UPDATE and Tulip Trio Freebie

Hey all!

Just an update on the status of the store :)    and dropping off an old freebie :D

I have been waiting for a third party selling service to be ready.  It is finally working.  I am currently editing EVERY SINGLE PRODUCT on the Fred She Store by hand and reuploading everything so I can offer instant downloads.  I will be using Payhip and instant Buy Now buttons.  They will handle the nasty EU VAT.  Currently, I can't offer a shopping cart on the store or discount codes.  I have heard from Payhip that it is coming ( cart discounts ).  I was waiting for their shopping cart feature to be ready only to find out it won't work via my blog store BUT....

You can go here Fred She Said PAYHIP SITE  and see all the products I have currently got loaded.  At this site, you CAN use a shopping cart.  Hopefully they will give me a way to organize products somewhere down the line...  And gift certificates and total discounts. 

I will continue to take email orders.  I invoice manually and apply discounts I was always offering and gift certificates this way.

I was asked today about some tulip images I had.  Doing some googling I have found out that the Operation Write Home freebie that I offered in 2010 "Tulip Trio" is no longer available.  So, for posterity, I am plopping it here :)

Please feel free to grab it :)  If you use it please comment below with a link.  Or link or add photo to the Fred She Said Facebook Page!  I'd love to see your projects! 

Have a great day!

:)*  Fred

A "Spring Card" & Free Cutting Files :)

Hi All!

Taxes all done! Woohoo!  I have added some free cutting files to the STORE at THIS LINK.  One of them is a freebie down below :)

I've been stencil happy lately!  There is so much you can do with them.... including NOT using them as a stencil LOL...

For this card I used the stencil cutting file Doily Mandala 1 as a "cardfront".

Doily Mandala 1 Stencil & Mask

I created a Spring Card Template cutting file to make this card. Just click the image below to get the download :)

Spring Card Template Cutting File

 

FREE!

The cutting file has dashed score lines that help to crease in the appropriate parts of the card.  There are also mats for the base that cut out.  I embossed the mats and inked with Bundled Sage distress inks.  The mats for the spring card base are also inked and embossed.  The flowers  are from the Happy Flowers Digi Set and were coloured with  NeoColor II watercolor crayons and a water brush.   The butterfly is Ornate Butterfly Digi that was also coloured with NeoColor II's and glittered.

NOTE: To use the card template you don't need a cutting machine! The free Spring Card template also contains a PDF file that will print to your printer.  Print on the wrong side of your card stock or use as a guide. 

To fold the card, crease on the dashed fold lines.  Fold like below :)

 TIP:  You can size the card template to any size.  It is set currently for 5" wide and it would fit any round cardfront or diamond front between 5 and 5 1/2" in diameter.


Have a great day!
:)*  Fred

Sponsor and Guest DT - Penny's Challenges

Hi All!

Just here to show a card I made for Penny's Challenge in which Fred She Said is sponsoring today :)

The theme is "Back To School"  ... back to school yikes!  I am sure I am not the only one who anticipates as well as despises our kids going back to school LOL.  I am so not ready... and yet I  am soooo ready ROFL!

I used Nolan with a Sign and added a customized sentiment.  I was scrambling as to what to have for a background paper so I quickly "painted" a super simple school bus and apple and rigged them up to make a patterned paper.  I have included some freebies here - some Back To School Digital Papers and the bus and apple.  Click on the images below then save the larger versions.  If you have bought the Nolan with a Sign product and would like the customized sentiment, please email me and I'd be glad to send you the extra :)

Sponsoring: Bearly Mine Challenges and a Freebie!

Hi All!

Today Fred She Said is sponsoring the Bearly Mine Challenge Blog, featuring Donna's wonderful digital papers.

Some of the Fred She Said DT are playing along.  The THEME is FLOWERS :)  I thought I would take  a crack at it:

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I used Donna's FSS/BMD Summer's Roses Paper Set  which can also be found at Donna's store.  The flower and leaves are made from the Build a Floral Spray Digital Cutting File Set.

The Digital Freebie I have today is a TEMPLATE for the rectangular punched frame I used on the card above.  What this is, is a rectangular template ( also cutting files ) with a matted opening in the center.  It is sized perfectly for use with the Martha Stewart's Punch Around The Page punches.  I have included a printable PDF and cutting files in  SVG/GSD/DXF/Silhouette/Vector PDF.  You need the punches though to use with the template!  You can find the FREEBIE HERE (updated JUN/2017 link now works).


REMINDER:  Fred She Said DT Showcase CONTEST is still on ;)  with a $25 GC prize to a lucky commenter!

Have a great day!

:)* Fred

Happy Valentine's Day

Hi All!  Happy Valentine's Day!  Just popping in between work! Just helped feed 36 ravenous children LOL!

Stuff has been out of the ordinary here.  My DH was away working for most of last month and for the past few weeks.  So I've been Mrs. Dad LOL! Lots of school projects, speeches and exams... and bugs!  Since Christmas I kind of de-railed for lack of a better word.  I'd sit at my desk ( when I had the time ) and nothing was coming.  Mind you I have ALOT of half finished projects and designs and reworked ones!  I finally completed a Valentine's image, but the  week and weekend got busy and I was unable to finish the files on time.

 As my Valentine's Day gift to you, I am posting the image in JPG in DIGI and pre-coloured for free until Sunday morning when I hope to get the "fully functioning" product with sheets and PNGs :).  After Sunday you will be able to find it in the STORE.  This limited time freebie also includes versions with no text on the heart.

Sorry, NO LONGER FREE.

You can  DOWNLOAD IT HERE :)  It's on 4Shared.com so you will have to click the PURPLE Download Now button and wait for the timer before you get a download link.

 Next week there is going to be another version with a square sign coming out as well.

I should have new designs up soon!

:)*  Fred

Snowflake Tag & a Freebie

Hi all!

If  you are looking for the Fred She Said Christmas Challenge go HERE.

Here are the details of my Snowflake tag project :)

For the tag, I drew a snowflake to use in my cutting machine.

 ***FREEBIE ALERT!***
I have a Digital Snowflake Freebie for you to download. It is on my box.com (UPDATED JUN 2017 link working)

 DOWNLOAD SNOWFLAKE SVG PNG JPG FREEBIE

  I have included an SVG cutting file, a black png for auto-tracing into your cutting software if you can't open SVG.  Also a bunch of PNGs and coloured jpgs you can print and cut or design with.

I cut the snowflake out of cereal box board and painted with gesso, inked with a glue pad and applied glamour dust.  I cut the backer out of card stock and sponged on some Iced Spruce distress ink.  The image is Hat Tipping Snowman.  I embellished with Stickles and a Viva Pearl Pen and MS Branch punch.


I'd like to thank DEBBIE and CAROL H for being on the Fred She Said DT.  Sadly they are leaving and we will miss them and their wonderful contributions.   I wish you both all the best - BIG HUGS!

:)*  Fred

News, Card, Freebie, Rosey & Nolan

Hey!  I thought I'd post on my blog so you know I haven't forgot about you ;)

I got a new pocket camera FREE with my Visa Rewards points ( Nikon CoolPix L22 ) and I just got around to unloading some photos off it.  I have a few cards I seriously need to post! LOL  Does that happen to you?  A backlog of card candy!!!

Anyhoo.. I will post some more as the week progresses. I found a quick "Man" card on there.  I love spending an hour or so, every once in a while, making alcohol inked backgrounds.  Great for fast cards or MAN cards LOL.  I wish I remembered what inks I used on this one CUZ I love it!:

I am going to hazard a guess and say Copper mixative, Raisin and Butterscotch or Sandal.  I made the Sentiment and you can snag it below ( PNG & JPG ) :)  Click to enlarge then save to your hard drive.

The warm mottled background reminds me of MORE photos I found on my camera...

...ROSEY!!!!

She is all grown up now and her black/grey areas have added new warm browns and reds... and she has got quite polka spotty... and curly.  Rosey is a Shichon... half Bichon Frise and half Shih Tzu... and she is a good mix.  This photo was just after a haircut.

Here she is with one of her favourite humans, Nolan:

Boy and his Dog LOL

NEWS:

1.  PENCIL this on your calendars people!  BLOG HOP this FRIDAY MAY 27th!!  :D  And we have some wonderful sponsors offering some lovely pretty playthings to win :) 

2.  If you "have pretties" you sell and would like to sponsor an upcoming blog hop, please email me ( fred.she.said@gmail.com )

3.  And I know there has been issues with the CHECKOUT button on my store ( especially with Internet Explorer )  where it magically disappears if you have a FULL cart and have the page zoom set to anything past 150%. IT IS FIXED!  If you had problems and you happen to still have problems there are instructions in my STORE FAQ to get the checkout button back.

I found out it was a new BLOGGER template/cart conflict.  I reverted to an ancient blog template ( Minima ) to fix it until my file host fixes their cart problem.  So all should be good and hopefully there will be a fix soon.

Have a great day!

:)*  Fred

Rose Stencil Circle digi-freebie

Happy Valentine's Day!  I had a few ask about the floral design behind the Ornate Cut-Out Butterfly.  Actually, this was a digital experiment I devised in 2006 ( or so it says on my files LOL)  -  "Digital Peg Stamping" in Paint Shop Pro.    I made some small brushes/images, some taken from pieces of public domain rose stencil designs... which I then altered or repainted and also some brushes that I hand drew.  The process is alot like real stamping with those little peg stamps.  I can "stamp" with a colour, rotate the brush, change the opacity before I "stamp" - so some flowers are lighter and transparent... like you would with real stamping where you make a repeat impression without re-inking.  It was alot of fun.  I found the print in my stash and thought it would look neat with the butterfly.

I found my old file and took it into Painter and played with the colours to make this DIGI-FREEBIE :)  This package has 8 coloured versions.

Here is the original Rose coloured design ( It is also included in the download ):

If you are interested in the technique and have Paint Shop Pro or are handy with similar graphics editors, please leave a comment.  If there is enough interest, I might whip up a tutorial and make the brush set available for all you graphics geeks ;)

I hope you all had a wonderful lovey dovey day!  I got a heart box of Laura Secord chocolates... yum!  ..and a scare at the vets :O.. Rosey pup went in to get her yearly vaccinations and had a severe anaphylactic allergic reaction  right there on the vet table... thank goodness there and not at home... she had to get an IV and be put under observation.  It was scary!  I didn't know how she was for about an hour and a half!  But she is her sweet and happy puppy self now whew!  Oh how I wuv the little diddums!  They can sure tug at your heart strings.

:)*  Fred

Paper Angels and SVG freebies

 UPDATED!  DEC 13, I have added GSD files for cutting machines like Craft Robo and Silhouette. See below :)

UPDATED - DOWNLOAD LINKS FIXED.

UPDATE:  I have added Carol's original post link, as I can't seem to easily access the original free class.  Please see the bottom of her post for the video.  The post can be found HERE

Hi everybody!  I have been busy making angels! Thanks so much Carol H. for this awesome idea!   You can see and participate in a FREE Paper Angel Class at the CDAC - it runs all month long :)  I decided to give family and friends angels instead of cards this year.. what was I thinking?! LOL  I have to make 15 to 20 and all that cutting and punching... yikes!  So I thought I would let my Cricut do the work ;)  I attended a webinar for Make the Cut software on how to curve a border strip recently and thought it would be great to make the semi-circle arm and dress templates with fancy trim ( like Carol shows) and I also made some wings while I was at it ;)

Here are some free cutting files and a printable wings template ( if you don't have a digital cutting machine)

Link to the SVG Paper Angel Cutting files is HERE.

NEW! Link to  GSD version of these cutting files is HERE.

Link to a Paper Angel Wings PDF to print  is HERE. ( just a sheet of wings)


The cutting files are in SVG format and can be used in digital cutting machines that accept SVG files - eg  Craft Robo, Silhouette, Cougar, Gazelle and Cricut ( you need special software for the Cricut, two good programs are Make the Cut and Sure Cuts Alot.  I used Make the Cut to creat the SVG files.

Previews:

:)*
Fred

CDAC Color Challenge and limited time FREEBIE

Hi everyone!  I have the honour and pleasure to be hosting the Crafters Digital Art Center's   Round 9 Colour Challenge!  Please go here to see all the Digital Artists  who are co-hosting the Current CDAC Challenges!

For a limited time I am offering a digital image for free to use in the challenges!  You can find it at the  cdaccc9  Colour Challenge posting  and all the challenge info :)  The image is "Pumpkin Bouquet" and will be up for 2 weeks then it will go in the store.

I coloured the Pumpkin Bouquet with coloured pencils and OMS and I embellished with little punched flowers and a MS Butterfly. 

The colours I chose for this challenge are PURPLE, GREEN & ORANGE.  I hope you will give the challenges ( Freebie, Sketch, Holiday & Color Challenges) a try and the winners will receive free images from the hosting digi artists!

Have a great day!

:)* Fred

SEPT 30th BLOG HOP Starts Here!

Welcome to our Fred She Said Blog Hop!  I can't wait to see what the DT have made! I let them use any FSS product they wished and asked them to show off their personal design style! So let's get HOPPING! woo!

While you are hopping, there are special words at each stop ( even at the last stop!... there should be 14 words) ... collect them all up and there will be instructions at the last hop on how to enter.  The lucky winner will be picked randomly from the entries and will receive a $20 CAD Gift Certificate to the Fred She Said Store AND a $20 Gift Certificate to Crop Stop 
.

For this HOP, please refer to this list in case you lose your way ( cuz this Blog Train is long LOL).
Tracey ( ME) ( You are here)
Nancy
Shelly
Anne
Tracy MacD
Sonya
Maria
Lora
Michelle
Marlena
Darsie
Carol H
Dani
Challenge Blog ( last stop & instructions)

Please leave the girls some love ( but comments are not required for winning)  :)

Here is Fred's creation for the Blog Hop:

I used the Sunflowers & Thankfulness Pre-Coloured Set on matte photo paper and cut 2 sunflower trio images out and 3d'ed them and added some  lines of yellow stardust pen for some glitter.  I printed a plaid background and played around and made a digital swirly to try out my new Viva Pearl Pens on!  I need a bit more practice but these are FUN!  I also used a CB folder from the Heritage Collection.. love this folder! If I would hazard a guess, I think I have nailed my style .... flowers, pearls and swirlies OH MY! LOL

I have a FREEBIE for you!!!  an 8x8 Plaid paper to match the Sunflowers & Thankfulness set, a swirly digi/template in jpg and PNG and a sheet with the swirly already coloured to match gold or silver.. the silver can be used with any colour pearl pen even stickles or glitter glue.

Please go to this link to download the zip!
EDIT OOPS!  I forgot to add the plaid paper to the zip!  Go HERE to download the file! ( UPDATE JUNE 2017 download links now work)

OK... Here is my SPECIAL WORD for the Blog Hope CODE!...  THANKS

Now please go to NANCY's blog for our next stop on the hop!  And have fun!

:)*  Fred

CARD: Happy Birthday Little Chicky!

Inside:

"Look Who's 1!"

"Happy Birthday, Little Chicky!"

My cousin's DD turned ONE this weekend, Olivia is sooo cute and just sweet and curious.  One of my favourite birthday years.... where you let the little one year old discover cake and icing with all ten fingers!!!! LOL  They let her at a whole cake ... it was awesome.  There was a separate cake for the grown ups.  ;)   While everyone was eating, Olivia wanted to put her pointy in everone's cake LOL. 

Card uses the freebie I offered to help kick off CDAC's first challenge.  What alot of fun. One of the winners picked my store for their prize.  Thanks so much and I feel honoured :)  They have several new challenges up with different themes and some awesome digi artists hosting... Please go check it out!

Anyhoo, the kick off challenge is over and I thought I would add the freebie here ( it is also still on the CDAC group).

Clicky on the Chicky, then right-click and SAVE

CARD deets:  Whazzup Chicky Freebie, FSS Paper from Blue Poinsettia Pack, and Fred's Flowers v1, colored pencils/OMS, nesties, gold leafing pen, pearlescent WC paints edged on flower, MS punch, distress inks.

I have imported pics from my camera and will get to work on my Paper Roses tutorial tomorrow.. so see y'all soon!  Have a great day!

:)*  Fred

Whazzup Chickies!

LOL

No offense to my male audience! 

Sorry soooo quiet .... I kind of took a little unanounced hiatus.  June is such a busy month and I  have been zonkered and a little out to lunch LOL   I had blood tests finally come back that I have iron AND  vitamin B12 anemias.  Now to figure out WHY... who knows but hopefully the supplements will help soon LOL.

I am attempting to get "back at 'er" LOL  so hopefully you will see new designs and some new tutorials soon.

Notice the title of this post heehee.  I started a new group at the new hoppin' ( place for digital stampers and artists)  Crafters' Digital Art Center  headed by the oh so awesome Priscilla who hosts the also oh so awesome "Midnight Madness Sketch Challenge":)  They are having a kick off challenge and many digital artists have offered freebies to use :)



Please notice the title of this post heehee.  I have offered a free digital image called Whazzup Chicky.  You can find it at the  CDAC Fred She Said Designs Group and all the info and freebies at the Freebie Digi Kick Off Challenge!



 Have a great day,
:)*  Fred

Paper Roses & Leaves Templates SET

I have just uploaded a new Temple Set.

 Paper Roses & Leaves Templates SET

  This set has a gazillion different files.. don't let it scare you LOL..  here is an example of the ready-to-print outline sheet:

Those are the shapes available as outline sheets you hand-cut ( also has a leaves sheet and just flowers sheet), or as a digital stencil ( transparent shapes with a solid white background you digitally place on top of coloured or digital paper so just the patterned/coloured shape prints out - no black outline.  There are also single images available so you can resize and use to fit your needs.  I also included an SVG cutting file sheet to be used in digital cutting machines, as well as sheets and images that are solid black shapes so that you can import/trace in various cutting software and machines. 


You can use these like digital stamps but they are more like templates that you print on the wrong side of your paper/cardstock and have DP paper or hand colour the right side after you cut them out.  I am in the process of making a tutorial for this card:

 For this card, I used an outline sheet and hand cut ( the leaves are actually cut out using pinking scissors  but the variegated leaves can be easily cut around with regular scissors)  Every thing on this card was coloured with distress inks and sponges and glimmer spray.

Here is a FREEBIE I made using the stencil version of the template sheet:

 Please DOWNLOAD HERE

I used Paint Shop Pro and floodfilled the empty spaces with patterns and colours. Hope you like!

Anyway, I'll be back soon with more info and a tutorial.

:)*  Fred

Free FSS Image at Stars and Stamps!

 Hi y'all! 
I am sure most of you have heard of Operation Write Home (formerly Cards for Heroes).Operation Write Home is a network of cardmakers who create blank handmade greeting cards  in support of our nation's heroes for them to write home on.  Operation Write Home recently started a new blog, Stars and Stamps, to inspire the many cardmakers.  The Stars and Stamps blog features inspiration, challenge, tutorials, creativity and more!  Operation Write Home is currently hosting a Half and Half challenge to inspire us cardmakers to create Mother's and Father's Day cards.  Fred She Said Designs is offering a free Tulips digital stamp for Mother's Day and FSS DT Darsie Bruno has a wonderful tutorial planned using this freebie Tuesday March 9th on the Stars and Stamps Blog.   ( Today or Tomorrow depending on when you read this LOL)  Please check it out and, also, the latest Half & Half Operation Write Home Campaign :)



The FREEBIE will be only available at the Stars and Stamps Blog at this LINK.
Have a Great Day!
:)*  Fred

My offending ribbon & Monday PICK ME UP

I issued a  Fun With Fred challenge last week, in a moment of craziness LOL!  You are to use a ribbon you blindly pick out of your stash  OR choose one that has been "perplexing" you, like colours you don't normally use, or pattern or it is just CRAZY.  It is just for fun, if you would like to "perplex yourself" grab a ribbon, make a project and post it on the FSS Group Comment Wall.    Well I chose and it took me a few days to get it together LOL.  It DOTH perplexed me!!!  The ribbon I chose is in an autumn stripe... these are colours I just don't normally use... ( look around my blog and the various assortment of pastels LOL)  Well, it came together in the end... and also leads to this week's   MONDAY PICK ME UP.  I used a paper I designed but haven't got around to working it into anything.  A "petite fleurs" patterned paper.  This pack contains 5 little flowery papers.  And can be downloaded HERE.  ( UPDATE: Link fixed JUNE 2017)

CARD DEETS:
Green background paper is ink brayered to get that soft blocky look then CB embossed.  The leaves and paper strip are sponged with distress inks.  EK Success border punches and MS butterfly stamp/punch combo, Bosskut daisy leaves die, orange stickles.  Perplexing Ribbon... no idea, a gift from a friend.  My digital petite fleurs paper in yellow orange.  I coloured the Flower with pencils/OMS.

Happy Monday!
:)*  Fred

CARD Smelling the Cherry Blossoms

Hi! I decided to try and make an easel card. I found the instructions on Splitcoast Stampers. The Cherry Blossoms Paper was printed on matte photo paper and I glue pen embossed an outline around some of the flowers with a gold embossing powder with glitter in it. It just makes the paper look so rich almost like real washi paper. I coloured the girl and blossoms with alcohol markers ( copic and neopiko) and did some highlighting on hair, etc with white pencil and added a shadow with a cream pencil. I used Waterfall Stickles on the sash and flowers. The butterfly is from MS butterfly stamp combo punch. There are 3 green gems ( that didn't photograph well so you can't see them) keeping the card propped up.

I've attached the sentiments in case you would like to use them :)




Have a great day! ... and don't forget to hop around the Blog Hop and get the chance to win some new designs!

:)* Fred

MONDAY PICK ME UP #5 JAN 18

It's Monday again! New Monday Pick Me Up is posted on the FSS Group.

5 "Tie Dyed" Cherry Blossom Papers. ( actually 10 LOL)

I still have some peeps with webpage loading problems, so I will play 'nice' and share the links here LOL!  (UPDATE June 2017 download links FIXED)

5 - 6"x6" papers can be downloaded HERE

5 - dreamy full letter sized sheets can be downloaded HERE

CARD DEETS:

I printed a Tie Dyed Cherry Blossom paper on satin photo paper. I used the Fred's Flowers v6 Daisies set for the flower and leaves and coloured with Pencils/OMS. The frame is from the Stained Glass Floral Doodledallion 3 set.. but I just used the paper pricking pattern and cut out. I used some Stampendous Orchid Greeting clear stamps for the swirlies and the Happy Birthday, stickles here and there, a stamen punch, and a MS butterfly/stamp combo punch.

Happy Monday!
:)* Fred

MONDAY PICK ME UP #4 JAN 11

Happy Monday! You can "pick up" some balloons at the FSS Group HERE!

I know some of you are having issues accessing the FSS Group. ... and some my blog. We are still not sure what the problem is, but if you have troubles, please email me and I'll send you the file.

:)* Fred

Happy New Year! and a Freebie

I hope you all are enjoying a wonderful New Year! I am enjoying a cold I picked up New Year's Day! LOL

Speaking of Picking Up, have you picked up your MONDAY PICK ME UP today? :D ( update June 2017 DOWNLOAD LINK HERE


Preview here , the FSS Group link above has a zip with full size JPG and PNG's attached. If you have troubles nabbing, please send me an email!  

More news:
The DT are getting geared up for some fun later next week!
And We raised $229 CAD for Samaritan's Purse woohoo! Thanks to all who purchased the Poinsettia and Pine Boughs Sets. Mwah! The donation has gone through now and this Fund Raiser is now closed.

Well it's back to "work" for me... actually it's fun! ... making "pretties" is always fun!

Have a great day!
:)* Fred