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Tuesday, November 3, 2009

Devil Dogs -- Marine Corps Scrapbook

I'm on a roll! I am totally in the mood to scrap! These pictures are some of my favorite pics! I love the pic of Michael and Joe sitting together. They were barracks roommates and this was the first time I met Joe. They participated in a wheelbarrow race together. It was pretty comical! Once again I used a sketch from Crafts by Rowena.

Packing Up --- Marine Corps Scrapbook

Well I'm slowly but surely making progress on my husband's scrapbook. I am loving doing these "manly" pages. I usually don't get to do things that are rustic and earth tone like this. I had this barbed wire svg from a long time ago. I can't remember where I got it from, I apologize. If anyone knows where, please leave me a comment. I forgot all about it and I was looking for a border and then boom there it was! It was perfect for this page! The font in the title is called Bosshole (weird name..haha). The little marine man in the corner is a sticker. I've been compiling military stickers and scrapbook supplies for quite a while now in anticipation of doing this scrapbook. I'm so glad I did, b/c I would hate to have gotten started on all of this and find out I'm unprepared because all I have to work with are flowers...hahaha.

Once again I used a sketch from Crafts by Rowena. This is an old one from a few months back. I just altered the photo arrangement a bit.

Monday, November 2, 2009

The Crew --- Marine Corps Scrapbook

Here is another page for my husband's Marine Corps scrapbook. I've been trying to sneak around and do it when he's busy doing something else or not here. It's hard to be a sneaky scrapbooker. I'm used to leaving everything on the table and coming back to it whenever I want to finish it, but I can't do that now! Argh!

This page was done with sketch #43 from 52 sketches, 52 weeks. I usually participate every week with them, but I'm a little behind. I haven't done it in a few weeks. The letters that I used for the title were using a font called: "Too Much Paper". I love that font. I make faux chipboard letters by printing the letters out 4 times each (would've done 5 usually, but ran out of that color cardstock). Then I glued them one on top of another. I distressed them with Tim Holtz "brushed corduroy" inks.

Saturday, October 31, 2009

Winner of Twilight Tuesday Blog Hop Candy!

The winner of the Twilight Tuesday Anniversary Blog Hop Candy for my blog was Monkia in VA! Congrats Monika!

Friday, October 30, 2009

Freezer Paper Twilight T-Shirt

So for Halloween I'm taking the easy way out this year. I didn't feel like spending a bunch of money on a costume. And you all know i'm obsessed with Twilight. So I wanted to be a vampire baseball player. I got to looking online for a tshirt kind like this one but they were all too expensive. So I suddenly remembered that I'd seen a tutorial on how to use freezer paper and the cricut to make a custom shirt. So now I'm addicted to this new way to use my Circut. I was so impressed with the way the first one came out that I'm dying to try it again. I think next I'm going to make a christmas shirt for my son.

I started by cutting a 6" circle on freezer paper. Then I ironed the negative part and painted a white circle. Then when that was dry I painted on my stitches by hand using a pencil (to sketch it) then a small paintbrush. Then I put the "Cullen" on top. The collegiate font that I used was a little tricky to iron on. I had to position the pieces just right, but the end result was way worth the effort! Next I put "Baseball" on the bottom. And last I put "Vampire across the ball. It was the hardest part. I had a hard time getting the freezer paper to stick to the painted circle. It didn't adhere perfectly in some places so I had to use a paintbrush to do some touching up. But I am so pleased with the way it turned out. I think I might make another to sell in my Etsy store.

Thursday, October 29, 2009

Altered Tin Can Project w/Lindsay's Stamp Stuff

This week I was feeling extra crafty! I decided to create a pencil holder using a soup can. This soup can is taller than most, so it was perfect for pencils. I just covered it with patterned paper using Fabri-tac glue. It is intended for fabric, but works great on this type of thing. I really like it because it is flexible for a minute or so after you put the paper on it. That way I can slide things around to get them just like I want, but it has a very firm hold once it dries.

Then I used the same glue to attach this wide lace around the center. I colored one of Lindsay's newest Doodle Flower stamps, the Fabric Flower. It is only $1.00 in her store. But you can buy the whole set which includes sentiments for $5.00.

Don't forget to stop by Lindsay's blog to get your weekly freebie and to check out the other projects from the Design Team!

Now for your Thursday freebie! I created this title for my husband's Marine Corps scrapbook a few days ago. If you know someone who is in the marines, this would be great to use. The word "Ball" is separate from the Marine Corps title. So if you don't want to include that word, you can remove it.

Marine Corps Ball SVG

I have also created the titles you see below and have placed them in my store. If you'd like to purchase them, they are only $1.50 each, or you can buy the whole set for $3.00.

Tuesday, October 27, 2009

Twilight Tuesday Anniversary Blog Hop

Twilight Tuesday is turning 1!!! To celebrate they have invited their fans to play along on a Twilight Tuesday Anniversary Blog Hop today! There are 27 stops along the way so hold on to your hats! Away we go!

Comments on my blog post today have a chance to win this AWESOME blog candy assortment from Twilight Tuesday Inspiration Challenge Blog Hop!!!

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Halloween Henry

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Unity Boo Crew

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Wild Sprout Hugh
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Vampire Rosalie

& Studying Stacey (AKA Bella)
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Stamp Happens Embellishment Pack

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Now for my creations!

Each hop participant was invited to look back through the past 51 Twilight Tuesday challenges and pick one or more of those challenges as their personal choice for the hop. I decided to use challenge #38- The Honeymoon. I also used the sketch from Sketch and Stash.

When I think of Edward & Bella's honeymoon, I am reminded of the feathers that were strewn about the cottage. I just think it is hilarious that a housekeeping team would have to clean that up after a honeymoon. Also I love that Bella wakes up dazed and says: "Why am I covered in feathers?". Then Edwards replies "I bit a pillow...maybe two." (See below to download sentiment)

I also created this card for the same challenge. I used a free site called Wordle to create this word cloud, which you can download for free below!

As a bonus freebie, I've got the two Twilight Clouds that I created below for you to download free! You can also download the "Why Am I covered in Feathers?" word art here.