It's D'Arcy day !

Gooood morning sweet friends!

Thursday again and we have another fantastic D'Arcy day here with a new release of gorgeous images for us all to play with and we are starting our second challenge!

Thank you so much for all the wonderful entries for our first challenge, we were overwhelmed by the number of entries, but most of all over the standard of your creations!!

D'Arcy friends,- you really are amazing!

The design team loved visiting your blogs and we have picked our winner

for the wonderful prize of five D'Arcy's Diaries images

Overall Winner
Vicky

And the two runners up are

 Georgina

and

Gro

If you gorgeous ladies could contact Gayle via the D'Arcy website for your prize and your winner badges that would be great

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The challenge today is another easy, but very lovely one...

Ribbon and lace

-Use one of them or both on your project

Rules:

• You must use a D'Arcy's Diaries image
• You must follow our theme
• You may enter more than once
• Closing date for entries is midnight (UK time) Tuesday 4th April
• and the prize is
  

  

  with 2 runners up each receiving a free graphic....and of course your winner's badges for your blog...x

  
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Now, what's NEW this week?!

And here you can see what the wonderful design team have come up with:

Renee

Image is: DARCYSDIARIES_029

Miss Caroline-My Minds Eye Papers

Glitter Paper

printed sentiment

vintage lace

cream ribbon

ice stickles

star dust stickles

gelly roll clear star

Prisma colored pencils/OMS

Gold Frame-thrift store find

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Edna:

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Tim Holtz Vintage Shabby papers

Camel seam binding

Lace from stash

Button - Woodware

Image coloured with Promarkers

Sentiment - Autumn Leaves

Brushed corduroy distress ink

Kraft cs - Stamping Up

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Claire:

Image is DARCYSDIARIES_027

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Jill

Image is DARCYSDIARIES_029
Coloured with Copics
Glitter on stars
Seambinding and ribbon from stash and the "dry grass" (halm in norwegian!!!) from Panduro
Flower from WOC, feather from Bikuben and pearls from Edna :)
Lovely sentiment from here

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Debbie

I've used  DARCYSDIARIES_030 on my card as well as lots of die cuts.

Tim Holtz on the edge doily, Cuttlebug sentiment and a few Spellbinders create a carnation.

The paper is a really old piece of My Minds Eye Bohemia.

I lightly coloured D'Arcy with flexmarkers and dabbed the flowers with Mulled Lavender Distress Ink.

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Maritha

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Eco park papers

Wimsy bottle die

Ms border punch

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Hazel

DARCYSDIARIES_028 coloured with copic's

I also added clear glitter pen to her eyelids (which I rubbed with my finger to make it very light) and her lips.

Papers are First Edition Summer Breeze

Lace from my stash

Nestabilites fancy labels with matching stamp from Gina K

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Colette

 

Image - DD_028 - Coloured in Photoshop

All papers - Gorgeous 2 - Clipart Fairy

Border - Martha Stewart punch - Layered Arches

Lace - stash

Ribbon, charms and pearls - MeiFlower

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Aren't they all just beautiful!!?

Thank you for joining us today and we hope you will enter our challenge...x

Catch  you later...Gayle & the D'Arcy Girls...xx

Teddy Bo Tuesday - Easter - Team B

Goood Morning Happy Campers....are you all having a good time on this roller-coaster ride called 'life'!??!?!  :O)  I got a new book at the weekend, it's called "The Magic" and it's the follow up to the "The Secret" and it reminds us all to be thankful for everything....for the seat you're sitting on to the computer you're reading this on to the electricity that powers the internet for you......nothing is too small for you not to be grateful for it's existence in your life and the power and independence it gives you....so today I want to say a MIGHTY BIG thank you to you all......for listening to our little tales, for taking the time to look at and visit the Desgin Team's blogs and cards, for taking my little doodles to your heart and for making the most wonderful creations......THANK YOU....x  Please find the time today to remember what you're grateful for....don't just leave it to one day in the year for you to remember...xxx
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SO......what's this week's news...well....we have some new Dies going into the store today....our delivery of Die-Versions arrived yesterday and I'm busy in the background getting them on the site.  They are fabulous, sturdy metal dies that will cut cardstock, patterned paper, craft foil, fun foam, think chipboard, wool blend felt, tissue paper cotton fabric, adhesive backed papers, cork sheets, thin transparency sheets and handmade papers...wow...that's quite a lot!!!

Beautiful designs, ALPHABETS, GORGEOUS, bunting and LOTS of beautiful shapes.....pop along later today for a wee look...x

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We're also making the Teddy Bo Tuesday releases every TWO weeks.
You will still see wonderful inspiration from the DT and I'll be here with all the news but we just want to try this new format to see how it goes...we hope you'll still visit us every Tuesday though....x

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Sunday ended our most recent challenge and once again we were blessed with fantastic entries...thank you so much for taking the time to enter....x  But we can only have 3 winners and they are:

Overall winnerWilly

with our runners up being:

Maria



and
Gro



Ladies, congratulations and please contact me via the website....x

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Our challenge theme this fortnight is 
EASTER and/or
Buttons and Bows

our normal prizes are up for grabs,

with a graphic for our runners up....so, what are you waiting for?!?!
The challenge will run until Sunday 1st April Midnight GMT and as usual the winner will receive the Fabulous Teddy Bo 10, with two runner up prizes of a graphic each.

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Let's take a look at what's new in store today
 
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and now, the best bit, the inspiration from the Design Team

Tammy

Card with matching Egg Basket

A simple layout to use all those scraps.

I have used ME TO YOU - Papers - Spring Chic - LUSH!

I printed Bo & Bea on to linen textured canvas glossy card, which is for photo's.

This was an experiment - just wanted to see how the pro-markers colour on it.

I'm actually pleased with the end results.

Ribbon from my stash.

Sentiment - Scrap-a-licious

TEDDYBO_027 & TEDDYBEA_028

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Nela


Pennant

I´ve used:
Teddy Bo 188
Copics
Flowers from Wild Orchid Crafts
Ivy tendrils from memory box


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Nicole

I´ve played with TEDDYBOBEA_117

cardstock in two different green tones

design paper by First Edition Paper

flower punch by EK Success

butterfly punch by Mart ha Stewart

embellies: Buttons

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Liz

Teddy Bo 188
Prisma Pencils
BoBunny Papers
Twine and buttons


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Hazel


 

TEDDYBOBEA_118 (pre-coloured)

Papers are DCWV Latte stack

Corner punch by woodware

Wired glittery ribbon off my Mum


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Tammy-Louise

sort of hidden hand made see pouch behind the graphic

Image is Precolored Teddy Bo Bea 118
Shading w/Copic

Maya Road Mix It Up Album (altered w/ Ranger distress crackle paint Picket Fence White then with Rusty Hinge Distress Ink and sponged

Dp is Color Bok - Pastels

Picket Fence Die,Pedestal Tag Die "Easter Egg" (designed by TLC) ,Celebrations Circle Pennants die are Shapeology at Whimsy

Celebration Circle Pennants Sentiment by Raindrop Echo w/Whimsy

WOC pearl brads, The Paper Studios pearls

Hampton Art letter stamps (mini's)

Recollections Handmade flower "Plaster of Paris" collection

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Maritha

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Have a furry hugging day...x

Catch you later.....Gayle and the Gang...x

Teddy Bo Tuesday Mid-challenge reminder

Good Morning to you all......another wonderful Teddy Bo Tuesday is here.  It really is quite amazing how quickly these weeks are flying by.  Have you entered our challenge yet......it's a great one as it's a MENU challenge which gives you choices of what to put on your card....something I always struggle with.


It's Mother's Day this Sunday in the UK...the day after St Patrick's day which is on Saturday 17th March.  I hope those of you that make your cards are getting organised for whichever day you wish to celebrate.


SO....what's NEW this week?!!?

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and of course with new graphics there are new cards from the DT and they haven't disappointed.


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Claire

I have used TeddyBo_186, My choice for this card was Blue and White, Flowers, Ribbon and a little glitter too. I'm really loving the simply style of this card.


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Colette

My menu choices were;

Starter - Green and Cream

Main - Buttons

Desert - Ribbon

Coffee - Charm

Image TBB_113 coloured in Photoshop - I added go faster stripes!

Papers, road, traffic signs border and driving license - Nitwits Collections - Beep Beep

Ribbon, buttons and charm - MeiFlower

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Maritha

TeddyBoBea_114

Starter: Green and cind of cream

Main: Flowers

Dessert: ribbon

Coffe: Glitter

I have glued an extra waterpart under,so it´s a little edge where the water starts.....and then i put some glitter there. =)

Coloured with Promakers

The water is distresscolours

Text says: Congrats

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Kirsty-Anne

Bea is in Windy Paris looking for Bo ( He is in the pub lol) !

Menu

Starter- Blue & Cream

Main - Flower

Dessert - Ribbon

Coffee - Glitter

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Jill

Image is TEDDYBOBEA_113

Menu

Starter: Blue and cream

Main: Flowers

Dessert: Ribbon

Coffee: Charms

My papers come from Creative Inspirations, flowers from WOC and Kort og Godt

Charm from Kort og Godt, calendarstamp from LOTV

You still have until Midnight GMT Sunday 18th March to enter the Menu challenge and be in with a chance of winning the Teddy Bo 10.

Catch you later.....Gayle and the Gang...x

It's D'Arcy day and the Challenge starts!!

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Today is a very exciting day here at D'Arcy's Diaries since we are starting our first challenge!

We are so happy to give you our first theme and it is set to

#1 Anything goes!!

We wanted to start easy and we really looking forward to see what you can come up with, so come on and join us!

Rules:

• You must use a D'Arcy's Diaries image
• You must follow our theme
• You may enter more than once
• Closing date for entries is midnight (UK time) Tuesday 20th March

Gosh..that wasn't hard was it!!

and what's the prize?!?!?

with 2 runners up each receiving a free graphic....and of course your winner's badges for your blog...x

 We really hope you can join us....but in the meantime, here's what's new this week...x

And this is the fantastic inspiration from our design team:

Edna

Image is DARCYSDIARIES_024

Basic Greys 'Printery' papers

Elegant swirl - Sizzix die

Seam binding coloured with brushed corduroy distress ink

Prisma pencils for colouring

Label die - Tim Holtz

Sentiment - Whimsy stamps

Claire

Renee

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October Afternoon paper and others from my scrapdrawer

wooden flower buttons, red button

colored with promarkers

twine, machine stitching

Maritha



Hazel

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Coloured with copic's

Papers are First Edition New Leaf

Martha Stewart border punch

Ribbon and card candi from my stash

Debbie

Image: DARCYSDIARIES_025

Paper: Teddy Bo

Jill

Image is DARCYSDIARIES_023

Coloured with Copics and distressed around image with DI

Papers from Pion

Sentiment about friendship from Papirgleder

Rosette from TH, brand new today :) and some rhinestones from stash

Colette

Money box made from an empty gravy granule tub

image - DD_022 - coloured in photoshop

Papers - various - Clipart Fairy

Ribbon, gems, pearls, charms - MeiFlower

Die cut - Nellie Snellen

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Thanks for visiting us today....we hope you have been inspired by our designs and visit us again soon....x

Gayle and the D'Arcy Girls...xxxx