Tuesday 10 January 2012

Teddy Bo Tuesday First Birthday Extravaganza!


Happy Teddy Bo Tuesday...and what a special Tuesday it is as one year ago today (tomorrow if we're going by dates) I brought my newly designed little bears to the internet for all to see....I say for all to see...at that point there was me, the Design Team girls and a few ladies who had 'followed' us over Christmas!!  Little did any of us know at that time how popular the little bears would become.  Blogland has been VERY kind to us and I'd like to thank you all for the beautiful cards that I see....the words of encouragement.....the fabulous ideas....and the emails from you....I love nothing better than 'chatting' with you all....xxxxxx


So...as a special thank you we're having a BIRTHDAY CANDY (would be rude not to!!)
SO....what do you need to do to win it?!?!?!?!?  Grab the graphic....display it with pride on your blog, link back to the Teddy Bo Challenge Blog and leave us a comment......couldn't be easier!!!!!!  Remember to 'follow' us if you haven't already done so...that way you can keep up to date on all the latest happenings....x


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So......onto our challenge news..

Our challenge is 
Anything Goes
and will run until Sunday 5th February Midnight GMT
First prize will be the
with the 2 runners up getting a free graphic too...x


 Winners from the last challenge will be announced tomorrow..x



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SO....what's NEW this week?!
Did you notice the SALE there too?!!?!?!?  It's running for a WHOLE month!!  So plenty of time for you to stock up on your favourite Teddy Bo & Co graphics. 
25% works out as BUY 3 GET THE 4th ONE FREE!!!

WOOOOHOOOOOO!!!!

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Let's have a look at this week's fabulous creations from the DT.


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I´ve played with the adorable image TeddyBea_180
colouring as always with Prismas
sentiment from HeroArts
cardstock in light pink and drak brown from Bazzill
Backing paper from Bo Bunny
heart punch from EK Success
embellies rhinestones

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This is my saved wall plaque
Personally combined TEDDYBOBEA_168 and 180
Tim Holtz DP, Recollections butterfly
WOC flowers, Prima flowers
stickles , Martha Stewart lace punch and glitter
the felt key is Hobby Lobby stash
NB circle heart die, CE crackle stamp
Loads and loads more stash supplies, ribbon, gems, tie ropes and even the sentiment
Copics and Ranger Distress ink mediums were used

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TEDDYBO_166 coloured with copic's and prisma's.
I added glossy accents to Bo's paintwork.
Papers used are Hunkydory, the dogs biscuits. 
Heart was cut on my black cat out of brown Kanban mirri card and
the sentiment is wrote in black sakura
stardust pen also on my black cat.
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TeddyBea 160
Prisma pencils
Hero Arts bunting stamp
Penny Black sentiment stamp
Twine and gems

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Teddybo _168 image- Colored with Promarkers
glossy accents
diamond stickles
simple stories paper
MME Lush paper

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I've made a window card, but the window is hidden, if you want to see it then check it out on my blog while you're hopping. I also have some extra candy up for grabs.

TEDDYBO_166 and TEDDYBOBEA_089single - coloured in Photoshop
I removed the ring and replaced it with a heart
Paint splats and drips, made by me
Papers, floral heart, swirls, cherish word art - Kay Miller - simple pleasures Kit.
Spellbinders Labels 22 die - used for page tab
X-cut nesting dies ornate frame - window and frame.
Martha Stewart border punch
Pearl hearts and gems -MeiFlower
Card candy - stash.

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This is a magnetic "don´t forget" board(?) Goes up on my refrigerator. It´s really cute there and i do need to have some "don´t forget" notes ,don´t trust my head any more....=) I just fell in love in this Teddybo and i´m the only one in my house that EVER uses the drill,so he fitted sooooo good on my board!! =)
TeddyBo_167
Magnetic board for the refrigerator
(how to do in the new magnolia ink)
Magnolia butterfly
All metal charms from PyHobby
Maja design papers
Magnetic(plate that we use in sweden on ours cars when our children is learning to drive a car.....i just turned it around) =)

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Image: TEDDYBOBEA_095
Coloured with Copics
Papers from Prima and some pink leftovers ;)
Flowers and seambinding from WOC
Calendar stamp from LOTV
Rhinestones in pink
All the heart are covered with glossy and some of them has glitter on,
makes a great effect!

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She is soooo cute! I have used Clipart Fairy papers
and lots and lots of glitter lol!

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I´ve used:
Bea´s bubbly smiles
and Teddy Bea 180 

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TAMMY


Tammy has used TEDDYBO_167.
Coloured with poly pencils and pro-markers, after printing on to Bristol Board.
Pocket, shirt sleeve and tools are from PCCrafters clip art.
Sentiment from Craftwork cards.

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HELLE

I've also used Teddy Bo_167
Colored with Prismacolour.
Have Glossy Accents on his tools and his welding glasses.
Found some old brads that fit the theme well.
On the tag I used stickers and the sprockets are from an old alarm clock.
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Tanya (Guest Designer)




TEDDYBO_166


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And now onto our birthday blog hop


If you've never taken part in a blog hop before it's easy peasy...all you need to do is visit each of the design team’s blogs, on each blog there will be a letter to collect, write the letters down as you go, and at the end re-arrange them into a two word phrase, come back to the Teddy Bo challenge blog and leave a comment containing the phrase. (Comments will be hidden for the duration of the blog hop).


The Blog hop will run until Monday 23rd January Noon GMT, winners will be randomly drawn from the comments containing the correct phrase.
(3 PRIZES IN TOTAL)
Winners will be announced on Tuesday 24th January.

Each stop along the way has blog candy, become a follower at their blog and on the Teddy Bo & Co blogs if you've not already done so and leave a comment on each of the Design Team posts in the hop to be in with a chance of winning a Teddy Bo and Co digital graphic of your choice.
(ONE GRAPHIC PER BLOG)



The list for the hop is:

Teddy Bo Challenge Blog


(Thank you to Colette for organising this and for writing up the idiots guide to Blog Hopping for me....this BOOK is available to buy at all good retailers or online at Amazon!!)


Some of you might have noticed (if you're still reading) that Edna is no longer mentioned on the blog....sadly she has had to step down...hopefully not permanently...due to extreme discomfort when she's pole dancing...I mean crafting!!!  In the meantime we have a new victim girl joining us...she'll be along on Friday....xx  We miss you Edna...it really isn't quite the same without you (although the downstairs toilet has been fixed...yeeeha!!!) and the builders are returning tomorrow to fix the banister....AGAIN!!!

So...once again thank you Blogland for finding a little place in your heart for Teddy Bo & Co......thank you from me...and thank you from the bears.....(they made me say it!!lol)  We're having a ball at Teddy Bo Towers....xxxxx  And remember...just another 2 days until D'Arcy's Diaries opens...x

Catch you tomorrow with the winners from last week's challenge..x

Gayle & The Gang...x
JUST SO YOU KNOW...YOUR COMMENTS WILL BE HIDDEN (IF GAYLE CAN FIGURE OUT HOW TO DO IT BACK TO FRONT) UNTIL THE BLOG HOP IS FINISHED....PLEASE REMEMBER TO FOLLOW HERE AND ON THE DT'S BLOGS TOO TO WIN A CHANCE OF WINNING MORE GRAPHICS....XXXXX

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

••·¨*:·HAPPY ANNIVERSARY:*¨·••
ღ˚ •。* ♥ ˚ ˚✰˚ ˛★* 。 ღ˛° 。* °♥ ˚ • ★ *˚ .ღ 。*˛˚
just sprinkling a little celebration on your Anniversary
I have to say that I really enjoy browsing you blog! It is brilliant! Thanks for sharing your ideas with us! thanks for offering the yummy candy!
i do not have a blog,i got you in my favoritfolder so i come back to see what is new ,but I hope I can have a chance to win.
I wish you many more creative years of bloging!
snowbird@hotmail.de
hope you have a marvelous weekend