Oh my goodness, I feel like I have been away for so long!  A little injury has slowed me (and my crafting!) down a lot lately, but things are improving now – yay!

So here is my better late than never project for this week’s Twilight Tuesday Inspiration Challenge theme.  Donna has come up with this week’s theme, and here is what she has to say about it:

Craft Portion: Make a VALENTINE’S card/project for your favourite character or for YOUR valentine… but…. with texture!! That’s right I want you to add things like lace, raised embossing, distressed edges, fuzzy fibres, metal, cloth, cracked glass, leather, flower soft, sandpaper, anything that adds texture!

Comment Portion: Tell us your favourite Valentine’s story…Or if you haven’t got one, Tell us who you would like to snuggle up on Valentine’s day with from the Twilight Saga.

Click here for further details about the challenge and how to play along.  And as always, our Design Team has fantastic projects to display for this week’s challenge – please go and check them out!

Alison ~ Dani ~ Donna ~ Erica ~Jen ~ Jodi ~ Margie ~ Rebecca~ Tonya (who expects to be a little late)

And here is my card for this week – one that features fabric!  I have lots of fabric on hand since I often make fabric-covered journals, but I rarely use it on cards.  Donna’s challenge gave me a great opportunity to give it another go.

Here’s a closer look at the fabric heart.  I die-cut the fabric with a Spellbinders heart die and backed it with batting to give it lots of dimension.  I am loving the feel of this thing — it’s puffy like a little pillow!  I’m not sure that comes across in this photo, but hopefully you will take my word for it.    The background of the card is also embossed, adding in a little bit more texture.

Thanks very much for visiting – I’ll be back again soon!

What I Used:

Paper:  Papertrey Ink Rustic Cream and Smokey Shadow cardstock; Stampin’ Up!  Riding Hood Red cardstock

Stamp:  Autumn Leaves/Rhonna Farrer

Ink:  Stampin’ Up!  Riding Hood Red

Other Materials:  Cuttlebug:  Sizzix embossing folder, Spellbinders Nestabilities heart die and curved rectangle die; fabric; batting; Sakura Jelly Roll pen in clear; buttons; ribbon; dimensionals.

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Card components:

Card #1

Paper: Canson Watercolor paper; SU! Pretty in Pink

Stamps: Studio G (sentiment); Inkadinkado Bohemian Flourishes set(flourish)

Ink: Studio G pink pigment ink; SU! Pretty in Pink

Accessories:  Cuttlebug: D’vine Swirls embossing folder; Nestabilities heart, scalloped hearts dies; dimensionals; ribbon

Card #2

Paper: Papertrey Ink white and SU! Riding Hood Red cardstock

Stamps: Studio G

Ink: SU! Riding Hood Red

Accessories:  Cuttlebug; hearts embossing folder, Nestabilities heart and scallop heart dies; ribbon; dimensionals

Card #3:

Paper:  SU! Pretty in Pink; Papertrey Ink white cardstock

Stamp:  Denami Design

Ink:  SU! Pretty in Pink

Accessories: Cuttlebug; hearts embossing folder, Nestabilities heart and scallop heart dies; ribbon; dimensionals

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Card components:

Paper:  Papertrey Ink white, SU! Riding Hood Red

Stamps:  Inkadinkado from Happy Days set (sentiment on card); Envelope: Inkadinkado heart from  Hearts & Love set; to/from – Rubber Stampede

Ink:  SU! Riding Hood Red

Accessories:  Cuttlebug: Fiskars hearts texture plate; Nestabilities long rectangle dies; dimensionals; ribbon

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Beth ~ Dani ~ Eve ~  Jen ~ Margie ~ Rebecca ~ Tonya

The creative portion of the challenge is to make a card that could be given from character to another in the Twilight world.  Because I am totally predictable when it comes to choosing a Twilight character to focus on…yeah, I chose Edward.  I made a card that Edward would give to Bella.  In the Twilight world of my imagination.  (Just go with it — it’s more fun that way.)  More on the card in a bit.

The comment portion of the challenge is to talk a bit about the couples in the Twilight  world. Which couple’s story you might relate to or admire, which couple might not work for you (hey, imprinting on a baby theme – I’m looking at you!). Anything you like. I would bet that a lot of us love the stories because of the romantic elements — just elaborate on that a bit, and tell us what parts of that appealed to you. 

Hmmm…my favorite relationship would have to be that of Renee and Phil…yeah, just kidding — you all know what I’m going to say!  It’s all about Edward and Bella. {Or really, it’s all about Edward.  Has there EVER been a fictional character that has inspired this much adoration?  Seriously?!}

And for my least favorite relationship(s) in the story — I hinted at that one above.  The imprinting on an infant does not work for me, nor will it ever work for me.  So Renesmee and Jacob, Quil and Claire  = not my faves. 

My card for this challenge is not very black and red and Twilighty-looking.  I really just wanted to do a somewhat straightforward Valentine card, something that Edward might like for Bella.  (Again, in my imaginary world.)  There are just a few Twilight hints here.  Aside from adding Bella and Edward’s names to the heart shape on the card, the "forever" sentiment reminded me of the last scene of Twilight (both the book and the movie).  

And my nod to Edward — the presence of the rhinestones on the card, especially the rhinestone heart.  Was that not one of the loveliest of scenes, when Edward gives Bella the  diamond heart for her bracelet?  Edward seemed so thrilled to be giving it to her…so lovely.  So let’s take a moment with this; allow me to quote from one of my very favorite moments of the whole series:

On the opposite side of the chain from the wolf, there now hung a brilliant heart-shaped crystal.  It was cut in a million facets, so that even in the subdued light shining from the lamp, it sparkled.  I inhaled in a low gasp.

"It was my mother’s," he shrugged deprecatingly.  "I inherited quite a few baubles like this.  I’ve given some to Esme and Alice both.  So, clearly, this is not a big deal in any way."

I smiled ruefully at his assurance.

"But I thought it was a good representation," he continued. "It’s hard and cold."  He laughed.  "And it throws rainbows in the sunlight."

"You forgot the most important similarity," I murmured.  "It’s beautiful."

"My heart is just as silent," he mused. "And it, too, is yours."

I twisted my wrist so the heart would glimmer.  "Thank you. For both."

Eclipse, pages 438-439

Card components:

Paper:  Papertrey Ink vintage cream cardstock; SU! Riding Hood Red; 7 Gypsies Savannah flock paper – floral

Stamp: Inkadinkado from Love Letters set, Bella and Edward names computer-generated

Ink:  SU! Riding Hood Red

Accessories:  Cuttlebug:  Fiskars texture plate in dots; Nestabilities long rectangle and heart dies; SU! ticket corner punch; Martha Stewart floral lace border punch; rhinestone accents; ribbon; dimensionals

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Like another recent card I made, this one is very Valentine-ish.  I cannot resist the pinks and reds lately.  I guess that I should start actually making Valentine cards, instead of just making cards that look that way.  I had better get on that. 

I think I might have even topped myself on the number of Cuttlebugged elements on this one card – I count seven different Cuttlebugged pieces! (And I wonder why I have cracked two of my Cuttlebug B plates lately?!)

Card components:

Paper:  Canson watercolor paper; SU! Pretty in Pink; designer paper:  Making Memories Love Birds – Love Notes

Stamps:  Inkadinkado from Hearts & Love set (heart and sentiment)

Ink:  Clearsnap Ancient Page in Pink Pizzazz

Accessories:  Cuttlebug: birds &vines embossing folder, vintage corner die, Nestabilities petite oval and petite scalloped oval dies, Nestabilities heart dies; Making Memories brads; lace; ribbon; dimensionals

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To thank her for her generosity, I wanted to make Rebecca a thank you card that used something that she sent.  I am also starting to get into the Valentine’s spirit, so this card looks a little more like a Valentine than a thank you!  The stamp that I used on this card is actually from an Inkadinkado Valentine set; the cherubs on there are so cute that I just had to include a photo of them. This card was a little tough to photograph, so I think that a few details are difficult to see.  The horizontal panel in the middle of the card is actually ribbed (with the help of a Fiskars texture plate); it doesn’t look apparent from the photograph.

A big thank you goes to Rebecca for her generosity and thoughtfulness!

Card components:

Paper:  Papertrey Ink white; SU! Riding Hood Red; The Paper Company vellum; designer paper, unknown brand

Stamp:  Inkadinkado from the Hearts & Love set

Ink:  SU! Riding Hood Red

Accessories:  Cuttlebug:  Nestabilities rectangles dies, Fiskars texture plate-lines; EK Success corner punch; American Crafts brads; ribbon; dimensionals

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