Cutie Pie Challenge #7

Welcome to our Challenge #7 Use a Sentiment at Cutie Pie Challenge Blog.

Pop over to the Challenge blog to see the wonderful DT cards.

Our sponsors this time are Crafty Emma's Store
and
 Heather Ellis digi stamps

The challenge will be extended to 7th January 2012 and winners to be announced in the new year.
Check out  the Christmas candy on the Cutie Pie Challenge Blog.
Have a Happy Christmas and we will see you all in the new year at Cutie Pie Challenges.
We thank all of you joining us this year, looking forward to exciting new year 2012.

The papers including the sentiment is by Bo Bunny.  I also used Marianne rolled roses, and leaves.

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges:

Teddy Bo Tuesday

Another Tuesday closer to Christmas and Gayle has drawn some amazing festive  images for you.

I'm so loving Teddy Bo skiing and whose that new bear trying to hide in the bottom corner.  I know he's been a hit with the DT girls and if you pop over to the Teddy Bo blog you can see just how versatile this cute guy can be.

Sorry to say I don't have a card to share with you today as I have been helping to organise my Niece's wedding.  Not a big problem except she is living in Devon, getting married here in the north west and she has only been able to come home twice this year!!  Add to that horrendous back pain and everything becomes twice as hard to do.

I'm hoping to get some crafting in this week but as Christmas comes closer we all know how hard it is to get some crafty time in and my back is still recovering so we shall see.

Big hugs

H xx

My Teddy Bo Advent Calendar

When I applied for the Teddy Bo design team I said I wanted to make a Teddy Bo Advent Calendar and today I can finally share it with you all.

The advent calendar is by Kaiserkraft and comes in parts ready for you to assemble and decorate.

I got my advent calendar from Merly Impressions.

Once I got the sides and the boxes complete, the time had come to decide 

which of my wonderful Teddy Bo to use..

I have chosen TEDDYBO_148 and the wall is TEDDYBOBEA_087

I have coloured them with copic's and prisma pencils.

The papers are by DCWV and the numbers are coated in red glitter.

The tree I used to create the scene in the background is a clarity stamp.

The snowballs came from the range and the chocolates came from my Mum.

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges :

Twisted Easel Card Tutorial

Hi there and welcome to my first Teddy Bo tutorial.  I hope you find it easy to use.  If you follow my tutorial and make a card using our wonderful Teddy Bo images, my wonderful boss will very kindly give you a free image.  How good is that??

For this tutorial I have concentrated on how to make the twisted easel card blank and how to make the stopper so your card stay's upright.

• In advance make and decorate two 14cm square panels.  One with your Teddy Bo image on and with just the same backing paper on. 

• Cut a4 card to 29cm by 14.5cm and fold in half.  With the card blank in front of you in pencil mark the fold you need to make and then score.  See photo below.

• Your card blank should now look like this.

• You now need to attach your two square panels that you made at the start to your card blank.  Begin by glueing you plain panel onto the base of your card(the side that has no score line running diagonally across it .

• Now come's the only tricky bit.  Turn your card over so that the base panel is on the left underside and you can see the fold line as in the photo.

• Use glue or tape to attach your prepared card front to only the section shown in red (see photo above)

• You now need to decide which type of stopper you want on your card.  Either a strip of card that matches your card or some sort or round stopper, like a large button or a die cut shape like I have used below.

• Here are photo's to show you the placement of both stoppers so you decide how you would like your card to look.Your stoppers need to be on foam pads as you need it raised up so that it will stop your card falling flat.  I usually use a depth of 2 foam pads.  First the strip stopper.

• And here is the other version of a stopper.

I would like to enter my finished card into the following challenges :

The Day Has Finally Arrived

Suzanne Dean has just released Class 5 of her Copic course..

Suzanne is an amazing colourist and her classes are just brilliant.  She has 5 classes and you can choose which one matches your colouring ability.  You have a full year to complete the class.  Every class has many 30 minute video tutorial's with matching PDF's to help you along the way.  Once you sign up for a class you also have the option to buy the videos for your class so you can always look something up. 

If you are looking to improve your colouring, trust me, she is the best in the business.

What she doesn't know about copic's is just not worth knowing.

Here is Suzanne's blog.  You need to check out it blog, she is very inspiring.

Whilst you are here, did you know the Suzanne also has a Copic Challenge ?

We run bi-monthly challenges and our current one is multi coloured hair.

So grab your pens (you don't have to copic's, you can use promarkers)

and join us, there's some great prizes to be won.

Hugs

H xx

For My Wonderful Husband

On the 24th it was my wonderful Husband's birthday and this is the card I made for him.

This has got to be my most favourite Teddy Bo ever.  Its called TEDDYBOBEA_002, and can be found in the Teddy Bo shop under the bit's and bobs section.

I have coloured them with copic's.
Teddy Bo - E31, 33, 35, - B28, 29, 39
Teddy Bea - E50, 51, 53 - B000, 00, 02

The checker board paper was a gift.  I have layered it with Kanban textured blue mirri card.

The sentiment is from Lili of the Valley.  The striped ribbon is from my stash and it's finished with 4 blue gems.

I would like to enter it into the following challenges :

Pink gem - monochromatic, not Christmas plus sentiment

Crafty Emma's store - special birthdays

Card making mamas - sentiments

Here come the boys - your special man

Hugs

H xx

Funky Hair

We have a brand new challenge over at Color Me Copic  challenge we have a brand new theme.

 ** Multi-Colored Hair / Non Traditional Hair Colors **

This is a FUN CHALLENGE--use colors on hair you wouldn't normally use, mix in lots of colors but just have fun with it! 

You may use any image you like of course but NO BRUNETTES, BLONDES or BLACK Haircolors!!

Here is my image using our super sponsor's Simply Betty Stamps image.

In the image you can see she has a holographic snowflake in her hand.  When you buy the digi she actually comes with a bat on her hand.  I chose to change her into a Christmas image.  I am not happy with this card, and I'm not sure why.

These are the colours I have used.

Skin - E00,13

Hair - V12, 15, 17

Dress - BG32, 23, 34

The papers are Bo Bunny and everything else was from my scrap bit,s drawer.

I would like to enter it into the following challenges :

Creative craft - free for all

Craft your passion - tis the season

Digital Tuesday - a hint of green

Stamptacular - Anything Christmas

2 sisters - holidays

Hugs

H xx