Donna's Card Emporium: January 2013

Tuesday, 29 January 2013

Teddy Bo Tuesday "Strawberry picking".

Good morning, crafty bloggers.

The snow has melted and the wind and rain has arrived!

It's Teddy Bo Tuesday once again and since us ladies on the design team cannot resist colouring the gorgeous bears we have some beautiful cards to hopefully inspire you over on the

Teddy Bo & Co challenge blog.

Our current challenge is "Birthdays" which ends this Sunday 3rd February at midnight so there is till plenty of time to get your entries in but, please do remember your card must feature a

Teddy Bo & Co image to be in with a change to win 5 fabulous images of your choice.

Since the weather has been so awful everywhere I thought that I would cheer myself up and make a summery card for you all to see.

I have coloured image TEDDYBEA_077 "Strawberry picking" with Polychromos pencils and paper pieced Bea's tunic.

The pretty papers are called Tilda "Kitchengarden" by Panduro I won them in a card making challenge that I entered last year with Cardmaking & Papercraft.

The Arch Lattice border punch I have used for the centre panel on the card is by Martha Stewart.

I was intending on using my Doily edger punch which I love but, it broke yesterday which upset me a bit because it's not very old.

The flower shaped pearls are from The Ribbon Girl and the flowers are from WOC.

The sentiment is from Cuddly Buddly and I have matted it onto cream card using a Spellbinders Nestibilites beaded circle die.

I have decorated inside the card to compliment the front.

Here is a close up of adorable Bea.

I hope you like my card?

Thank you for stopping by and thank you for all your lovely comments.

Big crafty hugs.

Donna x

Wednesday, 23 January 2013

Blog hop winner!!!

Woohoo!

It's time to announce the lucky winner of a Teddy Bo & Co image just by following and leaving a comment on my blog during birthday week.

Drum roll please!

It's you.........

Karen O'Brien

Well done Karen could you please email Gayle at Teddy Bo on support@teddybo.com and put in the subject line" blog hop winner" please.
Enjoy your image.

Thank you.
Hugs
Donna xx

Tuesday, 22 January 2013

Teddy Bo Tuesday coloured graphic releases.

Good morning, crafty bloggers.

Today at Teddy Bo & Co we have some new coloured graphic releases so why not pop over
HERE to have a look!

For today

I have used this lovely sketch by Bev Rochester.

Unfortunately I was unable to make a card with one of the coloured graphics as the coloured ink in my printer has run out but, I have made a card, I hope you like it?

I have used image TEDDYBO_022 and coloured him with Polychromos pencils.

The bow on the heart has been paper pieced I cut around Bo and adhered him with sticky pads to a Spellbinders Nestibilitie scalloped oval die and inked the edges with one of my red ink pads.

I recently bought an Xcut heart border punch which I have used on the card and the results were very pleasing and great value for money too!

The papers are Me To You "With love" from Docrafts.

The arrangement of assorted flowers are from Wild Orchid Crafts along with the 25mm red satin ribbon and 5mm pearls.

The sweet sentiment is a freebie from Birdscards.com

The inside of the card has been decorated to compliment the front.

Here is a close up of Bo.

I have added Glamour dust to the rose bud.

We have had lots of snow this week and it is very, very cold here as it is all over the country at the moment so take care and enjoy the rest of the week.

I am entering my card into the following super challenges:

cards galore January challenge "Anything Goes"

Papertake weekly challenge "Tie up your loose ends"

Thank you for stopping by and thanks for all the lovely comments I receive.

I really do appreciate them all.

Crafty hugs

Donna x

Saturday, 19 January 2013

Rose and Felix

Good afternoon, crafty bloggers.

Today I have made a card featuring Rose and Felix.

This sweet image is from Wee stamps which I have had for quite some time but, never got around to playing with until now.

I have coloured Rose and Felix with my Polychromos pencils.

The cream cardstock has been distressed with Ranger tea dye distress ink by Tim Holtz.

This is the first time I have used the ink and I think it is brill!

The pretty papers are NitWit Collections 8"x8" paper pad from LOTV and are called

"Petal Fresh."

The flowers & 5mm pearls are from WOC. The beaded berries are from Jill, one of my blogging friends.

The 25mm cream satin ribbon I purchased from The Ribbon Girl

The doily edger punch that I have used is by Martha Stewart and the punched leaves are called grass 1 by Woodware.

The inside of the card has been decorated to compliment the front.

Here is a close up of Rose and Felix.

I am entering my card into the following super challenge:

Cards galore January challenge "Anything Goes."

Thanks for stopping by.

I hope you like my card!

Big crafty hugs

Donna xx

Friday, 18 January 2013

Fairytale Friday "Cupid Bo"

Good morning, crafty bloggers.

It's freezing here in Derbyshire and we had heaps more snow last night. Brrrrrrrrr!

It's Fairytale Friday at the towers and although we are now going monthly with the challenges and new graphics some of us girls just can't resist getting all our past and present images out to colour and make into cards.

Because Valentines day is nearly here I have made a card featuring the charming

"Cupid Bo"

I have coloured TEDDYBO_171 with my Polychromos pencils and added some red glitter to the heart on the arrow.

The cream cardstock is by Woodware and the pretty papers are NitWiits Collection

"Petal Fresh" from Lili Of The Valley.

I have used my doily edger punch by Martha Stewart and the flowers are from

Wild Orchid Crafts.

The sentiment is a freebie from Birdscards.com if you ever get time pop over to have a look at the site! It is really fab!!!

The silver heart and blue twine are both from The Ribbon Girl.

The inside of the card has been decorated to compliment the front.

Here is a closer look at Bo.

Isn't he just adorable!!!

There is still plenty of time to enter our current challenge which is

"Birthdays"

The challenge ends GMT midnight on the 3rd of February, we would love for you to come and join in but, do remember your creation must feature a Teddy Bo & Co image.

Can I say a big thank you to everyone that left me such beautiful comments during our

blog hop this week.

Now why not pop over HERE to see what the rest of the team have delighted us with today!

I am entering my card into the following super challenge:

Cards galore January challenge ~ Anything Goes

Thank you for stopping by and for all the comments that I receive.

Have a lovely weekend.

Big hugs

Donna x

Friday, 11 January 2013

Teddy Bo & Bea's 2nd Birthday blog hop.

Good morning to all you crafty blog hoppers and.................................

Happy Birthday Teddy Bo & Bea!!!

It is Teddy Bo & Bea's 2nd birthday today and to celebrate we are having a blog hop to celebrate.

If you are not already a follower then I would love for you to be one.
Please leave a comment on my blog!

Each blog will hold a letter that all together will spell out a secret word - the prize is an amazing £20 voucher to spend on digital products from Teddy Bo!

Now you should have come to me from Maritha , if not then please head over to the Teddy Bo Challenge page (http://teddybochallenge.blogspot.co.uk) to start from the beginning.

My letter is B. Once you have collected my letter (and all the other letters on the blog hop) you should email the Boss lady at support@teddybo.com with your word to be in with a chance of winning the prize

Here is my card to celebrate Bo & Bea's 2nd Birthday

I have coloured image TEDDYBEA_251 with my Polychromos pencils. The pretty papers are Panduro Tilda Kitchengarden which I was lucky enough to win in a cardmaking challenge at Cardmaking & Papercraft.

The papers have been matted onto Woodware cream card. I used my Martha Stewart lattice edger punch which I think adds lovely detail to any creation.

Bea has been cut around and adhered with sticky pads onto a Spellbinders Nestabilites Beaded oval.

The 25mm cream satin ribbon and Ivory pearl flower shape flatback are from The Ribbon Girl.

The flowers that I have used are 25mm and 15mm roses from Wild Orchid Crafts.

The sentiment is from Cuddly Buddly which I have coloured with my pencils.

The inside of the card has been decorated to compliment the front.

A close up of adorable Bea.

I have added Ranger Frosted ice stickles to the fur around the top of her boots.

Thanks for stopping by and for all the lovely comments.

Good luck with the blog hop.

Crafty hugs

Donna xx

Now you're off to Elaine to see what amazing creations she has for you....

Tuesday, 8 January 2013

New releases and a new monthly challenge

Good morning and a happy new year to all you crafty bloggers.
Firstly we are now going fortnightly with our releases once a month for line-art followed with the coloured versions two weeks later.

Here are the gorgeous new January digital releases today at Teddybo.com.

We also have a STOCK CLEARANCE with lucky bags in the store which are a bargain price of £10 and £15 so why not pop HERE to grab a bargain.

From today we are going monthly with our challenges which means you can enter as many times as you want. The challenge ends midnight GMT on Sunday 2nd February and since it's our 2nd birthday this Friday the challenge theme this month is:

"Birthdays"

Here is my card that I have made this week with one of the new releases

I hope it inspires you!