Teddy Bo Tuesday...NEW graphics, NEW Challenge, NEW DT call!!!

Happy Teddy Bo Tuesday to you all.   How's the weather where you are today?!!?  The sun's shining here at Teddy Bo Towers and fingers crossed it might still be here in an hour!!

NEW RELEASES....more about these later


We've got a few birthdays this week in the Towers....it was Maritha's birthday on Sunday....atleast, we think it was Sunday.....she started drinking on the Friday and kept singing Happy Birthday to Me!!!!!lol  It's also Colette's birthday today...we know this one for sure as although she was relatively sober at the weekend she continually told us it was her birthday today....so we've not been allowed to forget!!  She's going out to a Westlife concert tonight.....goodness only knows what she'll drag in with her on the way home!!!Lol

We've got both exciting and sad news at the Towers today......a few of our girls have decided to move on from the towers to try different projects.  We wish them all the best and thank them for all of the wonderful cards that they have made in their time with us and the lovely times we have chatted on our DT Blog..xxxxx

SO....with a few of our girlies leaving us we're now in desperate need of some new friends to join us at the Towers.  So.....if you LOVE the bears and want to be part of a fantastic Design Team then please take the time to join in our NEW challenge.

Before we discuss our new challenge though, we must announce the winners of our previous challenge.  Did you see the cards??!  WOW...what a fantastic bunch of cards.....thank you so much for taking the time to make your cards.....we do hope you get as much fun making them as we have looking at them.

SO...who are the winners this week?!!?!?
Our overall winner is:

Trine

with our runners up
 Donna

and

Eva

Congratulations ladies.....please contact Gayle via the website to claim your prize and winner's badge...x

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SO....this NEW Challenge/DT Call is a sketch.  As Team B is in charge of this new challenge Tammy has designed a sketch that is really easy to follow....so we really hope you can join in.

Perfect for any little scraps you've got lying about.

As always our prize for our overall winner (who doesn't want to be on the Design Team) is

If you wish to be considered for the Design Team please put the letters DT after your name when you're entering the challenge.

The closing date for this challenge is Sunday 27th May at midnight UK time with the winners of the challenge AND the Design Team Call being announced on Tuesday 29th May.

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What's required of you to be a member of our DT:

• You are required to make one card every week, one on a Tueday with the new images and then the next Friday with a Teddy Bo & Co image of your choice
• You are required to comment on the entries for your team's challenge entries
• You must love the bears as much if not more than the current DT.....this is MEGA important!
• We are very, very keen for you to help with the Teddy Bo blogs either with tutorials or new features
• You must NOT share ANY of the graphics that are made available to you.....ANY team member who does this will be dropped immediately.
• We are a very chatty lot on our Design Team Blog so you need to get over your shyness very quickly and 'jump in' to our chats..x

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We also have a NEW release today

 and with a new release our Design Team have made some wonderful cards....x


Kirsty-Anne

Teddybea_205

Prismcolor pencils & Glamour Dust

Craft concepts dotes embossing folder

Cricut Basics Guitar & Doily & Pennants

My Minds Eye Love Me Paper pad

Paper Raffia from WOC

Lace from Ebay

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Liz

TeddyBo 195

Basic Grey Papers 'archaic'

Basic Grey Brads

Prisma Pencils

Large Dots Embossing Folder

Corner Rounder Punch

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Tammy

Papers - Papermania - Capsule Collection - Bow from the same collection.
Marianne Designs Creatable - Butterfly - LR0153

Flowers / gems - Wild Orchid Crafts.

Spellbinders Nestabilities - Floral Ovals.

Coloured with Pro-markers - Printed on to Bristol Board

Lady bird button from stash.

Sentiment - Craft Work Cards

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Claire

I just HAD to use Bo with the frog - he's just soooo cute!
I hope I've interpreted Tammy's sketch? It's a lovely one to play with and I'll be using it again - on Friday lol!!!
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Helle

My card is made from a grey paperbag.

TeddyBea_204 is colored with Prisma pencils

The patterned paper is from Tim Holtz

Sentiment is from Kort&Godt

Everything else that is used for the decorations on  my card are from the box with my leftovers

I have used three different border punches from Martha Stewart

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Gayle

Image Used: TEDDYBEA_204

Coloured with Pro-markers/Copics

 Papers?!  Freebies from a magazine!!

Flowers Wild Orchid Crafts

Spell binder die

Image Used: TEDDYBO_196

Paper (packaging from a Christmas present!!)

Letters - Die-Versions available at Teddy Bo

Spellbinder die

Coloured with Pro-markers/Copics/Prismacolour pencils/whatever's lying about!!!

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

Teddy Bo Tuesday - Button up mid challenge reminder

Good Morning, Good Morning, Good Morning!!! How are you feeling today?!!?  Good?!?!  Oh I do hope so.  Thank you for visiting us today....I hope you can stay a while and have a look at some of our previous posts as the Design Team girls have made some absolutely wonderful cards over the past year and a half and it will give you fantastic inspiration I'm sure.
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We're now half way through our current challenge which is

BUTTONS AND BOWSand you still have until this Sunday, the 13th May to submit your entry.

As this is a 'mid-challenge reminder' there aren't any new graphics to show off but the girls have still been busy and have made some wonderful cards.

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Maritha

Image used: TeddyBoBea_125

Papers are just "leftovers"

Flowers from WOC

Prima button

Magnolia swirl

Chalked all the edges with Walnut stain

Left some space for a name or a number? =)

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Jill

I have used a old Teddy Bo image and this one is just so cool!

Made a Tag in a pocket card :)

Image is: TEDDYBO_176 called DIY Bo

Coloured with Copic markers

Papers from Crea Diem and Vintage summer collection from Maja design

Twine from WOC, Sprochet gears from TH

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Kirsty-Anne

Teddybo_194 " The Cocktail King"

Prismacolor Pencils

Nitwits London Collection

Stampin Up Card

Sewing Machine 

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Colette

Image - TeddyBea_203 - Coloured in Photoshop

Digital Papers - Country Drive - Echo Park

Frame - X-cut Ornate Frame Lge

Ticket - Marianne Craftables - Tags and ticket

Embossing Folder - Crafts Too - Daises (sanded)

Ribbon, button, Pearls - Meiflower

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Claire

Image used:

Teddybo_194 " The Cocktail King"

I've used Teddy Bo as the Bartender (I was going to make him into James Bond - maybe I'll get round to it sometime!)

I've used Wellington Papers and over stamped it with Papermania Urban Stamps, oh apart from the Stamp image, thats from Portobella Road Stamps (I love these ones at the moment!)

Cxxx

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Renee

TB_203

chipboard tag

scrap papers out of my scrap drawer

colored with promarkers

buttons

printed sentiment

glitter jelly roll pen

black jelly roll pen

ribbon and twine

Colored by My Bailee Rose age 9

watercolor markers

glitter jellyroll pen

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I hope you can join Kirsty-Anne tomorrow for her Wordy Wednesday...x

You still have until Sunday 13th May 2012 Midnight (GMT) to enter our Button Up challenge and be in with the chance of winning the fabulous Teddy Bo Ten.

Catch you soon, Gayle and the Girls...xxxx

It's D'Arcy day and challenge #5

Good  Morning friends and welcome to another D'Arcy Day.  D'Arcy Day, for our new followers, (*Hi*) is when we show our new releases, the Design Team's WONDERFUL creations and we also announce the winner's from our previous challenge before we start a new challenge!!!!

SO.....let's start with those winners....gorgeous creations yet again ladies, thank you so much......and our overall winner this time round is:

Eva

with our runners up being:

Dawn

and
Pillan


 Congratulations ladies.....please contact me (Gayle) via the website to claim your prize and winner's badges....xx

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 Now onto our new challenge

Buttons and Bows

-And your creation must contain both!
The prize, as always, is

Here are the easypeasy rules:

• You must use a D'Arcy's Diaries image
• Your entry must be with us by Tuesday 15th May at midnight UK time
• You must link back to your actual blog post, otherwise it makes it harder for people to find your beautiful cards
• You must stick to the challenge theme to be in with a chance of winning....xxx

Thank you...x

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Now, we also have a NEW release this week

and as we know, when we have new releases our Design Team make the most wonderful cards

and this week is no different.....enjoy..x

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Maritha

DARCYSDIARIES_045

Pion design paper

Maja design paper

Memorybox swirl

Button from Prima

Coloured with Promakers

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Colette

Image DARCYSDIARIES_042 - Coloured in Photoshop

square Kraft card - Every Crafts a pound

Digital papers - Background - Kraft Capers - Pink Paislee

BOY - Crystal's Playground paper pack - Both Jessica Sprague

Buttons and Metallic cord _ Meiflower

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Jill

Image is DARCYSDIARIES_044

Coloured with Copic

Papers and letters from Bo Bunny

Flowers from WOC

Magnolia swirl

Charm from Making Memories

Ribbon from stash, buttons from Panduro

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Claire

Image: DARCYSDIARIES_045

Image: DARCYSDIARIES_044

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Renee

DD_045 image

For the record by bella road -vintage linen paper

wooden buttons

stampin Up strawberry stamp and sentiment

yellow wired ribbon

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Gina

Items used Darcy image 41

Copic markers,

Bearly Mine papers,

Memory Box Butterfly and swirl,

The pin i did myself.

luv gina xx

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Edna

D'Arcy 044

HOTP Cardmaker's classic papers

Memory Box Prim Poppy die

Die-namics Fishtail dies

Sentiment Papertrey Ink

Button - Papermania

Image coloured with Promarkers and Prisma pencils

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Debbie

Image: DARCYSDIARIES_044

Paper & Sentiment: Create with TLC

Ribbon: Crafty Ribbbons

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Thank you ladies and gents for visiting us this week and we hope you will pop back again soon....xxx

Gayle, Jill, Colette, Maritha, Debbie, Edna, Claire, Hazel, Renee & Gina

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Teddy Bo New Release Tuesday

Good Morning everyone and welcome to another new release day here at Teddy Bo Towers.  The sun is shining here in  Scotland but sadly the rest of the country is a bit battered and bruised after the storms at the weekend....I hope that you are all safe and drying out!!
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So, as this is a new release day it's also a new challenge day.....and before we start a new challenge we have to announce the winners of our previous challenge...so without further ado, I'm delighted to announce that our overall winner is:

LauW


and our runner uppers are
Eva

&
Woo

Please contact Gayle via the website and if it's a good day she might even manage to remember to send you your prizes!!!!!  (Disclaimer here....Gayle is MEGA dizzy at the moment at trying to remember things so don't panic if she doesn't get back to you straight away!!!lol)
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SO...onto our next challenge!!!

Team A are hosting our new challenge which is...

Button up - use buttons on your project

As always our top prize is

with our runners up receiving a digital image of their choice.
This challenge closes on Sunday 13th May at midnight UK time.
Please remember you must use a Teddy Bo & Co image (yes, the FairyD site is included)
and please link directly to your blog post please.
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Check out the new releases in store this week.

and of course with new releases we have new inspiration from the wonderful design team...x

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Debbie

Image: TEDDYBOBEA_125
Embossing: Boofle Folder
Sentiment: Create with TLC
Paper: My Minds Eye offcut
The sewing items are from my sewing box I think the safety pins were my gran's so a vintage touch too!

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Clairebears x 

Here's my project using the BEA-utiful Bea, I fell in love as soon as I saw her! I have made a photo frame for this challenge, the white card at the back has been embossed by Boffle Button embossing folder (perfect for this challenge!) and the buttons and ribbon are from Papermania. I have coloured Bea in with Pencils and the sentiment is one of my own - please feel free to snag it HERE (I'd love to see what you do with it too)

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Maritha

TeddyBo_194

Echo park papers(love them)

Ms punch buttons ander Prima buttons

Memorybox flowerswirl

The text says: Congrats (that is a short translation....hi hi)

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Jill

Image is TEDDYBO_194

Coloured with Copic Markers

papers from Maja design and some leftover I found

All flowers from WOC

Magnolia swirl, wooden buttons from panduro

Calendar stamp from LOTV

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Kirsty-Anne

Teddybea_203

Prismacolor pencils

Raspberry Road Shabby Chic  Digi Papers 

Sewing machine

Material & Ribbon from local sewing shop

Cheesecloth & Buttons from eBay

Liquid Pearls & Stardust Stickles

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Renee

Teddybobea_12

old lace

buttons

hat pins

colored with promarkers

gellyroll pens, white and stardust

manilla tag

old tin

basic grey-wander paper

material/styrofoam

modpodge

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Colette

Image - TB_194 - Coloured in Photoshop

Digital Paper - Honey Dew Morning by Samantha Walker at Jessica Sprague

Cocktail Recipe - made by me

Ribbon and buttons - Meiflower

Metal corner - Stash

If you would like the Birthday Cocktail recipe that I used on my card I am giving it away as a freebie on my blog, you'll find it HERE.

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You have until Sunday 13th May 2012, Midnight (GMT) to get your challenge entries in to us.

Happy Crafting,
Hugs,
Gayle and the gang xx