FBD May Rubber Stamp Release & Blog Hop

Welcome to
 Fresh Brewed Designs 
May Rubber Stamp Release and Blog Hop! 

We are so happy to have you hopping along with us today!

If you are just arriving to the hop, you will want to go back
 to the start at Freshly Brewed Challenges.

If you are getting here from Linda's blog 
then you are good to go! One major thing has changed in our hops.
We will no longer be having a 3 day, hop filled weekend.
We are shortening it to a ONE DAY HOP!!!
That's right!
If you want to hop, today is THE day!
This hop will close on Tuesday the 21st at 8 AM EST.

We were all patient and didn't spill the beans about this release,
but hopefully you got the hint!CALLING ALL COFFEE LOVERS,
this release is for you!

I am so happy to  introduce to you the newest addition to the FBD rubbah stamp family:

Skinny Minnie Coffee Break 
with Sentiments Stamp Set

 materials:
PTI cardstock, American Craft DP: I do hydrangeas
copic & prismacolor markers, the girls paperie ribbon: maggie
vellum, scrap papers, button from stash, Spellbinders die

{Challenges}
The Play Date Cafe
Deconstructed Sketch No. 101   

For this hop ONLY she will be on sale

for $7.00 {cling mounted}

Tomorrow morning at 8 am est, she will go 

back to her regular price of $9.00

 {Click on the image above to be taken to the shop}

 
Thank you so much for hopping with us!

I hope you have enjoyed your time here at my blog. 

This is the LAST HOP STOP!

Be sure to like us on facebook and share the special image on our page

for a chance to WIN A PRIZE!!! 

 

Here is the full hop order :

Freshly Brewed Challenges Blog
Vanessa
Celeste
Sheryl
Yolanda
Linda
Heather

Welcome Winter

Well... that was not so much of a happy title as it is sarcastic. I like Fall and Spring weather, but I don't like it when it is so freezing cold! and I am a baby compared to some of you because it is 35 degrees here and I am walking around like I am an ice cube. The main thing I hate is how the heat running all night makes us all unable to breathe the next day... or at least for a few hours ;). 

The kids are up.  One got up around 8 saying he has the flu but will still do school... ate breakfast and then decided that his flu was so bad he could not do school either. He is now in bed unable to get up or play or watch tv. He is being made to rest and lay there and will get hot broth for lunch. He thinks I am kidding, but if he continues to lay there that is exactly what will happen! ;) My daughter crawled out of bed at 9 walking around like the living dead but says she is ready for school, lol. She went straight to the table with her pjs on, hair all a mess and one eye halfway open saying "It's 9. Time for school." in a voice that was somewhat sarcastic and weird because she knows I let her eat breakfast and get dressed first. These kids. I KNEW they would pull stuff on the first day of school. The other days they were getting up at 7 raring to go, happy and playing. Silly kids!!! OK, so I admit. I have been rushing so much I am not ready for it to start either. Deep Breath. It felt good to let that out :D lol!!!

On to my card. I was inspired by the Papercraft Star challenge: Winter theme. I used my new Fresh Brewed Designs image Front Door with Wreath for this card. I kept the shades cool blues and blue greys to make it feel more wintery. I thought of making the door red, but am glad I kept it sortof muted. The l topiaries and wreath are covered in snow and the family inside is warm by the fire reading stories together :D.

Our new challenge at Freshly Brewed challenges is to use something new. I purchased this nestie die just a few weeks ago, so it is still new to me. The ribbon, flower and button were gifted to me and I have been hoarding them, and the image is a new digi I created just a few days ago. 

I am off to brew another pot of coffee and take over the world... or my home at least.

School, laundry, cooking, fighting with the kids. 

Yep - I am ready for it. I hope! HAHAHA!!!

Have a blessed and happy day!

Heather

A FUN DAY FRIDAY...

A FUN DAY FRIDAY...

We could all use one of those, right?!?!

Well, it was fun for me because I cant sleep in when I am sick .. so waking up early this morning gave me the opportunity to create with the newly {just yesterday} released digi, Crafty Gal. Newly released you ask? Yes, we released 4 new cakes yesterday and 6 fun, sweet, and sassy gals

Be sure to  stop by and check out them all at the NEW! Hot out of the Press section.

I chose to use the sketch at Eat Sleep Stamp for this card. I was sooo sad (but totally understand the need for a break, esp during this time of the year) that this is the last sketch of the year. WAHH!!! What will I do without my weekly ESS sketch?!?! I know I have not been able to participate in them all, but man do I try!

This sketch was really fun to work with. I honor of it being the last challenge of the year, I even added a calendar with every Thursday marked with ESS on it :D  Thank you for the inspiration and fun Tracy!

*edited to add - I just stopped by Tracys blog and see that her father has passed away today, his 60th birthday. Please remember her and her family in your prayers*

A lovely lady named Chriss at Scrappin' with Chriss and Lou suggested to me yesterday a girl crafting in her pjs and wearing bunny slippers. I LOVED the idea (And have to admit I have wanted to make one a long time ago, but the mojo just wasn't flowing for her) I say all good things come to those who wait, because I am really happy with the way she turned out. I always craft in my pjs (which usually include yoga pants and a tee :D or my sock monkey flannels) lol!) 

Thank you for stopping by today!

DON'T FORGET TO GET OUT YOUR FBD DIGIS AND STAMPS AND CREATE ANYTHING YOU WANT AND ADD IT TO THE LINK HERE WITH FBD AFTER YOUR NAME TO  BE ENTERED TO WIN OUR CUSTOMER APPRECIATION BLOG CANDY!!!

You're My Cup of Tea!!!

Something NEW is brewing at FBD today!!!

I had a special request to make a few tea themed images .. simple and sweet... so this is what I came up with:

There are 4 new images in the shop today! I hope you will have time to stop by and check them out :)

http://freshbreweddesigns.com/ or http://www.freshbreweddesigns.com/category_64/Tea.htm

Hope you have a TEA-riffic day :D hehehe

Want a treat with your tea? Stop by and join our group at The Latte Lounge and see what it will be :)

Also, we are still waiting to hit 30 members at Simply Scrapping Crafts so we can share a FREEBIE with you!!! Stop in and join these groups for more inspiration, updates, freebies, challenges and fun!!!

materials:

Papertrey Inc yellow cardstock, BG Paper: RAK from my sweet friend Rhonda, Tea Time Teacup digital stamp: FBD, prismacolor markers, bazzil brown cardstock, printed sentiment

Challenges: Inspirational card Sketches, Paper Minute: quadruples, Spoon Full of sugar: flower power,

Fresh Brewed March Prize Challenge

(If you are already hopping... you can find my post HERE)

Before I share what I made for this month's challenge I wanted to remind everyone we have a BLOG HOP going on!!! Yes, Fresh Brewed Designs released 7 new rubber stamps yesterday and are very excited to share them with you. You have until Friday at midnight to hop and if you do, you could win this: or two of the other prizes being given away by 2 special hop stops. All of the blogs are hyperlinked directly to this post(The hop Start), so keep this window up unless you like scrolling and searching ;)
This months challenge at Freshly Brewed Challenges is perfect for spring.

We are asking you to use
PINK and PAPER PIECING
You can enter the challenge up to 5 times, using a FBD image doubles your chances to win each time you enter. You CAN also combine this challenge with any of the other FBD challenges for the month and any other challenge you wish to enter :)

For my card I used Cutie Pie in Flowers
(one of the rubber stamps released yesterday)

Everybody-Art-Challenge - Spring
Paper Take Weekly - Anything goes + something old (flower petal trim for butterfly)
Scrap-Creations - Kids
Die Cut Dreams (2W) - Spring garden scene
Crazy Challenge (2E) - Here comes spring
Craft Your Passion - Girly
Incy Wincy Designs - spring is in the air
Lexi's Creations (2W) - Flowers
Lawnscaping (2W) - NO DIGS and Paper piecing
My Partner in Crafting Crime (2W) - Baby
Challenge Up Your Life (2W) - Fairytales
Crafty Emma - Flowers and Flutterbys
Crazy 4 Challenges (JFF) - Flowers
One Stop Craft - Spring Flowers
Fab 'n' Funky - (C10) - spring
ABC Challenge - (C5) - P is for Pink

I created this card using
K&Company DS paper,
MME gingham paper,
flower petals shaped and sewn into a butterfly,
prismacolor markers,
and the newly released
Fresh Brewed Designs rubber stamp Cutie Pie in Flowers.

I used the Eat Sleep Stamp sketch 119 as inspiration for this card.

I hope you will get the chance to play along in this
challenge this month AND hop with us! Have a beautiful day!

Sweet Tooth and a Sweet Deal!

Due to my issues with my old email **sniff**, I will not be adding the newest images to the shop until sometime next week. I am giving you all a special price on these new and old images in one limited time set. If you are interested in
purchasing the set of 16 images for $30 (saving you $18) or any single images at $3,

UPDATE!!! Yahoo contacted me and we got everything worked out!! WAHOO!! you can now still contact me at my old email: freshbreweddesigns AT yahoo DOT com

Thanks!

set includes:

1 Candy Corn Pirate and Ballerina

2 Candy Corn Yummy

3 Candy Corn Spider Girl

4 Candy Corn Spooked

5 Candy Corn Trick or Treat

6 Dr. Corn Mad Scientist

7 Frankencorn

8 Bride of Frankencorn

9 EEEk the Candy Corn bat

10 The Corny Family

11 The Sweetest Mummy

12 PumpCorn

13 Candy corn Tower

14 Mr. Corn

15 Mrs. Corn

16 Just Say No

Thanks so much. I cant wait to see what you think of the new Candy Corn images