Teddy Bo Tuesday

Good morning

Hope you are all well and having a good week so far.  The sun is shining and it's Teddy Bo Tuesday which means there are more NEW images instore so all is well in my world lol!

For my card today I have used an adorable Bo image. As soon as I saw this image I knew I had the perfect sentiment for it which is a polymer stamp available here at Pink Gem Designs. The image has been coloured with copics and the sky and grass have been chalked to achieve a softer look. Papers are from the Dovecraft 'Masculine' pack which are still my fav papers for male cards ... a definite oldie but a goodie! I have finished it off with a punched MS border and a few card candy.

* Card Recipe *

Image ~ Teddy Bo (will add name later)

Papers ~ Dovecraft 'Masculine'

Sentiment ~ Pink Gem Designs

Card Candy ~ Craftwork Cads

* Challenges *

Sweet Stampin' ~ Playing in the Summer Sun

Fussy and Fancy ~ Card for a Man or Boy

The Stamp Man ~ Boys and Men

Simon Says Stamp ~ Father's Day/For a Male

Creative Inspirations ~ Cute Bears/Animals

Don't forget you have until Sunday 12th June, midnight (GMT) to enter our current 'Shaped Cards' challenge and DT call :-)

That's all from me ... i'm now going to finish off the housework and then do some gardening.  It would be a shame to be stuck indoors on such a beautiful day :-)

Teddy Bo Challenge #11

Good morning

It's time for a new Teddy Bo Challenge but before I tell you the details I have some news to share .... Firstly I am pleased to say our talented guest designers Bev and Tab are joining us permanently and secondly Gayle wants to expand the design team so is holding a DT Call :-)  So if you would like to be considered for the design team all you need to do is enter the current challenge and add DT to your name ... simples!

Now moving onto the challenge ... this time we want to see your 'Shaped Cards' ... no squares or rectangles allowed!  We are sponsored by the lovely Lynne at Crafts 4 You and the prize for the winner is 3 sets of digital sentiments plus 3 Teddy Bo digi stamps with the runners up each getting a Teddy Bo digi stamp of their choice.

A few weeks ago I bought a selection of shaped card blanks from Which Craft UK and decided to use one of the Double Concertina Step Cards for today's card.  There are several different designs which I think are reasonably priced at £6.99 for 10 Pre-Cut and Scored Cards and Envelopes.  The P&P was also very reasonable and very quick delivery.  I know I could probably make one of these from scratch with a bit of measuring, scoring and cutting but I like an easy life lol!

Image ~ TEDDYBEA_077 'Strawberry Picking'

Papers ~ Doodlebug Designs 'Berry Blue' & Wild Rose Studio 'Polka Dots'

Sentiment ~ Cuddly Buddly

Flowers ~ Wild Orchid Crafts

Swirl ~ Magnolia die cut


Challenges

Little Claire's ~ Shaped Cards
Phindy's Place ~ Summer Living
Cooking It Up With Katie ~ Swirly, Sentimental, Sunshine
Creative Craft World ~ Use 3 or more flowers

This week's NEW images available at Teddy Bo

Teddy Bo Tuesday & Challenge #10

Good morning

It's Teddy Bo Tuesday again so that means the lovely Gayle has released more adorable images of our cute & cuddly friends over at Teddy Bo's store.

It's also time for another Teddy Bo Challenge and this time it is 'TEDDY BO ONLY'.  No Bea's allowed!  Poor Bea is throwing her toys out of the pram as I type lol!

Our sponsor is Bearly Mine Designs and the prize for the overall winner is a £10 gift voucher and 3 graphics from the Teddy Bo & Co store with the runners up choosing a free graphic also.

It's my cousin's 40th birthday on Friday and as he supports Norwich City FC I decided to use "Football King" and colour him in yellow & green ... Norwich City colours.  The 40 was cut on my Cricut Imagine using the 'BLAST OFF' cartridge.

Image ~ TEDDYBO_060 "Football King"

Papers ~ Crafter's Companion SWALK Vol. 2 CD

Sentiment ~ Craftwork Cards Die Cut

Challenges
Ooh La La ~ Fancy Folds
Stamps R Us ~ Goin' Digital
Crafty Creations ~ Anything Goes


That's all from me .... school run is calling!

Teddy Bo Tuesday

Good morning

It's Teddy Bo Tuesday and once again Gayle has been busy and has come up with some more super cute NEW images which are available now at Teddy Bo's Store

For my card I have used this cute image of Bea and her sweet friend "little 'ickle elefunt" TEDDYBOBEA_035

* Card Recipe *

Image ~ TEDDYBOBEA_035

Papers ~ Magnolia & Craft Creations

Flowers ~ Wild Orchid Crafts

Sentiment ~ LOTV 'General Greetings'

Challenges

Sketch & Stash ~ Sketch

My new stash is the cute image and Magnolia design paper

The Crazy Challenge ~ Anything goes

Lexi's Creations ~ Friendship

My Teddy Bo team mate Colette is celebrating a very special birthday ... in the words of her grandson she is going to be 'half of a hundred' lol!  To mark the occasion Colette is offering some birthday candy.  How FAB is that bag ... not sure why I am telling you all really because I so want to win it lol!

So if you would like the chance to win you need to pop over to Colette's blog and why not check out her fab work while you are there :-)

Teddy Bo Tuesday & Challenge #9

Good Morning

Hope you all enjoyed the Bank Holiday weekend and the Royal Wedding on Friday :-)  Kate looked absolutely stunning and appeared so calm and carefree throughout the day.  I am sure Kate is going to be every bit the people's princess.  I bet it was an amazing day for anyone who travelled to London ... the sun was shining and everyone was in good spirits.  A perfect day :-)

The weather was lovely here in Norfolk again this weekend.  Chloe was camping with the Guides so she had a great time doing lots of outdoor activities!

Right let's move onto my card and Teddy Bo news.  It's Teddy Bo Tuesday so Gayle has released some NEW adorably cute Bea and Bo images :-)

It's also time for a new challenge and this time we want to see your Easel Cards.  Our sponsor is the lovely Lynne at Sentiments 4 You and the prize for one lucky winner is a $10 gift certificate.

 

Here's my card using the adorable 'Lazy Days' Bo.

Image ~ TEDDYBO_051 'Lazy Days'

Papers ~ Docrafts 'Me to You'

Flowers ~ Roses, Cherry Blossom & Sweetheart Blossoms all available from Wild Orchid Crafts

Sentiments ~ Cat's Life Press & Lili of the Valley

Pearls ~ Prima

Ribbon ~ Stash

Challenges

By The Cute and Girly ~ Anything Goes

Dream Valley ~ Flowers

Charisma Cardz ~ April Showers/May Flowers

Craft Us Crazy ~ Mother's Day and/or Flowers

Little Miss Muffet ~ Die Cuts or Punches

My Mum's Craft Shop ~ Flowers

That's all from me ...Got to link up and then it's time to get Chloe and Jamie sorted for school! 

Teddy Bo Tuesday ... Baking Bea :-)

Good afternoon

It's Teddy Bo Tuesday so that means there are some cute NEW images instore at Teddy Bo :-)  There is even one of Bo and Bea celebrating the Royal Wedding!  You can see a few of my favs from this week's release at the bottom of this post.

I have used one of the new images on my card today ... the adorable 'Baking Bea'.  Doesn't she look pleased with her tray of cupcakes :-) 

Image ~ 'Baking Bea'

Papers ~ Dovecraft 'Tea House'

Seam Binding ~ Wild Orchid Crafts

Flowers ~ Prima & Dovecraft 'Tea House'

Pearls ~ Prima

Sentiment ~ Free download here

Challenges

Kaboodle Doodles ~ Cute & Cuddly Animals

ASFOS ~ All Creatures Great and Small

 

Now off to sort something out for tea and I will be back later with my 'Spring Candy'.

Thanks for stopping by my blog ~ your comments are most appreciated :-)

Teddy Bo Challenge ~ Punch It!

Good morning

Well it's time for another challenge over at Teddy Bo :-)  The challenge this fortnight is 'Punch It' so we want you to use your punches.  The prize for one lucky winner is the Teddy Bo Ten ... 10 graphics of the winner's choice!

Image ~ Teddy Bea 'Watering the Garden'

Papers ~ Pad from local craft shop

Sentiment ~ Pink Gem Designs

Flowers ~ Wild Orchid Crafts

Seam Binding ~ Wild Orchid Crafts

Pearl Brads ~ The Hobby House

Thanks for stopping by :-)

Crafty Calendar Challenge ~ April Showers

Good afternoon

It's time for a new challenge at Crafty Calendar!  The theme for April has been set by Liz and she has chosen 'April Showers Bring Forth May Showers'.  Our sponsor and guest designer is the lovely Lynne at Sentiments 4 You.   The prize for one lucky winner is a $10 online voucher and Lynne also very kindly gave the design team a selection of sentiments to use for our challenge cards.

When I saw the new images instore at Teddy Bo this week I just had to use this sweet little Teddy Bea image.  Her name is 'April Showers' and she is available here

Image  ~ Teddy Bea 'April Showers'

Papers ~ Craft Creations and Wild Rose Studio

Flowers ~ Crafty Emma's Store & Wild Orchid Crafts

Sentiment ~ Sentiments 4 You

Challenges

Papertake ~ Sketch

By The Cute & Girly ~ Cute & Girly

Stamp Something ~ April Digi Day

Allsorts ~ Blooming Blossoms

Crafty Catz ~ April Showers

ABC ~ R is for Roses

Hope you have a lovely weekend :-)

Teddy Bo Challenge # 6 ~ Buttons & Bows

Hello :-)

Hope you are all well on this beautiful spring day! 

It's time for another Teddy Bo Challenge :-)  Can't believe we are up to #6 already ... this year is whizzing by!  This fortnight's challenge is Buttons & Bows and our sponsor is the lovely Nikki at Bunny Zoe's Crafts who is offering one lucky winner a £10 gift voucher. 

When I saw the challenge my heart sank because for some strange reason I don't like using buttons on my cards.  I love seeing them on other people's cards but not mine ..... Strange I know lol!  Anyway I have added buttons to the centre of my flowers and I'm pleased to say I actually quite like them :-) 

Image ~ When you wish upon a star (coloured)

Papers ~ Papermania 'Summer Bloom'

Sentiment ~ Cuddly Buddly

Flowers ~ Prima

Buttons ~ Best Occasions

 

I have used one of the pre-coloured images which comes in 5 different colour options.  Each image is priced at £1.65 but you can grab yourself a bargain by buying all 5 colours for £5.25 ... a saving of £3!

Challenges

Digital Tuesday ~ Button up!

The Crafty Pad ~ Use a Digi

Totally Papercrafts ~ Buttons

Totally Gorjuss ~ Buttons

Baby Bud Designs ~ Ribbons & Bows

Don't forget to check out the cute new mages available at Teddy Bo today.

Teddy Bo Challenge # 5 ~ Sketch

Good morning

It's time for a new Teddy Bo Challenge and we have a fab sketch designed by our GDT Kathy.  Our sponsor is the lovely Crafty Emma and the prize is 4 x 10m bundles of twine of the winner's choice from Crafty Emma's Store :D

 

Image ~ 'Fits to a Tea'

Papers ~ Dovecraft 'Tea House'

Flowers ~ Pink (Magnolia) and Roses (CES)

Sentiment ~ Pink Gem Designs

Close up of image

Challenges

Charisma ~ Four Legged Friends

Little Claire's ~ Flowers

Fussy and Fancy ~ Embossing and/or Paper Piecing

(I have paper pieced the tea cup)

Sarah Hurley ~ Four Legged Friends
Passion for Promarkers ~ Food & Drink

Hope you can join in the fun because we love to see your Teddy Bea and Bo cards :D

Teddy Bo Challenge #4 ~ Duck Egg Blue & Brown

Good morning

Hope you are all well and those of you with children are surviving the half term holiday lol!  Chloe has gone away for a few days with the Guides so it's a little quiet because I only have Jamie at home. 

 

Anyway it's time for another Teddy Bo Challenge and this time the lovely Tammy has set us a colour challenge of

Duck Egg Blue & Brown ... her fav colours :-)

The prize for one lucky winner is

The Teddy Bo Ten (10 images!) 

Image ~ 'Puppy Love'

Papers ~ GCD Studios 'Ella Blue' and Wild Rose Studio 'Candy Floss'

Sentiment ~ Pink Gem Designs

Flowers ~ Prima Hydrangeas

Ribbon ~ Eastern Treasures

Ribbon Slider & Pearls ~ Wild Orchid Crafts

Butterfly ~ Martha Stewart Punch

Challenges

Fuzzy Wuzzy ~ Birthday Wishes

ASFOS ~ Birthday Wishes

The Creative Cottage ~ Fabulous Florals

Totally Papercrafts ~ Do it with Digi's

Sir Stampalot ~ All Creatures Great and Small

Thank you for looking and for your lovely comments ... they really are most appreciated :-) x

Teddy Bo Challenge #3 ~ In the Pink

Good morning

Can you believe that it's time for a new challenge at Teddy Bo!  This fortnight the we want to see your 'Pink' cards using those adorable bears ... Bea and Bo.  I love pink so this challenge was right up my street :-)  Our sponsor for this challenge is Bearly Mine Designs and the lovely Donna is offering the winner 2 digi sets of their choice :-)

Image ~ Bea Swing

Papers ~ Marianne Design 'Eline's Babies Pink'

Sentiment ~ Pink Gem Designs

Flowers ~ Wild Orchid Crafts

Leaves ~ Magnolia die

Pearls ~ Stash

Pearl Stamens ~ Crafty Emma's Store

Challenges

Creative Inspirations ~ Sketch,
Totally Papercrafts ~ Friendship,
Craft Your Passion ~ Anything goes,
Pear Tree Designs ~ Free for all,
Paper Play ~ Stamp it out,
2 Sisters ~ The world is our oyster (pearls),
Sweet Stampin ~ Spring flowers,
I ♥ Promakers ~ Anything goes

Teddy Bo Tuesday

Good morning

Following on from yesterday's post I am excited to say Teddy Bo's Store is now open for business :-) Why not pop across to view the collection of cute digi images. There is a 'Special Offer' from today until Sunday 16th Jan so if you buy 3 images you get one FREE :-)

Also launching today is the Teddy Bo Tuesday challenge and there is some rather gorgeous candy on offer from our first sponsor, Wild Orchid Crafts, for one lucky winner. There will also be a Top 3 who will each get to choose a digi stamp from Teddy Bo's Store. The challenges will be fortnightly on a Tuesday so there's plenty of time to take part.

Our first challenge is 'Anything Goes' but you must use a Teddy Bo or Bea image on your card. You can combine our challenge with any other challenges of your choice as long as the main image on your creation is a Bo or Bea, you will then qualify to be in the draw for the fab prizes. 

Image ~ 'When you wish upon a star'
Papers ~ HOTP Vintage (purple) and Create & Craft (striped)
Flowers ~ Wild Orchid Crafts and Prima
Pearls ~ Wild Orchid Crafts
Swirls ~ Marianne die cuts
Star ~ Crafty Feeling kit
Ribbon ~ Stash
Sentiment ~ Cuddly Buddly digi stamp

Challenges

Sketch and Stash ~ Fab sketch

Fuzzy Wuzzy ~ Anything goes
(but you must use an animal image)

Teddy Stampers ~ Celebrations

Pollycraft ~ New things (image)
Cupcake Craft ~ Something new (image)
Kaboodle Doodles ~ Do it with digis

Hope you can join us at Teddy Bo Tuesday because the design team can't wait to visit your blogs and see your creations