Quiet Day

I featured the set Peace Within for the blog tour and made three different cards with the set. I love the set, but when I first sat down with it in preparation for the tour I was really at a loss of what to do. I looked at the two picture stamps and two sentiments and thought, oh my, why did I choose to feature this set? But I'm so glad I did. It has actually forced me to look at the set with new eyes.

In today's post, you will see that I totally altered the look of the chair by removing the cat and the pillow. I used a marker to outline the chair so I could leave out the cat and the pillow - I wanted to cut the chair out and have it empty on an empty dune. I stamped it and then just drew in the lines for the rest of the chair where the cat and the pillow had been located. I used a brayer to do the sand and the sky, stamped the grasses with Inspired by Nature and then attached the chair with dimensionals. The sentiment came from the set Hope Happens.

Looking at this card makes me long to go sit with a book, all alone and soak up the nature around me.

I hope you enjoy my take on this stamp and that you too will think outside the box when you look at your stamps.

Thanks again to everyone who stopped by my blog during the Royal Blog Tour. Happy Stamping.

Blog Candy Winners

I am excited to announce Blog Candy winners from the Royal Blog Tour! The winners are Tenny Kusuma and Laurie in MN.! I will give Laurie's last name as soon as I hear back from her. I have emailed both ladies and congratulated both of them.

I want to thank everyone who commented on my cards and made me feel like a princess. I hope many of you will continue to check back as I update frequently.

I wish everyone could have been a winner, but alas, just two. Congratulations again Tenny and Laurie.

ROYAL BLOG TOUR

I am so excited to be a part of the Royal Blog Tour and to feature Peace Within a new stamp set from the new 2009-2010 Stampin' Up! Idea Book & Catalog. I loved this set the moment I saw it and it was one of the first I ordered from the new catty. The set is small, just four stamps, two pictures and two sentiments, but I think it will prove to be very versatile.

My first card features the sleepy, peaceful cat and uses the new In Color Rich Razzleberry along with a favorite of mine Old Olive. I did a lot of stamping and cutting to add dimension to this card and as you will see later eve delete part of the picture. The only thing wrong with this picture is that the cat is in the chair not me!

My second card is a very simple card using Soft Suede and Bella Blue Designer Series Paper. I added some pizazz with the butterfly - punched with our new Butterfly Punch. I had planned to watercolor card too, but ended up using markers to color the stamp and then I stamped it on watercolor paper. The only part I colored in was the bird. I liked the simple look with the different colored flowers.

My last project for the blog is a bookmark card. I placed the sentiment on the card and again on the bookmark. I like to frame cards like this and so I didn't want the sentiment to disappear with the bookmark. I love these because they're quick and easy gifts, but ones with a very personal touch! This design idea was cased and I will provide more details including a link to the instructions following the blog tour.

What I love to do with a new stamp set especially one like this is sit down and see how many different stamps I have that will go with it. In this case I used Le Jardin with card number one, card number two was strictly this set and my third project included the sentiment from Sense of Time and the background from the new set Paradise. I actually found three different sentiments from three different sets to go with this sleepy peaceful cat in just a quick look through my stamps. I'm always amazed at how the stamps work with each other and expand our stamping horizons.

Be sure to bookmark my blog or sign-up for the feed and come back on July 30th for more details on these projects!

BLOG CANDY DETAILS: Like many of the blogs on this tour, I am offering BLOG CANDY. For Stampin' Up! Customers and demonstrators. I am offering a set of four different Sale-a-bration 2009 stamp sets. For demonstrators I am offering a set of instructions for these three projects with supply list and cutting instructions if they have the Sale-a-bation sets and would prefer the projects. These instructions are perfect for a Stamp Camp or Stamp Club. I will be drawing two names To be entered into the drawing simply leave a comment including your email address and whether you are a demonstrator or customer. Winners will be contacted and announced on my blog July 30th.

ROYAL BLOG TOUR UPDATE!

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Pendant Park

Today Pendant Park is my favorite new set from the new Stampin' Up catty. I will probably be saying that every time I use a new set. Wow, this is the best year ever for stamp sets and all years have been good. I love the little squirrels on the park bench, reminds me of a park near where we run and thus I loved this set in the catalog, but I love it even more since I've used it.

The first card I used Old Olive and Crushed Curry (new In Color) and of couse Whisper White. I colored in the tree with three different markers, Always Artichoke, Old Olive and Chocolate Chip and I love the texture it gives the tree. I stamped the bench and then cut it out and raised it with dimensionals - I just like the depth doing this gives to the card. The legs were iffy, but I got it done!

The second card I used for a man's birthday card, so I chose Basic Grey for the base card. (In the picture it looks like Night of Navy, but I promise it's Basic Grey) and I changed out the ribbon for a stamped design. Note to self and others - Night of Navy would be a great combo with Crushed Curry! LOL

If you have this set enjoy it and if you don't you can always contact me to place an order! I promise it will become one of your favorite sets, too!

Happy Stamping.