February Choose Your Challenge with FBD

It's time for a new month long challenge with Fresh Brewed Designs.

This year we have started an entire new series of challenges at the Challenge Cafe called

CHOOSE YOUR CHALLENGE

We offer a sketch and photo inspiration piece, and YOU

get to choose which of the two you want to create with!

Choose one OR both!
I am a part of the BOTH team ;)

Here is what I was able to work with this month:

And here is the project I created:

I used the digital stamp: Lasso My Heart : Joe

I have to tell you that I did struggle with this card.

I had everything out on the table and had so many images laid out

to choose from. I had cupcake girls, coffee girls, coffee houses and 

you name it! My mojo was gone!!! I started coloring up 'Lasso Joe' 

(we'll call him that for short, hehehe) and thinking "What am I doing?"

If you know me, I am not much of a 'guy' card maker. I like frilly cards.

I like creating with pinks and brighter colors. This one came together really

well and I am happy with it... but I did keep scratching my head wondering

why I created it and what I was going to do with it.....

... The reason revealed itself when my husband got home from work.
I was just putting the finishing touches on the card when he came into the room.
He told me his coworker, Jake, needed a valentine for his wife and asked
if I would make him one. Jake is a REAL COWBOY. He walks the walk, talks the talk.
He has a sweet and beautiful wife, they have a whole slew of kids, and he has horses.
I looked at my husband, showed him the card and asked if Jake would want this one.
He just laughed and said it was perfect! He sent Jake a photo of it and he LOVED it too!
The inside was personalized and I can't tell you all it said, but he was quite clever using
words like "you roped my heart" and we were always  meant to be together.

Funny how things work out sometimes.
I can't help but sit and smile now that I know this card will have a happy home and had
a wonderful purpose for being created after all :)

Hope to see you play along in our challenge!
This challenge runs for the ENTIRE MONTH of FEBRUARY!
You have plenty of time to play.



a few **Don't Forget** reminders before I leave you:

Our BLOG CANDY LINK UP CHALLENGE

Our BLOG HOP DIGI RELEASE starting Monday
This will be a 3 day hop so you will have extra time to join in. WOOT WOOT!

Have a happy and blessed day!

Challenges:

• Shopping Our Stash #129 Love/Valentines Day
• Artistic Inspirations -  - Anything Goes / Hearts
• Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge - Love Notes
• Simon Says Stamp: Have a Heart

Joe... to go!

...NO!!!!! Not like that.... silly people!

He is ordering takeout for his sweetie! 

They enjoy going out together sometimes, but still enjoy quite evenings at home too.

Our challenge this week at Freshly Brewed Challenges is HOT

Anything HOT

and Joe qualifies, esp since he loves coffee and is ordering takeout, right?

Hot Cuppa Joe rubber stamp

For this card I used 

Momento Ink, prismacolor markers, copic markers, and sharpie markers

the paper is by American Craft: Adobe Rockin Lane

the phone number paper is by jillibean soup in neopolitan bean bisque

the rest is scraps or ??? and a word doc printed sentiment

Be sure to stop by Freshly Brewed Challenges and see if you are a blog hop winner!

this card was created using the following challenges:

i {heart} 2 stamp sketch for August

Penny's Paper-Crafty -  masculine, Creative Card Crew Script,

FBD August Hop Day 2

Good Morning!!!

It is day #2 of our Fresh Brewed Designs RUBBER STAMP Release Blog Hop!

Today I have another card featuring the new 

HOT CUPPA JOE

He is so fun to mix with other stamps, as I have been showing the past few days. Today I have paired him with the FBD Come and Knock on my Door rubber stamp.

 The door is cut with a craft knife and propped open with foam mounting squares. I added some fun flower soft in meadow to the greenery around and on the door. The fun little coffee ticket tag is only $0.01 with any purchase for this weekend only... Just add it to your cart! 

Thank you for stopping by! Be sure to HOP with us for your chance to see ALL of the amazing cards and for the chance to win BLOG CANDY! 

GO HERE TO GET YOUR HOP ON!

Have a wonderful day!

Heather

Happy Friday!

Good Morning my Peeps!

I hope your Friday greeted you with a big sunshiny smile like mine did. 

Bees are buzzing and allergies are a kickin! hahaha! and ick!

I have a few simple cards to share with you today. 

I created this card using the digi: Fuzzy Chick with Bow

and the digi sentiment: hanging with my peeps

I also have this simple little card that I created for my sons Basketball coach.
He LOVED playing for the Longhorns this season. I can't even begin to tell you how much of a blessing the upwards program is! I look forward to next year as well as participating in the other programs they have to offer in the meantime.

I am a little too late to enter, but I used the sketch at Retro Sketches for this card.

Be sure to stop in and hang out with us this weekend!

We are having our MARCH RUBBER RELEASE AND BLOG HOP!

The hop is a 3 day hop, so you will have plenty of time to play along

See you then!

BIG SMILES, 

Heather

Ho Ho Ho!!! it's Joe!!!

Good Morning!!! it is time for a NEW CHALLENGE AND DIGI RELEASE at Fresh Brewed Designs. 

We have a new November prize challenge going on too - that includes candy for our loyal customers

Please stop by and read more about it all here: 

NOVEMBER Customer Appreciation blog candy and Month long challenge

As I am sure you have already figured out ;), we have a new JOE!!!

he is lovingly called  Ho Ho Joe 

and can be found in the Fresh Brewed Designs shop under holiday digital stamps / Christmas  

or under the digital stamps / a guy thing section of the shop. 

Joe is also standing in one of the other new releases called: Christmas room .

This card was created using all scrap papers, ribbon from stash,  some clear sentiment stamps from Walmart, prismacolor markers, stickles, red fun flock, and snow paint

I used the sketch at Sweet Sunday Sketch  141 for my card today

Before you leave today I will let you know that

We have released 10 new digis today- if you want to see them in the shop go here

if you would like to see what our amazing DT and Guests have created go here

Thanks for stopping by! I hope you have a wonderfully happy and blessed day. 

Hot Cuppa Joe

This is a SUPER fast post seeing as how I am posting while the kids are doing their schoolwork, or trying to not do it since I am not in the room. Day 3 and they are already pushing ALL of my buttons! See... I already had to take a break from writing THIS MUCH and stop them from fighting. Sheesh!!!

Anyway ~ everything has stated in full swing and I have the headaches to prove it ;) lol!!!

Hot Cuppa Joe FBD Digital Stamp

Monday kicked off our Dance school year as well... and it was a great one!
Hannah loves her classes so far. Her teachers are the same wonderful teachers as last year and her classes have near doubled in size. There was so much chaos at CFPAA Monday all you could do was freak out and run screaming or bask in the wonderful chaos before you. The teachers and workers all did their jobs with style and grace and control and smiles despite all of the things they were dealing with.

I made this card for "Mr. Joey". There is Not a single person at CFPAA who does not love Joey. He is a super nice guy always willing to help and encourage and joke around. I was coloring this image in last night and thinking "hot cuppa Joe" (the digis name) ... hot cuppa.... wait! I will make this for our Hot Cuppa Joe! HAHAHAH!!! I know this card may seem somewhat inappropriate for a 'guy' but I think Joey will like it and not take offense to it (or feel like I am hitting on him, lol!)  He could use a smile after this week. I am going to get some of the other moms to sign it as well.

Hope you all have a super wonderful Wednesday. I am off to get a shower, some IB and coffee :)

Many hugs and smiles!!!

challenges:

Eat Sleep Stamp sketch