Fairies and Buttons

My kids have been watching the cartoon AND movies of

Peter Pan lately.  We recently turned off our cable.  

I had forgotten how many DVDs we actually had!

Last night we watched  the 2003 version of Peter Pan. I think it is sweet.

Sort of an innocent little love story. You can't help but fall

in love with Peter Pan and feel sad for him at the same time. 

The part where the kids are bringing Tink back to life by

saying "I do believe in fairies" is one of the most memorable parts, 

but one of my favorite parts is the end where the Lost Boys come to live

with the family. The one boy is standing there and says he is too late, couldn't find

the house and now everyone has a mother. The aunt that is standing there 

(after being hit with fairy dust) looks at him and says "Is your name ___?" He replies 

that it is. Then she continues to say "Then I am  your mother!" He says "How do you know?"

She stands firmly and says " I feel it in my bones." 

It makes me cry EVERY TIME! and my kids think I am weird... :D

Ok, enough chit chatting and on to my card...

CHERRY CUPCAKE CUTIE RUBBER STAMP

I found a few challenges I wanted to play along in and got to work. 

(I usually work the opposite way

.. make it then search out challenges it fits in to ... ) 

Here are the challenges I used as inspiration:

Fresh Brewed Designs Buttons 

(my own personal challenge blog)

Splitcoast Stampers Sketch SC499

Chocolate, Coffee, and Cards: 71: Fairies

Fab 'n' Funky  Movie-inspired

Simon Says Stamp -  Sparkle

I created this fairy by altering my rubber stamp. 

I cut her out, hand cut and painted  the vellum wings, attached them to the 

image and voila! A sweet little cupcake fairy!

There are three layers of vellum to her wings.

 I painted the outer wings with creative inspirations paint: fairy dust 

and curled them with the end of a paint brush after they had dried.

I used foam dots to pop it up and make it stand out more. 

Here is a photo of the shimmer I added 

with the CI paint and Crystal Stickles

Thank you for stopping by today.

I do hope you have a  lovely weekend.

                                       Heather

Are not five sparrows sold for two farthings, and not one of them is forgotten before God? But even the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not therefore: ye are of more value than many sparrows.

Luke 12:6-7 KJV

FLOWERS!!!

It is time for a new month long prize challenge at Freshly Brewed Challenges

and we are celebrating FLOWERS this month!

I haven't used many flowers on my cards lately, so it was a challenge for me to

figure out how to place them without it looking gaudy. Not sure if I accomplished that on the 

first card, but know I tried ;)

Butterfly Fairy Digital Stamp

Materials: The Girls Paperie by Margie in jubilee

Papertrey inc cardstock: White and Papertrey Inc dot patterned paper

Spellbinders floral Doily Motifs diecut set

prismacolor and copic markers

liquid pearls: gold

everything else was from my stash

Sophie Digital Stamp

*free sentiment in shop*

materials: DCWV Spring Fling Matstack

Papertrey inc cardstock: White

prismacolor and copic markers

stickles: stardust

prima flowers

rest is from stash

Thank you for stopping by today. 

I hope you will stop by Freshly Brewed Challenges and 

play along with us this month!

Challenges: 

Card 1

Digi Sketch Challenge: Sketch 

Love to Create  Punches and/or Dies

Pause, Dream, Enjoy: outdoor critters

Pile It On - April Showers bring May Flowers 

Card 2

Creative Card Crew #35 Bling

Pin}spirational W - Photo Inspiration 

Tuesday Morning Sketches  SKETCH*- #196

Our Creative Corner : anything goes

Word Art Wednesday: Scripture : Children

Happy Fall Fairy

Good Morning!

I have a little card to share with you that I created for our Fresh Brewed Designs Facebook Challenge for September. YOU DO NOT HAVE TO HAVE A FACEBOOK!!! Stop by and read this post for more details.  You could get some Free Digis if you choose to play along!!!

Here is one of those digis.

The challenge this month is to do something EXTRA
 Your card extra can be: fussy cutting, 3d project, decorate the inside, fancy folds ...
 whatever you can come up with - NOT JUST EMBELLIES!
AND you have to enter an EXTRA challenge somewhere in blog world
AND you have to add our badge to your sidebar and/or each post you put up
using the free digis to enter this challenge with :)

Enough with the rules......

Here is my card using the new 

Welcome Pumpkin House and

 Pumpkin Fairy Digital stamps

OK, now who wants to live with or visit this cute little pumpkin fairy? I know I do!
hehehe!!! I added some stickles to her dress and the curtains for some magic sparkle.
Fairies have that you know ;).

The Deets: The flourishes around the flowers were cut using
a spellbinders shapabilities diecut called floral doily motifs.
The lacy border is called crochet by MFT and the circle die is a nestie: Lacy scalloped circles. 
The image was colored using sharpie markers, prismacolor markers and copic markers for her skin. 
 The papers are all scaps. The BG orange paper with flowers is
 from a small stack called Groovy by ki memories.

A a part of this challenge, you have to also enter your card into one or more challenges. 

I used the Mojo Monday sketch for this card.

Thank you for stopping by today! 
The  hop NEW FBD RUBBER STAMP HOP is drawing nearer and nearer!

We can't wait to break out all of the
 different FBD Stamps and share some 
NEW creations with you!

HOP(e) to see you there!

Heather 

other challenges:  

Crafts and Me - add a flower

Fab 'n' Funky -  Autumn colors

Deep Ocean Challenge - Things With Wings   

Papertake Weekly -Anything Goes 

Use It Tuesdays - -  Use That Ribbon (Week 2) 

{Pin}spirational -   #22 

Crafty Cardmakers -  Winged Things

Lollipop Crafts -  Fall Frolic

Tammy Scrapin Corner -  Anything With Wings 

The Pink Elephant - Use Patterned Paper

   

I love you Fairy much!

Good morning!

I am off to get school started with my little ones, 

but wanted to pop in and share a card I created with you first. 

This card was created using all scrap papers (GO ME!) and a newly released FBD Digi called Fairy Sweet. 

She, along with several others, can be found in the NEW! Hot out of the Press 

section of the Fresh Brewed Designs Shop.

This image was colored with prismacolor markers, decorated with glossy accents and dew drops. 

I used the Sketch at Eat Sleep Stamp as my inspiration as well as the photo at  Fairy Tale Challenge Blog 

 

now, a confession.

I totally dropped the ball this week at Freshly Brewed Challenges. 

I missed my own challenge! how does that happen?!?!

I was thiking this weeks challenge was next weeks challenge, so I created the wrong style of card :( doh!

I will get one or more made this week following our theme of I am Thankful to share with you later.

Don't Forget 

We have CUSTOMER APPRECIATION BIRTHDAY BLOG CANDY
at Freshly Brewed Challenges

you have to 

USE A FBD IMAGE 

ENTER THE CHALLENGE HERE

full rules and deets here

Fairy Sweet

Good morning everyone! 

I am back today to share with you a cute little card I made using the

Fresh Brewed Designs rubber stamp: Cutie Pie Swinging. 

Doesn't she look like she is having a fun time swinging from the little clouds over a bed of lollipop shaped flowers?!?  Her wings and shoes and little lips were painted with Inspirations Paint: fairy dust. I LOVE this paint! It is so shimmery and dries SO quickly. I can paint my project, come back within just minutes and it is dry and ready to go! Just don't forget to rinse your paintbrush as soon as you are done :D.

 

We have already had a busy kick off to August at Fresh Brewed Designs!

Be sure to stop by the challenge blog for LOTS of updates, reminders and LOTS MORE FUN TO COME including a new stamp release, blog candy, prize challenges and so much more!!!

I created this card with the following materials:

Papertrey Inc Cardstock, KI Memories: Flourish specialty cardstock, AC Craft Cair paper, MakingMemories pink dot paper, AC double sided cardstock: Howdy, white felt, nestabilities lacy circles, Cutie Pie Butterfly rubber stamp, Inspirations Paint: fairy dust, hand stitching, extras from stash

This card was created for the following challenges:

Mojo Monday - SKETCH*

Craft Your Passion - Anything goes

Paper Creations Ink - Stitching Theme

Shabby Tea Room - Photo Inspiration* plus 3 different pp 

Paper Sundaes - clouds

Marks Finest Papers  anything BUT ribbon

Stamp Something - summer fun

Totally Papercrafts - bling

Inspired by Sketches AND Wings!!!

 I am back with a few more cards for you tonight. This first one is featuring the FBD rubber stamp: Cutie Pie in Flowers. I used the Eat Sleep Stamp sketch (again) for this card. I kept this card pretty plain and simple and sweet. The border on the sides of the image are actually from a punch I have. I am not sure what the punch is, it is a small circle with a little circle in the middle. sort of like a fat doughnut (OH MAN NOW I WANT A DOUGHNUT!!!) Anyway ~ I cut these doughnuts in half and overlapped them down the sides of my image. I then took three different RAKed flowers, layered them and added a sentiment / brad in the middle of them. The image is colored with prismacolor markers, stickles, and blue inspirations paints. The paper is by K&Company.

For this second card I used PaperTrey Inc Black cardstock as my base. The pink is Bazzil textured card stock in which I used that same doughnut punch, made a stencil and painted on ink to create the deeper pink dots. I then doodled all around them to create my bg paper. I stamped the Hot off the Press butterfly in the center of the decorated circle and traced around it with a white gel pen. I minimally decorated the inside of the card to match. This card was also inspired by a sketch: Card Positioning Systems sketch to be exact:)

Thank you for stopping by tonight. I have a busy day tomorrow but hopefully will be able to whip something else up to share with you this week :D

See you soon!

HUGS ~ Heather

Challenges:

Eat Sleep Stamp: Sketch

Card Positioning Systems: Sketch

Bloggers Challenge: wings

Simply Create : wings

Pile It On : Circles

Daring Cardmakers: old new borrowed blue (old - punch, new - stamp, borrowed (gifted) K$Co paper, blue - inspirations paint)

Stamps R Us - 2E - There was a little girl

Happy Hellos!

Good Morning!!!

I am so excited to have had the chance to be a part of the D.I.V.A.S. Oldie But Goodie blog hop this month! If you are getting here from Ching Tan's Beauty of a Blog: http://www.notleftstanding.blogspot.com/ then you are on the right track!!! If not please go back to the start at the ever so sweet Cindy Hess Grigiski's blog -http://www.stampwithmecindyg.com/

Things have been so hectic around here as summer draws near. The shop and kids activities really take up more time than I realize, lol, but it is good time and fun. I have had to step back and realize that the clothes will wait another day. I have two days a week that I REALLY clean and the others I straighten up as I go. I used to really stress about housework. Many friends here it the blog world (and my mom who is also a neat freak) have told me it is not worth it. Yesterday was my cleaning day ~ so today is free to have FUN :) YAY!!! Blog hops, blog posts, new challenges and more! I am off soon to start baking cakes for my sons Tee Ball party. Today is the last game of the season and his last Tee Ball game ever. He moves up next year. Sortof bittersweet for me. I don't want my little man growing up so fast.

I know you are not hear to listen to my chattering, you are here to see some papercrafty goodies! Well, I hope that my projects are just that and you enjoy your visit here with me today. The challenge this week at my challenge blog: Freshly Brewed Challenges, is to create with Red White and Blue. I had fun with this combo, moreso than I thought I would and I really do love how they turned out. My 'old' that I used for these projects would be scrap papers on the Hi card. Those papers are well over a year old. Also, my cricut cartridges were dusted off for these projects. I was able to use the frames from the Paper Pups cart as well as the jar from the Stretch your Imagination Cart. WAHOO!!! :) I forgot how much fun the Cricut actually was!!!

Cutie Pie Butterfly Rubber Stamp
Inspirations Paints: Fairy Dust

inside

E(spresso) Mail Rubber Stamp

Cutie Pie Butterfly Rubber Stamp
Inspirations Paints: Fairy Dust

These cards are all simple and were lots of fun to create.
I hope you enjoyed stopping by today. Your next hop stop is the lovely Mary Harmon: http://sparkly-train.blogspot.com/. Have fun hopping and I hope your day is full of smiles and Happy Hellos! God Bless!!!


Card details

Card 1: Cutie Pie Butterfly Rubber Stamp, My Minds Eye dot patterned paper, American Crafts cloud paper, Creative Inspirations Paint: Fairy Dust, Stickles: Diamond, fishing line, heart buttons, RAK ribbon, handwritten sentiments, prismacolor markers, brilliance graphite black ink, Stretch Your Imagination Cricut Cartridge, Papertrey Inc Cardstock Base

Challenges: Eat Sleep Stamp Sketch, Creative Inspirations Paint: Butterfly, Simply Scrapping Crafts: Cricut, Outlawz Monday Card Challenge, Creative Inspirations- Glitzy and Bling, Top Tip Tuesday -Any Project For A Child, Use It Tuesdays - Bling, Tuesday Throwdown - Baby/Child, Sisterhood of Crafters: Sparkle


Card 2: E(spresso) Mail Rubber Stamp, prismacolor markers, brilliance graphite black ink, American Craft DS paper, Paper Pups cricut cartridge, white gel pen, Scrapbooking Cottage stitched ribbon, Papertrey Inc Cardstock Base,

Challenges:Simply Scrapping Crafts: Cricut, A Spoonful Of SugarAnything Goes,Stamp, Scrap and Doodle - Use Old Supplies

Card 3: Cutie Pie Butterfly Rubber Stamp, RAK paper, prismacolor markers, blue glitter gel pen, Creative Inspirations Paint: Fairy Dust, rickrack, prima flower, button from stash?, Papertrey Inc Cardstock Base

Challenges: Simply Scrapping Crafts: Cricut, Simply Scrapping Wednesday Sketch, Pile It On - "Boys and girls come out to play",

Have a Fintastically Magical Day!

Good Morning! I am sitting here sipping my coffee looking out the window hoping for a not too hot but dry and nice day. Is that asking too much ;)?? My son has a make up tee ball game this morning so we will be moving and grooving early this Saturday.

Blogger was acting wonky yesterday, so I did not get to post my card :( SO today you get two :D!!! This first card was created using the FBD rubber stamp: Cutie Pie Mermaid. I pulled out my cricut and was amazed that it cut out these little embellies with no oopsies. We usually have oopsies! I guess the thicker cardstock works better for smaller items. They turned out so cute with her!!! I traced the detail cuts with a marker and then painted over the little darlings with Inspirations Paints: Light Purple. My favorite color is purple but I am always challenged when I try to use it on a card. Not sure why. That is another reason I chose the purple and green inspiration photo for Freshly Brewed Challenges this week. Both of these cards go for the challenge ~ but the cutie pie also works for the MONTH LONG PRIZE CHALLENGE: Beach / Summer theme! You CAN combine other FBD challenges with the prize challenge, so what are you waiting for??? Challenges for this card:
Eat Sleep Stamp Sketch
Stamps & Fun = Creativity - dots
Crafty Pad - Spots and Dots
Let's Ink It Up - Embellish it

Whisper: The Fairy

I have a confession. I do not think I have used Whisper as long as she has been in my shop. I am now wondering how many others I have yet to create with!!! Her name was easy to choose. The others I had to think and look up names and meanings. She just WAS Whisper. She reminded me of the times when God sends a little calming breeze, a whisper, to remind us he is there and he loves us.

I used the creative inspirations paints to paint these flowers. I think it turned out SO pretty. I had the offwhite prima flowers and this painted over then just so amazingly perfect!!! I also painted strips of glittery goodness in her hair. Challenges for this card include:
Fabulous Friday - Use ribbon or twine

Challenges for both cards include:
Creative Belli -Anything starting with S ~ Shimmer-seashell
Sisterhood of Crafters - Let it Shine
My Time To Craft - Scallops
Cheerful Stamp Pad - Girls with curls
Creative Inspirations -Glitzy and Bling
Paper Sundaes - 3E, C10 - Magical & Mythical


For Card 1: Cutie Pie Mermaid, I used the following materials:
Fresh Brewed Designs Cutie Pie Mermaid rubber stamp
prismacolor markers
inspirations paints in fairy dust and light purple
cricut cart: Plantin Schoolbook
cricut cart: doodle charms : seahorse
cricut cart: stretch your imagination: seashells
Papertrey inc cardstock white and teal dots
Heidi Grace Purple Dots
Bazzil Light Purple cardstock


For Card 2: Whisper, I used the following materials:
Fresh Brewed Designs
Digital Stamp: Whisper
(found in Digital Stamps: Fairy Tale
Prima White flowers
inspirations paint in: light purple, mint green, sunshine yellow
scrap RAKed paper
Nestabilities scalloped circle die cut
RAKed ribbon

smile, laugh love

I am stopping in with a quick hello. Everyone in my house is sick with a sinus infection and are starting meds in the morning. It would be tonight, but we had battles with the pharmacy, my dr could not see me and a few more bumps were added to the road today, but TOMORROW we are going to start our recovery process. I know that lots of my friends have been sick or down as well, so what better time than now to make a sunny happy card to remind them they are loved. Not only by me, but by our heavenly Father. He loves each one of us just so much. When I think of rainbows and sunshine, I think of God's promises. Of his love. Of all the beauty he creates for us. The cool breeze on a hot day, the sound of birds chirping, the pretty flowers blooming, the warm sunshine on our faces, the beautiful rainbow in the sky after a rain shower. All of them are created for us by our loving father. I have so much to thank him for and so much to praise him for, don't you?

This card was created using:
MME patterned dot paper
american craft cloud paper
multicolored trim/ribbon
white rickrack
Fresh Brewed Designs rubber stamp: Cutie Pie in Clouds
cricut cart accent essentials
some random sentiment stamps from my stash.

Challenges for this card include:
Cute Card Thursday - signs of Spring
Delightful Challenges - welcome Spring
Paper Crafting Journey - (2W, 1E) - things with wings
Eat Sleep Stamp - SKETCH
Freshly Brewed - (5E, SIO) - pink and paper piecing
Cupcake Craft - Pink polka dots
Magical Mondays (2W) - FANTASY and Spring Colours
Crafty Pad (SIO) - Use Ribbon

Cute AND Sassy!!!

Cutie Pie Butterfly

Challenge Up Your Life (2W) - 2nd wk - Fairytales
Little Claire's (2W, 3E) Flowers
Fairy Tale - 2W, 2E - something for a child or with a child's image
Stampin For The Weekend - 2W, 1E – Spring
Cute Card Thursday - signs of Spring
Delightful Challenges - welcome Spring
Paper Crafting Journey - (2W, 1E) - things with wings
Paper Play - (2E) – shabby chic / vintage
ABC Challenge - (C5) - P is for Pink
Cooking It Up With Katie - (1E) - Spring, yellow, flowers
For Fun Challenges - (3E, C10) -purple, green, yellow
Scrapbook Sisters - Spring




Blog Hop Winners Have Been Announced on the Challenge Blog!!! WOOHOO

Today I have a few cards to share with you ... and some reminders :)

First off Fresh Brewed Designs is having a SALE
From now until March 12 you can get some of your
favorite digis for 35% off!!!

See that Cutie Pie card up top there?? I created her as a reminder for the March month long challenge at Freshly Brewed Challenges.

For the month of March we are challenging you to use
PINK and PAPER PIECING
If you do, you can win 5 free digis!
If you use a Fresh Brewed image you are entered twice
for each card you post.
you can read more details here

Hot and Styling

Mojo Monday sketch
PaperCraft Star: Song, Movie or Book inspiration
I chose the movie Hairspray (even though I don't think I have ever seen it, lol)
Alphabet Challenge - 1E, JFF - "R" is for ribbons
Off the Wall Craftiness - 3E, SIO - picture inspiration (see below)



This next card is created using the Fresh Brewed Designs rubber stamp called Hot and Styling. She is sassy and fun, don't you think?

this hot chick is also a reminder of the March challenge at Freshly Brewed Challenges... but also for the month long challenges held at Papercraft planet and the Latte Lounge. The challenge for the month of March is to use 2 patterned papers and a handmade embellie. I created mine from an old tee shirt :D The only rule at PCP and TLL is that you MUST use a FBD image!!!



I hope you will check out these fun challenges. Remember, you have ALL month to play along!!! :)

Have a wonderful weekend!!!

Fresh Brewed Blog Hop: Rubber Stamp Release

What are little girls made of? Sugar and spice
And everything nice, That's what little girls are made of.


I think even as we grow, we ladies are still made of sugar and spice and everything nice, don’t you? Today we have lots of girly fun to share with you! Fresh Brewed Designs has released (today) 7 brand new rubber stamps that are perfect for girls of all ages! I have designed 3 coffee gals to add to the already sassy series. These latte lovin’ ladies have an extra sprinkle of sweetness. Each stamp has a little cherry topped cupcake added to it. We are also excited to introduce to you today Cutie Pie!!! She is a cute little butterfly fairy with a love for adventure and loves to spread smiles wherever she goes.

If you are just getting to the hop, you will have to start at the beginning at the Freshly Brewed Challenges Blog. If you are getting here from the ever so amazing and talented Carolyn’s Blog you are on the right track

For the hop today I decided to create with Cutie Pie Swinging.
She is so sweet and can be used for so many different occasions. I chose to use her in a shabby chic with a whimsical twist sort of way.


challenges
Crazy Challenge (2E) - Here comes spring
Ooh La La Creations (2W) - Pink, pink and more Pink
Stamps R Us (2W, 2E) - For the Girls
Cupcake Inspirations - Photo inspiration
Sweet Stampin (2E, Must Stamp) - Oh so Girly
Paper Crafting Journey - (2W, 1E) - anything goes
Paper Play - (2E) – Get Sentimental
Stamping Vacation - (M) - Sew beads onto your creation
Crafts and Me - (2W) - anything with wings, especially fairies & angels
Crafty Creations - in the garden
Creative Belli - (2W) - felt or fabric
Creative Card Crew - fantasy
The Paper Variety - (1E) - stitching
Flutterby: anything goes with fairy or angel or butterfly
Rainbow Lady's - Shabby Chic

The next card I created is highlighting the rubber stamp called La Dolce Vita which means The Sweet Life.Ooh La La Creations (2W) - Pink, pink and more Pink
Stamps R Us (2W, 2E) - For the Girls
Crafty Pad (SIO) - Something yummy for your tummy
I Did It Creations - Punches or Dies
Let's Ink It Up (monthly) - NO DIGI and Romance/Valentines
Secret Crafter - Sweet Treats
Sweet Stampin (2E, Must Stamp) - Oh so Girly
Raise The Bar - images of hot drinks
Simply Create - (2W) - bold & bright
Moving Along With The Times (3E) – Fashion

And of course we are offering a prize for you today!!!
Here is what you could win just by hopping!!!

5 yd Martha Stewart ribbon, 3 crocheted heart embellies, 3 buttons, 16 sheets of 4 1/4x6 papers, unmounted cutie pie in flowers, unmounted card backer stamp

Here are the RULES for your chance to win the prize.
You will have to complete the hop in full and leave a comment on each hop stop.
The hop will start AND end on the challenge blog.
After you finish the hop, leave ANOTHER comment on the challenge blog post and let us know what your favorite image was from the hop.

To be able to decide which is your favorite, though, you will have to keep hopping!
Your next hop stop is the sweet and ever so creative Stacie G’s Blog.


Hop order:
Freshly Brewed Challenges: http://freshbreweddesigns.blogspot.com/
Carolyn (Guest): http://utsukushiikami.blogspot.com/
Heather: http://www.joemamainks.blogspot.com/
Stacie G: http://hestiashelper.blogspot.com
Audrey: http://www.hippieaud.blogspot.com/
Jeanette: http://creativeplayischeaperthantherapy.blogspot.com/
Catherine (Guest): http://paperaddictcatherine.blogspot.com/
Kelly: http://sandcastlestamper.blogspot.com/
Stacy: http://www.impressionsofaribbonaddict.blogspot.com
Linda: http://stamperstouch.blogspot.com/
Rhonda: http://bumblcreate.blogspot.com/
Shazza: http://craftyscot.blogspot.com/
Kathy B: http://luckystamper.blogspot.com/
Freshly Brewed Challenges: http://freshbreweddesigns.blogspot.com/

Altered Notebook Featuring Cutie Pie

If you are looking for the Design DIVAS blog hop go HERE

Hi everyone! I am back tonight to share another altered notebook I created with one of the newly released Cutie Pie images. This one is called Cutie Pie Holding Heart. She can be found in the Fresh Brewed Designs shop for $3 under kids / Cutie Pies.

The I created this using Bazzil cardstock and Colorbok Patterned paper. I colored the image with prismacolor markers and paper pieced her wings and heart. The satin ribbon is some from an old stash. I am not sure of the brand. The flowers are a mixture from gifts I have received. The buttons are just some from my stash.
To create the pen holder I punched a hole in the left side and attached a binder ring through it. I then stitched a ribbon up the middle and tied to the binder ring to hold the pen.

This card fits the following challenges:
Paper Craft Planet Sketch
Stamping Sisters in Christ
Stamp Scrap Doodle anything goes
Flutterby Challenges: anything with a butterfly or wings
pile it on; anything goes

Not only does Fresh Brewed Designs have lots of new Valentine and coffee themed digital images, we are now selling our rubber stamps unmounted! Go check out all the new things in the shop here > Fresh Brewed Designs

Fresh Brewed August Hop

It's the first Wednesday of the month, and you know what that means for Fresh Brewed Designs ... another blog hop and image release. The HOP starts with Rhonda, so be sure to go there first! If you are hopping and got here from Grace's blog, then you are good to go!

This hop will not be your ordinary hop... it is full of secrets and smiles, wonder and amazement. Magical things happen when you get a group of ladies together. What kind of magic you ask? The only magic worth seeking, wanting, cherishing... the kind of magic you find in true friendship. Today we have a little bit of magical enchantment to share with you in these newest Fresh Brewed Designs images. Each tells a little story, a little mystery, a little fun, and adds just a little bit of fantasy to each creation you will see during this hop.
As children we remember those Fairy Tales about mermaids and magical worlds where fairies live. We would lay in the grass and wonder if the patch of wildflowers was full of life, if mermaids swam in the sea beneath us. It is always fun to imagine and dream.
"Some day you will be old enough to start reading fairy tales again”
CS Lewis

I created this cute little purse using the Haute Tote Template found at Creations by AR. Adlea has an AMAZING assortment of WONDERFUL, BEAUTIFUL, and AFFORDABLE templates. I have always loved and admired her talent ... one of the very first friends I made here in the blog world and I will always love and cherish her. Check out her lovely things HERE. You will be glad you did!!!

I used all scrap and RAKed paper for this project, some flowers from Oriental Trading Company, and brads lost in my stash o' mess :)

The image used on this project is called Tiana Fairy

Shabby tea room: Colors blue, cream, brown (tiana)
Creative Card Crew: Cute and Girly

My next project is featuring Cordelia Waits

Challenges:
Oh ALice: Window
Crazy 4 Challenges: Sketch
Creative Card Crew: Cute and Girly (both cards)
Flutter By Wednesday: fairy AND your favorite color!! (I LOVE all colors, but shades of blue would be near the top of my list
For Fun Challenges: Water theme

All these images are now for sale at the Fresh Brewed Designs Shop

Thank you so much for hopping, fluttering, or splashing by today. Please continue your journey by stopping by (insert next blog here) 's blog to see her beautiful creation. There is more magic and fun to come.

Everyone has been leading you to the end of the hop and.. well.. you are here... but the surprise awaits you at the Freshly Brewed Challenges blog HERE!!!

Hop Order:

Rhonda

Kelly

Jeanette (guest)

Stacy

Amanda (guest)

Barbara

Jenn

Joyce (guest)

Grace

Heather (owner) ((ME))

((CUTENESS ALERT! While on Graces blog I noticed she had done this fun little 'what is your fairy name' thingy :D and I wanted to play along too .... granted I ended up using my middle and maiden name... otherwise I would have been black and white with green wings like a badger, lol!!! But now I am a Goblintree... hmmm. what is worse? Mine is on my sidebar under the Freshly Brewed Challenges " Grab a Badge"
Thanks for the fun addition to the hop Grace!!! :) ))