Crafty things I've been making....

Wow, where do I begin? I guess you can tell my crafting mojo is back in full swing. Funny how it comes and goes. If you read my post yesterday, you know I've been spring cleaning and I cleaned my craft room as well. So maybe it is just the clean craft table that is just screaming my name. Just begging me to get over there and make something! It is easier to be inspired when you've got room to work!

So first of all, I designed and made this Twilight (New Moon) t-shirt. For those of you who are unfamiliar with the story, Jacob and Bella conspire together to fix up to old motorcycles for fun. So that is where the idea for this shirt came from. What I love most about it is that I can wear it out in public and most people would have no clue that it had anything to do with Twilight!

Here's your Thursday Freebie! Sorry it's late. Black Swan Motorcycle Shirt

Here is another Twilight inspired shirt. SPOILER ALERT--- This is due to the fact that Bella calls her baby "her little nudger" while she's preggers. So I made a shirt to wear during my pregnancy. For those of you who've been asking, I still don't know what it is yet. I'll find out April 30th!!

This is a post-it note holder that I made to go in my craft booth. I just love this little boxer girl who's fighting breast cancer! She's so cute!

Here is the flip side to the one above.

And finally, here is a baby gift for a friend of mine. She's having a girl and naming her Alexis.

Tis the Season! - Lindsay's Stamp Stuff

I'm in the Christmas spirit! I've got my tree up and my house decorated and it's high time I made some Christmas cards! Here is the first one! I am so excited about Lindsay's new Christmas sets! They are so versatile!

The base for this card and the Happy Holidays Punch out comes from the Winter Printables set, which includes several different printables, including some cupcake wrappers for just $4.00. The wreath comes from the Christmas Potpourri set, also $4.00.

To make this card, I simply printed the card base on white cardstock, then cut to the size card I wanted, then folded. I painstakingly cut out this adorable wreath and then used pop dots to add some dimension. The snowflake charms are 8 pieces/$1.76 at wal-mart. They look metal, but are really plastic.

I am using this card to participate in the following challenges:
Charisma Cards -- Anything Christmas
Crazy 4 Challenges- Using a Punch
Creatalicious- Glitter & Snowflakes
Dare U 2 Digistamp- Glitter
Digital Tuesday- Sparkles & Christmas
Pollycraft- Anything Christmas
Pink Elephant- Using favorite coloring method (mine is my Bic Mark Its)
Papertake Weekly- Sketch

Don't forget to visit Lindsay's blog to get your weekly freebie and to check out the work the other DT's have put together!

Now for your Thursday Freebie (sorry I missed last week, I'm making up for it now)

These are for all my fellow twilight fans! Of course, I'm TEAM EDWARD, but I know there are many Jacob fans out there as well. For example, I designed these for my cousin Shayla who I'm making a shirt for as a Christmas gift. I'm letting her aunt choose the design. I'll show pics of the final result later.

Team Jacob 1

Team Jacob 2

Team Jacob 3

Team Jacob 4 Team Jacob 5

Team Jacob 6
Team Jacob 7

Bottlecap Jewelry

Today I thought I'd share with you what I've been up to all weekend. I got my shipment of bottlecaps and stuff in the mail and I've been playing all weekend. Here are some of what I came up with. I'm going to put them in my craft booth for sale. I have ribbon necklaces to go with them. I apologize for the horrendously blurry photos, but my camera has about had it. I'm getting a new one for Christmas *hopefully*. So keep your fingers crossed, but for now you get the idea.

The bottlecaps and the Glaze Drops came from Sun & Moon Craft Kits. Apparently their store is closed over Thanksgiving break, but you'll have to check them out when they return! They have some great deals! I was able to make these for under $1.00 each. Maybe even less than that!

Anyways, the way I did it was I printed my images, cut them into 1" circles and then used fabri-tac (any tacky glue would work) to attach them to the bottle cap. Then I placed one of the "Glaze Drops" over the top to give it a bubbled up effect. So easy!

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

Twilight Tuesday Challenge-- Edward

This week on the Twilight Tuesday Inspiration Challenge, we finally got to use Edward for our inspiration! He is my REASON for reading the books. He is so gorgeous, strong, selfless and kind. I am in love! I think the word that comes to mind when I think of Edward is "Comfort". I know this may seem odd, but I know exactly how Bella must feel when she is with him. Comforted. He is a strong presence in her life and completes her in everyway. With the exception of New Moon, Edward is always there for Bella. I put "Perfectly Flawed" on the card because that is the way that I would describe him. He's got many characteristics that people would consider flaws, but without him he wouldn't be so perfect.

I chose this image for the card because Edward is sitting in front of his piano. One of my favorite scenes in the movie is when he plays the piano for Bella. It is so sexy. Something about a guy like that who can play the piano so beautifully and compose music so moving is very attractive! I also used the sketch from this week's Tuesday Morning Sketches.

Creepy Crow Card & Freebie Thursday

It's Thursday again! So you know what that means! It's time for a Lindsay's Stamp Stuff project and a freebie! This week I decided to have another go at the Creepy Crow Collection that Lindsay had created. I just love this set. It is so spooky! The whole set is only $5.00! And Lindsay is running a special this month! For every $5 you spend, you get to choose one free single stamp! Awesome deal! Also, don't forget to check out Lindsay's blog for a freebie and links to the rest of the DT's creations!

For the card, I used this sketch from Twilight Tuesday! I just love their challenges and sketches. If you're a fan of Twilight, YOU NEED to check it out! It is definately fueling my need for all things Twilight until the movie comes out! They're having a blog hop on October 27th that I'll be participating in, if you'd like to sign up, go here. Another reason that I used this stamp for a Twilight challenge is because it reminds me of the Vampire Diaries. They have had several scenes in a graveyard with crows present, so this card speaks to that as well.

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Now for your freebie this week! It is this cute little stick figure couple! They're expecting! Awww... This is in honor of my husband and I who are trying to get pregnant! So wish us luck! hehe.

Pregnant Couple SVG

Bond Between Brothers & Twilight Tuesday Sketch

This week the good people at Twilight Tuesday asked us to create something that showed a bond between brothers. The inspiration comes from the Quileute wolf pack. So I used this week's sketch TTSC12 and the wolf stamp from Artful Inkables to create this card. I colored the large wolf reddish brown for Jacob, then he has his second in command, Leah who is a light grey and his 3rd in command, Seth who is a sandy color. The background paper I created myself using tan paper and some brown acrylic paint. I wanted a rustic look, so I just brushed it on randomly and roughly.

Twilight Inspiration Tuesday - Mary Alice Brandon (Cullen)

For today's Twilight Tuesday Inspiration Challenge, we were asked to create something that was inspired by Alice Cullen's former life (before she became a vampire). Back then, her name was Mary Alice Brandon. I decided to use the sketch from Spoon Full of Sugar. I found this lovely sketch of Alice through google. I love how her eyes are copper colored and the rest of the photo is black and white. It is hard to tell from these pics though. I chose the sentiment "eternally beautiful" because even before she was a vampire, she was beautiful, but after she became one, she was "eternally" beautiful. The lace was purchased at the thrift store! I got a ton of assorted colors for just a couple of dollars.

I created this lovely word art to go along with the card. You can download it here.

We are also supposed to talk about Alice's "gift" and whether we think it is a blessing or curse. This is very difficult to decide. I would have to say that in her situation it is definatly a blessing since it has gotten her and her family out of some very sticky situations many times. So to be able to foresee the future and potentially protect the ones that I love, I would say it is a blessing.

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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Twilight Tuesday -- Motorcycle Challenge

Hi folks! Thanks to a fellow blogger, I've discovered a new "fix" for my Twilight obsession! I should have known that a site like Twilight Tuesday would exsist, but I had never before heard of it until someone left a comment about the site on my blog! Thank you!

Now I can get my weekly dose of Twilight and some crafty goodness to go with it. So here is my first challenge. I was supposed to create something inspired by Jacob, Bella, their motorcycles & friendship. I even used Jacob's handwriting font from the books for the sentiment. You can get it here. I used the sketch from Stamptacular Sunday Challenge as well. So here it is!

LSS & Freebie Thursday!

Hey there everyone! It's my favorite day of the week! LSS release day! I am so in love with this new set of stamps that Lindsay has just released! It is a coffee/java stamp set! This is just one little stamp and sentiment from an awesome 9 stamp set for just $5.00! I just have to mention first of all why I love this set so much more than any of her previous stamps. I love her other stamps of course, but this is the first time Lindsay has included sentiments! I can not tell you how much time it saves me and how much easier it is when the sentiment is there and ready to print. No thinking required! I am notorious for spending more time trying to come up with a cute sentiment than actually making the card. This card only took 15 minutes! I think a lot of our DT members have used it this week in their projects as well, so don't forget to check them out! Also, Lindsay is giving away a freebie from the set on her blog!
So this week Lindsay's DT decided to play along over at Inspirational Card Sketches challenge blog! You know why?! Because Lindsay is giving away 10 Stamps to the winner! Wow 10 stamps! Go check it out!
And now for the fabulous Lindsay’s Stamp Stuff Design Team:
Katt
Leanne
Melissa Bove
Margie
Lisa
Row
Janet
Olena
Melissa Craig
Kim
Tracey


Ok, now for your freebie Thursday! If you're not a fan of the Twilight Saga, then I'm sorry, this may not interest you unless you know someone who is. But am OBSESSED. That word doesn't even begin to describe the level of devotion I have to these books! So I was thinking about them and this is what I came up with. I hope someone out there can use them. If so, PLEASE share it with me! You know I'd love to see it, since I'm so obsessed...hehe.

Twilight SVG

New Moon SVG


Eclipse SVG

Breaking Dawn SVG