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Tuesday, 6 December 2011

Teddy Bo Tuesday - White Christmas mid challenge reminder

In the immortal words of our Fairytale Friday author Colette:

"Oh the weather outside is frightful
but making cards is so delightful,
and there's only one place to go,
Teddy Bo, Teddy Bo, Teddy Bo!"

We woke up to snow here at Teddy Bo Towers.......it was a race to get the sledges out......one or two even forgot to get fully dressed...oh boy did the postman get a fright this morning!!!!!!

That's less than 3 weeks now until Christmas and we hope that you are enjoying this time with family and friends and that you're getting everything done that you need to.
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So.....what's new in the store this week?!

We've got a new bear in our FairyD store........his name is Hermann and he's VERY old...perfect for all those men in your life who don't 'do' cuddly!!

and of course......we all want to see what the Design Team have made for us this week?!?!

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Debbie

I've used TEDDYBOBEA_080 and matched it with First Edition and Papermania papers. I've tried doodling round the image rather than drawing fake stitches and am not sure it worked but it had to be in the post as soon as it dried! Hopefully my mother won't notice :c)

Debbie

I see Hermann as the Eeyore of the bear world if that makes any sense at all - No Party - No Presents lol!

The papers were a freebie with Cardmaking and Papercrafting and the star is from a box of Xmas decorations that I bought in the Range.
I coloured him using warm grey promarkers and added a bit of Aquarelle pencil.

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Clairebears x

I have used several shades of white card and a big silver swirl, along with lots of pearls! I have used my Silhouette to cut the card and all the bits, I have used Bea her coloured her with Promarkers. I love this style and may be trying it out again.

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Maritha

TeddyBo_159

I think he was skiing too fast....he got stuck in a tree!! =)

Magnolia dies

Magnolia papers

Maja design text stamp on the back

I couldn´t resist to colour him up.....JUST LOVE HIM! Just want to give him a hug! =)

..and if you look just close....you can see some real deal snowflakes on the chair where the card is standing! *hi hi*

Hugs Maritha

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Colette

Image TEDDYBOBEA_091 coloured in Photoshop

Kraft and white cardstock

CartUs - snowflakes embossing folder

Cuttlebug - Swiss dots embossing folder

Ribbon - MeiFlower

Lace - Stash

PS - don't forget to check out my blog in case you're

a winner in the Teddy Bo Tombola, and also to get

your entry in for this week.

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Jill

A beautiful Tea Box with Hermann

Hope you like it!

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Renee

Its snowy here today in Kansas, so thought i would color up teddybo skiing! Used my promarkers, to color him up. In greens, blues and greys. I added another lili of the valley sentiment "time to enjoy yourself". A little twine an burlap and a bit of stickles of course!

I LOVE ol' Hermann...he has sad tender eyes. I decided to color him first! And I decided to do him up in grey. Accented with yellowy orange in the flower and the accent paper, and some argile(sp) paper. To fun! I used my You Make the world a better place sentiment from lili of the valley, i think is where i got it!
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Nicole

I´ve played with the cuddly Herman

coloured with Prismas

sentiment HeroArts

Bazzill and SU cardstock

design paper by Maja Design

Martha Stewart edge punch

EK Success heart punch

I´ve decorated pearls

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Liz

TeddyBoBea 091
Prisma Pencils
Thickers numbers coloured with copics
Freebie paper from a mag
Tartan Ribbon

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Helle

Today TeddyBea is skiing:)

Colored with Prisma color pencils.

The stars are cut out using a diese from Spellbinders, Distress Crackle paint on the edges and added a lot of glitter.

Pattern paper is from Maya Design's gorgeous paper pad "Vintage winter"

"Merry Christmas" is a clear stamp from Vibeke Spigset ..

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AJ (Guest Designer)

TEDDYBEA_174

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I hope you do enjoy the wonderful cards that the ladies have made and that you enjoy our daily posts. Please pop back regularly to learn something new.

Remember you've still got until Sunday 11th to enter our current challenge which is

WHITE CHRISTMAS.

Catch you all soon...Gayle and the Gang....x

Tuesday, 29 November 2011

Teddy Bo Tuesday - A White Christmas

Good morning to you all from a VERY wet and windy Scotland!!! We've had torrential rain and wind here since Friday.....the vegetable patch is getting flooded so the vegetable schnapps is under threat!!! OH BOY.....things might turn ugly here soon!!!

It gives me great pleasure to tell you that our overall winner this week was:

Jayne A

and our two runners up are

Kitty (Kirsty-Anne)

Sonia

Ladies, congratulations on winning and please contact Gayle via the main website to arrange your prizes...x

We also would like to introduce one of our youngest entrants...THEO is 7 years old and oh my goodness can he make great cards.......!!! Theo, if you can ask your mummy to contact me at the normal email address then I'll make sure that you get a wee prize too...xxxx

NOW.......what's our NEW Challenge....well.....let's just say it seemed a good idea at the time!!!!Lol

We're still on the theme of Christmas for those of us that haven't finished their cards yet...but this time it's a wee bit different.

"A WHITE CHRISTMAS"

so....what does that make you think of?!?! Snow, Icicles, Christmas Cake?!

Once again our TOP prize is the

You have until Sunday 11th of December at Midnight UK time to enter....so get your thinking caps on...x

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

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Now let's take at this week's fabulous creations from the DT and 2 of our GUEST DESIGNERS for the month.

Clairebears x

Did you light your Advent Candle on Sunday!?! Are you all ready for Thursday with your Advent Calendars?!?! Are you organised?!?! I hope that if you're making all your cards and gifts this year that people appreciate the time that you've taken. It's so wonderful to receive an item that has been lovingly made but sadly sometimes not everyone feels the same way about it.

SO......onto our Challenge winners. It never ceases to amaze me how many wonderful creations are submitted to our challenges....the talent in Blogland is quite amazing. I hope that you enjoy our little challenges and that you are inspired when you see what beautiful things other people make too.

For my card I have used Pergamano paper and traced TeddyBea_172 with white pen, I have then used my embossing tool to emboss sections. I then punched out lots of snowflakes in different white papers and added just a few silver ones too. Inside the card I have added a foam snowflake with the following poem on it - Snow is falling to the ground, A crystal chill is all around, Frosty clouds are in the air with snowflakes drifting everywhere.

I love the simplicity of the card but found it a real challenge to use only white!

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Edna

Following the lovely Jill's tut, I made a book card for this challenge.

FairyD Santa

Prisma pencils - French Grey

Martha Stewart edge punch

Festive greenery strip die (Tim Holtz)

Asst. Sizzix and Marianne design dies

Spellbinder Holiday tags die

Inkwell stamp

Vintage Shabby papers (Tim Holtz)

SeeD sentiment

Pumice stone distress ink

Like Claire I found it hard to keep to a total white theme but I tried to keep all the embellies white. Hope that counts!

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AJ (Guest Designer)

"Hi everyone I'm Aj. I live on the most remote inhabited place in the UK.. The tiny island of Fair Isle up in the Shetland islands, with the other half, our 2 youngest girls, some cows, lots of sheep, 2 shetland ponies, an Icelandic horse, 3 cats, 2 dogs and a puckle hens.

I have the envious position of crafts being my work so spend my days immersed in making various inky and sticky messes while cosied up in my studio surrounded by lots of papers, ribbons and all other crafty ingrediants.

I love playing with Teddy Bo & Bea, for me these loveable bears are my downtime, I pull out the pencils and blending sticks and gone are the stresses of life, forgotton are the Force 11 gales currently battling with the remainder of my vegetable patch, its just me.. the bears.. some good fiddle music... hot chocolate (its not me its Bea !! she has to have marshmellows in it too.. piggy bear..)"

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Debbie

I've used white TEDDYBEA_003 and layered her onto embossed core'dinations and silver mirri card. I liked it so much I changed the embossing folders and made several more using the different coloured images and card to layer them onto

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Colette

Image - TEDDYBO_157 Coloured in Photoshop

Hat borrowed from TEDDYBO_158 and made to fit with a bit of photoshop jiggery- pokery

Blue card base - Nitwits Frost'n'flakes

Ribbon - MeiFlower

Card shape - GoKreate die

LaRue Flourish - Memory Box die

Embossing folder - Papermania - Snowflakes

Lots of Glamour Dust

PS- don't forget to check out my blog in case you're a winner in the Teddy Bo Tombola, and also to get your entry in for this week.

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Kelly (Guest Designer)

My card is coloured using Copics. I decided to go for the white theme, using the bear as the colour. The white background card is Kanban embossed snowflake card. The snowflake is a wooden embellishment glittered and dotted with white pearl paint. The ribbon is from Crafty Ribbons. The sentiment is computer generated.

"My name is Kelly, i am 29 and a married mum to 3. I started cardmaking about 18 months ago, some say it is a hobby, i say it is a passion! I love to colour and use Promarkers, Spectrum Noirs, Copics and pencils. I can sit for hours colouring!! My favourite style of card is cute and girly although i do like to try different techniques. If you would like to follow me please do so here at http://kelsmakes.blogspot.com/ I look forward to visiting some wonderful new blogs."

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Maritha

TeddyBo_158

TeddyBea_172

Embossed the white papers and the "things" on the side =)

Ms-punches on the sides

It´s a little christmas poem in the books!

Hugs Maritha

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Jill

Painted a tag white

used the new released image FAIRYD_TB_PICKLES_002 (Will be in the store very soon)

Coloured with Copics, added glossy and snow marker

I have glued a old bookpage with Glue'n'seal on the bottom of the tag

Used a white paper doilie and some big snowflakes, a feather

and the numbers 24 painted white

All the embellishments comes from my stash, a little from here and a little from there :)

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Nicole

I´ve played with the cute image TeddyBo_158

colouring with Prismas

picture frame from the big furniture store with the Elk

for the passepartout I've used a swirl stamp by Vilda Stamps

Memento Ink pad * Desert Sand *

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Wonderful aren't they!?!??! :O)

You have until Sunday 11th December Midnight GMT to get your entries in, we look forward to seeing what you come up with.

Hope you've enjoyed all the cards..x

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

Tuesday, 22 November 2011

Teddy Bo Tuesday (Christmas Mid challenge reminder)

Gooooood Morning everyone in Blogland. Who can believe we're now counting 'sleeps' before Christmas?!??! I hope you're all enjoying the peace and quiet before the storm?! For all of our wonderful friends in America I hope that your Thanksgiving Day is a wonderful one and that you all enjoy your time with your family and friends...x

It's been very busy here at Teddy Bo Towers......we had Edna's birthday yesterday.....oh boy....that was a wild party......!!! Poor Kathy's had to fly home as she's got folks over for Thanksgiving......lucky girl.....she managed to book her flight for early yesterday morning so that she didn't have to tidy up!!!!!!! I tell you, she better have some fabulous cards made for when she comes back!!!! ;O)

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

So....have the DT girlies managed to make any cards this week?!?! Well......goodness only knows how they found the time but they did and oh my....they are just wonderful...x

Tammy

" Not sure why its called a magic card though. Seen these around blog land so thought I'd give it a go. Totally loving it, so different from a standard square card and a little elegant looking too. "

" Coloured TEDDYBOBEA_087 with pro-markers.
I have used a mixture of DCWV - LINEN CLOSET and FIRST EDITION - ISABELLE.

Both are my favorite papers and colour combinations.

SO LUSH!

MARTHA STEWART punch been used at the edge of the card.

Small snow flakes are buttons - got these from HOBBY CRAFT.

Strange me not having flowers but the card didn't really need any - plain but looks sweet."

Tammy as placed a link on her blog for this tutorial.

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Hazel

I have chosen to play with TEDDYBO_156
Coloured with a mixture of copic's and prisma's. The gold velum papers are Papermania Signature A Christmas Carol. The bow is satin edged organza tied in a double bow from my local craft shop and finished with a flower spacer bought from a craft show.
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Maritha

TeddyBoBea_087 Ollifant! Just the name makes you happy...=)

Haven´t done the inside of the card all set ,don´t know if it´s a birthdaycard or something else yet!

BoBunny papers

Martha Stewart punch on the book sides

I have embossed the "thing" that closes the book,and it stays together with a tiny magnet! =)

Hugs Maritha

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Liz

Christmas but no red or green to be seen.
So I have used the other Christmas favourites - pink and grey!

TeddyBo 155
NitWit papers
Martha Stewart Punch
Narrow Silver Ribbon and Brads

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Jill

Image is the gorgeous sweet TEDDYBOBEA_088

coloured with Copics

Papers from Poppy design

MS punch, snowflake and magnolia swirl

Text from pc

The snow falling is liquid pearls, stickles on the ground

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Nicole

I´ve played with the cute image TeddyBo_155

colored with Prismas
sentiment Whiff of Joy

cardstock from Bazzill

design paper from First Edition Paper
border punch Martha Stewart

I´ve decorated with buttons

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Nela

Hi ladies,
here a Tag for the Challenge but red and green must not be seen

I´ve used
Choralling Bea
the Template for the Tag you can find here.

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Claire

My card for Tuesday. I love these two, and I am going to use them

for my Mum and Dad's card this year. The papers are from the ClipArt Fairy.

I added just a little ribbon says Happy Christmas and of course a button!

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Renee

I had to use this image TeddyBea _169, and remembered I had this cute paper with umbrellas that would be perfect for it!!Its called "its raining , its pouring". I added the sentiment from the paper kit, Rain or Shine, You're a Friend of Mine! 3 buttons, and a bow! I colored the image with promarkers. After I coloured it I clear embossed the rain coat and hat and boots. Then I added some glossy accents to the puddle for a bit of dimension!

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Maritha