A Bellarific Birthday Card

Today is my DSIL's birthday and I made her a card that fits her personality to the T! Her favorite color is hot pink and she loves zebra print. Not to mention she loves to shop, so this Emmy Bella image fits her perfectly!

I used this sketch from this week's Bloggabella challenge. The theme this week was Birthdays!

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.

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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& 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. Download Twilight Honeymoon Cloud

Download Twilight Saga Cloud

And now, here is the Blog Hop Line Up! Keep on Hoppin'!

1. Twilight Tuesday

2. Tonya

3. Margie

4. Dani

5. Alison

6. Donna

7. Jen Shults

8. Heather Lee-Reppen

9. Tamara Bennett ----You Are Here

10. Jacquie ----Next, Go here!

11. Erica

12. Jennifer O.

13. Juanita

14. Steph

15. Lisa J.

16. Julie

7. Beth

18. Holly

19. LaToya

20. Randi

21. Rebecca

22. Gabby

23. Sarabeth

24. Suzy

25. Laura

26. Liz

27. Lady-Sonya

28. Twilight Tuesday

A Bella Wedding Card

A friend of my husband got married this past month. We were unable to make it to the wedding, but I decided to send a belated wedding gift. So here is the card that I created to go along with the gift. I used Bella and her Fella's wedding stamp. I only used the top portion of the stamp because I wanted it to be a circle so that it would qualify for the challenge at Lala Land Crafts Blog which was to use geometric shapes. I also added some bling to qualify for the challenge at Crazy 4 Challenges that required the project to have sparkle! Then finally I used the sketch at A Spoon Full of Sugar

Twilight Tuesday --a day early!

Hey everyone! I'm celebrating Twilight Tuesday a day early! So here is my card! I used a picture of Edward and Bella that I found online. Someone had altered it slightly to where it looked like

it had been sketched. Pretty cool looking. So I saw this awesome tutorial on how to create faux flourishes and I just had to try. I didn't use a template or anything, I just freehanded this design. I wanted it to wrap up and touch the photo on each side. Then I chose one of my favorite quotes from the series: "Today is the first and last day of forever." I love it. Wouldn't this make a great romantic birthday card or a card for a wedding? I also used my Tim Holtz distress Ink "old paper" to make the sentiment match the paper behind it.

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Pregnant Bella & her Fella Card

I'm so jealous of Bella! I'll have to admit, I've got baby fever something awful! My hubby is about to lose his mind because all I talk about is having another baby. To be honest, I didn't even need to make a pregnancy card, but I just loved the image so much and my jealousy took over, so I did it anyways. I love how Bella and her Fella have a matching color scheme. I know a few couples who do this and it is hilarous! The card base is by My Mind's Eye. The Bella stamp can be found here.

The 3D flower was created using a simple flower svg that I cut out 4 times. I used 4 different sizes and did 2 of the sizes on patterned paper and 2 on cardstock. Then I gently folded the petals to make it 3D and popped a brad through the center! Easy!