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TTIC54: The Raven

Hey Twerds and Twihards!   I'm soooo excited to bring you this week's challenge!

In New Moon, we really get to know more about the "pack" and some of the Quileute traditions. In Quileute legend, the Raven is the trickster figure in Quileute Indian culture. His name is pronounced similar to bah-yuck in Quileute. (I found that tidbit somewhere on the internet!)

Raven is a shapechanger, who could assume any form - human or animal. The Raven is a clever and generally harmless figure who sometimes helps humankind, but he also has many character traits that are viewed negatively in Quileute culture (greed, laziness, arrogance, deceitfulness, and rudeness) and many traditional legends have to do with Raven misbehaving and getting into trouble because of it. The tricks sometimes backfire, but in the manner of great fables - they offered life lessons for the young and old.

Your challenge: make a project that celebrates the Raven or any other Quileute legend (google it if you need some ideas!)

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

~ Erica~ Eve~ Jen~Julie~ Margie~ Alison~Dani ~ Tonya
*Donna will be sitting out this week's challenge!

I have two cards for this week:

The first features the Wolfpack tattoo stamp from Dragonfly Curls.  This stamp is hand carved - isn't it cool?  I heat embossed the stamp and the raven/branch is a sticker.

For my second card, 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.  The raven and branch is a sticker - and he's holding a feather in his mouth (the branches, ravens, feathers were in a package from Martha Steward).

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TTIC53: The Transformation

The amazingly talented Alison brings us this week's challenge, this is what she writes:

I am so excited to be bringing you my second challenge! This one is a little different, because you get the opportunity to make yourself the subject! Spoiler alert! Don't continue reading if you haven't finished the Twilight Saga!!!

In Breaking Dawn, Bella transforms from human to vampire. In life, we all go through changes...though not as severe as Bella's! What kind of changes have you physically gone through? Cut off all your hair? Dye it blue (like me?)? Nose job? Pregnancy? Lost a lot of weight? We just celebrated Halloween... did you or someone you know wear a costume that transformed them to being unrecognizable?

Craft Challenge: Create something that narrates a physical change you've gone through

I feel a change coming on!  Do you ever feel that way?  Like there is change waiting to happen?   I have that feeling now and can only imagine that's how Bella felt.  I'm not comparing myself to Bella, I just can relate to that feeling that change is in the air! 

I had sooooo much fun with my challenge last week with paint chips, that I delved into my "stash" again.  I made two projects, one I was really happy with, the other I think I want to re-work a bit.  For the first one, I used the TTSC14 sketch challenge #14 - and an embossed foil panel.   I think the sketch was a great match for my card.   {This is the card I'm happy with}.

 

For my second project this week, I used the sketch challenge but changed the elements.  I used the paint chip inside the card and used my curvy rectangle nestability to to scallop the edge of the card so that the paint chip peeks out.  I wanted to do something in a bit different color scheme, so I used purple and red together. {this is the project I'd like to tweak a bit, I think there is something that's not quite flowing right with it}.

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

Beth~ Dani~ Erica~ Eve~ Jen~Julie~
Margie~ Rebecca ~ Alison~ Donna

(Beth, Julie and Jen are taking this week off - but feel free to
visit their blogs and take a look at their fabulous creations!)

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TTIC ANNIVERSARY BLOG HOP!

ETA:  I used random.org and #8 was my commenter and winner:  Janie Boots

Janie Boots said...

I love what you did with the sample card that is so cool
Janie

 

Congratulations!  Janie please let me know what your address is so I can get your prize in the mail to you!

 

 

How exciting is this????  TTIC turns 1 year old this week!  Can you believe its been a year of Twilight Tuesday challenges? To celebrate, TT has put together a special blog hop !  If you started at my blog from a feed or reader, please make sure you start at Twilight Tuesday! 

I chose TTIC40 Blue and TTIC3 Bella and Edward's Meadow as my inspiration for the card below.  I sacrificed one of my beloved paint chips (these are a HUGE fav of mine for cardmaking) - I say "sacrificed" since it seems that home improvement stores are going towards large single color "paint chips" rather than this style with four (or more) colors on it!  The large single color paint chips are wonderful for anyone contemplating painting :-) but not sooo great for me, lol!   But I digress, here is my project:

*In addition to the great prizes offered by the sponsors below - I'm giving away one brand new "My werewolf can beat your vampire" stamps from Unity Stamp Co.  Just leave a comment below and you'll be entered to win, I'll draw for the winner later on this week. 

Next stop on the blog hop is Gabby  http://confessionsofastamper.blogspot.com/  <-----click to go visit!

Special thanks to Jen, Jacquie and Margie as coordinators!  And thanks to all the great sponsors who provided prizes for the anniversary blog hop:

Stamp Happens Shop http://stamphappens.com/shop
Stamp Insanity Stamps http://stampinsanity.com
The Greeting Farm http://thegreetingfarm.com/shop
Unity Stamp Co. http://http://www.unitystampco.com/
Die Cuts R Us http://www.diecutsrus.com/
Sassy Studio Designs http://buysassystudiodesigns.blogspot.com/
Stars Fall Designs http://starsfalldesigns.etsy.com/

Also make sure that you check out the TTIC blog for ascavenger hunt the grand prize blog candy. Those who find all the answers to the scavenger hunt will be entered to win!

If you are posting ONLY on SCS be sure to include as much of this as you can in your description for your project but most of all be sure to link to TTIC and to the next stop after you on the hop! If you post your project on SCS us keyword TTICHOP.

Just us girls .... 3D flower challenge

Just Us Girls has 3D challenge this week, create a card or project using a dimensional flower.  And they had a great video tutorial on making a tissue paper flower.  Can you believe it??? I've never made a tissue paper flower.

I followed the tutorial (it was super easy!) and made my first tissue paper flower.  I used Berry Sorbet, Rasberry Fizz and Scarlet Jewel,  I used the round "pinking" circle nestabilities dies and I used linen thread to hold them together with a button (ink, button and twine from PTI).  The stamped sentiment is from Unity Stamp Co.

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

Let's get HOPPING!

The Operation NICE blog hop starts officially at 12:00 noon today, but many of us have our blog posts up and ready for you to enjoy and a TON of blog candy to be given away!

If you're reading this through a reader, please feel free to start at

Sara's blog: Scrap Happie and start at the beginning.  

I LOVE to cook, and making a home cooked meal or treat is one of my favorite ways to be NICE.  I cook most often without a recipe, but from time to time there are a few recipe sites (like p-dub the pioneerwoman) that I enjoy.  And of course, scrapping my recipes is one of the few scrap projects I actually do on a regular basis, I've found digi scrapping recipes is just as fun!   I was thinking of printing this one and framing it for the kitchen.

I have no idea what the origin of this is, but I love this cake recipe!  ENJOY and think about it making one for your neighbor this holiday weekend :-)

Happiness Cake

• 1 c Good thoughts
• 1 c Kind deeds
• 2 c Well-beaten faults
• 1 c Consideration for others
• 2 c Sacrifice
• 3 c Forgiveness

Mix thoroughly. Add tears of joy, sorrow, and sympathy. Flavor with love and kindly service. Fold in 4 cups of prayers and faith. Blend well. Fold into daily life. Bake well with the warmth of human kindness and serve with a smile any time.

Be sure to check out my blog candy leave me a comment below telling me something NICE and I will select one name at random.   This contest is open to everyone, one entry per person please and the contest will remain open till Sunday 9/6/09 at midnight.  *Please note that any spam will be deleted.   I will draw the winner on Monday, post the name and contact them (remember to include your email in your comment).

Blog candy is brand new Martha Steward "cookie" alphabet, a set of 4 dimensional Mary Engelbreit notecards and two packs of ME "post-it note" style self stick note pads.

Your next stop on the blog hop is Caryl at Stamps and Stitches.

TTIC45 - Name your challenge!

Its "Name Your Challenge" week here at TTIC - Tonya, our fearless leader, owner of TT and Stamp Happens is hard at work on her release of several new, original stamp designs!

So my challenge project this week I decided to make a one layer card ..... although since I messed up the sentiment (it was crooked, it morphed into a two layer card) using the faux bleach technique:

 

I also decided to make some earrings that I think Alice would have whipped up ... these are RED bottlecaps with some amber accents!  And yes, they're bottle caps - aren't they fun????

 

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

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

(*Beth and Tonya are taking this week off)

with Guest Designers:

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 TTIC45 for 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!

bevy of butterflies {WANDER} for the last HHH!

Today is the very last ever Hip Hop Hangover! But Angela assures us that the next thing will be equally as great or better than hip hop AND Fridays will continue to be a day for to showcase customers!  How wonderful is that?  So, this isn't a day of sadness, its a day of celebration!   The new thing will be Friends with Flair Fridays!

This project was inspired by a project on the Club Scrap showcase, and it features the Unity Stamp Co. stamp set "Bevy of Butterflies" on Tim Holtz grunge paper (like grunge board, only lighter and flexible!) and distress inks.  I punched a few smaller butterflies to match, then doodled them with my pigment ink pen.   Its in a shadow box style frame from IKEA (this is RIBBA in 5.5 in x 5.5 in) and features a metal tag {wander} also from Tim Holtz, and I removed the glass from the frame. 

I sponged the inks on the grunge paper (inks in Dusty Concord, Broken China, Peeled Paint, Mustard Seed, Orange Marmalaid and Worn Lipstick) in a ROY G  BIV pattern, then stamped over it and cut out.  I found my Tim Holtz/Tonic scissors works great for cutting the grunge paper! 

 

ETA:  I was inspired to do another project using  butterfly's after reading this over the weekend on the  Craft Critique's blog about the Butterfly project for the Houston Holocaust Museum.   You can read more on the Butterfly Project here <----- click.

BOO to you!

As I noticed yesterday on Margie's blog ..... Halloween is right around the corner.  For a while now, Halloween decorations have been in the craft stores but I hadn't started any projects, till now.  

Here are some earrings, featuring the new UV resin from Judikins and some earring findings I purchased at CHA.  The paper is scraps (don't ya love using your scraps!) and stamped with some chocks from Stamps by Judith - the spider and the boo.   I can't wait to wear these!  

(note to my readers:  ignore the little piece of cat fur that seems to have statically attached itself to these!  I hadn't noticed that when I photographed them).