Birthday Wishes with Teddy Bea

I gave a peek at my new obsession yesterday with a card featuring Teddy Bo and today here comes along his girlfriend Teddy Bea!
I adore this image and I'll admit I have a sheet of her printed out ready to color again. I hope you like her as much as I do.

Challenges:
Craft Us Crazy - Anything Goes
The Playdate Cafe - Photo Inspiration (Shabby Chic Colors)
Colour Q - Kraft, Blushing Bride, Pretty in Pink, Pink Pirouette and White
Teddy Bo and Co - In The Pink (and a Teddy Bo image)
Lexi's - Use a Bear
Crafty Emma's - Cute and Cuddly
Critter Challenge - Use an Animal
Going Grey - Animal Antics
Fuzzy Wuzzy - Happy Birthday (must have an animal)
Ooh La La - For Someone Special
Inspiration Ave - Furry
One Stitch At A Time - Pretty
Sparkles Forum - Fairies
Fab N Funky - Tempting Texture
CCEE - Embossing
Do You Stack Up? - Ribbon
Flourishes - Button Up
Tuesday Throwdown - Buttons
Stamp With Sarah Kay - Lace and Buttons
Flutterby - 3 Hearts (with a Butterfly, Fairy or Angel)
For Fun - Hearts
Papertake Weekly - Have A Heart
Crafty Cardmakers - Hearts
Stampin Royalty - Hearts
2 Sisters - Hearts
Crazy 4 Challenges - Hearts
Samuel Taylor's - Copic's

Card Recipe:
Image - When You Wish Upon A Star by Teddy Bo
Paper - Lace and Linen Stack by DCWV
Medium - Copic Markers
Lace - Offray
Scrabble Tiles - Hobby Lobby
Die Cut - Spellbinders
Embossing Folder - Cuttlebug
Pearls - Treasures by Shabby Chic
Heart Rhinestones - Stash

After coloring Bea I added Smooch Illuminate paint to her wings and star and when it had dried I added Liquid Embossing in Glass for shine. I added glaze to her boots too. I love how the paint shines through the glaze. I've had the wooden tile letters for years and although they make for a thicker card (wouldn't put her in an envelope) she's not going anywhere, she's staying with me and so it'll be fine :)
To make this obsession a triple threat be sure to tune back in on Tuesday for another project topped with a Teddy!
Have a great Sunday!
Katie

Something Special with Teddy Bo

After seeing this gorgeous card at Rach's blog I just had to go and find the images.
It is a company based in the UK called Teddy Bo and their bears are just to die for! So sweet and soft, just like an old fashioned teddy should be.
I bought a few images and just had to play.

Challenges:
Critter Challenge - Use an Animal
Going Grey - Animal Antics
Inspiration Ave - Furry
Fuzzy Wuzzy - Happy Birthday (must have an animal)
Lexi's - Use a Bear
Crafty Emma's - Cute and Cuddly
Bearly Mine - Card for a Man/Boy
Ooh La La - For Someone Special
Flourishes - Button Up
Tuesday Throwdown - Buttons
Fab N Funky - Tempting Texture
Do You Stack Up? - Ribbon
For Fun - Hearts
Papertake Weekly - Have A Heart
Crafty Cardmakers - Hearts
Paper Playtime - Hearts
Stampin Royalty - Hearts
Totally Papercrafts - Clean and Simple (for me this is as CAS as it gets!)

Card Recipe:
Image - On His Tod by Teddy Bo
Paper - The Natural Stack by DCWV
Medium - Copic Markers
Border Punch - Martha Stewart
Sentiment - Basic Grey/K and Co
Felt Ribbon and Button - Stash

This gorgeous guy was an absolute dream to color, so much space for shading and so easy to see where to shade.
I must admit to being a little obsessed already with these images and you can see another wonderful creation tomorrow so be sure to drop back by.
Katie

Designed 2 Delight - Joy To The World

This new image of Kaela as An Angel is just so adorable and she was so wonderful to color.
I added Liquid Embossing to her wings for a glass finish as I thought glitter may not work as well with the distressed look I was going for.


Challenges:
My Partner in Crafting Crime - Marker Madness
The Paper Players - Cherry Cobbler, Always Artichoke and a Neutral (mine are muted versions but I think they still work)
Stamping Vacation Very Vintage - Rose, Moss and Cream
ABC Design - Sew Special
Stamp With Fun - Square
Digital Tuesday - Anything With Wings
Flutterby - Fairy, Butterfly or Angel
A Spoon Full of Sugar - Distressing
Frosted Designs - Distressing
Flourishes - Just Do It! Make A Christmas card :)
ABC Christmas - X is For Xmas
Alota Rubber Stamps - Let's Celebrate Christmas
Digi Stamps 4 Joy - Christmas (with a digi)
2 Sisters - Christmas
Karber Christmas - Use a Digi
Midnight Madness - Sketch
Tuesday Taggers - Peace, Love and Joy (use one of those words)
Crafty Creations - Beautiful Insides
Top Tip Tuesday - Buttons
Tuesday Throwdown - Buttons and Bows
City Crafter - Little Children
CCEE Stampers - Buttons
Daring Cardmakers - We Three...(things in 3's, I did 2 lots of 3 buttons)
Digi Doodles Shop - Anything Goes
Hodge Podge Shop - Anything Goes

Card Recipe:
Image - Kaela As An Angel
Paper - K and Co Classic K McKenna
Medium - Copic Markers
Gloss (on wings and stars)- All Night Media Liquid Embossing in Sepia Glass Finish (can't find it online but I bought it at Michaels)
Lace - Walmart
Buttons - Stash
Embossing Folder - Basic Grey for Sizzix

I really like how she turned out, I'm sure you'll be seeing her again here before Christmas ;)
Katie

Pixie Cottage #44 - 2 Colors Only

It's time for another super sketch at The Pixie Cottage and this one gives lots of room for embellishing!

We also have the optional challenge of using just 2 colors on your project.


Challenges:

Crazy 4 Challenges - Square Cards
Drunken Stampers - Punch Me
One Stop Crafts - Embossing
Paper Pretties - Embossing
Crafty Cardmakers - Embossing
For Fun - Dry Embossing
Fairytale Challenges - Anything Goes
Iris's - Anything Goes
Oh Alice - Ticket
Ellephantastic - Blue
Flourishes - Glitter
Passionately Artistic - Linky Party (link any and all your projects)
Fresh Brewed - 2 of More Patterned Papers
Top Tip Tuesday - Use an Image
Paper Issues - Peer Pressure - Scallops

Card Recipe:
Image - Over The Moon by Tina Akonom
Paper - K and Co Itsy Bitsy
Medium - Copic Markers
Ticket - Sticko
Bow - Martha Stewart
Flowers - Prima
Brads - Spare Parts
Glitter - Frosted Lace Stickles
Paint - Illuminate by Smooch
Border and Corner Punches - Martha Stewart 3 Dot
Embossing Folder - Sizzix

I airbrushed the blue background and added Smooch and Stickles to the moon and stars.
I hope you liked this and we'd love to see you playing with us over at The Pixie Cottage

Katie

Designed 2 Delight Blog Hop - Autumn Pumpkins

As you may have seen from The new link on my sidebar I'm now a member of The Designed 2 Delight Design Team which features the fabulous images from Faith that can be found at Designed 2 Delight STore. I've know Faith for a few years now and am so happy to be a part of her team.
Now also you must know that today is World Card Making Day (an excuse to get inky and gluey :)) and to celebraTe we have all sorts of wonderful things going on.
It all starts with a Blog Hop through all the team members blogs with new creations, virtual "Make and Takes", prizes and more!
You'll need a pen and paper too so you can play in our little "finding leTTers" game :)
When you've collected all the leTTers you'll have a Discount Code spelled out that will get you a Dollar Delight Stamp from the Designed 2 Delight Store (PS you must use the code before the end of Sunday October 3rd)

Now if you came to me from Pat's Blog then you are on the right path. If not then please go back to Faith's Blog to the start so you don't miss a thing.

Now be sure to look very carefully for my leTTer ;)

I have a new card for my new Team and as usual I've added a few challenges along the way:

One Stitch at a Time - Anything Goes
Stamp It Crazy - Anything Goes
Incy Wincy - Anything Goes
Sew Many Challenges - Anything Goes
Sentimental Sundays - Dimension and a Sentiment
Digi Doodle Shop - 3D It
Thrilling Thursday - Something in 3's (I used 3 brads)
Mojo Monday - Sketch
Flourishes - Autumn
Tuesday Taggers - Autumn sponsored by The Craft Barn
A Crafty Little Place - Autumn
For Fun - Fall
Copic Creations - Orange

Card Recipe:
Image - Autumn Harvest
Paper - Autumn Splendor by DCWV
Medium - Copic Markers
Ribbon - Michaels
Brads - Making Memories

I colored the pumpkins twice and cut on set out and popped them up. Then I popped the whole mat with image on to give even more dimension.

Now you've seen my card it's time to hop along to the next blog in the line and that is Jane
Have a lot of fun and remember you can also go back to Faith's Blog if you get lost and need to find your way.
As a final fun thing for you be sure to visit our group at Crafters Digital Art Center where there are more fun things happening and a special discount for all members!

Mad? Who are You Calling Mad? or Alice in Digi Land!

Happy Friday,
Today is the day you've been waiting for if you are either a Johnny Depp, Tim Burton or simply an Alice in Wonderland fan! The movie opens today and to celebrateDigital Delights have a special release of Alice inspired images! You can find them all on the front page.

Also for our friends over at our groups at Papercraft Planet and SNR Card Universe we have a Freebie for you and it's the cutest grinning cat you'll ever see!



Now you know I was itching to play with the brand new images and so I have a couple of cards to show you how wonderful these images are (and a few challenges too!)


Creative Card Crew wanted a Celebration
Gingersnaps also want you to Celebrate
Sew Many Cards wanted Something For The Boys
Die Cuts R Us had a great sketch
Digital Tuesday wanted Scallops
Flourishes also wanted Scallops
No Time To Stamp wanted Punched Borders



Card Recipe:

Image - Mad Hatter Peyton
Paper - Cafe Mediterranean by DCWV (got it at Joanns but it's not online yet)
Deep border punch - Martha Stewart Garden Trellis
Medium - Copic Markers
Buttons - Jesse James





Oh Alice had a great sketch
Simple Doodles also want Paper Piecing (and a digi)
ABC were at P is for Paper Piecing
Frosted Designs wanted your Favorite Technique and mine is Paper Piecing
Tuesday Taggers wanted Swirls and Curls
Challenge Up Your Life wants Stripes and at least 3 buttons
Dare U2 Digi wanted Pearls (and a digi)



Card Recipe:

Image - Wonderland Briley
Paper - Cafe Mediterranean by DCWV
Border Punch - Martha Stewart Half Daisy
Medium - Copic Markers
Flowers - Wild Orchid Crafts
Buttons - Jesse James
Die Cut - Cuttlebug
Pearls - Queen & Co







So whether you go down the Rabbit Hole, attend the Tea Party or meet the Queen of Hearts you are sure to want these fabulous new images!
Katie

By The Cute and Girly Challenge - Spring is in the Air

Another month has gone by and a new challenge is up at By The Cute and Girly.
There are big changes around there so keep checking in!

The challenge this time was set by Brenda and she wanted us to forget Winter and think about Spring!
I made a couple of items this time.

I made an Easter decoration with the following challenges

Flourishes want Flowers
Jacksonbelle want Flowers too!
Creatalicious wanted you to Create a Little Something
Flutterby had an Open Week as long as it had a Butterfly, Fairy or Angel on it
Crafty Catz want a Fancy Edge and Ribbon
Clearly Delightful wanted Ducks!



Recipe

Wooden word - Hobby Lobby
Paint - Krylon
Images - Spring Things digital stamps by Pollycraft
Ribbon - American Crafts
Felt flowers and eggs and chipboard butterflies- American Crafts
Medium - Copic Markers
Paper - Making Memories





And a card with challenges too

Gingersnaps want a Birthday Card
Peachy Keen had a recipe of Yellow and Green, a 3D embellishment and must be Stamped
La La Lands had a sketch
Bildy Blog wanted you to Bling It, mine has shiny Dewdrops and the dp is glittered so I hope that counts!
Paper Garden wanted to say Farewell to Winter
Copic Creations wanted your coloring with Green


Recipe



Image - Mimosa with Umbrella
Paper - DCWV The Citrus Stack
Flowers - Wild Orchid Crafts
Dewdrops - Robins Nest
Medium - Copic Markers
Embossing folders - Swiss Dots by Cuttlebug and Daisy by Crafts Too
Die Cuts - Spellbinders





This is such a sweet image and with the bright Spring colors it makes me almost wish for the showers to come! LOL
So brighten up your day a little, get creating for Spring and shows us all you've got over at By The Cute and Girly.
Katie

Cute Daisy May - Bright and Cheerful

Happy Monday!
I hope you all had a wonderful and romantic Valentines Day yesterday.
We are turning to Spring and Easter cards next in the card making world and so today's challenge at Cute Daisy May is perfect for those as we would love to see your "Bright and Cheerful" cards.
This weeks challenge is hosted by Avril Ann and you can see her wonderful work on her blog Crafting In The Shed At The Bottom Of The Garden!

Obviously no card of mine would be complete without a list of challenges so here are the ones I found for this one:

Pile It On had a "Let Us See Your Flowers" theme
A Spoonfull of Sugar had a Recipe of 1 pattern paper,1 Embossing,1 Button,1 Ribbon.
Papertake has a sketch
Flourishes wanted an Easel Card
Digital Tuesday was "All About the Animals" and wanted an animal somewhere on your card (I hope chicks count!)
Belli wanted Ribbon
Paper Sundaes wanted A Glittery Spring and as the border stickers, background paper and swirls are glittered I think this one counts :)



I used this super image of Daisy from Sheet 166 and it's perfect for your upcoming Spring and Easter cards.
The paper is from The Citrus Stack by DCWV.
The flourish, rick rack and dotted border are Doodlebug stickers.
Flowers are Wild Orchid Crafts.
Button is The Paper Studio.
Embossing folder is Sizzix



I used the button across the top of the message mat as a stopper for this card, it always makes it a little more stable.



Here is Daisy in all her Cheery colors and I hope you like her!
I'd love to see your entries at Cute Daisy May, you could be our winner!
Katie

It's time to Pile It On again! - Sending Warm Wishes

Happy Sunday Everyone!
I hope you are having a great weekend and that the Winter isn't taking too much of a toll on you.
I hope I can brighten your day a little with a new card for Pile It On
We have a new challenge for you today and we want to see your "Warm Wishes". This could be a card celebrating Spring or Summer, a Winter card to make you smile or even a card with a steaming hot cup of cocoa on it!
You chose, just come back and show us all your interpretation of it and you could be this weeks winner!

As you may know Pile It On was born out of a desire to "Pile On" as many challenges as possible so this one has a few for you to see!

Ooh La La wanted you to "Create a Scene"
Flourishes want a Scene too
The Pink Elephant had a great sketch that I turned a 1/4 turn
Practical Scrappers had an Embossing challenge and so did Crafty Ann
Creative Card Crew want you to "Punch It" and so do Simon Says Stamp
Little Red Wagon want to see Snowflakes
Sassy Susie wanted a Card for a Boy (with an animal option)
Stamp With Sarah Kay wanted a Birthday Card for a Boy
Fab N Funky had a color combo of Blue, Green and White
Gingersnaps wanted Metallics
Double Dutch had a Baby It's Cold Out Here theme



I used this super cute Teddy Bear image from Dustin Pike and colored it with Copic's. I added Puffy Paint for snow to complete the scene.
The papers are Peppermint Forest from Joanns. I cut and nested the image with Nesties.
The border punch on the striped panel is Martha Stewart and the panel was then embossed with a Winter embossing folder.
The punch on the silver border is a new one from EKSuccess.
I printed out the sentiment and raised both the image and sentiment on foam for dimension.

The inside is more dp and a message mat.

A close up of the bears wheeling their good wishes through the snow!

I'd love you to join in so go on create something for us and link it back so we can come and see it!
Good Luck!
Katie

Egg-Cellent Card for Delightful Sketches

Happy Thursday,
I'm super excited about todays card.
It features one of the New Releases at Digital Delights and they are all from Fairy Tales!! So, so cute and perfect for all those childrens birthday cards that you have to make.
It's a great sketch this week and I'd love to see you joining in with it at Delightful Sketches




And I got to work with the fabulous new image of Humpty Dumpty!!

I also addd a few more challenges.

Sassy Susie wanted Buttons and Bows
Colour Q had the combo of Ruby Red, Bashful Blue, Sage Shadow, Glorious Green and a Neutral
Jacksonbelle wanted a Christmas Card
Flourishes wanted a Gatefold card and I thought the sketch lent itself very well to this style
One Stop Craft wanted to see a "Fancy Fold"



I printed out Humpty and his wall and colored them with Copic's. Then I cut them out and layered them on a Nestie.
The dp is Colorbok.
I printed out the sentiment and cut it with the pinking circle Nestie.

Here you can see how the card opens.

Here is a close up of Humpty on his Wall.
I added a lot of glue to make sure he doesn't fall off! LOL
Katie

Let's get Stitchy! - A new Pixie Cottage Challenge

Here is the 3rd and final post for today.
This time at The Pixie Cottage it's a technique challenge and we want to see you Get Stitchy! It doesn't matter whether you get out your machine, thread a needle, grab a pen, stamp a line or even use a rub on, as long as it's a stitch it counts!

Obviously there are a few other challenges that I added along the way :)
Mojo Monday was where I chose the sketch
Artful Inkables want to see Chipboard and so do Belli
Colour Q had a color combo of Bravo Burgundy, Bashful Blue, Old Olive, Always Artichoke and a Neutral. The colors are based on the Figgy Pudding paper by Basic Grey.
Copic's Colour had a combo of E29 Burnt Umber, YR16 Apricot and G99 Olive all of which I used to color the image.
Creative Card Crew wants Favorite Things and one of mine is definitely Basic Grey paper! LOL
Flourishes also had a Christmas theme
PaperTake also had a "Christmas Crackers" theme.



I chose to use the brand new Winter Window by Sandra Hammer that coordinates with the wonderful door you've seen me use before. It is the perfect size for the Holiday Tilda's to stand by but I love the image so much that I wanted to use it on its own.
I color it with Copic's using wnat I learned in class and the fabulous Shadow Tutorial by Marianne Walker to help me with the shading/shadows.
The color scheme was taken from the Figgy Pudding collection by Basic Grey but I don't have any of that and their Dasher collection works just as well :)
The two border punches for the scallops are EK Success and the chipboard letters are We R Memory Keepers.


The inside is more coordinating dp and a ribbon topped message mat.



Here is a close up of the window. I tried to color it to look like there was a light on inside the building and it was casting warm shadows on both the window and the tree outside.

I'd love to see how "Stitchy" you can get so go and create and enter the challenge at
The Pixie Cottage
Katie

Paradise Found (in a card?) maybe, maybe not!

Wow is it Friday already?
I don't know about you but this Summer is whizzing by and I can't believe another week is almost over. When you see 10+ weeks of 3 children 24-7 stretching ahead of you it seems like an eternity but this time before we've known it it's almost 1/2 way gone!
It it still so hot here in TX, Wednesday the area broke a record for electric use so I can't bear to think about my utility bill :(
Anyway enough of my ramblings on to todays card.
This one caused my all sorts of headaches.
First I've never done a shaped card before and so I broke out my Wild Card Cricut cart (thanks for the reminder I had it Sharon :)). That sounds easy huh? well it would be but it took me a while to work out how to make it the right size, thank goodness for the "fit to page" option!
Then I needed a sea image. Well I was going to use a lighthouse stamp that I have but it didn't really fit with a shaped card.
So I went on a hunt through my digital site links, luckily I have a folder full of bookmarks from my digi travels.
I ventured over to the land of etsy and found the perfect image but of course I almost messed up my Paypal account in the process (my fault completely) so that was another near miss.
Then I colored the image and decided to cut out the fish, tiny goobers that they are it hurt my fingers. Of course then the pop dots were too big so I had to trim them.
Then I couldn't find a sentiment small enough to fit and you know I can't bear to leave a card "unspoken".
Then I added the dewdrops (thought they looked like bubbles) and glossy accents to the bubbles and the visor, I mounted the image and all was done, yes?...no
I asked my son if it looked "sealike enough" and he said "no Mum it needs more blue all around" (I had only shadowed the bear at that point)
Well once I commited to coloring the whole thing (I don't have an air brush you see) I didn't stop to think I may run out of ink. I struggled and then then this morning I managed to make it look decent enough I think (not all water is crystal clear is it?)
Still with me? I still wasn't finished and so I added the bling just minutes before photographing.
I'm still not completely happy with him but if I don't put him down I'll be a wreck.
So I don't really think he's Paradise Found but he'll have to do!LOL (plus he covers 6 challenges in one which I'll link to after you finally get to see him)



The image is from Doodle Palace and I colored him with my Copic's. Dewdrops from the floral dept and the rhinestones from Michaels $1 spot. The sentiment is Reminisce.



The inside is simple (after everything the front took my me!), the sentiment is another from the same sticker sheet.



I don't know if you can see the Glossy Accents on the bubbles, fish eyes and visor but they are there.

The challenges he covers are:
Flourishes - A feel of the sea
Flourishes Timeless Tuesday - Pop it up!
Scrappy Frogs - Under the sea!
Color Throwdown - Real Red, Tempting Turquoise and Kiwi Kiss
Paper Blooms - Shaped Cards
All Sorts - Shaped Cards

If you got through all my ramblings then well done, pat yourself on the back and go and make yourself a nice cup of tea!
Have a great Friday!
Katie