Twilight Tuesday Sketch Challenge 8: A Little Dream

Hey everyone—I have a Twilight Tuesday project to share with you today – although we might have to use our imaginations to find the “twilight” in there.  But that’s okay.

I made this simple card for the Twilight Tuesday Sketch Challenge, one of two for the month of August.  The sketch challenges have been such a hit that we’re doing more of them now!  Click here to get the details on the sketch that I used for this card (TTSC8).  And the lovely Design Team member Dani just posted the latest sketch as well, which is another great one that I’ll be using soon.

So, for TTSC8, I flipped the sketch around and used the same color scheme from my card from last week’s Twilight Tuesday Inspiration Challenge (pictured at right).  I am really in a purple mood lately – I am actually about to start working on yet another purple card today! 

With this card, the main image is the center of things, rather than the sentiment.  For the sentiment, I used a very small stamp on a very small tag – pretty low-key.

I glitzed up the image a bit with my trusty Sakura Jelly Roll pen – one of my fave tools ever.  (But I think I’ve mentioned that a time or two before…)  As always, the glitter effect is tough to see in photographs, but this close up might show it a bit.  There are a couple of purple Dew Drops there as well.

I know I have not been posting quite as much lately – but there is a reason, I swear!   I’ve been working on several bigger projects, and since they’re all in various stages, they just haven’t been ready to be posted.   I’m altering a jewelry/treasure box (haven’t decided what to call it!), and I’ve also been working on several fabric-covered Bind-it-All books.  And I just got a Cricut too!  I’ll be dreaming up some projects using that soon. 

So, due to my severe perfectionist tendencies, I can’t seem to post things until they’re truly, truly ready.  And since my new projects have a bit of a learning curve, that makes for fewer posts lately!   I think that I’ll end up with a bunch of things that I can post soon, though, so I’ll definitely be blogging more. 

Thanks to you lovely, lovely people who are still hanging in and reading.  I appreciate every single one of you – truly! 

What I Used:

Paper: Stampin’ Up! Elegant Eggplant, Almost Amethyst, and Lovely Lilac cardstock

Stamps:  Inkadinkado from Nostalgia set (floral, butterfly); Anna Griffin (dream)

Ink:  Stampin’ Up! Elegant Eggplant

Accessories:  Cuttlebug: Floral Fantasy embossing folder & tag die; Spellbinders Nestabilities Petite Oval dies; Making Memories brad; Sakura Jelly Roll pen; Robin’s Nest Dew Drops; dimensionals

Twilight Tuesday Special Limited Supplies Challenge

Hey!  Twilight Tuesday is doing another special Wednesday challenge!  That’s been happening pretty often – we’ve been busy over there.

Today, Club Scrap is sponsoring this challenge and they have generously provided the Design Team with their Greetings to Go – From the Heart kits to use.  And today’s theme is a Limited Supplies Challenge!  Now, I am generally not one to limit supplies, so I found this one a bit tough.  (And I’m sure that Tonya’s laughing as she reads this, since the challenge theme was my idea.  But sometimes you have to stretch a little, right?) 

To get all the challenge details (so that you can play along!), visit Twilight Tuesday, and also visit these members of the Design Team to see their creations for today:

Design Team Members:  Jen – Tonya 

Guest Design Team Members: Jacquie – Donna

We’ll be doing a second Club Scrap-sponsored challenge next Wednesday, August 12th, and the other members of the Design Team will be designing projects for that challenge.

And here is my card.  Club Scrap’s kit included this lovely grey cardstock frame that I used as the base for this.  And truly, the supplies were limited for my card.  But, of course, while I limited the supplies, I went overboard on the stamping, as you can see!  The flourish stamp is from Inkadinkado’s Bohemian Flourishes set, and was stamped with Brilliance Ink in platinum.  The “true love” sentiment was stamped on Club Scrap’s red cardstock, also included in their kit.

This is how the frame looks in the inside of the card – a little bit of stamping is in there as well.

What I Used:

Paper:  Club Scrap’s Greetings to Go – From the Heart kit

Stamps:  Inkadinkado Bohemian Flourish set; Autumn Leaves clear stamp set (sentiment)

Ink:  Tsukineko Brilliance in Platinum Planet and Graphite Black

Twilight Tuesday Inspiration Challenge 41 – The Love Triangle

Twilight Tuesday time!  I am actually taking a day off from the challenge today, but wanted to make sure you could find the info. anyway.  This week’s theme, from Eve, is the love triangle of Bella, Edward, and Jacob.  Click here for all of the challenge details, and visit the Design Team to see what they’ve come up with for this week!  (Please note – only those listed are participating this week; some team members are taking a break today.)

Dani ~ Eve ~ Jen ~ Rebecca

with Guest Designers:

Alison ~ Donna ~ Erica ~ Jacquie

I’ll be back soon with a new post – see you then!

Twilight Tuesday Sketch Challenge 7: Be Safe

Hello everyone!  Here is a card for the latest Twilight Tuesday Sketch Challenge.  Dani has been coming up with great sketches to work with, and I really love this one.  Click here to get the challenge details and play along!  Our sketch challenges have gone so well lately that we’ll be doing them more often going forward.

For this card, I was in the mood to use red and white for a Twilight feel, but but…I wasn’t up for using the classic black.  The black was just too heavy for this feminine-looking card, but  Chocolate Chip was just right.  I really like this red and brown combo. here.

I combined two stamps on the circle – an Inkadinkado flower and Edward’s famous “be safe,” from Artful INKable’s Fictionally Inspired set.  The flowers were given a little Cullen-style bling from Stickles. 

This card was for the lovely and sweet Jacquie, one of my fellow members on the Twilight Tuesday Design Team.  I hope she likes it!

What I Used:

Paper:  Papertrey Ink white cardstock; Stampin’ Up! Riding Hood Red and Chocolate Chip cardstock; Stampin’ Up! Bella Rose designer paper

Stamps: Artful INKables from the Fictionally Inspired Set (sentiment); Inkadinkado from the Bohemian Flourishes set (flower)

Ink:  Stampin’ Up!  Riding Hood Red

Accessories:  Cuttlebug: Sizzix damask embossing folder and Spellbinders Nestabilities petite circle and petite scalloped circle dies; ribbon; dimensionals; Stickles in fruit punch; gems by K & Company

Twilight Tuesday Inspiration Challenge 39 – My Everything

Hello, hello Twilighters!  Ready for a new Twilight Tuesday Inspiration Challenge theme?  This time our lovely and talented Guest Design Team member Alison chose a Breaking Dawn-related theme.  Read on for Alison’s description of the challenge:

One of the things I love the most about Breaking Dawn are Jacob’s chapter titles. They’re hilarious!

My favorite is: “What do I look like? The Wizard of Oz? You Need a Brain? You Need a Heart? Go Ahead. Take Mine. Take Everything I Have.” Chapter 17, page 329

This chapter title perfectly depicts what Jacob is going through but in a sarcastic, tough, Jacob kinda way. So, here’s the scoop. We’ve all been on the giving and receiving end of many things, and I’m not talking about presents. We have given our “all” (or someone has given us their “all” for us) just because we love them so much. Jacob loves Bella with everything he has and would give it all to her because of it. There is nothing he wouldn’t do for her; that’s definitely made clear in this chapter!

Comment portion: Who have you given your all to? Your kids? Your best friend? Who’s given their all to you? Your parents? A doctor? Tell us about that special relationship where someone has gone as far as they could with the gift of themselves.

Project portion: Show us who has given you their everything or who you’ve given your everything to. Make a layout showing it, or a card to give that person, or even a gift just to say “thanks” or “I love you with all that I have.”

For all of the details on the challenge and how to play along, please visit Twilight Tuesday.com and join in!  As always, stop by the blogs of the Twilight Tuesday Design Team to see what they’ve come up with for this week.  Please note that only those listed below are playing along this week.

Dani ~ Eve ~ Jen ~ Margie ~ Rebecca ~ Tonya

And Our Guest Designers:

Alison ~ Donna ~ Jacquie

And, now my project!  I made a little item for my “everything,” my daughter.  This is a sign for her bedroom door, which she has yet to see.  I am about to sneak to her door and hang it up for her to find tomorrow morning!  Whoohoo – fun, fun, fun!  I can’t wait for her to see it.  It’ll be like Christmas morning around here!

To make this sign, I started with a 7” square of rather thick chipboard and covered it with Disney Princess-themed designer paper.  The image of Belle and the flowers are from a set of Princess chipboard pieces – already glittery!  I cut the letters from Stampin’ Up’s! Orchid Opulence cardstock using my Cuttlebug and a Cuttlekids alphabet die set.  I gave the letters a little glitz with one of favorite tools ever, a Sakura Jelly Roll pen  in Clear Star.  The sign hangs from a wide satin ribbon, which is secured by large Stampin’ Up! eyelets.  Definitely my least Twilight-like TTIC projects, but, oh, what fun to make something for my girl, who is without a doubt my everything.

What I Used:

Paper: Plain chipboard, EK Success Disney Princess designer paper; Sandylion Disney Princess chipboard shapes; Stampin’ Up! Orchid Opulence cardstock

Accessories:  Cuttlebug and Cuttlekids Fairy alphabet dies; dimensionals; Stampin’ Up! large eyelets, Crop-A-Dile; ribbon; Sakura glue pen, Sakura Jelly Roll glitter pen in Clear Star