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

Merry Christmas Eve - Fresh Brewed Challenge Reminder

Merry Christmas Eve!!!

I am so happy that my husband is off today.

We will be spending all day together with the kids baking cookies, listening to 

Christmas music and having lots of fun! 

I am here to share a little CAS Christmas card I 

created for the Freshly Brewed Challenges 

ANYTHING GOES as long as it's CHRISTMAS Challenge

SANDY THE SNOWMAN DIGITAL STAMP

Sending you all lots of hugs and smiles!

I hope you all have a very merry and blessed Christmas.

Love, 

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

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

Take time to RELAX

Good Morning!

It's time for a NEW PRIZE CHALLENGE at

FRESHLY BREWED CHALLENGES!

Woot woot!

We are challenging everyone this month to show us their creations

featuring the Beach or Ocean and Glitter.

{{GO HERE to play along}}

For my card, I did something I have never ever ever done

before. I printed the image where it was centered on my card, 

colored it in and added some glitter. 

 THAT'S IT!!!

{Relax Digital Stamp}

I can't think of a time I have

NEVER added designer paper OR a cut out or framed image. 

It still makes a nice statement and was a lot of fun to create. 

I printed this image onto Papertrey Inc white cardstock

I then colored this image with a variety of prismacolor, sharpie 

and copic markers. The glitter is by American Craft:

SPARK! - Peacock

Thank you for stopping by. I hope you have a very blessed day.

challenges:
Just Inspirational Challenges  Photo Inspiration* 

FUN

Stop by our Freshly Brewed challenge blog and play along in our 

CAFFEINE CRAZY CHALLENGE for July!

This is a 24 hour challenge, so DON'T WAIT!

STRAWBERRY 

LEMONADE

{photo found here}

Here is the card I created using our

STRAWBERRY LEMONADE theme

Digital Stamp

BIKINI KIM

Don't forget we have a SALE going on!

 

Use the code SUPER at checkout to receive
60% off your entire digital stamp order.
Sale starts 12 AM EST July 29th and ends
midnight July 31st

Fresh Brewed Designs July Stamp Release and Blog Hop

Good Morning and welcome to our
 RUBBER STAMP RELEASE AND BLOG HOP!
We are so happy to be sharing this fun event with you. 

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!

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

THIS AWESOME STAMP BUNDLE
including
Skinny Minnie Beach Set
Football Girl
Sprinkles Cupcake Cutie
Strawberry Cupcake Cutie
and
Sprinkles Sentiment Stamp


For my project, I chose to create using ...

Skinny Minnie Beach Set

This stamp set includes an approximately 3 1/2" tall

Skinny Minnie stamp and three sentiments.

 {Challenges}
Simon Says Stamp - Pin it / paperclip

Chocolate, Coffee & Cards -  Life's a Beach
 Crafty Ribbons  Anything goes with ribbon


 

And Strawberry Cupcake Cutie

which measures approximately 3 3/4" tall

{{Challenges}}
the sweetest thing sketch

Stampin' For The Weekend -  Pink/Green - Photo Inspiration
2 Sisters - Make it Sparkle

**REMEMBER**
You have until 7:00 AM EST, July 16th to HOP and comment
for your chance to win some yummy summer blog candy goodies
AND to receive our special RUBBER STAMP BUNDLE deal!

{{BLOG CANDY}}

Thank you so much for hopping with us!

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

It is time for us to say goodbye.

This is the LAST HOP STOP!

Be sure to head over to the SHOP and get your stamps 

because the SPECIAL DEAL ends TODAY! 

Here is the full hop order :

Freshly Brewed Challenges Blog
Vanessa
Celeste
Sheryl
Yolanda
Sarah
Linda
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