Teddy Bear's Party (To Celebrate My First Blogiversary!)

I am one today!  I can hardly believe it's been a year since my first tentative foray into blogland, I just wish I'd done it sooner as I've made such lovely blogging friends and been so inspired by a world of challenges.  Big thanks to all those who've become a follower and to all those who leave me lovely comments.  It seemed somewhat appropriate to have a cheerful, celebratory card for you today, I've used a Bugaboo digi I recently won in a challenge.

 The cute image was coloured with Promarkers to match my lovely new Papermania Capsule Collection papers, ribbon and chipboard buttons.  This collection is my latest craft crush, I can't get enough of it at the moment, it's Christmas money well spent and suitable for all sorts of occasions.  As the colours are all fairly pale, I inked all the edges with Tea Dye Distress Ink for extra definition.   All I added to my lush new stash was some bakers twine threaded through the buttons, some plain yellow cardstock, a sentiment stamped with a Personal Impressions stamp and a few lilac pearls.
Roll on my second year in the land of blog!

I'm entering this card in the following challenges -
Stella Says Sketch - #127 - sketch
Crafts 4 Eternity - #105 - something new, I used new stash
Sweet 'n' Sassy - #86 - something new, I used new stash
Forever Friends - birthdays
Paper Play - #1 - celebrations
Pixie Dust Studio - It's all new to me, I used new stash
Sarah Hurley - #76 - celebrations
The Stamping Chef - #1 - celebrations