Royal Blog Tour!!!

Welcome to my castle!!! This is my first time to participate and I have "royally" enjoyed creating these projects so I hope you enjoy them. Also, I'm offering BLOG CANDY!!!! Details are at the end of the post.

Each Princess (yes, I'm wearing my crown all the days of the tour) was to select one stamp set and use it as the primary set on their projects. For my set, I chose Tart and Tangy. I love the different things you can do with this set!

For my first project I make a little basket of Strawberries (note cards, that is!)

Supplies:

Stamp Set: Tart and Tangy, Fundamental Phrases

Cardstock: Kraft, Real Red, Confetti Cream

Ink: Close to Cocoa, Basic Black, Real Red, Green Galore

Accessories: Linen Thread

My next project is a Calendar/Drawer combination. I just love this! I got the idea for the 2010 from a Table Card at Chili's!

Supplies:

Stamp Set: Tart and Tangy

Cardstock: Basic Black, Old Olive, Cast A Spell Designer Series Paper (really! It's the opposite side of the paper with the white skulls on it!)Ink: Old Olive

Accessories: Old Olive 1 1/4" Striped Grosgrain, Eyelet Border Punch, On Board Lots of Letters, Filigree Designer Brads

The next card is just a bright and cheery simple card. I love making backgrounds with our stamps!

Supplies:

Stamp Set: Tart and Tangy, All Holidays
Cardstock: Real Red, Whisper White
Ink: Real Red, Glorious Green, Basic Black
Accessories: Real Red 3/4" Polka Dot Grosgrain Ribbon

My next project is a little more complicated version of my simple card. I love doing techniques and this one uses a technique called Black Magic. Really fun to do!

Supplies:
Stamp Set: Tart and Tangy, All Holidays
Cardstock: Basic Black, Real Red, Whisper White
Ink: White Craft Ink, Basic Black
Accessories: Real Red 3/4" Polka Dot Grosgrain Ribbon, Stampin' Pastels, White Signo Gel Pen

This next project is some cute little recipe cards! Can't you just see using them for Apple Pie, Lemon Meringue Pie, Strawberry Cake and Cherry Cobbler????????

Supplies:

Stamp Set: Tart and Tangy, From the Kitchen Of

Cardstock: Real Red, Whisper White, Yo Yo Yellow

Inks: Real Red, Glorious Green, Yo Yo Yellow, Basic Black

Accessories: 1 1/4", 1 3/8" and 1 3/4" Punches

Last but not least, I have a Hybrid Scrapbook spread for you. Can ya believe it?????? LOL! I used the Apple Stamp to create the background and My Digital Studio for the pieces matted in blue on these pages for a cute little 1st Grade Layout.

Supplies:

Set: Tart and Tangy

Cardstock: Real Red, Whisper White, Brilliant Blue

Ink: Real Red, Glorious Green, Yo Yo Yellow, Basic Black

Accessories: My Digital Studio

So now for the Candy!!!!!! I'm going to be giving away the Level 2 Hostess Set, Asian Artistry.

How do you win??? Just leave a comment!

I hope you've enjoyed your visit to my Castle. Now, just click on the ruby glass slippers below to board your Coach and continue down this Royal Path. Happy travels!

Thanks for visiting my blog.

Saturday Sketch Challenge 4/24

Hi all!!!! It's time for another Saturday Sketch!!! You can see the sketch over at the UDI Blog. If you are doing the Sketch Skip, you just came to me from Max's Marvelous Blog!



This week's card is way out of the box for me. We watch a LOT of Frasier reruns (we have all the seasons and watch it whenever there's nothing else on TV. There is a painting in Frasier's apartment that just grabbed me so I worked it into the sketch. Hope you enjoy!

Supplies:

Stamps: Fundamental Phrases

Cardstock: Basic Black, Kraft, Dusty Durango, Whisper White

Ink: Basic Black

Accessories: Flower Folds Bigz XL Die

If you are doing the Sketch Skip, the next stop is Tammy's wonderful blog!

Have a great weekend!

Saturday Sketch Challenge 4/17

Hi all! I hope you are having a wonderful Saturday. Even though it is going to be rainy off and on, I'm taking "the girls" (my Mom and Sister) for a drive to Granbury so they can see the Bluebonnets. I am so thankful to Lady Bird Johnson for starting the Texas Roadways Wildflowers Program (don't know if that's the right name). During this time of year, we don't mow in certain areas so the Bluebonnets and other native wildflowers can flourish along the highways. They are so beautiful! I'm taking my camera and hopefully I'll get some pictures to share with you!



So here's my card for this week. I don't hardly ever get the chance to do Baby cards so I thought I would just make one for fun as I have not put ink to this set yet. Be sure to check out all the Designers and the sketch over at the UDI Blog. If you are skipping through the Designer Blogs, you just came from viewing Max's great creation!

Supplies:

Set: Love Bug

Ink: Basic Black, Rose Red, Old Olive, Creamy Caramel, Chocolate Chip

Cardstock: Rose Red, Old Olive Designer Series Paper, Whisper White

Accessories: White Satin Ribbon, 1/4" Old Olive Grosgrain Ribbon, Sweet Pea Stitched Felt, Stampin' Up! Perfect Polka Dots Textured Impressions Folder, 1 1/4", 1 3/8" and Word Window Punches

To see the next Design Team project, skip on over to Tammy's wonderful blog!

Have a great weekend!

Changes, Changes and Saturday Sketch Challenge 4/10

WOW!!!! What an announcement Stampin' Up! made this week!!!! I am so excited to be able to share this with you all! With the publication of our New Catalog in July, we are totally revamping our color groups to update them. Some of our past favorite In Colors are making a return to become part of our basic color groups and we will still get new In Colors in July that will stay around for TWO YEARS! See the charts on my Left Sidebar for the new color groups. You can click on them for a PDF you can download to your computer.

Also coming up for me is the Royal Blog Tour. I am very excited to be participating in this and am planning my projects as we speak!! You can get all the info by clicking on the Princess Coach picture on the top of my Right Side Bar. Go visit the site, there are already games going on!!!! And be sure to come back for the Tour!

Now on to my Saturday Sketch. As always, you can see the sketch over at the UDI Blog Each week, all the Designers link to each other so you may have come here from Max's Blog after viewing her wonderful project.

Here's my project:

Supplies:

SETS: Fine Flourish, Butterfly Accent, Tiny Tags
CARDSTOCK: Certainly Celery, Whisper White, Shades of Spring Designer Series Paper
INK: Basic Black
ACCESSORIES: White Taffeta Ribbon, Soft Subtle Brads, Medium Jewelry Tag Punch, Beautiful Wings SU Embosslit
TECHNIQUE: Spotlighting and Kissing

To see the next Design Team project, skip on over to Tammy's wonderful blog!

Have a wonderful weekend!!!!

Saturday Sketch Challenge 4/3

Happy Easter to you all! What a glorious weekend we are having! It started out rainy but has turned out beautifully! So here's my card for this weekend. You can see the original sketch here at the UDI Blog. If you are "hopping" the Design Team's blogs, you just came from Marvelous Max's blog.

Supplies:

Set: Chocolate Bunny, Teeny Tiny Wishes

Ink: Chocolate Chip, Basic Black

Cardstock: Certainly Celery, Pretty in Pink, Bashful Blue, Tea Party Designer Series Paper, Creamy Caramel

Accessories: Eggcellent Eggs Kit

Technique: Iris Folding

To see the next Design Team project, Bunny Hop on over to Tammy's wonderful blog!

Have a wonderful weekend!!!!!! If you don't have a place to worship, I invite you to locate a United Methodist Church in your area. Our policy is "Open Minds, Open Hearts" and anyone is welcome!