5 Days of Christmas Digi Release DAY 5

GOOD MORNING!!!

It's THE week you have been waiting for!

 Fresh Brewed Designs (that's me!) 

has been releasing their NEW Christmas digital stamps

ALL WEEK LONG.

And today is the LAST Day!!!

We have some SWEET and SASSY images to share with you on 

this last day of our release. 

Here are the newest digis:

And here are the ones I created using for today's release!

PRETTY LITTLE REINDEER

with Jingle Jangle Jingle sentiment

MRS. CLAUSE

PRETTY LATTE CHRISTMAS

and Java Merry Little Christmas Sentiment

SASSY SNOWGIRL

and warm and cozy Christmas sentiment 

SNOWFLAKE MERMAID WITH BABY

and Winter Wonderland Sentiment 

WHEW!!! That was a lot of pics!!!

Thank you for stopping by. I have a SUPER BUSY day today, but will be

back later to edit and add materials and things like that. 

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

My Day #3 Post

My Day #4 Post

Have a happy day!

Heather

a few challenges

Card 1

Jingle Belles: Creatures

poppy card sketch #16

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 ;)

Card2

fab n funky: Christmas

Simon Says Monday - treats

Card 3

paper minutes: Christmas red

Card 4

simon says stamp wed - ag

southern girls - get wordy

Card 5

Fusion card sketch

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

Merman - Watercolor

OK, so I don't draw many male images... but when I

was sketching up my new mermaid digis, I decided they 

HAD to be made. I drew my not so skinny guy, Merlin, 

and then his companion, Myrtle. Then I decided to make a more

'handsome' merman. I always have a harder time drawing men, but

was happy with the way he came together. 

I visited splitcoast stampsers and saw that they are challenging 

us over at the mixability challenge to use the SPARKLING WATERCOLORS technique. 

I created my background paper using crayola watercolor. I painted then crumpled the wet paper,  straightened it back out and let it dry. I then added crystal stickles, and

blue smooch. The sandy sea floor was made by adding

 Shabby White Frantage to the bottom of the image. 

Marinus Digital Stamp - Fresh Brewed Designs

My digital stamp, Marinus, was colored with Copic and prismacolor makers 

then painted over with creative inspirations paint: fairy dust.

I do think this project would have looked better as a tag, 

but I ran out of time. :(

Thank you for stopping by!

Please check out our digital stamp relase post HERE 

for your chance at winning a digi from the release. 

You have until 11:59 PM TONIGHT, August 9,  to play along. 

Have a very blessed day!

                                    Heather

Challenges: 

Simon Says Stamp -  Sparkle
Allways Something Creative -   Water
101: Watercolor -No. 3 - Fun Time with Watercolor (any watercolor project)

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

FBD Digi Release - August - WAVES OF FUN

Good Morning!

Can you believe it is time for another fun digi release

from

FRESH BREWED DESIGNS?

I am the owner, and I still can't believe it :)

This summer has flown by, so I decided to create several new mermaid digital stamps

to hopefully capture one last glimpse of the magic it brings.

For my cards, I chose to create with 

MALUHA and MARISOL

First up is MARISOL

*one name meaning: loneliness

I LOVE her! Don't you?

I am so critical of myself when drawing / sketching things.

She was one of those that just HAPPENED.

The pencil drew her and I watched her be created.

Coloring my own images is a whole different experience.

I think that my mind gets away from the fact that I actually drew her, 

then focuses on bringing the image (Marisol in this instance)

to life. I really enjoyed coloring her, adding the touches of glitter, 

seashells, and gold glass beads. 

{Here is a closer look of the glass beads}

The background paper was also fun to create. 

I got out my kids old crayola watercolor and went to town!

I was flinging paint and splattering it and having so much fun.

THEN I came back into the kitchen to wash my hands and found

that I had splattered paint up the entire wall, all over the cabinets and

UNDER the cabinets as well. OOPS!! Thankfully it wiped right up :)

While the paint was still wet, I added salt to create the distressed look, let it 

dry, then added spots of glitter and some gold frantage. 

Now it is time to meet

MALUHIA

*name meaning: Peace, serenity 

I kept in the same color families when shading this image.

I chose a charcoal grey for the background to give it a dreamier, sort of

dusky feel. The paper was created the same was as the first. 

The sentiment is a rub on.  

Here is a photo of the sparkle and glass beads.

Thank you so much for stopping by!

I do hope you will visit our CHALLENGE BLOG to check out

all of the fantastic creations from our DT and GUESTS, Vanessa and Jeannie!

Stop by the shop to see ALL of the new releases.

Have a blessed day, 

Heather

Sunshine Sparkles

  Good  Morning!

I don't know how the weather is where you live, but

we will be hitting some very high temps here today. 

The worst thing is the heat index and humidity. 

Guess we will be packing LOTS of water for my little girls

dance showcase rehearsal!

(all week long!)

I have a simple summery creation to share with you today. 

My card featured  the Fresh Brewed Designs rubber stamp

CORDELIA IN SAND

 

 

 

I used some scrap papers from my stash for this card. 

The card base and sand that Cordelia is sitting on  was

spritzed and painted with tattered angles silver glimmer mist. 

She was colored using copic and prismacolor markers.

The waves were created using a MFT Diecut and the clouds

are from a PTI Diecut. 

Here is a photo to show off the way the waves and papers pop off of the card base. 

It also shows off  her sparkly highlights created with eucalyptus stickles.

 

 

 

 

BEFORE YOU GO I WANTED TO SHARE THIS WITH YOU 

**FRESH BREWED DESIGNS is offering a SPECIAL DEAL just for you!

Use the code - wowfbd - at checkout to receive 50% off all of your digital stamps

now through June 16th!**

HAPPY SHOPPING 

 

 

Have a happy and blessed day!

Heather

End of Summer

I can not believe that August is almost over!
Where does time go? WOW!

 At Freshly Brewed Challenges we are trying to keep summer here a little bit longer with a new challenge.
The challenge this week is themed : End of Summer

I have two projects to share with you. I will start with the one I like then move on to the one I Dont like :D

First up is Mermaid Play 

I used the following stamps for this card: 

Mermaid Play Digi and Smile rubber sentiment

This card really just came together this morning. I had the image colored for a while, 

but after my disaster of a project that I created for this challenge, I knew I had to create something else. 

I pulled her out this morning, looked for a sketch, found one at Crazy 4 Challenges and voila! here she is!

Don't you love that sparkly ocean? I have had that glittery paper in my scrap box for about 6 years and never used it. I was happy to pull it out and cut it out with my MFT die today :)

Next up is the disaster. 

 

I handdrew the bg, then stamped a few extra stamps on it. 

{{ Beach Accessories Rubber Stamp,  Palm Tree Rubber Stamp, Cordelia in Sand Rubber Stamp}}

I had already had the mermaid stamped, cut and colored in a box just waiting to be used. I should have placed her down before I colored the sea around her. Big oops there. I colored everything but the mermaid and the sky with sharpie markers. The paper on this frame soaked the ink up FAST so I did not keep going over it to try to make it look smooth. It would have just used too much ink. I thought by adding glossy accents over the ENTIRE frame and then sprinkling a light dusting of fine glitter it would make it better. It did, but I still hate it (GRIN). 

The poem was found here: and printed off of a word document.

I created the frame with a few layers going inside and layered using pop dots. I first put on the clear acrylic cardstock, then the blue framed poem. This project has potential, and could have been a lot prettier, but I goofed it up too many times :D There was no hope!

Thank you for stopping by. 

I hope you will check out our new challenge and be sure to stop by startring Monday for more fun! 

Monday we have our Special Brew of the Month, Wednesday will be a new DIGI release and a new month long prize challenge and our rubber release hop is just around the corner! Lots of fun things to get excited about and to look forward to here at Fresh Brewed Designs!!!

Heather 

Challenges for these cards include

Pin-spirational challenge: Mermaid photo challenge

Crazy 4 Challenges Sketch (Card 1)

Anything Goes Challenge - Make your own background

Crafty Cardmakers - Seaside 

The Paper Girls Get Messy

Truly Madly Crafty Challenges - Summer Fun 

 

She Sells Seashells by the Seashore

I am back today with a few fun little cards featuring some new sea friend digis just released to 

Fresh Brewed Designs.   

First up is a clean and simple card that shows off our sweet little 

Handsome Hermit Crab Digi. 

 This CAS card was created using the sketch at LESS IS MORE

I colored my little crabs using prismacolor and copic markers. The sentiment is from basicgrey 

faithful friend clear stamp set. I embossed the bottom of the card using the swiss dots folder. 

all papers are by papertrey inc. 

This next card is featuring the new 

Sassy Seahorse Digi and Digi Paper

I used the seahorse digi paper, papertrey inc black, sharpie pink markers and some black tulle for this card. 

This card follows the sketch at CPS - Card Sketches 

Next up is a very special card. 

My daughter created this card using the new 

Mermaid in Love digi. 

She made her hair look like a rainbow!!! 

I was so happy when I saw this card. It is so bright and cheerful and fun. 

 she is entering it into our FRESHLY BREWED MONTH LONG PRIZE CHALLENGE: photo insp

 Thank you so much for stopping by today! 

I hope you have a very blessed and wonderful day. 

 

Under The Sea

Good morning!

I have a fun, clean and simple card to share with you today.

This card was created using the digi: Cordelia Waits

I was looking through my digis with my little girl and she wanted to color them all! 

So we printed as many as she wanted and started coloring. 

I added lots of shimmer with Inspirations Paint and glossy accents. 

I love purple and yellow together. I think they just have so much energy 

and are just give a very happy vibe (so to speak)  when paired together.

This cards works for our current UNDER THE SEA challenge 
 and our MONTH LONG PRIZE CHALLENGE: Summertime

Thank you for stopping by today!

Here are a few things you don't want to forget about: 

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Summer

Cordelia in the Sand Rubber Stamp + Fairy Dust Inspirations Paint

Last Days of Summer

by Ellen Ni Bheachain

Whatever the way the summer days end,
In the type of summer is how it has been,
Whether a good one or bad one,
The last days of summer,
Can be sad or happy endings,
As each season ends,
With another one beginning,

The summer could have been,
Miserable yet,
Sun scorching us everyday,
And sunlight shining on all our faces,
It is how it is,
Out there where all is seen,
In,
Summer days of fun,
Summer days of love,
Summer days of seeing,
Summer days of been,
Out and about where summer is,

And when summer came and went?
With a mundane feeling that it left?
Was the last days of summer,
And the begining of another,
Autumn as we know it,
Fall in other places,
Where the ending of one season shows,
By the decaying of it,
When Autumn Fall shows,

Where we will wrap up and snuggle,
With warm cuppas drinks,
With a book,
Or,
Catch up on watching films,
Yet,
Still,
Musing over the summer days,
Of sunshine memories,

Now,
Warm hats and gloves,
With rustle leaves,
That rustle beneath,
Our feet as we walk,
Through the park,
And see,
The summer leaves turn,
To autumn shades,
Taking in,
The last days of summer,

Reflecting,
And remember,
The falls of Autumn's,
Is the signs of summer,
That has ended,
And minglings with,
All that falls,
From the summer ending,
To autumn beginnings,
Is the,
Decaying,
Of summer,
To regrow itself,
For next season's of summer,
When it begins again,

Yet,
In between,
There's,
Autumn,
Winter,
Spring,
Till,
Again,
Last days of summer,
And all in bloom again.

Cordelia in the Sand Rubber Stamp + Fairy Dust Inspirations Paint

I know that poem was sortof long. I skimmed through several, but this one stuck with me :)
I hope you enjoyed reading over it. I really thought it fit this card. The colors, while still beach themed, remind me of the first of autumn with all of the golden hues.

I stamped my mermaid on PTI cardstock, colored her with prismacolor markers, and painted over her with Fairy Dust Inspirations paint. While the paint was still wet, I poured extra fine glitter by Martha Stewart over the entire image to give it a brilliant shimmer. Almost as if the sea spray is all around her glimmering in the evening sun.



this card was created for the following challenges
Eat Sleep Stamp Sketch 
Creative Inspirations Paint: Lots of layers
Cupcake Inspiratons: colors
Fashionable Stamping Challenge: Ribbon or lace
Pile it on: Girls just want to have fun