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Thursday 30 September 2010

Fred She Said Favourite Things Blog Hop



Hello and welcome to the Fred She Said Blog Hop, to introduce the new Design Team - which includes me - hurray! If you've arrived here from the very talented Shelly's  blog then you're in the right place.  If you've just happened across the hop then you need to start it at Tracy's Fred-She-Said Blog.  

FSS designs have long been one of my favourites and I'm so excited to be on the team!  We have a great prize to be won for our blog hop: $20 CAD to spend at the Fred She Says Store AND $20 GC for CropStop)  - wow!  This prize will be awarded at random to one hopper who has visited eveyone's blogs, left a little love along the way, collected all the mystery words and made a sentence. You'll get the instructions for how to enter your sentence in the hop when you've completed it.  You'll have to read on to find my word (evil grin!).

For our hop we chose our favourite FSS image and used it in our favourite style.   Now I can't possibly pick a favourite image so I've chosen the new sunflowers because I love flower cards and I especially love sunflowers.  I've based my card on this week's sketch at Card Patterns Challenge.    I've used a combination of ready coloured images from Sunflowers and Thankfulness (the decoupaged flowers at the top) and the Sunflowers and Pumpkin digi coloured with Copics and Distress Inks.  I wanted to make an interesting frame for the image so I used a labels Nestie and then added some scrolls cut with a punch.  Large ric-rac came from a ribbon shop, border punch is Martha Stewart.

I ddin't want to stop there so added a little gift bag that is a simplified version of a tutorial by Leigh O'Brien on SCS.  Do check out the tutorial, her bag is much better than mine:).  The giftbag is from the same K & Co DP I used on the card and it has two layers of pre-coloured sunflowers decoupaged onto it.  I think this is a great size to give someone flower seeds for their garden... 
OK thanks for reading all this, my word for the blog hop is "hopping".  Your next stop along the way is Tracy's gorgeous blog where you can see another stunning FSS project.  Thanks for joining the hop and enjoy the eye candy:).
I'm also entering my card and tote in :
 Craftalicious Challenge - Harvest Festival/Autumn
Stamp Something - with Fall colours
Crafty Little Place - Autumn Daze
Simon Says - It's Autumn




46 comments:

  1. Super project! I LOVE the little bag....adorable! :)

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  2. VERY LOVELY CARD THANKS SO MUCH FOR SHARRING !!
    HUGS, JANIE

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  3. Beautiful card and bag, love the autumn colours.


    Pam x

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  4. Beautiful card and gift bag. Your sunflowers are just gorgeous!

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  5. Your card definately says 'Fall'...beautiful. Love the gift bag too!

    Deb
    (Creative Heart)

    My Blog: Creative Heart Designs

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  6. Anne this is a fabulous gift combination. I love how you used the two different images together in this simply divine combination!

    Bear Hugs,
    Carol :O}

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  7. This is lovely Anne. Such warm fall colors. The way you framed the image with the scroll frame looks great.

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  8. what sweet projects for the hop! I adore the bag!! too cute!

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  9. Such a lovely card and bag....
    love all the colors...well done

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  10. Fantastic card and gift bag!! How lovely!

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  11. Great card. Love the extra scrolls around the Nestability and the gift bag is awesome. Thanks for sharing the inspiration.

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  12. fabulous creations Anne :-) the images and colours you used are perfect :-) Congratulations on making the DT ,, very well deserved me darlin :-)

    thanks for joining us on the Stamp Something and Simon Says Stamp Challenges :-)
    Luv
    Lols x x x

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  13. I love this awesome mix of pumpkins and sunflowers!! What beautiful work!!


    Thank you so much, Anne, for creating this exquisite card to toss into Speedy the Cat's pumpkin patch for this week's challenge!!

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  14. Awesome gift set Anne! Your coloring is beautiful!!

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  15. Lovely card and Bag love the sunflowers. x Hugs ChrisB

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  16. Beautiful card and that gift bag is too cute!

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  17. Anne, what a cute card and lovely bag. Very crafty.

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  18. Anne, your project is absolutely gorgeous! love both, the card and the bag. You've done such wonderful job with both - they look so professional and beautiful!

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  19. Perfect for fall. Love the little bag. It's so festive.

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  20. WOW! Just love what you've done with the sunflowers. Am coming back to look at all your other bits.
    Thanks for sharing.

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  21. Beautiful, Anne and I looove the little tote!!!!

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  22. omgosh Anne, what a gorgeous set!
    You always do such beautiful work!!!
    hugs & blessings!

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  23. Great project Anne! I LOVE that bag!

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  24. Wow! Gorgeous card and really love that little bag - so cute!

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  25. Love the fall colors. The card is great with the Nestie "frame". The bag is adorable and, you're right, it would be perfect for seed packets to give to someone. Great idea!

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  26. This card is absolutely gorgeous. The colors and the design is lovely. Thanks for sharing.

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  27. WOW Anne,
    What a gorgeous card and bag. Those are two of my new favorite images!!!

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  28. Love your card and bag great colors.

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  29. Absolutely fantastic! The bag is just too cute! Great image coloring. This would be great as individual gifts or as a set. Very well done!

    Smiles!
    Gwen DTC~ACLP

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  30. Very nice! Love your holder~ Thanks for playing with Speedy's Friends!

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  31. The tote is a nice touch. Thanks for sharing.

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  32. Beautiful fall card and lovely tote....I love sunflowers too and your colouring is fab.

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  33. WOW! Love the pumpkins. Fabulous job. Thanks for playing this week at Card Patterns. :)

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  34. really like the way you coloured!

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  35. Wow! Both are amazing!!
    Thanks for playing along with us at Speedy's Friends

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  36. Anne - this is absolutely stunning. Just love the whole combinaton.
    Hugs
    Valxx

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  37. Gorgeous!! Love the matching bag!! Thank you so much for playing along with us at ACLP!!
    Sheri-ACLP DT

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  38. What an awesome combination. Love that sunflower tote. Very nice!

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  39. Oh! I LOVE that bag and your card matching perfectly. Great flowers too. I'm feeling very "autumnish." Thanks for sharing at ACLP:D

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  40. Gorgeous little bag!!Thanks for playing along with us at ACLP!!

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  41. absolutely brilliant - love the colours! Thanks for joining us on Simon Says Stamp Challenge Blog -x-

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  42. Gorgeous card and bag;-)
    Thanks for joining us over at Craftalicious
    Hugs
    Tasha
    xxxxx

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