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

I love school - baby!

I can't believe that it is almost September. 

School has already started. We are now in our second week. 

I HOPE this week goes a lot more smoothly than last. 

The kids have worked hard and have been amazing, however, getting used to the new system of going back and forth between the computer, books, live lessons, videos and everything has made for some VERY LONG (even as long as 8 hour) DAYS. 

I surprised the kids with this wall hanging today. I am going to take twine, punch a hole under their name and have a way to add their TO DO list under it. That way they can be better organized and do not have to do all of that hopping. Fingers crossed it works. IF not, it will become a sort of reward hanger thingy :D

 

At Freshly Brewed Challenges, our month long prize challenge is drawing nearer to a close and it seems with all of the excitement of our blog hops and other challenges, you have all forgotten about it :((

I created a card that can go for this weeks HOT theme as well as our monthly  prize challenge theme

Crabby Baby Digital Stamp

Stop by here and check out the photo inspiration challenge this month for your chance to win 3 free digis!

Also, be sure to snag our blog hop badge for September!

As you can see, it will be an OLDIE BUT GOODIE hop

We will be celebrating and showing off any and all of FBDs already released stamps!

We will have lots of guests, some prizes and some really great deals!

 Hope to see you there!!

Thanks for stopping by.

Have a happy Monday!

Heather

challenges for project 1

 Creative Inspirations Paint - 1E, SIO - Back to School  

Stampin' Sisters in Christ - Use Punches, Dies or Shapes of any Kind 

Cupcake Inspirations - Photo Inspiration* 

Fussy and Fancy - 2W – Week 1, Back to School  

Simply Create Too - 2W - Week 2, Back to School    

Raise The Bar – Back to School

 Crop Stop - 3E – back to school

{Pin}spirational -  Photo Inspiration*

 

challenges for project 2

Divas by Design - 2E - #49 Anything goes

School Days

We {{barely}} survived our first day of school.
Anyone else out there heard of or use Connections Academy?
We tried it this year, but I am still not sure it was the best decision.
It is in fact driving me insane!!! I just knew I could not afford the $500 - 600 it cost in books again this year. 

ANYWAY - We will keep trucking on and see how it goes.
No major decisions yet; just still getting a feel for it. We spent close to 7 hours having school today.
Mostly going back and forth from work books to computers to little tutorial videos to workbooks and so on. I will be working all day tomorrow planning our books and lessons for next week. Maybe if I get everything printed out and ready, we will not be doing so much hopping.

Enough of my rambling. I do have something cute to share with you today. 

This card set was created using the digi Big Apple Book Worm. 

This was another digi drawn by request, but for someone I know in 'real life' lol. 

This digi was for a lady at my daughters dance school. She requested it for a summer reading program or something like that before the summer started. 

This is a card set I created for my sister to give out. I kept them really plain and simple. I used an older paper stack - MME Asparagus Stack for these cards. I printed the digi, colored them with sharpie and prismacolor markers,  cut them with the next to largest size lacy scalloped spellbinders die and voila! there you have it, a little gift for someone special. 

I hope you all are having a wonderful weekend. Thank you for stopping by! 

Big smiles, 

Heather

this card set is for the following challenges
pin{spirational} back to school photo

Fussy and Fancy -  Week 1, Back to School
  Raise The Bar – Back to School 
Simply Create Too - Back to School   
Inspired By  - Photo Inspiration  

abc-123 with FBD + FUN NEWS!!!

Best Teacher Digital Stamp

Good Morning everyone!

I hope that you are all doing wonderfully well on this fine Wednesday morning. 

I sound chipper you say? No?!?! :D hahaha!

I have a lot of fun things to share with you today! 

You got ME before I got my Coffee!!! \

YES! I do love you!!! 

Our new challenge at Freshly Brewed Challenges this week is 

SCHOOL themed with a visible abc123 on your project. 

  The girls really showed off their school spirit, so be sure to stop in  and check out their projects!

I created my bookmark using PTI cardstock in chocolate brown and the crate paper school spirit collection 6x6 double sided stack. The image is colored with prismacolor markers and the ribbon by Martha Stewart. Nothing spectacular about this project,  it is just simple and fun :)

Challenges for this bookmark include:

Fab Fridays Frosted Designs: school papers, Fairy Tale: School, Stamp Something: Back to School

Ready for MORE FUN?!?!

Hold on to your hats or coffee cups (will you share?)  this is a semilong post :D

As you (should) KNOW, Fresh Brewed Designs (that's me hehehe) is releasing a LOT of rubber stamps on September 8th. WE are having a blog hop, prizes and fun!!!

snag this  badge and plan to be a part of it with us! 

Here is a PEEK of one of the cards that was made using a NEW image:

du-du-dum!!!!! What is behind door number 1?

You have to come back and hop with us to find out!!! :) 

(mean aren't I?!?!)

Want ANOTHER teaser? 

Man, you really like torture!!! :D

We only have a limited amount of stamps for this release, but we have so many different stamps being released it LOOKs like alot. This is only HALF of the ones to be packaged!!!

 I KNOW you have a LITTLE bitty peek of the phone.. but that is ok, it is our blog badge afteall! :)

Remember this image that got promoted. 

It was once, for a very short time, a digital stamp. 

She is very proud to be a part of this release.

AND so proud that while she was a digi, she was found, loved and PUBLISHED in a special section of the 

PaperCraft Inspirations Magazine in the October issue!

Can you see me smiling from EAR TO EAR!!!

They are a UK magazine, but are also sold here in the US.

I was told that the craft stores also carry it, so be sure to look for it in THIS issue:

 Here is the card that they featured in their round up :)

Can you see me smiling BIGGER THAN BIG?!?!

I am ;)

And now I am off for some coffee and to get my day started 

I thank you for stopping by and visiting today! I hope you you are as excited as I am about 

The FULL MONTH OF FUN planned for FBD in SEPTEMBER. We have LOTS going on, that's for  sure! and we would love for more than anything for you to be a part of it with us!

Have a super wonderful Wednesday!

HUGS  and SMILES. 

Heather

WHEEEEEE!!!

I feel like I have been on a roller coaster! What a crazy few weeks I have had. I started school this week and was very disappointed with the online school I had decided to try out this year. We reviewed the curriculum and decided it was not the route we wanted to take and withdrew the kids from the program. We are signing up, again, to home school the kids using my curriculum choices and my 'gut feeling' lol. I was very pleased to find out I HAVE been doing a good job and my kids are well ahead of the public school curriculum here. I feel very confident about the year ahead.

My son turned 5 on Wednesday. My baby boy is now a big boy. Something about turning 5 is so hard for me! He had a fun day. We took him to Wilmington on a hunt for a "hung Foo Turtle" suit. (teenage mutant ninja turtle). Our TRUS called them and they said they had some .... but they did not. It was not a wasted trip because we took the kids to the fort fisher aquarium and had a lot of fun. We made cupcakes last night. Egg and milk free:). We still have not given him his gifts ... I want my mom and everyone to get together to do it. I guess he will have the longest and birthday ever! :) something new every day, lol!

No crafting time for me really. I have been doing everything but! Some new things going on in my life, alot of the same ol thing :) but I hope to get back in the swing soon. here are a few pics and one card I made for my Cute Critters Club card kit swap. Enjoy.

A little bit o everyting!

Well, whew! Today .. this week .. has been a whirlwind. I am sure this post will be full of ... !!! and lol's, so be prepared :)! If you have read my last post you know about our Duke trip Monday and I will not get into all of that again. Today I took my hubby to get 2 wisdom teeth pulled. He is now in the living room, mouth packed with gauze ... yet he is STILL sitting in front of the computer, sheet music pulled up, guitar in hand, singing! Yup! SINGING!!! So imagine singing "I need a savior" through a mouth full of gauze or tea bags! lol! Good grief! i wish he would rest and chill out but he will not listen. I am supposed to be the stubborn one here, so what gives?? ;)

The kids are running around screaming, laughing and playing. I think that is one of the most amazing sounds ever. I love to see their eyes light up completely when they smile! God has blessed me so much and I am so thankful. His goodness and grace and love fill up each day in so many different ways, ways even I do not expect him to. I could never do enough to show him how much I love him.

Hannah's teacher called today. I am not sure if any of you know about online schools like Connections Academy or not, but that is what we are trying out this year. It really is the same thing as homeschooling .. just a little different :). Hannah will have a teacher that calls and checks in from time to time. Her school will be online where she will have live classes and a schedule. There are lots of things I will not get into, but we are both excited about it. Tommy Ray is interested in his books, so I think he will settle into the schedule fairly easy. I hope:). After speaking to Hannah's teacher I feel more comfortable about it all. The only thing I am unsure of is how to use the website; but know when I get into it and 'try' I will figure it out. Last year was so hard with Han being sick I think I have put it all off because I remember how our bad days were and was dreading the new school year. I know that this year will be different and better than last.

Both kids now have their guitars, singing very loudly and fighting. I honestly have no idea what I have been typing! lol!!! Now my husband came in with sheet music to sing and play for me too:). I am off and hope to be back on this week with a card. If not, I will be back Saturday with my last Hanna Stamps project. I have made myself not look at challenges this week just because I know i have not had time :). So PLEASE don't tell me what i have been missing :o).

I think I am going to set Hannah up her own blog for school and to showcase her art in the near future if you want to ckeck it out:)

Have a wonderful and blessed week. Love ya!