Last Digi of the WEEK

We had a bit of a hiccup last week so we are DOUBLING UP this week :D  And, sadly, this is our last DIGI of the week until the FALL.  Full DIGI of the WEEK post is HERE.

DT ANNE picked TULIP BOUQUET! (Both DIGI & Coloured versions are 40% OFF.   Anne made this gorgeous card:

 

DT VICKI has picked  the Angel and Inspirational Sentiments PACK.  Angel Patience Digi & Coloured and the Sentiments Pack are 40% OFF.

Here is Vicki's beautiful quilled card using the sentiments pack:

I've had a busy few weeks but hope to have some new designs soon! .. and maybe some cards LOL!   Have a great day!

:)* Fred 

July 22 BLOG HOP WINNER!

Hi everybody!

 I am writing to announce the winner of the Fred She Said JULY 22 BLOG HOP :)  Thanks to all who hopped with us and to the DT and Donna and Judy at Pizzazz APlenty :)  The hop designs were wonderful!!!

The winner will receive:

£15 Gift Voucher to Bearly Mine Designs

$15 Prize Package of yummy goodies chosen by Judy from Pizzazz APlenty

... and  a   $30 Gift Certificate to the Fred She Said Store :)

The winner was chosen from a random hop post which was:

Donna's post :)  and from her comments:

The WINNER IS:

Jenn Zeeb!!!!!  Congrats Jenn!  Please contact Tracey/FRED at fred.she.said@gmail.com  and I'll get you set up :)  Yey!

Have a great weekend everyone.

:)* Fred

JULY 22 BLOG HOP STARTS HERE!

Hey y'all!  It's time for another Fred She Said Blog Hop!  I can't wait to see all the pretty and fabulous and favourite things our DT and guest Donna Smith  of Bearly Mine Designs have in store for us :)

The theme is FAVORITES ( or FAVOURITES if you live in a proper "ENGLISH" speaking country LOL  )  I left the theme wide open for interpretation ;)

First I am going to GET TO THE RULES... ( NO SECRET PHRASE... We are SWITCHING IT UP, PEOPLE! ;)  )

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Fred She Said Favorites HOP - HOW TO ENTER

To ENTER, please leave a comment on each BLOG HOP POST.  There will be ONE winner.  A random hop post will be chosen and then a comment on that post will be chosen randomly to win.  BLOG HOP closes  Friday, JULY 29 midnight EDT so please leave your comments by then ;)  Commenting on ALL the hop stops is NOT necessary to WIN... BUT it definitely increases your chances of winning ;)  and spreads some LOVE!  Please make sure you leave your name in your comment!  NOTE: some DT's moderate their comments for evil spam so please be patient if you don't see your comment right away.

THE BIG PRIZE:

£15 Gift Voucher to Bearly Mine Designs

$15 Prize Package of yummy goodies chosen by Judy from Pizzazz APlenty

... and  a   $30 Gift Certificate to the Fred She Said Store :)

The WINNER will be announced Saturday morning July 30th on the Fred She Said Blog AND the FSS Challenge Blog.

***When you are done hopping and WANT TO BE SURE you can notified if you win, please email fredshesaid.contest@gmail.com with blog hop AND your name ( you used for your comments ) in the subject line. This isn't necessary BUT, if you don't contact us within a week ( following Saturday) and we are unable to contact you to let you know you won... a new winner will be chosen.  Just sayin'  ;)

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 HERE IS THE LIST OF BLOG HOP STOPS:

Fred She Said BLOG (YOU ARE HERE ) comments here will not be entered for prize
DANI            
MARLENA  
ROBIN       
NANCY      
DONNA      
VICKI        
DEBBIE      
CAROL H       
DARSIE     
MICHELLE
ANNE
CHALLENGE BLOG ( Tracey's hop post is here)

OK have fun HOPPING! Your first STOP is at DANI'S!

July 18-24 Digi of the WEEK: Hearts & Roses

Hi  all!  Before I forget, Fred She Said is having a BLOG HOP Friday July 22! Please come this friday and hop with us and get a chance to win some wonderful prizes!

This weeks DIGI of the WEEK was picked by the lovely VALERIE!  She picked:

HEARTS & ROSES

DIGI & Coloured Sets are 40% OFF


Here is VAL's gorgeous project.  She used nesties for the heart shapes and decoupaged the flowers. Pretty pretty!

Have a great Monday!  :)*  Fred

July 11-17 DIGI of the WEEK: Little Miss Bitty

Time for another Digi of the Week and DT Marlena picked:

Little Miss Bitty!  Digi Set

Here is Marlena's SUPER CUTE card :) I love how your coloured her, Marlena!

Digi of the WEEK! 40% OFF until July 17th midnight EST

Sponsoring: The Pink Elephant Challenge

 Fred She Said is sponsoring The Pink Elephant Challenge this week!   A $25 GC is the prize :)  The Pink Elephant DT made some super-de-duper delightful designs using Fred She Said images!  Please go check it out!  Click the banner to take you there :)

:) *  Fred

DIGI's of the WEEK July 4-10 #2: Emma in the Strawberry Patch

Hi Friends!

This week we have TWO Digi's of the Week!!!! yey!!!  I am going to split them into TWO POSTS :)

Our SECOND Digi of the Week was picked by CAROL! ... and she picked:

Emma in the Strawberry Patch!  COL & Digi Sets are 40% OFF!

Carol made this gorgeous Mini Recipe Album using the Pre-Coloured Set.  She has more info plus a VIDEO HERE!

 .. look at the Tim Holtz fragment Emma charm!

 .... recipes for JAM  and MUFFINS... she made her own recipe cards!

Wowsa!  I'm off to check the video :)  I love strawberries too, Carol!

Don't forget to check out the other Digi of the Week ( Emma The Mermaid & Friends )

:)*  Fred

DIGI's of the WEEK July 4-10 #1: Emma The Mermaid Sets

Hi Friends!

This week we have TWO Digi's of the Week!!!! yey!!!  I am going to split them into TWO POSTS :)


First up is VICKI!  .... and she picked:

Emma the Mermaid & Friends ( DIGI & COL sets are 40% OFF)


Here are two delightfully cute cards Vicki has made with the Emma the Mermaid Pre-Coloured Set:

 ...oh I LOVE Crabby! .. with googly eyes ;)

They are so sweet, Vicki!!!

Don't forget to check out the other Digi of the Week! ( Emma in the Strawberry Patch).

:)*  Fred

Digi of the Week JUNE 27-July 3 - The Wheelbarrow

It's time for another DIGI OF THE WEEK!   DT Debbie got to pick and she picked:

The Wheelbarrow! 

(both Digi & COL versions are 40% OFF ) - until July 3rd Midnight EDT.

Here is Debbie's awesome card:

Have a great day!

:)* Fred

Digi of the Week JUNE 20-26 - The Old Truck

It's time for another DIGI OF THE WEEK!   DT Robin got to pick and she picked:


The Old Truck :)  Here is Robin's wonderful card:

DIGI of the WEEK! The Old Truck is 40% OFF ( untill June 26th midnight EDT )

Have a great day!
:)*  Fred

CARD Sentimental for Emma

Hi all! ... another card.  This was Emma's birthday card :) 

I used the Sentimental Flower Doodledallion set ( a pre-coloured yellow flower ), alcohol inks on the scalloped square. I also used an Ornate Butterfly.  Emma loves my "fancy" cards and wants to own every one I make - " Can I have it Mom? Can I have it - Please?"  LOL I have put this one back in my sample box... let's see how long it takes her to realize I "scooped" it ;)  ( I'll give it back  :)  )

Emma asked for Stickles for her  9th birthday and also did some damage at the LSS with her birthday money.. she has amassed quite a collection of arts & crafts supplies and I made her a watercolour journal.  We are going to work on our Art Journals this summer.  We have watercolours, pastels, watercolour crayons... and gel mediums and gesso  ( black, white and clear ) we should have fun!  She has been colouring and glittering up the butterflies as well... they look fabulous!

:)*  Fred

Card Ornate Butterfly

Hi all!  ...just posting some cards I have been working on :) .. another one tomorrow.   I have been totally obsessed these critters lately!

I  printed (laser print on thin card) the digi sheet from the Ornate Cut-Out Butterfly set and coloured and cut the largest butterfly on the sheet.  I did alot of playing and experimenting LOL!  First, I coloured with a blue Neocolor II water soluble crayon ( just on the inner edge of wings ) and blended out with a waterbrush.  I carefully used my glue pen  on the coloured areas of the wings.  I glittered with Glamour Dust.  Now here is where I a bit crazy!...  I got my little quilt/craft iron and melted bees wax pellets all over the butterfly and evened it out with a blast of my heat tool, it gave a neat translucency to the wings and toned the glitter down a bit ( it also moved the glitter into the black oops.. but I still like the look.. next time I'll coat it with UTEE instead ).  The wax also stiffened the wings a bit so they stay in their fluttering position ;)

The background is alcohol inks and  I used EK Success punches. This is another alcohol inked background I had made a while ago and now I WISH I would have wrote down what colours I used! LOL

Have a great day!

:)*  Fred

Digi of the Week: PEONIES!

It's time for another DIGI OF THE WEEK!  Yey!  DT Nancy got to pick and she picked:

Peonies!  There are 4 products on SALE: Corner Peony (  DIGI and Pre-Coloured ), and Peony in a Jar ( DIGI and Pre-Coloured ).   Each is 40% OFF until June 19th Midnight EDT.

Here are Nancy's gorgeous cards:

Here are the SALE ITEMS: GO HERE for SALE POSTING

Have a great day!

:)*  Fred

Sentimental Flower Doodledallion Set

Hi everyone!

New in the Store - Sentimental Flower Doodledallion Set!  There are 4 variations ( 2 with a paper pricking pattern) and 11 sentiments :)  I have also included in this set 3 add-on pre-coloured sheets ( 9 colours of flower petals in all).  I thought about a full coloured set but due to the complexity and variations, this was the best option putting them both together. 

Here is a card I made:

The flower is layered and it was coloured with watercolour pencils blended  with a dove blender pen over a very pale yellow copic marker base.

Have a great day!

:)*  Fred

Time again for DIGI OF THE WEEK! yey!

Hi everyone!  This was supposed to go out late last night but Blogger was being blog-grrr again! LOL

We are starting up Digi of the Week again Yey!  You never know what is going to be digi of the week. This is when one of the Fred She Said DT gets to pick a current product or image that will go on sale.  The sale runs from Monday to Sunday night. We will be having Digi of the Week Sales through to the end of July :D  

This week Darsie got to pick and she chose Hummingbird and Columbine.  Both the Coloured and Digi (outline) versions are 40% OFF.  Here are Darsie's gorgeous creations. ( She used the precoloured AND the digi versions ).

Have a great day!

:)*  Fred

BLOG HOP - Winner :)

Thanks to all who hopped along with us for the Fred She Said May 27th Blog Hop.  Carol L., Donna and the FSS DT did a fabulous job!  Thanks again to our wonderful sponsors!

The lucky winner  of this prize package:

Pizzazz APlenty  - prize package worth $15.00
Custom Creations from Carolivy - 3 digital downloads
Bearly Mine Designs     - £15 gift voucher
$ 30 gift certificate to the Fred She Said STORE

IS...

Rita Asnley!!!  Congratulations Rita!  Please email me  ( fred.she.said@gmail.com  to get the details to claim your prize. 

Have a great day,
 Fred  

Last Call - Blog Hop ends tonight!

Hi all!  Just a reminder that the May 27th Blog Hop closes tonight midnight... but if you have entered before I get my morning coffee Saturday while I am collecting the entries.. I'll take it ;)  You could win some fabulous prizes! 

Have a great weekend :)


 :)* Fred

CARD Hummingbird & Columbine

Hi!  Don't forget to travel and enter the FSS Blog Hop!  We are accepting entries until Friday June 3 midnight to win a great prize package ;).  The DT and guest designers did an awesome job :)    I know some of you have been having trouble leaving comments and having blog issues like not being able to log in or losing their followers widget.   Thank you for hopping with us and sticking with it when you had troubles.  Blogger had better get their act together and fix all these issues soon.  Currently I can't log OUT!  Which is probably good, just in case I am one of the lucky few who can't log in and post on their blogs!

I am still going through my card back log.  Here is one I made for my mama! ... for her birthday.

Image is Hummingbird & Columbine .


Have a great day!
:)* Fred

May BLOG HOP STARTS HERE

Welcome to the May 27th Fred She Said 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 we'd love to hear your comments :)  We also have 2 guest designers , Carol Lepard and Donna Smith!

We have some WONDERFUL sponsors for this HOP! 
Woohoo!  4 prizes... ONE lucky WINNER!:

Pizzazz APlenty  - prize package worth $15.00

Hold on to your hats! Check out that they got:  Charms, Ribbons, Laces and Trims, Cords, Twine, Dream String, Flatback Pearls, Flatback Rhinestones, Stickpins, Dritz Pins, Organza Butterflies & Flowers, Mulberry Flowers, Ribbon Roses, Padded Christmas Embellishments, and what everyone needs for picking up those tiny jewels or die cut pieces . . . . a Gel Picker, sometimes called a Rhinestone Picker or Pearl Picker! The packaging is simple, the products are quality, the prices are affordable.  Fred just has to ADD..."they have PEARL STRING!!!!" in all kinds of colours... Fred loves pearl string!

Custom Creations from Carolivy - 3 digital downloads

 from Carol: " I love to design both papers and other graphics to use in cardmaking or scrapbooking.  All of the graphic items purchased from me are Commercial Use unless otherwise stated.  (some of the Scrapkits and the Quickpages are Personal Use only).  I also love to work on Special Requests so if you have something you need designed, I love the challenge! "  Carol makes  wonderful papers and designer resources like frames and digital embellishments... she even has ... wait... digital pearl string!  :)



Bearly Mine Designs     - £15 gift voucher

oooh Donna's been cooking up more Digital Papers using Fred She Said images!  They are fab as are all her sets.  I'll fill you in a little further down this post.  Check out her Challenge Blog and see all the beeeoootiful cards her DT have made!  Also please check out all her wonderful digital paper sets at her STORE.  Donna, you are one busy girl! ;)


.... and, last but maybe not least LOL, $ 30 gift certificate to the Fred She Said STORE! :)

All I know is ONE lucky winner is going to have some shopping to do!



HOP INSTRUCTIONS:

To WIN, each hop participant will have a special word, collect them up to form the secret phrase!  At the last stop of the HOP, there will be instructions on how to make your entry.    Blog Hop entry date ends Friday JUNE 3rd midnight EDT.

 Here is the list of Blog Hops in case you lose your way:


Tracey  http://fred-she-said.blogspot.com/  ME HERE!

Donna  http://bearlymine.blogspot.com/

Carol L   http://customcreationsfromcarolivy.blogspot.com/

Dani   http://paulettespapers.com/

Vicki   http://vldesigns.blogspot.com/

Anne   http://stargrovesblog.blogspot.com/

Robin    http://robinscreativenest.blogspot.com/

Darsie  http://craftingwithdarsie.blogspot.com/

Nancy   http://inspiredbystamps.blogspot.com/

Marlena    http://www.marlenaspaperparadise.com/

Valerie    http://valscrafts.blogspot.com/

Michelle   http://inspirationblooms.blogspot.com/

Debbie  http://debbiedee.blogspot.com/


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


Here is my creation for the HOP:

There is a new girl in the STORE!  Emma The Skipper :)  She comes coloured and uncoloured. 

**TRUE STORY -  Emma has just discovered the joys of skipping!  She likes to skip and chant by herself on the sidewalk in front of our house... a few weeks ago, she came in the house scraped up and a big bloody scuff  RIGHT under her eye.. she had tripped and face planted onto the sidewalk! She messed up her wrists, knee, eye and then later discovered a nasty scrape we missed on the back of her shoulder! She nearly got a black eye but she healed VERY FAST!  Poor thing! She is still skipping though :) **

I used a fab digital paper from Donna's new FSS collab set, Summer's Roses Paper Set.

I also added some pastel yellow pearl string and sheer 7/8" mono edge satin ribbon ( daffodil ) and some lace trim.  Pizzazz Aplenty has pearl string and ribbon in all kinds of colours.  I am loving sheer ribbon and pearl string together.  ... ok maybe I am in a rut LOL!


Now here is my special word....   Flowers
Now please go to DONNA's blog!  ... and have fun hopping :)

:)* Fred 

CARD Hummingbird & Petunias

As I work my way through my backlog of unposted cards....

 

Here is the Wee Hummingbird & Petunias, one I made while I was designing the pre-coloured set.  Actually this one is a darker pink than the one included in the download.  I am showing here how I envisioned the print and digi to be used... decoupaged "off" the oval so the flowers and bird skim the edge of the diecut shape.  Just print and eyeball where you want the diecut shape be... so the flowers and bird are off the edge of the shape, cut and add  flowers and bird, that are extra on the sheet, adhered with foam tape/dots or decoupage glue.

Blog Hop... Friday May 27!  Be there or be square ;)  LOL  have a great day everyone!

:)*  Fred