Thursday, November 4, 2010

Royal Blog Tour

Welcome to my castle.  I hope you are feeling like a Royalty while you follow the path from castle to castle.  I am excited to share some beautiful samples with the Hostess Set Cute by the Inch.  I did not think I would like this set when I seen it but I am so glad I got it.  I have done so many projects with it and I love them all.  This has been a fun set to use for Scrapbooking, cards and home decor.  I will start my samples off with a birthday gift set.  The gift set consists of a card, a tray with stamped tile added, a decorated box with bubble bath, a photo frame, chap stick and nail files all done in a Concord Grape, Blushing Bride color scheme.  I really want to add pearls to the top edges of the tray to match the box but I did not have enough so next order I will be adding those to finish it off.  Here is a group picture.


All of the items included with this gift set were items that have been sitting in my Royal Studio for two or more years just waiting to be transformed!

Here is a shot of the card, box with bubble bath and the inside of the tray.  Each tile is stamped and then I covered them all with modge podge so that it would protect it from water and such.


And here is a close up of the frame, chap stick, nail files and another shot of the tray.


I was very happy with how this frame turned out.  The frame was only twenty five cents and now it looks so pretty--don't you think.  I love that we can use our stamps for so much more than just card making.  But speaking of card making.  I decided to go one more step and create a Jar of Cards.  I used the same color scheme on the exterior of the jar, but each three by three card is done if a different in color.  There are two of each card with matching envelopes in the jar.


And since I am allowed six photos on my post as per the QUEEN and her Royal Crew I will show you a few more card ideas with this set.  I had to combine them into two pictures so they are kind of small but hopefully you get the idea. 


If you have any questions please do not hesitate to ask--but be sure to leave me your e-mail since blogger doesn't always show them.  I do not want to take up too much of your time, I know you are on a journey and I am sure you want to move on.  If you enjoyed my blog please take a moment to bookmark it so you can come back again after the tour is over.  

Hope you have a wonderful time--see ya soon!
Mary Jo

Last Clue for the Royal Blog Tour Giveaway

The tour starts tomorrow!  I hope you are as excited as we are!  Here is your last clue....

Wednesday, November 3, 2010

Clue number 5 for the Royal Blog Tour Big Give Away game.

Yea! It works! Finally.

Sorry for the delay on this, my camera took longer than I thought to dry out and decide it still wanted to work.  I am ecstatic as I can't afford to buy a new one right before Christmas.  So without further delay, here is my card for both My sketch challenge 146 for this week --you can find the original post HERE- and for this week's Latenightstamper challenge to create gift card holders.  If you don't belong to this group you are missing some awesome samples! 

Here is my card, it is not a full card, it is more of a card front with a mini card on top.  Easy and fun.

Here is a picture of the gift card holder part open.


I hope you will play along with my sketch challenge this week.  Again you can find it HERE.
Stamps:  Just Believe, 
Paper: Pear Pizzazz, Peach Parfait, Whisper White, Chocolate Chip, Sunny Garden DP
Ink: Chocolate Chip
Other: ribbon, Slit punch, markers
Hope your having a super duper week!
Mary Jo

Tuesday, November 2, 2010

Royal Blog Tour Clues 3 and 4!

Whoops, forgot to post yesterdays, my son got sick at school and my whole day changed, lol.