First Teddy Bo card

Well to be more precise it's actually Teddy Bea. I bought some Teddy Bo images a few months ago and although I printed some of them right away, I wasn't sure how to go about colouring them so they got left and then buried under other stuff.

When they surfaced yesterday (gasping for breath) I decided to go for it and use one to make a card for the current challenge at Teddy Bo and Co which is 'My Favourite Colour', so green it had to be.

A lot of people seem to use pencils for these cute bears - Prismas in fact - but as I don't have any Prismas and not wanting to use watercolour pencils in case the water made the ink run, I decided to have a go with Promarkers.

My first attempt went in the bin as I wasn't happy with the shading - to be honest I'm not totally happy with this one either but it's an improvement on the first and does look better in real life.

The layout was done to fit a sketch challenge at Clean & Simple Stamping, but although I don't go in for really fussy layouts, I think this is perhaps a bit too clean and simple. I'll probably add a few buttons or brads to this card before sending it to someone.

The white base card is A5 size and the patterned paper is from a free digital kit by Summer Driggs called 'Limeade'. I've also used some dark grey pearlecent card for matting and a small piece of lime green ribbon to finish.


Challenges

Teddy Bo & Co - Favourite Colour
Clean & Simple Stamping - FTL 162 (sketch)
The Sisterhood of Crafters - Birthdays


Thanks for looking,
Hugs, Lynn x