hi There

I hope you're having a lovely weekend.

My card for today features the adorable Teddy Bea, and here she is!

For once, I remember to choose my backing papers before I coloured my image!!  The backing papers are from an earlier issue of Making Cards, matted onto black card.  Bea is coloured using Coloursoft pencils.  The ribbon and flowers are from my stash and the flourishes are cut using a Marianne die.

My card is for the following challenges:

The Teddy Bo Challenge - Black, White and 1 Other Colour

Creative Inspirations Challenge - Sketch

The Fuzzy Wuzzy Challenge - Use Pink

Crafty Calender Challenge - Let Sleeping Bears Lie

The Poodles Parlour - Animal Antics

Thanks for visiting my blog today.

Jo x

Ballerina Bea

Good Afternoon

We've actually got sunshine today!  Hopefully September will be better than August!

My card for today features my favourite bear, Teddy Bea.

Bea is coloured with Coloursoft pencils and some stickles added to her wand and wings to add some sparkle.

The base card is cut using a Marianne die using a lovely rich brown cardstock from Papermill.  The backing paper is printed from a Crafters Companion cd-rom.  It's either Appley Dapply or SWALK but I'm afraid I can't remember which one!  The little flowers are created using a Nellie Snellen die and little pearls added to the centre.  Three co-ordinating gems are used to complete the card.

My card is for the following challenges:

Fetch A Sketch Challenge 5 - Sketch

CES Challenges - Pink, Brown and Aqua

Creations by Gill M - Anything that Flies

My Time To Craft Challenge - Use Flowers

Flutter By Wednesdays - Butterfly, Angel or Fairy

PaperPlay Challenges - Make Your Own Flowers

Rainbow Lady Challenges - Use Embossing

Thanks for stopping by today.

Jo x

I'm Back With Teddy Bea!

Good Afternoon.

Thank you to everyone who sent me good wishes for my trip.  I had a fabulous time and have come back feeling much stronger mentally.  Physically, it is taking me longer to recover, as I knew it would.  I have updated my blog header to a photo of the same view taken whilst I was there this time.  It really is such a special place to stay.

Emma's best friend celebrates her birthday next week, and my card for today is the one I have made for Emma's friend.  I was struggling to get started, and luckily found a sketch over at Fetch A Sketch which got me started!

The image is a Teddy Bea image from TeddyBo.com.  The papers are from a previous issue of Making Cards magazine.  The stars are die-cut into co-ordinating card stock using a die-namics die.

My card is for the following challenges:

Fetch A Sketch  - Sketch

Teddy Bo Challenge- Love Is In The Air

Thanks for visiting my blog today.

Fairy Bea

Good Evening

I'm back with another card for today, this time featuring the gorgeous Teddy Bea.

Teddy Bea is coloured using coloursoft pencils.  She is then matted onto silver glitter card and lilac pearlescent card cut using a Martha Steward PATP.  The flowers are die cut using a Nellie Snellen die, and then a tiny lilac gem added to the centre.  The sentiment mat is a spellbinders floral die, with peel-offs in the centre.

I am entering my card in the following challenges:

Top Tip Tuesday - Sketch

Teddy Bo Challenge- Bea On Her Own

Paper Play Challenges - Things with wings

Bunny Zoe Crafts - Fairies

Totally Papercraft Challenge - Girly Girl

Divas by Design - Pastels

Thanks for visiting my blog.

Jo x

Teddy Bea Is Two

Well, actually, my little niece is about to be two, but you get my meaning!!!!

You can't tell from the photo, but the number is cut from double-sided card, lilac on the outside, pink on the inside.  The lovely Teddy Bea is coloured with coloursoft pencils, isn't she gorgeous?  The wording was stamped using Dimension Fourth Krystal Tips stamps in Distress ink and heat embossed using detail clear embossing powder.  The silver stars are also stamped and heat embossed in silver detail embossing powder.

I was over the moon this week to learn that I was one of the runners up for the previous challenge.  I'm sure you all know how much I love these teddies so it was such a delight to win.  Thank you ladies :o)

I would like to enter my card in the following challenges:

The Teddy Bo Challenge - Bea On Her Own

Totally Papercrafts - Girly Girl

Have a lovely weekend.

Jo x

Teddy Bea Shines

Good Afternoon

The current challenge over at Teddy Bo is to make 'Anything But A Card', so I decided to make a candle!!  With a matching gift box of course.

 

I made the candle using paraffin wax and a large pillar candle mold.  I then printed Teddy Bea onto tissue paper 3 times, glittered her wings and then carefully applied the images to the candle.  Tiny gems were added at random to the candle.

For the box I printed Teddy Bea twice and again glittered her wings, I made up the box with an acetate front panel so the candle is visible.

One of Emma's teachers loves candles, so I decided that this would be a good end of term present for her.  I needed a matching card of course!!!!

The card is made using Teddy Bea decoupage.  The stars are my new stacking stars die-namics dies from Dies To Die for.  The flowers are Marianne dies as are the leaves.  The sentiment is LOTV.  The star punch is Martha Stewart.

I would like to enter the following challenges:

The Teddy Bo Challenge - Anything But A Card

Crafty Calendar Challenge - Things With Wings

Paper Sundaes - I've used wings and gems

The Poodles Parlour - Come Fly With Me

Crafty Creations Challenges - Thank You

Truly Scrumptious Challenge - Things With Wings

Divas By Design - Use die cuts and punches

PaperPlay Challenges - Anything But A Card

Thanks for visiting today.

Jo x

Thank You Teddy Bea

Good Evening

I hope you've had a good day.  I've been glued to the tv quite a bit today watching the lovely Jayne Nestorenko launch her new stamp range.  Aren't they beautiful.  I had to place a 'little' order and will be building up the set over time.  Very naughty I know but what's a girl to do?

My card for today features my favourite teddy.  I was brought a lovely bouquet of flowers the other day and wanted to send a thank you card.  I realised that I hadn't yet used this Teddy Bea image so quickly rectified that!!!

Teddy Bea is coloured with pencils.  The teacup is paper pieced and then the image is placed onto a spellbinders label die.  The sentiment (which is very clear in real life!) is a LOTV stamp.  The rolled flowers are made from the same paper as the tea cup which I inked on the reverse side to blend in better.  The leaves are cut from white glitter card using a Marianne Die.  The side panel is punched down the edge using a Martha Stewart punch.  Co-ordinating eyelets were added so that I could thread a narrow white satin ribbon through.  Three Papermania Mosaics were added to complete the design.

This is another version of the card with different colours and an alternative punch.

I would like to enter my card in the following challenges:

Teddy Bo Challenge - Bling it on

Truly Scrumptious Challenge - Sketch

Stamps R Us 1 image, 2 papers, 3 embellishments

Whoopsi Daisy Challenge Pile on the flowers

Rainbow Lady's Challenge Use a digi

Thanks for visiting my blog today.

Jo x

Teddy Bea Sparkles

Good Morning

Firstly today I'd like to introduce you to the newest members of our family.

These gorgeous little guinea pigs are called Doodles and Maisie and belong to my daughters. I've always had a soft spot for guinea pigs, so am enjoying giving them regular cuddles.

Now onto my card. Back with my favourite Teddy again today, and this time this lovely Teddy Bea is sat amongst the twinkling stars.

She is coloured with pencils and then the image is cut out and attached to the card using an acetate 'boinger'!!!! The background is embossed with a Sizzix folder, and then I went over all the embossing with a Versamark pen and added 'Midnight Madness' embossing powder, the same powder was added to the edge of the moon. In real life it all twinkles beautifully, but I just can't capture it on camera.

The background was then matted onto some holographic silver cardstock to add a bit more sparkle.

Even though I was very tempted to add lots of embellishments to the card, I resisted because I wanted to create the effect of Bea sat in the middle of a twinkling sky. Regretably, the photo doesn't do it justice, but in real life, I'm really pleased with the result.

I would like to enter my card in the following challenges Teddy Bo Challenge which is Bling It On.

Crafty Creations Challenge Let It Shine

Thank you for visiting today.

Jo x

Bea's In Love

Good Morning

Hasn't the weather been strange over the last few days? Please come back Mr Sunshine!

I couldn't resist and just had to have another go at the current challenge over at TeddyBo. I love Teddy Bea and Bo and I love making easel cards, so here is my second entry to the current challenge.

I remembered to choose my papers before colouring in the image again, and these are some more papers from a previous edition of Making Cards magazine. I love the colour in these papers so it made it quite an easy choice for me. Teddy Bea is coloured using pencils. I've used a Marianne die (for the first time) to make the beautiful circular frame, and also the frame which holds the sentiment. The sentiment is a LOTV stamp.

The flowers are cut from the same papers using a Marianne die, the leaves are a x-cut embossing punch, and the centres are made using a punch. The ribbon is from my stash as is the heart charm which I felt worked really well with this card.

As well as the challenge at Teddy Bo, I would also like to enter my card in the Polka Doodles Challenge, which is also an easel card.

Today I really must finish my LIM card which is sat in bits on my desk!

Thanks for visiting.

Jo x

Teddy Bea Among The Flowers

Good Morning

I've been out this morning woo hoo!!! We've all been up to the dentist for our 6 month check. I'm in so much pain now, with getting in and out of the car, the wheelchair, the dentist chair! Murphy is sulking big time, he always sulks when I've been out. I keep telling him I've not been out having fun, but will he believe me? Well the look on his face says it all.

With a bit of look he'll have forgiven me by weekend!!!!

Anyway, onto today's card. This is my latest purchase from Teddybo.com, mind you it is Teddy Bo Tuesday and there are some adorable new releases out today, so I could well be adding to my collection :D. I LOVE colouring in these bears (you may have noticed lol).

Here is Teddy Bea wearing a beautiful necklace she has made from flowers. I couldn't resist this backing paper, I thought is went so well with all the flowers, and is also very sweet. The mat she is sat on is die-cut using a Nellie Snellen die. The ribbon border is a Marianne die, as is the butterfly which is made using glitter card. The flowers are from my stash and the leaves are cut using a woodware punch.

Teddy Bea is once again coloured in using pencils. I decided this time that she could wear a red dress and hat, to pick out the colours of the ladybirds in the backing paper. I put her on the mat using glue gel to add further dimension to the card.

I would like to enter my card in the following challenges.

Raise The Bar Flower Power

Rainbow Lady's Challenge Lady In Red

ABD DT Challenge April Showers Bring May Flowers

Crafty Sentiments Flowers

Dream Valley Challenges Flowers

Whoopsi Daisy Challenge Things with Wings

Cutie Sunday Butterfly

Thank you for visiting my blog today, and for all the lovely comments you leave me, they really make my day.

Jo x