Spring Cupcakes .... yes please!

OK... so I am on a diet. 

I have gained so much weight lately it is ridiculous!

So I joined a Barre class at my daughters dance studio. 

It is held twice a week. I will also be participating in one

cardio class (which is tonight) and I am scared :D lol!!!

So... no cupcakes for me... unless I am coloring them... and

sometimes that's just as good.....

 who am I kidding. No it's not! lol!!!

I can tell you I am SO EXCITED for my daughters upcoming birthday (near the end of the month)

because that will be my 'cheat day' and I will eat one cupcake or one slice of cake

(but that's all) and I will enjoy every crumb! :D

Are you ready for some FAT FREE cupcakes?

Check out our LIL SWEETIES. 

we just released 5 new images today and hope that you love them

as much as we do :)

I created this card using LIL SWEETIE SPRING FLOWERS

I colored this sweetie using prismacolor markers AND copic markers. 

All of the papers are from my stash. I know I have had the green dot (handmade)

paper for about 8 years now. I have hoarded it. I have no idea where any of

these came from. Just my hoarded OLD stack of papers. sigh...

The sequins were one of those last minute decisions. I pulled them out of my 

drawer (forgetting I took the cap off to make a super hero stand for my son)

and they went everywhere. In my lap. On the floor. So I took that as conformation

to use them on the card. I had to pick them up one by one anyway... why not put some 

to use. :) I also added a few little epoxy stickers, a tiny clothes pin and a pretty pink rose. 

I used this SPLITCOAST STAMPERS Sketch SC582 

as my inspiration (and if you follow SCS you will know the challenge posted today... so 

I totally procrastinated and put the card together this morning. Hence the late post. 

I colored the image last week... but never found time to put it together. It is what it is. 

I still think this card turned out really sweet :)

Here are all of our NEW RELEASED digis:

Lil Sweetie Birthday

Lil Sweetie Cup and Cake

Lil Sweetie Easter Bunny

Lil Sweetie Spring Flowers

Lil Sweetie Pup-Cake

Thank you for stopping by and visiting with me today. 

I hope to see you play along with us at Freshly Brewed Challenges SPRING challenge. 

Have a very happy and blessed day!

Challenges:

Dragonfly Journeys: Flower Power

ABC Challenge - C is for CUTE

Diecut Divas - Spring

Simon Says Stamp touchy feely 

I will NEVER leave thee ...

God's love for us speaks so clearly in this scripture. 

He has given me all I ever needed and blessed me with far

more than I deserve. I take comfort in knowing he is always

there for me. He will never leave me nor forsake me! 

Thank you, God, for all you are. 

I used a  Sponsor Image from Bugaboo Stamps

Called Hedgehog Flower

along with the beautiful WAW *free* word art file

at the challenge blog >>HERE<< 

I am sure you have noticed that I am in the mood for spring! 

My last few posts have been ALL about spring images, colors, holidays...

I am SO READY!!!

As a matter of fact, my heat NEVER came on last night!!!

and I was able to open windows today and air out the house! WOOP WOOP!

Thank you for stopping by today.

Be blessed! 

Hello Spring!

Happy Wednesday!

It's that time again!

Time for another Freshly Brewed Challenge :)

YAY!

This week we want to see your projects featuring FLOWERS. 

NEW DIGI!!!

SPRING CHICK with EASTER EGGS

I actually used an old technique for coloring parts of this image. 

I used the lid of my ink it up ink pads (green and yellow)

 (cheap $1 pads I have had for YEARS)

mashed the lid into the ink and used water and paintbrush to watercolor paint the

yellow chick and the yellow-green grass. 

Then I got to cutting. 

LOTS of fussy cutting for this one

I am happy with how it looks IRL, 

Not so much in how I took the pic, lol

and last but not least I added LOTS of glitter!

(stickles crystal and Martha Stewart Crystal Fine)

The rest of the image was colored using

 PRISMACOLOR MARKERS and COPIC MARKERS

I used the SWEET SUNDAY SKETCH #258  SSSC259

as well as the SCS Mix-Ability Challenge 110- pop it up MIX110

Thank you so much for stopping by today!

I hope to see you play along in our Freshly Brewed Challenges! 

Have a happy and blessed day! 

ABC Challenge (P1/15) ‘E is for Exceptionally Cute’

Sparkle N Sprinkle -) Anything Goes with Loose Glitter

Cupcake Inspirations - W - #300 Sparkle

WORD ART WEDNESDAY Jan 28 and Feb 4

My new name is SCATTERBRAIN

How do you like it?

I have been soooo busy with the kids and dance and things of that nature 

that I seemed to have forgotten to post my card last week :-(

This week I am late getting my card to the WAW team because I lost track 

of what day it was. I wasn't feeling well for a few days. 

Stress finally caught up to me? I'm not sure. But I was down for the count there for

a few days and literally thought yesterday was Monday.... but it wasn't as we all know.

All of that being said...

Here are my latest WAW projects

Word Art Wednesday - Feb 4 - 10

Challenge #169

Our challenge this week is all about LOVE!

Everything we do should be done in love. 

Christ loves us so much and we should do everything with Him in mind

and let everything we do be a reflection of our love for Him! 

*and sometimes that isn't easy folks!* 

There are days we just don't feel like being nice. 

Our buttons are pushed or we just have had a really icky bad day.

But God says in ALL THINGS!

We are human and our flesh gets in our way sometimes, but

thank goodness we have the Holy Spirit with us reminding us when we mess up and

telling us that we need to take a step back and think about what just happened. 

He is also there to help us. Sometimes we don't know what to say to those in need.

Sometimes we meet someone that is just rude and mean and we don't want to be nice

to them or even know HOW to. The Holy Spirit is there to guide us and encourage us and help us. 

this card was created using the SCS Monday Try a New Technique challenge: 

TLC519 - Sentiment Down Under

CHALLENGE : January 28th

I really had fun making this card. We had several dreary, rainy, gray days in a row

and really felt that we needed some happy, bright colors to look at. 

I found some old vine looking trim in my stash and used the little pink sequins

to resemble flower buds. 

I do hope you will stop by and play along with us at WORD ART WEDNESDAY! 

Have a happy and blessed day!

Heather 

God is so good! (Word Art Wednesday Guest Designer)

I am blessed to be back again today with another

Word Art Wednesday card.

This week has been so busy. We are preparing for school to start.  

We are also preparing for all of the new dance classes the kids will be involved in. 

They will be taking up pretty much every weeknight. 

I am looking forward to the new start though. 

I have been trying not to let every day things stress me out. 

I have failed every day, but also done better than before.

I was reading an blog post at for the family entitled:

Jesus sits at your kitchen table

That opened my eyes and heart to a whole different perspective.

God is so good to me. So good that even the little, every day tasks that I do... even the ones

that I feel are so annoying and unending, are done and should be done for Him, 

giving Him glory. If you want to read that post click >HERE<

I am going to get back to the reason for this post and share my

Word Art Wednesday card with you.

This weeks scripture:

WORD ART WEDNESDAY CHALLENGE 145 -
Anything goes

Isn't that a beautiful scripture. 

CHRIST IN YOU, THE  HOPE OF GLORY!

How amazing is it to know and have Jesus living in your heart?

To know how much he loves you and that he died for your sin. 

To know that His love costs nothing. It is free. Salvation is free.

All we have to do is accept it. He paid the price for MY sin.

He died a death that only I deserved. 

And He would do it again! Just for one person. Just for you!

If it meant that he would have to endure the cross all over again, just to save you, 

he would! He loves us with such a deep love. We are His children. 

We are so important to Him. God, the father, loves us so much he knows every hair 

on our head. He knows every worry and fear. He knows every pain and tear we shed.

He wants to comfort us. To hold us. To give us peace and joy that surpasses all understanding.

We just have to ask for it. So simple. Our lives can change in an instant by asking Jesus into our

heart, to forgive us of our sin, to turn away from wicked ways and follow Him completely. 

I HAVE BLOG CANDY!!!

Since I am the August guest designer for Word Art Wednesday,

I thought it fitting that I have a small giveaway.

The big prize in my  package is this movie:

God's NOT Dead: DVD

Of course I will have a few crafty things to throw in the mix, 

but this is the main prize. 

To be entered in the Blog Candy Give-Away,

This candy will be available for the whole month! 

All you have to do is enter one of the WAW challenges for August. 

Simply link up to one of the challenges and then leave me a comment here on my blog post

 letting me know you entered! 

I will add a badge to my sidebar with a link so you can find it easily.

Thank you for stopping by!

I hope you have a blessed day.

                                      Heather

Here are this week's AWESOME sponsors:

 Classy Cards 'N Such

 $15 gift certificate to their store

AND

Your Next Stamp a $20 gift certificate

challenges

Crafty Creations - 2W - #269 Flower

Paper Shelter Challenge -3E, SIO - #169 punches and dies

Wonderful Wednesdays - W-  Always Anything Goes

Craft Room Challenge 2W, 3E - A Summer Garden (Week 2)

{Pin}spirational W -   #120 - Anything Goes

April Blog Hop and Digi Release with Fresh Brewed Designs

Hello!

Welcome to Fresh Brewed Designs April Blog Hop and Digi Release!

If you have already visited the challenge blog and are arriving

here from Amy's Blog, then you are right on track!

If not, then go BACK to the start >>HERE<< at Freshly Brewed Challenges.

We are so happy to have you visiting with us today.

We have been waiting for this hop, and season change, for some time now!

Birds are singing, kids are riding bikes, pollen is covering everything, bees are

busy buzzing around ... SPRING IS HERE! 

I had so much fun drawing up these little digis!

Little Daffodil poured from my pencil as I was sketching, her little friend Daisy was soon to follow.

I think spring is one of the most beautiful of all the seasons. 

It makes me think about new life, beautiful flowers blooming, the sun shining, 

and we get to celebrate the resurrection of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ on Easter Sunday.

Well, I don't just celebrate his life on Easter, I try to celebrate it every day! 

He loves us so much! 

DAFFODIL PLANTS Digital Stamp

I used all scrap papers for this card. 

I added glossy accents and several different 

shades of stickles to make everything sparkle.

**Here is a closer look at all of the pretty sparkles*

Thank you so much for hopping with us today.

I do hope you enjoyed your visit with us.

YOU HAVE REACHED THE LAST HOP STOP! 

Be sure to leave a comment on all participating blog stops 

for a chance to win a free digi of choice from FBD.

CHECK IT OUT!

You can purchase these digis as a set for a special

NEW RELEASE PRICE!

This deal, and the hop,  ends on April 16th at 11:59 PM

Stop by the shop and get yours today! 

Hugs, 

Hop Order:

FRESH BREWED BLOG

LINDA

SHERYL

VICKY

RHONDA

KIM 

EDWINA 

MARJI

DESIRE 

PATTI 

LORI 

BETH 

AMY

HEATHER

A Little Romance

GOOD MORNING!

I am here with my SECOND post for the day! 

Ok .. breathe...  I know it has been hard to get one out of me... but two! 

It's a shock, I know, but we will get through this together.

{{to see post #1 Simple and Sweet go HERE}}

This card was created using the Fresh Brewed Designs (my) digital image:

BEAUTIFUL ROSE

This card was really fun for me to make. 

I had fun putting all of the embellishments and papers together.

This paper is from the girls paperie, but I am not sure of the actual paper name.

It was from my scrap pile... in my HUGE christmas tree size box of paper.

This past summer was a very eventful one. It was good, but I had no time to create ...

so I decided to give it up. I kept out a few things.. but packed up all of m y larger papers

and put them away. I decided to ask my husband (being the big strong guy he is) to get the 

mega heavy box back down for me. He, ever so lovingly did, and I apologized the entire time.

This paper was on top and I knew it would be perfect for this card. 

I was really excited to see all of my OLD paper again :D

Materials:

Prismacolor markers, Copic Markers, The Girl's Paperie patterned paper, 

Papertrey Inc cardstock (white and brown), homemade felt flower, 

Making Memories Je t'Adore velvet leaves, Making Memories Je t'Adore brads, 

Making Memories 5th Ave. trim (ribbon), and Basicgrey pearls: opaline

Challenges:

Really Reasonable Ribbon - Valentine’sDay/Love&Ribbon

City Crafter 195: key to my heart

Seize the Sketch: Sketch #12

*****

Don't forget about our 

BLOG CANDY GIVEAWAY 

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Have a happy and blessed day, 

Glitter!

Good morning!

It is time for a Fresh Brewed Designs Caffeine Crazy Challenge!

What is that you ask?

It is a 24 hour challenge we host every 5th Saturday of the month. 

This month we are wanting to see some FBD GLITTERY CREATIONS!

I created this card in hopes to inspire you to get all your messy glitter out

and just have fun!

 Skinny Minnie's Coffee Break Rubber Stamp

I used stickles to add sparkle ALL OVER this fun and simple card. 

*cotton candy, fruit punch, and green*

on the bird

*stardust and eucalyptus*

I kept this layout pretty clean and simple. The paper was actually a piece with a double image just as you see here. I cut the paper in half and then removed the inside of the red square to create the frame. 

The pieces I cut from the middle became shudders. A little scoring, sanding, gluing and glittering and voila!

Here she is. A very sweet and simple feel good card!

This amazing paper was gifted to me by Rhonda and the little wooden bird

was tucked inside of a birthday card from Vanessa.

Thank you for stopping by today!

Be sure to stop in and check out our 24 hour challenge 

and play along for your chance to win at Fresh Brewed Designs!

We also want to remind you of our SALE going on NOW! 

Get your stamps while they are CHEAP!

Almost ALL rubber stamps are on sale - check it out by clicking on the image below.  

Have a blessed day.

Heather

Simon Says Stamp and Show: wood

Get Inky! - Glitter

Pause, Dream, Enjoy ) Use Foam Tape

Fusion Card: Photo Insp

Tea for You!

Good Afternoon!

I hope you all have had a happy Wednesday so far.

Today has been sortof upside downa nd sideways for me. 

I finally snapped out of 'some' of my lull and was able to complete 3 hours of school with the kids, make lunch, clean the kitchen, clean bathrooms, wash and fold a few loads of laundry,  and get a little bit of

design team work done. (behind the scenes DT work, not actual fun/creative time)

Now all I have to do is plan our Wednesday night lesson plan for the 

childrens church, cook dinner, clean up dinner and get everyone dressed

and ready to go. Sigh. That's all. 

And make coffee. 

Yes. 

I must make coffee.

Soon.

I am no longer going to bore you with the all the details of my day ;)

It is time for me to share a simple little card with you that 

I created using the Fresh Brewed Designs

I To-tea-lly Love You Digital Stamp

I kept this card light and sweet. The little flower embossed background paper 

was a last minute decision. I had something else entirely picked out for this card, 

but it would have been much darker. This card just looks happy -

therefore it makes me happy. So we are all happy!

(yes, I am losing it... and I really need to hush and take a coffee break)

The papers and ribbons are all from a scrap pile. The huge left overs

from 12 x 12 size designer paper stacks. The purple and white cardstock 

are from PTI. The pink textured cardstock is from Bazzil.

She was colored up using prismacolor and copic markers. 

Thank you for stopping by and visiting me today. 

I know this post is a little off... but that's me. 

I am off... and that is ok!

Sending you all smiles and big hugs!

challenges:

• Craft-Dee BowZ - (May) Must Use Handmade Bow
• Love to Create -Something for Kids
  • Love to Scrap - Pastels colors
• The Ribbon Girls - Colour Inspiration* Lilac and Lavender

FLOWERS!!!

It is time for a new month long prize challenge at Freshly Brewed Challenges

and we are celebrating FLOWERS this month!

I haven't used many flowers on my cards lately, so it was a challenge for me to

figure out how to place them without it looking gaudy. Not sure if I accomplished that on the 

first card, but know I tried ;)

Butterfly Fairy Digital Stamp

Materials: The Girls Paperie by Margie in jubilee

Papertrey inc cardstock: White and Papertrey Inc dot patterned paper

Spellbinders floral Doily Motifs diecut set

prismacolor and copic markers

liquid pearls: gold

everything else was from my stash

Sophie Digital Stamp

*free sentiment in shop*

materials: DCWV Spring Fling Matstack

Papertrey inc cardstock: White

prismacolor and copic markers

stickles: stardust

prima flowers

rest is from stash

Thank you for stopping by today. 

I hope you will stop by Freshly Brewed Challenges and 

play along with us this month!

Challenges: 

Card 1

Digi Sketch Challenge: Sketch 

Love to Create  Punches and/or Dies

Pause, Dream, Enjoy: outdoor critters

Pile It On - April Showers bring May Flowers 

Card 2

Creative Card Crew #35 Bling

Pin}spirational W - Photo Inspiration 

Tuesday Morning Sketches  SKETCH*- #196

Our Creative Corner : anything goes

Word Art Wednesday: Scripture : Children

You Make Me Hoppy!

Thanks for hopping by my blog today. 

I hope you enjoy your visit :)

I have a card to share with you today featuring a NEW digi 

from  Fresh Brewed Designs called

 SWEET BUNNY

 I was born on Easter ... so when I see little Easter Bunnies and things it reminds me

of the little vases and things my mom had flowers in at the hospital. One in particular had the shape of

a fuzzy (pink I think) easter bunny holding or beside a huge easter egg. (the egg was the vase)

 These colors remind me of  it :) 

When it was drawing nearer to my daughters birth, we were hoping she would also be

born on Easter. She was just 4 days too early :)

Here is a close up of the image showing the crystal stickles, meadow flower soft, 

glossy accents and the crystal fine martha stewart glitter strip above the moss. 

Thank you for stopping by today. 

Want a chance to win this digi?

Stop by the Freshly Brewed Challenges blog to find out how.

This card was created for the following challenges:

Sketch Saturday: Sketch

City Crafter Blog: Glitter

Crazy 4 Challenges: Texture 

Crafty Ribbons - Button up

Try It On Tuesday -It's All In The Eyes