Season's Changing

The new challenge started today at

The Stamping Boutique

The theme is:

Changing Seasons/Colors

Show us your Fall Colors

I love this time of year.

The weather turns cooler and the leaves

turn the most beautiful shades of orange, brown, red and yellow!

For my card, I chose to work with a brand new image called "Autumn Fashion Boots". With a little practice, I can already see improvement in my coloring skills with my new Copics! I LOVE how her boots look so soft and leathery! It's hard to see in this photo, but the maple leaf cut out is actually spritzed with Pearl-Ex Gold and has a subtle and rich shimmer!

I'm sure there are lots of Fall/Autumn challenges listed this week at Feline Playful and I'll be looking to post this little pretty later this afternoon! (-:

Hope you'll be able to drop by The Stamping Boutique Blog and check out the work of our new Design Team!! We have several new members JUST for our bi-weekly challenges and they sure have created some great inspiration this week!!

Here are a few challenges I would like to enter my card:

Daisy Doodles Creative Challenge, Digi Images with Fall Colors

Paper Pretties, Fall Inspired

Thank you once again to Feline Playful for their extensive list of challenges.

Every day, it's the first place I visit for my daily inspiration!!

Sweet and Out of This World Kid Designers!!

Boy, our Kid Designers sure do know how to throw a great party!!

The theme for the Kids Challenge all month is "Party" 

and they sure are showing us some great ways to celebrate!!

Our Kids Design Team has made some new projects this week

to share with you!

I hope, after seeing all the hard work our Kid's Team has done,

you'll feel inspired to create something with YOUR kids 

and share your pictures with us!

Toomie's project this week is Out of this World!!

She used the Spaceship and 'Have a Blast' Sentiment from 

The Stamping Boutique

PK's cuddly bear is sending someone a SWEET Birthday wish

She used Present Bear

from The Stamping Boutique

Miss E's cake looks sweet enough to eat!

She used Cynthia on a Birthday Cake

from The Stamping Boutique.

Amazing, right?

I am SO proud of our Kid's Design Team and 

all the hard work they are doing!!

Please get out your scissors and glue and 

make something with your kids!

They can enter our challenge and win a prize of their own 

from our sponsor!!

Our sponsor this month is The Stamping Boutique

and they can win their choice of ANY THREE (3) TSB Images!!

Just enter your projects here to play!

THIS LINK will take you to 

THE CRAFTER'S CAFE

Where our challenges are listed

in the "Forum"

Click 'Reply, then "Insert Image"

in the toolbar at the top

and upload your photo!

or you can use the blue froggy

if it's easier for you!

You can enter as many times as you'd like!

This challenge will run until

the end of September

so there's still plenty of time!!

Save the Hooters Blog Hop

Good Morning and thank you for joining us for the Fresh Brewed Designs 

Save The Hooters blog hop. 

If you are getting here from  Vanessa's Awesome Blog  then you are right on track. 

If not, please start off at the beautiful and talented Linda's blog. 

We are so happy that you are joining us today 

as we spread smiles, share beautiful projects and most of all raise awareness. 

Fresh Brewed Designs has created a brand new rubber stamp set 

as well as several digital stamps in which 

part of your purchase will be donated to Chemo Angels. 

To find out more about how Fresh Brewed Designs will be taking part, read here.

 For this hop I chose to use the digital image Ribbon Roses.

I wanted the image to be the main focus, so went with very little embellishment 

and printed the image pretty large. It's just such a pretty reminder!

My "pinks" look a little closer to "red" today,

but IRL, it's quite soft and pretty!

Fresh Brewed Designs is also sponsoring the Link Up For Pink.

This linking party will be held from October 1 - 14.  

Every project linked will be pink themed and there will be lots of opportunities for prizes. 

Grab the badge  and be sure to save the date! 

If you purchase the featured BCA stamp set or any of the BCA digital stamps, 

be sure to be watching for a special link in the tabs under the blog header 

at Freshly Brewed Challenges.  

 There will be a special link up challenge 

just for you 

starting October 1st. 

Your next stop on the hop will be at the most AWESOME Yolanda's blog-

Most of you know her as "JustYolie" and I'm sure she has something AMAZING to share!!. 

Thank you again for hopping with is and helping spread the word. Have a very blessed and beautiful day. 

Here is the hop order in case you get lost along the way:

Linda:  http://stamperstouch.blogspot.com/

Celeste: http://touchedbyabutterfly.blogspot.com/

Stacy: http://impressionsofaribbonaddict.blogspot.com/

Crystal: http://scrapcandydesigns.blogspot.com/

Vanessa:  http://vanessaspapercreations.blogspot.com/

Stacie: http://hestiashelper.blogspot.com/ <-- YOU ARE HERE

Yolanda:  http://justyolie.com/

Carolyn: http://utsukushiikami.blogspot.com/

Rhonda: http://bumblcreate.blogspot.com/

Sheryl: http://butterflykisscards.blogspot.com/ 

Catherine: http://paperaddictcatherine.blogspot.com/

Heather:  http://joemamainks.blogspot.com/

Freshly Brewed Challenges http://freshbreweddesigns.blogspot.com/

While I Was Away...

I went away for a week and while I was gone, I had limited internet access.

I made several cards for a variety of challenges, but couldn't post them

because all the photos were on my PC at home.

So, here they are:

JLJ Designs is having a  Digi Paper Challenge at The Crafter's Cafe all month. The theme is Anything Goes with any Digi Paper. I used papers from the JLJ Designs "Stacie" Pack and also a JLJ Designs Digi Image "Cookout with Dad".

For our Digi Day Party at the Crafter's Cafe, we started THREE challenges 

and there is still a little time to enter!

The first one is "Black and Tan with a Splash of one other color that represents You". I used "Cannonball Keith" from The Stamping Boutique.

The second Digi Day Challenge is a simple sketch. You can visit the challenge "HERE" to see the sketch! I used Digi Papers from JLJ Designs Pink and Chocolate Pack and "Birthday Bunny" from The Stamping Boutique. The sentiment is also from JLJ Designs.

The third Digi Day Challenge is "Birthday" and although I have already posted this, I wanted to show it off one more time because I am totally in love with this pop-up style card with a stage platform! The image is actually the Stamping Boutique Store! (-: I paper-pieced and popped out the shutters and awnings for a truly 3-D look... so FUN!!

The Month Long Challenge at the Crafter's Cafe is already on "Week 2". Our month-long challenge is "Progressive" because every week, we try to make it progressively more challenging! The theme for Week 1 was "Birthday" and for Week 2 we added a color requirement: the colors of the TSB Store (peach and teal). I used the "Candy Store" image from The Stamping Boutique.

One more image from The Stamping Boutique today: This is Princess Jennifer Latte, Breast Cancer Awareness". The bi-weekly challenge at The Stamping Boutique is a recipe:
4 colors
3 embellies
2 papers and
1 image.

Gorgeous, right? She's brand new and in the TSB shop!!

While you're over at the Stamping Boutique, make sure you check out our Birthday Celebration!! TSB is turning two and we're partying all month. Lots of ways to win great prizes, including TSB images all month!!


So, now it's time for Fresh Brewed Designs news:

The challenge this week is "Show us your Team Spirit", using the colors of your favorite team. Well, there's no question, when the word "Team" comes up, all I think is NY Jets!! The image is "Hot Cuppa Joe" and he is one of my favorite Fresh Brewed images, evah!! I added a football and printed up my PC wallpaper for his background... yes, this is the exact same picture I have on my computer background right now! (-:
Ho Ho Ho... tis the Season!!

The Month Long challenge at Fresh Brewed Designs is "Use Something New". I used my new Copic markers to color up "Angel Cake" and digi papers from JLJ Designs. Ain't she a cutie? She was the Mocha Monday Monthly Freebie. Make sure you're following the Fresh Brewed Blog so you can grab the freebie next month!!

And there's an awesome sale going on right now at the shop! Hurry over and check it out!!!

And, one more!!!

The Month Long Fresh Brewed challenge at the Crafter's Cafe is "Show us Your Style". The only rule is that you use any Fresh Brewed Designs product. I used "A+ Bug" for my bookmark. Cute and simple.
You can enter this challenge as many times as you'd like and while you're there, take a look around The Crafter's Cafe!

We're growing and developing into a pretty great crafty community and we'd LOVE for you to join us!!

So, next week should settle a little and I might be able to actually put up a blog post more than one day a week!

If you stuck around thru all this, THANK YOU!!!

See you soon!!

BIG Blog candy drawing... tomorrow!!

Make sure you enter to win!!!

The drawing for this yummy blog candy is

TOMORROW!!!

Things are really hopping at

The Crafter's Cafe!!

Come over and join us!!