Archive for September, 2009

Jacquie is the hostess for this week’s Twilight Tuesday Inspiration 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 reflects 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)
Comment Portion: Talk about the brotherhood in your life… Do you have an amazing brother that has been there for you thick and thin? Do you have the best guy friends that have your back when times get rough?

I love these little penguins. I have had the set for over a year and I still can’t stop using them!I wanted to make something with this Basic Grey Paper and the fun penguins were the perfect match. I also used Dew Drops! Suprise? LOL!

Sorry that my posts haven’t seemed more filling then just a card, but life has been CRAZY! School is in full gear and lesson plans, papers and tests are starting to pile up. Not to mention that it is starting to become wedding and baby season around here and I am constantly going to a shower or party of some sort.
Hopefully I can talk a little more later. Have a great day!
Erica
Erica

This was made for my friend Candace’s mom Vicci. I decided to play around with a little distressing. I think I might become an addict like Donna and Jen. Hopefully I get as good as those girls are! The die-cut frame was a pressie from Ali. The colors were the inspiration for the card. Two cards this week that Ali inspired. Maybe she is my muse
Erica

Card supplies:
Stamps: Inkadinkado
Ink: Ranger Distresser, Memories
Paper: DCWV
Accessories: Paper Studios, Making Memories

I can’t believe my friend’s little boy Connor is 1 year old already. I thought I would make him a cute little card for the occassion. His family, dad’s side especially, are Kansas Jayhawk fans, so I used their color scheme of Crimson and Blue. I do have Jayhawk paper, but not a stamp, so I decided to use this cute monkey from The Angel Company. I know, I know, that the jersey says 2 and it is a first birthday, but that is how the stamp was made, not my decision. When I gave the card to Candace, the mom, I told her about it and she said that it was because Connor is 2 cute! I agree.

Card Supplies:
Stamps- The Angel Company (monkeys and Tag Tidbits)
Ink- Memories, Tombos, Bics
Accesories- Paper Studio
Paper- not sure

Julie came up with an awesome Twilight Tuesday Inspiration Challenge. Check it out!

Happy Tuesday, everyone! Today’s Twilight Tuesday Inspiration Challenge is about the character that every Twilighter seems to love — Alice!
Our theme is specifically about Alice’s past, before she met the Cullen family and was known as Mary Alice Brandon. We don’t know too many details about Alice’s life before the events of the Twilight saga occur, but if you would like a refresher on her past, visit the Twilight Saga Wiki here and read!
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?

I loved this challenge and it just came together beautifully, if I do say so myself. I love the dancer stamp from The Angel Company had. The sentiment is also from TAC. It reminded me of Alice. The paper is from a Making Memories kit and the buttons are random.
If you didn’t know, Alice is my favorite character in the series! I love her humor, her sense of style and her love for her family.

I went to a really fun engagement party last weekend. It was for my friends Jake and Claire. They will be getting married in a year. The paper is the real inspiration for the card. This is Basic Grey paper. I wanted something that would go with gold because I knew that was what I was going to emboss the image with. The image is from Hampton Arts. It was in a lot that I bought and now I had a reason to use it. I wanted to focus on the beautiful paper, so I didn’t want any embellishments that would take the spotlight. I decided to use Dew Drops because I think they are nice and understated.

Card Supplies:
Paper: Basic Grey
Ink: Versamark
Stamps: Hampton Arts
Accesories: gold embossing powder, Dew Drops

So I had stamped a bunch of these Edwards so that if i ever just wanted to color, I could. So, my old computer was being a slow pain in the butt the other day, so I decided to pick one of them up and just started coloring. I wanted a different male color paletter just for the heck of it and this seems like something Alice would choose. Plus I had purple and gray/black in my head from reading Ali’s TTIC post last week. I put the whole card together on Thursday night since I couldn’t play on my computer. It is just a fun card.
On the computer front, I have a new one!!!! It is so pretty. It is fast and has a great picture. I haven’t tried watching anything on it yet…oh maybe I should go watch the HD Trailer 3 for New Moon. I guess I know what I am going to do now! Have a great day.
Erica

Card Supplies:
Stamps: Greeting Farms- Edward, Artful Inkables- Fictionally Inspired
Paper- Paper Studio
Ink- Memories, Bics, Tombo
Accessories- Making Memories ribbon and flowers, Dew Drops

So I have been having computer issues for a while. Actually, I thought they were more patience issues then anything. Well, last night I was on Facebook and the computer started freaking out. Now it says that I might have spyware, but I don’t want to touch anything because that might be the spyware. UGGGG!!!
So now I am using my parent’s computer to type this, but I have 3 papers due early next week and nothing to type them on. Well, I shouldn’t say nothing. I could continue to use my parent’s computer, but I like being in my room and that is not easily done with a desktop. The guy that I am seeing has a laptop that he is going to let me borrow while he tries to resurrect my Cecile (yes, I named my computer). I am afraid to use his computer because obviously I don’t have the best track record with technology. Did you know I have not bought a single computer besides my first one out of just wanting to upgrade? Each has suffered a painful and excrusiating death!
I have been wanting a new computer for a while and I think that this is the sign that it is a necessity! I think a trip to Best Buy is in my future. Even if I get a new computer, I still need to have my photos taken off the current computer. Wade says that he will take care of it, but I am still stressing over my photos. Granted the photos of my cards isn’t as heartbreaking as losing all of my England photos (yes, it happened), but still a pain! I think that I will be buying an external hard drive too!
Thanks for letting me rant. I have a beautiful card that I made last night I would love to share, but it will have to wait. I will try to get back as soon as possible. Wish me luck.

Erica