Blue Pansies Mother's Day Card

I was playing around again with some Fred She Said digi images. This one is Blue Pansies in a Tea Cup. I also used the butterflies from "Butterflies Doodle Dallions"

I used some of my retired CTMH cardstock, Sky and Star Spangled Blue.

My friend Crystal got me hooked on We R Memory Keepers Next Level Embossing Folders. The one I used, I think, Is the Basket Weave. 

Christmas Rose and Candles

Tis the season for Christmas Card making! 

My card today is using a fantastic pre-colored digi from Fred She Said called Christmas Rose.
I used a set of Spellbinder dies to cut image and mat.
The rose was fussy cut twice. Once with leaves and one just the rose. These were layered with foam tape to add some dimension. 

Red glitter was added to all the tiny red berried and then to the holly berries in the upper corners. Orange and yellow glitter was used on the candle flames. Clear Wink of Stella was used on the rose for a little extra shimmer.

The sentiment and papers are from some of my retired stash from Close to my Heart. Sentiment was heat embossed for a raised affect.

Challenges for this card:
Glitter 'n' Sparkle - Use some Red
Scrapbook Blessings  - Use Red, Green and White
Great Impressions - Bling on the Holidays
The Glory of Christmas - Glitter and/or Shine
Lacy Sunshine - Tic Tac Toe - I actually used all options but one
Digi's Designs - Bow, Die Cuts, Flowers

Another Old Truck Father's Day Card

I simply LOVE this Old Truck Image from Fred She Said. And since it comes as a digi and also in four pre-colored images, I thought I'd use the Blue Truck today.

The starting inspirations for this card started with a sketch from Sketchy Colors. 

Once I had the sketch and the image I thought I was set for an easy peasy card. WRONG! So many indecisions followed. For some reason, I just did not like just the plain blue dot "Wanderful" background paper. So after about an hour of walking back and forth and looking at the design, I dug out an old retired CTMH stamp set with pine trees. Wala!!! Just what it needed. 

But then I didn't like the horizontal strip of designer paper I chose for right behind the truck, which was the flip side of the blue dot paper.  So, I switched from the dark print to green cardstock and dry embossed with a wood grain embossing folder

The Happy Father's Day is from the CTMH Holiday Tags Stamp Set.

It's amazing how what started out as being a 10 minute card turned out to take several hours. I sure wish I wasn't such a perfectionist. 

Here is the sketch I used.

Other Challenges for this card.
Jo's Scrap Shack - Anything
Sister Act Card Challenge - Anything
Wags 'n Whiskers - Seeing Spots
Southern Girls - Spots and Dots
Double Click - Father's Day
Mod Squad - Masculine
Simon Says - Anything Goes
Whimsy Stamps - Anything but a square card.
Fan-Tastic Tuesday - Add Texture
Scrap Creations - Celebrations
Tuesday Throwdown - Anything

The Old Truck - Father's Day Card

It's been a while since I last posted a card. But, it's time to make Father's Day Cards. So, let's get started.

My card today is made using The Old Truck pre-colored image from Fred She Said. This image makes a great masculine card to use for any occasion. This image comes as a Digi to color yourself and four different pre-colored trucks. 
The beginning inspiration came from a sketch Challenge from Inspired By Stamping.

Other Challenges for this card.

Cards in Envy - Masculine

Incy Wincy - Lots of Layers

Mema's Crafts - Anything

AAA Cards - For the Guys

Claire's - Outdoors

Purple Pansies Mother's Day Card

When ever I want to make a fast, yet beautiful card, I turn to my Fred She Said pre-colored images. As much as I love coloring with my Copic Alcohol Markers, These pre-colored images are just spectacular and save so much time.

This  card uses the Purple Pansies set
I marched them up with some great Spellbinder dies and wala, a great card.

Daffodils And Hummingbirds Birthday Card

After the snow storm two days ago, it's finally starting to look a little like Spring. It feels so good to be making Spring cards again. 

I started with the Pre colored images of the Spring Flowers and Hummingbirds from Fred She Said.

Challenges for this card:
Polka Doodles - Birthdays
QKR Stampede - Think Spring
That's Crafty - Wings and Things
Aud Sentiments - Use a two word Sentiment
Cute Card Thursday - Spring Fever
Scrap and Craft Inspirations - Flowers

I Love You This Much!

Here is another "Love" card. Yes, I made this as a Valentine. But the more I looked at it, I thought this would be a wonderful card any time of the year for the Love of your Life.Or, an Anniversary card. Especially if made in a different color. 
I actually printed the image twice. Then I fussy the hair and the dress and layered it with foam tape for lots of added dimension. 

The image is "I Love You This Much" from Fred She Said. This is the pre-colored image and it comes in 6 different colors and the sentiment. 

I used some New Spellbinder Dies I just received. I just love these new intricate frilly dies. I also used an old MS Corner punch. 

The beginning inspiration started with a sketch from Sketch Saturday.

Other Challenges for this card:

Bunny Zoe - Hearts

The Cheerful Stamp Pad - Valentine

Craft-Dee Bowz - Use a hand made bow

Eureka Stamps - Red

My Creative Moments - New Somethings (Papers and Dies)

The Pink Elephant - Love

IDIC - Vintage Look

Stamping Sensation - Dies and Punches

That Craft Place - Love/Valentines

Crafting Musketeers - Valentine

Whimsie Doodles - Love is in the Air

Sunday Stamps - Red, White and Kraft colors

Hearts and Roses Valentine

My card today is a Valentine Card that I made using a fabulous pre-colored images from Fred She Said called Hearts and Roses. This set comes as a Digi for you to color yourself or a set with 7 different colors and includes a few sentiments for the heart.

The papers are from the CTMH Heartstrings Paper pack. The Amour is from the CTMH Amour Stamp Set.

Card Designed Inspired by the Crazy 4 Challenges Sketch.

Challenges for this card:
My time to Craft - Love is All Around
Craft for the Craic - Favorite Word - Love (Amour)
Docerela Creations - Pink, red with embellishments
Really Reasonable Ribbon - Hearts & Ribbon
Crafty Ribbons - Let's Get Sentimental
DL.Art - Anything with Red
In The Pink - Use Pink
Moving Along with the Times - Dies and Punches
Throw Back Thursday - Valentine
DRS Designs - Color Challenge
Inspired By Stamping - Inspitational Picture (hearts)

Christmas Rose - Fred She Said

Another Christmas Card made with the fabulous pre-colored Christmas Rose image from Fred She Said. I just love her colored images, especially when I'm in a hurry to make things and don't want to take the time to color it myself. 

The roses are actually layered three times, which you can't tell in the picture. 

Challenges for this Card:
Just Inspirational - Frame it.
Card Mania - Use a Digi
Bearly Mine - Christmas Cards
Christmas Cards All Year Round - No dp
Crafty Hazelnut - Anything Christmas

Christmas Candle and Rose - Fred She Said

Here's another Christmas card for you. This one uses a pre-colored Christmas Rose and Candle from Fred She Said.

I made another Easel Card. They are very addicting. Especially when you don't want to make your focal image smaller and still want to add a sentiment. However, taking a really good picture isn't that easy.

The rose is actually layered twice on top of the original. 

The sentiment is from Stampin' Up, which was stamped and heat embossed.

Challenges for this Card:
Card Mania - Use a DigiP
Craft-Dee Bowz - Anything with a bow
Dream Valley - Anything
Love to Create - Christmas
Melonheadz friends - Add a sentiment
Not Just Cards - Anything
Perfectly Rustic - Embossing
Stamp and Create - Ribbon and Bows

Christmas Cardinal - Fred She Said

My card today is a Christmas Card using the pre-colored images from Fred She Said called Christmas Cardinal. I added dots of Liquid Applique when the snow dotsw are on the image and then covered with Fine Prisma Glitter for just a little added sparkle.

When I was designing this card, I was going to put the sentiment below the image, but I didn't want the pretty dry embossed Holly to be covered. So I decided to make an Easel Card instead.  

The sentiment is from an old retired stamp set from Close to my Heart and the Red Enamel Hearts and some new embellishments for CTMH also.

This card worked perfectly for using up some of my scraps of cardstock and ribbon.

Challenges for this card:
Bearly Mine - Christmas
Christmas Cards All Year Round - No DP
Crafters Companion - Christmas
Crafty Hazelnut - Christmas
Die Cut Diva's - Any Holiday
Live and Love Crafts - Favorite Christmas Colors
Mema's Crafts - Anything

FSS Cornflowers

My card today uses another of the new images just released at Fred She Said. This is the Cornflower and comes pre-colored or a digi to color yourself.

My inspiration started with a sketch from Sketch File.

I have a wedding to go to next month and I have a stamp set called Life time of Happiness from CTMH, that I thought would be perfect for a wedding card. I think it goes well with the FSS Cornflowers.

The cornflowers were fussy cut and layered on top of the original flowers for added dimension. 

I added some Hand Stitching around the card using a matching color embroidery floss, keeping the color subtle as to not take away from this beautiful image.

FSS Scribbled Roses

Fred She Said is having an End of Summer Sale and my card uses one of the newest images, Scribbled Roses released this week. These beautiful pre-colored flowers come in 11 different colors. This image also comes as a line image to color yourself. These come as individual flowers, but I used the PNG version to group three different colors together.

I used the sketch challenge from Mojo Monday for my starting inspiration. 

I added some hand stitching around the edges for some added dimension. 

Fred She Said End of Summer SALE!

FRED SHE SAID DESIGNS is having an END OF SUMMER SALE!

And there are new floral releases just in time! *Ü*

You can find more info at the FRED SHE SAID BLOG.

Fred She Said 6th Birthday Sale

It's May and it's time for a Birthday!
Fred She Said Designs 6th Birthday. *Ü*

Use CODE 6THBDAY to get 25% off order of $10 or more.

Emma and the Cake

Well, it's just a little over three weeks until Spring begins. I can't wait. Here in Pennsylvania, we've been bombarded with so much snow this month and they're calling for a little more tomorrow night. Every winter I go through a depression but this year is worse then ever. My passion is card making and it's even been a struggle to do this lately. However, my beautiful Granddaughter Mya celebrated her 7th birthday Saturday, so I made her a very special card. It actually did feel good to create again.

My card today was created with a pre-colored imaged from Fred She Said called "Emma and the Cake". 
Mya's favorite color right now is Pink. So I started out with the Pink Emma and matched it up with The Lollydoodle Paper pack from Close to my Heart. 

The Happy Birthday is from the Holiday Tags stamp set from CTMH. This is my "Go To" stamp set most of the time. Great sentiments and matching tags. 

The pink Hearts and small flowers were punched form the Pink Glitter Papers. The Green banner was cut from the Green Glitter Papers. The hearts and banner were hung from the Pink bakers twine form the Paradise assortment.
Pink Glitter Gems were added to the center of the flowers.

Challenges for this card:
Seize the Birthday - Use hearts on Birthday card.
Catered Crop - Birthday
One Stitch at a Time - Girly
Quirky Crafts - Pile it on & 3D
Ink on My Fingers - Have a Heart

Nolan & the Bull Frog

Here is a Valentine I made for my Grandson Jeffrey. Very Non Traditional Valentine colors. I just love this image from Fred She Said called "Nolan and the Bull Frog". 

I used the same sketch from the Deconstructed Sketch Blog, for this card and my last post. 

The design of this sketch was just perfect for the images plus, I have many rolls of glitter tape in many different colors so I wanted to finally use them.

The paper is from the Ivy Lane paper pack from Close to my Heart along with Crystal Blue Cardstock. 

I Love you THIS much!

Here is a Valentine that I made for my Granddaughter Mya for Valentines Day.

The inspiration for this card started with the pre-colored imaged from Fred She Said called "I Love You THIS Much!" This fabulous image comes in Six different colors or a Digi that you can color yourself.

I then matched it up with a great Sketch Challenge from the Deconstructed Sketch Challenge Blog. 

I Love Mom - Valentine

Here's a Valentine that I thought I might make for my 4 year old grandson to give his Mommy for Valentines Day. I used the Fred She Said pre-colored image called Nolan with a Sign. There are five different signs plus a blank one that goes with this digi set. 

I had a new paper pack from Close to my Heart called Skylark. I just thought this coerner of the paper would go perfect with this image. 

I have just started getting back into Hand Stitching on my cards and so I dod so on this one. I also used a brand new Spellbinder's die. 

Other challenges for this card:
Bunny Zoe's - Stitching

Better Than Chocolate

I have another Valentine card for you here today using pre-colored images form Fred She Said.

The roses on the sides are from the Hearts and Roses set. This set comes in Seven Pre-Colored choices.

The focal image is from the Better Than Chocolate and comes in three colored versions.

The papers, ribbon and flourishes is all from Close to my Heart.

The hand stitching is another pattern from the Close to my Heart Stitch Guide. This guide is loaded with lots of stitching options. The card previous to this post was stitched using the guide also.