One Hot Cuppa Joe

Good Morning!

I hope everyone is having a super wonderful lovely weekend so far. (I know it just started, but I hope yours started off  right :)!) I know at Fresh Brewed Designs, we are!! I have had my morning java and am ready to take on  the day! My husband is off work and we are going to spend time together and with the kids.
On the other hand, Our lovely latte lady rubber stamp has been so very lonely. She keeps telling me she loves all the places she has been and has loved visiting all of the coffee shops, but it gets tiring  going by herself all the time. I introduced her to who we lovingly call Hot Cuppa Joe and she couldn't be happier! :D hehehe

Well, maybe I have had TOO much coffee today .... but I hope you are smiling and putting up with me and my craziness. All of this leads up to a NEW DIGITAL STAMP RELEASE!!! I had some free time on my  hands this week sitting with a not so well little man, so I took advantage of my being lazy and created this to share with all of you Fresh Brewed Designs fans :)

Here he is.....

drumroll please.....

Welcome to the family:

Hot Cuppa Joe 

 He is standing with our lovely latte lady, I'll Take Mine to Go rubber stamp.
All of the papers are from my scrap pile (GO ME!!!) I used my cricut Accent Essentials cartridge to cut out the shapes behind them. I used the fantastic sketch at Papertake Weekly for this card. I also did something I did not want to do but am glad I did :D Have you ever done something JUST for a challenge? Stamp Man is asking for stitching. I poked all the holes and hand stitched up the sides. Normally it would be calming and a stress relief for me, but I was so busy ...  thank you Stamp Man for getting me to sit down and take a break :D. The colors I chose for this card were inspired by the challenge at Just Add Ink and the bling comes from the Totally Papercrafts challenge.

 Look at all of those yummy layers and the shimmer :) Yes I had too much fun making this card :D I think this may be the thickest card I have made.

At least in the top 5~ :)

Thank you for stopping by today! There are LOTS more fun things happening at FBD! you have to stop by the challenge blog to find them all out. TOooo many things to post here! :) Like challenges, releases, freebies, guest designer posts, BLOG CANDY!!! and we are announcing our new rubber stamp release AND birthday blog candy soon!!! Keep checking in so you dont miss out!!!

other challenges:

Moving Along With The Times - 3E – brand spanking new theme

Sketches in Thyme - layouts - any sketch

Crafts and Me - #45 ribbon

Papercraft Star - anything goes

The Paper Variety - 1E - tic tac toe (stitching, card, tad of pink)

Crafty Emma  - blue