StampInsanity Stamps Sneak Peek!

Exciting happenings this week — StampInsanity Stamps is releasing three new sets this week! And wait until you see these — they are FANTASTIC!   Two of the sets, Morgan’s Spell and Halloween Henry, are Halloween-themed.  The third set, called Morgan’s Love, is a HUGE set that is perfect for all the bookworms out there!  It’s filled with sentiments related to losing yourself in good books and is sooo much fun.  I will be displaying a project using that set as soon as I can!

To give you a little hint on the contents of the new sets, here is a card that I made the set called Morgan’s Spell. Morgan is a regular character in the StampInsanity lines – you’ll see her in this badge (at the left) as well. 

StampInsanity Stamps are sold exclusively at the Stamp Happen Shop, beginning on Friday, September 25th.   Today, the members of the Senior Design Team of the Stamp Sistahs are unveiling sneak peeks from these three new sets, and the full Stamp Sistahs Design Team will be posting their projects on Friday.  Visit the Senior Design Team members today to see their awesome projects!

Beth (owner, StampInsanity Stamps)

Tonya (owner, Stamp Happens Shop)

Jen, Deconstructing Jen

And here is my card!  I used the new set called Morgan’s Spell and I could not WAIT to get this witchy little stamp inked up!  How adorable is she? 

Coloring this image was so much fun.  I stamped the image with black ink and colored it with Prismacolor markers, with a couple of glittery highlights done with my fave Jelly Roll pens.  Her earrings just HAD to sparkle!  I used Stickles in Frosted Lace on the moon, and penciled in a little extra “moonglow” around the moon with a really pale blue-grey Prismacolor pencil.  The stars in the background are also from the Morgan’s Spell set and were stamped in metallic silver.  I embossed the white background with a stars texture plate from Fiskars. 

The quote on the card is yet another stamp from this set, and it features the classic witchy quote from Macbeth: 

Double, double, toil and trouble, fire burn and cauldron bubble.

~ William Shakespeare

Lots of details for you!  I had a TON of fun making this one.  Be sure to hit the Stamp Happens Shop on Friday to grab these three new sets before they’re gone!

What I Used:

Paper:  Papertrey Ink white cardstock; Stampin’ Up! Ballet Blue cardstock; The Paper Company silver metallic cardstock; Bazzill Bling in Tiara

Stamps:  StampInsanity Stamps Morgan’s Spell set (girl image, quote, and stars) from the Stamp Happens Shop

Ink:  Stampin’ Up! Ballet Blue and Night of Navy

Accessories:  Cuttlebug: Fiskars texture plate in stars; Spellbinders Nestabilities Labels Three die and ribbon slide die; Dew Drops in metallic silver; EK Success deco corner punch; dimensionals; ribbon; Prismacolor markers and pencils; Sakura Jelly Roll pens in silver and clear; Stickles in Frosted Lace

Making Friends

Making friends for the world to see
Let the people know you got what you need
With a friend at hand you will see the light
If your friends are there, then everything’s all right 

Can anyone name that tune?  It’s just a little bit obscure.  You’ll have to read on for the answer…

I had this song in mind while I was working on this post and just had to include the lyrics, since they’re so in line with this card. 

I made this card for the incredibly sweet and talented Eve of the Twilight Tuesday Design Team – a friend I am so happy to have met through our Twilight adventures.

I was in a pink mood here – and an accessorizing mood as well.  I pulled out something I never use for this card, my Making Memories tag maker.  I actually had a pink metal tam rim, so cool – more pink, more accessories!  This card is definitely embellished.

And the song quote – it’s from Friends by Elton John.  Did anyone recognize it? 

What I Used:

Paper:  Stampin’ Up! Rose Red & Pink Pirouette cardstock; The Paper Company gold metallic cardstock; K & Company Madeline designer paper

Stamp:  Stampin’ Up! Friends 24-7 set

Ink:  Stampin’ Up! Rose Red

Accessories:  Cuttlebug: Floral Fantasy embossing folder; Prima flower, Dew Drops; Making Memories tag maker; EK Success border punch; ribbon; dimensionals

Twilight Tuesday Sketch Challenge 7: Be Safe

Hello everyone!  Here is a card for the latest Twilight Tuesday Sketch Challenge.  Dani has been coming up with great sketches to work with, and I really love this one.  Click here to get the challenge details and play along!  Our sketch challenges have gone so well lately that we’ll be doing them more often going forward.

For this card, I was in the mood to use red and white for a Twilight feel, but but…I wasn’t up for using the classic black.  The black was just too heavy for this feminine-looking card, but  Chocolate Chip was just right.  I really like this red and brown combo. here.

I combined two stamps on the circle – an Inkadinkado flower and Edward’s famous “be safe,” from Artful INKable’s Fictionally Inspired set.  The flowers were given a little Cullen-style bling from Stickles. 

This card was for the lovely and sweet Jacquie, one of my fellow members on the Twilight Tuesday Design Team.  I hope she likes it!

What I Used:

Paper:  Papertrey Ink white cardstock; Stampin’ Up! Riding Hood Red and Chocolate Chip cardstock; Stampin’ Up! Bella Rose designer paper

Stamps: Artful INKables from the Fictionally Inspired Set (sentiment); Inkadinkado from the Bohemian Flourishes set (flower)

Ink:  Stampin’ Up!  Riding Hood Red

Accessories:  Cuttlebug: Sizzix damask embossing folder and Spellbinders Nestabilities petite circle and petite scalloped circle dies; ribbon; dimensionals; Stickles in fruit punch; gems by K & Company

New Blog, New Name, New BIA Project

Notice anything different? 

You are on an entirely new site!  I have moved from Blogger to WordPress and have also changed the name of the site and the URL.  The old name – Stars Fall Creations; new name – Stars Fall Designs. 

Why the name change?  I just like “designs” better.  It’s that simple, really.  And since I was planning to switch to WordPress anyway, this was the right time to take the plunge and make all the changes at once.  This new blog has been up since last week, but I waited for a few days to actually post about it since I was trying to sort out some business with the feeds.

And speaking of feeds, the change brings along some growing pains.  The main thing is that my feed address is different now, so if you are a subscriber to my old “stars fall creations” feed, you will need to resubscribe to my new feed; click the icon below to do so.  If you would like to receive updates by email, you can click on the second icon to sign up for that. If you’re currently receiving email updates, no need to sign up again – that will continue on.

I know this is a huge pain, and I apologize!  I promise that I won’t be making any other big changes any time soon. Thanks for your patience. 

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Ready to see the Bind-It-All project?  I made this 8×8” book for my fellow Twilight Tuesday administrator Jen, a very talented artist – I thought she  might be able to use this as a sketch book. Or for whatever else she might want to do with it.  The inner pages are blank and white, so the choices are limitless!

So here is the front cover of the book, which is covered with K & Company designer paper, my favorite brand.

And here is the interior of the book.  The inside of the front and back covers are covered with Soft Sky from Stampin’ Up!. And the back cover, which is covered with WorldWin ColorMates paper.  I just happened to have one sheet of this paper and it matched with the designer paper really well – one of those lucky breaks you get sometimes!

What I Used:

Zutter Bind-it-All 8” square chipboard covers; The Paper Company white cardstock (inner pages); Stampin’ Up! Soft Sky cardstock; WorldWin ColorMates cardstock; Zutter Bind-It-All 3/4” o-wires in antique silver; and Zutter Bind-It-All machine.

Covers and O-Wires from the Stamp Happens Shop