Fred She Said Blog Hop - Pumpkins and Sunflowers

Welcome to the FRED SHE SAID BLOG HOP! If you got here by way of Darsie, you are on the right track. If you just happen by my blog, please start at the beginning at Tracy Lynn-Fred She Said Blog. You are to collect a word along the way to be eligible for the prize. One random winner will receive a $20 CAD (Canadian Dollars) from FSS Store AND $20 GC for CropStop. We would love if you would leave a comment so we know you were here!!!

This is our first blog hop with the new team members. Our theme was to to pick our favorite Fred She Said Image and do it in our own style. You are sure to be delighted by all the different styles from our Design Team Members. This has to be my all time favorite-pumpkins and sunflower melt my heart as much as bears!!! lol You can find this image here at the Fred She Said store and it is pre-colored too!On the inside of my card, I used a part of the image as embellishment and cut it away from the main image.

This is the card with the envelope I created. What a gorgeous image. I just love it.

My word for the blog hop is - THEIR

Make sure to gather your words from each blog and follow the directions at the end of this blog hop to be eligible for the prize and email Tracey with the phrase.

Your next stop is Dani- just click HERE

Thanks for join us for the Fred She Said Blog Hop. Good Luck in winning the fabulous prizes!!!

Challenges Entered
If the Shoe Fits - Flowers
Gingersnap Creations - Punches
Digi Doodles Best - 3D It!
Stamp Something - Fall Colors
Cooking It Up With Katie - A Sparkly Yellow Digi
For Fun Challenges - Fall No Halloween
Nutty Nutshell Challenge - Fall Colors

Fred She Said-Halloween Rosey Shaker Card

It has been raining here in Georgia today with Tropical Store Norma coming through. I love rainy days. I put on a pot of Peach Mango Tea and sit in my craft room and listen and watch the rain. I don't get out of my PJ's....it is my excuse-it's raining and I am going nowhere and I am crafting!!! I hope it rains tomorrow!!!! lol
Let me introduce you to Halloween Rosey from the Fred She Said Collection. You can find her in the store here. Isn't she cute and she is a shaker card that I made from the plastic insert your "tacky tape" comes in. Talk about being frugal-I love that plastic and am so happy I found a use for it. This is a picture of the card with the envelope I created from the "priscillastyles" 6 x 6 envelope kit found here.
On the inside I decorated with more Rosey images. I inked the edges in purple. I used the Martha Stewart Spider Web PATP. The rhinestone pumpkins are from Mickey's. This is how my card fits in the envelope. I am actually using the back like the front because I just think it is so pretty with all the stitching, I want i to show! Thanks so much for stopping in. I am having so much fun making fall and Halloween Card. Tomorrow is the Fred She Said Blog Hop-so please stop by for more Seasonal card.

Challenges Entered

One Stitch At a Time - Anything Goes
Sunday's With Crissy - Sparkley and Shiney
Paper Pretties - Animal or Animal Print
Penny's Paper Crafty Challenge - Circles
Anything Goes Challenge - Going Round in Circles

MMSC73 Flowering Tree

This weeks sketch...it's "YOUR PICK" Make it fancy, clean and simple, or somewhere in-between.

"YOUR CHOICE"

Enter one style or both this week.

Just have fun and come play with us :)

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*Our MMSC73 weekly Bonus sponsor is.....

"PaperWorks Co (fondly known as PWCO) is a online scrapbooking and rubberstamping supplies store based in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Besides carrying an array of supplies (think Copics, Nesties, Cuttlebug, etc), we have branched out to include our own line of deeply etched rubber stamps.Most recently, we invited Rachelle Anne Miller to design a new whimisical line thats exclusive to PWCO. To top that,our in-house Design Team consists of a bunch of SUPER talented ladies from US and Canada, and you can find their work at our blog. Make sure to check them out!"

The prize: this set of 6 stamps from the PWCO/RAM Fall Collection [valued at 41.75.]

WOW!! Thank you so much for your wonderful prizes!

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**Our September Monthly Sponsor is....

Sunshine and Giggles

You can check out this AWESOME prize here worth $100

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Hi Blogging Buddies! It is still in the 90's here in Georgia but in my heart the leaves are changing and I am dreaming of cooler weather. This week I have used the Flowering Tree image from "priscillastyles" store found here. I cut my image out as I wanted to create a fall scene with the fence and the pumpkin in the grass. Hope you have enjoyed viewing this card and that you will join us this week in the sketch challenge. Hope to be visiting you soon!!!

Challenges Entered
Incy Wincy Designs - Anything Goes
The Crazy Challenge - No Ribbons or Buttons
Craftalicious - Harvest Festival/Autumn
Stamptacular Sunday Challenge - Season of Change

Fred She Said - Fall Flower Collection Aster

Greetings Bloggers! Today is the day to play with some Fred She Said Fall Flowers. This is the Aster from the Fall Flower Collection at the Fred She Said Store here. I just love this digital flower set. There is a Sunflower, Black Eyed Susan, Chrysanthemum, and this Aster. What a lovely set of cards you could make with those for a wonderful gift!Here you can see that I printed out the image 3 times. I cut one with the oval spellbinders then layered one whole cut floral on top. I then cut out the biggest flower and popped that as well for dimension. My favorite embellishment was used on the flowers....."stickles"!!! lolI used the cuttlebug thin stripped embossing folder for the sides and placed some pearls in the center of the flowers.

This is a picture of the card and envelope together that I made. This was such a fun card to make. I loved the blue and white together. This is about as close to Clean and Simple that I have come to a card in a long time. Hope you have enjoyed viewing this creation!Challenges Entered
Crafty Calendar Challenge - Blue and Flowers
Fairy Fun Friday - Embossing Wet or Dry
Sew Many Cards Challenge - Embossing Wet or Dry (Must use a Digi)

Paper Play Challenges - All Shapes and Sizes

Cooking It Up With Katie - Embossing, Fancy Fold, Autumn Color

Paper Pretties - Pearls, Rhinestones, or Glitter Dots
Stampin' Royalty - Stitching Madness

MMSC70- Chandelier Goes Spooky!

Greetings Bloggers and welcome to another week of the Midnight Madness Sketch Challenge. Well, I know you have seen "priscillastyles" chandelier image before created by some of the most talented card crafters on the internet, but have you ever seen it spooked out like this...lol Isn't this just too darn cute! I invite you to check out this Chandelier Image here and get cracking on some Halloween cards. This image is so versatile you can use it year round!

Wow, only a few more days before we set sail on the Midnight Madness On the High Seas Cruise. It's sure going to be fun creating projects with friends and meeting in person some of the people I have been chatting with on the phone and internet for the last year!!!

I have been busily preparing kits for the projects we are going to do on the trip. Besides all the activities on the boat and the shore excursions, we are going to be busy!!! I might have to show the girls how to do the Cupid Shuffle and the Mississippi Slide while we are at it at the deck parties..lol




As you can see by this picture that I added some spiders to this "priscillastyles" image. I knew those $1 stamps I get a JoAnn's and Micheal's would come in handy!!! This was from last years $1 collection. It also had the matching long spider. The web corners were from a different set. I also had a swirl leave $1 set that I stamped the background pieces.

I got the chipboard black glitter spider and bat pieces at Micheal's. There was a package of varying sizes and shapes for $99

I added my own rhinestone eyes. The "Boo" sentiment was also at Micheal's for $1. And one last thing, the rhinestones came from the Micheal's $1 bins!!!
Here is the Card and Envelope together! I hope you enjoyed viewing my spooky Halloween Card. I invite you to take a look at some great digi's at the "priscillastyles" Store! Thanks for stopping by.

MMSC69-"priscillastyles" Mauve Sunflower

Hi blogging friend! I am happy to report that after 50 days of temperatures in the 90's and the heat index in the 100's we finally have a reprieve. I don't care how much air conditioning you have, it is still humid and you can't even vacuum without feeling you might keel over from heat exhaustion...lol
This weeks sketch...it's "YOUR PICK" Make it fancy, clean and simple, or somewhere in-between. Remember to click on the sneak peek button on the side bar for the following weeks sketch each Friday.

"YOUR CHOICE"

Enter one style or both this week.

Just have fun and come play with us!

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*Our MMSC69 weekly Bonus sponsor is.....

Hello! I am Roberta from Prairie Fairy Designs. I am a digital stamp company featuring artwork not only created by me but also my two kids, ages 9 and 12. They are featured on the site as the Fairy Princess and the Prairie Prince.

I have been an artist for as long as I can remember and have always loved to create. Two years ago my sister-in-law invited me to a rubber stamp party. I laughed and said "Maybe I will buy something if I can use it to stamp on canvases.". Needless to say, I was hooked! Two years later, a lot of learning about computers, and a few setbacks with web stuff (I am so not tech savvy!) I finally accomplished my goal. We have been around since the spring and still growing.

If you have any questions about going digital, check out the site and the blog (www.prairiefairy.blogspot.com) for more information, tips and tutorials. So head on over to http://www.prairiefairydesigns.com and check it out!

Along with this stamp set you will get one free digi from their store!

Thank you so much Roberta!!

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**Our September Monthly Sponsor is....

Sunshine and Giggles

Janice Hopper specializes in multicultural children's images. Her stamps feature kids being kids. You have to check out the fun Halloween stamps that have just been added to the store. The "Mockingbird Lane" haunted house is simply amazing and the Family Portrait is just darling! Thank you for offering such an awesome Monthly Prize for the month of September :)

Above is the prize picture and here is the Prize list

$20 Gift Certificate to Sunshine & Giggles Stamps
An assortment of a few of my favorites from Wild Orchid Crafts
2 Kits from No Time to Stamp
1 8×8 Pad Graphic 45 - Halloween In Wonderland
2 Kaisercraft Self Adhesive Rhinestones - Black and Purple
6 yards 1.25″ Silk Ribbon - 2 yds each Rust, Moss, Violet
15 yards 1/2″ Wrinkled Ribbon - 5 yds each Olive, Orange, Black
4 yards 2″ Webbing - 2 yds each Olive, Black
2 yards 2″ Orange Sheer with Black Flocked Spiders and Webs
2 yards 1.5″ Black Sheer with Checked Satin Edging in Orange/Black
1 6×6″ Pad Basic Grey Capella - 36 Sheets
1 Pack Basic Grey Cappella Chenille Flowers
2 Packs Kaiser Pearls - Chocolate and Bliss
21 yards 1/2″ Wrinkled Ribbon - 3 yds each White, Black, Ivory, Brown, Olive, Pink, Blue
3 yards 1.25″ Silk Ribbon - Champagne
2 yards Velvet Zig Zag Ribbon - Pink
2 yards 5/8″ Crochet Lace (open center to run ribbon through) - Ivory
6 yards 1/8″ Silk Ribbon (to run through lace) - 3 yds each Black and Blue
2 yards String Pearls - Sage
Wow..thank you Janice :)

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For this weeks card I have used the Sunflower image from "priscillastyles" store! I love creating with sunflower images so this was a pleasure for me to work with. I wanted to do something different from your typical golden yellow sunflower. I had this most beautiful paper laying on my table and I let my creative side take over and make this in mauve.Four different Ranger distress inks were used in creating this image. The two pinks and the tea dye. I just sponged the tea die all over the image and then went on top with the pinks and the leaves were done with green. I placed crystal effects on the sunflower after it was dry.

Seed beads were placed in the middle of the sunflower. Spellbinders scalloped dies and the sunflower die were used in the creation of this card. Used my favorite embellishment...stickles as well. The gorgeous cranberry pearls are from my friend Gunn who sent me a delicious envelope with some really cool stuff to create with. I love these pearls-there are some unique colors and all different sizes for me to play with...THANK YOU Gunn!!!!


Thank you for stopping by and taking a look at what I have created today. I really appreciate it. I hope you have a wonderful Labor Day Weekend with your families.

Challenges Entered:

Bee Crafty - Anything Goes
Bunny Zoe's Crafts - Vintage
Crafty Cardmakers - Glitter and Sparkle
Crafty Emma's - Anything Goes
Cupcake Crafts - Let's Get Digital
Die Cut Dreams - Soft Shades of Vintage
Digi Doodles Shops Best - So Distressing
Stampin for the Weekend - Anything Goes

You Can Have Your Cake and Eat It Too!

Isn't this just the cutest!!! Oh my goodness-it is super quick too! I know the people at Splitcoast Stampers (Pamzi in particular) always ask me how long it takes to make my cards. The last card took me about 8 hours. But I can tell you that I made this in about 45 minutes. I know the next one I make will be like 20 minutes max-cause now I have my template!!!
I bought this little tea light in a pack of two at the dollar store. The blue cardstock is just leftovers and so is the white. I used my spellbinders scalloped die for the top and bottom. The top is the smallest die in the large set and the bottom is the next size up for the small.

I used the lace edge Martha Stewart border punch and trimmed it down very small and added pearls. The flowers on the top are some things small enough to go on the top that I had laying around here. The Martha Stewart branch and butterfly punch were also used.

If you are interested in making one of these, you can catch the tutorial over at Splitcoast Stampers here. It doesn't show you how to do the bottom part. For that, like I said, just cut the next size up from the smallest die, then I took a pencil and traced the tealight in the middle of the die cut and cut out the hole so you can turn the tealight off and on. I slipped it into place and put a bit of glue around to hold it.

I cannot wait to make more of these. They are just so darn cute!!! I am going to try to make the acetate box to put it in as well. This is a super fun and quick project!!! Have fun!