Fred She Said Valentine for My Dear Mom

How about some Fred She Said for my Dear Mom. This will be making it's way to Connecticut in time for Valentine's Day. She has saved every card I ever made her. Wait until she get's this beauty, huh!!!! LOL If you can find it in your heart, please keep my Mom in your prayers. She has COPD and was recently diagnosed with several lung infections...one of them being a "Mold" infection. She just got out of the hospital, is home with a visiting nurse, and medication to the tune of 21 pills a day. Bless her heart she is having a time of it!

On to my card. This is an image from "Fred She Said" called "Better than Chocolate". You can find this image at her store here. I am just beside myself over this image. It reminds me of the ornately decorated box of chocolates my Dad used to by my Mom for Valentine's day from the local drug store.You can see the dimension of the layer of this box of chocolates. I also used clear accents on just the chocolates. I love how it made them shiny like the real thing and gave them dimension in the box. I outlined the box in crystal stickles.The paper is from K & Company
Martha Stewart-Border Punch, Lace around the page punch
Cuddlebug-Lace embossing folder
Rangers Distress ink - Tea Dye
Sizzx- Leaf branch die cut
Various types of pearls, ribbon flowers, ribbon


This is the inside of my card. I love how the embossing came out. I inked my brayer with the Rangers Distress Tye Dye ink and ran it over the positive section of the embossing folder. I put my paper in the folder, ran it through the cuttlebug....and voila...this beautiful piece...I love it!!! I will be doing this again for sure!!!


And last but not least my envie that I made myself. I just had to go all out. Pretty opulent don't you think!!!! I ran the distress inking sponge all over my roses and stickled them as well. I hope that you have enjoyed viewing this card for my Mom and that you get inspiration to create something like this for a very special person in your life. Please let me know what you think as I love to hear from you. Your comments make my day!!!!

These are the Challenges I have entered:
Crazy for Challenges - Valentine Themed
Creative Belli Challenge - Ribbons
Creative Card Crew - Valentine
Delightful Sketches & Challenges - Love
Die Cut Dreams - Have a Heart
Pile It On - To The One You Love
Raise the Bar - Heart to Heart
The Pink Elephant - Mushy Gushy

Ladybug Tilda goes Valentine

Surely you do not think I have flipped my wig...but this is the Ladybug Tilda. And the reason you might think I am a little "off" is because this is the first time I have done a Tilda and this one has been sitting here for almost a year. Truth be told....I did not think my skills were good enough to color her!!!!So, I found a bag of images I purchased because I loved them so much....and now I am "JAZZED" to play. I wanted a Tilda Valentine image...so I covered the Little Lady Bug with the heart...but don't fret...I have an awesome idea and will be back with Tilda and the Lady Bug in the future.LOLDid I ever tell you how much I like to ink stuff!!! My sons ask me whats all over my hands....I tell them ink...remember when "you" used to play with ink and paints and get dirty....now it is my turn!!! LOL
The Recipe:
Image-Tilda with Lady Bug
Die Cuts-Spellbinders Nestabilites "Scalloped Hearts" Sizzx- leafy branch
Punches-Martha Stewart butterfly, frond, Lattice Border punch, and Lacy Heart Border Punch
Ink- Stazon and Rangers tea dye distress ink

Accessories: (Red pearls, pearl hearts, tiny white pearls on butterfly, copper heart charm) all found at Michael's - stickles, ribbon, and paper roses.Challenges I have entered:
Sophisticat Challenge - Love
Stamp, Scrap, & Doodle Saturdays - Open
Flutter By Wednesday's - Open-must have Butterfly, Angel or Fairy
CCEE Stampers - Hearts and a Charm
Challenge up you Life - Hearts

Fred She Said Design Team Spotlight

You can't believe how excited I was when I saw this fabulous Digi from Fred She Said Designs. With a houseful of baseball fans and players it is the perfect image for a Valentine's Day Card!!! Tracy's images are some of the best on the net. This wonderful image is called "Catch Your Heart" and can be found here at her store!

I LOVE shaker cards and knew this image would be a perfect shaker....but with a twist. If you look closely, you will see a package of Terrifically Tacky Tape. I am forever throwing out that nice domed piece....and suddenly in December it hits me that I could use that...and so this shaker card was born. You too should save that piece, because I am going to tell you how to use it for your next easy peasey "Shaker Card".
The size of my card is 6 x 6. You can see here that I cut around the plastic and left about a 1/2 inch or so. I filled the bowl with this shaker material. Hint: If you are having problems with static electricity inside the plastic dome, you can take a dryer sheet and wipe the inside before placing your shaker material. You are going to glue this to your image....you can see mine in the foreground. I use 3-in-1 Advanced Craft Glue for my adhesive.

Once that has dried, you are going to make the portion of the embellishment that slips over the dome to hide the edges. In this picture, I cut a 5" x 5' piece of designer paper. This is so easy to do as long as you have your measurements correct. In the middle of that piece of paper, I used Martha Stewart's round circle cutter and put the blade of the knife in the 3-9/16 hole and cut out the circle. I then used the heart around the page punches from Martha Stewart. I used the same 3-in-1 glue to attach it to the card. I love inking the edges of my cards...so I have used the Rangers Tea Dye distress ink around all the edges. The hearts are a Martha Stewart punch and I cut a plain heart to line the underside of this lattice heart.

Here is my card with the envelope I created. Keep in mind you will need a thicker style envelope to place your card in. I used the 6 x 6 Envelope Kit from "Priscillastyles" found here.You can see in this picture what I am talking about with the thickness.

The kit comes with a template to help you cut out the envelope. I have lined the inner part of my envelope and all the flaps, and this is how you form your envelope around the form. I hope you enjoyed viewing my project and will start using those pieces of plastic you would normally throw away. Just think about all the fun and fascinating things you can create with them and reuse these items to help save the earth!
Thanks for viewing my project!!
Carol


Challenges I am entering in as follows:
Paper Sundaes - Valentines
Pile It On - Other the Winter Colors
Practical Scrappers - Die Cuts
Saturday Spotlight Challenge - Bigger is Better
Saturday Challenge - Hearts

FIRST Fred She Said Challenge-Polka Dot Blossoms

Hi everyone! Today is the first ever Fred She Said Challenge. Be sure to hop on over to the Fred She Said Challenge blog and join us for this fun challenge. You can enter you card there for a chance to win a $20 Gift Certificate to the Fred She Said Store.

Our challenge for this month is to use the Fred She Said Challenge Blog header and background as your inspiration for your card, layout, or alter project. This also qualifies for Vickie (basement stampers) Saturday Spotlight Challenge with Hidden Potential-to use yellow in your creation!

Here is mine!

This is a Birthday card that I created with Fred She Said Polka Dot Blossoms. This is the purple set. There are several color variations that come in your digi download. If you would like to see the red polka dot flowers click here for my project from yesterday of a Valentine card. I am a huge fan of Tracey's digis. They really highlight my card making style.
Now for the deets on my card. I used one sheet of the purple polka dot blossoms and the left over tea die colored ones from the red sheets I printed for my Valentine card. I cut out two Spellbinders Fleur de Lis pendants and arranged my flowers on it. The center of the flowers have gold rhinestones I picked up in the $1 bin a Michael's.
There are several layers to this card. One of them has been sponged with Rangers Distressing Tea Dye Ink, and one has been sponged with versa magic purple ink. The gold feather looking element was from the floral dept in Michael's available at Christmas. The gold plate holding the Birthday Sentiment is from JoAnn's. The designer paper is from the Blossoms and Butterfly stack.
I used a Martha Stewart around the page punch and the butterflies are also a Martha Stewart punch with pearl accents. All the edges of the flowers were glittered with crystal stickles along with the butterflies.
I loved this card so much, I decided to create a Birthday poem to match the card. The Birthday wish goes like this:

A Birthday Wish on your special day
For sunshine and flowers coming your way.
May happiness bloom like the flowers of Spring,
Each day filled with the joy their petals will bring.
Wishing you a flourishing garden of beauty and pleasure,
For a day filled with contentment beyond measure!

Thanks for dropping by to view my contribution to the Fred She Said Challenge. Be sure to check out all the Design teams cards for more inspiration. I would be honored if you left me a comment to let me know what you think of this one! Thanks so much, I really appreciate it.

Carol

Midnight Madness Challenge #38 Vintage Lady

Here we are with #38 for the Midnight Madness Sketch Challenge. Today's card is a D'Amour Alure Rubber Stamp called Estella Vintage Lady and can be found here at McMahon Five Designs. I love vintage style cards and pulled out some of my vintage buttons I have been saving to create this.

My image was colored with pencils and blended. The image is a total of three layers that have been popped up. I stickled around the edges and added tiny rhinestones down each side of her lace placket. My buttons are the old fashion type that have metal shanks on the back. I sat at my craft table trying to figure out how I could manipulate them to attach on this card. So I got out my pliers and were able to compress the button so it would lie flat.
I felt that I wanted to take this card to another level. So I created a poem for the inside that I thought would reflect on the theme of the image. It goes like this:

One your Birthday,
Put on your fancy clothes.
Your trinkets and jewelry,
And paint your toes.
It's time to celebrate,
Your special day.
In your own stylish,
Classy, fashionable way.
So bring out the baubles,
Bangles and glitz.
For a Birthday Celebration,
fit for the Ritz!

Fred She Said Polka Dot Blossoms

FGreetings everyone. Here is a Valentine card that I made using Fred She Said's Polka Dot Blossoms. I just love Tracey's flowers. Check them out here. The flowers are fun to work with and I love to manipulate them to bend and curl to my whimsy.
This card used almost two full sheets of flowers. I only had a couple left over. The hearts are a spellbinders die. I also used a Martha Stewart around the page punch and the lattice border punch to decorate this card. The heart pearls are from Michael's as well as the two size rhinestones in the center of the flower.
This is the inside of my card. The heart punch is from Martha Stewart, the corner treatments are a cuttlebug die cut and more Fred She Said Polka Dot Blossoms. The envelope is made from a kit from Priscillastyles and can be found here. A wonderful way to customize your cards. Hope you like viewing this. If you have time I would love for you to leave a comment to let me know what you think!!! Thanks so much.

P.S. Don't miss the first Fred She Said Challenge this Monday January 25. We have a fun challenge in store for you and wonderful design team submissions for you to view. Hope to see you there!!!

Carol

Midnight Madness Challenge #37-Teddy Stampers #2 Paper Pieced Bear

Welcome to my creation for the Midnight Madness Sketch Challenge #37 and Teddy Stampers #2. This week I went with one of my own paper pieced bear patterns. I love this one because you can dress her up anyway you want and have her hold and abject to coordinate with your card theme.
I used the Martha Stewart lacey heart border punch, and the fancy tag spellbinders die cut for my embellishments.
On the inside I repeated the Martha Stewart Lacey Heart border punch, the spellbinders heart die cut, and the Martha Steward heart punch accented with some pearls. I hope you enjoyed viewing my card for this week's challenge and that you will consider joining us for this fun sketch.

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