FSS Emma the Mermaid 40% Off!

Happy 4th! What a beautiful sunrise we had this morning! I was up super early today...we had an over excited neighbor in our area today who decided to light a firecracker about 5 AM! Yikes....a day off and I could have slept in!! Oh well, coffee is on and I am getting my post ready early! I am excited to have been able to pick one of TWO digis of the week this week at the Fred She Said Store that are 40% off. I chose the Emma The Mermaid set. My card for today was created with elements of the colored set. The "water" paper, seaweed and that darling crab are all elements of the set! I just HAD to add the googly eyes. I had wanted to add a sentiment on the front of this card but ran out of room so I will finish up the inside with "OH CRAB!" Sorry I forgot your birthday! or something to that nature. I also had made this card for my grandaughter's birthday a couple of weeks ago with the same set:

There are LOTS of fun stuff in this set...I hope you hop on over to the Store and put it in your cart! OHHH and while you are there, we have ANOTHER dig this week that is 40% off...Emma in the Strawberry Patch. Please take a look at the most awesome card that Carol created using this set...simply amazing Carol! Well, I am off to start my day...no big plans for the day today...I am just enjoying the day off work! Hope your day is full of fun. Thanks so much for taking a moment to stop in! Have a GREAT day!

HUGS!
Vicki

FSS Lenten Roses

Hello! I hope everyone is enjoying the long holiday weekend! I just wanted to stop by and show you a card I worked on today for a friend of mine. This image is from Fred She Said and it is called Lenten Roses. I used the precolored image as I wanted to try printing the image on photopaper just to see how it would come out! Tracey does such a marvelous job coloring that I had no doubt it would be nothing but beautiful and I was so right. The sentiment is also from Fred She Said...Angel and Christian Sentiments. I used Photoshop to do my editing. The embossing folder I used is one of my new ones Cuttlebug Tiffany. The flowers that I used are from Pizzazz Aplenty and I added my own textured leaves using a MS punch. The gold outlining around the cut out of the image was created using a Krylon Gold Leaf pen...looks nice...went on easy...BUT, not so sure it will STAY on that photo paper. Well going to close for now...thanks so much for stopping in to see me...hugs to all of you and have a great 4th of July!!!

HUGS!
Vicki

FSS WEE HUMINGBIRD and PETUNIA

Hello all! Gosh I try so hard to not fall behind in posting! I am sorry for being so long between posts again. Was a little preoccupied mentally...we got some bad news about our new little grandson Dax. My DIL called me to tell me that his checkup at the pediatric cardiologist did not go real well. Our little guy has 2 holes in his heart...his little heart is only the size of his tiny little fist and two holes! Right now they are going to observe him but most likely he may have to have open heart surgery to repair. We are just devastated. We had him for a few hours on Friday night and I just held him and hugged him and prayed that the Lord will see him through it! We were with all the kids again on Sunday for Father's Day and Ava's birthday and got to love on him some more. We just need to put our trust in God. I do have a card to share with you today...the image I used was the FSS Wee Hummingbird and Petunia colored set. I cut out the oval part of the image with an oval nestability and layered the petunia and pop dotted it for dimension. Added a little glitter to the tunies, AND to the pop dotted wee hummingbird as well. I matted the image on the beaded oval nestie and mounted the whole thing on an embossed white layer. I really like how it turned out. Hope you do too. OHHH here it is!

And of course I had to add some blue flat back rhinestones from Pizzazz Aplenty for a finishing touch!
OHHH and I wanted to mention that Fred is running a sale on a digi of the week each week through the end of the month of July. The DT members get to choose what digi we would like to see offered at 40% off...yep you read that right...40% OFF. This week's digi image was chosen by Robin and here is a link to her card she created with the digi she chose...The Old Truck. She did an awesome job with her creation. I will try to keep you updated each week on the digi that is for sale. Please take a moment and check out Robin's creation and visit the store!
Well, I have to run for now...hope to get some much needed visiting in. Thanks so much to all of you who stick with me through thick and thin for better or worse! Your support is greatly appreciated!

HUGS,
Vicki

FSS Monarch Butterfly SVG

Feeling a little pink today? I am tickled pink on how awesome this card came out. I know...tooting my own horn is not very nice but I do love how this card turned out. Let's start with that awesome butterfly. This butterfly is an svg file from FSS called Monarch Butterfly SVG. I used the double sided adhesive I had talked about in this post from All That Jazz Supplies to cut out both layers of the butterfly and applied pink glitter to the top layer and clear glitter to the bottom layer. Of course, I did all my cutting with my new best friend my Black Cat Lynx. What a beautiful butterfly. The layer with the white swirly images was created by moi...stamped the swirls randomly with white ink onto vellum. Layered underneath the vellum with various other card stock and of course some more glitter. The sentiment is from SU. The corners of the card were cut with an SU corner punch and adorned with some flatback pearls from Pizzazz Aplenty. Oh and if you look close you will see those same pearls on the body of the butterfly. I love working with vellum and should do more of it. Well, let me know your thoughts! Please be so kind to leave some love...it is so greatly appreciated. Hope your day was beautiful and your night is the same! Thanks for stopping by!

HUGS!
Vicki

FSS Emma the Mermaid

Happy Monday...a little late! I have been working so hard to create a birthday card for my little grandaughter who will be 3 at the end of this month. Finally after deciding to try the center step card design I then chose to use the FSS Emma the Mermaid Colored set to create my card...This was a blast! The set comes with all the png files you need to create a scene...as well as an underwater scene background and the underwater paper! And is that mermaid to die for??? LOL my husband says the mermaid looks just like our sweet girl! You have to go check out this set...it is superb and has so many possibilities! I used one of my new nestability dies...Ribbon Banners...to cut out the computer generated sentiment. Of course I had to add some stickles for some bling! Here is a look at the inside....the sentiment was created with JustRite alphabet sets. And that fish with the balloons...was just perfect for birthday cards!

I used one of my Martha Stewart punches for the mat here...thought it looked like bubbles! I am pleased with this style of card and think I will make some more...there are so many possibilities. Well, I am going to get off this computer for the night...I hope you all had a wonderful day today and got lots of play time in! I will be by to see what you have been up to...have some coffee ready! LOL...thanks so much for taking the time to leave me some love...it is truly appreciated.

HUGS!
Vicki

FSS Sentimental Flower Doodledallion

Hello all! Well I had a day off yesterday and after playing outside for a few hours, I came back in to play some more! Guess you could say I had a PLAYDAY all the way around! Well, Tracey has a new image in the store...the Sentimental Flower Doodledalion. Such a cute flower to play with and it comes with soooo many goodies including 11 sentiments and some BONUS color pages! I chose to use the precolored image. I cut it out twice and layered it and also layered the sentiment and went around all the edges of the flower with Diamond Stickles. My card front was created using Nestabilities Large Circle dies and the embossing is the Cuttlebug Polka Dots folder. I have some new bling from Pizzazz Aplenty...the red square rhinestones in the lower corner...just love them! My day will be spent cleaning my craft room and maybe watching 2 of my grandsons a little later on in the day...after church. :) It is so darn chilly here today so there won't be much outside time! I hope you are all having a wonderful weekend and thank you so much for spending a little time with me! I will be out to see you all as well. Have a blessed day and enjoy the rest of your weekend!

HUGS!
Vicki

FSS Snowdrops

Good morning to all of you in blogland! Just a quickie today for you...continuing on with the flower cards I have been creating with FSS images. LOL it is like a series for me! Well today, I chose a "cooler" flower just because the weather here is soooooo hot! This flower is FSS Little Snowdrop and it part of the FSS Spring Flowers set. This set can be purchased as a colored or non colored set and has a bonus paper pricking frame with it. I chose to use the colored digi....my card is very simple but yet I feel an elegance about it. Of course you can tell I did a back drop of embossing, the layer under the image had been taped off all around the edges with Scor Tape and glitter applied. What a pretty card! Well, I am off today...I did some visiting last night and hope to do some more today so if you have not seen me yet, I will be by. I have been having a very rough time posting on many blogs lately. BUT, I have decided to switch to Firefox when doing my visiting as it gives me NO trouble when posting. I hope you have a blessed day today and thanks for stopping by to see me! Please take a moment to leave me some love...it is greatly appreciated as I look forward to your comments.

HUGS!

Vicki