Royal Blog Tour

Hi Everyone and welcome to my part of the “Royal Blog Tour” . I’m very excited as this is my very first Blog Tour and I thrilled to be on it. I signed up to do a few things with the “Autumn Days” Stamp Set. I hope you enjoy it as much as I have.

Here we go:

This first card is done showcasing the Pheasants in the set. The base of the card is Basic Black and is cut to 5 1/2 x 8 1/2”. The second layer is Crushed Currie and is 3 3/4” x 5”. The Dusty Durango piece is cut to 3 5/8” x 4 7/8” and I stamped the Inspired by Nature background stamp in Versamark for some added texture. The next layer is 2 7/8” x 3 5/8” of White Glossy and is what the image piece is on. The wheat is done by first loading your stamp with Versamark and then Soft Suede, then onto the cs and clear emboss. hint: did you know you can emboss any color simply by stamping in Versamark first? I then brayered with Soft Suede, Crushed Curry and Dusty Durango (actually borrowed this color and brayering idea combo from my friend Selene) . I stamped the Pheasants with Chocolate Chip Craft and clear embossed on Crushed Curry and the other on Dusty Durango and cut out. They are then popped up with Dimensionals. Oh!!! Don’t forget to mask your moon by using a circle punch and a post it note and sponge on your color of choice.

I hope you like this one….comments are always welcome and especially necessary if you’d like a chance to win my Blog Candy!

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This next card uses Lots of Circles and the Pinecone Image. How’s this for an extra Special Holiday Card? I used my Circle Scissors from Stampin’ Up! for the various circles cut from Very Vanilla and Soft Suede. I love this color. I wanted it to be Elegant and so decided to color some of our White Organdy Ribbon to match. You do this by using a sponge dauber and your ink pad. It works beautifully! I hope you like this…don’t for get to leave a comment…

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Here is my final card for the tour……this one features the little leaf image. I stamped the image with Versamark on Crushed Curry, Dusty Durango, and (my favorite) Soft Suede, YUM!!! they cut the leaves out (not for the faint of heart) and placed them on a piece of Very Vanilla Cardstock that I had dry embossed with a circle template I had made. Kind of like little platforms for my leaves. I added the reverse side of our Polka Dot Ribbon in Soft Suede and matted it on Crushed Curry, Dusty Durango and the base is of course Soft Suede. I thought it looked a bit plain (so did my downline Sharon) and I decided to add dots with my Soft Suede Marker around the circles. I think it’s just the right touch, don’t you?

Don’t forget to comment on my blog if you’d like to be entered into my Blog Candy Give-a-way! My Blog Candy consists of "It's a Loop Thing" Stamp Set and a Package of "Loop to Loop Rub-ons" from Stampin' Up! d like to qualify this by stating that you may not be a Stampin' Up! Demonstrator to enter.

I hope you enjoyed this part of the tour as much as I enjoyed having you. Hope to see you again real soon….and as always….

Have a Stampinglee good Day!