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Friday, July 22, 2011

Fred She Said Blog Hop-Sunflowers & Thankfulness

Greetings and welcome to the Fred She Said Blog Hop. Today our theme is called "Favorites". One of my favorite images to card craft with is are Sunflowers. So I chose the Sunflowers and Thankfulness Digi Set found here. If you came by way of Debbie then you are on the right tract.
Fred She Said Favorites HOP - HOW TO ENTER

To ENTER, please leave a comment on each BLOG HOP POST. There will be ONE winner. A random hop post will be chosen and then a comment on that post will be chosen randomly to win. BLOG HOP closes Friday, JULY 29 midnight EDT so please leave your comments by then ;) Commenting on ALL the hop stops is not necessary to WIN... BUT it definitely increases your chances of winning ;) and spreads some LOVE! Please make sure you leave your name in your comment! NOTE: some DT's moderate their comments for evil spam so please be patient if you don't see your comment right away.

THE PRIZE:
£15 Gift Voucher to Bearly Mine Designs
$15 Prize Package of yummy goodies chosen by Judy from Pizzazz APlenty
$30 Gift Certificate to the Fred She Said Store

The WINNER will be announced Saturday morning July 30th on the Fred She Said Blog AND the FSS Challenge Blog.

Here is a close up of the sunflower centers. If any of you have watched my recent video about making your own glimmer mist found here, you know I have been having fun with micro beads. I am so addicted to these things. I will do a video soon on them. They are so cool!!!

Your next stop is Darcie. If you get lost along the way please refer back to the Fred She Said Blog for the blog hop participants.

Thank you so much for stopping by and good luck in the drawing.

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38 comments:

  1. KarinsArtScrapJuly 22, 2011 at 2:03 AM

    wow carol this is gorgeous, what a lot of work and beautiful made.
    the sunflowers are looking so real.
    great coloring too.

    greetings karin

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  2. UnknownJuly 22, 2011 at 3:30 AM

    Oh my word Carol, this is stunning. So much detail, just gorgeous.
    hugs
    Dawn x

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  3. Tracey Lynn 'Fred' MillerJuly 22, 2011 at 8:27 AM

    Gorgeous, Carol! another work of HEART :D :D

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  4. Sassy ScrapperJuly 22, 2011 at 9:15 AM

    Ooh honey girl your card is another stunner. I love all those bright bold colors reminds me so much of a lovely autumn day. Right now I'd take an autumn day for a relief of this blistering heat wave were having. Have a wonderful day sweetie.
    Hugs Bonnie

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  5. LindaJuly 22, 2011 at 9:27 AM

    This is beautiful. I love sunflowers, they are all over my house.. and you sure did them good

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  6. UnknownJuly 22, 2011 at 9:49 AM

    Great project! I love your style of card and all of those beautiful sunflowers!

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  7. DebbieJuly 22, 2011 at 9:51 AM

    Stunning...a really beautiful card!

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  8. crotnemJuly 22, 2011 at 10:08 AM

    My fav so far!!!! I love the sunflowers here.

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  9. zehraJuly 22, 2011 at 10:26 AM

    I love the sunflowers, the micro dads, the glitter the shining leaves, just gorgeous. One day I hope to create such beautiful cards. TFS.

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  10. Love crafts foreverJuly 22, 2011 at 10:48 AM

    Hi Carol. Finally i come back from Vication, and trying to catch up with my comments. But first i like to thank you for all your sweet comments. You are awesome. So as your card, absolutely stunning creation.
    Hugs Nataliya.

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  11. Robin ParkerJuly 22, 2011 at 10:57 AM

    Love this creation. The step fold and the glitter on the sunflowers. Thanks for the great ideas.

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  12. Josie CoxJuly 22, 2011 at 10:59 AM

    Carol, this a gorgeous card. Love the use of the sunflowers. It is just beautiful.

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  13. Pat (mspfd)July 22, 2011 at 11:05 AM

    Oh Carol, this is such an amazing creation. Your design and details are gorgeous. LOVE the addition of the microbeads. Your layout is perfection! Hope you have a great weekend.

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  14. AnonymousJuly 22, 2011 at 11:58 AM

    I'm speechless. Good thing all I need to do is type. This is AWESOME!!

    Debbie W

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  15. Michelle PearsonJuly 22, 2011 at 12:21 PM

    Your paper artistry never fails to wow...another stunner, Carol!
    LOVE every last detail!

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  16. Jackie RandolphJuly 22, 2011 at 2:17 PM

    Gorgeous! One of my favorite images!! Love the stitching and color palette!

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  17. JaqiJuly 22, 2011 at 2:42 PM

    Oh wow, Carol! This is gorgeous! As Michelle said, your artistry never fails to wow!

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  18. Colleen DietrichJuly 22, 2011 at 2:46 PM

    Pure late summer glory, Carol! I was away on vaca and saw an email from Audzi, that you did a tutorial on SCS and wanted to say "Congrats!" I am so proud of you! They picked the right lady to show off fancy folding skills. :) Big hugs!

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  19. Rhonda MillerJuly 22, 2011 at 2:49 PM

    Wow, what a fabulous card. I just love the sunflowers. TFS.

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  20. Emily KeatonJuly 22, 2011 at 3:18 PM

    How lovely for summer, Carol!! Your use of microbeads for the sunflower centers is completely inspired. I love this!

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  21. AnonymousJuly 22, 2011 at 3:45 PM

    beautiful card stunning colours
    Carol Bignall
    Dreamees

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  22. Tracey MandersonJuly 22, 2011 at 6:10 PM

    Totally awesome card!
    Hugs
    Tracey M

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  23. BenziJuly 22, 2011 at 6:11 PM

    Carol, those layered and popped sunflowers are just gorgeous. I saw a big patch of sunflowers recently in some of my travels. They were so pretty and remind me of your card. I can see how these would make a delicious Fall creation, also.
    Love, love, love it!!

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  24. Carol LJuly 22, 2011 at 7:31 PM

    This is such an outstanding creation! Oh My goodness, I wouldn't know where to start to make something like this, but I just LOVE all those gorgeous blooms! This is simply amazing!!

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  25. craftymom205July 22, 2011 at 9:40 PM

    Love the sunflowers.

    craftymom205 at yahoo dot com

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  26. Stef HJuly 22, 2011 at 10:04 PM

    how do you even think up these creations! holy macaroni!!!!! absolutely gorgeous!!!!

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  27. Crafting CrumbsJuly 23, 2011 at 4:52 AM

    Oh wow - that is spectacular! I love the microbead centers. The whole project is really beautiful.

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  28. Winnie and PattyJuly 23, 2011 at 7:21 AM

    Carol--this is sooooooooooo pretty!!!! I love sunflowers too! I saw this on SCS yesterday, but couldn't comment because I was at work. This really is lovely. Your work is just so inspiring! TFS

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  29. AnonymousJuly 23, 2011 at 9:06 AM

    Spectacular! Wow, you did a fantastic job with this card. Who ever receives this card will be very lucky! I love the sparkle and ribbon. Pretty and Perfect!
    Lisa :)

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  30. SharmanJuly 23, 2011 at 6:42 PM

    Gorgeous card. WOW. I would cherish this card if I received it from anyone. It is just stunning. GREAT job.

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  31. NancyJuly 23, 2011 at 11:26 PM

    GORGEOUS as always!!!

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  32. sallysbitz2July 24, 2011 at 10:49 AM

    WOW, this is just stunning x

    hugs sally x
    sallysbitz.blogspot.com

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  33. SueJuly 25, 2011 at 11:16 AM

    This is absolutely gorgeous...love the sunflowers. TYFS

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  34. JudyJuly 25, 2011 at 12:05 PM

    Beautiful card! Sunflowers are an all time favourite.

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  35. AnneJuly 26, 2011 at 3:18 AM

    Wow this is so cheerful and colourful, lots of lovely details to enjoy
    Hugs
    Anne
    x

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  36. Jenn ZeebJuly 26, 2011 at 10:31 PM

    The sunflowers are great. I loved your card and I am getting some awesome ideas and of course my wish list is going up up up. thanks

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  37. SharonJuly 28, 2011 at 2:18 AM

    What beautiful sunflowers, someone was very happy to ge this card I can see the smile on thier face when they opened it.

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  38. LuannaJuly 28, 2011 at 11:24 AM

    I love the sunflowers. You put a lot of lovely detail in your card.

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Bear Hugs,
Carol :o}