Two wallpapers.
Saturday, May 30, 2009
Twilight Scrapbook: Vampire Baseball
I have several layouts today, all from wallpapers by Sara from Novel Novice Twilight. These are some older wallpapers she made. I love the way she has combined some of the great quotes from the book with images from the movie.
Two wallpapers.
Two wallpapers.
Twilight Scrapbook: Most Important Thing
I have several layouts today, all from wallpapers by Sara from Novel Novice Twilight. These are some older wallpapers she made. I love the way she has combined some of the great quotes from the book with images from the movie.
Two wallpapers blended together.
Two wallpapers blended together.
Twilight Scrapbook: Stupid Shiny Volvo Owner
I have several layouts today, all from wallpapers by Sara from Novel Novice Twilight. These are some older wallpapers she made. I love the way she has combined some of the great quotes from the book with images from the movie.
Very simple, just her wallpaper on a black background.
Very simple, just her wallpaper on a black background.
Twilight Scrapbook: Twilight of Your Life
I have several layouts today, all from wallpapers by Sara from Novel Novice Twilight. These are some older wallpapers she made. I love the way she has combined some of the great quotes from the book with images from the movie.
Very simple, just two of her wallpapers blended together on a black background.
Very simple, just two of her wallpapers blended together on a black background.
Twilight Scrapbook: Our Meadow
I have several layouts today, all from wallpapers by Sara from Novel Novice Twilight. These are some older wallpapers she made. I love the way she has combined some of the great quotes from the book with images from the movie.
Paper from Eclipse Kit (find link here)
Paper from Eclipse Kit (find link here)
Twilight Scrapbook: I'm not the most dangerous thing out there
I have several layouts today, all from wallpapers by Sara from Novel Novice Twilight. These are some older wallpapers she made. I love the way she has combined some of the great quotes from the book with images from the movie.
After playing with several backgrounds and blending modes, I ended up keeping this very simple and just re-sized her wallpaper to a square.
After playing with several backgrounds and blending modes, I ended up keeping this very simple and just re-sized her wallpaper to a square.
Friday, May 29, 2009
Twilight Scrapbook: Bella Races to Save Edward
As you can tell by now I really love the wallpapers that Sara at Novel Novice Twilight makes. These shots of the Volterra scenes go so well with the words.
Paper: I Bit a Pillow kit
Swirls: Kathy Goldstein's Cullen kit
(find links here)
Paper: I Bit a Pillow kit
Swirls: Kathy Goldstein's Cullen kit
(find links here)
Monday, May 25, 2009
Twilight Scrapbook: Volterra
Robert Pattinson, Kristen Stewart, and Ashley Greene are headed to Italy and start shooting the Volterra scenes tomorrow! The final four days of New Moon shooting!
In tribute to that here is a layout with some photos from the work done to prepare Montepulciano, Italy for filming.
Paper from I Bit A Pillow kit. (find link here)
In tribute to that here is a layout with some photos from the work done to prepare Montepulciano, Italy for filming.
Paper from I Bit A Pillow kit. (find link here)
Friday, May 22, 2009
Twilight Fan Fiction: TA's June Twibble
As I mentioned a few posts ago, I have an entry for Twilighters Anonymous' June Twibble challenge. What is a Twibble? It's a short piece of writing - 250 words or less - that must include a certain quote and relate to the Twilight universe.
The quote this month: "I did some research on the Internet." - Bella Swan, Twilight, Page 187.
Here's my story: http://www.mooberrydreams.com/Blog%20Files/InternetResearch.pdf
The quote this month: "I did some research on the Internet." - Bella Swan, Twilight, Page 187.
Here's my story: http://www.mooberrydreams.com/Blog%20Files/InternetResearch.pdf
Tuesday, May 19, 2009
Layout: New Moon Poster
Very simple layout with the New Moon poster. Now that I've done this one, I'm going to do one for each of the movies.
The background paper was created using a FREE texture from NinianLif
The background paper was created using a FREE texture from NinianLif
Layout: New Moon Wallpapers
It feels like ages since I've done a layout for my Twilight album! LOL The first official poster for New Moon has been released so I've got a couple layouts for that. First is another tribute to Sara at Novel Novice Twilight who made some great wallpapers using the new poster. I picked my two favorites for this layout.
The swirls are from Kathy Goldstein's Jacob Black/The Pack kit. (find link here)
The swirls are from Kathy Goldstein's Jacob Black/The Pack kit. (find link here)
Sunday, May 17, 2009
Layout: Clark's Elioak Farm
Just to prove that I actually do scrapbook my family, and not just Twilight... :-)
I went to a weekend scrapbooking retreat a few weeks ago and actually worked on some non-Twilight related layouts. I kept things very simple since I didn't bring ALL of my stash with me.
Stripped paper and green paper (letters): My Mind's Eye
Blue paper: Creative Memories
Cricut Cartridge Cutting Up, Cartoon style
I went to a weekend scrapbooking retreat a few weeks ago and actually worked on some non-Twilight related layouts. I kept things very simple since I didn't bring ALL of my stash with me.
Stripped paper and green paper (letters): My Mind's Eye
Blue paper: Creative Memories
Cricut Cartridge Cutting Up, Cartoon style
Layout: Playhouse Disney Live
Just to prove that I actually do scrapbook my family, and not just Twilight... :-)
I went to a weekend scrapbooking retreat a few weeks ago and actually worked on some non-Twilight related layouts. I kept things very simple since I didn't bring ALL of my stash with me.
Paper is from Creative Memories' Discover Power Palette.
Double page layout:
left page:
right page:
I went to a weekend scrapbooking retreat a few weeks ago and actually worked on some non-Twilight related layouts. I kept things very simple since I didn't bring ALL of my stash with me.
Paper is from Creative Memories' Discover Power Palette.
Double page layout:
left page:
right page:
Layout: The Pettits' Wedding
Just to prove that I actually do scrapbook my family, and not just Twilight... :-)
I went to a weekend scrapbooking retreat a few weeks ago and actually worked on some non-Twilight related layouts. I kept things very simple since I didn't bring ALL of my stash with me.
Papers and stickers from Close to My Heart's More to Adore kit. The right-hand page is actually a pre-printed layout that I just added the photos to.
Double page layout:
Left page:
Right page:
I went to a weekend scrapbooking retreat a few weeks ago and actually worked on some non-Twilight related layouts. I kept things very simple since I didn't bring ALL of my stash with me.
Papers and stickers from Close to My Heart's More to Adore kit. The right-hand page is actually a pre-printed layout that I just added the photos to.
Double page layout:
Left page:
Right page:
Review: scrappingsimply.com
I have been getting my 12x12 layouts printed at Costco's 1 hour printing. A friend recommended Scrapping Simply so I decided to give them a try. I just got my first order. Here's the breakdown:
They charge $1.99 per 12x12 print and shipping is a flat $5. (for the US. They ship international too.) Costco charges $2.99 (plus tax, but no shipping) so as long as you order more than 5 prints, scrappingsimply.com is cheaper.
I uploaded layouts and placed my order on Monday morning. Late Monday afternoon I got the shipping notice. The prints arrived Friday. That's from Utah (I think?) to Maryland. I suspect they didn't actually get to the post office until Tuesday. Not a bad turn around time, all things considered. Obviously 1-hour printing at Costco is faster, but you do have to go pick that up. ;-)
They both print on the same photo paper - Fuji Crystal Archive paper. They both offer glossy or matte (lustre). Costco offers the ability to turn color correction on or off. I find turning it OFF for layouts to be essential. It may be that scrappingsimply.com doesn't do color correction, I don't know.
I'll have to do a more thorough comparison of the print vs. file on my computer but my first impression is that scrappingsimply.com trims less than Costco. It may be an illusion of the layouts I had printed, but I could tell right away that my Costco prints were trimmed. Wasn't as obvious with the scrappingsimply.com ones.
The layouts were shipped in a sealed plastic package inside a cardboard box. No problems with bent corners or wrinkled layouts.
Overall I think the two companies are equal quality-wise and I would recommend either. Obviously if I continue to use scrappingsimply.com I will wait until I have large batches to print to make the most of the $5 shipping. Often I am too impatient to wait until I have more than a few layouts done to print them. :-)
Happy Scrapping!
They charge $1.99 per 12x12 print and shipping is a flat $5. (for the US. They ship international too.) Costco charges $2.99 (plus tax, but no shipping) so as long as you order more than 5 prints, scrappingsimply.com is cheaper.
I uploaded layouts and placed my order on Monday morning. Late Monday afternoon I got the shipping notice. The prints arrived Friday. That's from Utah (I think?) to Maryland. I suspect they didn't actually get to the post office until Tuesday. Not a bad turn around time, all things considered. Obviously 1-hour printing at Costco is faster, but you do have to go pick that up. ;-)
They both print on the same photo paper - Fuji Crystal Archive paper. They both offer glossy or matte (lustre). Costco offers the ability to turn color correction on or off. I find turning it OFF for layouts to be essential. It may be that scrappingsimply.com doesn't do color correction, I don't know.
I'll have to do a more thorough comparison of the print vs. file on my computer but my first impression is that scrappingsimply.com trims less than Costco. It may be an illusion of the layouts I had printed, but I could tell right away that my Costco prints were trimmed. Wasn't as obvious with the scrappingsimply.com ones.
The layouts were shipped in a sealed plastic package inside a cardboard box. No problems with bent corners or wrinkled layouts.
Overall I think the two companies are equal quality-wise and I would recommend either. Obviously if I continue to use scrappingsimply.com I will wait until I have large batches to print to make the most of the $5 shipping. Often I am too impatient to wait until I have more than a few layouts done to print them. :-)
Happy Scrapping!
Saturday, May 16, 2009
Twilight Poem
I don't usually write poetry (for good reason probably, LOL) but when Twilighters Anonymous had their "You know you're a Twilighter when..." contest, my thoughts immediately turned to a poem.
Being so left-minded and always needing structure, I didn't even try to write a free form poem. Instead I researched different forms of poetry and then settled on an Italian Sonnet. In an Italian Sonnet, there are 14 lines with a rhyming pattern of abbaabbacdecde and often times each line is 11 syllables. All of the lines in my poem have 11 syllables except the first line (because it was given as part of the contest) and line 11 because it is a direct quote from the book and there's not much I can do about that. ;-)
I didn't win the contest but it was still fun (mostly, LOL). I don't know that I'll be writing much more poetry in the future, it's just not my thing.
Here's the poem:
http://www.mooberrydreams.com/Blog%20Files/poem.pdf
Being so left-minded and always needing structure, I didn't even try to write a free form poem. Instead I researched different forms of poetry and then settled on an Italian Sonnet. In an Italian Sonnet, there are 14 lines with a rhyming pattern of abbaabbacdecde and often times each line is 11 syllables. All of the lines in my poem have 11 syllables except the first line (because it was given as part of the contest) and line 11 because it is a direct quote from the book and there's not much I can do about that. ;-)
I didn't win the contest but it was still fun (mostly, LOL). I don't know that I'll be writing much more poetry in the future, it's just not my thing.
Here's the poem:
http://www.mooberrydreams.com/Blog%20Files/poem.pdf
Thursday, May 14, 2009
Monday, May 11, 2009
Twilight Fan Fiction: NNT's Mar-Apr Challenge
As I promised a few days ago here are my two entries to Novel Novice Twilight's March/April Challenge. I did not win any rankings this time, but from what I have read of the ones that did win, they really deserved to win. The challenge was to write a scene from Edward's perspective but it had to be a scene that wasn't already included in the four books.
My first entry, Charlie's Interference, takes place shortly after Twilight ends, a couple of months before New Moon begins.
My second entry, Impossible, takes place near the end of Twilight, when Edward is flying to Phoenix to take Bella into hiding. About half-way through it joins up with Twilight.
I'm working on several more pieces, but it will depend on if I get it all done in time. One is for a contest at Twilighter's Anonymous due May 15. Another is for Twilighter's Anonymous' next Twibble contest due May 17. And finally, the next Novel Novice Twilight Challenge, which isn't due until June 30, but I have two ideas I want to write for that one.
My first entry, Charlie's Interference, takes place shortly after Twilight ends, a couple of months before New Moon begins.
My second entry, Impossible, takes place near the end of Twilight, when Edward is flying to Phoenix to take Bella into hiding. About half-way through it joins up with Twilight.
I'm working on several more pieces, but it will depend on if I get it all done in time. One is for a contest at Twilighter's Anonymous due May 15. Another is for Twilighter's Anonymous' next Twibble contest due May 17. And finally, the next Novel Novice Twilight Challenge, which isn't due until June 30, but I have two ideas I want to write for that one.
Sunday, May 3, 2009
Layout: Smallville
One Smallville layout doesn't cancel out an entire Twilight scrapbook, but it's a start. :-)
I could not find any Smallville-themed digiscrapping kits so I used paper from the Twilight Moon mini kit and brightened it up a bit. (find link here)
I could not find any Smallville-themed digiscrapping kits so I used paper from the Twilight Moon mini kit and brightened it up a bit. (find link here)
Saturday, May 2, 2009
Halloween Album: Title Page
This will be the title page for 9x9 Halloween album. All papers and elements are from Simply Clean Digiscraps.
Twilight Scrapbook: Favorite Movie Scenes
This layout pretty much speaks for itself. Although I may have to go in search of better (higher resolution) copies of the images before printing. I'm concerned about some of them coming out fuzzy.
Paper from Cullen Kit by Kathy Goldstein (see this post for links)
Paper from Cullen Kit by Kathy Goldstein (see this post for links)
Twilight Scrapbook: Team Switzerland
My first page for Eclipse! I am 100% Team Edward but these images created by Sara from http://www.twilightnovelnovice.com/ were so awesome I had to devote a page to Team Switzerland. The papers for this layout are from Kathy Goldstein's Cullen Kit. (See this post for links)
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