Unscripted Sketch with Dude Time Doodles

Happy Wednesday! Usually I post my Dude Time Doodles' Design Team project on Wednesdays, but it's a free week so I thought I'd just make a card and take the opportunity to remind you that Bonibleaux Designs/Dude Time Doodles has some great February deals!

Unscripted Sketch #146

CR84FN Color Challenge

I used this week's Unscripted Sketch, with the "piggy-back" challenge of Stitching, and the cool combo of chartreuse, gray & pink per the CR84FN Color Challenge. I was also inspired by the Print It challenge at The Pink Elephant. 

I created the print pattern for the background paper in InDesign, using several fonts. If you'd like it, let me know and I'll send you a TIF or PDF (your choice).

I dry-embossed the cut background pieces with a polka-dot pattern, and then sanded it.

These great image & sentiment freebies are from Marlooney. You can find her hilarious images at Dude Time Doodles as well as Squigglefly.

Dude Time Doodles Dec 14 / Marlooney image

This week at Dude Time Doodles we're showcasing a fun image by Marlooney to get you ready to Valentine's Day! This is called "Cheap Valentine", doesn't her expression say it all?!

Not being prepared to depart 2011 quite yet, I made a Christmas Gift Card Holder:

And the inside:

I'm also entering this card into the following challenges, which you might be interested in as well:
PaperCrafting Journey: Christmas Creations
Samuel Taylor's December Challenge: Anything Goes

Pop-up Gift Card Holder Tutorial at Paper Garden Projects

Stamps: Cheap Valentine & Santa's Balls by Marlooney for Bonibleaux Designs/Dude Time Doodles, Clouds digi stamp from Shelly's Images (thank you!), sentiment generated with Banjoman font

Paper: Hammermill, Graphic 45, stash DP, white linen cardstock from Paper and More
Tools: Fiskars papercutter, Martha Stewart detail scissors, ZipDry glue, ZIG glue pen, HP printer & ink, Adobe InDesign
Supplies: Recollections flocking, stash pearl necklace, Elmer's & Sakura gel pens, Copic markers

Dude Time Doodles First Wednesday Challenge: Holiday Spirit!

Dude Time Doodles is kicking off December with a theme challenge: December Holidays, or, more specifically, we want you to Show Us Your Holiday Spirit!

Our sponsor this week is Glitterbabe, and the lucky winner will receive 2 free images from her store...*3* if the winning participant uses a Glitterbabe image. Can't see what you will create.

I become such a kid again during the holidays, which means I'm also prone to a certain amount of mischief-making. So here's my take on showing a little Christmas Spirit:

The framed pictures are Santi Beaches, Duck Snowball Warrior by Dude Time Doodles, which I printed onto Shrinky Dink plastic, colored, and shrunk in my toaster oven. I made the Christmasy scene with O Christmas Tree & Down the Stairs, and generated "Santa's Work Shop" for the little door.

Both Mooning Elf & the Christmas Cheek sentiment (below) are by Marlooney & are sold at the Bonibleaux Designs store.

Challenges:
Dude Time Doodles: Show us your Holiday Spirit for December

Come & Get It Challenges: Anything Christmas
Here Come the Boys Challenge #16: For the Man/Men in your Life
Stamp, Scrap & Doodle: Holiday Card

Bonibleaux Designs digi stamps:

O Christmas Tree, Down the Stairs, Santi Beaches, Duck Snowball Warrior by Dude Time Doodles

Mooning Elf, Christmas Cheek sentiment by Marlooney

Paper: K&Co., Hammermill, Recollections, Shrinky Dink plastic
Tools: Fiskars papercutter & finger knife, toaster oven, acrylic block, HP printer & ink, Adobe InDesign, Martha Stewart scissors, ZipDry glue
Supplies: Sakura & Elmer's gel pens, Copic markers

Musically inclined

Dawn left a a lovely comment on my card for for the Link Up for Pink, and she also suggested I submit it into this week's Think Pink Dude Time Doodles challenge. What a compliment, thank you! I ended up making a different card for the challenge, with Marlooney images. I love Marlene's humor & her hilarious freebies, and once the freebie time ends her images are available at the Dude Time Doodles/Bonibleaux Designs shop.

I decided to make a set of cards, with my Dude Time Doodles card matched with one for the Make Us Laugh challenge at Cards for Men. Both cards are based on the Week 127 sketch at Sketch Saturdays. For the In Stitches challenge at Sweet Stamping, I added hand-stitching on the mats and machine-stitching on the backgrounds.

Here's the card for Cards for Men:

Inspiration:

Cards for Men Challenge #21: Make Us Laugh plus DT call

Sketch Saturday Week #127

Sweet Stamping: In Stitches

Here's the card for Dude Time Doodles:

Inspiration:

Dude Time Doodles Challenge: Think Pink

Sketch Saturday Week #127

Sweet Stamping: In Stitches

Supplies for both:

Digi stamps: Marlooney (thank you!), Fonts for WordArt: Platinum Hub Caps Solid & Folkard

Paper: DCWV, Paper Pizazz, Hammermill, Core'dinations, Recollections, China Blue Eyes Linen Finish Card Stock from Mark's Finest Papers

Tools: Fiskars papercutter, HP printer & ink, InDesign, MS detailing scissors, Marvy heat tool & punches, sewing machine

Other: tulle from WalMart, ZipDry glue, Simplicity thread, Scotch foam tape, baker's twine from Pink Paislee & stash

Copics: YG03, YG63, YG67, BG10, E11, YR00, E17, E000, RV04, RV02, 100


Update: My card made the Top 3 for the Think Pink Dude Time Doodles Challenge. Thank you!