Waterlily Tilda

Good afternoon, crafty bloggers.

Today I have made a card featuring my favourite Tilda stamp which I bought in the sale at
 Crafts U Love a few weeks ago along with some gorgeous Christmas oldies which were a bargain, as I am a new fan of hers and do not possess that many I couldn't wait to colour her up.

Here she is

I have stamped Waterlily Tilda and die cut her with a Spellbinders Nestibilites scalloped circle die and coloured her with Polychromos pencils. I embossed the inner circles and used pastel chalks to rub over the raised areas.

I have matted NitWitsCollection "Petal Fresh" papers onto white card which I have

 chalked around the edges.

The arrangement of roses, metal filigree corner and 5mm blue pearls are from Wild Orchid Crafts.

The large butterfly die was a freebie from this months issue of Simply Cards & Papercraft which I have added baby blue Ranger Stickles to it's centre with a couple of pearls.

 

 

Inside the card has been decorated to compliment the front.

 

 

I have added Glamour dust to Tilda's bow, the design on her dress, the waterlilies and the centre's of the butterflies.

 

 

 

I am entering my card into the following super challenges:

Midweek Magnolias Week#54 My favourite stamp!

The Ribbon Girl March Magnolia only challenge. "Add flowers"

 

 

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

 

Crafty hugs

Donna x

 

 

 

 



 

 



Fairytale Friday. "Bea lying in the flowers."

Good morning, crafty bloggers.

Happy Good Friday to you all.

It Is Fairytale Friday over on the Teddy Bo challenge blog and today I have made a card featuring

"Bea lying in the flowers."

Nice and summery!

 

 

I have coloured TEDDYBEA_063 with Polychromos pencils and matted NitWitCollections Crab Apple Lane "Country Lady" papers from Lili Of The Valley onto cream card.

The 25mm cream satin ribbon and flower shaped pearls are from The Ribbon Girl.

The Roses and 5mm Ivory pearls are from Wild Orchid Crafts and the sentiment ticket is from some stash I won in Liz's magazine giveaway last year.

 

The large butterfly is a freebie in the current issue of Simply Cards & Papercraft and the small butterfly and fern leaves have been punched out with  Woodware punches.

 

 

Inside the card has been decorated.

 

 

Here is a closer look at Bea lying in the flowers.

I have added Ivory pearls and gold Ranger Stickles to the large butterfly and gold Stickles

 along the centre of the small butterfly.

Inside the pansies I have added some Glamour Dust.

 

I think Bea may be looking at the small butterfly! "Sweet!"

 

Our current challenge which is SPRING ends this Sunday 31st March UK time.

Don't forget the clocks go forward this weekend which means more daylight to craft for longer.

Yippee!!!

 

If you want to catch up with all the going ons in the towers this week or maybe want to get some inspiration from the other DT ladies then just pop over HERE

 

Thanks for stopping by and please leave me a comment.

I love comments.

They make me happy!

Thank you.

 

Happy Easter to you!

Crafty hugs

Donna x 

 

 



Everything is rosey!!!

Good afternoon, crafty bloggers.

It's so cold here in Derbyshire even though the sun has been out all day and some of the snow has melted......... The wind is so bitting.

Where is spring?

Anyway I thought I would cheer myself up and make a card featuring Exclusive Poppy Tilda with lots of pink, cream and roses.

 

 

 

I have coloured Exclusive Poppy Tilda with Polychromos pencils and lightly sprayed the image with Crafters Companion Spray & Sparkle.

 

The papers are Panduro Tilda "Kitchengarden" which I have distressed and then inked around the

edges with Tim Holtz Spun Sugar distress ink.

I used cream card to die cut a couple of Magnolia DooHickey floral heart swirls and inked the edges with Spun Sugar distress ink as well.

 

My copy of Simply Cards & Papercraft arrived today with a free butterfly die which I have used and inked around the edges

.I painted pink Ranger Stickles to the centre of the butterfly and added a 3mm pink pearl and a tiny pale pink rhinestone.

 

The tiny butterflies have been punched out using a Woodware small butterfly punch and inked around the edges adding pink Stickles down their centres.

 

The arranged roses are from Wild Orchid Crafts and the flower shaped pearls are from

The Ribbon Girl.

 

 

I have decorated inside the card.

 

 

Here is a close up of Poppy Tilda.

I just love this little lady!

 

 

I am entering my card into the following super challenge;

Midweek Magnolias blogspot. Week 53 "Everythings Coming Up Roses!"

 



 

Enjoy your week!

Thank you for stopping by to visit my blog and thank you for all the lovely comments which I appreciate so much.

 

Crafty hugs

Donna x

 

 

 



Fairytale Friday "Lazy days"

Good morning, crafty bloggers.
It's Fairytale Friday over on the Teddy Bo Challenge blog and today I would like to share my card with you featuring an older but, much loved image of Bo.

I have used this sketch by Dawny P which can be found on
The Papertake weekly BlogSpot.

 

I have used image TEDDYBO_051 "Lazy days" and coloured him with Polychromos pencils.

The papers are NitWitCollections Crab Apple Lane "Country Lady" which can be bought as an

 8"x8" paper pad from Lili Of The Valley.

The lace is from Creative Treasures and the 5mm Ivory pearls are from The Ribbon Girl.

The 20mm and 10mm roses are from Wild Orchid Crafts. I have punched out the leaves and single butterfly with Woodware punches.

The sentiment is a freebie from Birdscards.com.

 

 

As always

I have decorated inside the card to compliment the front.

 

 

With this close up of Bo you can see that I have added Jazz Beadazzles to the centre of the flower and gold Stickles to the inside of the butterfly.

 

I hope you like my card!?!?!

 

Our current challenge which runs until 31st March midnight UK time is

SPRING

Please remember your card must feature a Teddy Bo & Co image.

 

If you are looking for some inspiration then why not pop over and see what the rest of the design team have created for you this week and while you are there you could catch up with all the

 going ons in the towers.

 

 Even though the UK has had lots more snow overnight and here in Derbyshire It's still coming down.

I hope you all have a lovely weekend and keep warm!

Brrrrrrrrrrr!!!

 

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

Crafty hugs

Donna x

 

 

        



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It would be so lovely if you could follow me there too!

 

Crafty hugs

Donna x

Happy Birthday To You!

Good afternoon, crafty bloggers.

I have made a card to celebrate Midweek Magnolias first Birthday.

The birthday blog hop was truly amazing with each design team member generously giving away the most beautiful candy a crafter could dream of.

As I am a fairly new fan to Tilda thanks to my wonderful bloggy friend Kirsty-Anne who introduced me to Tilda before Christmas. I am now totally hooked!

 

 I thoroughly enjoyed hopping along to all of the talented design teams blogs to leave a comment.

So this card is for all the lovely ladies who made me smile with their gorgeous creations.

 

 

I have coloured Tilda With Big Tulip Pot with Polychromos pencils.

The papers I have used are NitWitCollections Crab Apple Lane "Country Lady from

Lili Of The Valley.

 

The lace is from The Ribbon Girl, the flowers, white stamens and 5mm ivory pearls are from

Wild Orchid Crafts.

 

The sentiment is from Cuddly Buddly which I have coloured and matted onto cream card.

 

The butterfly punch is by Woodware which I purchased from Crafts U Love quite a while back.

I have turned up the butterfly wings so it looks as if they are in flight and added

 gold Stickles to their centres.



 

Inside the card has been decorated to compliment the front.

 

 

A close up pic of Tilda.

"Oh, I just want to give her a big hug." Lol x

 

I hope you like my card!?!?!

 

Thank you for stopping by and thanks for all your  lovely bloggy comments.

Enjoy the rest of your weekend.

 

Big crafty hugs

Donna x

 

I am entering my card into the following super challenge:

Midweek Magnolias Challenge. Week# 52 "Happy Birthday"

 

 

I have put this card in my

 ETSY shop

 



 



 

 

 

 

Fairytale Friday "Day dreams in the garden"

Good morning, crafty bloggers.

It's Fairytale Friday over at the Teddy Bo challenge blog and since our challenge this month is

SPRING

I have made a card with one of last weeks new releases just to cheer myself up due to the fact that spring still has not arrived in Derbyshire yet or anywhere else in the UK at the moment I believe.

 

Here is my card.

 

 

I have coloured image TEDDYBEA_259 "Day dreams in the garden"

I have coloured the image with Polychromos pencils, cut around the image and matted it onto

 cream card.

I then cut around the card and added DecoArt Glamour dust to the water sprinkles from the watering can and decorated the centre of the yellow flower with Suze Weinberg's Jazz Beadazzles.

 

The papers are NitWitCollections Crab Apple Lane "Country Lady which are available in an 8"x8" paper pad from Lili Of The Valley.

 

I have used 25mm cream satin ribbon, a metal filigree corner, roses and flower shaped pearls from Wild Orchid Crafts.

 

The pretty daisy lace is from The Ribbon Girl and the sentiment is a freebie from Desert Diva which I have printed in red and matted onto cream card.

 

I punched out the butterflies using a small butterfly punch from Woodware and the Woodland branches either side of the roses is a Martha Stewart punch.

 

 

Inside the card has been decorated to compliment the front.

 

 

Here is a close up of adorable Bea daydreaming!

 

I hope my creation has inspired you to come and join our current SPRING challenge HERE

The challenge runs until March 31st midnight UK time.

Please remember your creation must feature a Teddy Bo & Co image.

 

If you are looking for some more inspiration then why not pop over to the challenge blog and see what the other design team ladies have created this week. You can also catch up with all the

going on's in the towers.

 

Have a lovely weekend.

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

 

Crafty hugs

Donna x

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



Easter bunny Bo!

Good morning, crafty bloggers.

It's Fairytale Friday once again at Teddy Bo towers and today I am sharing with you an Easter card featuring Easter bunny Bo!
This was one of the very first drawn images and I still love it.

 

I have coloured TEDDYBO_005 "Easter bunny Bo" with Polychromos pencils, sprayed the image with Crafters Companion Spray & Sparkle then matted it onto cream card.

 

The pretty papers are NitWitsCollection "Petal Fresh" from Lili Of The Valley.

 

I have die cut two Magnolia Doohickey floral heart swirls and coloured them with a powder blue Promarker pen adding roses and beaded pearls from Wild Orchid Crafts.

 

The metal gold filigree corners are also from Wild Orchid Crafts.

 

The sentiment is a freebie from Desert Diva which I have cut around and matted onto a

 Spellbinders Nestibilites beaded scallop circle die.

 

 

Inside the card has been decorated to compliment the front.

 

 

A close up of Bo.

Just look at the expression on his cute face.

I think he is stuck!

 

Our current challenge is "SPRING" which ends on March 31st at midnight UK time.

There is still plenty of time to enter our challenge so to be in with a chance to win 5 fabulous digital images of your choice simply submit your creation on the Teddy Bo challenge blog but, please remember your creation must feature a Teddy Bo & Co image.

If you are looking for some inspiration then pop over HERE and while you are there you can catch up with all the going ons this week at the towers.

 

Good luck!

 

 

 Please leave a comment as they make me happy.

Thank you.

 

Have a lovely weekend and thanks for stopping by.

 

 

Crafty hugs

Donna x

 

 

 

 

 



 



A card for my beautiful Mum.

Good evening, crafty bloggers.

 

Today I have made my beautiful Mum an easel card for Mother's day featuring

Tilda with love potion.

 

 

I have used 300gsm white Conqueror card for Easel card.

 

I have coloured "Tilda with love potion" with  Polychromos pencils, die cut the image and matted it onto an oval ornate frame by Sizzix which I distressed with some brown ink and lightly sprayed with Crafters Companion Spray & Sparkle.

 

The papers are NitWitCollections Crab Apple Lane "Country Lady" which are sold as a 8"x8" paper pad from Lili Of The Valley.

 

I have used Magnolia Doohickey heart floral swirl dies and inked around the edges.

 

The roses and 5mm Ivory pearls are from Wild Orchid Crafts and the silver metal butterfly charm is from Creative treasures.

 

The 25mm cream satin ribbon and flower shaped pearls are from The Ribbon Girl.

 

The Happy Mothers Day sentiment is a freebie from Birdscards.com. I have matted this onto a Spellbinders Nestibilities oval scalloped die and inked around the edges.

 

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

The sentiment which reads A lucky few have a Mother like you! Is a freebie from Desert Diva.

 

 

 

A closer look at the front of the card.

 

 

The Easel card at an angle.

 

 

A close up of adorable Tilda with love potion.

 

I hope you like my creation and I hope my Mum does too!

 

 

 

I am entering my card into the following super challenges;

The Inky Chicks Challenge #5 Use a Magnolia image

The Ribbon Girl March card challenge. Use ribbon or twine.

Papertake Weekly Challenge "Anything Goes"

 

 

 

Thank you for stopping by and a big thanks for all of your lovely comments.

Enjoy the rest of the week.

 

Crafty hugs

Donna x

 



 

 

 

 

 

 

Teddy Bo Tuesday. New releases and a new challenge.

Good morning, crafty bloggers.

Today is Teddy Bo Tuesday and we have some gorgeous new digital releases for you drawn by our very talented boss Gayle Cook.

 

Here they are.

 

 

It was so hard to choose which one to colour as I always want to colour them all but, I thought with Easter only just around the corner It had to be

 

"Egg masterpiece"

 

 

I have coloured image TEDDYBO_246 with Polychromos pencils, sprayed it with

 Crafters Companion Spray & Sparkle and matted the image onto cream cardstock.

 

The pretty papers are NitwitCollections Crab Apple Lane "Country Lady" from Lili Of The Valley

which have also been matted onto cream cardstock

 

The flowers and metal filigree corner are from Wild Orchid Crafts.

The silver butterfly charm is from Creative Treasures.

The sentiment which has been matted onto cream cardstock is a freebie from Desert Diva.

 

I have cut out the leaves with a Martha Stewart woodland branch punch.

 

 

Inside the card has been decorated to compliment the front.

 

 

As always I have taken a photo of Bo close up.

I love the sparkling shimmer effect!

 

 

We have a new challenge starting today which is  SPRING

We would love to see all your lovely spring time cards.

The challenge ends on 31st March at midnight GMT so there is plenty of time to enter and be in with a chance to win 5 fabulous images of your choice.

 

Please remember your creation must feature a Teddy Bo & Co image.

 

If you are looking for some inspiration then why not pop over HERE to see what the rest of the design team have created for us with the new releases this week.

 

Have a lovely crafty week.

 

Thank you for stopping by and for all the lovely comments.

 

Crafty hugs

Donna x

 

 

 

 

Fairytale Friday "Flowers and gifts!"

Good morning, crafty bloggers.

It's Friday again and the start of another month.

Where did February go?

Once again us ladies at Teddy Bo towers have been busy making cards.

Earlier this week a friend asked me if I could make a Mothers day card for his mum using the same layout that I made for the Magnolia Tilda hiding heart "I love you with all my heart" card a little while ago and here it is.

 

 

I have used image TEDDYBO_237 "Flowers and gifts"

Medium ~ Polychromos pencils

Cream card ~ WHSmith

Papers ~ NitWitCollections Crab Apple Lane "Country Lady"

25mm satin cream ribbon & flower shaped pearls ~ The Ribbon Girl

Roses & antique butterfly charm ~ WOC

Sentiment ~ freebie from BirdsCards.com

 

Ornate edges oval frame ~ Sizzix

Oval scalloped die ~ Spellbinders Nestibilites

Heart swirl branch ~ Magnolia Doohickey

 

The sizzix frame and Magnolia Doohickey heart swirl branches have been distressed with brown ink and I have added a 3mm ivory pearl to the top of the butterfly.

 

 

Inside the card has been decorated to compliment the front.

 

 

A close up of Bo.

 

I am entering my card into the following super challenge;

 Ready teddy go challenge#20 "Mum's the word" 

 

Our current challenge "Anything Goes" ends this Sunday 3rd March so there is still time to enter for a chance to win 5 fabulous digital images of your choice.

Please remember that your creation must feature a Teddy Bo & Co image.

 

If you are looking for some inspiration then why not pop over HERE and see what the rest of the girls have come up with this week and catch up on all the going ons at the towers.

 

 

Thanks for stopping by and for all your lovely comments.

I really do appreciate them all.

 

Have a lovely weekend.

Big crafty hugs.

Donna x