Meet Gabe Gretna from Bonibleaux Designs, one of the new residents of Dude Time Doodles being released today. I am undecided if Gabe has an anger management problem or if he just likes to show off his tonsils.
To welcome the new town-folks to the Dude Time Doodles neighborhood, the Dude and the Dudettes are having a blog hop and we are also greeting CG as a full-fledged Dudette! Hopefully, you have arrived from Kevin's blog, our one and only Dude, King of the Fishnet, but if not, continue along and you will see them all since it's a loop. Be sure to leave love at each stop to put you in a position to be the recipient of a Dude Time Doodles image of your choice from this month's mystery host. Your next stop is to visit Ginny our Dudette down under in Australia. Enjoy the trip!
I decided to mix and match some designer paper to create this card. Although I have Christmas paper that would look great, I used my favorite, polkadots. One could reason that I didn't stray outside of the box. On the other hand, I like my box!
Another Monday, means another new challenge at Squigglefly. This time, Marlene has challenged her Marvels to create a Winter Scene, snow, ice, sporting event or someone freezing their butt off, something that will make us shiver. I don't know if the Upside Down Snowman by Marlene will make you shiver, but the thought of a dog lifting its leg on the snowman's face does more than make me shiver, it makes me shudder!
I always have to visit Sassy Cheryl's for digi images for the holidays. During a recent sale, I grabbed several. Romeo and Juliet Snowmen was the first image to jump in my shopping cart. Who knew that snowmen could jump as well as climb ladders?
I woke up about 2 o'clock in the morning with a design buzzing around the grey matter. This is not usual and it does go hand in hand with being obsessed with making cards. But usually, by the time I wake up several hours later, all memory of the idea is gone. My subconscious must have thought the concept was worthwhile keeping and I remember I wanted to make snowflake trees. With little effort and some mixing and matching, mission accomplished.
Since Thanksgiving was yesterday, Christmas shopping and decorating has now officially begun, not to mention that Christmas is exactly one month from today. As a mother of five children and "glam-ma" to five grandchildren, I struggle with what to give each one for Christmas. This year, I have decided to do exactly what Fairy Grand-ma from Just Inklined has done. I'm going to wrap myself in a pretty box, tie it with a ribbon and wait patiently under their trees for Christmas morning! Won't they all be surprised! Now to figure out the logistics of being in many places at once and to find my tutu, fairy wings and wand?
Never Give Up is my inspiration for this week's new challenge that starts today at Digi Doodle Shop, "Animals". The image was very much in my mind all day as I struggled to make two cherry pies for my family. After about four hours of fierce endeavor, mission accomplished. I cannot tell you how many times I repeated under my breath, I HATE to cook! If I had my drudgers, I'd rather move a donkey!
Please visit my teammates blogs to see their inspirations and then its your turn to play along, you might win the $10 gift certificate from Digi Doodle Shop.
If you're busy preparing Thanksgiving dinner, I feel sorry for you but whatever the case may be, enjoy the day and if you live in the United States, have a wonderful Thanksgiving and watch out for the crowds on Black Friday!
Today is the birthday of one of my favorite online and in person friends, Marlene! I know her most-liked color is purple and I also am aware that she loves You Deserve the Moon since she drew it! So dear friend, here's to you, Happy Birthday!
Since it's Monday, a new challenge starts today at Squigglefly. Inspiration and enticement for the "Etch-my-sketch" challenge is provided by Heather's Headliners, my team! I used Diane Carubia's cute image Mouseltoe available at Squigglefly. Actually, the thought of a mouse offering a cat some mistletoe is awesome in theory BUT, mistletoe is poisonous! Not so nice for pussycat.
Head to Squigglefly for the sketch and the details to enter the challenge. And make sure you also visit the rest of my teammates for more inspiration.
As Thanksgiving draws near, Indian and Squaw of the body tot series from Digi Doodle Shop begin their journey to the homes of friends and relatives for the great feast and a whole lot of football. Indian is carrying his bow and arrow in case a wandering turkey crosses his path, while Squaw is carrying a large container of firewater should Indian get thirsty on their journey. The crossed arrows on Indian's breechcloth is the symbol of friendship, so there is no need for alarm should you happen to meet them unless of course, you are a turkey or dressed as a turkey!
I wish I could say I love this time of year but I don't. First of all, there is nothing about the cold that I like and secondly, I hate being cold. With that said, I have also grown weary of seeing turkeys such as Turkey Strike by Just Inklined standing on corners carrying their placards urging those passing by to boycott Thanksgiving dinner! After all, most intersections are dangerous and a turkey waving a sign could cause an accident or worse, they could get run over by a car driven by an irresponsible person texting while driving!
Today starts a new challenge at Digi Doodle Shop and you are invited to play along for a chance to win a $10.00 gift certificate to the store. The challenge is to use red and green in your creation. I used the shy Christmas Penguin reaching out with Christmas wishes in hopes of receiving a fish or two in return!
Be sure to visit my Digi Doodle Shop teammates to see their fantastic creations and then play along using red and green!
