Spring Design Team Showcase

Hey all!

I am here today with a bit of DT eye candy ;)  Here are some lovely projects made by the Fred She Said Spring Design Team! 

Linda

Judy

Maureen

 Michelle

 Nancy

 
Carolyn

 


Crystal

 
Janet Kay

Karen

 
Patty

 Zehra

Have a great day!

:)*
Fred

NEW Marigolds & Morpho

Yey, finally something new in the STORE :)

Marigolds & Morpho  (available as DIGI or Pre-coloured Sets)

I don't know how long I putzed with this set.  There are all kinds of variations for this one...

 Please click above images to see detail.

 Now I am going to print this off and find some room in my overstuffed cluttered studio to play!  

Have a great weekend!

:)*

Fred

Spring Design Team :)

Happy Valentine's Day!  I am here to announce the Fred She Said Spring Design Team!  Thanks so much to all who applied for the Fred She Said DT Call :) 

Joining us for the Spring Term are:

Maureen K. Russell  .. welcome back, Maureen!
Judy McKay
Linda Weber

who will be joining a bunch of wonderful girls :)
Michelle
Nancy
Carolyn
Crystal
Janet Kay
Karen
Patty
Zehra


I hope to have new designs soon.  I thank my Design Team and customers for their patience!  It has been a challenging new year full of bumps and hurdles and grieving and even celebrating!

Sadly, we lost my husband's dear Mum and our kids' wonderful Nanna, Lorrie on January 16th the day after the DT call went out.  At the time we had just started renovation chaos, and had to scramble to make room for out of town family!   Currently, bedrooms have been displaced in our wee 1100 sq foot home to make room for new flooring and paint upstairs.   I  have my son's mattress in the only floor area in my studio/office.  There are boxes, furniture, and junk everywhere - not many places to move LOL.  My husband and I have been basically unemployed for the past few months, so seeing each others faces so much ( in this mess?), well you know... it has been challenging LOL.  Blessedly and miraculously, we have managed to financially stay afloat :)  I am slowly getting a few days of work here and there as the Teachers work dispute is sort of settling down.  Dave & I were just blessed with another great nephew this week!  Congrats Jay and Tasha & big brother Kolten!

OK ... I am off to get my new DT members settled in and get some stuff in the store!  Have a wonderful day!

:)*
Fred

LAST CHANCE DT CALL!... and a CARD

Hi all!  Just a post to remind you that Fred She Said is having a DT CALL.  I will accept submissions until Monday Feb 11  Midnight EST.  

And to help take up some space on this sparse post LOL   here is a card I put together today.

I laser printed an Ornate Butterfly onto transparency film, coloured with Bic Mark It markers and added stickles and a heart brad.  The embossed background has a skiff of light green paint applied with a brayer.  I was testing out some sentiments for a set that will be coming out very soon :)

We were cleaning out my son's room to clear the way for new laminate flooring when I happened upon a tray of 20 or so bottles of acrylic paint!.. I totally forgot about them!  Oh my, add that to my bulging drawer of 60? bottles of acrylic paint... you might be seeing more paint on my cards :O LOL

:)*  Fred

Ground Hog Day Blog Hop Winner!

Hi All!

Thanks to all who participated in our Ground Hog Day Blog Hop :)  A big thank you to my DT for their wonderful projects.  The DT were asked to predict whether or not Wiarton Willie would predict an Early Spring.  Well, 8 of us thought Willie would say "Early Spring!"  and 1 wanted a Late Spring.... she loves snow LOL!  Well, we got a pile of it in Ontario, eastern States and the Canadian East Coast.  We are done digging out and the sun shone here today.  In case you didn't know, Willie did predict an EARLY SPRING yey!  ... we will see :)

Now onto the winner!  ... who will receive:

$30 GC for the Fred She Said Store
$25 GC for Crop Stop

... and the winner is....

 

CAROL DUNCAN!!!  :)      I will email the winner on Sunday night if she doesn't email me sooner ;)  


Have a great weekend,
:)*  Fred

GROUND HOG DAY BLOG HOP ~ STARTS HERE!

Hi all, it's that time yup!  Time for a Blog Hop.... please come have some fun with us!  Please,  also check below for a 25% SALE COUPON :)  :)

Fred She Said is having a Ground Hog Day Blog Hop.  Tracey, from Fred She Said hails from Wiarton, Ontario, Canada, home of Wiarton Willie, the albino ground hog.  Every February 2nd, Willie emerges from his den to predict whether or not we will have an early Spring.  If he sees his shadow, he will become frightened and scurry back into his den, hailing 6 more weeks of winter.  If he does not see his shadow, he will declare an EARLY SPRING woohoo!  Tracey has asked the Fred She Said DT to make a card - either a "wintery" card ( if they think Willie will predict  a LATE SPRING ) or a "Flowery or Spring" card ( if they think he will predict an EARLY SPRING ).

Your job, dear blog hopper, is to hop along and TALLY up how many DT thought it will be an EARLY SPRING and how many predict a LATE SPRING.   Instructions on how to enter will be posted on the last stop at the FSS CHALLENGE BLOG.  Please leave some love on the DT's posts; they love to hear from you ;)  Please enter by Friday February 8th,  Midnight EST.

ONE LUCKY WINNER WILL RECEIVE:
$30 GC for the Fred She Said Store
$25 GC for Crop Stop

( provided by Tracey )

COUPON TIME!!! :)
FRED SHE SAID also has a Ground Hog Day WEEKEND SALE COUPON! 
( 25% off any purchase  on or over $10 from Friday FEB 1 UNTIL Sunday FEB 3 midnight EST )
 USE COUPON CODE GROUNDHOGDAY
Yey!  I get to play....
HERE IS MY PREDICTION:

 

OK I am so hopeful.  I predict that Willie will predict an EARLY SPRING!  Today it has been snowing and blowing like crazy!   I so want this over! LOL  Today's card uses the Tulip Bouquet ( from Pre-Coloured Set)  and some distress inks for sponging.  The background is a free printable dictionary page from The Vintage Moth, that I white washed with white paint and added black distress to the edges.

So that was EARLY SPRING for me!  Tally it up :)  Now please go to Michelle's blog to continue your journey!

Here is the blog hop list in case you lose your way!

Blog Hop List:
Update: links now go to actual hop posts :) ( updated ONLY on START AND ENDING POSTS)
Tracey  ( You are HERE )
Michelle
Nancy
Carolyn
Crystal
Janet Kay
Karen
Patty
Zehra

FSS CHALLENGE BLOG ( entry instructions )

Good luck and Have Fun!

2013 SPRING DT CALL

Fred She Said Digital Designs is looking for designers who love floral and decorative designs.  Fred She Said sells outline images, pre-coloured images, patterns/templates/frames/ornate designs, papers and SVG/GSD cutting files for digital cutting machines.

Applicants must enjoy and have experience using digital materials that I have mentioned above, the ability to print, and perhaps, though not necessary, have use of and experience with SVG or GSD cutting files with  a digital cutting machine.  Good photographs of your designs are a must and having a blog and a presence on various papercrafting and cardmaking forums and challenges are an asset.

Most of the Fred She Said designs have a floral or nature theme and there will be some Christian/Inspirational designs as well.  Please don't apply if you  are only interested in  character digi's. 

DT requirements are minimum 4 designs per month and participation in some of the activities and blog hops, Fred She Said will have.  Compensation will be all products released during the term and any products from the Store as long as you complete  one or two designs using that product.

Please email me (   fred.she.said@gmail.com  ) before  Monday, February 4th Midnight EDT with a bit about yourself , your blog, forums you participate in, any DT's you are on or have been on, as well as 2 or 3 designs that you feel represent your style.  Due to family circumstances, CALL has been extended until Monday February 11th.

DECISION will be made and announced Wednesday February13th on the Fred She Said Blog.

Thanks,
Tracey (Fred)
 Fred She Said Digital Designs
Fred She Said BLOG

SALE! & The Cards that Christmas Forgot "Parade"

Hi all!  Happy New Year!   I had a request from a DT to share Christmas cards that didn't make it to our blogs.  We all get so busy during the holidays and sometimes our poor creations don't get shared before they get mailed LOL  I actually have a couple I never posted but luckily got photos of before I gave them to their recipients.   So I emailed "the girls" and this Parade was born. :)

The theme was  " The Cards that Christmas Forgot " LOL  ... any Christmas cards, Winter cards or cards made with "Christmas/Winter" products.

Before we get started.  Fred She Said is having an IT'S A NEW YEAR SALE!

Get 30% OFF any purchase that is $10 or over! :)  

Sale ends Wednesday JAN 9th Midnight EST.

So let's get started!

Michelle

 ...using the Fancy Doily snowflake    gorgeous and glittery!

Nancy

...using Emma & The Chickadee   sooo pretty!

Carolyn

Carolyn had a pile - 4!  I don't feel so bad now LOL  I will show 2 ... please go to Carolyn's blog to see the rest of her beautiful cards.

Carolyn using Kiss Me Scottie

Carolyn using Emma the Caroling Angel and Pine Cone Spray

Crystal

...using Little Fat Santa.  So cute, Crystal!

Karen

... using Winter Westie.... love it!

Patty

...using Little Fat Santa and one using Emma in her Cool Cap ...so cute and fun!

... and here are mine :)

 ... and this one using Pair of Robins and Wrought Iron Square Frame

Hope you enjoyed our little parade of cards :)

:)*  Fred and the DT

CARD - Fancy Doily Snowflake Blue

Happy Monday!  Here's a card made with Fancy Doily Snowflake and SnowFlake Paper Pricking Pattern.  Snowflake was laser printed on transparency film, coloured with permanent Bic  Mark It markers and glittered with Glamour Dust.  Gems are iridescent.. I love how they change colours in the light :)

I bought a new Magnifier Lamp a couple of weeks ago as my eyes are just not focusing anymore or for very long due to my Fuch's - can't see through either pair of my glasses and will be a few months before I get in to see my optometrist.  I don't want to be a whiny baby BUT, if any of you have trouble seeing to craft, a magnifying lamp can make a BIG DIFFERENCE when you are poking holes! LOL  ... a big help when colouring too.  I think it's my new favourite crafting tool :)

Have a great week!

:)* Fred

Little Fat Santa Speed Paint

 Hey all!  How is the Christmas shopping going?  eeek, don't ask me!

Just a speed paint coloring demo using Corel Painter, a Wacom tablet and "Little Fat Santa" .  The only brushes I used were a Basic Round to color ( from the Tinting brushes) and a Grainy Water for blending ( Blenders category) .. and an Eraser LOL.  

Yes, I misspelled a word... can you find it? LOL I am trying to brush up on my video editing skills... forgot so much and what I did know - it was not ALOT!   Next time I'll make a speed paint video a bit more speedier ;)

I'll be back in a bit... have a few new cards to upload :)  Have a great weekend!

:)*  Fred

A Little Fat Santa & a pretty FRAME!

Hi all!

I just added a couple of things to the STORE. 

I wanted a simple little gnomish Santa to add to some cards I was making.  I just want to squeeze his cheeks and pull his beard LOL!

Little Fat Santa ( DIGI OR COL SET)

... and I wanted a CUT FILE frame for my Pointy Poinsettia Flower!  So I made 2 versions.

CUT FILE-Wrought Iron Square Frame SET:

The frame used Wrought Iron Square Frame version 2 and  was cut from white card stock.   The main part of the frame was glue-sprayed and sprinkled with Rock Candy dry glitter before it was adhered to the base frame.  The flower is from the Pointy Poinsettia Flowers.    I am thinking I will be using the Wrought Iron Frame A LOT with my butterflies and flowers in the future  ;) ... yes I am giddy with anticipation!   ..... just have to get through "Christmas card making season"  first! LOL

Have a great day!

:)*

Fred

CHRISTMAS BLOG HOP WINNER

Happy Saturday! It's time to announce the lucky winner of our Christmas Blog Hop :) 


We have a fabulous prize package  for one lucky entry winner.  Thanks so much to  sponsor and guest DT, Donna Smith of Bearly Mine Designs!

Thanks ALSO to a wonderful Design Team who all made gorgeous creations for this hop :D  And THANK YOU to all who entered!


THE PRIZE PACKAGE:
One winner will receive
$25 GC to CropStop  (provided by Fred :)  )
£15 GC to Bearly Mine Designs
$25 GC to Fred She Said Store


The winner of this prize package is

Sue Kinson!  I will email the winner on Sunday night if she doesn't email me sooner ;)  


Have a great weekend,
:)*  Fred

BLACK FRIDAY Weekend SALE!

 Hey All!

 Fred She Said is having a BLACK FRIDAY SALE!  NOW until Monday, Nov. 26th Midnight  EST - USE CODE:  BLACKFRIDAY to get 30% off any purchase $10 or over :)

.... Have a great weekend!

:)*  FRED

NOV 16 CHRISTMAS BLOG HOP Starts Here

Yey!  It's time for another Fred She Said BLOG HOP Woohoo!  The Fred She Said DT are showcasing the theme of CHRISTMAS!   I can't wait to see what they have come up with :D  While you are hopping please leave some love on the DT's post.  They love to hear your comments!

Thanks to Donna Smith of Bearly Mine Designs for sponsoring us!  She sells the most wonderful paper sets!  Donna is also a guest DT on this hop :) 

Collect a secret word on each blog along the way  to make up a Secret Phrase and follow the directions at the end of the hop for your chance to win this FABULOUS PRIZE!

One winner will receive ALL of this:

PRIZE:
Bearly Mine Designs - £15 gift voucher

$25 GC to CropStop  (provided by Fred She Said)
$25 GC to Fred She Said Store

Entries will be accepted until Friday, Nov. 23rd Midnight EST and the winner will be announced Nov. 24th.

Here  we go!   ( if you get lost, you can refer back to this blog for the BLOG HOP participant LIST below.  **The instructions on how to enter will be at  the FSS CHALLENGE BLOG.**

Our wonderful DT and Blog Hop Coordinator Michelle let me play so I get to share a project Yey!!

This card uses the Pointy Poinsettia digital cutting files which were coloured by sponging on distress inks and pencilling in veins.  I also scored the veins.  

 I MADE MY OWN EMBOSSING FOLDER! YEY!

The backdrop was made with the Fancy Doily Snowflake cutting files.  I made my own embossing plate from cereal boxboard and podge glue.  I got the instructions from the oh so awesome Melissa McCarthy ( Melstampz ) HERE.  The recipe I used was one boxboard layer for base and 2 layers of the cut snowflake although I would try this technique with one layer first and see how it works for you.  The cuttlebug sandwich was A plate +B plate + embossing plate + thick paper( or thin CS) + embossing mat + B plate and see how it goes through.  For deeper embossing you can try a CS shim but test and DON'T force anything through your diecut machines or you could break your machine!  

MY SECRET WORD is  " WINTER"  Now please go to NANCY's blog for your next stop :)

BLOG HOP LIST: 

Tracey-Lynn - http://fred-she-said.blogspot.com/
Nancy - http://inspiredbystamps.blogspot.com/
Zehra - http://rosebestcards.com/

Crystal - http://craftingwithcrystal.blogspot.com/ 
GUEST DT Donna - http://bearlymine.blogspot.com

Janet Kay - http://janetkbailey.wordpress.com/ 

Patricia - http://www.patriciachalasstudio.blogspot.com/ 

Carolyn - http://luvmycards.blogspot.com/ 

Michelle - http://inspirationblooms.blogspot.com/ 

FSS Challenge Blog - http://fss-challenge.blogspot.com/

Have fun & Good Luck!
:)*   Fred and the TEAM

More Christmas things!

Hey all! I just added a couple of things to the store :)

Snowflake Paper Pricking Pattern Set:

This PP pattern includes some PNGs that have transparent openings so you can layer images underneath.   This can be done in MS Word, OpenOffice, or any graphics software that supports layers and PNG transparency.   Here is an example using Snow Lady - Light Up Your Holidays image :)

This next one was a long overdue request from a friend " umm Tracey?  Can you make a poinsettia with jagged edges PLEASE? "  After much whining a succumbed LOL!

Pointy Poinsettia Flowers ( comes in Pre-Coloured  and as a DIGI/CUTFILE set)

 This example was laser printed and coloured with NeoColor II watercolor crayons and a waterbrush.

Have a great week!

:)*
Fred

MORE New Christmas Stuff :)

OK ,just so you know, I am NOT done with Christmas!  I should have another installment in about a week.  :)

Naughty or Nice Elf 

Snow Lady - Light Up Your Holidays

Pine Cone Spray.... love this one!

It is late - I am off to bed. Have a great week!

:)*  Fred