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Today I played with one of the new pre-colored images from Fred She Said called Daisies and LadyBugs. Oh my gosh! I had so much fun with this, that I have two more cards in the works with this set. I decided to make an Easel Card with this one. All of the Dasies and Lady Bugs were fussy cut and mounted with foam tape.
I got the inspirational sketch for this card from the Terrifically Thrilling Thursday Challenge Blog. I completely changed the card though becasue I made the mistake of finding a FSS pre-colored image I wanted to use and designing the card before printing the image. I'm trying to use up some older papers. Well, when I printed out the image I wanted, it really didn't go with the paper. Since I had the card all Hand Stitched already, I laid some of the daisies, which I also printed out at the same time, on the paper and liked it. I probably wouldn't have used this paper with the daisies, but now that it's finished, I really like it together. Amazing how accidents have a way of working out.
The papers are from a retired paper pack from Close to my Heart. All the pearls are also from CTMH.
The "Thinking of you" is from a NEW CTMH stamp set called Casual Expressions.
The Hand Stitching was all done with matching Embroidery Floss to match the Smoothie Cardstock.
Welcome to the Fred, She Said Winged Things Blog Hop! Summer is in full swing and flying by fast, and the FSS team wants to share a winged wonderland with you!
If you have arrived from Maureen’s blog, you are right on track. If you are just happening by, you will want to start on the FSS Blog.
Collect a secret word on each blog along the way, leave us some love on our posts and follow the directions at the end of the hop for your chance to win this FABULOUS PRIZE!
One winner will receive ALL of this:
$25 GC to CropStop
£15 GC to Bearly Mine Designs
$25 GC to Fred She Said Store
Hop ends Friday, August 3, midnight EST.
I decided to get a jump start on Christmas with my Christmas in July Card. I used the Pre-colored Christmas Cardinal along with some old Bo Bunny papers I had lying around. I don't know how I could have had these beautiful papers and never used them.
The hand stitching was done with matching embroidery floss.
Your secret word on my blog is "The"
Your next stop on the hop is Valerie’s blog.
Other Challenges this card was made for:
Clear it Out - Christmas w/ red & green
Paper & Such - Stitching
Party Time Tuesday - Christmas
Flourishes - Christmas
Shop Our Stash - Use new stash
Cards for Men - Christmas
Lexi's Creations - Christmas
Stamp with Fun - Lace Doily
Cardmadfairy's Digi Challenge - Christmas
The Friday Mashup - Christmas
Here is one of the Hand Stitched cards I made for the Silent Auction for Operation Smile at the Close to my Heart Convention. I made a total of 8 cards for the auction. You can see another of the cards in the previous post.
I was so excited because my 8 cards sold for a total of $275. CTMH has some very generous consultants contributing to this great charity. It cost $240 for the surgery for one child. I was very pleased to be a part of making one child smile again.
The Hand Stitching around the card was done with matching Embroidery Floss. The ribbon is also hand stitched for the puckered design. The rose was made by using the Close to my Heart exclusive Art Philosophy Cricut cartridge. The papers are from the CTMH Florentine paper pack.
Challenge Blogs I'm submitting this card to:
OLLCB - 1 image, 2 dp's, 3 embellishments
SCS Technique Lovers Challenge - Hand Pleated or Ruched Ribbon.
Here is my card for the Mojo Monday Sketch Challenge.
All product is just random items I had lying around.
Hand stitching done with matching embroidery floss.
Welcome to the Fred, She Said Fabulous Flowers Blog Hop! Summer is here and the flowers are bursting, and the FSS team wants to share a botanical bonanza with you! If you have arrived from Janet Kay's blog, you are right on track. If you are just happening by, you will want to start on the FSS Blog.
Collect a secret word on each blog along the way, leave us some love on our posts and follow the directions at the end of the hop for your chance to win this FABULOUS PRIZE!
One winner will receive:
$25 GC to CropStop
£15 GC to Bearly Mine Designs
$25 GC to Fred She Said Store
My card today uses the Pre-colored Hydrangea image in blue and purple.. The background paper I used is actually a left over printed Digital paper that is in the FSS Purple Pansy set.
The Hand Stitching was done with matching Embroidery Floss.
My secret word is "THE"
Now, hop on over to Carolyn's Blog and check out her beautiful artwork and pick up your next secret word.
Welcome to the Fred She Said DT Showcase. We have some new design team members so if you'd like to see all of our fabulous artwork, you can find the list on the Fred-she-said Blog. Check out the end of this post for instructions on how you can win some free FSS images. But, you need to leave a comment on this post for a chance.
My card was made using the Fred She Said Purple Pansies pre-colored set which includes the colored background paper. The cardstock and ribbon is from Close to my Heart.
The hand stitching was done with matching embroidery floss.
The sketch that inspired this card is from the June Verve Week one challenge.
FRED SHE SAID DT SHOWCASE
Fred She Said is giving away a $25 GC to their store to a random blog commenter :) Please leave a comment on this post for a chance to win. ONE random winner will be chosen from one random DT Showcase blog post. Please make only one comment per DT post and please include your name. For a listing of DT Showcase participants, please go to the Fred She Said Blog. Commenting on all DT Showcase posts is not a requirement but increases your chances of winning:) Please comment by Friday June 22. The winner's name will be posted on the Fred She Said Blog June 23rd. Good luck!
My card today features some fabulous images from Fred She Said. If you're looking for quick and easy cards to make, this should be your first stop. Here you will find not only digi images, but also pre-colored images and Digi papers.
Fred She Said is the sponsor over at the "Come and Get It" Challenge Blog this week. Please stop by and play along with the wonderful sketch challenge and you might win some of the Fred She Said images for yourself.
My card was made using the Roses Dream Digital Paper set along with the matching pre-colored Lenten Roses, also called Hellebores, in the purple and cream colors.
We are having such an early spring here in PA. The crocuses and daffodils are already blooming profusely. We actually never had a real winter, which is fine by me. Snow is pretty to look at, but, except for not having any snow pictures this year, I didn’t miss it.
My card today uses the pre-colored crocuses from the Spring Flowers digi set from Fred She Said. I actually printed them out twice and fussy cut the three flowers and mounted them with foam tape for added dimension.
The design inspiration came from Verve Sketch # 1 for March. I LOVE their sketch challenges and really need to play along more often.
The papers are some long retired papers from Close to my Heart. I love the color purple but I don’t have much purple DP my stash. I guess purple isn’t the “in” color.
The Hand stitching was done with matching Embroidery Floss.
Other Challenge Blogs for this card:
Creative Card Crew - Vintage
Digital Tuesday - Think Spring
Scrap Creations - Ribbon and Pearls
Lady Bug's Craft Ink - Anything Goes
Prairie Fairy - Distress it.
Totally Stamalicious - Flowers
Paper Creations - Spring is in the Air
The Sisterhood of Crafters - Birthday
Here is another of my creations using a Fred Shew Said Pre-colored Digi Image. The inspiration for this card started with a sketch challenge over at My Time Made Easy. It fit perfectly with this fabulaous image. I chose not to include an Easter Sentiment on the front becasue I thought it woudl also make the curtest Baby Card. I like to keep my options open.
The image is called Easter Chicky from Fred She Said and comes in a digi for you to color or the pre-colored images that come in 8 different colors. I printed the image and portions of the image three time. I then fussy cut and have layered three times with foam tape.
The papers I used are from the Florentine Paper Pack from Close to my Heart.
The ribbon for the bow is actually Color Ready Seam Binding that I colored with a sponge dauber and three colors that match the paper pack.
The hand stitching throughout the card was done with matching embroidery floss.
Other challenges for this card:
Our Creative Corner - Flowers, yellow, glitter, ribbon, Blue
Yesterday was such a gorgeous day here in Eastern Pa. The temperature was in the 60's, the trees are budding and the robins have arrived a little early this year. It was so beautiful that I had the grandkids outside to play and I sat and hand stitched a card. It seems like it's been forever since I've been able to find time to do stitching. I've even got a few more in the makings.
Anyway, this card was inspired by a sketch over at Mojo Mondays. They always have such fabulous sketches each week.
Then I decided to use the Pink pre-colored Lenten Roses (Hellebores), from Fred She Said for my focal point in the tag area. I printed it out twice and cut the second set of flowers out, turned them slightly and mounted them with foam tape onto the original.
All of the papers are from the "Lucy" collection from Close to my Heart. The Happy Easter is from the "Say it in Style" CTMH Clear stamp set.
I used a yellow copic marker to color a few pearls to bring out the yellow in the centers of the flowers along with some yellow bakers twine. The thing I love about the CTMH Bakers twine is that they were made to match the colors of their papers.
Here is the absolute greatest product. The bow on the card is hand dyed "Color Ready Seam Binding" from CTMH. This is the absolute best way to always have the exact color of ribbon for your projects. I just mixed a little re-inker with alcohol then ran the piece of seam binding through it. I scrunched it up and held the scrunched up ball between tweezers and heat dried with a heat tool. By drying it this way, you get varigated colors. If you want a solod color, just let it dry on it's own. It doesn't take long since you are using alcohol.
The Hand Stitching around the card was done with matching Embroidery Floss.
Other challenges for this card:
Cherry Lynn Designs - Doilies
Craft Your Passion - Anything Goes
Incy Wincy - Something Old/New - Ribbon/papers new - all else old.
Kaboodle Doodle - Think Spring
The Pink Elephant - Lots of layers
Truly Madly Crafty - color challenge - pink, green yellow used
By Lori Designs - Pink, Yellow, Green
CCEE Stampers - Flowers
Charisma Cardz - Ribbon
Paper Crafting Journey - Anything Goes
Jelly Park - Favorite Product - Color ready Seam Binding
My card today was inspired by the Ribbon Carousel Challenge Blog.
The papers and stamps are from the Close to my Heart "Lucy Workshop on the Go". This paper is so gorgeous and just perfect for Spring.
The Hand Stitching was done with matching Embroidery Floss.
It's easy to create spring cards right now because here in Pennsylvania, we haven't had winter yet. The temperature today is in the 50's and the spring bulbs are already 6" high through the ground. This is my kind of winter.
Other Challenges for thei card:
2 Sisters - Stitching
All Sorts - Anything Goes
Here is the Valentine Card I made for my husband today. I got away from the traditional colors for this to make it look more masculine. However, I forgot myself and started adding pearls and stick pins and then remembered who it was for. But, that's OK. It just made it look romantic looking.
The inspiration for this card started with a Sketch Challenge at Die Cuttin Divas. I used the CTMH exclusive Cricut cartridge called Art Philosophy to cut the doily and a MS paper punch for the side border.
The Papers I used are from the Close to My Heart Sonoma paper pack. I changed around some of the colors of papers to match the flowers. I used the new CTMH Card Word Puzzle Stamp set for the flowers and butterflies. I stamped them with Black Memento ink and colored them with Copic Markers.
The Over the Moon in Love With You is from the December Stamp of the Month, called Mad about you.
I tied a green bow and stuck two stick pins from the Bling Assortment through the back for some added bling.
Challenges for this card:
Cards for Men - Valentine/Love
The Crazy Challenge - Valentine
I'm finally getting caught up with all of my stamping obligations and it feels so good!!!
Here is a Valentine card made using the Fred She Said Hearts and Roses pre-colored image. I love this set because the pre-colored images come in 7 different colors for any occasion, or a digi that you can color yourself. I added the Happy Valentines Day but you can add any sentiment or non at all.
The inspiration for this card started with the January Verve sketch, week 1, that the Heart worked perfectly with.
The paper I used are all CTMH from the Roxie Paper Packet, except for the green punched strip. That was left over scrap from a Christmas card but it worked perfectly for this card.
The Hand stitching around the card was done with matching embroidery floss.
Other Challenges for this card:
Wags & Whiskers - Valentine/Love
Stampin with the Dragon - Anything Goes
Allsorts - Needles & Pins
Drunkin Stampers - Love
JUGS - Red, Pink, White
Scrap, Stamp & Doodle - Have a Heart
I Did It - Love
Stampin Sisterhood - Inspiration (roses, heart, pink)
Stampin Sisters in Christ - Make a Heart stand out
Inky Impressions - Heart You
