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

YES! I HAVE COFFEE!!!

Who are we kidding?

I ALWAYS have coffee! 

~hehehehehe~

Yesterday was a busy busy day. 

I was able to have a half day of school with the kids, clean out the bathrooms, fridge, 

both freezers, cabinets, wash about 5 loads of clothes AND put them away, sweep, 

vacuum, and mop! AND cook a big dinner... AND be a gracious host to a not so 

well mannered and gracious little girl from the neighborhood, lol!

I really wanted to stay in bed this morning (or go back to bed after my hubby left for work at 5:30) 

 but also wanted to get up and create 

and share the card I was able to make yesterday with you....

so crafting won! Sleep can be made back up tonight.

Early yesterday morning I got out my 

SHE LOVES LATTES 

Fresh Brewed Designs Rubber Stamp Set

and got to work.

I had stamped this latte loving lady on a papertrey inc coaster just to see how

it would color. I pressed a little too hard when stamping her, so the ink lines

are thicker in some areas than they normally would be... but I still

sort of liked it... and I didn't want to waste another, so I colored her up...

ink blotchy and all. Hey, we can't all be perfect all of the time, right?

Her dress, shoes, and latte cup are coated 

 in COTTON CANDY STICKLES.

She was colored up using prismacolor and copic markers. 

The inside is decorated using some scraps left over from the front

and has been spritzed with Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist: Viva Pink

I used the following papers for this project:

Papertrey inc Coaster, Kraft, and White cardstock

KI Memories Groovy Photo Mat Stack

scrap dark brown

extras: Twinery Twine: Flax

This card was created for the following challenges:

THE FUSION CARD CHALLENGE

(both the sketch and photo inspiration) 

All That Stickles: Cotton Candy Link Up Party

Sentimental Sundays - For a Special Woman 

My Time to Craft -Show Us the Inside...decorate the inside to match the outside

Hop Day 3

SCROLL DOWN THROUGH TWO HOP POSTS and get a freebie sentiment

 or CLICK HERE for my FIRST BLOG HOP POST!!!

Good Morning!!! 

I hope your week has started off with smiles and warm happy feelings. 

I have one last project to share with you for our 

Fresh Brewed Designs Rubber Stamp Release

This tag was created using the new rubber stamp

Beautiful Bride

This tag was super easy to create, but I think it still has mega wow factor. 

Can't you see it on a bridal shower gift or on  your party favors?

I used my nesties to cut out the lacy scalloped circle, the white circle was cut on my cricut. 

The charm was one I have had in my stash for years now. The ribbon is from May Arts I believe. 

Everyone that hops will receive a 30% off code for their next digi order. 

Everyone who purchases the MAY kit will receive a code for 50% off their next digi order.

Read more at the challenge blog HERE

It is the last day...

..........to HOP!!!

Yes, we just released our NEW RUBBAH for April this weekend at Fresh Brewed Designs!

To start the hop go {{HERE}} You have until midnight tonight to have a chance to win prizes and get your rubber stamp dealz we are offering. 

The card I created for you today is one using the NEW stamp

Surprise

 For this card I used the sketch found at Random Acts of Creativity

materials used: a LOVELY set of 12 copic markers I received from a friend for my birthday (that was a shocker! let me tell you!!! WOW!!! aren't they gorgeous?!?!), some trim I received from another friend as a bday gift, yellow lattice paper by DCWV Lemon Flower stack, purple and yellow paper is Funky Vintage Ruby Collection by MakingMemories, oval spellbinders , floral doily motifs spellbinders, vellum, glossy accents, sentiment by SU.

the other stamp we  released this weekend at Fresh Brewed Designs is called 

A Gift For You

 and you can find our package deals {{HERE}}

Next on my list for you today is a set of ATC's I made for a swap. 

This is my FIRST time making ATC's and I am not sure if they are ok or not. They are quite plain... 

I get nervous when I try something for the first time :(

The theme of the swap was EGGS so this is what I went with. 

I used the Fresh Brewed Designs Digital Stamp: Birds Nest

and printed my verse on vellum. 

The images are colored with prismacolor markers

I used Bazzil Navy cardstock and the designer papers used are scrap

I hope everyone likes them!!!

Thank you for stopping by today!

I hope you have a beautiful and blessed week ahead!

HUGS!!!
Heather

Challenges for these cards include

1)Stampin Sisters in Christ: Vellum, Random Acts of Creativity: Sketch, Paper Sundaes: Anything Goes, Stamptacular Sunday: Anything Goes, Creative Copic Challenge: yellow, Sweet Stampin: Girly But No Pink, 4 Crafty Chicks: fabric or material, Cute Card Thursday: Spring Flowers, Scrapbook Sisters: anything goes, Simon Says Stamp: April Showers bring FLOWERS, Color Throwdown: Purple, yellow, brown, green

2) Stampin Sisters in Christ: Vellum, Creative Inspirations Paint: Spring, Crafty Calendar: Eggs,ATC's with Attitude: Anything Goes

Craft Time!!!

Happy Friday everyone!

I hope you all have a fun weekend ahead of you. 

 I know several of you are getting or will be getting your new FBD Rubbah in the mail! (woot woot)

I created this card with the just released rubber stamp

Crafty Girl

This card follows our current challenge

Date and Time theme

Be sure to come back Monday for our Special Brew of the Month 

This card follows these challenges
Eat Sleep Stamp : Sketch

Brrrr...

well,  I wish it was a little cooler anyway. 

I am pretty sure it reached 90 degrees again today ..

but we are hopefully getting some cooler weather in the next few days

This card is a quick and simple little card I created using the sketch at I heart to stamp - I heart sketches.

Cutie Pie Ice Skating Rubber Stamp

I used atd cardstock stack for this entire card. I usually mix and match, but not this time :)

I used my snowflake cuttlebug embossing folder and a lacy circles nestability die. I took some tulip snow paint and traced around the inside circle of the die, although it is hard to see it good in this picture. 

I am off for some coffee and an early trip to bed. 

Thanks for stopping by! 

See you all tomorrow!!! :)

Here is a video of my little man singing about his recent tooth loss if you wish to see it :D
hehehehehe!!! 

Keep it SIMPLE!

 **IF you are looking for the DIVAS HOP please scroll down**

That is what we are doing this week at Freshly Brewed Challenges!

We want to see your beautiful and simple cards. 

I know I like to keep a stash of cards that have fewer layers and less embellies to mail out if I need one. 

However, I admit, this card WAS hard for me to make :D

I love my layers and popped images and dimension. 

   

 Knit and Purl Girl Rubber Stamp

I created this card using Making Memories dot paper, Papertrey inc black and white  card stock, American Craft button, Pima flower, Spellbinders Nestabilities Lacy Circles, prismacolor markers, white grosgrain ribbon from clear dollar stamps and a newly released Fresh Brewed Designs Rubber Stamp: Knit and Purl Girl.

Stop by Freshly Brewed Challenges this week and play along!

**DON'T FORGET!!!**

Tomorrow is our Save the hOOters BLOG HOP!

I do hope you will plan to hop with us as well as spread the word. 

This hop is not about prizes, but to help raise awareness, spread smiles and show support. 

I hope you all have a wonderful and blessed day. 

hope to see you tomorrow!

One ore thing!

Today starts the Feline Playful Party!! Be sure to stop by and check it out!
Fresh Brewed Designs is one of their sponsors :D

D.I.V.A.S. Blog Hop

 Good Morning and thank you for joining us at the DIVAS blog hop.

If you are getting here from Cindy Grigiski's gorgeous blog  then you are right on track. If not you need to go back to the start the the fantabulous and beautiful and bestest all around  Carolyn at Kirei na Kami. 

My post today will be short and sweet. I have little ones getting ready for our day of school and my coffee pot just beeped and really really needs me like now!!! :D hehehe!

First off, I have to say, I love these DIVAS hops. Not only are they stress free :) but they are so inspirational and fun and I am blessed to be a part of it with such wonderful women. 

OK, on to my card:

All Dressed Up Rubber Stamp

I used ALL things that are 6 months old or older. These papers have been in my stash for a long time! I used the sketch at Mojo Monday for my inspiration as well as the fact that my dearest and bestest friend is having a birthday soon. I wish I could eat cake with her. sigh. I am gearing up my singing voice (yes, the one that sounds like the annoying bird on the Little Mermaid) and preparing a song just for her :D hehehe

This stamp is a newly released stamp (the only new thing on the card, promise!!!) to Fresh Brewed Designs. She is called All Dressed Up. I think she looks pretty happy about celebrating a birthday, don't you :D

Thanks for stopping by today. Next you will want to stop  and pay a visit to the so sweet Cheri Weston. 
I know she will have an amazing project to share with you.

I do have one announcement if you wish to read about it:

Tomorrow is our Save the hOOters BLOG HOP!

I do hope you will plan to hop with us as well as spread the word. 

This hop is not about prizes, but to help raise awareness, spread smiles and show support. 

Thanks again for stopping by! 

Have a very beautiful and blessed day! 

Happy Hopping!!!

challenges:
Crafty Sentiments   Happy Birthday
One Stop Craft     Girly
Stamp, Scrap and Doodle Saturdays  Make a Birthday creation
Stamps R Us    Birthday
2 Sisters - #57 Lets get Sentimental
Mojo Monday Sketch

       

Mask It Monday!

Candy Corn Girl Rubber Stamp (NEW RELEASE)

Good Morning!!!
If you know anything about me and my stamping (past to present) you will know that I have always LOVED masking my stamps and making fun scenes or different themes with them. I love paper piecing and playing with them. It is SO much fun!!!
Our Guest Designer from August,  Vanessa, seems to love to do it too... and has made me slow down and look at things a whole different way. This stamp for instance. I NEVER really thought to mask her. Then Vanessa stepped up to the plate with these ROCKIN cards:  Football theme , 3 different themed cards

I added a flower brad to her hair to hide the spider, I added flower soft over the candy corn (so I really did not truly mask this time, but close enough :D)  and voila!!! My DT and friends sent me a box of goodies this past week as a celebration for FBD turning 1 year old. I created this card with several of the goodies in the box. I had a fun pink plastic stencil that I took to my light box and embossed in layers then inked the paper, the fun fabric button, the white button, the sweet ribbon ... just looking at this card makes ME smile. Thank you again ladies!!!

We have had our shop and rubber for a year now! can you believe it? I can't!!! There will be parties and things to follow... be watching and waiting for NOVEMBER. That is our PARTY month at Fresh Brewed Designs!! :) .. and if you have been a customer this past year. . you will not want to miss it..... and that is all I Can tell you for now :D

**Freshly Brewed REMINDERS**

FOOTBALL challenge going on NOW!!!

Month long Prize challenge use something NEW

We have a SALE going on NOW!!!

BREAST CANCER AWARENESS BLOG HOP THURSDAY September 22!!!!

and a fun link up party to spread Breast Cancer Awareness starts October 1st

Link up for Pink!

There are SO Many prizes and sponsors! in fact Yolanda told us this morning it was a whopping 

  70+ sponsors and $3,000 worth of giveaway

And FBD is one of them :)

Hope you all have a wonderful day today!

Thanks for stopping by!

Stamp with Fun - Anything Goes 
Dream Valley Challenges - 2W, 3E - (1st week) Buttons 
Paper Sundaes - 3E, C10 - Felt 
The Hybrid Chick Card Caravan - 2W - (1st week) Buttons (ends 30th Sent) 
Cupcake Inspirations - Photo Inspiration* 
One Stop Craft - #149 Girly 
Wee memories - C4,  #68 No patterned paper 

Are you ready for some FBC Football!!!

Notice that was not a question, it ended with exclamation points. No, you do not have a choice! :D hehehe!
I am a girl who likes the idea of football. I can sit and watch a REAL game and I support my husbands desire to watch it (more than I used to, lol) I know these names: Stephen Garcia, Brian Maddox, and Marcus Lattimore though I have no idea what they do or what position they play. (hmmm, maybe I am not as supportive as I thought, lol!!!)We take the kids out and play touch football from time to time. My little man just started playing flag football this year and will be on a team called 'Shock' :D so we are excited about that. In honor of all of these things and as a way to show my support, I decided to challenge everyone at Freshly Brewed Challenges to create a card using their (or a) teams colors. you do NOT have to make it football themed, but I had a lot of fun making mine.

My husband graduated from USC so of course we are  Gamecock fans!!!

All the way Baby! Huh!

 La Dolce Vita rubber stamp (masked to add football stamp)

I created my card with scrap papers, a little doodling and a whole lotta fun! I found this football stamp in my OLD stash. I actually got it for my son to make cards because he did not have any 'boy stamps' :)
I masked off La Dolce Vitas latte and cupcake and added the football. I think it makes for a fun and sassy football card, don't you :)

I hope you have a very happy and fun day today.
I am off for more coffee, school with the kids, cooking, then off to my daughters tap class,  home again, more coffee and then bed :D

HUGS!!!
               SMILES!!!!!

                               Heather

other challenges:
papercraft star: anything goes
Craft Your Passion - Use the "F" Word (football)

Sweet Heart

Good Morning my beautiful friends.
I have my coffee brewing and my fingers crossed that our day of school goes as smoothly as yesterdays :)
We were able to find a flag football team for my son to play on that seems to be a good one. It will be a bit of a drive, but is with a church and there seems to be no bullying allowed. I hope he enjoys it.

Today I have a few things to share with you. I am not sure about you all, but when I type too much all at once, my ring and index finger on my right hand starts to ache and actually twitch. I can't hardly stand it!!! it has been like that for a few days now. I feel it a little now, but not so much. I will try to be brief... but that is my problem I guess. I like to talk :D

First off, I want to share with you that Fresh Brewed Designs is sponsoring The City Crafter Challenge this week. The ladies there are so beautiful and so talented. Their challenge is a fun one!!! {{I heart you}}. To use hearts on your card. I actually had some Valentine themed epoxy hearts that went perfect with the papers I picked out. I  {{LOVE}} this paper!!! I got it from my sweet friend Carolyn for my birthday and will not {{LOVE}} it when I run out. She and I had just been talking about our paper stash and how we  vow to use and not hoard as much. I wanted to use this paper in a way you could SEE it and not hide it, and I think I did that. :)

I created this card with a NEWLY RELEASED RUBBER STAMP called Sweet As Pie. I love to paper piece her outfit and also love that she is very versatile. I tried to make the stamps where they were this time. Not too  many coffee themed ones :) but by golly they can be coffee themed if you want them to be :D hehehe!!! You KNOW I have to have coffee with my pie!!! ;)

Another thing I want to share with you is this amazing package(s) of goodies I got this past week from my DT and friends. I was literally so overwhelmed. I was NOT expecting this AT ALL and still don't know exactly what to say to express my thanks. The cards, goodies.. all of it was just wonderful and made me smile. What was the best feeling of all though was opening these boxes and literally feeling hugged. I have the best friends in the world and am just so completely blessed. I thank God for each of you every day!

and here is a pic of me from a few days ago, enjoying coffee and planning out a card using my new goodies. (I am still pretty sick here, but was able to taste again! wooo!!)

Be sure to check out the City Crafter Challenge

Also check out our Month Long Prize Challenge at Freshly Brewed Challenges

AND our NEW challenge goes live tomorrow!!!

Challenges for this card include:

City Crafter Challenge: Use Hearts

Card Positioning Systems: sketch

Make it Monday with Kraft Outlet - must include Kraft cardstock - Use a Sketch (any Sketch)

Crafting When We Can - 2W, 2E, C5 - (2nd week) Anything Goes  

The Hybrid Chick Card Caravan - 2W - Use Twine (ends 15th Sept)

Challenge Up Your Life - 2W, 1E - 1stW #52 Paperpiecing

One Stop Craft - #148 Food and Drink

*NEW* Show and Tell - 1E - Anything goes

   

Mocha Manic Monday and Countdown 3....

Good Morning!

I hope everyone has been enjoying their Monday off for Labor Day (if you get one :D)

At Fresh Brewed Designs it is MOCHA MANIC MONDAY!!!

are you scratching your head and wondering what in the world I am talking about?

Stop in at our Challenge blog and find out more!!!

I do have a real card to share with you today...

This card was created using the sketch provided this week at 

Eat Sleep Stamp 
 I am also entering this card into the Crafting When We can Challenge blog
Their first debut challenge started yesterday and Fresh Brewed Designs is their sponsor!!
Come play along!

I chose to use one of the images from the Jack Jack-o-Lantern set 

found in the shop under Holiday Digital stamps: Candy Corn -Halloween

Jack will also be making another debut soon! He will be paired up with one of the

NEW RUBBER STAMPS that you will see on Thursday at our release.

Hmmmm... I wonder which it will be :D

To create this card I used black cardstock, white PTI cardstock, sizzix embossing folder: Flower Vine, color box chalk ink in white, ribbon from stash, best occasion metal dots, prismacolor markers, and MME garden Vignettes patterned paper. 

NOW!!! Those of you who have been stopping in the past few days are waiting patiently for another PEEK! this will be the LAST peek of this card until I post it in full. 

WE ARE COUNTING DOWN!!!!

We are hopping in just 3 days!

Are YOU ready?

We have 9 stamps waiting to make their big debut! 

Will you be there to welcome them in?

ONE person will win an awesome prize!

Will that ONE person be YOU?

grab the badge!!!

SO here we go... 

I gave you a peek yesterday  .... the door slightly open and you could sortof see a girl???;)

and I promised another little teeny  peek further at the image / card... so here it is :)

wait for it.....

 wait for it. 

CCcCcrrrrRrrEEEeeeeeeeEEEeeaaaaaaakkkkKKKkk

OH MY.... our girl is really going incognito today!!!  :D
hehehe

I will have another peek to share with you tomorrow. 

It might be of a card, it might not! Mwahahahaha!!! 

But it will not be of her.... 

6 ... 5 ....4.... 3

Have a super wonderful happy day!

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

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

 

Private Island Getaway

For the NEW digi post featuring Gardening Granny go HERE

Sending a happy Hi to everyone visiting today!

I am soooooooooo bored! It is too hot to do anything. I have curtains pulled to block out the heat. My daughter and I have been playing with polly pockets (and drinking coffee and eating cookies :D) while Daddy and little man have been playing video games. While all that is good... I feel like the day has been wasted. 

we are off to see another free christian concert at the boardwalk tonight. Sidewalk Profits will be there tonight :). We really love their songs.

Now that I had bored you to death, lol!!! ;)

I will share my card with you. 

Fresh Brewed Designs rubber stamps

Sunbathing Beach Babe

Palm Tree

and

Inspirations Paints: Fairy Dust

This one was SO much fun to make. I used my favorite diecuts again :D

The MFT die-namics cloud  and the waves. I actually used the waves as a stencil this go round, so it was different :D that is good right? I stamped my Sunbathing Beach Babe Fresh Brewed Designs rubber stamp down first, then I stamped her another time, cut her and masked her off so I could stamp the palm tree 'behind' her. I drew in the sand and, voila, a private little island getaway :D

This image was so large, I did not use any detailed patterned paper because it would have been covered up anyway. I did use some leftover Martha Stewart dot paper to create the little tabs at the top and bottom of the framed image and some pink dot paper from k*i memories Juicy Summer. The sentiment comes from a clear stamp set by Dear Lizzy - American Craft. I stamped my FBD stamps with momento ink, colored them with Prismacolor markers and made them shimmer with Fairy Dust inspirations paint. There is even shimmer in the palm tree :)

I created this card for the Papercraft Star Challenge: Color theme and summer

(PS, they are having a Design team call right now! I LOVE PCS and know that you all do too, so why not try out for their team. If I had time, I know I would!! :)
They are so talented there... I know wouldn't make it ;) lol!!! Way out of my league IMHO!!! 

Thank you for stopping by today. I hope you enjoyed your visit and that this card makes you imagine you are on your own private beach somewhere :D

HUGS and SMILES and Happy Summer Days!

Heather

Challenges for this card include:

• Paper Sundaes - Beachy or summer
• Craft Your Days Away Summertime 
• Crafty Calendar -  July: Under The Sea  
• Sweet Stampin - Fashion
•  Stamp Something - include embellisment
• Fussy and Fancy - summer
• Colour Create  - cream, aqua, and plae pink
• Crafty Creations - seeing double

what will INSPIRE you?

This week at Freshly Brewed challenges we have a photo for you to use as your inspiration. I really liked the clean white look to this picture. The pops of navy just screamed classy summer. HOWEVER my cards did not turn out the way I had originally planned. I planned to use a lot of white space and probably will try to do that this week.... but ... for now.....


This is what you get :D

I still used the navy and light blue with a pop of orange. I created this cardw with bazzil cardstock, making memories Just Chillin paper, Beach Bums FBD rubber stamp, doodle pen white and black, kraft paper, chipboard stickers and Prismacolor markers. I cut the lemonade (or drink of choice) from her hand so it appears she is holding on to the surfboard. She really does look like she is ready to catch some waves, doesn't she?!?

Beach Bums rubber stamp

My sweet DT member Jeanette is taking a little break from posting, so I made an extra card for this challenge. I did not go with the 'beach theme' this go round. I actually saw that he challenge at Altered Alice was to go MAD, so I did! :D I used the same papers as mentioned above with the addition of the teapot. I used MME paper for it. His scarf is covered in orange fun flock and the flamingo is painted with tickled pink inspirations paints (which is on sale at the shop for a very limited time! in fact EVERYTHING in the shop is on sale from 15-20% off. Come check it out HERE) I cut the alpha letters with my cricut using the plantin schoolbook cartridge. I added some bling and doodle lines and voila! there you have it! A card fit for a HATTER... and a mAd one at that!

Hatter Maddness Digital Stamp
Plain Teapot Digital Stamp

I hope you will get to stop by Freshly Brewed challenges this week and play along! We also are sponsoring a few wonderful challenge blogs this week, so you will have EXTRA CHANCES to win FBD goodies!!!
Here they are:

Paper Creations Inc: Beach ThemeJune 20 This challenge will run until Thursday, June 30, 2011 at 7pm CS

Card Cupids: summer themed cardsJune 19th - Sunday June 26th until 11:59 PM

The Kid's Challenge at the Latte Lounge: (for kids) Dreaming of a Sunny Day

Inspirational Card Sketches: Sketch - June 21 - 27

AND if you are not a member of The Latte Lounge and / or Simply Scrapping Crafts, what are you waiting for??!?! When we hit 30 members at SSC I am giving away a freebie!!! We are VERY close. The month long challenge at TLL is almost over and the challenge at SSC has just begun! I hope to see your beautiful smiling faces over there sometime soon. It is alot of fun I tell ya! Even if I am spending alot of time talking to myself right now ;) it is alot of fun!! HEHEHE!!!

**EDITED TO ADD*** SSC is closing! IF you want to participate in the challenge there, I am allowing participants to email me their card / blog link for a chance to win AND all participants will receive a free digi. Here is the challenge:

The theme is BEACH DAY!!!And Here is the Sketch ~

rules: use a FBD stamp or digi ~ use the sketch AND/OR theme, email your creation to me by June 30th at freshbreweddesigns (AT) yahoo (DOT) com

HUGS and have a beautifully blessed day!

Did you know....

.......that Fresh Brewed Designs has a group over at Simply Scrapping Crafts? Yup! And today is the kick off of our FIRST ever Month long challenge ... and of course there is a prize up for grabs too! If you are not already a member and want to be, hop on over and join our group: FBD at SSC. Our challenge will be found in the discussion area of the group.

Our challenges there will run on the 18th of every month. Meaning EVERY month on the 17th an old challenge will end and a new challenge will begin EVERY 18th of the month. Why the 18th you ask? It just sounded good to me ;)!!! EVERY challenge will have a SKETCH And a THEME.

This month our theme is Beach Day
and this is our Sketch:

Here is a card I created for this challenge:

I used the Fresh Brewed Designs Beach Bums stamp and Fairy Dust Inspirations Paints for this card. They can both be purchased in the shop HERE: http://freshbreweddesigns.com/

Other items used:Papertrey Inc Cardstock, Cosmo Cricket De Lovely paper, Cricut Accent Essentials, clear stamp set by Rubber Soul and Prismacolor markers.