03 May 2011

FRED...


Let me introduce you to 'Fred', a progressive card that my crafty Tweeps & I made for Sue. If you have just happened upon this post (perhaps because my feed came up in your reader and showed that I posted for the first time in months?!?!?), start back over here at Lydia's blog for the back story & hop along with us 




See how he came together (below) just before he went to Sue:



This was a bit of a tough project for me... if you've followed the hop then you've see Fred in his various stages... what one thing to add? I thought of flowers because of the pretty butterfly, but the combinations I tried all seemed to overwhelm. I loved the lace and pearls in the middle, and I didn't really want to cover up much more of the pretty patterned papers by stamping another image, so I tried tying a pretty bow in some taffeta ribbon, but that was also a little too 'much', if you know what I mean? I settled for a little ruffled ribbon... I think it added a pretty, soft touch - a nice way to send off Fred.

18 comments:

leslie (crookedstamper) said...

Awww, love the ribbon, This turned out AWESOME!

Lydia Fiedler said...

LOVE the scrunchy ribbon!! Fred is beautiful all grown up... *sniff

xxxooooo

Linda Callahan said...

Such a great idea - and a such a grand finale!

LorraineB said...

Fred has turned out to be the perfect card. The only card I've ever seen with a "name" too!

June Houck said...

Beautiful and perfect ribbon treatment!

Karen said...

The ribbon is a great finishing touch
to "tie" Fred up for delivery. Blessings to all of you for sharing Sue's sorrow in such a tangible way. Surely she knows how much you care.

Theresa said...

The card turned out so pretty and elegant. Sue will love it. I like the addition of the ribbon.

Gail said...

Good job people!
Sue will love it!

Lisa - papergrace said...

Oh wow!!! Love the finishing touch. Fred turned out amazing. So very, very beautiful.

Anita Rex said...

So fun to see all the little things you each added to make a fun card!

Karen H. said...

This is a beautiful card - and a beautiful tribute for a friend.

Sue said...

Thank you sooo much! I am so blessed to have all of you under friends umbrella. You mean so much to me :-)
I can't wait to meet you in June!!!!

paige said...

Perfect card! Love how all the elements came together in this thoughtful and beautiful creation.

Scrapcollectr said...

Wow....just that touch of ribbon improves the card once more!
*smile*

Babe O'Mara said...

Love the ribbon. It's just right. The card turned out gorgeous. Well done, ladies.

Babe
youiesmom@att.net

Unknown said...

awe, he really did grow up! he was just a mere tadpole in the beginning and now he's all Prince-y and stuff. Lovely

knb said...

just nice cards. good hobby :)
kindly visit me back & support

liannallama said...

It's so pretty! I can't imagine the card without the pretty ribbon ruffles!