Yarnaholic

I am not actually a yarnaholic...

coffee... glitter.... glue... paper... those things would be more likely. 

My mom and sister however are TOTAL YARNAHOLICS! 

My mom crochets and my sister knits. I never got into that form of

creating / crafting. I didn't have the patience ;-)

I created this card for the NEW FRESHLY BREWED CHALLENGE

ICE CREAM!

I used the FBD Digital Stamp: Triple Scoop

and the sentiment is from the

Rubber Stamp Set: She Loves Yarn

I used the Splitcoaststampers sketch # 548 as my inspiration. 

This image was in my stash, already colored, so I am unsure 

which markers I used. I am pretty sure that I used skin copics, prismacolor markers, 

and a teal sharpie. 

The dp are from my stash. The kraft and white cardstock are from Papertrey Inc. 

***********************************ON TUESDAY, JULY 14*************************************

 UPCOMING RELEASE / HOP

PLEASE READ!

**As many of you know, my mom was diagnosed with a rare form of uterine cancer. 

She had a CT scan last week that showed it to be contained in her uterus. PRAISE GOD!

Her surgery is going to be on July 22. My friends and I have set up a fundraiser and digi release

in hopes to help relieve some of the stress of the medical expenses she will have and allow her to focus on getting better.

 I have set up a GIVEFORWARD fundraiser >>HERE<<

My friend Carolyn and I also have several special digital stamps in the shop 

All funds from the sale of these and ANY items in the shop will be given to my mom to help pay for anything she needs during this time.I know that many of us do not have money to give. Believe me. I understand. 

But if you believe in the healing power of prayer, then please pray. 

God is in control. He is working and he does hear our prayers!

Thank you all in advance for your prayers and for your support. 

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Thank you for stopping by and visiting with me today!

Hope to see you play along with us at Freshly Brewed Challenges. 

Have a blessed day!

Heather 

Beach Days

Two posts in one day?

I am just as shocked as you are!

*wink wink*

I have been out of black in in my printer AND out of my glue runner

for over a month now. OVER A MONTH I TELL YOU!

I don't know how I have survived. 

My stamps were able to be inked this week and I have been

digging through my folder of already printed digis to see if I have something I can use

for upcoming challenges. I have been able to survive without ink better than 

glue though. I have a TERRIBLE glue runner that will hold somewhat, but I

have had to reinforce everything with glue dots and such. Sigh. I can't wait until

I am able to get to the store and get some glue!!!!!!!!

Now, enough fussing and complaining ;) and on to my project!

I had fun coloring up my

SKINNY MINNIE BEACH Rubber Stamp Set

This stamp set comes with ALL of the images shown here.

The fun little beach girl and 3 sentiments for $9

You can find her in the shop >>HERE<<

The weather has been SO nice. Summer is JUST around the corner for sure!

Our challenge this week at FRESHLY BREWED CHALLENGES is to use the colors

 RED WHITE AND BLUE. 

I, again, found all of these papers in my scrap box. 

I traced the half circle using my coffee creamer lid (lol... I know...)

and distressed the edges to hide my not so fabulous fussy cutting skillz. 

Thank you for stopping by today! 

I hope you have a very happy and blessed week ahead. 

Other Challenges:
Really Reasonable Ribbon: Red White and Blue
Dragonfly Journeys: Lets Be Beach Bums
Bloggers Challenge: Red White and Blue
Sweet Sunday Sketch 270

Freshly Brewed Challenges _ CUTE!!!

It's time for a NEW Freshly Brewed Challenge!

Woop Woop! 

This week we want to see ALL THINGS CUTE!

Bring on the adorableness - we are ready! 

I chose to create with this little bundle of cuteness....

CUTIE BUG FLOATS DIGITAL STAMP

OK... soooooo doesn't this just make you smile?!?

We have had SO MUCH RAIN! 

I mean, I think the saying APRIL SHOWERS BRING MAY FLOWERS

was written just for this very moment in time. 

We are most certainly going to have an abundance of flowers come May ;)

I kept this bright, fresh, and fun! 

All of these papers were found in my scrap pile. Even the teal blue.

I know that the purple is PTI and the textured teal is by American Craft.

The multi colored dot paper is also by AC, but I am not sure of the name. 

Scrap pile.... you know how that is. 

One last peek. The colored water is very sparkly IRL. 

I used some regular ol glue, painted it on and sprinkled on some

Martha Stewart loose crystal microfine glitter. 

I hope to see you playing along with us at our CUTE challenge

at Freshly Brewed Challenges. 

Have a VERY CREATIVE and BLESSED Day!

Heather 

Challenges

SWEET SUNDAY SKETCH #265 

Papertake Weekly_ cute as a button

Cuttin and stampin - cute critters

Crafty Cardmakers - Dots

Let's Have Some Fun!

We have had such a TERRIBLE past few weeks!

My kids had the flu some kind of fierce. 

My daughter couldn't even dance her solos in her competition.

Then Saturday afternoon she was attacked and bit by a dog.

It was TERRIBLE. Minor wounds, but really shaken up.

Went to the ER and had a tetanus shot and is on antibiotics.

Sigh....

I really feel terrible for her. She will be 13 this month and I want

this month to be special for her, not a list of BAD memories.

Any ideas? (we have NO money ....) so SPECIAL Cheap ideas?

Please list them in the comments below and I will give the best idea / commenter a 

$10 digi gift card to the Fresh Brewed Designs Shop! 

I am here to share a FUN card with you. 

I am not ready for summer heat, but am ready for some NICE

sunny warm weather. I prefer it to stay in the high 70's low 80's. 

I think that kind of weather is PERFECT!!!!!

We only get a week or so of it... then the SUMMER HEAT blasts through. Sigh.

But I enjoy that week.

Lets beat the cold with some SUMMER FUN!

Here is a card I created with the following Fresh Brewed Digi Set:

Sea Life Set 1 = $6.50

I fussy cut each image and added it to the 'long' card front. 

The sketch #176 at Freshly Made Sketches 

and the photo inspiration piece at If you Give a Crafter a Cookie Challenge #13 

were PERFECT!!!

 

I also added loose glitter to the waves and some glossy accent bubbles around

the little sea creatures. 

So, what are you waiting for?

Go have some fun today!!! 

Create, call a friend, watch your favorite movie, go for a walk (weather permitting)

This is the day which the Lord hath made; we will rejoice and be glad in it.

Psalm 118:24

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

Laugh and Play

It is (almost) officially Summertime!

School is out and kids are playing and having a well deserved break. 

I imagine they are all out at parks, beaches, pools, etc. having a blast! 

In honor of summer, I created a FUN little card featuring one of our newest 

digi release stamps:

CUTIE BUG With SNORKEL

I was up early this morning sending my husband off to work and decided to check and see what

new challenges were posted at Splitcoast stampers. I saw a new (to me) challenge called "Ways To Use It" and thought I would check it out. Their challenge is to use SAND. I remembered that my hubby and son went fishing the other day and there was still some sand on the deck from their sand buckets... soooo 

BAM! 

The idea hit, I grabbed this image and got to work. 

To finish it off I used one of the AWESOME sketches from 

SWEET SUNDAY SKETCH. She is amazing! 

I am always awestruck by her work AND her sketches NEVER fail to inspire me. 

Materials: Prismacolor markers, waterfall stickles, PTI white, kraft, and teal CS,

MFT Waves diecut, glittered sentiment PP from stash,

 yellow PP by October Afternoon: Fly a kite: Dandelions

Thank you so much for stopping by!

Be sure to check out our CHALLENGE BLOG for a new challenge, to check out all of our 

NEW DIGI RELEASES, and to play along in some fun games to win FREE DIGIS!

The games will end Friday night, so HURRY!!!

((All of the game links can be found on our challenge blog or on facebook) 

Have a blessed day!

                  Heather

Other Challenges:

Simon Says Monday: AG - Get Creative

Crafty Girls: AG

Pile it on: Wrong but Right (sand on deck) 

Moving Along with the Times: By the Sea
Cute Card Thursday: Beside the Seaside
Southern Girls: Dies
PDE Link PArty - ocean

A NEW Challenge + A NEW Digi Release = FUN FUN FUN!!!

Happy Wednesday!

I hope you are all having a happy and blessed week so far.

I have so many things to be thankful for, I can't even begin to list them all!

I will start by letting you know that today is my dear and sweet friend  Sheryl's birthday.

She is such a blessing in my life and I am so glad that God brought us together. 

She is not only a wonderful and caring friend, but she is also an amazing 

card designer. She helps me out so much and is such an encouragement. 

Sheryl, I hope you have a very beautiful and happy birthday! 

In honor of her special day,

I chose to create with our NEW Digi: CUTIE BUG GIFT 

I used the splitcoast stampers Wednesday sketch for this card

This card was created using papers from my huge scrap box. I have had them

FOREVER and have no idea what line they came from. The twine and textured fabric 

are also from a huge messy box of ribbon madness. 

The red felt is actually a flocking transfer sheet by Martha Stewart. 

Other materials: Spellbinders die: Scalloped circles,  pearlex powders, prismacolor markers, 

white gel pen, and a SU sentiment stamp. 

(Close up of painted on sparkle)

The next card I have to share with you is for our NEW June challenge at FBC. 

The challenge, if you choose to accept it, is to create a NEW project using

the colors RED WHITE AND BLUE

My card features the Fresh Brewed Designs Digital Stamp:

BOB

I also used the splitcoast stampers Wednesday sketch for this card

Materials: SCRAP PAPERS (blue cs is by bazzil I think)

Darcie embossing folder: clouds

Prismacolor markers, copic markers,  and a white gel pen

I added a sentiment to the inside of the card using a printed sentiment 

and cut it out with a PTI Cloud diecut

Thank you so much for stopping by today and checking out my SUPER LONG POST!

I hope you will stop by and join our FACEBOOK DIGI RELEASE EVENT >>HERE<<

and enter our June #2 Challenge >>HERE<<

Challenges for these cards

Card 1 Bug
Word Art Wednesday: AG (Scripture Verse John 8:32)
Simon Says Stamp Wed: Friends (Friend Birthday)
Tuesday Throwdown : BDAY

Card 2 Bob
Cupcake Inspirations - W - #265 For the Boys 
Card Concept: Nautical
Try it on Tues: One for the Boys

CUTIE BUGS!!! New Digi Release at Fresh Brewed Designs

Good Morning!

I hope you have all had a wonderful, fun filled weekend. 

We spent some time at the water park with my family and had a lot of 

laughs and fun. It was really nice to de-stress and not worry about anything for a few days. 

I am so excited!

Today is THE DAY that we get to share our HUGE, NEW

Cutie Bug Collection with you!

There will NOT be a hop, but we will be having some fun games over at

our >> FACEBOOK EVENT << where you will have a chance to join in 

and win prizes! Doesn't that sound like fun?!? I think so!

I chose to create with the NEW Cutie Bug Luau Digital Stamp.

I printed this little dancer three times, and not until I did so did I decide that is how

I wanted them to appear on my card. Don't you LOVE when that happens?

Your whole creative outlook changes and your card is nothing like you had first planned :)

It's like magic :D

This card was created using the following items:

• White and Pink PTI Cardstock
• Prismacolor Markers
• white gel pen
• Cosmo Cricket 6x6 stack: DeLovely
• scrap paper
• printed sentiment

CHECK OUT OUR BLOG POST AT FRESHLY BREWED CHALLENGES

for more information on this release, to see DT cards all week long, 

and to find out how you can win prizes!

Don't forget about our FACEBOOK PARTY.

There will be lots of games and prizes given out all week!

Hope to see you there!

Heather

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

Who's ready for some watermelon ... and a sketch!

Good Morning!

I am here to let you know that FBD is sponsoring Sweet Sketch Wednesday 2 this week.

Sally and Linda are both a part of this team at SSW and being the team we are (they are two of my wonderful friends... not just DT members), I love to support them

and do all I can to show them how much I appreciate them. 

SSW was one of the first (and only) DT's I have ever been on. 

They gave me a great start, encouraged me, helped me learn and grow... but more than that

I was able to meet wonderful, true friends.  I am very thankful for my time there. 

Sally's computer has been on the fritz, so she had a blast from the past 

sketch to share for this weeks challenge. 

 *ENTER THE CHALLENGE HERE*

Here is a card I created yesterday, as a stress reliever,

 following this lovely sketch:

Watermelon Girl Digital Stamp

Watermelon Boy Digital Stamp

This card was really fun to make. I admit, I was intimidated by the

diamond shape. I have been intimidated by a lot of things lately.

I haven't had time to focus enough to be grounded and assured I guess. 

Anyway, after I got started, it all sort of fell together.

I was very happy about that! :) 

*photo showing  layers*

I added gloss to her hair bows, the watermelon seeds and

both kids pairs of shoes. I was going to add glitter too, 

but felt like I put so much time into shading that I didn't want to 

cover it up. 

*photo showing gloss*

SO ... That's my card. 

A rarity as of lately, I know. ;)

I am so happy that I was able to sit for a few minutes and create!

It felt really good :D

Check out all of the SSW cards featured on our blog today >>HERE

THERE ARE A LOT OF FUN THINGS HAPPENING HERE AT FRESHLY

BREWED CHALLENGES FOR APRIL.

STOP BY AND READ THIS POST FOR ALL OF THE DEETS!

We are going through a few little things right now in my house.

We all have broken hearts and broken spirits.

Nothing that God can't handle. but we are hurt. 

Please say a prayer for us. 

We would truly appreciate it!

Big hugs and lots of smiles

Heather

Challenges:

SSW2 - SKETCH

{Pin}spirational W - Photo Inspiration*  #102'

Love to Create - W, 3E - Anything Goes for Kids

613 Avenue Create - W - #66 Anything Goes

Pile It On - W - #14 Feminine