Sunday 17 July 2011

I love Teddy...

I really love Teddy Bears.... in my past crafting life, I was a teddy bear maker.  I made tiny little jointed teddies of 3 inches through to big 15 inch teddies... now I just stick to stamped teddies... my favourite being Tatty Teddy... I have a number of digital images, but recently found some stamps by Docrafts available here in New Zealand from Paperzone in Hamilton. I ordered a teddy stamp and a sentiment which arrived yesterday.

Of course I had to ink it up right away. 
Tatty Teddy Birthday
I used Copics to colour in the image and matted it onto the red card.  I decided to offset the panel for a bit of a focal point.  I finished it off with crocheted flower and one of my handmade polymer clay flowers.   I really like how it turned out.  And I hope my friend at work does too... it's her birthday tomorrow so this will be perfect for her.

Had a fun afternoon today... went 10 pin bowling with our family group.  Only two other ladies and 2 kids and us... but we had a fun time.  I struggled a bit getting the angle right ~ a few gutter balls.  Hubby won both games we played.  He's got a good style.  A fun way to spend an afternoon.

Hope you all have a great weekend

Take care

Dawn

7 comments:

Vicky said...

I love teddies too. This card is too cute. Love the flower as well. I'm sure your work friend will love it. :)

Barb said...

Awww, what a cute image that is, Dawn! Love the way you've colored it! The sentiment has such a sweet font too! Hugs! :)

Lisa said...

How fun that you used to make teddies! Now you get to play with them in so many other ways :) This is an adorable imageand I love the crocheted flower!

Isha Gupta said...

This is such a cute card Dawn. Love the coloring and the flower.Lovely clay flower. Do you have a mold for it?? I would love to make these too:))

Nancy K said...

This is such a sweet teddy stamp, Dawn. So fun to hear about your "teddy history"! I love this charming card design, tilting the image with the scallop mat is really effective.

Suzanne C said...

Sweet design! Lovely bear. The sewn bears sound so cute! Ten Pin... We played that one time and it was super fun! Sounds like you had a grand time out!

debby4000 said...

Gorgeous card Dawn, love that bear.
luv
Debby