January Inspiration Challenge

Cleota here.  Or Hi C, as someone affectionately likes to call me.  I can't wait to get your started on this month's inspirational challenge, because it is just...what's the word...awesome!!  I've decided to do something a little different this month and I hope you have as much fun as we did creating your projects.

This month's theme is...drumroll please...

anything *BUT* a card

I know.  I know.  Some of you are cringing at the thought.  "All I do is cards."  This challenge is designed to get you out of your comfort zone and thinking outside the fold...ahem, I mean dugout.  Okay, outside the box!!  The Design Team took the challenge and man, oh man, they really out did themselves!  Let them be your swinging coach to hit one out of the park yourself!

Starting the lineup, we have our fearless Owner and Artist, Boni.  She was the cataylst to my deviant plan of getting us outside of the card fold.  She created a cool cover for her Nook and I must say it is fabulous!

Next up on the batter's list is Hetty.  Hetty used the Cole Miner image and a cool tin to create a small tool box. I love those little springs popping out from under the sentiment.

Lynn used every women's man during Sunday night football, Armchair Arnie, and created a deliciously colorful candy jar.  I wanna know if those M&Ms are real or embellishments?! 

Penalty Pat apparently is calling the shots for this awesome candy box that Theresa created.    

Ginny also used Armchair Arnie for her beer bottle wrapper.  Don't know about you, but a cold one always tastes better when your hands don't get cold!

Nancy came up to bat, swung for the bleachers and hit the ball out of the park!!  Using Ahoy Matey Matt she created a total gift set.

Ruth took the inspirational challenge a step further and used a bunch of the heads of images (Jose Hosed, Mo, Henry Hero, and KO Kurt) to create the perfect way to keep the kids from biting the erasers off pencils!! 

Football Phil makes this award ribbon Tammy created even more special.  Who wouldn't want the GOLD!?!

These giant note clips I've created with some of the "Get a Head" characters will come in handy in a pinch hitting situation.

Penalty Pat is calling party fouls with Fink's skewer.  While Hank Holla is hollering for his next beer! 

Anne's guitar pick case is outta sight with her awesome guitar image and musical note paper.

Pinch hitting during January is our Guest Designer, Chris.  She's created a lovely Valentine's Day candy box using Ride Like the Wind Rocky, Putt Putt Hearts, and a fabulous Iris fold heart.

Wow!!  Dude Time Doodles Dudettes win by a landslide!! 

You will definitely want to run the bases and visit every design team member's blog today.  There are several tutorials on how these ladies created such awesome, one of a kind, out of the fold items.

Now the rules of the game:

THE RULES

1. Use the creations above to get your mojo moving.  Remember, anything BUT a card.

2. You are not required to use BDD images although it would make us really really happy and giggle a lot if you did!

3. MUST be a masculine themed card, you can use humor, innuendo, be a little naughty, sarcastic, but it has got to be for a DUDE!

4. Be sure to use the InLinkz below to submit your creation.

You have one week to link up your projects.  We will post the TOP THREE WINNERS and the TOP BLOG WINNER right here on January 25th at 12 PM CST.

Thank you! 

Dude Time Doodles 

and 

 Bonibleaux Designs

FREEBIE Challenge Winner and Guest Designer for March

The votes are in and our Guest Designer for March is.....drum roll please.....

CRYSTAL

Congratulations Crystal! We are so excited to have you as a part of our Design Team for March!

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I want to thank all of our participants as the artwork and sentiments were FANTASTIC! We even had one mail in submission this week Anne.  Anne is new to the blogosphere and not quite set up yet but she definitely wanted to play.

We hope that you keep coming back and joining in the fun! All of the projects this week were IMPRESSIVE!

Thank you! 

Dude Time Doodles 

and 

 Bonibleaux Designs

FREEBIE Challenge

Today is the day to challenge yourself with a FREEBIE and a chance to win a spot on the incredible, the fun, the amazing Dude Time Doodles Design Team for the month of February.  We would like to see you tuck in those napkins and take a stab at Burger and Fries! 

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What do you have to do?

1.  Use the freebie image above in a humorous creation of astounding creativity and ingenuity  (hehehe no pressure)

2.  Submit a photo of your creation via InLinkz cache below 

3. And on January 18th we will announce our Guest Designer for February.

4. Spread the word - you only have one week - this will be a monthly event so be sure to come back on the 2nd Wednesday of each month and play again!

Our Guest Designer Chrissy D. worked up the freebie for your viewing pleasure this week. Wow, now I'm hungry!!

Our darling Hetty also worked up the Burger & Fries freebie this week. Can you guess what I'm grabbing for dinner?

We cannot wait to see your creations!!

Thank you! 

Dude Time Doodles 

and 

 Bonibleaux Designs

WINNER's CIRCLE January 5th Challenge

Our Top Winner is:

**ScripperScrapper (Lisa)**

Lisa wins the Top Blog award AND the grand prize of a personalized watermark and free digital image of your choice from Raindrop Echo. 

AND

Our TOP THREE winners and the winner of a digital image of their choice from Raindrop Echo this week are:

**Merethe**
**Croms**
**Linda B.**

And a HUGE Honorable Mention to BETH who is the Design Team Coordinator for Stamping Dragon Designs, who we sponsored this week!  AWESOME work Ladies!

Ladies - Please send me a private message to collect your prize.  We had so much fun looking at all of your goodies and we hope that you carry your Badges with pride - YOUR ROCK! Just right click and copy to your computer and then upload as a picture gadget and you are done!

CONGRATULATIONS! 

Be sure to check back tomorrow for the new FREEBIE Challenge!

Thank you! 

Dude Time Doodles 

JANUARY SKETCH CHALLENGE

Hello and Happy New Year from Dude Time Doodles and your sketch challenge hostess, Tammy, extending a warm welcome to our third  Sketch Challenge. 


We are extremely pleased to announce that the very talented Lynn has joined our happy family and become a permanent design team member!  In addition, going forward, the sketch challenge has been changed to the first Wednesday of every month and you will have one week to complete your creation. 


This month, with love in the forecast, and in time for Valentine's day, to entice you into joining the Sketch Challenge, the design team is showcasing new images from Bonibleaux Designs  "Will" You Marry Me? He's on one knee and he brought the bling; Ride Like the Wind "Rocky" is decked out in his leathers, showing his love for his Momma and looking to take you on the ride of your life; Zeke Zorro the passionate Spanish lover and Putt-Putt Hearts, which are a great accessory to any or all of these images. 


Here is this month's sketch:

 THE RULES

You will have one week to flip the Sketch, twist the Sketch, work the Sketch and submit the Sketch.

You are not required to use Bonibleaux Designs Digis although it would make us really really happy and giggle a lot if you did!

MUST be a masculine themed card, you can use humor, innuendo, be a little naughty, sarcastic, but it has got to be for a DUDE!

Be sure to use the InLinkz below to submit your creation.

Two winners and the Top Blog winner will be announced 
here on January 11th.


I am so happy to tell you that the awesome Ann V, creator of a beautiful collection of sentiments [digital word art] and custom watermarks that can be found at Raindrop Echo Designs and Hostess with the Mostest of Sentimental Sundays

has generously provided three great prizes for this challenge and don't forget, the winners will receive a badge from Dude Time Doodles. 

To temp your further, the Dude Time Doodles Design Team proudly presents:

Ginny

Nancy

Tammy

Theresa

Fink 

Anne

Cleota

Ruth

Hetty

Boni

  Lynn 

Be sure to check back on the 12th as we are holding a special Guest Spot Challenge each month. You get a Freebie, a Challenge and a Chance to win a Guest Designer Spot on Dude Time Doodles.

Thank you!!
Tammy

Dude Time Doodles 

and 

 Bonibleaux Designs

December Inspiration Challenge WINNER'S CIRCLE

WOWZA, I am so excited to get this new year started and what better way to do that then to list our badge winners for the December 20th Inspiration Challenge.

Our WINNERS are:

TOP BLOG: SHIRLEY G.

TOP THREE: WENDY, PANKTI and SHELLEY

CONGRATULATIONS! Please carry the badge on your blogs so everyone can see that you are Official Members of the Winner's Circle.

Starting in 2011 - winners of the Top Blog and Top Three will receive a Winner's Circle Discount of 10% in our store. Please email me for your Official Members only code.

Thank you! 

Dude Time Doodles 

and 

 Bonibleaux Designs

**New Release BLOG HOP**

Happy New Year's Eve!

I personally cannot believe that another year is quickly on it's way out and it is time to ROCK 2011! If you are old (like me) you remember things like My Favorite Martian, 2001: A Space Odyssey and Lost in Space. When microwaves were consider science fiction, 8-tracks were the bomb, nobody had power anything and you could leave your doors unlocked. Kids respected their elders, everyone respected the law and we all had table manners and building forts in the snow or in the woods was better than any video game you could imagine.

We welcome 2011 with tons of excitement. Our new store is up and running and we are offering a:

 New Year SPECIAL -

11% off your entire purchase! Use promocode: HAPPY2011. Limit one coupon per customer and the sale is valid today, December 31, 2010 through January 2, 2011.

We also have tons of fun stuff going on in our forums on CDAC and PCP - be sure to join either place and get in on all the action coming your way for 2011. We are also hosting the CDAC Color Challenge this week so you will want to run over there and pick up the freebie and join in the fun for a chance to win a gift certificate to the store.

UPDATE: We are turning some of our digis to clear polymer stamps this year! We have drafts at the manufacturer as we type this and are so very excited to be able to offer stamps to those customers who love the feel of a stamp! Stay tuned - more to come soon!

Now as you know once a month we hold the "NEW RELEASE" Blog Hop and today is the day. We have eight new images and several new sentiments by Sassy Say'n's by Marlooney available starting today. Be sure to use that coupon code and get in on some fabulous savings at the same time!

For your viewing pleasure we have some fun for you today! We are so excited about these new images and as you can see the girls got really excited too! LOL While you are hopping be sure to leave some love - one of the Design Team Members will be secretly chosen as the "MYSTERY HOSTESS" of the blog hop and one lucky commenter will receive one of our new release images for free or any individual image of their choice.

This Blog Hop does not have a starting and ending point so no matter where you HOP on you are in the right place. Just keep going. Don't forget to leave some love everywhere you land, including here! Once you have gone full circle you have completed the Hop.

We are so excited to link you to Miss Ginny next!

We hope you like what you see! We certainly had a blast putting it together for you!!

[in case you get distracted by all the art]

Ginny 

Nancy

Tammy

Theresa

Fink

Anne

Cleota

Ruth

Hetty

Boni

Lynn

Dude Time Doodles

We want to invite you to help us welcome Lynn as our newest design team member. She joined us as the Guest Designer winner in November and we absolutely fell in love with her and decided to keep her! 

Have an awesome 2011!!

Thank you for joining us! 

Dude Time Doodles 

and 

 Bonibleaux Designs

Personalize funny videos and birthday eCards at JibJab!

Thank you!! The DTD Team and Bonibleaux Designs Digis

December 20th Inspirational Challenge

Howdy!

and welcome to Dude Time Doodles.  I hope everyone is having a Marvelous Monday and not a Manic Monday trying to frantically finish your Christmas shopping.  I finally got finished yesterday.  Now comes the wrapping and a nice glass of wine or a cold beer!  Depending on my mood.

I'm so happy you decided to stop by today.  It's a great day for a challenge and today starts the Dude Time Doodles Inspirational Challenge for December.  The last challenge for 2010!!  My name is Cleota and I'll be your hostess.  Please grab a beverage, a comfy seat, and let's relax and have some fun checking out what the Design Team Dudettes have created for us.

We'll first visit with Anne who used Doghouse Doug for her project. You've got to love the look on Doug's face.  He knows he's done something really bad and he better not argue with wifey.  The little dog embellie on the top of the house is perfect.

Ginny decided to use Everyday Hero Evan for her card.  Her sentiment is so very true!!  I really like how she's sponged around the edges of each piece of paper she chose.

Next up, we have Ruth who chose Armchair Arnie to work with.  You've gotta love the papers she's chosen and her coloring of Arnie is to die for!

Our fearless leader, Boni, used both Armchair Arnie and Tiny Tequila for her project.  These boxes are fabulous.  I love how she's given Tiny a Mexican style shirt and a 5 o'clock shadow!  

Theresa also used Armchair Arnie - I guess he's somewhat popular these days with football season in full swing!  That little bottle opener embellie is a great touch.

Ernie Carpenter is who Tammy decided to use to adorn her card.  I have to wonder if all men measure twice?  The twine she's added is a nice touch, but the coloring is fantastic!

Nancy made Pete Plumber look better than ever on her card.  I love how she's colored around the image.  Reminds me of leaking faucets and water running all over the floor!  Oh, cuz he's a plumber, DUH!!  :)

I chose Santi Beaches this time around.  I've been wanting to work with him for some time.  The fuzz on his hair is homemade Flower Soft.  For the beach, I used chalks and I decided to give him darker hair with just a touch of gray!

Fink used Pete Plumber.  I really like the festive paper she chose for her background.  And the bling embellishments add a cool touch.

Hetty is being sneaky this week and giving you a peek at one of our new images to be released in the December 31st Blog Hop. She actually mirrored the images which is very easy to do in Word or any digi photo program. Be sure to put the Hop on your calendars because Chef Burly Becky is looking to cook up some fun the end of the month!

Lynn, our December Guest Designer, used Youth Football for her project.  The star buttons with string are a great addition to the background paper.  I really like the layout and the pennant!

Wowsers!  Did they deliver the goods or what!?!  Fantastic job ladies!  I really enjoy seeing how each Dudette uses the inspirational photo and creates something totally different from the next.

THE RULES

1. Use the above picture to get your mojo moving. 

2. You are not required to use BDD images although it would make us really really happy and giggle a lot if you did!

3. MUST be a masculine themed card, you can use humor, innuendo, be a little naughty, sarcastic, but it has got to be for a DUDE!

4. Be sure to use the InLinkz below to submit your creation.

You have until January 4th - that's two weeks - to link up your projects.  We will chose our Top Three Winners and Top Blog Winner and announce them here!

From all of us at Dude Time Doodles and Bonibleaux Design Digis, we greatly appreciate all of you for helping us get started these last few months and hope that you will continue to participate in our fun challenges.  We hope you have yourself a Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah, or Happy Kwanzaa - whichever you may celebrate!

Oh, and a Happy New Year!!

Dude Time Doodles 

and 

 Bonibleaux Designs