DOODLE DRAGON CHALLENGE - COLORS OF DUSTIN'S BLOG

Happy Sunday everyone!

Did you all get to join in the blog hop over at Dustin's place on Thursday? Weren't there some absolutely fabulous creations to see! WOW, the DT outdid themselves. Dustin has been drawing like mad lately and keeping us very busy. The only problem is trying to choose which images to use as they are all so damn cute! I found myself printing off all the hippos and coloring them in, and a couple of monkey's and I haven't even started coloring the Dudley images or monsters for that matter! But when Dustin's on a roll we don't want to stop him! The DT love it! Keeps us on our toes! Te he!

The challenge this week is to create a card or project using the colors from Dustin's blog. I chose the green and brown for my card and had fun with this one. I love how it turned out. 

The sweet bear feeding his little fish is so cute isn't it! You can find this image called "Bear Feed" and lots more HERE at Dustin's shop!

Thanks for stopping by today! I will be posting some more of Dustin's images soon, so hope to see you back here!

Hugs,
Charlotte

DOODLE DRAGON STUDIO

Hello again!

Did you all check out the Blog Hop yesterday over at Dustin's place? If you haven't had the chance to go through the hop yet you still have time to do it until midnight on Saturday April 23rd! Check out all the information on my previous post, believe me you don't want to miss out on all Dustin's goodies!!

I couldn't resist playing with some more of his monkey's from the Monkey Travel collection. Aren't they the cutest! This time I chose the Netherlands and Italian monkey's to create cards with but I'm sure I'll be making more with the other countries too!

I'm keeping my post short today so you can hop on over to the BLOG HOP and join in the fun for a chance to win some awesome prizes!!

Thanks for stopping by!

Hugs,

Charlotte

DOODLE DRAGON - BLOG-IVERSARY!!!

Welcome Dustin Pike fans to our second blog hop. This is a party you will NOT want to miss. We are delighted to share with you some of the amazing images Dustin Pike, Illustrator of all DoodleDragon Studios designs. This day marks the anniversary of Dustin's 2 years on his blog and we, the DoodleDragon Crew want to show you some of the fabulous Blog-iversary images you can get for a fantastic price, offer is good for a limited time, so go look. Dustin is so generous with his images. If you are new with digital images you will be happy to hear that they are easy to use, store and print out. You can resize them and then print on your favorite paper. Dustin not only gives you Black and White images but sometimes even throws in the colored versions too. You can locate these images HERE , as well as many more. 200 images plus for ONLY $20.00 USD during the blog hop ONLY. See Blog Hop details below.

This is what I have created with a few of the images.

OOPS HIPPO 

SURF HIPPO B 

CASTLE, UMBRELLA, GIRL, SCUBA AND TUBE HIPPOS (I got a little carried away!!) 

HULA HIPPO (candy container)

 MONKEY TRAVEL - UK (for the upcoming Royal Wedding of course!)

***If you purchase the Blog-iversary images BEFORE Saturday midnight (MTN TIME) you will receive over 200 digi's for $20.00. AND if you bought the April 7th release there is a 50% off code in the file that would make the blogiversary 10 bucks...Thru Saturday ONLY. After Saturday night they get split into sets and will be available at a different price. Don't wait, get in on the Blog-iversary NOW.

Hop Details:

If you've arrived here from Gramma's blog you are in the right order

Comment on EACH one of the stops along the way for 10 chances to win. Each one of the Design Team will be drawing a name and announcing a winner from our commenters. We will post the winners on Sunday April 24th and you will have till the following wednesday to email Dustin with your name and shipping address for your prize delivery. Every blog along the way has a special word. Collect the words on each blog to make a sentence and then at the end of the Hop email the sentence to Dustin_Pike@yahoo.com in order to be eligible for the prizes. What is the prize you ask? You will receive an original piece of artwork, hand drawn, colored and signed by Dustin Pike. In all your excitement don't forget to pickup YOUR Blov-iversary images at Doodledragonstudios.com. Blog Hop starts today and goes until midnight on Saturday, April 23rd, mountain time.

My special word is "OF"

If you are just arriving from MY blog be sure and go back to the beginning so you don't miss anything. Thanks for stopping by. Now get Hoppin!

Your next stop will be Jennifer's blog

Dustin
 Jane
Ginny
  Lelia
  Kerri
  Gramma
  Charlotte
  Jennifer Dove
  Veronica
   Rikki 
   If you stop by tomorrow I will be showing you a couple of other cards I made using the Monkey Travel images.

Thanks for stopping by!

Hugs,
Charlotte

MIDNIGHT MADNESS (MMSC100)

 Well I hope you are all having a lovely day today!
Over at Midnight Madness we are celebrating 100 sketches today! Whoo hoo! Isn't that a fantastic accomplishment? Way to go Priscilla!

 Next month is our 2 year sketch challenge anniversary and we have some very special things planned for you. Stay tuned for all those details and be sure to come celebrate with us!!

 "YOUR CHOICE"

  Enter one style or both this week.

Just have fun and come play with us :)

Our MMSC99 Gold Star Award goes to...
#53 Wendy
 Our Remarkables Awards this week go to...

#7 Gro Tjeltveit
#21 Suzi
#32 Kimberly S
Our MMSC100 Weekly Bonus Sponsor is...

http://www.sugarcreekhollow.com/
**Our April Monthly sponsor is....

Studio 313 Exclusive Creations

For my project this week I decided to make a special gift box for my sister as her birthday was April 17th,  hope she likes it. I actually reused a perfume box that someone gave me (they gave me the box not the perfume!!!! LOL) and made it look pretty using one of Sugar Creek Hollow's digi's for the month of April.

 I covered the box with DCWV Sweet stack dp and satin ribbon from Michael's.

The lace and metal buckle are from JoAnn's

Thanks for stopping by and for your lovely comments, they are so appreciated. Don't forget to join in the fun with us at Midnight Madness. 
Hugs,
Charlotte

STUDIO313 HOTSPOT CHALLENGE - EARTH DAY AND TRASH ART

Happy Saturday!

I was supposed to have this one posted yesterday but didn't have the chance to get it here as we were having our internet issues resolved and new cable lines installed. The good news is that so far my computer is letting me into blog land much faster so I'm hoping it will stay that way!

This card was made for the Studio313 Challenge which was Earth Day/Trash Art. The bunny image is available from Shawne at Studio313 and is colored in copics and glitter pens. My background dp is all recycled paper, the image of the pebbles is from a Gaiam magazine, the bow is from a scrap piece of crepe paper and the button is one I found.

If you have some stuff laying around the house that might look good on a project we'd love to see what you can come up with! Enter your projects HERE

Thanks for stopping by and hope you will join in the fun!

Have a great weekend!

Charlotte

MIDNIGHT MADNESS (MMSC99)

Good Morning Folks,
How are you all doing today? I can't believe we are in the second week of April already and time is just flying by so quickly these days, don't you think? I've been busy with my sons activities the last few days and realised that in just 7 weeks his school year will be over! It doesn't seem that long ago that he was just getting ready to start first grade. Now he'll be getting ready for the SAT exams, which are coming up in a few weeks, then the end of year party and off for the summer! Phew, so many things to organize before that happens!! LOL
Over at Midnight Madness we are on sketch 99!!! Whooo hoo, how awesome is that to have almost 100 sketches under your belt!
This weeks sketch...it's "YOUR PICK" Make it fancy, clean and simple, or somewhere in-between.

 "YOUR CHOICE"

  Just have fun and come play with us :)

Our MMSC98 Gold Star Award goes to...
#23 Amy W

 Our Remarkables Awards this week go to...
#1 An
#22 Gro
#25 Sue Drees

https://doodlepantry.com/

Wow..thank you for this amazing prize!!
**Our April Monthly sponsor is....

Studio 313 Exclusive Creations

Month End Prize is a $100 Gift Certificate Wow!!
Thank you Shawne
My card this week is using one of Shawne's adorable images. I've used this one before and will definately use it again as I just love it! I colored her in prismacolored pencils and copics. I added glittery green to the grass to give a little sparkle, added some bling and a couple of butterflies and a flower charm.

The stitching effect around the image was supposed to be real stitching but after not paying attention to the bobbin in the bottom of my sewing machine, I ended up with just the holes and no thread!!!! Oops. I like the effect though! 

Here's a closeup of one of the ribbons with butterfly and charm. 

This closeup shows the other ribbon and lace and of course this pretty butterfly!
I hope you will come along and play with us and join in the fun with the MM girls. Please take the time to stop by my DT sisters and leave them some love!
Have a fabulous day!
Hugs,
Charlotte

DOODLE DRAGON CHALLENGE - BIRTHDAY

Whoo hoo it's Sunday and time for another Doodle Dragon Studios challenge! As this is Dustin's blogaversary month, this weeks challenge is to make a "Birthday" card or project using one or more of Dustin's fabby images! I kind of got carried away again and colored three of Dustin's fun critters! The two bears are from his newest release from April 7th, found HERE, (this set is for 10 Mother's day images plus 3 Mum images) and the dragon is from a collection you can find HERE! 14 images for just $3.00!!!!   

All images were colored in copics with the edges sponged with Martha Stewart inks. Some ribbon embellishments and a few little pearl gems from Micheal's and voila, a few simple and pretty quick cards! 

I hope you'll take the time to stop by my DT sister's blogs to leave them some love and check out their totally awesome creations. Don't forget to join in the fun with us and if you are new to Dustin's images you won't be disappointed, they are so much fun to work with, plus he has more super exciting images that you don't want to miss! Thanks for stopping by!

Have a wonderful, fun day!

Hugs,

Charlotte

DOODLE DRAGON STUDIOS NEW RELEASE

 
Happy Thursday everyone!

I'm out on a field trip to the zoo today with my son and his class but over at Dustin's place he has a new release of Mom's or Mum's (depending on which part of the planet you are in) digi's. They are just adorable these sweet little bears and I actually got carried away with this set and colored quite a few of the images. I think it was the combination of some new copics and some super cute images!! LOL So you'll need to stay tuned to catch the other ones I made. I'm still practicing my coloring with Copics but have some great inspiration from my DT sisters, and if you haven't checked their stuff out, whatcha waiting for? They are amazing!
Here's the Mom's digi set from Dustin's site

The two cards I'm showcasing today are using the images called "for Mom" and "Flowers." I loved these images as they reminded me of something my son would do for me.

Well, I'm going to sign off now and let you all go and grab these fun images and check out the rest of my DT sisters work too over on Dustin's blog. Don't forget to check back here for more bears in upcoming posts!

Have fun with these images!

Enjoy your day!

Hugs,
Charlotte

MIDNIGHT MADNESS (MMSC98)

Hello everyone!
Hope you all enjoyed a great weekend with lots of fun filled days! I've been just a little frustrated lately with my computer issues not allowing me to get into the blogging world when I want to but I'm hoping by the end of next week those hassles will be behind me! My DH tried to get more speed added to the computer only to be told that the area we live in doesn't have the capabilities to receive the faster connections! Go figure! Anyway, after lots of research it seems we will have to go with another carrier who will run some new lines and hopefully (fingers crossed) we will have super speed and less problems! I sure hope so! There's nothing worse than waiting 5 minutes for someones blog to open then not being able to see the project photos in order to leave comments! Very frustrating! Anywho....enough of that and onto the important stuff....over at Midnight Madness this week we have a lovely sketch to work with!

This weeks sketch...it's "YOUR PICK" Make it fancy, clean and simple, or somewhere in-between.

Just have fun and come play with us :)

Our MMSC97 Gold Star Award goes to...
 Our Remarkables Awards this week go to...

*Our MMSC98 weekly Bonus sponsor is.....

Stamp and Create and is offering a $25.00 gift certificate.

Thanks Lacey for your wonderful prize this week!!
**Our April Monthly sponsor is....

Studio 313 Exclusive Creations

For my card this week I used this sweet image from Stamp and Create called Angelica! Colored her in copics and stickles and the gold stars were colored with glitter pens that my sister sent to me for my birthday. I sponged the edges to soften the border then layered the card with 6 layers. The embossing on the background dp was done with two different embossing folders and the corner treatments were done using sizzix dies.

 The flowers are from Prima and gems too.

I have to say that this is one of my all time favorite sketches, probably because I do symmetrical designs better than anything else! I love how this one turned out!
Please don't forget to check out my DT sisters work over on the Midnight Madness blog.