Royal Blog Tour

Welcome, welcome to my humble castle. It is so good of you to stop in for a visit today. During your visit you will get to see my ideas for using the stamp set ALWAYS. This set has a nice variety of stamps that can be used so many different ways. But it seems that I have gotten stuck in a "Wedding" rut as you will see when you stroll through my tour post. But who doesn't like weddings?

For my first project, I decided that I wanted to create a mini album to give to my dad. It has just turned a year since my beloved mother passed away and I know he is lonely. So in my mother's honor I created this little album to give to my dad to remind him about how precious their first years were together. Since blue was my mom's favorite color I used my favorite blue, Marina Mist. The Designer paper is Elegant Soiree. Even though the DSP uses Baja Breeze as it's main blue, I noticed that the Marina Mist blended well with the DSP as I assembled this project. The frame of the album uses the Tri-Fold card style as its base  - actually there are 2 of those connected with a base and then fronts added. I really like the way this base allows you to tell a story with your images and photos. The colors of the Elegant Soiree DSP also blended well with the black and white photos that were used. I tried to keep this album from being too frilly as it was for a man, but I couldn't help adding flowers here and there with accent brads and some Dimensionals to create depth. I hope he likes it. 

 

The front of the album highlights the lacy heart from the Always stamp set and is stamped in Marina Mist to coordinate with the album base. The hearts were stamped twice, cut out and then outlined with punched and crimped strips of Very Vanilla cardstock. The Pinking Hearts punch is just too sweet with all of those teeny tiny hearts. I love the way they frame the cut out hearts. I mounted the embellished hearts with Dimensionals (the second heart is raised on two layers of Dimensionals). Then I layered the Marina Mist and Soft Suede cardstock to create my front piece. Very Vanilla 5/8" Grograin ribbon will keep the album closed and secure until my dad wants a peek at his love of many years. The two hearts on the front reminds me that for 57 years their two hearts beat as one. You too can inspire this thought in your scrapbook pages.

 
One thing about Stampin'Up! stamp sets, they allow you to enhance any kind of lifetime event. I guess I was in a wedding and married kind of mood because my next project is a wedding favor using some very fun skinny bags. I filled the bags with Jordan Almonds and some pastel candies that I found at Walmart. Do you love candy? Both of them come in such a variety of colors that you are sure to be able to match the wedding colors! Speaking of colors, isn't it fun to see the variety of Stampin'Up! colors used in these wedding favors? What is your favorite color? I created a simple Heart embellishment to tie to the bag and then they are ready to place at each guests' spot. Now your friends will have a little embellishment they can add to a scrapbook page with their favorite photo of this special wedding.

 

 
Of course if you are going to have a wedding, you need an invitation. My next project is one that I cased from a sideline, Sherahl Weedon, who just recently designed these for her daughter's wedding. I loved the layout of the basic invitation, but I made it my own with the Always stamp set. I also put my Big Shot into action with the Elegant Lines embossing folder and of course the finishing touch is the oh so pretty Basic Pearls. Don't you just love how easy it is to accent your work with this new embellishment that Stampin'Up! added to this year's catalog? I find myself using them everywhere.

 

 

 
I hope that you have enjoyed this little visit into the world of weddings and the inspiration that can be found using the Always stamp set. Don't forget that you can use this set for cards also LOL! I will be posting the directions for these projects next week, so check back to see how I did it! I might even be inspired to add some cards made with this lovely stamp set.

Who likes Blog Candy??

I'm offering these two stamp sets for one lucky person!! All you have to do to participate is:

1. Leave me a comment letting me know what you think about my work.
2. Email me your name and address so that if you win, I know where to send the stamp sets.
   

That's all there is to it. Email me here: hickoryfah@comcast.net. When the tour is over, I will use a random selection tool to choose the name of the lucky winner from all of the names who kindly leave comments.

Thank you for visiting and I hoped you enjoyed your time here. Be sure to check back so you can get the instructions on how to make these projects yourself. I'll be sharing patterns, sizes and a complete product list.

Untill the next time, travel safely.......

 

 

 

Comments

[Deb]

I absolutely love the wedding invitation! Too bad I wasn't familiar with stamping 29 years ago!

[Alisha]

OMG!!! Frances they are all beautiful, but the album had some WOW factor for me, I love it!!
I hope you show us all how you made it one day.

Alisha - aj73@optusnet.com.au

[Teri]

WOW! Your work is STUNNING!!! I love all of these! Keep it up!

teri
tericout@yahoo.com

[Marcia]

Love the album beautiful!!!

Marcia

[Lianne Carper]

OMGosh! I absolutely LOVE your little scrapbook! It's just fabulous! I'm on my way to my email program now just in case I win :) Keeping my fingers crossed!

[Michele]

The scrapbook is awesome - and I love the beautiful invitation - great ideas!

[carolyn s]

absolutely gorgeous projects, thanks for reminding me about this set, I haven't used it in quite some time. I really need to pull it back out. Oh and that album is to die for.

[SuAnn Guynn]

I love your ideas! My daughter is getting married and I like the candy favors you made! Great ideas. Thanks
SuAnn Guynn

[Debra Brown]

So hard to decide which is my favorite! The album is wonderful....love the whole idea of a scrapbook that is easy to carry around, but the wedding invitation is beautiful also..Great job!

[Jennifer Eby]

You have taken the card to a whole new level and I love it. Thanks for offering the candy. You have done a great job with ALL your projects.

Jennifer Eby
jguyeby@verizon.net

[Jennifer S.]

Fabulous job on all your projects. Keep up the great work.

[Laura]

What a beautiful keepsake that card is.

[Cynthia Millan]

The album is to die for!! What an ingenious way to stretch it out o make room for all those pics. Absolutely BRILLIANT! and lovely too.
millanclan@bell.net

[Marisol Gutierrez]

Frances...Thank you for being a Princess and sharing your artwork. I LOVE how you show the versatility and feel of your projects using the MANY colors SU has to offer.
Marisol Gutierrez
atouchof_sol at yahoo dot com

[Cindy Marchant]

You do lovely work! That wedding invite is to die for!! Gorgeous!

Cindy Marchant
lcm1180@gmail.com

[Marina]

Wonderful projects!
Thanks for sharing!

[Kathy S.]

Beautiful work!
Ksthy s.

[Jessica Booth]

I love the candy tubes! i need to make some!

Jessica Booth
jcbooth@xplornet.com

[Barb]

Really nice cards and love the candy souvenirs. Really great job.

[Wendy Hawkinson]

You did great, but I LOVE your wedding invitation. That just impressed me to no end!

~Wendy Hawkinson
stampiepoo@gmail.com
www.gotrubberwillstamp.blogspot.com