CAFE Expressions Candy... the tasty kind!

That's right... YUMMY BLOG CANDY!!

My friend Cheryl at CAFExpressions 

is giving away some fabulous blog candy 

for reaching her 100th follower!  

Congratulations Cheryl! 

Three easy steps to follow 

1) become a follower, 

2) help spread the word about her blog candy 

by displaying her blog candy button and 

3) leave a comment on her blog

and tell her what svgs you would like her to create...

easy peasy!  

Now jump on over!  

Here is a picture of her goodies....

Brewing up a Fresh New Year!

WOW! Is there a LOT to tell you about at Fresh Brewed Designs!!!


First, our new challenge starts today at the Fresh Brewed Challenge Blog!


It's a SKETCH challenge!


For my entry, I wanted to go completely outside my comfort zone to start the New Year out with a BANG!


This image, called "I'm Late" can be found in the Alice in Wonderland Collection.
Until now, I have completed avoided anything "Alice" like the plague!


Boy am I happy I made the choice to do something "different"... I think this may be my favorite Fresh Brewed card ever!! I'm sure it's my favorite this year (ha-ha!)


Once the colors started coming together, the image really IS pretty cool, even tho it's not one I would normally have picked from Heather's massive catalog!


Speaking of Heather's catalog, have you been over to the Fresh Brewed Designs Store lately? There's an entire section of FREEBIES!!! As the Christmas credit card bills are starting to roll in, I think we can ALL afford FREE, right?


And the New Year's Release is all COFFEE themed! YUMMY!!! All brand new and Fresh Brewed for you!

Talking about New Releases, you'll HAVE to see all the new Fresh Brewed images Heather is planning to release just in time for Valentine's Day!


We'll be blogging all about it on January 19th and would love to have you visit our Blog Hop!


If you haven't visited the Fresh Brewed Designs Group on Papercraft Planet 
or over at The Latte Lounge 
now would be a GREAT time to check us out!


If you are willing to post this Blog Hop Badge on your blog to help us promote it, Heather is offering a FREE Latte Love Mug image!! 


While you're visiting, use your new image to join our Fresh Brewed Friday Challenge! We're already on #6!!


It's a New Year Challenge!! Easy, right?


We post the same Friday Challenge at Papercraft Planet and at The Latte Lounge and everyone who participates is entered to win!

Just take a look at THIS gorgeous creation by our fearless leader, Heather!!


This is one of the BRAND NEW New Year's images and the sentiment is included!!


FABULOSO!!


Makes you want to run for a hot cup of coffee, right??


Nothing like getting one that's been


FRESH BREWED!!  (-:

Challenges this week:

Order of the Opus Gluei, It's a New Year, Baby

Stamp It Crazy, New Year

Digis With Attitude! Design Team News!

<=====  Look! Look! Did you see it?


Did you see my new badge in my sidebar?


I'm so pleased and honored to announce that Cindy-Lynn  has invited me to join her Design Team!


The main goal of Digi's With Attitude! is to create one of a kind unique Digital Stamps with attitude! Digital Stamps that are not found anywhere else!


These include the awesome new "Animals with Attitude!" "Tweens with 'Tude!" and "Grumpy Gretchens!"


You can find the store HERE and the challenge blog HERE. 


There's a new challenge posted every Friday so be sure to stop by and play with us! 


As one of the newest Designers With Attitude! I was awarded the "My Blog has Attitude!" blog award. I am so excited to jump start my week and give five of my readers this awesome blog award. And this is not just any old blog award, nope! This one comes with a $5 gift certificate to the Digi's With Attitude! store!In order to qualify for the $5 Digi's With Attitude! gift certificate you must state three things that make you different from everyone else and you must nominate five blogs, then let those five blogs know you nominated them. Lastly, you must display the blog award badge (above) on your sidebar and link it back to the Digi's With Attitude! Challenge Blog.

For all the details please visit THIS LINK.

Note: If someone got this LAST year, they are again eligible for the gift certificate as it is one gift certificate per person, per blog, per year.


So, three things that make me different from everyone else:

1. I prefer boots and blue jeans to pumps and Pilates. You can usually find me stomping around in the woods or riding my four-wheeler on wild trails. 
2. I drive a pick up truck as my every-day vehicle! There's nothing quite like my Chevy Silverado and I feel "funny" sitting down to get into a vehicle. I like to hang on to the steering wheel to climb in!
3. I taught my kids to jump IN the puddles, not tip-toe around them! We celebrate every moment and cherish the learning that comes with new experiences!

Here are the five blogs I nominate:

1. Greebo T. Cat: If you've never read one of Janie's posts, you're in for a real treat! She has story-telling skills extraordinaire!
2. Hippieaud:I think Audrey and I were twins separated at birth! Her style and mine are so similar and reading her posts is like reading my own mind sometimes!
3. Cheryl: My fellow Purple Torch Bearer and creative friend. Although she has the 'Tude badge already posted on her blog, she's eligible for a New Year's "Attitude Renewal" and can get another $5 certificate! She'll need some new images for all her new challenges! (-: {{mwah}}
4. AJ and Joey: The apple doesn't fall far from the tree for this one! This is the blog we set up for my two boys. They haven't been very crafty lately, but I'm hoping with the New Year, they'll be getting back in to it! And attitude?? They got it!
5. Marlene: Another repeat-offender! She was a DWA Guest Designer in November and when you visit her blog, you'll feel the 'tude... it just oozes out of every creation!!

Remember: to claim your $5 Gift Certificate, you'll need to follow the rules!

But it only take a few minutes and it's definitely worth it!

The Stamping Boutique and Cards for Men

Hooray! We're back to "business as usual"! The kids are back in school, our appointment book is filling up and it's time to get started on 2011.

This week The Stamping Boutique is sponsoring a sketch challenge at Cards for Men.

Tracey has generously offered FIVE images for the winner of the challenge. So come on over and play along!

The rules are pretty simple: follow the sketch and create a card for a man.

Although yellow is typically not a "manly" color, for some reason, with this image, called "Baby Fairy", it just seemed to work... You can pick up "Baby Fairy" in the Medieval Collection at the Stamping Boutique! Just click HERE!

1-1-11

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!

and 

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, CHERYL !!

DID YOU REALLY THINK I'D FORGET?

Wow, how funny! Todays date is 1-1-11!!

Around blogland:

Fresh Brewed Designs is having a New Year's Image Release!!

After last night, doesn't a nice hot cup of Fresh Brewed Coffee sound delish?

All the new images are coffee themed and are super-fun!!

I got to play with the Latte Bouquet, but you really should pop over to the Fresh Brewed Store and check out the New Year Lady, and the Coffee Truck and the Coffee Flowers and ... and, and, and... all kinds of new goodies!

The Stamping Boutique is having a Design Team Call AND a 35% off sale!!!

As a member of the Stamping Boutique Design Team, we get first dibs on the newest images and Tracey has been hard at work creating some real amazing digis!! I don't know how she does it, but they just keep getting better!

The Latte Lounge is excited about the arrival of 2011 and we have all kinds of fun, exciting plans! Rhonda's Anything Goes Challenge is running til January 6th, so there's still time to play! 

And we will be returning with challenges and Digi Days and all sorts of good times! If you're not a member of The Latte Lounge, you should come over and check us out!

There's lots of new news coming up, so stay tuned!

Hope ya'll are recovering nicely from last night's festivities and are ready to ring in the New Year!!