Fresh Brewed Designs FIRST Rubber Stamp Release for 2012!

The BIG MOMENT has arrived... 

the one we have ALL BEEN WAITING  for... 

Fresh Brewed Designs FIRST Rubber Stamp Release for 2012!  

And we are celebrating with a three day hop, 

so you will have until February 27th to get in on the fun!

 If you are getting here from Celeste's Blog, then you are right on track. 

If not you will need to go back to the start of our hop at the blog of our very own 

Fresh Brewed Designs artist and designer, Heather. 

She also has a lot of fun and useful information for you 

that you will NOT want to miss! 

So be sure to go back and start there.

We have been so excited about sharing these new stamps with you! 

I chose to create with "Crafty Girl" for my project

Image: Crafty Girl Rubber Stamp,
Fresh Brewed Designs

I stamped "Crafty Girl" on white tissue paper and 

colored her with Copics. Then transferred her onto this 4" pillar candle.

It's a technique I've seen many times and wanted to give it a try.

Next time, I'll choose to color with bolder colors

so my image looks a little stronger.

In real life, she's clear and bright, 

but it's hard to take a flat picture of a round candle!

Heather is having a special deal on the NEW stamps 

and other goodies for this release. 

You can get this special package for $20. 

That is a savings of $10!!! 

You can only get this package for this price during the hop 

{ last day is Feb. 27th}

Find out more about this deal in the shop HERE

It is now time for you to hop on over to the next hop stop 

at my friend Rhonda's blog. 

I am sure you are very eager and excited to see what she has created!

Thank you so much for stopping by today.

Have a very HAPPY day!

I am Thankful for...

...so many things!

This is the time of year we like to reflect on all that is Good in our lives and to show some appreciation to those who have helped us along our way!

The new challenge theme at the Fresh Brewed Designs Blog is:

I am Thankful

and we are celebrating Thanksgiving this week!

For my card, I used Grace and Daniel Thanksgiving

from Fresh Brewed Designs

and a set of cut files from SVGCuts.com called 

September Scenes Stand-upCards.

The sentiment was a FREEBIE from 

Cuttin' Up with Class for the

Giving Thanks Challenge

We hope you'll join us at the Fresh Brewed Blog and enter your Thanksgiving projects!

*BONUS if you use a FBD image and enter our month long challenge

you will be entered to win our blog candy! Read all about it here!!!*

There are some Super-fun challenges this week

with some chances to win GREAT prizes!

The team at Feline Playful does such a FANTASTIC job

compiling this info for us every day!!

I would like to enter the following challenges:

Creative Card Crew, Thankful

Party Time Tuesdays, Sketch, Thank You, Giving Thanks, or Being Thankful

Kaboodle Doodles, Thanksgiving

Paper Playtime, Cricut Creations: Thank You Projects

What's Cookin', Good Lookin'?

For my Stamping Boutique Freestyle Hop Post

please scroll down

or click HERE

Don't forget, Fresh Brewed Designs is having a

HUGE celebration!!

And the gifts are all for YOU!

All you have to do is post a project using ANY

Fresh Brewed Designs product

and post our badge on your blog 

with a link back to Fresh Brewed

and you're entered to WIN $50 in goodies!!

PLUS... plus... also.... and....

there is still a super-fun weekly challenge

at the Fresh Brewed Blog!!

The challenge is "What's Cookin'"?

This challenge made me think of my Grandma

who is getting a little older now (she's almost 90)

and my mom has passed down some of her favorite recipes!

When we moved, I found all these little slips of paper

with recipes jotted down on them.

In order to preserve them for the future generations,

I decided to make a notebook for them!

Sweet as Pie Rubber Stamp from Fresh Brewed Designs

It looks fabulous in my head, but didn't turn out

quite the way I had envisioned...

But now I have a place for Grammy's recipes

and I'm happy!

It's FINALLY here!

Winter, Spring, Summer or Fall

all you got to do is call...

and I'll be there, yes I will...

You've got a friend...

Welcome to the Fresh Brewed Designs

NEW RUBBAH STAMP RELEASE AND BLOG HOP!

If you are just getting here, please go back to the beginning 
with the beautiful, talented and super terrific woman Sheryl.

If you are getting here from Vanessa's Blog then you are right where you need to be!

Thank you for sharing part of your day with us today!

Did you get the hint we left at the top of this post?

These song lyrics tell it all!

It is that time of year again where we spend lots of time with our family and friends.
 We chat more, cook more, laugh, make special holiday memories, 
and us crafters have so many amazing holidays to create for!

This hop has something for every one of these things listed. 
We are celebrating holidays, friendships, and so much more!

I chose to share this image with you.

It is called: "Dressed Up Girl"

There is a long story to this card, but to those who were chatting at our
Fresh Brewed Group at the Crafter's Cafe
I caved in and made a new one... this is the amputee!
I used Digi Papers from JLJ Designs and finally pulled
my treasured craft pin (also from JLJ Designs) out of hiding!
I have been holding this pin for JUST the right card
and when I saw "Dressed Up Girl", it was time!

The silver ribbon is from the Swap Club at TCC
and I used it to make a rolled ribbon rose.
I dressed her up with just a little silver stickles
on the fringe of her dress and her shoes.

This is a VERY special card to me for a lot of reasons
and it's going to a VERY special friend!!
She's worth pulling out ALL my goodies!

I honestly think this is one of the prettiest cards I've ever made!
It all just came together so nicely... first time in awhile!

All of these stamps are created using deeply etched red rubber mounted on an 1/8" cling foam cushion meaning you get a clear impression every time you stamp. 
Each stamp is produced and packaged in the USA.

By hopping IN FULL today one lucky winner will receive
 this AWESOME prize package.
If you share this hop on your blog and link it back to us,
you will get your name in the hat one extra time :)

OK, so now that we have you drooling, it is time to send you on to the next hop stop. We know you are excited to continue your journey by hopping over to Kelly's blog and see what awesome project she has to share with you, but before you do, please read this little extra bit of news below...

We want to share some more hoppy news with you before you continue on. 
 Fresh Brewed Designs is having ANOTHER blog hop this month. 
This hop will be to support and raise Breast Cancer Awareness. 
 We will have new digis, a new rubber stamp SET and 
MUCH more planned for this day, so please grab the badge and spread the word.

Thank You for hopping with Fresh Brewed Designs!

All of the stamps you see today can be purchased in the

FBD Shop under Rubber Stamps

Hop Order in case our GPS isn't working correctly today :)

Sheryl at Ink and Lace with Sheryl Cauble

Stacy at Impressions of a Ribbon Addict

Vanessa at My Paper Creations

Stacie G at Hestia's Helper

Kelly at Sandcastle Stamper

Crystal at scrapcandydesigns

Rhonda at Bumblebee Creations

Linda at The Stamper's Touch

Carolyn at Kirei na Kami
Gale at Playing with Paper

Heather at Heather's Coffee Break

The Mania Has Started

The rustle of the leaves.

The cheers of children on the playground at recess time.

the (finally!) cooler nights

and pleasant daytime temperatures!

Image: FBD Angel Cake Autumn
Digi Papers: JLJ Designs Falling Leaves

Yep! Fall has arrived!

And to celebrate, Angel Cake Autumn is here today

and she's FREE at the Fresh Brewed Shop

but like this summer

she'll be gone quickly!

Grab your Mocha Manic Monthly Monday Freebie TODAY!

And speaking of timing, remember, there are only THREE more days

till our Blog Hop at Fresh Brewed!

The anticipation is getting to be torture!

So, if you're not good at waiting, stop over to The Crafter's Cafe!

Fresh Brewed Designs has a Group there!

And we're a pretty chatty bunch... high octane, caffeine induced chatter!

You know, the fun kind!

And if you're itchin or twitchin to just MAKE something,

why don't you grab a coffee themed project

and enter the Bonus Challenge!?!

Living the Good Life

Today, the challenge at Inspirational Card Sketches

is being sponsored by

Fresh Brewed Designs!

This pretty little lady is named

La Dolce Vita (The Sweet Life)

and is available in red rubber

from Fresh Brewed Designs.

The cupcake and "pokie" dot papers

are digi papers from DtsArt.

Fresh Brewed Designs is having a sale, too,

so it's a great time to grab some of 

the new "Summer" digis and rubber!!

Ends August 12 midnight EST
40% off SUMMER digis
30% off SUMMER rubber stamps
(stamp quantities limited) 

The Weeds Have Taken Over!

I don't know about where you are, but here in NC, it's H-O-T!!
We've been on or near the 100 degree mark all week and this week, it's not expected to let up at all!
As of 9:00 this morning, it's already 90!
My poor garden!
I tried to get out early to pull weeks and prune the roses but standing in that sun is just unbearable!
The weeds have started to take over and what normally looks like a pretty place has turned into a wild, out of control jungle!


ENTER Gardening Granny!


JUST RELEASED TODAY AT THE FRESH BREWED DESIGNS SHOP!


Looks like she's been very busy harvesting her veggies! My garden sure could use her help!


Heather sent this image to me early last week and as soon as I saw it, I printed and colored and got to work!
I emailed her a copy and she moved up the release date so I could share her with all of you!!
She is colored with Prismacolor pencils, the background is from SVGCuts.com September Scenes Stand-up Cards and the grass in front is from SVGCuts.com Easter Morning Egg Hunt.


For all those out there still using a Cricut with SCAL or MTC, I have installed the new MTC update and ran a test cut. The first time thru, I had an issue that I posted at the MTC Forum and within minutes, the solution was posted! Make sure when you click "Cut", when the "Go" dropdown box pops up, you choose the option that says something about "USB"... the COM3 modem connection won't work and won't recognize your Cricut! Once I made that small change, it worked perfectly!!


The new updates Andy has added are pretty cool... my favorite being the ability to log in to my Lettering Delights account and view all my purchased collections and import them instantaneously!


I can't wait til Tuesday, when I can post pictures of my newest Cricut creation!! it is quite possibly to cutest thing evah!


A few important, last minute reminders:

• The Fresh Brewed month long prize challenge here and at the Latte Lounge are ending soon!!! 
• Our WILD challenge can be found HERE.
• Don't miss the sale! 40% off all  Coffee Digital Stamps until midnight July 26
• The Kids Challenge at the Latte Lounge includes FREEBIES for all participants and is sponsored by Fresh Brewed Designs!

Thanks for visiting today and I hope you're off to a great week!
I would like to enter Granny into the Craft Your Days Away Summertime Challenge. 

Ready for a Luau

This card was so fun to make.
The stamp is from Fresh Brewed Designs.
Her name is "Luau Girl" and you can grab here at the shop by clicking HERE.
The shaped Tropical Drink card was designed with Inkscape and cut with Make the Cut on my Cricut. 


If anyone is interested in this file, I will zip it up and share it on my SVG files page.


Challenges:
AiFactory Challenge, Summer Fun
PaperPlay, At the Beach
The Rubber Cafe, Summer has Arrived
Crafting for All Seasons, Summer
For Fun Challenges, Wow, It's Finally Summer
Little Darlings, Summer Theme (this is their FIRST challenge!!)
Simply Scrapping Crafts, June 15th Challenge, No Sentiment
Your Next Stamp, Seeing Shapes (I"m really crossing my fingers for this one, because I LOVE the prize: Rock Star Phinn and would REALLY love to add it to my collection!)
Get Hippity with Ippity on SSC, Tooty Fruity- Another one with a great prize that I"m hoping to WIN!! (-: LOVE Aletha's Shop!!
My Partner in Crafting Crime, Tutti Fruitti

Digi's with Attitude! Challenge #30

We are starting Challenge #30 at the Digi's with Attitude! Challenge Blog today!

Happy Father's Day:

show us your Dad's Day Cards!

You can use any masculine image and do not have to make a card for just Dad. We would love to see any Manly Project!

It is not required you use a Digi's With Attitude! image however, there's always a FREEBIE at the DWA shop!

Our sponsors this week are Digi's with Attitude! and Stitchy Bear Stamps. Winners (one for every 25 entries) will receive A $10 Digi's With Attitude Gift Certificate* and one randomly selected winner will receive a $10 Gift Certificate for the Stitchy Bear Stamps Shop.

For my card, I used Napoleon, which you can get at the Digi's with Attitude! Store by clicking HERE! The papers are from JLJ Designs Dad's Day Digi Paper Pack. Where else can you get 12 sheets of color-coordinated papers that you can print as many times as you would like for only $4.00? The more I play with Digi Papers, the more I LOVE them!!

I actually sewed on this card, too! Can  you believe it? I have a sewing machine and I DO know how to use it, but it's not something I do on a regular basis... I have a counted cross stitch project I was planning to give my parents for their 25th anniversary. Last October was their 40th!! So, I guess I'm not much of a "stitcher"! Every once in a while, I'll pull it out and blow the dust off the box, but at this point, I'm wondering if it's a little hopeless!

SO! If you're a regular follower of my blog, you might remember that I mentioned a special project I had made for Heather, at Fresh Brewed Designs, using her newest release "Daisy's Recital". You can read all about it here if you missed it!

Well, I told you that I was holding off posting pictures of my "other" project until I was sure the Mail-person had delivered it.

I am happy to announce that it has arrived safely into the hands of it's new owner!

So now I can show you!

It is impossibly difficult to take a good picture of etched glass.

I tried different background colors, different lighting set-ups, different things inside and behind the glass... no matter what I tried, this is the best shot I could get of the curved glass vase!

I made this for Heather's DD, who is having her first dance recital this weekend! She has been working really hard and I can't wait to see the pictures!

Daisy's Recital

WOW! This is my THIRD post for Fresh Brewed Designs this week!

I am so happy to be the featured designer 

for day 3 of our 5 day blog hop. 

This hop is a little different from the rest. 

This hop will involve two stops every day until Saturday.

 On Saturday all of the new images will be in the shop 

and there will be a special post for you to comment on. 

If you participate every day and follow the rules, 

you will have a chance to win all 4 digis that are being released!

Here is where you can read all about Day 1.

You will find the link there to follow the hop!

If you missed Day 2, you will need to go HERE 

and leave a comment  

and then hop to the Designer's blog post who is linked there.

The rules are simple: leave a comment on the 

Fresh Brewed Designs Blog

AND

leave a comment on the blog of the Designer-of-the-Day!

You will find the Designer-of-the-Day

at the Fresh Brewed Blog

I would REALLY like to see one of my followers and friends

win this awesome set of four new digis!

So far, we have seen a pirate and a hula dancer!

Today I bring you the third new member of

our family of Elephants!

Her name is Daisy and she is prepping for her Recital:

Little Daisy has been practicing all year and it is time for her big debut!
Her recital is just around the corner and 

she is ready to show off all of the techniques she has learned:

Plié, Pirouette, Arabesque, Relevé, and Chassé

In just a few years, she just might be ready for her Pointe shoes!!!

Isn't she just beautiful in her flowing dress and floral headband.
I know her mom is so proud!!!

Now to complete your hop today, all you have to do 

is leave a comment here and stop by

the Fresh Brewed Blog 

to leave a comment!

You will be entered to win ALL FOUR 

of these adorable Elephants...

They're not even in the Shop til Saturday

so hurry over to be the first to get your hands on them!!

I have made another, very special project with Daisy,

but until Mr. Postman makes his delivery

I will not be posting that picture.

I hope you'll stop back tomorrow

to see exactly how special Miss Daisy is to me!

I Just Couldn't "Resist"

When I saw the new challenge for the

Fresh Brewed Designs Challenge Blog

is going to be 

"For the Guys"

I HAD to try out this new technique!

It's not a new technique,

but it's new to ME!!

It's called "Emboss Resist"

I stamped my image

"Caution Contents are Hot"

from Fresh Brewed Designs,

and my sentiment from the 

Let's Communicate Collection from Amber Ink,

with Versamark ink and heat embossed it 

with clear embossing powder.

After it cooled, I sponged blue, green and purple ink

over the entire surface of my card stock

then wiped the ink off the embossed image.

LOVE IT!!

Not bad for a first attempt, if I do say so myself!

What guy could possibly refuse THAT invitation?

Challenges:

Sweet stamps, Masculine

Craft Your Passion, What a Guy

Crafty Cardmakers Spotlight, Challenge Yourself

My Partner in Crafting Crime, Uncolored Image. I hope my card qualifies, as I did not color my stamped image, but I did use colored inks for the background (?)

2 Sisters, Anything Goes

CES Challenges, Embossing

Drunken Stampers, Magic (I think it's pretty magical how the image appears in white after it's covered in colored inks!)

ABC with FBD

Now, that was a fun title to come up with!
It's Wednesday! That means it's Fresh Brewed Designs Day on my blog!

A few Fresh Brewed Reminders:

Our Monthly Challenge is ending soon. You can enter all your Summer and Beach projects HERE!

We also have a Month-long challenge at the Latte Lounge with a terrific sketch!

You can enter to win more Fresh Brewed Goodies at Altered Alice all this month

And we are sponsoring a challenge from the Latte Lounge Digi Day that ends TONIGHT! It's a F-U-N challenge called You're a Special Lady too!make a card you'd like to receive!

And you can always enter your projects HERE for a chance to be a Guest Designer!

And... our Fresh Brewed Crew has been very busy making some terrific projects for this week's NEW challenge!

The theme is:

Anything But a Card

and the team's creations

are anything but ordinary!

Make sure you pop over and show them a little love!

I used the new "Daisy with Flowers" digi for my project.

It is "supposed" to be a "Treat" holder, but my boys ate all the Reese's cups before I could get any for the picture!
This project was inspired by the YUMMIEST project, posted by Rhonda for our Latte Lounge Digi Day 'You're Special Too' Challenge. 

Here's a little close-up of Daisy and her flowers! I colored her with Paint.NET then printed her twice. I cut each of the flowers and separated and bent the petals so they would pop up. I also cut out her skirt, embossed it with Cuttlebug Swiss Dots. In the close-up you can see the pretty shimmer! I achieved that by using "Creative Inspirations" paint: Fairy Dust. You can get the Marvelous Paint at the Fresh Brewed Shop! For only $2.15 a jar, this stuff is awesome!! In the centers of the flowers, I used Glossy Accents. The pretty polka dotted paper: that is from JLJ Designs!! In the "Pretty Tough Pack"

Fresh Brewed Beach Party Continues!

Partying and laughing in the sun
Waves rise and crash as the children run.
Girls in bikinis, a lemonade stand,
Wiggling our toes in the sand.
Summer is most fun; you'll see,
We get to play and be carefree.
Dreaming of mermaids and magical things,
We close our eyes as the ocean sings.
Sand, sun, ocean, fun;
Thank goodness Summer has just begun!

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Aloha!!! Welcome to the Fresh Brewed Designs Blog Hop! 
If you are getting here from Carolyn's Blog you are on the right track. 
If not, please go back to the start at the our beach babe Linda's blog.

We are getting a head start on SUMMER FUN here at Fresh Brewed Designs!

This hop will be featuring the new 
summer themed Rubber Stamps 
just released to the shop. 
Heather has created 8 super sassy, sweet and fun 
beach themed rubber stamps 
that are a must for all of your summer crafting needs! 
But no, she did not stop there! 
She has created 5 adorable summer themed digis. 
Join us in welcoming 
Baby Ellie, Baby Elvis, Daisy and Scooter Elephant 
to the FBD family. 
I know that all of these things bring the cuteness meter 
to the tippy top, but we are taking it one step further. 
Heather has added beautiful, shimmery, fun and AWESOME 
Creative Inspirations Paints to her shop!!! 
YES!!! These paints are amazing! 
You can find three colors in her shop: 
Tickled Pink (the perfect summer pink!) 
Aquamarine (Beautiful bright ocean blue) 
and Fairy Dust (a MUST HAVE because it goes with EVERYTHING!!!) 

Along the hop you will see many of these items, 
so sit back and be prepared for all the complete cuteness that awaits you. 

For this release, I created with

The brand new 

Cutie Pie Mermaid Rubber Stamp

and the brand new Fintastic Digi

Today marks the beginning of the Month-Long May Challenge
The theme of the month is:
Beach or summer
The winner of the Month Long challenge
will receive a surprise Summer Rubber stamp!
They're ALL so great, definitely worth playing for!


Check out the challenge blog for details!

Thank you so much for stopping by today. I hope that you are getting ready to break out your coconut bikini top, the self tanner and throw yourself a beach party! With the weather being as crazy as it has been, you deserve it ;)!!!
From here you will surf on over  to Lawren's blog

Here is the hop order for you if you wipe-out along the way :) 

Linda
Kelly
Carolyn (guest)
Stacie:  YOU ARE HERE!!
Lawren (guest)
Rhonda
Jeanette
Stacy
Heather