Sunday Spotlight

 

Hello my lovely Teddy Bo friends

It´s time for another Sunday Spotlight and today we showcase the adorable creations of Marijke

   

That is what Marijke tell us about herself and her creativity

 

my name is marijke van der heiden -engering
my age is 58  and live in a town names Schiedam in the Netherlands
married to mari  for 38 years now and still very happy together , well I am, I think he is too hahahaha

 

we have two wonderfull kids who both have their own lifes now, a son who is married and has two children a boy and a girl and a daughter who lives with her boyfriend for a few years now ( no wedding plans hahaha)

 

in our house are two cats , Gizmo and Sammie, my biggest fans if I am in my hobby room , love to help me with the ribbons and pieces of paper hahaha

I really got addicted to scrapping  , it all happened a few years ago when my sister was here for a sad reason, our father had died and when she stayed here in our house for a few of days she told me all about scrapbooking and that was the beginning of it all

 

before that I already had made all kinds of cards but also made dolls and did a lot of embroidering specially the american patterns, the angels, now that I think of it  just as far as I can remember I always made things from kindergarten till now, even have been a hairdresser for several years way back in the past so that was also working with my hands creating things ;0)

 

my hobby is like therapy for me , have had some health problems  in 2003 nd in 2008 ( doing very fine now ) but it kept me going , I am not a person that can sit still reading books my hands have to be working , doing and making things  so when I had the two strokes my hobby  kept me going working on my hand nd head with a lot of help of the therapist and now everything is back to normal again, for a few years now to be honest, thats why I Love angels they were watching over me both times

 

can't imagine a life without my hobby

 

greetings from the netherlands
marijke

 For this fantastic card Marijke used the image

TeddyBo_112 *Sugar plum fairy* ...

... on this wonderful card she used

TeddyBo_146 *Christmas Bo Elf* ...

... on this  gorgeous card Marijke used

TeddyBoBea_071 *Letter swap* ...

... and for this adorable card she used

TeddyBea_158 *Wherever I lay my hat...*

More of the fantastic work of Marijke you can admire on her blog

http://scrappenfreubelen.blogspot.com/

Many thanks to you Marijke for letting us showcase your fantastic creations. It was a great pleasure for us!

Thanks so much for stopping by and I wish you all a beary creative week ;0)

 

Saturday Sneak Peeks.....

Last week's sneak peeks were a little tricky so

we went a little easy on you this week :P

:)Kathy

Another Week Another Thursday It's....................

I really don't know where the weeks are going - at this rate it'll soon be time for the "C" word and I don't mean camel!!!???!!!

With that in mind we have a fantastic tutorial which you could use to make a relatively inexpensive gift look worth a fortune by our very own Jill.

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Good morning friends!

Today I will show you how I do my bookcards.

It is a perfect gift with some chocolate or maybe crafting stuff

for one of your friends for Christmas!

I got a bookcard from Helle for my birthday and I measured it up to find out how she did it, and now I just love doing them!

You need:

Scoreboard

Cutting surface

Glue (I use my ATG)

Glossy accents for gluing the booksides (or similar)

Image, I used TEDDYBO_146 from Teddy Bo & CO, found here

Bazzill for the cardbase

Designer papers - I used Lost and found 6x6 paperpad from My minds eye

Aquarellpapers for the booksides, mine is 180gr.

Ribbons, lace

Embellishments. pearls, flowers,gems, bling or whatever your heart desires!

First you have to do is to make the booksides:

You need to cut from the aquarellpaper:

2 pieces of 4" x 9 2/4"

2 pieces of 5" x 9 2/4"

And then you score every 1/2" on all four papers.

Now it looks like this:

If you like an old look to it,distress all the edges with distress ink, I used Frayed Burlap 

This picture shows all four sides and my base 

Now you glue the sides together :)

Start with one short and one long and put it together in the end.

I found out this was the most easy way doing it.

Work it together and glue only at the ends.

It is important that you see that it is straight before you put on the glue!

For the base of the bookcard

you need cardstock that measures 5 1/2" x 9 1/2"

and you score at 4 1/4" and 5 1/4"

You see it under the booksides on my pics...

Cut all your layers and glue it on the base, on the inside first

and then glue the booksides to the base.

Before you layer the outside with your designer paper, remember to glue in the ribbon as it is to close the book...
  Now you just embellish your bookcard any way you want!

This is how mine turned out:

Front

Side

Back

And the inside :)

If anyone is interested, the Copics I have used:

Teddy Bo: E44-43-42-40, R20

Clothes: R59-46-29

W5-3-1-0

YG95-93-91

White shirt: E81-W0-Blender0

Shadows around: W5-3-1-0 and YG93-91

  Hopefully you didn't fall asleep with all those pictures :)

Hope you will try out my tutorial and we will love to see what you come up with.

If you show us your homework using my tutorial Gayle will send you a free graphic!

How great is that!

Have a nice day and happy crafting :)

Hugs, Jill

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Well I think that just about covers everything for now - how nice would one of those bookcards filled with chocolate be???!!!???

Yum Yum Yum

There are still a few days to enter our Clean and Simple challenge we've had some marvellous entries so far. Don't be frightened of entering if you think your card is too fancy - we struggled with leaving things off as well.

Have a great week!

Wordy Wednesday

Good morning and welcome to another Wordy Wednesday. This week we are going to look at some quotes about 'Children and Childhood'.

It's no secret that as we grow older some of the wonder and magic of all that surrounds us fades with the pressures of life and the business of each day. There's nothing quite like looking at the world through the eyes of a child. Some of the quotes are funny, some thought provoking, some tongue-in-cheek and I selected just a few of my favourites. I hope you find one that triggers that forgotten wonder if only for a moment.

'Kids: they dance before they learn there is anything that isn't music' ~ William Stafford

'Every child comes with the message that God is not yet discouraged of man.' ~ Rabindranath Tagore

'Boy, n. : a noise with dirt on it.' ~ Not Your Average Dictionary

'Youth is a wonderful thing. What a crime to waste it on children.' ~ George Bernard Shaw

'Children seldom misquote. In fact, they usually repeat word for word what you shouldn't have said.' ~Author Unknown

'While we try to teach our children all about life,

Our children teach us what life is all about' ~ Angela Schwindt

'A child seldom needs a good talking to as a good listening to.'~ Robert Brault

'A rose can say I love you,

orchids can enthrall,

but a weed bouquet in a chubby fist,

yes, that says it all.' ~ Author Unknown

'Having a two-year-old is like having a blender that you don't have the top for.' ~ Jerry Seinfeld

'There are no seven wonders of the world in the eyes of a child. There are seven million.' ~ Walt Streightiff

'If you haven't time to respond to a tug at your pants leg, your schedule is too crowded.' ~ Robert Brault

'A little girl is sugar and spice and everything nice - especially when she's taking a nap.' ~ Author Unknown

'There was never a child so lovely but his mother was glad to get him to sleep.' ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

Thank you for joining us today. Have a good one!

Edna x

Teddy Bo Tuesday (CAS Mid Challenge Reminder)

Good Morning to you all!!!

It's nearly Halloween...oooooh, what a fabulously scary time of year!!!  Not too sure what I'm dressing up as yet......there are lots of costumes at Teddy Bo Towers, but only if you like to wear knitted rubber costumes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

We have 2 new girlies on the DT AND one of them lives very close to the Towers (which makes it easy for her to escape  go home at night!!)  Liz (Buttons for Brains) has joined us and you can see her lovely card below.  Liz has a wonderful way with very bright colours.  Renee (Creative Paint & Paper) has also joined us and what Renee can do with her little mini albums is just spectacular.  Thank you ladies for joining us..x

So, what's new in the store this week?

Now....wait to you see what our wonderful DT has made this week to inspire you....x

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Clairebears x

  I have used the gorgeous Teddy Bo 146 and the oh so cute Teddy Bea 162, I have coloured them both with Promarkers and the paper is from my local craft shop, sorry I don't have a name. I have also added a little red and green card  as well as die cut tree's and a bit of ribbon. I love them and the colours!

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Helle

I've used TeddyBea_162 today,super sweet ♥

Used my pencils,added some glitter to her flowers,wings and candle.

On the edges I've used Snow paint,a white paint with sand into,from Panduro :)

I've also used 2 different diese from Marianne Design.

Ribbons and flowers are from my box of leftovers

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Jill

I have used TEDDYBEA_161

Coloured with Copics

Papers from Poppy design, *my Christmasfavorite*

Christmas rub ons from MF

Pearls and that's it!

Short list on theese CAS cards :)

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Nicole

 I´ve played with TeddyBo_146
coloring with Prismas

the cardstock I´ve used is from SU

backing paper by Webster´s pages

sentiment: pp-stamps

embellies: brads

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Colette

I have used one of this week's new images TEDDYBOBEA_081, coloured in Photoshop,
Martha Stewart's Layered Arches border punch,
ribbon from MeiFlower.
I used Bingo Stars font (DaFont) for the Merry Christmas.

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Liz

TeddyBoBea 081
Copics/Prismacolour pencils
I think the circle/heart die is Marianne something or other
Embossing folder, hearts?
Button twine
Craftwork cards sentiment

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Renee

 I used Stampin Up! Paper, well worn. Colored with Promarkers. I used Ice Stickles for the snow and snow flakes. Clear Dew drops for snowflake centers. I cut the snowflakes with my whimsy stamps winter's jewel 1 die. And the smaller with the martha Stewart punch. Most importantly i used  TeddyBea_161.

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Nela

I've used:
BoBeaTabs_005
Embossing folder Cuttlebug Swiss dotsEmbossing folder Craft concepts In stitches

Promarker
lilac ribbon
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Hazel

I have coloured TEDDYBO_149 with a mixture of Prisma pencil's and copic's. I've added glamour dust to his hat and ice stickles to the snow at his feet.  I have gone over his paint with glossy accents to give it some shine as you can see in the second photo. The lattice edge is made using my new Martha Stewart deep lattice edge punch and that's it, nice and clean and simple.

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Maritha

Green and gray Promakers

The background I have stamped and embossed with clear embossing

and then distressed with green.

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Debbie

This is my favourite Bo ever - TEDDYBO_051 with no paper just mounted on dark blue card and with 3 gems added. The sentiment is actually a Christmas one from Imagine That

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Edna


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Tammy

Something I havent made for years - infact it was way back in my Daisy Day's.

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Remember Ladies and Gents, you still have until Sunday night to enter our current challenge which is Clean And Simple....couldn't be easier!!!!!!!!!   And it's 10 Teddy Bo Graphics to the winner...so what are you waiting for!??!?!??!

Remember to pop back to the blogs every day to find some inspiration...or why don't you join us on our Facebook page???

Catch you soon.....Gayle and the Gang..x

Saturday Sneak Peeks.....

Hello!!!!

Here are this week's sneak peeks!!

They are all so cute and I promise you will LOVE them!!!!

I think some of them are easy enough to guess

and some are not!! LOL

Enjoy!!!



It's Thursday so it's Time For............................

Thank you for sharing your bookmarks last week. It's always great to nip over and see what you're making with our little furry friends.

This week we have a brilliant altered item tutorial from Edna. you'll be glad to see that she recovered admirably from "The Wedding" !!!???!!!

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Hi and welcome to Top Tips Thursday. We are going to alter a clipboard this week and I've kept the instructions short and sweet as I think a picture says a lot more. :)

I've chosen a Woodware A5 clipboard and the ready-coloured Teddy Bea image 122. This is the finished article. Let's get started!

You will need :-

1 A5 size clipboard

Teddybo image

Designer papers - I used First Edition's Bird song

Trim

Seam binding

Post It or sticky notes

Marianne Chinese rose die; leaves set

Spellbinders labels 22 and oval nesties

White acrylic paint - I used Aleene's

I have placed the instructions from here on in the picture so I hope you can follow it alright. :)









I hope you have a lot of fun decorating your clipboard. We would love to see what you make this week. Thank you for joining us!

Edna x

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That looks like a great idea but as I have the decorators in at the moment am really fed up with the sight (and smell) of white paint so may use another colour instead.

We would love to see what you create and if you do decide to hand in your homework using the linky thing below and use a Teddy Bo image you will receive a cute little furry one for free.




 

Have a fantastic week!

Hugs

Debbie xx