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Friday 27 May 2011

Fred She Said May Blog Hop

Good Morning and welcome to the Fred She Said May Blog Hop!  You should have arrived here from Vickie's blog, if not you need to hop back to Tracey-Lynn's blog to start at the very beginning 'cause we've got some fantabulous Fred cards to show you, not to mention a HUGE prize.  One lucky winner will receive a Grand Prize of: a £15 gift voucher from Bearly Mine Designs ,a prize package worth $15.00 from Pizzazz APlenty , 3 digital downloads from CustomCreations from Carolivy  AND a $30 Gift Certificate to the  FSS Store!!!  Whew that's some prize!  To win, all you need to do is collect a word to make a sentence from each blog that you visit, when you get to the end of the hop you'll be able to enter your sentence.  Hop closes 3rd June at midnight.

I've coloured one of the new releases from Fred to show you today:  this is a cute hummingbird with petunias, you can buy this image in the store here.  You can also buy a realistic hummingbird and pre-coloured versions of both images.  There are a lot of images coloured in on Kraft paper at the moment and I wanted to give this a try so I got out some Koh-I-Noor pencils that I bought a couple of years back.  I'm quite pleased with the blending that I got from my pencils; when I tried before I could not get results I was happy with, however I think getting to grips with Copics and blending them has helped a lot:).  Dotty DP is from Bearly Mine, one of our sponsors, the stripe is by My Mind's Eye, sentiment is from Whiff of Joy and the string lace and ribbon are from stash.

Your next stop along the Blog Hop is with the really talented Robin and before you leave you need to know my word:  it is arrive.  Hope you enjoyed your visit!

My card is also for the following challenges:
Bearly Mine - diecuts and lace
Jac-Inks Papercrafts - warm colours
Sweet Stampin' - in the garden
Creative Craft World - 3 or more flowers
Spoonful of Sugar - things with wings

41 comments:

  1. Gorgeous, beautiful card Anne.
    luv
    Debby

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  2. Beautiful! Love the coloring on the kraft paper. Very cool.
    Hugs
    Carol

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  3. Wonderful, Anne! Yes, I have seen coloured pencils on kraft paper too and think it is a great look... I am so wanting to try it as well ;)

    Hugs, Tracey

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  4. Hi Anne, this is great card, wow what an image, is so different to what we usually see, great design papers and embellishments. Thanks so much for sharing your card with us this week at Sweet Sketch Wednesday and good luck.
    Hugs Kathie SSW-DT

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  5. Hi Anne, this is great card, wow what an image, is so different to what we usually see, great design papers and embellishments. Thanks so much for sharing your card with us this week at Sweet Sketch Wednesday and good luck.
    Hugs Kathie SSW-DT

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  6. Hi Anne, this is great card, wow what an image, is so different to what we usually see, great design papers and embellishments. Thanks so much for sharing your card with us this week at Sweet Sketch Wednesday and good luck.
    Hugs Kathie SSW-DT

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  7. Ann I like your little hummingbird on the edge of the paper.
    Wonderful card indded.
    Greetings from the Netherlands

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  8. Good morning Anne...that is a technique I have not seen yet! And you did a wonderful job of coloring. I really like the look!Beautifully done hon!

    HUGS!
    Vicki

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  9. Just beautiful - love the
    colouring of the background
    and ribbon, and just adore
    the way you have coloured
    the image and have the
    hummingbird out of the
    frame.

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  10. Beautiful, beautiful card. Nice effect using the kraft paper. Thanks fro sharing your card with us this week.
    Nancy SSW-DT

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  11. what a fun effect! I've been wanting to try this! :)

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  12. Anne, this is a technique that I have not seen but oh wow it is beautiful! I may have to give this a try...nice presentation!Having trouble with blogger today so hopefully you don't get this twice!

    HUGS!
    Vicki

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  13. What a lovely card. I just love that hummingbird.

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  14. Hi Anne, I think you've done a great job with the blending, it looks fabulous on that kraft paper. Beautiful card. Thanks so much for playing along at Sweet Stampin x

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  15. Thanks for showing this wonderful card. I wish I could make them like this one, but I guess I am not that talented.

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  16. Really sweet. Lovely image and great card. Thanks for playing with us over at BMC this week.
    Love n hugs
    MArie

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  17. wow...this is pretty, you have managed to get a great effect on the kraft card. Thanks for joining us at Sweet Stampin this week.

    Fi
    x

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  18. Lovely card! I, too, have been colouring images on Kraft and have been quite pleased with the results.

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  19. Such a gorgeous card.
    Thanks for sharing with us at Creative Craft World for our 3 or more flower challenge.
    Choccy x

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  20. Oh, I do love your card and the coloring on the craft is beautiful.

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  21. Nice card Ann,like your color combo

    well done Darlene

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  22. Oh, I love this card! It reminds me of when I was a kid! My grandmother used always say that a little "yellow" bird told her everything we did!

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  23. Such a sweet card!! Love that little hummingbird! Thanks for joining us at SSW.

    Linda

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  24. This is just beautiful and your coloring is fantastic! Thanks so much for joining us this week at Sweet Sketch Wednesday.

    Peace & Luv,
    Jeannie

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  25. Just gorgeous Anne! I love the colors you chose. Thanks so much for joining us at Sweet Sketch Wednesday.

    Deanne :)

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  26. Beautiful coloring! Your card is very pretty.

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  27. Very nice card. Love these hummers! I especially love the realistic ones.

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  28. Anne, I like the coloring effect on the Kraft Paper. Great job! I am a lover of hummingbirds....feed them year round! Thanks for sharing!
    Judi SSW DT

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  29. looks lovely,very effective colouring.
    poppy

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  30. Lovely card Anne, and the color scheme is wonderful. Thanks for sharing it with us at BMC as well.
    hugs
    Donnaxx

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  31. Beautiful card..love the colors

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  32. Fabulous card Anne. Love the look of those pencils on ther kraft card.
    Muchly hugs
    Valxx

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  33. Great image, love the colouring & the layout. Thanks for joining us at Jac-inks, please play again soon.

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  34. Beautiful cards...such cute images...thanks for joining us at Bearly Mine ……..

    Hugs
    Judith

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  35. Wow Anne this is spectacular! I love how you shaded white around the flowers and bird to add depth and highlight those images. I adore the effect of pencils on kraft paper and it's beautiful here. I love that ribbon you used too. A fabulous creation and I'm so glad you've shared it with us at Sweet Sketch Wednesday!
    Hugs,
    Sharon :)

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  36. Pretty card, love the hummingbird

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  37. Love your sweet card. Nice effect with the craft paper. Have a sweet week. Arlana@SSW!!!

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  38. Great card, love the effect you have achieved.
    Hugs
    Tracey

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