Don't forget Fred She Said is having an END OF SUMMER SALE until Saturday SEPT 27th Midnight EDT get 20% off orders of $10 or more and get 30% off orders of $20 or more!
DT Nancy and Crystal created some lovely cards using the Scribbled Rose images! Click the links on their names for more info.
NOTE: Pre-coloured Doodled Flower Trio
with Butterfly and a separate set of Doodled Flowers with Butterflies
Sheets will be available hopefully next week. If you are looking to
take advantage of the End of Summer SALE and want the pre-coloured
sets, I will honour and figure out a refund/discount on combined items
for you if you place an order now and one for the next week. Just
email me after your second order and I will work it out and issue a refund. Sorry for the inconvenience. These sets are very labour intensive and, also unforeseen circumstances in the "Fred Household" are taking longer than expected.
I am also having a DT CALL! There will be more info on a later post :)
Hi all! This is for my readers who get Fred She Said posts via email. If this doesn't apply to you, carry on LOL :)
Here's the SHORT VERSION. I have to shut down my current email subscriptions ( all 1500 of you :( ) because the wording on the emails you receive do not supply enough of my contact information to make the Canadian spam police happy. PLEASE use the form below if you would like to receive updates from Fred She Said Designs in the future :) NOTE this ONLY affects email subscriptions not feed subscriptions.
LONG VERSION
It has come to my attention that on July 1st 2014, Canada will put into effect new Anti Spam Legislation. Emails sent to Canadian individuals with any promotional or commercial language are illegal unless the sender has expressed permission to do so before the email is sent. I was misinformed that my email subscribership using FeedBurner was OK because it had a double opt in procedure to subscribe and a way to unsubscribe with every email sent out. Apparently that is not enough. On July 2, I will delete the old subscriber list as I can't find a way to edit the required info into email posts and I don't have an avenue to allow you to re-opt in. This will be the only email you will receive from Fred She Said Designs. NOTE this ONLY affects email subscriptions sent to your inbox not feed subscriptions. PLEASE use the form below if you would like to receive updates from Fred She Said Designs in the future :)
Please note, Fred She Said Designs only sends emails if you subscribe to updates and also to deal with customer orders and questions.
A word to the wise doing business. These new anti spam laws apply to you even if you live outside of Canada. I would advise really reading up on it because it is more strict and encompassing than you might think... and $1 million fines? yikes!
IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO RECEIVE EMAIL UPDATES FOR THIS BLOG:
* When you use this subscription form, you are agreeing to accept blog updates from the Fred She Said Designs blog being sent to your email address. In doing so, you have agreed to receive posts that may contain promotions, sales, coupon codes, and product info.
If you can't use the above form via email, please go to the Fred She Said Blog and use it there. I will also put it up in the sidebar of the blog.
There I hope I have covered all the bases. Thank you so much for being a Fred She Said reader!
Come join Treasured Times Rubber Stamps for their Summer Release Party! Starts this
friday June 6th and runs through June 9th. Winner will be choosen on
June 10th. One lucky winner will win the entire set of new stamps! Please go to the Summer Release Party blog post to find out how to win :)
These are the images that Fred She Said contributed to this release:
They can be found at Treasured Times Rubber Stamps under Tracey Lynn Miller ( LINK )
Wow time flies! It's May and it's time for a birthday. Fred She Said Designs 6th Birthday :)
Use CODE 6THBDAY to get 25% off order of $10 or more :)
P.S. To all those who are going to ask about no new products for this sale ( with a big pouty face and stomping feet LOL). They are coming and yes, Fred will be good to you ;)
Here is a watercoloured background card using Koi watercolours and a stencil ( The Crafter's Workshop - Mini Flower Frenzy ) with a pre-coloured MORPHO BUTTERFLY.
I am participating in the Online Card Classes - Watercolor for Card Makers Class. I won't explain how I did the background but it was a super easy AH HA moment.... "why didn't I think of that" ;) The class is great for both beginner and experienced card watercolourers. It is reacquainting me with techniques I have forgot about and has introduced me to new techniques. A LOT of fun and is inspiring me to spend more playtime at my desk :)
Here is the watercolour panel before I assembled the card:
I am going to have a Fred She Said Birthday SALE but I will save for the next post :)
The prizes they are giving away are 1 digi of each of the new 13 releases to one lucky winner! Please go to the Mother's Day Release Party page for more info and on how to win :) The release party will run from April 25th - April 30th.
Treasured Times Rubber Stamps will be having their 1st Easter Release Party! March 28th at 10:00 am PST - April 5th. they will be giving away 10 clear
stamps, 1 each of the new designs to one lucky person. More info on the TTRS Inspiration Blog :)
Fred She Said has 2 products in this release :)
( EDIT: I'll post TTRS photos and product links when I have them :) ) Easter Chicky
Fred She Said Designs is currently NOT selling the clear stamps through it's store. You may purchase through Treasured Times Rubber Stamps. They ship world-wide and they accept all major Credit Cards; Visa, Mastercard, Discover, American
Express & PayPal, (You don't need a PayPal account to purchase), and Checks & Money Orders. If you are a retailer, TTRS stamps are available at wholesale.
FYI ( to those who have asked): Fred She Said Designs is will still continue to offer and make digi images and pre-coloured images and all the rest of the digital goodness :) .... and hopefully new ones very soon ;)
So last fall/early summer I got a gelli plate. From only 4 sessions with it out - I have a one inch thick STACK of printed papers LOL! They have been sitting in my storage bin... waiting. The prints are so neat... you never know what you will end up with, some are eww ( yey collage! yey paint over them!) and some are ooooooh! I love the gamble... and if you use cheap paper, the gamble isn't worth much but the joy of pretty background papers is something! I am guessing the more you use it, you develop "an understanding" of how great prints can come together and come out more often ;)
More and more crafters are getting on the gelli plate bandwagon. They make excellent background papers for your cards... and envelopes! While in a rut, and while waiting for an oil change in town, I headed to my LSS and bought a We R Memory Keepers envelope punch board. I have to admit I was having more fun making making the envelopes from my gelli prints than making the cards :O. I have the 8X10 plate and had a 2 ish inch strip of print left over from the printed paper after I made the envelope... so I made coordinating cards. Cards and envelopes are A2.
For the gelli prints, I used craft acrylic paints, various stencils, bubble wrap and foam rubber textured mats, and on the pink card I stamped doodled flowers in gold ink on the gelli print. The flower and butterfly images were coloured with colored pencils and dry blended and sometimes a bit of blending with a Prismacolor blending marker.
Boy was that a long hiatus or what? I didn't mean to go this long posting! Perhaps in a future post I will fill you all in. We are all OK ( nothing major LOL) and learning to get through life's little hurdles with God's grace and learning to trust in Him. It's a learning curve, I tell ya, and He isn't done with us yet.... and I am also trying to realize that that is a GOOD thing :)
But while on my hiatus, a lovely lady, Jody Stacy, emailed me about turning my digital designs into high quality clear photo polymer stamps. We are in the process of having a few designs ready for an upcoming Easter release! I'll update soon :) :)
Treasured Times Rubber Stamps & Scrapbooking also sells a myriad of stamping and scrapbooking products and also deals in wholesale and sells world-wide. Many other wonderful illustrators are working with Treasured Times as well :)
If you have a favourite Fred She Said digital design you would like to see turned into clear stamps, please leave a comment or email me!
I will be back tomorrow with some cute little projects I have recently been working on. Until then...
I am extending the Christmas Party & Giveaway until Dec. 27th Midnight EST. It turns out that TIME is going to get away from the Miller Family tomorrow and we won't be home again until after Christmas. I hope you don't mind ;)
-uses Pine Cone Spray. Background is alcohol ink and silver metallic mixatives on glossy. I found the "Merry Christmas" as a wallpaper on the internet.
Fred She Said is having aChristmas Party Giveaway! From Wednesday Dec. 18 until Monday Dec. 23 Midnight EST. UPDATE: EXTENDED UNTIL DEC. 17th MIDNIGHT EST Many ways to win so see below! This is a thank you to all my customers, readers and fans :) I hope you all have a wonderful Holiday Season!
Below the entry rules you will find the Fred She Said DT's fabulous projects :) Thanks DT for a wonderful year!
NOW READ CAREFULLY LOL there are THREE ways to win and I don't want you to miss one ;)
#1
For the chance to win one of THREE $10 Fred She Said gift certificates,
simply leave a comment on the bottom of this post.
#2 For the chance to randomly win a $20 Fred She Said gift certificate, using the Inlinkz form at the bottom of this post, submit a link to any Christmas, Winter, or Holiday project you have recently created THIS SEASON using Fred She Said Products. You may submit more than one project. Fred wants to see what her fabulous customers and fans have been making :) If you don't have a blog, you may email your photo to fred.she.said@gmail.com and I'll post to the Inlinkz on your behalf ( Please add your name to the email).
#3 Also at the Fred She Said Facebook Page
there will be an extra $10 gift certificate to giveaway. All you have
to do there is post a recipe ( or link to a recipe) of your favourite
holiday recipe or treat :) on this CHRISTMAS PARTY POST. Why the recipes? WHY NOT?! LOL It is not a party without Christmas treats and yummies :) ONE recipe per person.
I have a new floral image in the store. And don't forget, until Sunday Dec.1 Midnight EST, you can use the code BLACKFRIDAY to get 30% off your purchase of $10 or more :)
Fred She Said is having a BLACK FRIDAY SALE! NOW until Sunday, Dec. 1st Midnight EST - USE CODE: BLACKFRIDAY to get 30% off any purchase $10 or over :)
I have been obsessed with giving my butterflies "homes" lately. I have dozens of coloured and cut out butterflies and have been wanting to put some of them on cards. They make excellent note cards or for any occasion.... well except for maybe WINTER LOL. The background of this card was made from cuttlebug embossed white card stock and melted crayons. I did the background ages ago. I just love it and need to do this again :) I wish I remembered what colours of crayons I used, at least a blue, aqua, green and a white that were melted with a mini iron and a heat gun. I need to try this with a snowflake embossing folder :) The "pink" granular bits on the butterfly is crystal stickles that is actually green in the light. It photographs so weird.
Well, I will have to face the facts that winter is here. We have the snow tires on and had our first snowfall that "stuck" last night. Farewell butterflies until next spring!
A long overdue request... winter Pine Trees! ... in a scene ( Pre-coloured has night with star, a sunset/sunrise and twilight) and a single tree. Pre-coloured version has these with or without snow, in case you want to add your own "snow" to your cards :)
This one started as a digital painting I did on my iPad. I used a really awesome scruffy brush to make the outlines of the flowers. I looked at it and said to myself, " I'd really like to try watercolouring that". So I converted the painting to a black and white outline plus adding a bit of the canvas texture from the painting into the outline. I printed and then watercoloured and loved the look. I'll show another day :) Well the project grew and grew. I made individual flowers, digitally coloured 33 of them in all LOL. Then thought that it needed a bee .... and a dragonfly... and a "painted" backdrop. .. oh my goodness!
I think it is as done as it's going to get LOL. I love the mixed media feel of the flowers and the background. :) .... and the versatility.. make your own scene... pop a flower here and there on your projects!
