Twilight Tuesday Farewell Blog Hop!

Wow.

It’s hard to believe that the day has come – but here it is – Twilight Tuesday’s final challenge!  So that means that it’s time to celebrate Twilight Tuesday’s run from 2008 ‘til present, we’re doing a BLOG HOP!  

In the blog hop, there is a TON of stuff to see — tons of projects by our lovely and talented Design Team, and a boatload of blog candy prizes!  As a matter of fact, you are in the right place for a blog candy prize right now – I am offering a prize and the details on that are below!  Whoohoo! 

And here is the sequence for the blog hop (featuring the members of the Design Team in reverse alphabetical order) – you should have arrived here from Margie’s blog.

Tonya, Twilight Tuesday’s Founder!

Rebecca
Margie
Julie – you’re here!

Jodi

Jen

Erica
Donna
Dani

Beth
Alison

And the Blog Hop ends at Twilight Tuesday.com!

And that blog candy! 

Several members of the Design Team are offering blog candy prizes today and I am one of them!  My prize is the Twilight movie DVD!  For those who were taking note of the many versions of the DVD that were released, this one is the “Three-Disc Deluxe Version” from Target.  Click here for more info. on this particular version.  To enter into the random drawing to win this DVD, simple leave me a comment here on this blog!  Easy!  Comments may be left until midnight on Friday, February 19th.   Please note that winners are limited to entrants from the U.S. 

And it’s finally time for my project for today!  Today’s theme, by Rebecca, is the love of books, and she asks us to use printed text in our project. 

I went through soooo many drafts and different versions of this project before I settled on this one, which is very, very simple.  I was trying pages from the books, long quotes – you name it.  And I kept thinking back to Tonya’s use of the final line in Breaking Dawn (the final line in the entire series) in her post announcing the closing of the site.  I thought that was an incredibly moving way to announce the end of Twilight Tuesday, and here it is:-

And then we continued blissfully into this small but perfect piece of our forever.

So…I had to work that final word, forever, of the series into my project.   This card is definitely very simple for me, but I really just wanted to keep my farewell to Twilight Tuesday very simple.   I have an enormous amount of emotion going on at the moment – the main feeling being one of gratitude.  This has been an incredible ride.  I owe so much to Twilight Tuesday — to the people behind Twilight Tuesday in particular.  It’s all for love. L.O.V.E.

Now, go, keep on hopping!  The next stop is Jodi’s blog!

What I Used:

Paper:  Papertrey Ink white cardstock, Bazzill Bling red and white (diamond) cardstock; Making Memories glitter designer paper

Stamp:  Artful INKables Fictionally Inspired set

Ink:  Stampin’ Up! Riding Hood Red

Accessories:  Prima flower; Spellbinders Nestabilities labels dies; adhesive heart gem; ribbon; dimensionals

Twilight Tuesday One Year Anniversary Blog Hop!

It’s a momentous day for Twilight Tuesday!– today’s challenge, our 52nd, marks the one-year anniversary of the Twilight Tuesday Inspiration Challenge!  In celebration of this big event, we’re doing our first-ever blog hop!  There is TONS of fun stuff in store for today, including surprise blog candy stops and a scavenger hunt with awesome prizes, so you’ll need to be sure to go through the entire blog hop so that you don’t miss out on a thing! 

Just to get started quickly – the blog hop begins at Twilight Tuesday.com, and if you have arrived here from Lisa J.’s blog, you are definitely in the right place!  For all the details on the day’s events, visit Twilight Tuesday and get all the info.

So, let me tell you a little bit about our sponsors for today’s blog hop, who generously donated prizes for the scavenger hunt:

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/

Yeah, that last one – that’s me all right!  I’m offering up a handmade New Moon-themed journal for one of the scavenger hunt prizes.  Want to see?

Here’s the front cover of the journal, which is filled with 40 pages of plain white cardstock for you to fill as you wish!  Draw, write, compose love letters to Rob – whatever you want!

And here is a closer look at the details on the front of the book – an image of one of the New Moon movie posters and a Prima flower that I can hardly bear to part with.  This flower – I just keep staring at it!

And now, it’s time to keep on hopping!  Your next stop is to my good friend Beth’s site, StampInsanity!  Beth is the woman behind StampInsanity Stamps and another sponsor for today’s events, so you won’t want to miss her site!  Thank you SO MUCH for visiting today – enjoy your hopping around! 

What I Used:

Paper:  The Paper Company gold cardstock; Bazzill Bling in brown; K & Co. designer paper

Accessories:  Zutter Bind-it-All machine with 8×8” chipboard covers, one-inch antique brass o-wires; Cuttlebug with Textile Texture embossing folder & Nestabilties rectangle dies; Making Memories brad and Crop-A-Dile

Photo of Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson from The Twilight Saga: New Moon (film) property of Summit Entertainment

Blog Candy – Winner of the Final June Giveaway

Today is the day to announce the winner of the final blog candy giveaway for June – and the winner is Jane!  The drawing was done randomly with the help of Random.org.  Jane gives away lots of blog candy herself at her blog, Whoopsie Daisy!, so it’s nice that she gets to be the winner this time!  Jane, please drop me an email at julie (at)starsfallcreations (dot)com with your mailing address (leaving out the words in the parentheses and inserting the symbols).  Thanks.

Thank you so much to everyone who visited and commented through June while I did these four giveaways – this has been really fun!  So I’m sure this won’t be the last blog candy that I do, so stick around! 

Blog Candy! Last Week’s Winner and New Giveaway

I’ve made you wait long enough – ready for the winner of last week’s blog candy giveaway?  It is…Lynette!  Lynette is one of the nicest people you could hope to meet on the internet.  She was one of the first people to leave comments for me when I started my tiny little SCS gallery just a year ago, and I’ll always remember that encouragement.  Visit Lynette’s blog, My Stamping Addiction, to see her beautiful work.  She has a lovely, clean and simple style.  Congratulations, Lynette!

And here are the items that I am giving away this week!  An 8 1/2”x8 1/2” paper pad by my all-time favorite paper company, K & Co., from their Madeline line.  I love these papers – here a couple of shots of cards that I have made using that set.  Also up for grabs – some beautiful Prima flowers, called Belle Fleur Blush, and some Shimmerz in Silver Bells.  Hope you like them!

To enter for the drawing – just visit and leave a comment on any of my blog posts during this week (Friday, 12:01 a.m.,  to Thursday at 11:59 p.m.).  You may leave as many comments as you wish (and please do!  I love comments!), but one entry per person will go into the drawing.  I will announce the winner of the giveaway next Friday, June 26th.   Thank you very much for commenting and playing along!

It’s Friday, So It’s Blog Candy Time!

Happy Friday!  Another Friday in June = another blog candy post!  I’ll announce my third blog candy giveaway for June in a minute.  First up, the winner of last week’s giveaway is….Alison!  Congratulations, Alison!  Visit Alison’s blog to check out her amazing creations – she’s very talented.  As always, the random drawing for the giveaway was done with the help of Random.org.

Now, onto the blog candy giveaway for next week (#3 of 4) – the giveaways are getting bigger!  Once again, I have another set of Inkadinkado clear stamps.  The set, called Garden Flower, is one of my favorites; I use this set really often.  (That would be my own set, of course – this one is brand-new and unopened.  Just in case you were wondering.)  And then three ink pads – Tsukineko Brilliance Pigment Ink Pad in Graphite Black, and two Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Ink pads, in Weathered Wood and Antique Linen.

To enter for the drawing – just visit and leave a comment on any of my blog posts during this week (Friday, 12:01 a.m.,  to Thursday at 11:59 p.m.).  You may leave as many comments as you wish (and please do!  I love comments!), but one entry per person will go into the drawing.  I will announce the winner of the giveaway next Friday, June 19th, along with the prize for the next giveaway. 

And remember, this is the third of four blog candy giveaways for this month, so stay tuned!  If you are not following my blog, subscribing to my email newsletter, or to my RSS feed – this would be a great time to do so!  That way, you won’t miss out on the new blog candy announcements!

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Blog Candy News: The Winner & New Giveaway

Wow – what a busy week’s it’s been!  I didn’t realize how busy life would be at the end of the school year.  And I’ve been really busy on Twilight Tuesday this week, with the announcement of our new guest design team members and the debut of the Sites We Love program.  We’re honoring the awesome Lauren this month – go here to check her out!

I really I expected to post much more here this week and didn’t get to – but I promise to do so more next week.  I’m working on mastering my Bind-it-All, and I’m really hoping that I have some BIA projects to display soon. 

But let me get to the blog candy news!  It’s time to announce the winner of last week’s blog candy giveaway, and to show you the giveaway prize for next week!

The winner of last week’s giveaway, selected by a random drawing at Random.org is Jamee!  Jamee, please shoot me email me at julie (at) starsfallcreations (dot) com (getting rid of those parentheses, of course, and adding the symbols back in) with your address and I will send out your prize right away.  Congratulations, Jamee!

And the blog candy for this week – another set of clear stamps from my fave company, Inkadinkado!  This set is called Twilight Garden Alphabet (and I swear, the “twilight” in the name is just a happy coincidence!).  To enter for the drawing – just visit and leave a comment on any of my blog posts during this week (Friday, 12:01 a.m.,  to Thursday at 11:59 p.m.).  You may leave as many comments as you wish (and please do!  I love comments!), but one entry per person will go into the drawing.  I will announce the winner of the giveaway next Friday, June 12th, along with the prize for the next giveaway. 

And remember, this is just the second of four blog candy giveaways for this month, so stay tuned!  If you are not following my blog, subscribing to my email newsletter, or to my RSS feed – this would be a great time to do so!  That way, you won’t miss out on the new blog candy announcements!

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Blog Candy, For the Whole Month of June!

I decided to do something really fun – I am doing a blog candy giveaway every week in June!  Why, you may be asking?  I just feel like it.  That’s really all there is to it.

Here is the deal — I will offer a different item on Friday for the next four weeks.  The entry period will be from Friday to the next Thursday.  I’ll post the winner of the random drawing on Fridays, along with the announcement of the new blog candy prize. 

To enter for each week’s drawing – just visit and leave me a comment on any of my blog posts during that particular week (Friday, 12:01 a.m.,  to Thursday at 11:59 p.m.).  You may leave as many comments as you wish, but one entry per person will go into the drawing.

Here’s the first giveaway – a set of clear stamps by Inkadinkado, my all-time fave stamp company!  I love their stuff, and I have this set myself as well.  You like ‘em?  You want ‘em?  Well, start your commenting! (And yes, comments on this post count as well.)

A Box Filled With My Faves

Making gift sets has been my thing lately – I really hope you’re not sick of seeing them yet, because that is what I have to show today!

This one uses some of my all-time favorite stuff – Stampin’ Up!’s Riding Hood Red cardstock and ink, Anna Griffin designer paper that I adore, Inkadinkado stamps, Papertrey Ink’s vintage cream cardstock, Nestabilities, Cuttlebug embossing, a huge bow – I got ‘em all in here!   Seriously, I could work for a long time with that list of supplies and not get bored – love them.

This set is composed of identical cards with a variety of sentiments – thank you, best wishes, happy birthday, with sympathy.   I love the “best wishes,” since it’s something that you don’t see all the time.   

I know that my blog has been quiet, but I will definitely be back soon to post some other projects; hopefully I will have something other than box sets to show you!  I’ll also be back on Tuesday with the next Twilight Tuesday Inspiration Challenge. 

And…coming up soon – an announcement about Blog Candy!  Whoohoo!  Stay tuned!

Have a lovely Memorial Day Weekend!

Card details:

Paper:  Papertrey Ink Vintage Cream cardstock; Stampin’ Up! Riding Hood Red and Kraft cardstock; Anna Griffin designer paper

Ink:  Stampin’ Up! Riding Hood Red

Stamps:  various from Inkadinkado sets

accessories:  Cuttlebug:  D’Vine Swirls embossing folder; Spellbinders Nestabilities circle and scalloped circle dies. 

For Box:

Same as above, with Spellbinders Nestabilities Label One dies; ribbon; dimensionals

Twilight Tuesday Inspiration Challenge #16 — The Music of Twilight

"You inspired this one…"

Happy Tuesday, everyone!  The lovely and talented Dani came up with this week’s theme for our Twilight Tuesday Inspiration Challenge — the music of Twilight.  Dani has posted all of the details for the challenge at Twilight Tuesday.com, so hop over there to get all of the info. 

Also, don’t forget that the drawing for this month’s Twilight Tuesday blog candy is coming up, so please play along and get your chance to win!  And that is not the only way to win, visit here or here for all of the details on the blog candy.

So my project for this week — I just continue to go digital for my Twilight stuff!  It just seems to suit what I want to do, so it’s working for me, I guess.  And once again…my project is centered around Edward.  I actually had so many ideas for this week’s theme that I needed to stop myself and just work on this one (which tells you a little bit about how slowly I work — I could only get the one completed!).  So my theme for this week is Bella’s Lullaby.

The music slowed, transforming into something softer, and to my surprise, I detected the melody of his lullaby weaving through the profusion of notes.

"You inspired this one," he said softly.  The music grew unbearably sweet.

I could not speak.

(Twilight (paperback), page 326)

Okay, so who is not swooning just thinking about that scene?  I actually said, when I first heard the movie soundtrack, that I wasn’t too fond of Bella’s Lullaby.  I guess I just heard something different in my head.  And then…I saw a clip from the movie.  To actually see Rob at the piano, playing along with this?  That’s a whole different story.  So, yeah..now I love it.  I love the movie soundtrack; I love that Muse is on there, knowing what a huge inspiration they are to Stephenie Meyer; I absolutely LOVE Spotlight.  Also, the movie score is gorgeous.  Twilight fans, if you have not heard the score, go get it!   It’s beautiful — the score for the meadow scene could bring a tear to your eye.  Seriously — it’s that beautiful. 

But…my favorite thing about Twilight music — we got to hear Rob’s songs. His songs are in such key scenes in the movie; Let Me Sign particularly chokes me up.  (Watch this video soon — it seems that all of the "Let Me Sign" videos get taken down from YouTube really quickly!  And…it’s been pulled.  Sorry about that!)

A little bit more about my project — I used some elements from Kathy’s site, The Scrap Loft.  Check out her page — she is offering a beautiful kit of Cullen-inspired digital elements for free!  Thank you, Kathy — you really helped me out a lot with my project this week!

Show some love to the design team by visiting their blogs to check out their creations for this week, and play along with us!  Also, come and chat with us on the forums at Twilight Tuesday.com.

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

Digital layout components:

Red paper, black paper, red heart with silver border, silver brads, & red ribbon:  from the Cullen kit at The Scrap Loft

Frame collage: from the Clair de Lune kit from Retro Diva

Sheet music, and musical flourishes from Designer Digitals

Photos of Robert Pattinson from Twilight: The Complete Illustrated Companion; photos copyright Summit Entertainment

Font: Carmilla

Twilight Tuesday Inspiration Challenges — Blog Candy!

I am SO excited to be giving away January’s blog candy for the Twilight Tuesday Inspiration Challenges! This information is also posted on Twilight Tuesday.com, our home base for all things relating to the Twilight Tuesday Challenges.  Drop by and check it out! 

So, even Rob is giddy with excitement — doesn’t he look happy about it?  He told me that he just loves blog candy.

I chose stuff that is somewhat Twilighty, and also thought about Valentine’s Day, which is right around the corner.  I hope you like it!  So, let’s get to the details!

Here is the stuff up for grabs:

Designer Paper:

There are five styles (two pieces of each in the package) in 5×7" size.  

For those who like to know this stuff (as I do), here are the details on the paper (from left to right): Basic Grey Bittersweet Raspberry; Doodlebug Designs black velour and white velour; S.E.I. velour/suede paper; Making Memories Red Glitter Love Notes.

Embellishments:

1/2 yard each of red and black velour ribbon by Maya Road; Red and white mulberry paper flowers by Prima; and assorted bling (red and black brads, clear rhinestones, and a bunch of faux Dew Drops).  [See this post on my blog for an explanation of the faux Dew Drop business.}  And the little bling box will be included as well!

How to Enter the Drawing:

There are three different ways to enter to win during the month of January.  Just for reference — there will be a total of four TTIC challenges this month: TTIC13, TTIC14, TTIC15, and TTIC16.

1) First, leave a comment in the weekly post on Twilight Tuesday that describes each challenge.  So far this month, we’ve done TTIC13 on supporting characters and TTIC14 on baseball.  Follow those links to go to the individual blog entries for each challenge.

2) Create a project for any of the January challenges!  If you upload to the gallery at Splitcoast Stampers, Two Peas in a Bucket, your own blog, or any other site, just leave us a link in the comment section for the specific challenge that you completed.  Please note that the craft portion of the challenges is not limited to stampers and papercrafters — you’re welcome to join us in the medium of your choice!

3) Come check out the new Twilight Tuesday forum and leave us a comment there.  We would love to chat away with you!

Following the end of January, the lucky winner will be chosen by random drawing (with the assistance of Random.org) and the winner will be announced here and will be notified by e-mail, IM, or whatever contact information we have for you!

Thank you to both Tonya and Jen who both helped me with this post.  Tonya, I didn’t even tell you, but I cribbed your language for this, so thanks for that!