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.
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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.

38 comments:

KarinsArtScrap said...

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

greetings karin

Unknown said...

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

Tracey Lynn 'Fred' Miller said...

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

Sassy Scrapper said...

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

Linda said...

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

Unknown said...

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

Debbie said...

Stunning...a really beautiful card!

crotnem said...

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

zehra said...

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

Love crafts forever said...

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.

Robin Parker said...

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

Josie Cox said...

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

Pat (mspfd) said...

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.

Anonymous said...

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

Debbie W

Michelle Pearson said...

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

Jackie Randolph said...

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

Jaqi said...

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

Colleen Dietrich said...

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!

Rhonda Miller said...

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

Emily Keaton said...

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

Anonymous said...

beautiful card stunning colours
Carol Bignall
Dreamees

Tracey Manderson said...

Totally awesome card!
Hugs
Tracey M

Benzi said...

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!!

Carol L said...

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!!

craftymom205 said...

Love the sunflowers.

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Stef H said...

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

Crafting Crumbs said...

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

Winnie and Patty said...

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

Anonymous said...

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 :)

Sharman said...

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

Nancy said...

GORGEOUS as always!!!

sallysbitz2 said...

WOW, this is just stunning x

hugs sally x
sallysbitz.blogspot.com

Sue said...

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

Judy said...

Beautiful card! Sunflowers are an all time favourite.

Anne said...

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

Jenn Zeeb said...

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

Sharon said...

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

Luanna said...

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