Welcome to thy castle, the first on the Crushed Curry Path, which is one of four paths thee can take. By royal decree, thee have been given three days in which to enjoy 80 different castles prepared especially for thou enjoyment. Along the way, thee will find important clues; thee will want to inscribe on thee parchment each of the 20 clues scattered among the castles on the four paths. When thou carriage has taken thee along all four paths, and thee have gathered the 20 clues among the paths, thee must return to the Royal Blog Tour Home Castle. There thee will be asked to return the clues to the Royal Blog Tour High Queen. If thee return all the clues to the Queen correctly, thou name will be entered by the Castle Scribe. After the Royal Blog Tour has ended, the scribe will record thou name into a royal drawing for a Big Shot Die Cut Machine! Look carefully through each castle where thou coach arrives as the clues can be found only in certain castles. Once thee have traveled all the paths, bid thou coachman to return to the Royal Blog Home Castle. The Queen awaits thou answers there!
Welcome to the Crushed Curry Path of the Royal Blog Tour.
Ye are currently at Castle Number 1.
My "Feature" set for the Royal Blog Tour is "The More the Merrier" this is one of Stampin' Up!'s brand new Level 3 Hostess Set's. I have created a Christmas card, a Halloween card and a Birthday card just for this tour.
Now for the particulars on my Halloween card. I stamped and coloured those cute little pumpkins and did a bit of sponging...I don't like too much white space. I put some googly eyes on two of the pumpkin's...I kinda dig those. I went all the way around the white and brown with a distressing tool to rough it up a bit & then all the way around with a glue pen, I then put brown glitter from the Supernova Collection on. I also put glitter around the tab punch to spruce it up a bit. The patterned paper is Pumpkin Pie, with Chocolate Chip & Pumpkin Pie card stock. I taped the two pieces of patterned paper together on the back and then added some glitter up the middle to give it even more sparkle. A bit of 1/4" grosgrain & a jewel brad (which I coloured to match) and it's all done.
I know it's Summer time here in Ontario but it's also a great time to get a head start on all those Christmas cards.
Taken with Teal is one of my favourite colours and one I haven't used a lot this year. I used the new Holiday Lounge patterned paper from SU on this card, it's just beautiful. I also used my SU Top Notes Die on this card. Cut it out once and then put it back through but I turned the first cut piece 90 degrees to get this pattern out of it. I trimmed the white piece so that I could have a mat.
It's hard to tell from the picture but there is dazzling diamonds all the way around the outside of the white, and on the bottom for snow as well as in various places on the snowmen.
I didn't have the proper colour button so I coloured one to match and added dazzling diamonds to it as well.
I cut a piece of 1/4" grosgrain in half so it would fit through the button wholes.
This is a very simple but I think pretty card for Christmas.
I had originally created this card for a Splitcoast challenge but then realized it was the set I would be using for this amazing tour...so I held off posting it.
I just can't tell you how much I love this year's in colours...I have to stop myself sometimes because I want to do all my cards with these colours.
These cupcakes are all on a one line stamp so I inked each cupcake individually and stamped and punched them out.
This is a 5 x 5 square card. I coloured all the "cakes" in used some Liquid Applique on them. I coloured my flowers in as well I coloured the brads to match. The ribbon is Crushed Curry polka dot from SU.
You can click on any of the pictures for a more close of view of the card.
I hope you enjoy the balance of the Royal Blog Tour, thanks for stopping by!!!
Cheers,
Once this path hath reached its end, thy royal coach will travel back to the Royal Blog Tour - Home Castle where more paths await thee!
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Love your take on The More The Merrier; it is the same set I used on the Dusty Durango tour. Hugs, Loni H.
Posted by: Loni | July 25, 2009 at 11:55 PM
Such cute ideas Lora!! I'm really enjoying the Royal Blog Tour, and looking forward to checking your blog often!
Posted by: SharonField | July 26, 2009 at 12:19 AM
I love the colored button with glitter. What a good idea! cute stuff.
Posted by: Dawn | July 26, 2009 at 08:35 AM
Your Halloween card is great--but it disappears when you bring up the comment page!
Posted by: Nola | July 26, 2009 at 08:39 AM
Your cards are so cute and inspiring.
Posted by: StampinCathy | July 26, 2009 at 09:00 AM
I too love the new in-colors. I love your cards. I like the layering and the colors. Very nice. Thanks for sharing your work.
Posted by: Kathy T | July 26, 2009 at 09:13 AM
Love your projects!!! Esp. that snowman card - wow!
Posted by: Q | July 26, 2009 at 09:56 AM
Such cute projects, thanks so much for sharing
Posted by: Carolyn S | July 26, 2009 at 10:26 AM
Such adorable cards!
Posted by: Jackie | July 26, 2009 at 11:02 AM
great use of glitter on your cards- tfs!
Posted by: kathy w | July 26, 2009 at 11:40 AM
Love the cards esp the snowman one.
Posted by: Elaine | July 26, 2009 at 02:53 PM
I love your detail work. It moves a card from really nict to fabulous!
Sharon L
sharon.lemon@sbcglobal.net
Posted by: Sharon | July 26, 2009 at 02:55 PM
Beautiful samples!
Posted by: lisa808 | July 26, 2009 at 03:40 PM
How cute are these cards Jackie Kenny
Posted by: Jackie Kenny | July 26, 2009 at 04:18 PM
Your projects are great! You add so much detail! TFS!
Posted by: Melissa (SCS: Stampin_Melissa) | July 26, 2009 at 04:23 PM
Your holiday cards are soooo cute! Thanks for sharing..
Melany
Posted by: Melany | July 26, 2009 at 05:31 PM
OH....I got this set during the pre-order and I already liked it but now I LOVE it! Your Halloween card is my favorite!
Posted by: Susan Timmerman | July 26, 2009 at 06:53 PM
Lora-
Your cards are so much fun! I love the snowman card with the glittery button!
Thanks so much for sharing:)
Posted by: Julie Arvin | July 26, 2009 at 06:54 PM
fabulous cards!Thanks for sharing.
Posted by: Diana Hickey | July 26, 2009 at 07:02 PM
These are just precious! Love your work. Thank you for sharing.
Posted by: cindy | July 26, 2009 at 07:30 PM
Lora -- your designs are absolutely lucious! beautiful!
Posted by: Gramjak | July 26, 2009 at 07:54 PM
Just love what you did with the snowmen. Thank you for sharing and keep up the good work.
Posted by: Pat Turner | July 26, 2009 at 09:00 PM
Lora...Beautiful...This is one of my fav sets as well...LOVE the Pumpkin card...and I so see all the dazzling diamonds on the snoman card...it was a pleasure getting to know you!
Posted by: Marisol Gutierrez | July 26, 2009 at 10:26 PM
Cute cards! Thanks for sharing!
Cindy
Posted by: Cindy Garner | July 26, 2009 at 11:31 PM
Your cards are amazing! Thanks for posting.
Posted by: Terri Cash | July 26, 2009 at 11:41 PM