Carte Blanche

Millions of children all over the world have already fallen in love with Tatty Teddy and My Blue Nose Friends, the cute blue-nose brands created by Carte Blanche.

The characters have become international best-sellers in the plush, gifting and apparel categories. They’re a huge hit online too, thanks to the new internet social game Me to You My Place.

With such a phenomenal following, Carte Blanche is responding to consumer demand by expanding Tatty Teddy and My Blue Nose Friends into the toy category. In collaboration with best-in-class licensees, an exciting new girls’ toy range will hit the shelves in Autumn 2012. The innovative, high-quality products range from interactive plush, collectable figures and play sets to outdoor play, role play, prams and pushchairs, craft kits, games and activity books.

Licensing partners for the toy range include Worlds Apart, Flair, HTI, Ravensburger, Raleigh, Alligator Books and Inspiration Works.

The toy launch will be backed by sponsorship and advertising on key children’s TV channels, as well as PR activity across digital and traditional media platforms. Carte Blanche believes this heavyweight integrated marketing strategy, combined with superb, stand-out products, will help Tatty Teddy and My Blue Nose Friends become the must-have toys for Christmas 2012.

Caroline Weaver, Carte Blanche Brand Manager, said: “Expansion into the toy category is the next logical step for Tatty Teddy and My Blue Nose Friends, but it’s a move we’ve considered very carefully. It has taken many months of research and planning to tailor our brands correctly for this market. We think the results are absolutely spectacular, combining the very latest toy technology with our loveable, fun and super-cute characters.”

The new range will include:

• Sleep Tight Tatty Teddy – an interactive bear which plays a soothing lullaby.  With a blue nose that glows in the dark.  Also interacts with Join In and Play My Blue Nose Friends
• Join In and Play My Blue Nose Friends – with ‘smart chat’ technology to enable conversations between Join In and Play My Blue Nose Friends.  Also interacts with Interactive Storytime Tatty Teddy, Sleep Tight Tatty Teddy, and the child
• Interactive Storytime Tatty Teddy with storybook and interactive technology. Also interacts with Join In and Play My Blue Nose Friends
• Dress Up Tatty Teddy - Fun experience with Tatty Teddy, creating cute looks from an all-occasion wardrobe.
• Tatty Teddy Music Player – a plush Tatty Teddy which can play music and stories (with generic plug to ensure compatibility with MP3 players)
• Tatty Teddy’s Heart House & Little Blue Motor Car are two exciting play sets to house the collectable figures from Worlds Apart

In the longer term, the brands are set to expand still further with a children’s book publishing programme and animated TV series, due to launch in 2013/14.

“Tatty Teddy and My Blue Nose Friends are already number one selling brands across gifting, apparel and celebration cakes,” added Caroline. “They are known, loved and trusted by children and parents. In the toy category, the possibilities are endless. It’s hugely exciting to be working with one of the hottest properties in the market today.”

For more information please contact Caroline Weaver on 01243 792600 or email

About Carte Blanche Greetings Limited

Founded in 1987, Carte Blanche Greetings Limited is a global character brand company based in the UK. Its broad portfolio of brands includes Me to You, My Blue Nose Friends, Violent Veg, Lello Design, Wishing Well Studios, Hotchpotch Publishing and 4D Art. As well as its own brands, the company manages a strong licensed portfolio including World Wildlife Fund, Simon’s Cat and Mister Maker.

Me to You was created in 2000 and Tatty Teddy - the endearing character behind the brand - became an instant hit. Over 75 million Me to You plush bears have been sold since 2000. Tatty Teddy appears on a wide range of Me to You products including greeting cards, plush, clothing, jewellery and collectable figurines.

My Blue Nose Friends was launched in June 2008 as a collectable plush brand. In total, nearly 6 million pieces of plush have been sold, enough to fill all the seats at Wembley Stadium over 60 times. The My Blue Nose Friends product range has extended to include gifting, calendars, greeting cards, collectable figurines and confectionery.

In January 2011, Carte Blanche Greetings launched Me to You My Place, a free-to-play online game featuring Tatty Teddy and My Blue Nose Friends. Me to You My Place has in excess of 200,000 players and grows by over 1,000 new players each week. The game has its own dedicated site, metoyoumyplace.com, and can also be accessed via Facebook.

Carte Blanche Greetings is based in West Sussex, with further divisions in Middlesex, Leicestershire and Greater Manchester.