New DT Line-up!

Thanks so much to all who applied. You all did amazing work and made my job of picking very hard! I had a very hard time narrowing it to 3 so I have chosen 5 new wonderful designers for this term!

Please welcome
Judy Applegarth
Shelly (Jaspere )
Lisa Futch
Darsie Bruno
Julie Stewart

Also please welcome Deanne Burton . Deanne will be organizing all the fun at Fred She Said!

And please give a hand to Michelle Pearson who will be helping with the Fred She Said group and helping the DT run smoothly. You rock, Michelle!

Also returning are:
Carol Lepard
Carol Hurlock
Sonya Appel
Lora Mcintyre
&
Maria Matter


It should be a fun and awesome term, girls! woohoo!
I'll be back with more info soon. I am writing this as I am heading out the door for festivities.

Have a great day!
:)* Fred

Merry Christmas!

It is a wonderful rainy day for Christmas. I don't mind as I have seen enough snow this season and you don't have to shovel rain LOL! I hope though we get some snow for the kids to enjoy for the rest of the holidays. I am 3 hours south of my residence at the moment. So it may be snowing at home. The turkey is ready early and we are enjoying company and my parents. Rosey is attempting to play with a new reluctant friend, a miniature poodle. I don't blame him though, she has no manners LOL!

Here is another card. I used antique linen and shabby shutter distress inks to antique the Christmas Rose with some clear glaze pen on the berries and stardust pen here and there and on the frame. The backing paper is a plain greenish beige I got from a dollar store, CB embossed, then I tapped on some versamark and brushed on some moonglow powder. The mica powder I used is rusty at one angle and shines green the other way... so lovely.

Thank you so much for the Christmas wishes we received. And to those who have applied for the DT positions. Oh my goodness, you are all so talented. I will have my work cut out for me trying to pick when I return home!

Hope everyone is having a joyous and blessed holiday season!

:) * Fred

Christmas Rosey Card

We wish you all a Very Merry Christmas! Great Big Hugs, from Fred and the TEAM!

Oh Rosey

ROSEY BEFORE

I said I was going to show some before and afters of Rosey's first haircut. Her beard got a bit red stained from the drooling and the wetting of her food while she was first on antibiotics. But still a cute little button.

ROSEY AFTERS




Here's a video... we found her bed at Deals surplus store for $9 and a rubber chicken. She is in love. Narrating by Nolan. LOL



I am working on some christmas cards. I hope to get photos later but I'm in a time crunch. We are heading to the grandfolks for Christmas tomorrow morning :)

We wish you all a very Merry Christmas!!!!
:)* Fred

Fred She Said DT Call

THIS CALL IS NOW CLOSED. Thanks so much to all who applied, you made picking extremely difficult you talented bunch you! :)

Fred She Said has 3 spots open for a Fun Filled January-March Winter Term. Fred She Said sells digital products such as Digi's ( outlines to colour), papers, patterns/templates, as well as pre-coloured images in primarily floral, feminine, and fanciful themes as well as some Christian themed designs. Please check out the following links and browse to see if Fred She Said suits your particular design style before applying:
Fred She Said Blog
Fred She Said Store

- This term we are starting a challenge blog and have a new group at Paper Craft Planet. The commitment is 1 card or project per week which includes some participation in the challenges and events, 2 scheduled spotlight projects to be posted on the FSS blog, and becoming a member of the Fred She Said group.

-having a public blog and internet presence in forums and various challenges is an asset. Perks include all the new designs during your 3 month term, $25 CAD gift certificate to the FSS Store for preterm products and 20% off anything else if you just can't get enough "Fred" LOL

If all this sounds delightful to you, please apply by writing to Tracey at fred.she.said@gmail.com with links to your blog, galleries, and please list any forums or challenges you actively participate in and any DT experience you might have.

Please note, I will not have time to answer every application due to the holiday season, but I will notify the selected individuals on December 29th. The new term starts January 1st.

Thanks for reading!
Tracey Lynn Miller
Fred She Said Designs

Monday Pick Me Up #2 DEC 14

Happy Monday! There is a new freebie to PICK UP. This time a little paper pricking pattern.

You can get the full size version HERE . :)  ( UPDATE JUNE 2017 LINK FIXED)

Thanks so much for all the wishes for Rosey, she is less drooly from the antibiotics this morning.. very peppy... but still piddling in the kitchen...arggg! I hope this goes away and not a new behaviour of hers to get attention ( like stealing socks and making you chase her). oh puppies. She is getting her first haircut today... I will blog before and afters.

Happy Monday! :)* Fred

Coloured Snow Angel & Christmas Rosey!

Available in the STORE! ( Great for those need a quick card moments LOL)

Christmas Rosey - this set includes both Digi outlines AND Precoloured versions, cute sentiment, and Ready-to-Print decoupage sheets.


Emma The Snow Angel Precoloured


I think I have come to the conclusion of my Christmas designing escapades! And nearly last minute too yikes! Little Rosey is not in the Christmas spirit at the moment... she just started antibiotics for a bladder infection and she is not agreeing with it. She is a drooly sweaty mess! I am in contact with the on call weekend vet and hope this yucky feeling of hers passes... she looks nauseated like dizzy me blech ! LOL.

:)* Fred

Christmas Rose

Christmas Rose Digi & Coloured Sets are available now in the store HERE :) Also included in both sets is a sentiments set:


Card details:

I included in both sets a lovely arrangement with an oval frame. I glue pen embossed the lines on the frame with a Sakura Quickie Glue Pen and Ranger gold detail embossing powder. I used 2 layers to complete the 3d roses and frame but could have put a third and even 4th layer of roses on the front for even more elegance! The rose and sprigs were embellished with a Sakura Star Dust pen. I am trying to get the hang of my Bow-Easy and made some double and triple bows for the cards.

I am getting a late start on unfinished christmas projects. I have been battling Benign Positional Vertigo. I am pretty much ok now, I hope the Dr. fixed it... I still get a nauseous feeling when I look up but no spins. I am planning to Christmas-fy Rosey!

Have a great day!

Fred's Annual Christmas Medallion Freebie!

Hi everyone! I have an annual tradition of sharing a Christmas Medallion Freebie. The last 2 were snowflakes. This time, I thought my lacey brush would make a good Christmas ornament.

Go to the Fred She Said Group to get it. Direct link to discussion is HERE. While there, please consider joining ;)   DOWNLOAD LINK   ( UPDATE JUNE 2017 LINK FIXED)

In the zip is an outline and several pre-coloured medallions for you to make your own ornaments with :)

This is a special permissions freebie. You MAY make 3d Sheets if you make them to share ( NOT sell) as long as my copyright info is on the sheet:

Copyright to Tracey Lynn Miller 2009
http://fred-she-said.blogspot.com

I also have a Christmas prettie to finish up today and upload to the store. Yes, it's pretty! And full of goodies! I'll be back very soon with details.

Have a great day!
Fred

New stuff in the STORE

FYI Gift Certificates are now available via email order. See STORE for details. Give the Gift of Fred ;) (Sorry I just had to say that ROFL)

New things on the STORE! heehee -


Emma the Snow Angel Digi



Emma with Her Frills On- Digi



PreColoured - Fall Flowers & Paper Pricking Template Sheet

Ok the flowers nearly did me in... sorry no PNGs as erasing clean around all those flowery bits ... the thought made my brain do weird spins LOL!

Happy Thanksgiving to all my American Friends. Oh how I would love to get in on another turkey dinner.. ours is in October. num num. God Bless!

:)* Fred

I interrupt the holidays with some...

Girly frills! .. and PINK!!! LOL Sometimes I don't know what I will come up with when I start doodling. This one is unabashedly girly, almost to the point of looking like a bridesmaid's dress gone wrong LOL. But it is what it is... cute! " Emma with her Frills On". I decided on 2 versions. One has her holding a bouquet of flowers and the other is Emma with empty hands and then there is a set of coordinating tiny Fred's Flowers to make a posey for her to hold :D Like in the card below.


For this card I used a digital paper I have recently made using a lacey brush I doodled. How fast can you say FREEBIE?? heehee hint.. click freebie! I printed a second Emma onto the printed paper and then paper pieced the dress and hat, the hands are hidden behind the flowers. I shaded the dress with a dark pink pencil. All colouring is with with pencils/OMS as well as the green background paper.... I roughly cross-hatched some greens and blended the pencil markings where it would show with OMS... great way to get a coordinating DP for your coloured images! The shadow around Emma is Caledon Green... I love this colour and it is one of the greens in my background. All glitter is Diamond Stickles on the lace, hat trim and scalloped border - I used flatbacked sticky pearls and a pink gem for the posey. .. and a whole whack of foam tape LOL.

"Emma with her Frills On" and another new wintery Emma will be available as digi's ASAP as well as a coloured Fall Flowers set. There will be a delay on coloured Emma versions. I am attempting to get over a sinus/allergy attack that started Sat. and basically laid me flat for a day or two.

NEWS!


PCP FRED SHE SAID GROUP

I will be posting about this again soon, but I would like to draw your attention to a new group at Paper Craft Planet. I have created the all new Fred She Said group! Yahoo! I hope to make this grand central station for all things Fred. We are currently getting set up and I hope to plan something fun for December! I also have some other things planned that I am sure you will not want to miss ;) If you would like to join now, that would be awesome! Paper Craft Planet is a great place to showcase your cards, find out neat things, learn about new products and companies, see other peoples lovely projects, and meet new people. If you post a project using anything Fred, please add the tags FSS or Fred_She_Said to your image :) There is a lovely comment wall on the main FSS group page where you can pop in and say hi, or ask a question, or attach a card for us to see! If you have a card you have made and are not sure how to post it and want to add it to my customer FSS album, please email it to me and I will upload it for you along with your name. This applies to new emails starting today! So if you have emailed me a card recently, please send it again so I have your permission to upload. More info later.
You can get to the new group HERE:
PCP FRED SHE SAID GROUP

Have a great day!
:)* Fred

Reminder - Samartan's Purse & Thank You!

Hi Peeps! I have been tallying up the donations for Samaritan's Purse from $2 of each sale of the Poinsettia & Pine Boughs Digi Set . I am also going to include in that donation $1 from the sale of the Coloured Version of this set :) It has been quite popular! All previous sales of the coloured version will be included in the donation. I made a cool meter and picked a total of $400 goal. If we reach that goal that would be awesome, if not... still awesome! Thanks to all who have helped so far :D I will be collecting until Dec. 25th. If you want to spread the word, that would be great :D I will try to keep this meter updated daily... it will be at the top of my blog.





Also this week is Drop Off week for Operation Christmas Child.


Please click the link above for more details and where you can drop off a shoe box for a child in need.

:)* Fred

NEW BLINKIE CODE - REMOVE OLD BADGE REMINDER

Please use this updated info!

Either use the old NEW Logo from THIS POST

Or grab my new blinkie code! :D While in your blog LAYOUT area, add a "HTML/Java Script" GADGET and copy and paste the whole code below and click SAVE. Then move the new gadget to where you want it in your blog layout, click SAVE.

<a href="http://fred-she-said-store.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><img border="0" alt="Fred She Said Designs" src="http://i.imgur.com/QsTtyxB.gif" /></a>

NOTE if you are viewing via email or feed, this code box above might not show up ( the gif will show instead) ... please go to my blog to get it.

This is what the blinkie will look like:





:)* Fred

Please remove my badge from your blogs - WARNING

I am removing my blog badge from my blogs ( the one that has "want this badge?" written under the image). Please don't click on them I think you will be OK but just don't. The badge hoster ( wordofblog.net) appears to be under attack. If you have my badge on your blog please remove it. I will have an alternative shortly. Also I know many bloggers use this service... please check into it. It might be a false positive but I checked today, overrid my system warnings and the Word of Blog homepage wants to download a pdf file before it loads.. which triggers my antivirus. Please be careful and stay safe!

I dated this post so it will stay at the top of my blog for a few days.

Thank you and sorry for the inconvenience,
Tracey

CARD Red Poinsettia

I made this card with the Poinsettia & Pine Boughs Coloured Sheets and paper from the Christmas Papers 1 2009 pack. A cute little card measuring 4x4" . Before printing I reduced the image to 90% to make it fit the nesties. The flower center is "Flower Center" small craft punch, inked with distress ink, and gold ice Stickles and a gem. Just a little "plug" - I got my floral craft punches from Frantic Stamper... great to deal with and they have just about everything you need! The gold scallop is white CS painted with Krylon Gold Leaf Paint ( Short Cuts)... it is the same stuff as in the Gold Leafing Pen but in a small bottle, I picked it up at a surplus store for a $1 each... what a deal but does this stuff stink! wooooo! TIP, I used a cheap brush from my children's paint sets and I have found out that Krylon paint/pen you can clean up with alcohol hand sanitizer! Or Anirondak Alcohol Blending Solution... that stuff also rocks getting your dried up nib in your leafing pen flowing again :)

I also wanted to add what type of paper I used for printing. Well, the papers I use Epson Photo Quality Inkjet Paper... colours just zing on this! For the poinsettia I used Staples Brochure & Flyer Paper... it's 45 lb I think.. and matte..... looks like regular thin card stock, you can print on both sides as both are coated.. the colours and crisp printing are very good on this. I am sure this is their old ( can't find it now) Staples Matte Photo Paper... it looks like the same stuff and comes in a pack of 150 sheets so I am good to go for awhile!

:)* Fred

Lottsa Christmas Flowers and Coloured Poinsettias!

I just uploaded a hootinanny of things at the STORE!

5 Christmas Flower Coloured Sheets one painted by our very own DT Carol L!
Poinsettia & Pine Boughs Coloured ( cuz somebody asked ;P )
And a quite different but very pretty Christmas Set called Candle Glow Christmas Flower.
That one has 9 coordinating papers and contains some lovely circular sentiments:

Wishing You Peace, Love & Happiness!
Joy to the World, The Lord has Come!
Jesus, Light of the World Shine Upon Us


Here are some cards made using the set.



Deets: This one is best on matte photo paper and with copious amounts of glitter! I use mainly Diamond Stickles.. it just had the right glow about it. I added the same stickles to the snowflake paper; this paper has a pale yellow glow in some of the larger snowflakes... really pretty. The blue glittery strip is light blue Doodlebug glitter on Sore-Tape. All the papers are included in the set. Martha Stewart Lattice punch, Fiskars corner punch, CB embossing folder, nesties scalloped circle, and I am really digging peel-offs lately. Which is good because I have gathered quite a stash and need to use it up LOL.


I am not done... but done in. LOL I am still not sick woohoo! I have a card half done with the coloured Poinsettia & Pine Boughs sheets on my desk. And some more digis up my sleeve... and the other things. Be back soon!

:)* Fred

Alternate Stationery Fred She Said Badge

This is alternate badge/logo for Fred She Said Designs that is not a GIF.

Add the above image as a Picture in your sidebar and link the picture to http://fred-she-said-store.blogspot.com OR however you usually do it :)

Thanks and sorry for the inconvenience,
:)* Fred

Digital Tuesday Challenge!

Guess what? I am sponsoring the Digital Tuesday Challenge today!!! Guess what?! The theme is FLOWERS!!!!! woohoo woohoo! Get out your flowers people and make something pretty! :D A $10 Gift Certificate to the Fred She Said Store is up for grabs :)


I am making and cutting flowers on my desk, and have digitally coloured poinsettias cuz somebody asked, and I like to oblige ;) Also have a drawing of a snow angel Emma in my Painter proggy and finishing up a nontraditionally coloured christmas flower doodledallion set. Coloured Fall flowers and some coloured Emma and the Butterfly images ... FYI they are in progress, I haven't forgot.

I managed to get Emma off to school ( she is better yey!) and Nolan is home moaning and spreading his germs and I am trying not to catch them but have a tickly throat, headache starting and a wobbly tummy.... that isn't good is it? LOL Better get working just in case...

:)* Fred

I did it!

After I wrote the last post with the Poinsettia digi and the freebies... I scrolled to the bottom of my blog and lo and behold....


Woohoo woohoo! I turned 150,000 myself on my own blog ROFL! And I got to capture it for posterity... how cool is that? whew.... break time for me... toodles!

:)* Fred

Poinsettia & Pine Boughs Digi ( Samaritan's Purse)

Poinsettia & Pine Boughs Digi available HERE.


Someone asked me if I had a digital stamp version of the Poinsettia from 2008, I didn't like that outline LOL so I made a new one and a lovely pine bough back drop to go with it :) I am doing something special with this one....

*** $2.00 from every purchase of this product will go to Samaritan's Purse ( Canada Division)*** Please check out the Samaritan's Purse website to see all the awesome projects they are doing. If you can, please remember to make up a shoe box for Operation Christmas Child :) ***

There is 50 cents leftover... that is pretty much PayPal's cut. You gotta love them LOL! I will collect for Samaritan's Purse until Dec. 25th.

That is it for me today... but there is quite a bit more I need to finish and upload... so you might hear from me tomorrow LOL! ;)

Have a great day!