Blue and Yellow Dudley Birthday Card!

I {heart} Dudley and Dustin Pike's images, so when the Doodle Studios Challenge blog asked for a birthday project I knew instantly what image I was going to use! I combined the image with the challenge over at Pixie Cottage this week, which was to use the sketch and/or use dimension. I did both! (Though it's hard to see in this picture.)

Here's the sketch from the Pixie Cottage ladies:

This is my version:
I think I was pretty right on as far as the sketch goes. I really like this sketch and think I'll use it in the future. Getting on with it, I printed Dudley twice and colored both images with pencils. I cut my base image with an oval Creative Memories pattern and applied glossy accents to the chocolatey frosting. On the second image I applied glossy accents to the balloon, Dudley's belly and his party hat. I had a very hard time with my color palette and I'm not really sure why.. but ended up with baby blue and butter yellow! I chose a patterned baby blue background and blue and yellow papers to use as my squares. I decided to make my own flowers using the Cricut (Create a Critter cart.) instead of using other premade flowers because I thought they were so cute! It helps I can check one more challenge off my list by doing this one little thing! ;) Once my images were dry, I cut the three things from the second image (party hat, belly and balloon) and popped them on to the base image (oval) with mini pop dots. It's hard to see in this picture but the three pieces are popped up, honest! lol I doodled around my squares and oval and started assembling. I popped up my Dudley image using pop dots too and outlined my flowers with a black fine-tip pen. I decided to use a lacy trim ribbon so it didn't take over the card. I wanted the focus to be on Dudley and the flowers. I used blue brads on the yellow centered flowers and a yellow brad on the blue centered flower. Lastly I added some...you know it!!...Luster Baubles in "Ice"! As I was admiring my work and thinking it needed something I decided to curl the corners of the squares. It was just the thing my card needed! Hope you like it!

--This project is entered in the following challenges--

Pixie Cottage Challenge - Sketch and Dimension

Doodle Dragon Studios Challenge - Birthday

Fantabulous Cricut Challenge - Beautiful Flowers for May

Crafty Creations - Celebration

Thanks for looking and please leave a comment so I know you were here!
~Hugs, JennRo~