A quick card...

Birthdays happen every year on the same day so you know they are coming. Well we do have 364 days warning. But still I sometimes leave birthday card making to the last minute so a quick card is required.

This is a quick card I make using the cute Tatty Teddy range. I used squares of Tatty Teddy patterned paper and also co-ordinating lilac card. Tatty Teddy, greeting and the butterflies and dragonfly are chipboard shapes. I added my favourite faux stitching around the edge of the squares. To finish I added gems and diamond Stickles to the butterflies and dragonfly..

Monochrome Tatty Teddy

These are two card I have make for DoCrafts Creativity Club challenge. The theme of the challenge is monochrome cards with a bit of bling. Although the theme was monochrome I just had to colour in Tatty Teddy's nose blue. I tried to leave it but he just didn't look right without his little blue nose.

The stamp set I use for both cards is the Creativity Club exclusive Tatty Teddy Winter Wonderland stamps.

For my first card I used just the snowflake stamps. I used a black Memento ink pad to stamp the images. For blink I added gems and diamond Stickles.



For my second card I used the Tatty and snowbear stamp. I coloured in the image with ProMarkers. For blink I added diamond Stickles.



To finish both cards I added a strip and bow of black spotty ribbon. Around the edges of the card I added white and black dots.

Winter Wonderland

This card was made using a new set of Tatty Teddy stamps called 'Winter Wonderland'. They are available exclusively to DoCrafts Creativity Club members. It's a lovely set of stamps. There's such a range of sizes from small bear stamps to the largest one that I have used on my card. There's also greetings and snowflake stamps. SO everything you'll need to stamp some lovely designs.



I stamped Tatty with a black Memento ink pad and coloured him in with ProMarkers. I added Glossy Accents to his buttons and nose. I added diamond Stickles to the boots and Polar White FlowerSoft for the snow under his feet. I also stamped the greeting in black.



For the background I used the snowflake stamps form the set. I stamped them with a VersaMark ink pad and heat embossed them with Silver WOW embossing powder. I mounted this onto a panel of pink card. I added a piece of pink ribbon across the top corner. I added this all onto a scalloped card blank. I attached a bow tied with the same ribbon. To finish I added a gem and faux stitching.

Katy's weekly challenge

This is my card for Katy's weekly challenge on the DoCrafts website. This week's challenge is a sketch challenge.

I begun by stamping my three Tatty Teddy images with a black Memento ink pad. I coloured the images in with ProMarkers. To follow the sketch I cut out the images into square shapes and mounted them on grey card panels.



I cut a square panel of turquoise card for the background. I cut a panel of spotty and flower papers from the Tatty Teddy range. I mounted both of these onto grey card. I added these to the turquoise panel. Across the top corner I added a strip of ribbon and a greeting tag. I also added a bow tied from the same ribbon.



To finish the card I added faux stitching, a gem and flowers cut from the patterned paper.

Creativity! Club challenge

I was lucky enough to win the last Creativity! Club challenge on the DoCrafts website, with my handmade flower card.

I am now hosting the next challenge and this is my card for the challenge. The theme of the challenge is 'baby cards but not using blue or pink colours' so it would need to be suitable for a boy or a girl. I chose this theme as my first baby is due this Sunday (15th May) and I don't know if it's a boy or a girl so the theme seemed an obvious choice.



I have chosen to use green colour scheme for my card. I begun my stamping the Tatty Teddy image. This stamp is free on the current edition of Creativity! magazine. He was coloured in with ProMarkers. I added Glossy Accents to his nose. I mounted him onto panels of green and silver card.

I added a panel of green gingham paper by Forever Friends to a square card blank.



I punched a strip of white and pale green card with my Stampin' Up eyelet punch. I added these to the card. I covered a strip of silver card with green ribbon. I tied a bow with the same ribbon. I added this and a Forever Friends greeting tag to the card. To finish I added buttons and diamond gems.

Tatty Teddy's back again!

I enjoyed making my Tatty Teddy card so much yesterday that he's back again today on two more cards! I'm entering these cards into the Tatty Teddy sketch challenge on the DoCrafts website.

For both cards I begun by stamping the Tatty image. The stamp is called 'Gift for you'. They were stamped with a black Memento ink pad and coloured in with ProMarkers. I used Cool Grey 1-3 and Powder Blue for Tatty. I added black Sakura pen to the eyes. The Kraft card blanks I used are both by Papermania.



For my first card I chose to use a pastel coloured scheme. The greeting and the embossing folder I used are both from the free gift in this month's DoCrafts magazine, Creativity! The coloured panels are Core’dinations Whitewashed card stock. After they were embossed I sanded the panels and tore the edges to expose the coloured background.



I used Fiskers 'bat wing' scissors to get the torn look edge to the Tatty image. I made the button from layers of card. I added a layer on Glossy Accents on the top of the button and ribbon to finish. The card were finished by adding Stickles to the main image and faux stitching with a brown fineliner.

For my second card I chose to use a pale green coloured scheme.



The patterned paper I used is also part of the Tatty Teddy range. I mounted the patterned papers onto silver card. I added a strip of ribbon and bow to the main image. To finish I added a circle greeting from Craftwork Cards.

Tatty Teddy

This is my card for Clare's weekly challenge on the DoCrafts website. This week's the challenge is a sketch challenge. I have used the new range of Tatty Teddy stamps and patterned papers for the card. I love this little bear so as soon as they said they were releasing craft items I knew I just had to have them!



I begun by stamping the bear image with a Black Memento ink pad. I coloured him in with ProMarkers. I used Cool Grey 1-3 for the bear and Powder Blue for his nose. I added Glossy Accents to his blue nose and gold Stickles to the centre of the flower. I mounted the images on layers of dark pink and silver card.



All the background papers are part of the Tatty Teddy range. The tiny pink pad was also part of the paper pack. The greeting is a peel-off.