Clipart Fairy January Workshop

Yesterday I spent the day at this month's Clipart Fairy workshop. Once again we made six cards, and if you like the look of any of them then they are available as both interactive and Ready to Print versions.

 All the cards come with matching inserts, and the interactive versions have lots of other bits and pieces too.

Gabriella Big Flower

Big Hearts Kit 1

Creative Easel Top - Tic Tock 3

Rosie Rag doll

Tri-fold Card

Under the Weather

Although it's a very busy day, it's also very enjoyable, and we still find time to chat, don't we Donna!

Just a quick post today as I'm not feeling too good, full of this cold that seems to be doing the rounds.

See you soon,

Hugs

Colette xx

Valentine Coupons

No Polkadoodles card from me today as it is not my teams turn, so instead and carrying on my Valentine themed post from Tuesday, today I have a Valentine Coupon book to show you.

 The book contains twelve coupons and on each one there is a little message saying what you receive when you redeem that token. They can be used in any order, and you can put basically anything at all you want on them, as innocent or as raunchy as you like. Some of mine contain nice simple things, like a kiss, a cuddle, one day with exclusive use of the TV remote, breakfast in bed etc., but there might also be one or two that mention chocolate sauce ;-)!!!

TEDDYBOBEA-098 coloured in photoshop

Papers Echo Park digital papers - Yours Truly

Filigree heart Die - Memory Box

Silver glitter paper - Hobbycraft store

Metallic cords and gems - MeiFlower

If you like the image but don't do colouring then check out the store this Tuesday for the coloured version of both the one above and Teddy Bo cupid from my last post, and the 25% off sale is still running until the 6th February, so plenty of time to grab yourself a bargain.

If you have a few minutes to spare pop over to the Teddy Bo Challenge blog for this weeks instalment of Fairy Tale Friday, which involves a black cat, bruised kneecaps and cupid!?!?!?

I'm off to a Clipart Fairy Workshop tomorrow, so I will be back on Sunday to show you all the fabby cards we made.

See you then,

Colette xx

Teddy Bo Tuesday

It's been very cold here the last couple of days, so I haven't left the house, just stayed inside in the warm and crafted.

Here is my card using one of this week's new graphics. I asked Gayle for Teddy Bo as cupid, but for some reason Gayle had brain freeze and drew him without wings. So I sent her a picture of exactly what I wanted and she came up with the goods.

I made a spinner card, spin the wheel and wherever the arrow points is what you get.

Unfortunately I didn't have enough room to add, wild, unabandoned, passionate love making, including the use of chocolate sauce!!! LOL! so had to do with kiss me, hold me, hug me, love me ;-(

TEDDYBO-171 coloured digitally

 Echo Park digtal papers - Yours Truly

Pearl brad - Hobby House

Ribbon and ribbon slides - MeiFlower

What's new in store?

and don't forget there is still 25% off the digital products, go grab yourself a bargain.

if you would like it then here's the spinner, just right click and save as.

I do have a slightly raunchier version, it only has two choices and they both have chocolate sauce in them, one also contains whipped cream!!!. If you want it, email me,( my address is in my profile) put spinner in the subject line and I will send it to you.

Head over to the Teddy Bo challenge blog and check out the wonderful inspiration from my teamies, plus there is still a week left to join in our birthday blog hop, and our month long Anything Goes challenge has three more weeks to go, so plenty of time to get your entries in.

I am entering my card into the following challenges

Digital Tuesday - include a digital element - #143 Romantic Cards

Paperminutes - #200 Party time- Anything Goes

Daisy Doodles Creative Challenge -(must use digi) -Anything Goes

Lexi's Creations -  Anything Goes

Make it Monday - always Anything Goes

MyGrafico -  Love and Valentines 

Truly Madly Crafty Challenges -  Anything Goes

Have a great day

hugs

Colette xx

Birdies and Bunnies

My hubby was planning to clean the pond this weekend, he likes to try and do it before the frogs turn up and make babies, last year he was too late, as by February we had tons of frog spawn, and he doesn't like to disturb it.

He decided to get up early Saturday morning and get stuck in, only to find that the pond was frozen solid and didn't thaw all day.

He's hoping to have better luck next weekend as it definitely needs a good clean.  In the Autumn my grandson Will was playing out in the garden with his friend Harry and all Will's wrestling figures, boys being boys, for some reason they decided it would be great fun to throw them into the pond, all 20 of them! my hubby only managed to rescue about four of them so there are still 16 wrestlers laying in the silt at the bottom of the pond, cold, wet, lonely and uncared for, at least they have each other for company LOL!

Goodness knows what state they are going to be in when they are rescued,

they'll probably only be fit for the bin!

My hubby ended up cleaning the fish tanks instead, at least they are indoors where it is nice and warm!

Anyway onto today's cards. I have been playing with some more Clipart Fairy goodies

and have made three cards.

Card number one uses the Book-a-Easel Pages - One Big Flower  this is an interactive set, so you need to have a program for re-sizing the pages. There is a matching graphic to go with the pages, but I used a bunny from Bunnie Stiches Shab-b-ness 5, there are five other colours of bunnies to choose from.

Each page is edged in glamour dust, and is shaped and layered, the sentiment is computer generated.

I usually make these up as Easel cards, but I decided I fancied a change with this one and made it into a tent card instead. 

Gingham Ribbon, gems and flower ribbon slider are from MeiFlower.

I decided to photograph it at an angle to try and show the shaping and layers, not sure it worked though.

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I also made two cards using Spring has Sprung papers and Summer Birdy graphics. There are 48 papers in the set for only £3.00 and 6 birdies in the graphics set for only 65p, great value for money.

Card  number two, is a simple square shape, plain and patterned papers have been printed onto card 

then matted and layered to make up my design.

I used spellbinders dies for the frame and sentiment circle, sentiment is computer generated.

The daisies are made with Die-Namics Upsey Daisies dies.

Bird charm, metallic cord and pearls, coloured with Azure Promarker, are from MeiFlower

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Card number three, uses papers and graphic from the same sets as card number two.

I have used the GoKreate XL windows 2 for the curved shapes

GoKreate scalloped circles for the frame

Spellbinders circle die for the mat

and the same Upsey Daisies die as above for the daisies.

Gems are from MeiFlower

I love the birdy images, they are just soooo cute!

I hope you've enjoyed looking at today's offerings.
Enjoy what's left of the weekend.
Hugs, Colette xx

Polkadoodles Vintage Challenge

This week it's my team's turn for the Polkadoodle challenge, although we have been hi-jacked by Fliss, who's daughter is celebrating her 21st birthday, Fliss wanted us to make cards in the style her daughter likes which is

Vintage or Retro

I have sort of made a vintage card, at least it has vintage cars on it, does that count LOL!

Everything comes from the Not for Girls CD, I printed one of the plain papers straight onto card to give me my background and then everything else was layered on top. I also used some grosgrain ribbon from MeiFlower and some brads and a mini bulldog clip which I found in my stash to finish it off.

Have you seen the new Polkadoodle magazine that is available for pre-order, it comes with an A6 set of polymer stamps and 10 A4 papers. The magazine has 12 step by step tutorials and inspiration on how to use your kit. Check it out here.

Head over to the Polkadoodles blog and check out the fabulous inspiration from the rest of my teamies and you have until Sunday 22nd Noon GMT to get your challenge entries in.

D'arcy's Diaries Open for Business

You may have noticed the D'arcy's Diaries Logo in my side bar, well today is the day folks, the grand opening of the D'arcy's Diaries store, brought to you straight from the pen of the Teddy Bo creator Gayle!

D'arcy's Diaries

You may have already noticed quite a few of these images about as I know the DT have been having fun playing with them and spreading them around blog land. You may even have seen a couple of the images on cards on my blog a week or two ago, that was a bit of a sneak peek,

but now they are out there in the big wide world for everyone to own, and you won't be sorry, the images are beautiful and such a pleasure to colour, and I'm sure you will come to love D'arcy as much as I do.

I have another card to show you today, made especially for the launch, I hope you like it!

This is D'arcy DD_02 - coloured in Photoshop in my favourite colours turquoise and lilac/purple

Papers - Nitwits - Promises Kit

Sentiment and oval frame - Kay Miller - Hopes and Dreams

Rolled roses - Marianne Creatables die

Foliage thingies - Marianne Creatables die - Leaves

Charms, metallic cord and gems - MeiFlower

Now although I have both a big shot and a Grand Calibur (Santa brought it), I actually cut each of the scalloped layers and the frame out by hand, as I didn't have dies in the size I wanted,

so if I never see another scallop ever  again, it won't be too soon!!! LOL!

Check out all the fabulous creations made by the rest of the DT here.

If you want a chance to win some candy, including a Teddy Bo digi image then go to this post HERE

I am entering this card into the following challenges

Anything Goes Challenge - Anything Goes at Anything Goes

Paper Take Weekly - Die Cute Special (Use a Die Cut & Make it Cute)

Shopping Our Stash - #34 All That Glitters, Sparkles Or Shines

Crafty Bloggers Network - Anything BUT Square

Make it Monday - always Anything Goes
Some Odd Girl - "Bling It Up" 
Little Darlings Challenges - #15 favorite color (my favourite colour combo)
My Mum's Craft shop - #39 girls
Top Tip Tuesday -  #67 Anything Goes

Woohoo! Teddy Bo first birthday Challenge and blog hop

This post will stay at the top until the blog hop is over, scroll down for other posts.

Can you believe it's been a whole year since Teddy Bo and Teddy Bea took their first tentative steps out into the big scary world of digital stamps and look how far they've come in that time. I have been there from the very beginning when we started out with a small DT of about six, (we've lost a couple along the way, although there are still four of us on the present DT),  the bears' popularity has gone from strength to strength and we now have more than double that amount.

Of course a birthday needs a celebration so hop along with the Teddy Bo Birthday Blog hop, 

 enter the draw for the fabulous Teddy Bo Birthday Candy.

and be sure to enter our month long Anything Goes Challenge, to win the fabulous Teddy Bo 10

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We've a lot to get through today so let's start off with my card for this week.

I have made a window card using one of this week's new releases

Now you're looking at this card and thinking that's not a window card, you are, aren't you?! go on, admit it,

well it is a window card honestly! it's just that the window isn't on the front of the card...

It's inside!

Peeking through the window you can see Teddy Bea giving Teddy Bo her heart, awwww!

Flip it over and the floral heart is framed beautifully in the window, clever or what!

TEDDYBO_166  - coloured in Photoshop

TEDDYBOBEA_089single - I removed the ring and replaced it with a heart
Paint splats and drips, made by me in Photoshop

Papers, floral heart, swirls, cherish word art - Kay Miller - Simple Pleasures kit.

Spellbinders Labels 22 die used for page tab

X-cut nesting dies ornate frame - window and frame.

Martha Stewart border punch

Pearl hearts and gems -MeiFlower

Card candy - stash.

Check out this weeks new releases and the 25% off digital graphics birthday sale.

And now it's time to get hopping........

Start at the Teddy Bo Challenge Blog and then follow each of the DT blogs in order.

Collect a letter  from each of the DT blogs . . . keep these in a SAFE PLACE  as you will need to re-arrange these letters at the end of the blog hop to make a mystery phrase!!!! Can't say any more !!!

Each DT member is offering a prize along the hop, so make sure you’re a follower and leave a comment on each of their blogs to be in with a chance of winning your choice of a Teddy Bo digital graphic.

 

Re-arrange your collected letters and leave a comment on the Teddy Bo challenge blog telling us what the mystery phrase is.

The blog hop will end on Monday 23^rd January (noon GMT), so you have a while to enter and hop along with us!

If you have arrived here from Nela's blog then you are heading in the right direction.

My Letter is

As I am the last stop on the hop you should now have all your letters, re-arrange them into a simple two word phrase and then head back to The Teddy Bo Challenge blog to leave a comment containing your answer, if this is your first stop on the hop head over to the challenge blog and start from there.

Good luck!

If you get lost, or if a link doesn't work (we are all on different time zones), go back to the Teddy Bo Challenge blog to get the next link.

I also have some extra candy. 

As well as the Teddy Bo graphic my winner will also get today's card, and some crafting goodies, including everything below and a few extra things not shown.

Happy Hopping!

Colette xx