Thursday, May 20, 2010

FCD Blog Hop PLUS Blog Candy

   The Firecracker Designs by Pamela design team has been challenged to use ‘Distressing or Grunge’ on our cards.  Hmmmmmm- Technique Junkies to the rescue!
   First, Our Blog Hop officially begins Friday AM at 8:00AM, so if you arrive early, all of the links may not be up and running yet. The Hop is ‘circular', so you keep hopping until you get back to where you started.  Pamela picks one mystery hostess, and IF you post a comment on each blog, you will be eligible to win CANDY! 
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  Pamela always makes all of her images in her sets work together- so my card is from: A little Birdie told me and Scatter Joy.
  I stamped the images and colored them with Copic markers.  The ‘bricks’ are SU markers Going Gray, Basic Gray and Black.  I used Ranger Distress inks Tattered Rose and Fired brick for distressing and flowers.  I used Copic markers R20 and R24 for the flowers and the flower embellishment.  The bird house is E31, E33, E34, E35.
The DSP is Porcelain by Basic Grey- my colors- Love this DSP!!! I distressed the edges of the background cardstock, and around the main image, used a TJ technique called Torn Frames.
  The next stop on our Blog Hop is our May Guest Designer- the very talented Joanne Travis
  The blog hop winner will be announced on Pamela's Blog Monday after 8PM.
I am also offering candy- Pamela has a set 50% off each Wednesday- did you miss the set this past week? It was Oops a Daisy- I like it so much, I bought two!  To win, just post a comment on my blog hop post by Monday at 8PM.  Please leave an e-mail address- or a way for me to contact you! I will even cut it for you if you would like that!
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One more thing- FCD has gone Digital!  Pamela has a call out for a digital design team!  HERE is the link with all of that information! We'd love to have you join us! Don't want the committment of a Design Team but would like to be a digi guest designer?  Just drop us a line on the above link to Pamela's Blog.
Thanks for stopping by!
Shelly

24 comments:

Lisa said...

Wow! Shelley I love the card! I also love the stamps! I love your colors!
Hugs,
Lisa
muffy74sf@aol.com

Joanne Travis said...

I love this bird set and what you've done with it here. Such a beautiful design, love everything about it!

Hetty said...

This card is so lovely: the colors, the images, great together.

Boni Boutelle-Jones said...

OoohWeee this is pretty!!! I do love that the stamps all work so well together and you did it beautifully!! I love the distressing adds a real vintage feel!!

kc_froglady said...

Great card Shelly! I do like how you made the sets work together - one of my favorite things about FCD!

Lillian Child said...

Pamela's designs are awesome, and makes cardmaking a breeze. Your little birdhouse and sentiment are so very sweet!

ultraroyale said...

Very cute card. The torn frame shows up okay. Thanks for sharing.
Have a GREAT DAY!!!
Bob L.
www.happycardmaker.blogspot.com

jimlynn said...

Shelly, as always, it's precious. That background paper and image just "fit" together!!! Great job and I love the sentiment with it.
So pretty.

Unknown said...

What a pretty card......love the stamps and I would give this blog candy a great home :)

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SusanK said...

Great color combo for this piece!

Melissa Lake said...

Love the stamp choices and the colors. Beautiful work!

Unknown said...

I love your card!! And the stamps are awesome as well! Daisy's are such a sweet flower.

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Sarah said...

What a cute little bird house. I love the scallop lace border and great color choice!

Gloria Westerman said...

Whoooo I love this....beautiful....great job....gw0109@gmail.com

Carrie said...

Gorgeous Shelly, love the background and other elements on this card.

Michelle B. AKA JustPaintingAround said...

Love the torn frame edges! Fab!

Chrissy D said...

Ohhhh I love these colors and your design with those bird cage images! FABULOUS, Shelley!!!

Dawn Frost said...

I really like how you added the border punch under the sentiment. Very nice card.

Lynda said...

I enjoy your work always, Shelly, and this is no exception. I do like the way these 2 stamp sets all go together, and I love the Basic Grey paper you used on your background. Really very pretty card. Blessings...

Anne said...

This is such a pretty card and great sentiment. LOVE those sale stamps too

sammi said...

Fabulous card! lunalayercakemall@yahoo.com

Joanne Gilch said...

I'm leaving a comment because I love your card. Your distressing is great. The stamp set is really nice and you can cut mine for me, hahaha!
You never know!!!!!

Juliet A said...

Torn frames looks really cute on this card!

Ursula said...

this is so pretty, Shelly! Love the color combo!