5 Days of Christmas Digi Release Day 3

GOOD MORNING!!!

It's THE week you have been waiting for!

 Fresh Brewed Designs (that's me!) releases their NEW Christmas digital stamps

ALL WEEK LONG.

Today we get to share Some really fun and festive images with you.

This theme is all about SNOWMEN and CHRISTMAS TREES

Here are the new images:

Frosty Hugs and Kisses

Pretty Little Christmas Tree

Cutie Bug Christmas

All Bundled Up - Kid

Pretty Little Christmas Tree

materials: 

shimmer ds cardstock 

prismacolor markers: pink, blush pink, ballet pink

Copic markers: olive green set

suntan, dark suntan

stickles: crystal,confetti snowflakes, white gel pen

Cutie Bug Christmas

Materials:

All scrap paper, prismacolor markers and copic markers, 

crystal stickles, lacy scalloped circle spellbinders die cut, 

velvety green ribbon, red scrap ribbon, white gel pen

All Bundled Up - Kid

(This card makes me happy)
I had a lot of fun making all of these cards, but this one just makes me
smile most. I fell in love with this paper pad when I saw it at Tuesday Morning (yes, I
have used it a lot this week) but knew that I couldn't afford to get it with all we
have going on right now. I was later surprised by my husband who apparently saw me
put it down. He went back to get it for me later. :-)

Materials:
Pebbles Home for Christmas paper pad, copic markers,
prismacolor markers, crystal stickles, white gel pen.

To see all of the wonderful DT cards and have a chance to WIN something from the release, 

check out the challenge blog >>HERE<<

My Day #1 Post

My Day #2 Post

I hope you have a warm and happy day, 

                                                           Heather

Challenges

Card 1

1 SCS tickled Pink Challenge

2 party time tuesday: AG

3 Creative Romance Pink

Card 2

1 Jingle Belles: Creatures

2 Come and Get it - Recipe 

3 Pile it on - create a scene

Card 3

1 poppy card sketch #16

2 fab n funky: Christmas

3 paper minutes: Christmas red

4 tip top tuesday: chevrons

tip: to make a CAS card look more interesting, 

use the out of the box technique. you can do this with

diecuts or just carefully cut using your paper trimmer as I did ;)

5 simon says stamp wed - ag

I recently read that some challenge blogs

look down on supporting a release or linking

back to digi shops and personal challenge blogs and such. 

If I have not followed your rules, please politely

let me know in an email and I will remove my card

from your challenge. I always look for challenges 

to use AS my inspiration and truly enjoy entering

and playing along in them. It just happens that most of 

my creations ARE for Fresh Brewed Designs or DT 

work. It is what it is ;)

Thank you 

Fall Flashback with Fresh Brewed Designs

It's time for a FALL FLASHBACK!

I love fall *or autumn* whatever you prefer to call it. 

Here in the south it is easier to say Fall. 

Especially with our southern drawl. LOL! 

We just sound weird trying to pronounce autumn. 

ANYWAY -

I am so happy to be here sharing some fun, fall themed creations with you!

My first features 

Happy Fall Girl Digital Stamp

I raided my OLD scrap pile that I had long forgotten about and found these papers.

I am not 100% sure of who they are from, but I am going to guess. 

If memory serves me correctly, the orange star paper is by making memories: just chillin,

the green is by Martha Stewart: woodland paper pad, and the bg paper is by cosmo cricket. 

It was part of a RAK I received a long time ago. 

I used my cricut to cut out the little leaves. I also added some Martha Stewart microfine glitter to the pumpkins. 

My next card features

The Great Pumpkin Digital Stamp 

This is a very CAS card. Not my usual style at all, but I love it. 

I double framed the image and added pop dots behind the orange and brown layers to make it 

stand out (It couldn't look TOO plain ;-)

I then used the cricut cartridge: stretch your imagination to cut out the autumn sentiment. 

Thank you for stopping by. 

I appreciate your visits and your taking time out of your day to say hello. 

Please stop by our Freshly Brewed Challenges blog

and check out all of the fantastic design team creations.

They are all amazing and are sure to get you ready for  all things Fall!

Have a happy and blessed day,

                                       Heather

Challenges

 Card 1

• Cutie Pie Challenge -Cute with Shades of Autumn
• Shabby Tea Room - - Photo Inspiration* + Pumpkin
• Sparkle N Sprinkle - Anything Goes with Glitter
• Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge -Techniques (glitter)

Card 2

• 613 Avenue Create - #89 Anything Goes 
• Come and Get It - Use a Digi with An Autumn Theme
• Simply Create Too - Fall/ Autumn

Freshly Brewed Challenges: School Days

Our NEW Challenge at Freshly Brewed Challenges is

SCHOOL DAYS!!!

*YAY*

Do you hear the excitement in my voice?

No? Me neither. 

HA!!!

I DO love homeschooling my children. 

I DO believe in and know the importance of a GOOD education.

I try not to teach and do the best by my children. 

HOWEVER, I am just not feeling it yet. 

I need one more week of summer. 

There, I said it. But if I had one more week of summer I would 

probably want another :D hehehe!!!

(you must think terrible of me right now... but that is ok. I can live with that.)

ALL that being said, here is my SCHOOL DAYS card for

my Freshly Brewed Challenge :)

Digital Stamp: Best Teacher

materials: 

Crayola crayon paper, twine, printed sentiment, spellbinder diecut

crate paper school spirit collection 6x6 paper pad, 

copic and prismacolor markers, champagne colored  smooch, 

lemon spica glitter pen, red stickles 

Here is a side view of the image, all shimmery and pretty.

I hope to see you play along with us at Freshly Brewed Challenges

School Days Challenge. 

Have a happy and blessed day!

                            Heather

Freshly Brewed Challenges: Glitter Galore

To see my Word Art Wednesday post go HERE

Good Morning!

I am back with another card!

Can you imagine, two posts on one day! WOW!

I am amazed myself ;) tee hee hee!

What an eventful week it has been.

Dance and school start back this week. 

Life gets busy, but I found that if you keep your focus on

God and all the good things he has for you, it all seems to work out. 

We are to serve Christ first and in all we do.

Daily chores, tasks, running around - spilling coffee on a newly mopped floor,

getting too hot or too cold ... well, things just set me off and I have a little

'Heather fit' so to speak. I have been trying to remind myself 

or check myself ;) before I start.  I have failed a time or two, but

God puts me back on the path pretty quickly. 

I have a fun card to share with you.

Our new challenge at Freshly Brewed Challenges is 

GLITTER GALORE and boy did I use a ton of it!

Drema Mermaid Digital Stamp

I colored my image with a mix of copic markers and
prisma color markers. I used pretty paper from the
Making Memories 6x6 stack: Just Chillin.
The cardstock (white and kraft) are by Papertrey Inc

To add all of this yummy shimmer, I used the following items:
Stickles: waterfall, fruit punch, eucalyptus
Creative Inspirations Paint: Fairy Dust
Martha Stewart Loose Glitter: Mica

I traced around the image using the inside of my oval diecut,
then I trimmed around it leaving her hair, hand, tail and other little areas
extended out over the oval outline.
I then used the same diecut and cut out the kraft scalloped oval to create a frame.
The paper was so pretty, I didn't want to hid or cover it up.
I chose to cut out a wave diecut using my MFT waves die.
I used the paper as a stencil, inked over it, sprinkled Seafoam White
embossing powder over the wet ink and heat embossed the waves.


Find out how to enter to win 
my blog candy >>HERE<<

NEWS THIS WEEK!

My little man turned 10 years old

And my beautiful little girl, Hannah, asked Jesus into her heart this past Sunday!

She cried, raised her hands in praise, and welcomed Jesus into her heart.

What a beautiful and special day it was! 

And my mom, dad, husband and I were all there with her.

Praise God!!!

Thank you so much for stopping by today!
I do hope you have a blessed and happy day!
                     HEATHER

Shimmery Mermaid - MEMORY

I just LOVE shimmer, don't you?

Anything glittery just catches my eye.

While talking to my friend Lori this morning, I was

inspired to get out my already colored image and 

turn it into a card. I haven't had much time to create lately, 

so I was happy she kept me chatting long enough to sit down and finish it.

Yes, I typed and glued and painted and typed... 

but it was worth it. I do really like the end result.

And I don't say that too often.

I have always been fascinated by mermaids as a child. 

Perhaps it was my love for the cartoon

The Little Mermaid

that started my obsession (for lack of better word. I am not really obsessed, lol)

Anyway, I love drawing, coloring and creating mermaids.

They are whimsical, mysterious and fun. 

I hope you enjoy my mermaid drawings / creations too. 

Here is a card I created using one of my 

newest drawings:

MEMORY- mermaid

My image was colored using Prismacolor Markers

and Copic Markers

Cardstock: PTI Kraft

Designer papers: the girls paperie: paper girl

All that glitters:

mini glitter stars, SU rhinestones, Aleen's paper glaze, creative inspirations

paint: Fairy dust, gold smooch, WOW SC glitter: Chocolate, gold glass micro beads. 

The full mermaid digi release can be found at Freshly Brewed Challenges. 

If you haven't seen the DT's AMAZING work yet -

you will have to stop by and check out 

POST DAY 1

POST DAY 2

and

POST DAY 3

You also have a chance to WIN a Digi from the release 

just by commenting!

                      Thank you for stopping by today.

                                        I hope you have a beautiful and blessed day!

                                                                            Heather

Challenges:

SSW2: SKETCH
Word Art Wed: AG - (used Stars)
Fab 'n' Funky  Movie-inspired

Simon Says Stamp -  Sparkle

{Pin}spirational W - Photo Inspiration

The Sun is Shining - Let's Hit the Beach!

Good Morning!

I am so happy to get to stop in and share this card with you.

Fresh Brewed Designs is sponsoring the Fussy and Fancy challenge,

and I had time to create a card for it! WOOHOO!!!

Their DT member, Laila, chose this lovely photo as their inspiration piece:

and this is where my creativity took me...

to a tropical escape with our digital stamp:

SUNBATHING GRANNY

For this card, I used a mix of scrap papers, lots of frantage, fruit punch pink stickles, 

clear acrylic paper, white sequins, a MFT Wave diecut, prismacolor markers, and copic markers.

The trim and flowers were from my stash.. I have had them for YEARS!!!

See how shimmery and gorgeous Granny is?!? 

Even her hair has touches of shine that I added with a blonde looking smooch paint. 

I am sending this card to my granny to let her know I am thinking of her :)

Hope to see you play along at Fussy and Fancy!

Have a happy and blessed day.       

                                         Heather

Snowflakes Everywhere

Good Morning!

I have a few fun cards to share with you from our  

Fresh Brewed Designs NEW DIGI RELEASE. 

first up is a card I created with our NEW DIGI:

SNOW

Walkin' in a pink, pretty, sparkly, winter wonderland! :)
 

Again, I really had fun bringing her to life. 

Her hair has been fun to color ....

*remember  my card earlier in the week with her purple hair?* 

 and I LOVED adding all of the sparkly glitter and felt. 

This was a fun card to create. It feels so long since

I have been able to create something just because I wanted to and had time :)

This next card was created using the NEW DIGI

NOEL - SNOWMAN

 

When I started drawing this one, I had no idea where I was going with it, 

as is often how it goes when I am sketching. I created the 'NOEL' then the 

standing snowman... then the rest just happened! lol!

I LOVE the sparkle of snow. There is something magical about looking at it.

It is one of those moments that you know God created something spectacular, 

just for you. It is so beautiful to look at it just glistening like a bed of white glitter.

And knowing, just like He created us, each and every single snowflake is special and unique. 

I want to take a moment to say THANK YOU and I LOVE YOU :)

to those special 'snowflakes' in my life *you know who you are because I tell you all the time ;)*

I thank God for you every day and am so happy to have you in my life.

I am also thanking Him for the NEW Snowflakes He sends down ever so often. 

You all touch my heart in such a special way. I can't even describe how blessed I am! 

Here are all of our NEWEST Digis:

We have a holiday hoopla event coming up as well as

a DT Call over at Freshly Brewed Challenges. 

Stop by and read more about it HERE

(there is a link up and a chance to win!) 

We are also having a Design Team Call at Freshly Brewed Challenges {read more here}

Card 1

Stampin' Royalty - C3 - #205  Snowflakes

Papercraft Star -  5C - #169 Photo insp*
Inspired by: Photo Insp 



Card 2
Papertake Weekly W-  Anything Goes
Fab 'n' Funky - 1E, C10 - #196  Frost 
Creative Knockouts: Christmas Splendor  
Crafty Ribbons: spots or stripes
Paper Crafting Journey: Christmas time 

Take time to RELAX

Good Morning!

It's time for a NEW PRIZE CHALLENGE at

FRESHLY BREWED CHALLENGES!

Woot woot!

We are challenging everyone this month to show us their creations

featuring the Beach or Ocean and Glitter.

{{GO HERE to play along}}

For my card, I did something I have never ever ever done

before. I printed the image where it was centered on my card, 

colored it in and added some glitter. 

 THAT'S IT!!!

{Relax Digital Stamp}

I can't think of a time I have

NEVER added designer paper OR a cut out or framed image. 

It still makes a nice statement and was a lot of fun to create. 

I printed this image onto Papertrey Inc white cardstock

I then colored this image with a variety of prismacolor, sharpie 

and copic markers. The glitter is by American Craft:

SPARK! - Peacock

Thank you for stopping by. I hope you have a very blessed day.

challenges:
Just Inspirational Challenges  Photo Inspiration* 

Glitter!

Good morning!

It is time for a Fresh Brewed Designs Caffeine Crazy Challenge!

What is that you ask?

It is a 24 hour challenge we host every 5th Saturday of the month. 

This month we are wanting to see some FBD GLITTERY CREATIONS!

I created this card in hopes to inspire you to get all your messy glitter out

and just have fun!

 Skinny Minnie's Coffee Break Rubber Stamp

I used stickles to add sparkle ALL OVER this fun and simple card. 

*cotton candy, fruit punch, and green*

on the bird

*stardust and eucalyptus*

I kept this layout pretty clean and simple. The paper was actually a piece with a double image just as you see here. I cut the paper in half and then removed the inside of the red square to create the frame. 

The pieces I cut from the middle became shudders. A little scoring, sanding, gluing and glittering and voila!

Here she is. A very sweet and simple feel good card!

This amazing paper was gifted to me by Rhonda and the little wooden bird

was tucked inside of a birthday card from Vanessa.

Thank you for stopping by today!

Be sure to stop in and check out our 24 hour challenge 

and play along for your chance to win at Fresh Brewed Designs!

We also want to remind you of our SALE going on NOW! 

Get your stamps while they are CHEAP!

Almost ALL rubber stamps are on sale - check it out by clicking on the image below.  

Have a blessed day.

Heather

Simon Says Stamp and Show: wood

Get Inky! - Glitter

Pause, Dream, Enjoy ) Use Foam Tape

Fusion Card: Photo Insp