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Bond between brothers TTIC48

Jacquie - the papercrafter with an amazing eye for color - brings us this week's challenge.

As New Moon movie release approaches we are seeing amazing pictures of the Wolfpack who become Jacob's Brothers. In New Moon the wolf pack play an important part in Jacob's life and the effect they have on the Quilute community. This also affects the Cullen family, they have a treaty with the Cullens and in time see that they all need to work together to rid Forks of the bad Vamps. This week we will be focusing on the Bond between brothers and how we apply that to our human lives. Women can lean on each other and we are strong all on our own but now and again we need that males presence as a brother, husband, best friend as a grounding force...as a safe place to be. We see that in Bella's need for Jacob.

Craft Portion: Make something that refects brotherhood... Be inspired by the wolf pack, Edward and Jasper/Emmitt, even the relationship between Bella and Jacob. Make a scrapbook page, a card for your brother or maybe a book for that special guy in your life. Celebrate brothers in any way you would like. (this would be a good chance to find those awesome pictures of the New Moon Wolfpack).

For my card, I wanted to re-create the "band of brothers" Quil, Embry and Jacob - in the mountains of La Push in the fall.    I used my ink pads and a "direct to paper" method to recreate a background that looks like something sketched with oil pastels or artwork created with a brush.    I used some yellows and oranges for fall foliage, here in FL everything stays green year round and this the time of year I am wistful for fall colors (and cooler temps - its still 90s here!).  The Wolf stamp is hand carved and available from Dragonfly Curls at Etsy.

Now go check out the entire Twilight Tuesday Design team (Julie will be taking the week off from this challenge, but feel free to visit her blog and check out her gorgeous cards!):

Alison ~ Dani ~ Donna ~ Eve ~ Erica

Jacquie ~ Jen ~ Julie ~ Margie ~Tonya!

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 Please join in and play along with us! If you do, here are a few guidelines to follow:

For posting to a blog: Please indicate that you are playing along with the Twilight Tuesday Inspiration Challenge on Twilighttuesday.com and please provide a link back to our site.

For posting on another gallery, such as Splitcoast Stampers or Flickr: Please indicate that you are playing along with the Twilight Tuesday Inspiration Challenge on Twilighttuesday.com and please provide a link back to our site. Please use the appropriate keywords for our challenges; an example is TTIC47 is this week's challenge. No number signs (#) or spaces are needed in the keyword. You can also add in more general keywords for Splitcoast/Flickr (such as Twilight, Twilight Tuesday Inspiration Challenge, etc.). Thank you for your help with this!

Comments/Posting your link: Please leave a comment with the link to your challenge piece to tell us that you played along with us! Then we can all visit you and leave lovely comments for you. (We are no longer using Mr. Linky as we were having quite a few spam issues and downtime.) We are big fans of comments around here! 

"Bay~berry" breezes (Bermuda bay and rich razzleberry)

I played around this weekend with the "in color" Bermuda Bay .... and here it is paired with Rich Razzleberry (ink and cardstock).    I think this might be my new fav color combo "bay~berry"!

Copper Wishes - EIC55

I had time to play along with this week's Etsy inspired!   EIC55 this week features "The Salty Cat Co." and I selected this fabulous copper bracelet as my inspiration for the card.  Those of you who know me know that I am "cuckoo for co-co puffs" over ANYTHING copper!  Its my fav metal, fav color, fav accent, fav embellishment ..... need I go on????

I dug into my secret stash for this copper embossed paper!  I had bought it a while ago on clearance .... and got such a bonus!  I had thought I was buying just a few sheets, turned out - because its embossed the sheets were stuck together (but came apart easily) and for every sheet I had paid for - I think there were 4 or 5 actually there.   Anyway, I love this paper - its copper!  I embossed the image in copper eP and used Ocean Tides ink and cardstock.  Some fibers in a coppery brown accent the entire thing.  Stamps used are from the Sept. 09 Kit of the Month (Unity Stamp Co).

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Wordless Wednesday .... in bloom!

TTIC47 - Alice!

The extremely talented Julie of Stars Fall Designs selected our challenge this week, she writes:

My theme for Twilight Tuesday Inspiration Challenge (TTIC47, for Tuesday, September 22nd) is the backstory of the character of Alice, originally known as Mary Alice Brandon, prior to her meeting the Cullens.

We don't know all that much about Alice's history; it is described in vague terms in the books, so we might need to use our imaginations for the craft portion of this challenge.

The craft portion is to depict an aspect of Alice's history. You can take your inspiration from what we know from the actual Stephenie Meyer text, or you can use your imagination to depict something that could have happened in Alice's past.

The comment portion - talk a bit about Alice's gift. Would you like to possess her ability to see the future? Do you think that that would be a blessing or a curse?

While we don't know much about her early years, we do know that she loves being part of the Cullen family (and who can blame her!).  My project this week touches on her years in the {insane} asylum and inspired by the book entitled "I know why the caged bird sings" as the expression of her freedom with the Cullen family.  My card features a bird that is upcycled from an aluminum can, I did a variation of this card a few months ago but felt it was perfect for this challenge too.

As for Alice herself ... she is my favorite character in the Twilight saga.  And I think for the most part she has managed to use her gifts for good, not evil.  While I'm sure her abilities to see the future have not always been easy for her, she does learn to use it strategically.

Now go check out the entire Twilight Tuesday Design team:

Alison ~ Dani ~ Donna ~ Eve ~ Erica

Jacquie ~ Jen ~ Julie ~ Margie ~Tonya!

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 Please join in and play along with us! If you do, here are a few guidelines to follow:

For posting to a blog: Please indicate that you are playing along with the Twilight Tuesday Inspiration Challenge on Twilighttuesday.com and please provide a link back to our site.

For posting on another gallery, such as Splitcoast Stampers or Flickr: Please indicate that you are playing along with the Twilight Tuesday Inspiration Challenge on Twilighttuesday.com and please provide a link back to our site. Please use the appropriate keywords for our challenges; an example is TTIC47 is this week's challenge. No number signs (#) or spaces are needed in the keyword. You can also add in more general keywords for Splitcoast/Flickr (such as Twilight, Twilight Tuesday Inspiration Challenge, etc.). Thank you for your help with this!

Comments/Posting your link: Please leave a comment with the link to your challenge piece to tell us that you played along with us! Then we can all visit you and leave lovely comments for you. (We are no longer using Mr. Linky as we were having quite a few spam issues and downtime.) We are big fans of comments around here! 

True friend monday

Can you believe I haven't inked up my PTI set - True Friend - until now????   I know, I know ..... I am working on actually *using* my stamps :-) not just admiring them, lol! The colors used are Aqua Mist, Pure Poppy and Spring Moss (in cardstock and ink) along with Fresh Snow ink. 

I also used my "washi paper tape" that I had purchased at CHA!  This cool stuff is from Japan that they call "masking tape" but its so much more amazing than that.    Its sooo easy to use and comes in colors as well as patterns - its the top two bands of white/red.  If you haven't seen the washi paper tape sold at your local store .... you can find it here <------ click

Dream ..... inchie fun

square glass pendant - I love these, they're one inch square! 

Boo pendant

More items for fall craft shows ... these are created with chocks (chunkies) from Stamps by Judith.

TTIC46 New Moon Motorcycles

The wonderfully talented and blessed Dani brings us our challenge today:  New Moon Motorcycles!

Have you ever worked with someone and an unexpected friendship developed? In New Moon by Stephenie Meyer we watch such a friendship bloom between Bella and Jacob as they rebuild a pair of old motorcycles. I love seeing them change from good acquaintances to having a deep, loving friendship.

I also love hearing about the motorcycles! There is just something them. While the Cullens had their fast cars, Bella and Jacob had their motorcycles!

Now for the challenge of the week!

The challenge portion: you can choose between these 2 challenges:

1. Make a project involving motorcycles. OR

2. Make a project that you work on with a friend

I created a "digi-stamped hybrid" card for this week's challenge.  I went with the motorcycle theme .... and used a movie still that I photoshop-ed (PSE7) into a sepia toned photo.  I wanted this card to capture the feel of Bella's memories (since we know that eventually she goes back to Edward) and then inked the edges in walnut stain.   I stamped the word "discover" as I just felt that word when I think and Bella and Jacob working on their motorcycles. 

 As always, our Design Team has fantastic projects to display for this week’s challenge - please go and check them out!  

Beth  ~ Dani~ Eve~ Jen~Julie~ Margie ~ Tonya

(*Beth and Tonya are taking this week off)

Alison~ Donna~ Jacquie ~ Erica 

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Please join in and play along with us! If you do, here are a few guidelines to follow:

For posting to a blog: Please indicate that you are playing along with the Twilight Tuesday Inspiration Challenge on Twilighttuesday.com and please provide a link back to our site.

For posting on another gallery, such as Splitcoast Stampers or Flickr: Please indicate that you are playing along with the Twilight Tuesday Inspiration Challenge on Twilighttuesday.com and please provide a link back to our site. Please use the appropriate keywords for our challenges; an example is TTIC46 is this week's challenge. No number signs (#) or spaces are needed in the keyword. You can also add in more general keywords for Splitcoast/Flickr (such as Twilight, Twilight Tuesday Inspiration Challenge, etc.). Thank you for your help with this!

Comments/Posting your link: Please leave a comment with the link to your challenge piece to tell us that you played along with us! Then we can all visit you and leave lovely comments for you. (We are no longer using Mr. Linky as we were having quite a few spam issues and downtime.) We are big fans of comments around here!  And don’t forget — leaving a comment on this post will get you entered into this month’s blog candy giveaway!