Olympics 2012

The London Olympics were AWESOME!  The past two weeks our family has been glued to the TV watching the Olympics.  104 Medals later, it's over.  The athletes stories and commitment always amaze me.  How do they do it?

Dudley the Dragon wanted to help us remember how we spent part of our 2012 summer.

Here's the official medal count...  GO USA!

Supplies:
Doodle Dragon Studios image - Basketball Dudley set
Sweethearts Cricut cartridge
Flag ribbon - from my stash
American Crafts cardstock
Font - Jersey Lettering

Doin' It 4 Dylan

As you may already know, Dustin Pike aka Doodle Dragon Studios, has the biggest heart of anyone I know. So when he gave out a call to send cards to Dylan, I knew I had to join the cause. Dylan is a 9 yr old boy recently diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumor (Diffused Pontine Glioma). Here is Dylan's blog where you can read all about the things that this cute little boy and his family are going thru.

When you read Dylan's blog, you'll find he loves basketball, favorite color is blue and is a BYU fan (conveniently their colors are blue & white). Recently he met his favorite basketball player (and BYU player) Jimmer Fredette! Lucky! Remember the Teacher Appreciation Door post in April? It's the same guy. I used the famous "Teach Me How To Jimmer" phrase again, because #1 Dylan will love it, and #2 I seriously need to take a lesson from Dylan and his family. They are truly inspiring on facing this challenge with such a positive spirit and great faith in the Lord. My thoughts and prayers are with them.

Check out the monkey's wrist. He is sporting a wristband that Dylan is selling on his blog (I used Photoshop). I bought my own Doin' It 4 Dylan shirt and wristband. Dustin is offering a special edition image set for anyone who sends a card to Dylan. Read the Doodle Dragon Studios blog for more information. There's also another little boy, Thomas, who needs cards too. His story is in the post. Let's get cranking and send these courageous boys lots of cards!

Teacher Appreciation Door #3

I live in the land of Brigham Young University (BYU). If you remotely watched the college basketball March Madness playoffs, you will know that Jimmer Fredette (BYU guard) gained rock star status with his mad basketball skills and also Player of the Year. Everyone had Jimmer fever. A very catchy music video was produced called, "Teach Me How to Jimmer!" As a spoof off the Jimmer craze, I did this door for our P.E. teacher, Mr. Humphreys, for Teacher Appreciation Week.

Check out these two Teach Me How to Jimmer videos to gain full appreciation...
Teach Me How to Jimmer:
Official music video - Teach Me How to Jimmer

I'll be posting a tutorial on how to make these super sized doors soon. So be watching!

If you'd like to see all the doors that were done for Teacher Appreciation Week (remember it was a Sports theme), you can find them here.

Thanks Dustin for the Basketball Dudley set! You're the best!

Supplies:
Doodle Dragon Studios image - Basketball Dudley set
Butcher paper
Varsity Cricut cartridge
Foam basketballs (purchase at Dollar Tree)

Happy 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 Doodle Dragon Studios designs. This day marks the anniversary of Dustin's 2 years on his blog and we, the Doodle Dragon 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 (my personal favorite). You can locate these images at the Doodle Dragon Studios Store, as well as many more. 200 images plus for ONLY $20.00 USD during the blog hop ONLY. See Blog Hop details below.

I wish I had nothing else to do in my life this week but play with all the fun new images! Unfortunately, that's not how it turned out. Darn. So here's a few cards I made:



Basketball is one of my Top 3 favorite sports. I'm definitely a fan of this set! Watch for more basketball projects to come in the near future.




In honor of our trip to Italy this summer...here's a stamp to put on our postcards.




Since we will be going to Italy and not Cancun...


***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:

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 "HUGE" because I'm a huge fan of Dustin's!

If you are just starting MY blog, be sure to go back to the beginning at Dustin Pike's blog so you don't miss anything. Thanks for stopping by. If you you've been hopping through a few of the Doodle Dragon Crew blogs...keep hopping next to Gramma's blog!