Fred She Said Challenge #3 Think Spring

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Hi everyone! It's time for the second (2) 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.

For this months Challenge- In March we leave Old Man Winter behind so let's create a VERY SPRING-Y project, loaded with all those lovely pastel colors!

Here is mine!

This is called the Tulip Bouquet Digi. Isn't this the most awesome image you ever saw of tulips. I left my bouquet container white but traced the design in pink then shadowed the edges of the picture in blue. Over that I applied crystal effects to get it a nice porcelain look and effect.
You know I just love Rangers China Blue distress ink, so that is what you see around the edges. I uses a Martha Stewart around the page punch and a spellbinders oval die cut. I layered my image for a 3D effect. The blue rhinestone flourish is a Recollection from Micheal's.
I did some stitching with white thread around my card. I just stickles on the tulips and all the blue distressed areas. The blue ribbon is also from Micheal's. The background white paper has been embossed with a basket weave cuttlebug embossing folder.
This is the inside of my card. I used the tulip image from the Spring Flowers collection for the lower right hand corner on the bottom of the card. The more I look at this image, the more I love it.
This last picture features the card and the envelope that I made as a set. What an awesome presentation for a card presentation for someone special in your life. It is going to be hard for me to part with this one...LOL

Now, for rules/regulations regarding the challenge:

~You must use a Fred She Said digital image somewhere on your card.

~This challenge will begin today and end on April 25th,

the day before a new challenge will be posted!

See the FREEBIES section if you don't have any right now.

Be sure to leave your creation with a direct link in Mr. Linky on the Fred She Said Challenge Blog.

These are the Challenges I have entered:C.R.A.F.T. 43 - Easter
Charisma Cardz Challenges - Spring
The Corrosive Challenge - Easter Card
Cuttlebug Challenges - Easter
Dare You to Digi Stamp - Easter
Fussy and and Fancy Friday - Easter
Lexi's Creations - Easter
PaperPlay Challenge - Easter
Simon Says Challenge - Easter or Spring with Glimmer
Stamp Something - Doodle Something (I doodled in pink over the design on the picture)
The Pink Elephant Challenge - Pastels