Teddy Bo’s come out to play... :)

Hey Bloggers!! :)


I have a quick share for you today and it's my first card featuring the lovely Teddy Bo :) I've been having probs with using digis for a while as my printer ink suddenly started smearing when I tried to colour- think they must've changed the ink formulation as I was still using the same card and PMs as had always worked in the past... grr!! Anyway, after some very lovely people answered my plea for advice, I tried some different cardstock- something I've been meaning to do to see if it helped with my colouring anyway- and it's all good again... so I've been buying up digis I've had my eye on for ages but not bothered with 'cause of the printer... and one of them was this cutie, which I printed off, coloured and got made up into a card in less than an hour last night... you know now it’s gonna be CAS, right!?!lol :)

The theme over at the Teddy Bo & Co. Challenge this time is, of course, CAS, which is right up my street and I always think these images suit the style so well... so I thought I'd have a go :) I designed the whole panel in my graphics program, adding the frame and greeting to the image- I erased the white edges of the image around Bo where he was overlapping the frame.

I coloured in PMs and was very brave in trying to colour him brown... blending browns is something I've always been terrible at from my first attempts with PMs over 18 months ago, every time I think I've got better with blending generally and I'll try again, it still looks awful... which is why I usually take the easy way out and make my bears grey!!lol Now, I think there's still huge room for improvement but, given all the above and that it's my first try with a Teddy Bo, I think he's come out quite well... well enough that I'm prepared to share and actually make my image into a card at least!!lol


{{ Now I’ve actually remembered that to post a card I need to have taken and edited pics of it- seriously nearly had this ready to hit publish before I thought of that earlier... will teach me to get carried away writing the post on my phone before lunchtime, which is the absolute earliest my M.E.-addled brain will function!! :S – I must add that the tidemarks from the Sandstone PM- always my biggest issue with blending browns but I love the tone it gives!!- don’t look nearly so obvious irl as on these pics!! ;S }}




The List:

• 6"x6 Sq. white base card
• White blending card
• Teddy Bo digi image - No. 049, Just For You
• ProMarkers and FlexMarkers: Bo's fur- Pastel Beige, Sandstone, Caramel, Cocoa; jumper and hat band- Khaki, Pear Green, Moss, Caramel; hat- Khaki, Caramel; flower- Antique White (FM), Pale Blossom (FM), Blossom, Soft Mauve (FM), between lines in frame- Blossom 
• Crystal Stickles and Clear Stardust pen
• Pale Purple flat-backed pearls
• Fonts for sentiment: Andalus, Blackjack

I'd like to enter this card in the following challenges: Teddy Bo & Co. - CAS :) ; OSCC - No Designer Papers :) ; Paper Sundaes - Sundae Bar ('sparkle' on my 'flower' which is part of the image if that's okay?!) :)


So, thanks for stopping by today... I hope you like my little creation!! :) I have pile of digis printed off to play with now that I can finally use them again and I'm having so much fun working on my colouring with them- and now I know I can colour these gorgeous bears passably I'm certain my collection of TBs will be growing soon!!lol :) :) I also have another card inspired by several challenges that I hope I'll be able to get posted in time... I'm feeling really inspired at the mo', which is so lovely... just need more energy and a little less pain so my body has half a chance of keeping up with my mind for creating and posting it all!!lol Anyway, hope you're all well and having a good week so far... and not getting to wet or blown about as we are here, though the sun's actually shining right now (as I wrote this earlier- it's now blowing a gale again!!lol) even if it is still so cold!! :)