Father Flanagan

In honor of 2012 being a Leap Year and the fact that it's time for our blog hop,  Dude Time Doodles is having a New Release Blog Leap!  It's a fun one, with four new images.   As this only happens once every four years, Father Flanagan is allowing himself a smoke and a toast to your well being.  He's always willing to send you cheers, but he only smokes on Feb 29  :-) .

My inspiration for the design was a bar that I frequented during college called Old Church.  It was truly an older church that, after many different variations, became a bar.  Therefore, the Cathedral Lace Frame (I just used the frame portion of the die) from Cheery Lynn Designs, was quite fitting for the surroundings.  The "bar" was cut with an EK Success border punch and embossed with a Sizzix embossing folder (wood grain) and the raised portions accented with Distress Inks (Aged Mahogany).  In order for it to resemble an actual bar, I decided an easel card would be best, as well as pop dotting the entire image away from the background.  The sentiment is from Raindrop Echo.

You should have arrived here at Anne-Made from Ruth, but don't stress if you didn't.  The Dude Time Doodles blog hop is a circular hop - no beginning or end.  Just keep going until you have visited all of the Dude and Dudettes.  Be sure to leave a comment with each one of us as one of the design team members is the Mystery Host/Hostess and the winner will be chosen from that person's comments.  Now it's time to head on over to Dawn.  Here's a quick list of all the stops.

CG 

Ruth

Anne (me)

Dawn 

Kevin 

Michelle

Mags 

Tammy

Dude Time Doodles 

I'm also entering this in the Cheery Lynn challenge (lots of layers).

Copics used: V15, V17, V28    BV25, BV29, N9    E00, E01, E11, BV000    T0, T2    E13, E17    Y04, R14, E50, E21    G20, G24, G28, N8

Sweet Romance

If you follow my blog with any regularity, you know that most of my cards are made for specific design teams. But every now and then I have a bit of extra time to make other projects.  This is one of them.  I found this Soda Pop digital image at Digi Doodle Shop and fell in love with it, along with several other images.

I decided I wanted the outside to look like a window with you looking in, along with a trusted companion.  The window was created with Sizzix Movers and Shapers magnetic die and the rest of the outside is decorated with (old) Creative Memory stickers.

Here's the inside of the card. The main image is colored with Copic markers and I printed it on Copic X-Press It paper.  The sentiment is from Raindrop Echo Designs and the floor is a rubber stamp from Beeswax Rubber Stamps (Fancy Floor).  I fussy cut out the images so I could create a soda fountain store reminiscent from the 1950's.   (Although I wasn't around back then, I've seen pictures).


Here's a close up of the image itself:

Enjoy your day!



Copics used: R81, R85, R89    B21, B24, B28    Y11, Y21    E000, E00, E01, E11, R20    G20, BG0000, BG000    E13, E15, E17    YR12, YR18, E97    E27    B93, B95, B97, E81    R21, N0, W4    C1, C3, C4, C6    Y21, Y23, Y26

Friendship

The theme this week at Stamping with the Dragon is Friendship.  The design team will be using images that showcase the dragons and fairies together.  So be sure to go see what everyone else has created for your viewing pleasure.  You can find this digi stamp, called Resting Place, at Stamping Dragon Designs along with lots of other great images.  The winner will receive four images of her choice from Stamping Dragon Designs.


The image is colored with Copic markers.  I added Shimmerz paint (Angel Wings) to the fairy's wings and Rupert's chest plus I mixed Broken China Distress Stickles with the Shimmerz paint on my non stick craft sheet and painted Rupert's wings and horns for added glimmer.  


Spellbinder's Labels Fourteen (#3) was used to cut out the sentiment (by Raindrop Echo Designs) and the image was die cut with Scrap-Mart's Label 1 (#5) dies made by Spellbinders using the "out of the box" technique.  For the background paper, I used a Dreamweaver's stencil I had and ran it through my Grand Caliber machine - it worked just like an embossing folder.


You have until June 23 to upload your friendship project at Stamping with the Dragon.  Can't wait to see what you create for us.


Copics used: B01, B02    E00, E01    T1, T4, T7    Y00, Y02, Y11

BBall Barry - SDD Challenge

Are you ready for today's challenge from Stamping with the Dragon?  It's a really fun one and is sponsored by Dude Time Doodles.  The challenge is to make an easel card and the winner will receive a $10 Gift Certificate.

 I used BBall Barry and Spellbinders dies (Curved Rectangles #2, 5, 6) to make my shaped easel card.  The sentiment is also cut from the same die family and is by Raindrop Echo Designs.  Copic markers were used to color the image.  The pennant is an older Sizzlet die that I airbrushed with Copics.


You have two weeks to upload your fabulous easel card at Stamping with the Dragon.  Be sure to go see what the other team members have come up with - there are some pretty cool easel cards you won't want to miss (and don't forget to leave some love along the way).


Copics used: B91, B95, B97    YR68, colorless blender    YR20, YR31, YR23    E00, E01, E11, R20    E33, E31    E37, E35    W00, W1    E25, FY1, FV2, R27, YG07, B95, B97

Jack Janitor

It's the second Wednesday and that means it time for the Freebie Challenge at Dude Time Doodles.  Meet Jack Janitor.  Now, head on over to the Dude Time Doodles blog, grab this cutie, then create your masculine card and upload it for a chance to be our guest design team member for a month.  How cool is that?


Jack is colored with Copic markers and cut with Spellbinder's Curved Mega Rectangles (#4) using the out of the box technique.  The background was created using the Grand Labels Eleven (#2) and the sentiment, by Raindrop Echo Designs, is cut with Spellbinder's Standard Tag die (#2).   After coloring in his pants, I dabbed a paper towel soaked in colorless blender all over to simulate a bleached, worn effect.  


Be sure to check out what the other Dudettes have created for you using Jack Janitor as well.


Copics used: E00, E51, E40, E99, E57, C3, C1    YG93, YG97, colorless blender    N1, N3    E27, E29    E00, E11, R20    E97, E99    G20, G24, 28    

K.I.S.S. Guinness Gwen

The Dude Time Doodles Sketch challenge is Anything Goes, with a Twist.  The twist is that you need to incorporate a flower somewhere in your project since it's the month of May.  Our sponsor this month is Raindrop Echo Designs and I've incorporated one of their sentiments on my card. Also be sure to check out my new signature line at the bottom.  This is from Raindrop Echo as well.


I decided to use Guinness Gwen and I colored her with Copic markers.  My flowers are a bit subtle - they are in her shirt, which I paper pieced and I also dry embossed the main panel with a Sizzix Texture Plate (Floral Expressions).  They show up really well in person, but it's really hard to see them in the photo.  I  printed out the image twice so I could pop dot the Guinness beer (notice the layers going from dark to light, like a real Guinness) and the table.  I also added a bit of Liquid Applique for the beer head.  Here's a closer view:

The main image is cut with Labels Ten (#5) from Spellbinders and Distress Inks were applied to the background.  Just as the sentiment says, I kept my card simple and the rest did fall into place.

Don't forget to see what the rest of the Dudettes has designed for you too (see tabs above for blog addresses).  You have one week to upload your sketch to the DTD Challenge Blog.

Copics used: E29, E27, E25, E30    E00, E01, E11, R20    R17, R27    E23, E35   BV0000, BV000, BV00, BV01    G20, G24, G28    E23, E35, E15, E18