Fred She Said - Freebie Challenge!

Tracey who runs the Fred She Said Store is having a little bit of fun over at her blog. She has kindly offered a Freebie Image for everyone to create a card with, for a chance to win ALL of her NEW release Digi Stamps which went on sale on Monday!

The sets are :

Dancing Daisies

Flutterbies fro your Flowers

A Lovely Blossom and Butterfly

Little Miss Bitty

One lucky winner will win all of these plus a $25 gift voucher to spend in the store! How cool is that. Tracey is also going to pick out two second runners up to pick two of the new releases as a prize too! So cool and very generous!

So - Not to miss out, I've made this little red and brown card with the Freebie Digi and this is what I've come up with!

I printed off some papers from Donna's Disc - Designer Extreme Vol I and chose papers from the brown and neutral collection and then from the red collection. They print really well, only I think my inks are running a little low, so I will have to get some new cartridges for the trusty old printer

I coloured the image in with copics and went for vibrant reds and greens. I really wanted the plant and flowers to stand out. you cant really tell on the photo but the shading is actually better when you hold the card, than in the picture, some of the leaves and petals looks like block colours but I swear they arent!

Here are a few more pictures close up and at a different angle to show my decoupaging!

For the inside I used another of Donna's Discs, only this time its the Designer Extreme Inserts one. Each insert can co-ordinate with the papers from BOTH Designer Extreme Discs Vols I and II!

Thanks for looking

Y

Week 7 - 70's week at Stampin' for the Weekend!!

Welcome to Week Seven.

WOW - What a turn out for week 6, so many wonderful cards, it was really hard for Donna and I to make a decision for a winner, but we did. if you'd like to know who won, head on over to 'Stampin' for the Weekend'

We've gone back to the 70's this week at Stampin' for the Weekend and like last month, Donna has chosen 3 songs for you all to take inspiration from!

Myself and the team have had such good fun thinking up cards for this challenge - so don't forget to pay them some love too!

ALSO - We have two new designers joining us this week - Nancy and Sheila - so go pay them an extra special visit and congratulate them on joining us!

This weeks fabulous sponsor is Tracey from Fred She Said, who is offering one lucky winner a $25 gift voucher.

If you've never been to the Fred She Said Store, you are missing out! They have loads of fabulous downloads for you to print off and add to your cards and scrapbooking pages. From flowers to fabulous images! Head on over and have a look!

The songs that Donna and I would like you to draw inspiration from are :

Three Times a Lady ~ The Commodores

Tangled up in Blue ~ Bob Dylan

Seasons in the Sun - Terry Jacks

Please only take inspiration from the song title, please dont go downloading music, or raiding your cd collection (or your parents if you werent around in the 70's).

As you can probably guess, I've gone with Seasons in the Sun! I went for a nice summer card, with lemons and oranges for inspiration.

I bought Set 3 of the Gorjuss Girls on release day, and I havent really had a chance to ink them up as I didn't have any EZ Mount, this was quickly remedied and I have now got all my new stamps mounted!

So here she is, and I think she looks very sweet, ready for a dip in a pool!

Papers are from Designer Extreme Vol II and Papermanias Core'dinations textured card stock.

Here is a close up of this little girly...

For the inside, I have used an insert from the Designer Extreme Inserts Disc by Donna, from Bearly Mine. All the Inserts on this disc co-ordinate with Designer Extreme vols I and II. (Shhhh, I'l tell you a secret - Donna is currently working on a third disk! Watch this space!)

Recipe

Stamps: Sugar Nellie Gorguss Girl Set 3

Papers: Core'dinations textured card stock, Designer Extreme Vol II by Bearly Mine, Designer Extreme Inserts

Tools: Woodware corner rounder punch, L-Em punch for leaves, MakeMe Flower border and emboss punch

Embellies: Fred She Said printable flowers (polka dot variety)

Thank you for popping by :o)

Bearly Mine Design Team Project!

As you will know, I am on the Bearly Mine Design Team, for the fabulous Backing Paper discs that Donna of Bearly Mine Designs produces.

So, to show case Donna's fabulous papers I set to work on a little project!

Here it is! I have made a little box (well 6x6x1 in dimensions { I got the inspiration from my Teamie Claire, as she did a similar project late last month}). I have used papers from Designer Extreme Vol II on the lid, and will be using some inside and on the cards I will do to match, (I will be making these over the next couple of weeks and will partner them up with this box at the end of the month for you to see so watch this space).

I used 300gsm card stock in sky blue. I then measured and scored out the sizes I needed. I started off with a 15in x 8in piece and the scored a 1in border around the card, and then scored at 7in and 8in mark. Then it was time to stick together.

I printed out some of the Papers from Designer Extreme Vol II in the Teal collection and mounted them on Gemstone card (papermania), I used my Square Scallop Nesties to cut out the smaller squares.

I used some funky ribbon from Poppicrafts, buttons from stash, and those gorgeous flowers and leaves are from Fred She Said, one of their many Digital Downloads, then I added some blue branch leaves from my L-Em Punch!

I will be posting later on this month some cards I will put with this box. I have a friend who has inspired the colours, so I hope she will like it when I give it to her!

Thank for looking!

Y