Relax Teddy Bo

My card for today features one of my favourite bears, Teddy Bo, here he is relaxing on a Sunday afternoon.

8 x 8 card blank

Backing papers and cards all from my stash along with the silver 'mesh', bakers twine and button.

I printed Teddy Bo onto Neenah cardstock and coloured him using Spectrum Noirs in colours to tie in with the backing papers.

The mat the image is sat on is cut using a Spellbinders Labels 5 die, and I cut a faux nestie from bronze pearlescent card.

My card is for the following challenges:

Stamp With Fun - Sketch

The Teddy Bo Challenge - Masculine

Craft-room Challenge - Buttons and bows

Digi Doodle Shop Challenge - Ribbons and bows

Ready Teddy Go - Anything Goes

The Ribbon Girl Challenge - Bingo - I chose image, button, twine

Crafty Calendar Challenge - August

Gosh where did July go?  It's incredible how quickly this year is going!

It's time for a new challenge over at Crafty Calendar Challenge and our theme for this month is Teddy Bear's Parade with the option of lots of layers.  This month our sponsor is the fabulous Wild Orchid Crafts.

6 x 6 card blank

Digi stamp from Teddy Bo and Co coloured with Spectrum Noirs

Backing papers from Making Cards Magazine

Whimsy fence die.  Memory box clouds die and fancy blossom.

Pearls from Joanna Sheen used in centre of flowers.

Sentiment stamp Wild Rose studio stamped using Dusty Concorde distress ink.

Please do visit the challenge blog to see all the lovely creations from my teamies and to join in the fun.

My card is for the following challenges:

Craft Your Passion Challenge - Sketch

Paper Pretties Challenge - Use two or more dp's

Bearly Mine Challenge - Anything Goes

The Poodles Parlour - Anything Goes

Ready Teddy Go Challenge - Anything Goes

Hooked On Craft Challenges - Let's Celebrate

Paper Play Challenges - Lots of Layers

Delightful Challenges - Birthday

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

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

Teddy Bo and Bea Throughout The Year

Good Morning

There are lots of photos in this post!!

As you have probably noticed, I am very fond of Teddy Bea & Bo.  As the challenge over at Teddy Bo is make anything other than a card, I decided to make myself a desk calendar for 2012, so I'll always have one of my favourite bears on my desk.

All the images were printed onto white card and coloured using coloursoft pencils.  I used lot of various dies, cut into gold mirror board or gold linen board to make the mats for the teddies to sit on.

The calendar tabs were created using a stamp set from Dimension Fourth, and then I coloured around the frame using brushmarker pens in a colour picked out from each of the images.

The frame was made from some very thick white card, with rings through the top to hold the pages in place.

Here are all the photos!

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

Teddy Bo Challenge - anything but a card.

Crafts and Me Challenge  - favourite image (August, sunflower Bea)

Allsorts Challenge - free and easy

Stampin For The Weekend - Wings and things (December)

Thanks for sticking with me through this long post.

Jo x

X Marks The Spot

Good Afternoon

Back again with another challenge card.  This card was such a lot of fun to make and once again features Teddy Bo.

Teddy Bo is coloured with pencils.  I printed a Treasure Map onto some white card and then cut it into the shape of a cross, then attached to more white card to strenthen and make the back of the card.

My card is for the following challenges

The ABC Challenge - X marks the spot

CES Challenge - Anything but a square

The Crafty Pad Challenge - Bold and bright

Thanks for stopping by.

Jo x

Father's Day Card

Hi

I'm going to make this short and sweet as these antibiotics are knocking me out and I just want to sleep!

This is the fathers day card I've made for my dad. He openly admits he can fall asleep at the drop of a hat, so this image just had to be for him!

Teddy Bo is coloured using pencils. The backing paper is from my stash. The mat behind the image and the die-cut embellishments are cut using Spellbinders Fleur de Lis dies. The oblong mat is embossed using a Sizzix embossing plate.

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

CRAFT Challenge Fathers Day

PaperPlay Challenges Fathers Day

Alphabet Challenge F for Fathers Day

Secret Crafter A Male Card

One Stop Craft Challenge Fathers Day

Polka Doodles Something For Dad

Dream Valley Challenge Fathers Day

Thanks for visiting today.

Jo x

Go Manchester City!!!!!

Good Morning

My card for today is a Good Luck card for Manchester City in the FA Cup final this afternoon.

The card was inspired by one made by Clairebears which can be seen here. Thanks Claire.

The image is from Teddybo.com, and I coloured him in City colours using pencils. I made the backing paper using the logo.

Thanks for visiting today.

Jo x

Playing In The Puddles

Good Afternoon

We have the strangest of weather today, we had hailstone not half an hour ago and now the sunshines back!

My card for today shows Teddy Bo playing in the puddles.

For once I chose my backing paper before I coloured in the image, so I could colour my image accordingly. I decided to pick the green from the backing paper to colour in his coat and hat. I had a real good sort out of all my papers yesterday, and this is from a crafthouse press book I bought yonks ago.

Teddy Bo is coloured in pencils and then I used glossy accent over the puddle, unfortunately it doesn't show up too well in the photo but looks very effective IRL.

I used an embossing folder that reminded me of waves on the red card, and cut a mat from the same card using a Marianne Die and the embellishment at the top is made using a Spellbinders die from the fleur de lis set. A few buttons were added to complete the card.

I am entering my card in the following challenges.

St Lukes Charity Cards Challenge Pick a Pattern, and I shall be sending the card to them to help with their fundraising.

Stamps R Us Challenge For The Men In Our Lives

Crafts and Me Challenge Swirls (my embossing)

Creative Inspirations Embossing

Stamp Something Use a digi stamp

Thanks for visiting my blog today.

Jo x

Teddy Bo Brings A Flower

Good Morning

It's very quiet here today now everyone is back at school, college and work! Murphy's decided to have a long lie-in this morning!

I'm back with Teddy Bo again today, these images are just so adorable I can't stop colouring them in!!!

Teddy Bo is coloured in pencils again and I like the softer look it gives him. He is then sat on a pearlescent lilac mat, cut using a Nellie Snellen die. Both lots of backing papers are printed from Joanna Sheen's House Mouse cd-rom. I thought the pink backing paper, which is a close-up of some knitting, was perfect to use with Teddy Bo. Finally, the corners are die-cut from the same pearlescent card using a spellbinders die, and a little pearl (from Joanna Sheen)was put in the centre of each flower.

I am entering this card in The CD Sunday Challenge

Thank you for visiting today. Enjoy the rest of your day.

Jo x