Crafty Little Fairies Challenge - Teddies!

Good morning everyone,

Hope everyone reading in the UK is safe and well after the horrendous gales we had last night ... here in the North West it was absolutely wild, but at least we're not in the desperate situation of people in some parts of the country who have had weeks of flooding ... so keep safe everyone!

It's Thursday, which means of course it's time for another Crafty little Fairies Challenge ... with the Pink Fairies in the chair this week.  We so enjoyed looking at your lovey-dovey creations for last week's challenge - don't forget to check on the main challenge blog whether you are a prize winner.

This week we have another cute theme ...

Teddies

And we are thrilled this week to have not one but two sponsors ...

Live & Love Crafts

Marianne Design.

Please don't forget that in order to be eligible for these fab prizes you will need to use a stamped image (digis are fine) on your creation, and submit a new project - no backlinking please!!

How sweet is this week's theme?? Reviewing my recent care output I think that most of my favourite stamps are teddy images, so I certainly had plenty to choose from when I came to make my card. This week it's just a fairly simple card from me as the past couple of weeks have somehow flown away .. not sure what i've been doing but I've been very busy doing it lol!) Anyhow, here is what I did ...

Stamps: Stampavie "Teddie's Stocking" and sentiment by Perfectly Clear Stamps;

Media: Promarkers and Flexmarkers;

Papers: Forever Friends "Kraft notes";

Supplies: poinsetta flowers and ribbon from Hobbycraft; pearls from The Hobby House.

I made a little secret pocket for my tag ...

Challenges:
CRAFT#246 - Christmas

Simon Says (Wednesday) - Get Krafty

Simon Says (Monday) - We Love Stamps

Dream Valley - TAG You're It!

Crafty Creations #256 - For The Birds

ABC - E is For Embellish

(flowers, ribbon, pearls)

Craft Your Passion #200 - Pick Any Challenge from the Past 12 months

(I picked #158 - Adorable Animals)

Little Red Wagon #224 - Pocket

Sparkles Christmas #37 - Anything Goes

The Hobby  House Challenge - Anything Goes

Thanks so much for visiting today - hope you can join in with this week's challenge.

Hugs,

Christmas Stocking

Hi everyone .... well I haven't posted for a while as I just got back on Friday night from a 10 day holiday in Majorca. We were really ready for it after the difficult summer we've had; and we had a great time even though the weather was a bit mixed. Needless to say I've been pretty busy this weekend with unpacking and laundry (I'm sure dirty holiday clothes multiply in the case on the way home!!); but inbetween all that I have managed to sort out this week's DT work and also make an additional card.

 

It's fair to say that I'm rather behind with my Christmas makes ... so I'm determined to start making more of an effort to get on top of the situation!

 

Here's a card using this adorable teddy stamp sent to me last Christmas by my lovely friend Jennifer ... I really love this image, he just has the cutest little face!  This card was really quick to make as I had already coloured the image some time ago :-)

My only concern is that foer some reason the pictures look MUCH brighter when imported into this post than they do on my PC .... don't understand!!

 

Stamps: Stampavie "Teddie's Stocking"; LotV "Christmas Sentiment Tags";

Media: Promarkers and Flexmarkers;

Papers: My Mind's Eye (holly) and Dovecraft (damask);

Supplies: Poinsetta by Crafts4U2Do; pearls by Wild Orchid Crafts and The Hobby House; ribbon from my stash;

Tools: Spellbinders "Floral Ovals" die.

 

Challenges:

Christmas Cards #43 - Sketch

 

Creative Card Crew #45 - Christmas

ABC Christmas - S is for Stockings

Winter Wonderland - The Holly & the Ivy

Stamping Sensations (September) - Poppy Inspired

(I have been inspired by the red of the flowers and green in the picture)

Creative Romance - Dies & Punches

Oldie But A Goodie - Dies & Punches

Fussy & Fancy Friday #98 - Punches & Dies

Crimbo Crackers #50 - Quick & Easy

CSAYL #34 - Christmas Cheer (Anything Goes)

That's all for today. Back to work today so little time for crafting :-(

Hugs,

Teddie With Stocking

Good evening everyone - just a quick post from me this evening ... first day back at work after my mega sniffles and boy am I tired!!

Every year I promise myself that I am going to crack on with my Christmas cards during the year rather than getting into a complete lather come November ... but alas every year is the same and my New Year resolution crashes and burns!! This year I really have no excuse for not getting started though, as I received a fabulous package of stamps for Christmas from my lovely friend Jennifer which included the most adorable Christmas stamp imaginable ... and here it is.

Isn't teddie totally the cutest?? This really was a wonderful Christmas surprise from a fantastic friend :-)

I have to admit though, one of the reasons that I tend to shy away from cards using the colour red is that for some reason the photographed colour never seems to come out right ... all the reds on the card are somewhat darker than the photo shows.

Stamps: Stampavie "Teddie's Stocking"; sentiment by Crafter's Companion;

Media: Promarkers and Flexmarkers; Stickles on flower and birdie's hat;

Supplies: poinsetta flower from Crafts4U2Do; gems from The Hobby House; ribbon from my stash;

Tools: "Decorative Labels Eight" nestabilities; Cheery Lynn "Holly Flourish" die; Cuttlebug "Holly Ribbons" embossing folder.

Challenges:

Allsorts #195 - Animals

I ♥ Promarkers #156 - Four Legged Friends

Little Red Wagon #115 - Totally Teddies

Forever Friends Fortnightly #56 - Bears

Oldie But A Goodie - Bright Colours

Kaboodle #160 - Use Any Bling

The Pink Elephant #188 - Anything Goes

Sparkles Christmas #25 - Anything Goes

Until tomorrow, when I'll be back with another Papertake Weekly Guest Designer card.

Hugs,