New Tatting

I haven't been doing much in the way of card making lately due to a shoulder injury that is playing up, but I have been doing a LOT of tatting! lol

Here is a doily that I just finished. The pattern is a Variation on Rose Roger's Round Robin Doily and is done in size 20 DMC Cébélia in White.

To see more of the Tatted Earrings I've been working on, be sure to check out my Tatting Photobucket.

Hurry Up Spring! lol

In my desire to see the end of snow, I have been working on Spring cards! Here is my latest Spring card.

I have used an image from Fred She Said called FSS- Bunneh! - Easter Bunny Digital Stamp. I have done my coloring with Prismacolor Watercolor Pencils and added just a touch of Aleene's Tack-it Over and Over to the spots on the Eggs and some Glamour Dust. I cut out the Bunneh with the Spellbinders Nestabilities Large Labels. The paper behind Bunneh is some Lime Green Mirri Board. The punch along the edge is one of Martha Stewart's Deep Edge punches, the Buttons along the bottom are a Cuttlebug Embossing folder and inked with Color Box ink in Lime Green. I have edged the Bunneh and the edging strip as well as the sentiment tag with marker (see my Tutorial here). A bit of Bling and a Double Bow and the card is finished.

Here is a close-up of the Bunneh, so hopefully, you can see where I have put the Glamour Dust on the eggs.







If you haven't checked out the Blog Hop that is going on RIGHT NOW, be sure to check out this post for a chance to win some great prizes!

Fred She Said Blog Hop!

Welcome to the first "FRED SHE SAID" blog hop!!!

If you just happen to drop by my blog and you are not aware of this wonderful event taking place, please go back to the "FRED SHE SAID" blog here and start your hop! Please, we would LOVE it if you commented on our posts (We all love to hear what you think of our creations ;-)). We totally love "Fred She Said" images and would like to hear how you feel about them too! Also, along the way, you will see a special CODE WORD. Collect them all up! Once you reach the end of the blog (which will be the "Fred She Said" Challenge blog), email DEANNE with the special code sentence and your name will go in for a draw for the 4 newest releases -Flowers, Doodledallion, Empty Pockets, and Smelling the Cherry Blossoms.

Here is my "Fred She Said" creation. I have used the brand new Smelling the Cherry Blossom set to make this card. The card front has all been Digitally manipulated in Photoshop to give the "appearance" of multiple layers and matting, but there are actually no layers or 3-D on this card. The image itself has been colored with Prismacolor Color Pencils and blended with Baby Oil in my version of the Gamsol Techniuqe. The ribbon and pearls are from my stash. The whole thing has been layered on Gold Metallic paper from American Crafts Specialty Paper line.

My special code word is LOVE

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Michelle

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FRED SHE SAID CHALLENGE BLOG

This blog hop will run from today, January 15th until January 22nd. On the 23rd, the winner will be announced on the "Fred She Said" blog. Thank-you for taking the time to play along.

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Emma, Pretty in Pink

Oooh, I just had so much fun creating this Emma with Her Frills On - Digi by Fred, She Said. She is colored with Prismacolor Colored Pencils and blended with Baby Oil in my version of the Gamsol Technique. The Posey (from the same set) is colored with the same pencils, but dry blended. The Pink metallic paper is some American Crafts Specialty paper that I found and the edge is punched out with the MS Deep Edge punch. Emma is cut out with the Spellbinders Nestabilities Labels 5 Die with the Mega Curved Rectangles behind her. The sentiment is colored with Sharpie Markers.

NEW Challenge Blog from Fred, She Said!

Have you seen the NEW Challenge Blog from Fred, She Said yet? Well, you REALLY need to get over there and take a look at it and start Following it! On the 1st of February, there will be a Random Draw from the list of Followers for a FSS Freebie! The first Challenge will be held on January 25th (the LAST Monday of the month), so be sure to watch and participate!

Recent Needle Tatting

I have been doing a LOT of Needle Tatting lately and thought you might like to see some of the pretties I have been making. ;-)




















This pattern is by Birgit Phelps and is adorbly tiny! I used DMC Light Effects to do all of the tatting in all 3 pairs of these earrings. The beads in this pair are all iridescent, though you can't tell it too well. :-( The Tatting on these only measure 1/2" wide! :-O

For this pair, I took a closer picture so, hopefully you can see more of the detail of the earrings and how sparkley the beads are. ;-)

This pattern is by Teri Dusenbury and I just LOVE the way I can add extra beads to the Tatting!

If you want to see more of my recent tatting, be sure to check out my Tatting Photobucket.

My First Penny Slider Design

Well, I have been totally intrigued by these Penny Slider cards, so I decided to design one and make it. ;-) Here is my Birthday Cake Penny Slider. This was SO much fun making, watch for more of them! I added glitter to the flames on the candles with Aleene's Tack-it Over and Over (do you notice, I use an aweful lot of that stuff? :-O lol) It looks realllly cool when it is spinning with the glitter! The brown cardstock in back is some Pearl cardstock I picked up at Walmart that I punched with a Martha Stewart edging punch. All mounted on Textured Cream cardstock purchased at Paper and More.