Count Vladimir

Head right over to Dude Time Doodles and grab Count Vladimir (he's a freebie), create a project, and upload it for your chance to be a DTD guest dt.  You'll have one week to upload your project.

For my card, I chose to do the "out of the box" technique so it would look like he's really handing his sweetheart the bouquet of flowers (which are covered with a combination of Lemon and Sunshine Yellow Flower Soft and pop dotted).  Spellbinders die was used to die cut the Count out and Copic markers were used to color the image.  I also added touches of glitter here and there.

Be sure to check out what the other Dude and Dudettes did with the Count.  And don't forget, you only have one week to strut your stuff.

I'm also entering this card in the Crafty Cardmakers challenge (no added florals) and Blockheads' challenge (Out of the Box technique blog hop).

Duck - Snowball Warrior

(outside)

You better not pout....or the Snowball Warrior will have to take some action and believe me, his aim is spot on!

 

(inside)

It's the second Wednesday of the month and that means it's time for the Guest Design Team Challenge and a freebie from Dude Time Doodles.  Head straight over to the Dude Time Doodles Challenge Blog to pick up your own Snowball Warrior, use him for something fun and creative, and upload him for your chance to be a gdt.  You won't be disappointed!




For my card, I used the out of the box technique and a new Sizzix Framelits (Scallop Oval) to cut out this cutie.  I was going for a night sky and used Copic markers for the sky and for the image.  Liquid applique was used to give the snow balls dimension and to make the snow flakes.  The sentiment is from Create with TLC and I added a couple snowflake stickers where the brads go.


On the inside, I created the second part of the sentiment on my computer, cut it out with Lifestyle Crafts Nested Scallop Ovals #3 and shaded with a Copic marker.  The snowflake border is from Memory Box and I embossed both the border as well as the stack of snow balls on the inside of the card with glittery embossing powder that I made myself.  (I combined glitter with a jar of clear embossing powder and I love the effect.)  You can see it really well on the close up of the snowballs, but I couldn't capture a good picture of the snow flake border (but it looks just like the snow balls - lots of sparkle).

Be sure to visit the other design team members, as well as our guest designer for this month, cg, and see their takes on this fierce warrior.  You have until next Tuesday to upload your creation to the DTD Challenge Blog.

Birds of a Feather

This Little Birdie (Set I) is one of the Latest Releases at AiFactory and I decided to incorporate two of the digital images into today's project.  The theme of this week's challenge is Nature Walk; Things You Would See in Nature and you have until next Wednesday night to upload your creation to the AiFactory challenge blog.

I used the "out of the box" technique to cut out my sentiment and image with Spellbinders Labels Ten (#6).  Copic markers were used to color the little birdie and I highlighted the word "life" with a black Spica glitter pen. 

Be sure to head on over to the challenge blog to see what all the other design team members have in store for you as well. 

Copics used:RV55,RV66, RV63    Y15, Y18, Y19, Y35    BG01, BG02, BG05, BG09
Other ingredients: Spellbinders Label Ten (#6); Martha Stewart border punch, papers: Graphic 45, Heidi Grace Designs

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