Pixie Dust Studio – Twilight Inspired Blog Hop!

Hello!  If you’ve been hopping along today you should have arrived here from Jessica.  If that’s not where you came from you should head over to the Pixie Dust Studio Challenge Blog so that you don’t miss anything.:)  Trust me, you don’t want to miss anything!  There are prizes up for grabs…

“- TWO lucky random winners will win THREE images of their choice!!!

- And ONE lucky grand prize random winner will win their choice of a Pixie Pack!!!

- The grand prize will be awarded to the person who plays along with our Twilight Inspired Challenge,  which will end on Wednesday, 11/23rd Noon CST. 

- The 2 other prizes will be awarded to those who have completed the hop and leave a comment on the Pixie Dust Studio Blog (Kathy's Blog.) 

Comments will close on Saturday, 11/19th Noon CST.

- All 3 winners will be chosen through Random.org and will be announced during next Thursday's Challenge (11/24th)”

Deciding what characters to feature for this hop was hard for me…so I decided to feature multiple characters!

My first card features the Alice Cullen and Jasper images.  They’re actually my favorite couple from the books.

(it’s hard to tell, but there’s actually a lot of sparkle on the paper squares)

Next is a card featuring the Marry Me…Bella image.

And I couldn’t leave Jacob out, so my last card features the Wolf Jacob image.

All of the images I used can be found at Pixie Dust Studio.

The next stop on the hop is Caz!

Thanks for stopping by!  Enjoy the hop!(and the movie!!)

-Laura

TTIC #60 The Final Challenge

So, here it is. My final project for a Twilight Tuesday challenge. I'm sad to see the challenges stop, but with all of the stamps and digis I have that are Twilight themed I'm sure you'll see more Twilight projects from me from time to time in the future.;) Here's the final challenge:

"Our challenge theme???? ”Love of books, the printed words on a page” since that is what brought us all together.

Creative portion: Create a project that uses printed text: a page from a magazine, book, dictionary, etc. within your project, as the background or focal point.

Comment Portion: I love to read the newspaper online but nothing beats a printed newspaper on Sunday mornings. And no matter how hard I try, I can’t abandon books (hardcover, softcover, or paperback) to a digital reader. Are you totally digital or do you prefer a good old fashioned printed page in your hands?”

Here's my card...




And a better look at the special couple...(click on any image to see it larger)



Cardstock Bazzill Basics. Apple paper from Paper Pizazz. Stamp and Digi Stamp from The Greeting Farm. Copics and one Prismacolor marker were used to color the stamps.(Thank you, Jen, for the Edward hair tutorial!!) Stardust Stickles on "Bella's" eyeshadow and button. The paper with the words printed on it was from a journal of mine, I just tore out a page for this.

I decided to use a bunch of quotes that I enjoy from Bella and Edward as the printed background. The little flowers have some of the quotes printed on them, too. I could have filled pages with the quotes I enjoy from the books, but I had to limit myself to just a few here.:)

As for the comment portion...I prefer a real book to digital books. I like the feeling of holding a book in my hands. I like the smell of the paper and ink. I feel more connected to the story and characters when it's an actual physical book. I will occasionally read a short story on the computer, but I have trouble focusing on the screen without it drying out my eyes. I don't mind an audio book from time to time, but I tend to let my mind wander when someone else is reading.

Thank you so much for visiting!

hugs,
Laura

3 in 1!

I'm multitasking! I decided to make this layout for three challenges instead of doing them all separately this week. The challenges are Twilight Tuesday Scrapbooking Challenge #4 - The Unflattering Side of Pregnancy, Twilight Tuesday Color Challenge #2 - Thoughts of Bella, and the January Scrapbook Sketch Challenge from Smeared and Smudged. I don't usually feel like the challenges I'm doing go hand in hand, but these just seemed to work together for me.




The picture was taken right before we left home for the hospital, my water had already broken, and we decided to take one last picture of my huge belly before we left. My belly button that is usually an inney was poking out, and I had stretchmarks galore, and it was early morning, so, I was tired.

Papers from DCWV, The Paper Studio, The Paper Company, Core'Dinations, and Colorbok. Ink from Studio G. I just printed the letters using an office program on my computer.(When I made the custom text color on my computer it looked just like the Forks Sky color from the challenge, but it didn't print out looking that way) The little starburst punch I used was from Creative Memories.

Hopefully you enjoyed getting to see me in all my pregnant glory, I don't usually share this picture with everyone, but I thought I would for the challenge. Thanks for looking!:)

-Laura

TTIC #59 - Sparkle!

I was very excited about this week's challenge over at Twilight Tuesday. I mean, I just love sparkly things!:)

Here's what Margie said:

Let’s start the New Year with a bit of…

Sparkle!

Create a project using something that sparkles or shines – glitter, bling, etc.

Comment: Share your inspiring resolutions for the New Year!

Here's my card...



You can see the sparklies better here...



And here's my daughter with the card she made...



You can see the sparkle better here...



I don't make New Year's resolutions, so, nothing exciting to say there. But, I'm having some health problems recently, so, I'm hoping they'll get figured out soon so that I can be more active physically this year.(Nothing like feeling like a total slug, eh?)

We used papers from Creative Memories, The Paper Studio, Wasau Paper, DCWV, and My Mind's Eye. Bling from the dollar bin at JoAnn's. Rub-on from Colorbok. I used Copics and Prismacolor markers to color my Bella.(the hair looks wonky because I started with one color, then layered another color over it) The glitter is cosmetic glitter from Aromaleigh that I painted on with eyeliner sealant.

Hope you like our cards! Thanks for stopping by!

-Laura