JULY NEW STUFF! Flowers and Stencils

Hey all!  I'm back from the abyss! LOL  I took some down time in June and it took JULY to tweak a few projects.  Flowers and stencils.  ( There is a freebie ZIG ZAG stencil - scroll to bottom of post :)  )

New Florals...

Magnolia in 4 colours and digi

in white, cream, yellow and pink

3 Doodled Blossoms  COL SET and DIGI:

... and in 4 colours...

CUTFILES/PRINTABLES  (can be cut electronically or printed and also includes outlines that can be printed and coloured or embellished ):

Circle Stencils:

 

Doily Mandala 2 Stencil & Mask:

Blossoms Stencils

Flower Flake Stencils

.... and a FREE Cutting File STENCIL - ZIG ZAG Stencil:

DIRECT DOWNLOAD from BOX.COM

Have a great weekend!  

:)*  Fred

5th Birthday Blog Hop WINNER :)

Hi All!

It's time to announce the winner of Fred She Said's 5th BIRTHDAY BLOG HOP!  Thanks to all who participated.  I hope you enjoyed all the wonderful projects from the design team :)

The winner will receive ALL of this:

$25 Gift Certificate to the Fred She Said Store
$25 USD equivalent Gift Certificate to any online papercrafting store of winner's choice :)

 

 ... And the winner is....

... NANCY DEES!   Congrats Nancy! 
I will email the winner on Monday morning if she doesn't email me sooner ;)  

:)*  Fred

 

5th Birthday Blog Hop STARTS HERE!

Hi and welcome the Fred She Said 5th Birthday BLOG HOP!  I hope you will hop along with us and see what the Fred She Said DT have been up to and you will also get the chance to enter to win a great prize package!  While you are hopping the DT love to hear your comments :)

Fred She Said has turned FIVE this month.  Time flies doesn't it?  The theme for this hop is Fred's FAVES - PURPLE and/or FLORAL :)

One winner will receive ALL of this:

$25 Gift Certificate to the Fred She Said Store
$25 USD equivalent Gift Certificate to any online papercrafting store of winner's choice :)

At the last stop of the HOP, there will be instructions on how to make your entry.  Along your journey, each stop will have a special word, collect them up!  Winners will be selected on June 8th 2013  and announced on the Fred She Said blog.

 

FRED SHE SAID 5th BIRTHDAY SALE

Fred She Said is having a sale from Monday May 27th until June 2nd!  20% off orders $10 and over and 40% off orders $20 and over!

 

 

 

Here is the BLOG HOP LIST :

FRED SHE SAID BLOG (START)
Michelle  http://www.inspirationblooms.blogspot.com/

Nancy  http://inspiredbystamps.blogspot.com/

Carolyn  http://luvmycards.blogspot.com/

 Crystal   http://craftingwithcrystal.blogspot.com/  

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

Judy   http://insearchofmycreativeside.blogspot.com/

 

Karen   http://busybusyhoneybee.wordpress.com/

Linda   http://scrappingheaven.blogspot.com/

Patty   http://www.patriciachalasstudio.blogspot.com/

Zehra   http://www.rosebestcards.com/

FSS CHALLENGE BLOG  http://fss-challenge.blogspot.com/  ( ENTRY INSTRUCTIONS)

 

 Now, please go to Michelle's BLOG to collect your first word :)

Good Luck & Have FUN!

 

 

BIRTHDAY SALE!

FRED SHE SAID is 5 this month :)  So, we are having a sale from Monday May 27th until June 2nd!  20% off orders $10 and over and 40% off orders $20 and over!

Please come HOP with us Friday May 31!  We will be giving away a prize totalling $50 :)  Hope to see you there :)

:)*  Fred

NEW Dogwood Branch

Hi All!

This image was a request from a customer.  Dogwood Branch :)

- includes BOTH the DIGI and Pre-Coloured images.   .... in the mood to draw flowers...  ANY REQUESTS? ;)

Have a great day!  TGIF!

:)* 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

ATC for Crafter's Cafe Challenge Blog

Hi All!

I am in the middle of my taxes.... papers everywhere!  I managed to find a small un-taxcluttered space in my studio to make an ATC for the Crafter's Cafe Challenge Blog that Fred She Said is sponsoring this month.  The theme is ATC's or Fat Pages.   Love ATC's!  Thanks CCCB for letting us guest contribute :)

This one has a lot of techniques going on and I'd love to explain them with a tutorial but that will have to wait until my tax mess is done and gone LOL.

I'll try to briefly explain what I did :)  I laser printed the Corner Peony digital stamp onto dry-wax deli paper ( which required careful tweaking of taping the deli paper to cardstock so it would load properly in the printer ).  I loosely cut the peony out. The background was made using a magic stamp foam that was heated and pressed into an embossing folder.  I applied Picked Raspberry and Mowed Lawn  distress inks to the magic stamp and huffed and pressed into my ATC cardstock then sprayed with a pearlized mist until the ink started to move then let dry.  I collaged the peony that is on deli paper onto the ATC with gel medium then let dry.  The Peony is very translucent and you can't see the cut edges!  ... and colouring with Prismacolor pencils gave good opaque coverage.  I also shaded with a dark umber colored pencil around the flower and did my blending with a Prismacolor blending Marker.  I coloured a fussy cut Ornate Butterfly, added pearls and  lace trim and pearl trim to the bottom of the card and distressed the edges of the ATC with Walnut Stain distress ink. 

A nice diversion from taxes!  ...  now I want to make more LOL

:)* Fred

Zehra's Mini-Tutorial - Happy Flowers

Hi all!  Happy Sunday!  The sun is finally shining after 3 days of heavy rain and then snow... WOW what an April we are having! 

DT Zehra has made a flower making mini-tutoral using the Happy Flowers Digi Set and also used Ornate Butterflies  and just in time for a "FLOWER PICK ME UP" :)  This brightened my day... Awesome job, Zehra!  Please GO HERE to see the tutorial.

Card by DT Zehra

I'll be back earlier this week with some new cards and some new stencils and stencil freebies!

:)* Fred

Floral Surprise Paper Set and Stencils!

HI All!  I have added some new things to the store ;) 

Donna of Bearly Mine has created another beautiful paper set!  Floral Surprise using various florals from Fred She Said:

Floral Surprise Paper Set

I have been making cutting file stencils.  I have uploaded 2 but have more on the way. 

 Doily Mandala 1  Stencil/Mask Cutting Files

Whirlpool Splash Stencil/ Mask Cutting Files

I am having way too much fun with them.  I cut the stencils on transparency film and have used them with distress inks, sprays, and with my Gelli Plate with acrylic paints.  I'll have some projects soon.

:)*
Fred

Happy Flowers & Sentiments

Hey all!

..new stuff :)

I had a request for Fred's Flowers without black outlines.. I hope this will work :)  I made some Happy Flowers... in happy, bright rainbow colours! .. and some flower pots you can add your flowers to.

... and some digi flowers and pots too :)

... and some Uplifting Sentiments ( 22 in all!)

I am also working on some  digital cutting file stencils & masks.  The chevron pattern on the above card is a stencil I made that was sponged over with distress inks onto CS.  I'll be sharing the stencil soon once I get it converted to the various formats ;)  I kind of went stencil creation happy in anticipation of a Gelli Plate I ordered ( that is backordered at Curry's ack!).  I was excited for it's arrival and when it didn't come, I was sad... so I made my own out of Knox gelatin.  Just google "gelatin plate recipe" and you will find tons of resources :)  Emma and I had a blast playing with our homemade plate and acrylic paints.  They say the gelatin plate might last for a few weeks in the fridge... hopefully my Gelli Plate will arrive before it goes bad.  I'll have to fire up the camera and share some of the crazy prints we made. 

:)*  Fred

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!