Playing with FBD!

Playing with some stamps from Fresh Brewed Designs today.  Found a cute template on Split Coast Stampers for a handled box.  It's just big enough to hold one of those small packages of ground coffee from the store.  If you are ever in need of really adorable "coffee-based" stamps, FBD is the site to go to!  Heather has many other designs but is truly known for the caffeinated ones, LOL. 

All paper are from my stash.

The ribbon is from Stampin up.

Digis and sentiment stamp from Fresh Brewed Designs

Colored with copics.

Dragonfly die from Magnolia.

Handle cut out from SpellBinders.

Flowers are hand-made.



FBD happy birthday tic-tac-toe

So I was late adding my card today but I wanted to post my card for the Tic Tac Toe challenge over at Fresh Brewed Designs!  Heather has been so wonderful putting up with my absence since I restarted school!  I love this stamp, so pretty and delicate looking. What a great stamp!

and inside.....

I used the FBD image, ribbon and flowers from the Tic Tac Toe  board.  So easy to work with.

Recipe:

Image:  Fresh Brewed Designs

Die Cuts:  Spellbinders, Memory Box, Fiskar border punch

Ink:  Memento tuxedo black, Ranger distress inks

Sentiment:  Our Craft Lounge

Stash:  Papers, ribbon, brads.

Challenges:

Fresh Brewed Designs:  Tic Tac Toe

Crafting for all Seasons:  Homemade flowers

Little Darlings Challenges:  Flowers

Paper Pretties:  Flowers

Penny's Challenges:  Happy Birthday

Whimsey Stamps:  Spots and Dots

Crafty Sentiments:  Spots or Stripes

Some new rubbah to hop with!

Welcome to FBD's March Rubber Stamp release and blog hop! If you are getting here from Yolanda's blog then you are right on track! If not, please start off at our artist and designers blog Heather's Coffee Break.

All around the country, it may seem like our calendars are deceiving us. It is only March but there is the growing feeling that SPRING IS JUST AROUND THE CORNER! Here at Fresh Brewed Designs we are getting spring fever! We are itching to bring out our bicycles, picnic baskets, spring decor and walking shoes so we can fully enjoy the unseasonably warm weather. Our Rubber Stamp Release for March is celebrating all of this as well. We are getting ready for planting gardens, watching butterflies fluttering about, listening to bumblebees buzzing all around and hearing birds singing. We are celebrating all of the NEW things spring brings. Some of us like to decorate for spring holidays. Others will be welcoming someone to the neighborhood or welcoming home a new little one. Whatever it is you are celebrating this spring, Fresh Brewed Designs has a stamp to help you create for it!

The new releases this month include Gardening Granny, Come and Knock on my Door, and Wreath Girl. They are each unique and so versatile! Our lovely door can be decorated for any of your needs. New home, new baby, Christmas, Easter, Halloween... you name it! Same goes for our lovely Wreath Girl. Granny is so fun and can be used for anything from serious to humorous. I love her funky style don't you?

I chose to create with Gardening Granny for this release

Isn't she just the cutest granny on the block!

If you would like to see what I have done with another of the new release stamps (when it was only available in a digi) go to see 'Come Knock on my Door' HERE

Heather has another special deal for you this month. You can get this package deal during the hop for only $18!!!

The package includes all three just released stamps, one die cut and embossed piece of Papertrey Inc card stock, two 4x6 sheets of the double sided embossed i do Viburnums by American Craft paper , two 4x6 sheets of the double sided Heidi Grace Purple Houses paper, 10 clear dew drops, a variety of 6 buttons, 5 purple fabric flowers, and 4 feet of each color of twine. PLUS remember with each stamp you purchase you will get a bonus badge! Collect 5 bonus badges to earn a FREE STAMP!

Now, hop on over to Rhonda's blog to see what they have prepared for you!

Since we are talking about spring, we always know that there's always a chance for a spring shower
Just in case blogger decides to make mud puddles or cause us any trouble during your hopping enjoyment,
we are attaching the hop order so you are able to SPRING right on through

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

Kenzie: http://kraftyhugzz.blogspot.com/

Celeste: http://www.touchedbyabutterfly.com/

Stacy: http://impressionsofaribbonaddict.blogspot.com/
Yolanda: http://www.justyolie.com/

Gale: http://galevarland.blogspot.com/

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

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

Recipe:

Image:  Fresh Brewed Designs:  Gardening Granny

Sentiment:  Our Craft Lounge

Coloring:  Copic markers

DP:  Heidi Grace, DCWV

Stash:  Ribbon, brads, CS, glossy accents

Garden time

This week on Fresh Brewed Designs Heather is looking for some 'Plants / Outdoor screnery'.  She has all kinds of cute digis and stamps to make this a really easy one.

I am playing with two of the new digis for March. I just 'blended' them together for one card.

They are called 'Daniel in the garden' and 'Grace in the garden'  and they are really cute images!

Quite fun and easy to color!  I teamed it up with a sentiment from an OCL stamp set and

I thought it turned out pretty good!

Recipe:

Images:  Fresh Brewed Designs

Sentiment:  Our Craft Lounge

Coloring:  Copic markers

Embellishments:  The Twinery twine, Glossy Accents

Stash:  Buttons, paper scraps, charm, half pearls.

Challenges:

Fresh Brewed Designs:  Plants / Outdoor scenery (DT card)

Digistamps 4 Joy:  Mainly green

Little Darlings Challenge:  Colors of Spring

Digital Tuesday:  Think Spring

Sweet Stamps:  Think Spring

Daisy Doodles Creative Challenge:  Tie it up

House of Gilli:  Colors of Spring



Photo inspiration

Once again blogger has failed me.  My apologies for this posting being late.

There is a wonderful photo inspiration challenge going on over at Fresh Brewed Designs!

It all starts today and the theme is caffeine.  Well, it is actually coffee mugs but since I don't drink coffee I chose to go straight to the "juice" and go with caffeine!  LOL

Here is the photo inspiration.......

Using Heather's coffee cup stack from the coffee shop digis and one of the new rubber stamp sentiments, I made this card......

Obviously, my inspiration was the stacks of cups!  Duh!

Recipe:

Image:  Fresh Brewed Designs (paper piecing)

Sentiment:  Fresh Brewed Designs

Inside image:  Our Craft Lounge

Dies:  Spellbinders

Embellies:  Twine from The Twinery, liquid pearls

Ink:  Memento rich cocoa (sentiment), Ranger distress ink, old paper (sponging)

Stash:  DP and all scraps

Layout:  I saw a card on line with this shape and layout.  As soon and I come across the

site again, I will post it with a link!

Challenges:

Fresh Brewed Designs:  Photo Inspiration

Creative Card Crew:  Humor

Paper and Such Design:  Paper Piecing

Stamp and Create:  Paper Piecing

So Artful:  Time for Tea

SSDS Challenges:  Use your stash (all those scraps of paper for piecing!)

Fairy Tale Challenge:  Paper Piecing

PolkaDoodle:  Polka Dots

FBD Blog Hopping (with candy)

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 Stacy'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 BOTH of our new stamps for my project!

First I used 'Crafty Girl' to may a birthday card for my best 'crafty' friend!

Happy Birthday Danna!

Inside I used this wonderful sentiment from Yolanda over at Just Yolie.  What a great way to say Happy Birthday to a friend who has the same paper addiction that I do!  LOL

Next I got out 'Work out Girl'.  Now, she is one tough chica! 

Her outfit is paper pieced with scraps.  Love to use those scraps!

Check out that flower DP.  If you buy both stamps, you will get some of this cardstock to play with!

CANDY ALERT! CANDY ALERT! CANDY ALERT!

One lucky person will win this rubber stamp!  (and a few little add-ons)
Cutie Pie Mermaid

This is one of the stamps from a Fresh Brewed Designs summer release.  I figure that since I am praying for warm weather and summer days, why not stamp for summer too!  LOL

To win this stamp. (I will mail anywhere the winner lives) is really easy.

Leave a comment here on this posting.

Follow this blog (but only if you want to!  LOL)

Have fun visiting all the blogs in our hop!  :)
I will pick a random winner on Tuesday.  Good Luck!

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 Yolanda'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!

: )  Gale

Here is the hop list in full in case you get lost.

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

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

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

Gale: http://galevarland.blogspot.com/

Yolanda: http://www.justyolie.com/

Celeste: http://www.touchedbyabutterfly.com/

Stacie: http://hestiashelper.blogspot.com/

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

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

Kenzie: http://kraftyhugzz.blogspot.com/

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

Recipe:

Images:  Rubber stamps from the February release for Fresh Brewed Designs

Sentiment:  From Yolanda at 'Just Yolie', Whimsey ticket stamps

Coloring:  Copic markers

DP:  American Craft Letterbox - Yours Ever

Die Cuts:  Spellbinders. Whimsey ticket die
Border Punch:  Fiskars

Stash:  Ribbon, brads, tickets, flowers and 1/2 pearls.  Crafty sparkles from OCL.

Challenges:
Card Makin' Mamas:  Happy Birthday (1st card)
Crafty Ann's Challenge:  Bold and bright (both cards)
Guylous's Inimitability:  Girly, girly (1st card)
Poodles Parlour:  Mothers day or for a female (both cards)
Delightful Challenges:  Patterned Paper (both cards)
MAWTT:  Lots of layers (card 2)
Paper Crafting Journey:  Make it Cute
SJ Paper Crafts:  Flower, bonus if it is red or pink (1st card)
Inky Impressions:  Bright colors, esp. yellow, pink and green (both, esp. card 2)
Crafty Sentiments:  Use 2 different DP (both cards )

Fire me, I forgot!

So, today is the start of the new challenge at Fresh Brewed Designs.  I remembered to make my card!  I remembered to post to the FBD blog.  I forgot to post to my own!  I think I need to be fired!  LOL

Actually, I had an amazingly horrible day at work yesterday and had nothing left when I came home.  I checked my email, had a drink (yep) and went to bed.  One of the few drawbacks of 12 hour shifts is that there isn't alot of time between them when they run 3 days in a row!  Gotta admit, the 4 days in a row off is pretty cush though!

On to the challenge..... Use 2 of something.  "Double it",  How easy is that!

Hop on over to Fresh Brewed Designs and check of the wonderful images that Heather has in the shop.  So many things to try out.

I chose to work with a stamp called 'Beach Bums'.   It started out as a joke as she obviously has

2 "cheeks" and would fit the challenge without adding anything else!  LOL

So, I have my 2 'cheeks', 2 sets of birds and 2 palm trees on this card.  Pretty easy challenge, makes for lots of fun time in the craft room.

The background is just inked with sponges.

Challenges:

Fresh Brewed Designs:  Double it!
Sassy Cheryl Challenge:  No embossing
Lollipop Crafts:  Anything goes

Recipe

Images:  Fresh Brewed Designs, Our Craft Lounge

Sentiment:  Our Craft Lounge

DP:  DCWV photo stack (sand paper)

Coloring:  Copic markers, Momento inks

From the stash:  some old kitchen twine, glossy accents

Happy Valentine's Day

So, the challenge starting today on Fresh Brewed Designs is "Red Hot".

Easy.   It's valentines day, time to get a card done for DH.  Also easy!

TaDa!

Isn't this a great stamp.  Heather really rocks the coffee chicks in her digis and stamps!

Paper pieced the dress with a tiny snip of glittery red paper that I found in the bottom of my stash pile.

Obviously, I added a handwritten sentiment on the inside......no need to bore

you with that!  LOL

I hope that everyone had a great Valentine's Day!

Challenges:

Whimsical Designs:  Red, white and one other color (black)

The Sisterhood of Craft:  Valentines day

Celebrate the Occasion:  Valentines, mush use a heart

Crafty Sentiments:  Love

Crazy Amigo:  Hearts

Die Cuttin Divas:  Use at least 2 of these colors-Red, white, pink and black

Scrap Creations:  Layers

Papertake Weekly:  Black, white and red all over

CPS:  Sketch

Recipe:

Image:  Fresh Brewed Designs

Colors:  Copic Markers

Embossing:  CB hearts folder

Punches and dies:  Fiskars heart border punch, Spellbinders square die

Stash:  DP, Neenah solar white paper, black mirrored paper, Sakura clear star glitter pen.

Everything is Groovy - It's a Really Rad Blog Hop

Hey! Here's the skinny. Fresh Brewed Designs has been preparing something totally funkadelic. I mean, it is RAD man. I am totally diggin' it and know you will too. First, you have to make sure you aint trippin and are starting at the right pad. Your first stop is at Heather's Coffee Break. If you are getting here from Celeste's blog then you are right on track man!

We have all been so stoked about this hop! The team and our jive guests have created some projects that are out of site! I mean they are totally off the hook bro! So get down and boogie with us.. feel tha funk and get ready for some total SWEETNESS

Now I got to play with this really hip image from Heather.

Add some flowers and some really funky colors and you have a perfectly groovy card.

And, if that wasn't enough.....I played again.  The same image, some new funky colors and some tripping swirls all on a gate-fold card to brighten up someones day!

Go inside and the brilliant stripes jump out to get you!

After all,   It's All Groovy!

Far Out right?
It is time to take this party to the next stop. Boogie on down to Linda's blog and check out her hip to the groove creations. Be sure to leave a bit of love (a comment) on each hop stop for your chance to win all of the digis released today!

Peace Man! I will catch you on the flip side!

: ) Gale

Here is the WAY COOL hop order:
Heather: http://joemamainks.blogspot.com/
Celeste: http://www.touchedbyabutterfly.com/
Gale: http://galevarland.blogspot.com/
Linda: http://stamperstouch.blogspot.com/
Stacie: http://hestiashelper.blogspot.com/
Rhonda: http://bumblcreate.blogspot.com/
Yolanda: http://www.justyolie.com/
Stacy: http://impressionsofaribbonaddict.blogspot.com/

Kenzie: http://kraftyhugzz.blogspot.com/
Vanessa: http://vanessaspapercreations.blogspot.com/
Sheryl: http://butterflykisscards.blogspot.com/

Recipe:

Image:  Fresh Brewed Designs

Coloring:  Copic Markerss

Twine:  The Twinery

Stash:  Cardstock, DP, buttons, brad and ribbon

Sentiment:  Hand written and doodling

Die Cut:  Spellbinders

Dry Embossing:  Cuttlebug Divine Swirls folder

Love you a Latte

New challenge over on Fresh Brewed Designs today!  It is a photo inspiration.



Doesn't that look just yummy!

It also made for a really easy choice of images from FBD!  I had to used the

cupcakes digi called 'Heart Cake' and a new to me digi called 'Coffee talk'.  Apparently it is one of Heather's first digi's, don't know how I missed it!

Since she is sitting, I just HAD to make another 'shop front' card.  Looks like she is sitting outside the shop window.  She is enjoying her caffeine and trying really hard not to order one of those beautiful giant cupcakes! (as I am typing this, I realized how far off my scale is! Or, maybe I just think all cupcakes should be bigger than my head!! LOL)

Coffee talk girl was colored, cut out and placed in front of the store with dimensionals.

Inside is a sentiment, also from FBD.

Love these store front cards.  There is a tutorial for making this style card here

on my blog.

Have a wonderful rest of the week!

This card may be entered in the following challenges:

Fresh Brewed Designs:  Photo inspiration

Crafts & Me Challenge:  Use a new image (coffee talk girl)

Digi Stamps 4 Joy:  Love

Diva's by Design:  Love

Fab n' Funky:  Love is in the air

My Mums Craft Shop:  Love

The Sisterhood of Crafters:  Valentine

Digital Tuesday Challenge:  Red or pink. (I did both)

TSB Challenge:  Valentine

Crafty Boots Challenge:  Valentine

CupCake Craft Challenge:  Pink and Red

Daisy Doodles Creative Challenge:  Valentine

iCopic:  Hearts and copic markers (Yahoo!)

The Shabby Tea Room:  Candy hearts (use food theme and hearts)

Crafting When We Can:  Valentine/Love

Dream Valley Challenges:  Valentine

Stampin Sisters in Christ:  Show some love

One Stitch at a Time:  Show some love

Two Sisters Challenge:  Red, pink and white

CMC Copic Challenge:  Colors of love

Crazy 4 Challenges:  Make a scene

Drunken Stampers:  Use something new (coffee talk girl image)

Hiding in my Craft Room:  Red, pink and white

 

: ) Gale

Recipe:

Images:  Fresh Brewed Designs, Coffee Talk and Heart Cake

Sentiment:  Fresh Brewed Designs

Papers: Xpress Blending card, Martha Stewart Valentine holiday pack, Neenah solar white and

DCWV Luxury pack

Ink:  Memento, spun sugar (on inside sentiment)

Stash:  Ribbon, red card stock

Accessories:  Copic Markers, SU work punch, Spellbinders fancy tags, Sakura clear star glitter pen and clear glaze pen.  Crystal hearts from Crystal Stickers, Fiskars border punch and half-pearls from Creative Charms.

(Thanks toTammie E.  I cased your actual blog to decide how to set up my web pages. )

           

Love train coming through!

February 1, 2012.  Can you believe how fast January flew by!  LOL

Valentine's day will be here before you know it!  We had a great blog hop with Fresh Brewed Designs in mid January.  I decided that the love train needed to keep on chugging!

Heather designed this 'Oh so Cute' little train, pulling a wonderful car full of love just for the blog hop.  Since this wasn't my image to play with on the hop, I am back today and using it!

I added the great (and quite appropriate) sentiment on the inside.

Die cuts are from Spellbinders.  Border punch is Fiskar.

Coloring is copic markers.

Papers and ribbons are from my stash.

Sakura 'clear star' glitter pen on train wheels and tracks.

Go by FBD and join in the new monthly challenge "LOVE".

Also:

With a new month comes a new Special Brew at Fresh Brewed Designs. On Monday, February 6th, our darling little Cutie Pie in Clouds rubber stamp will be on sale for $3.95. If she sells out before the day is over, a new rubber stamp will replace her at that price! Fabulous! There's always something brewing at Fresh Brewed Designs.

Have a great rest of the week!

: )  Gale

This card may be entered in the following challenges:

Cooking it up with Katie:  Hearts, punch, emboss

Creative Belli:  Valetine/hearts

Little Red Wagon:  Valentine/Love
Paper Pretties:  Ribbon or Twine
Truly Scrumptious:  Love/Valentine

Brrr.......It's cold outside

Apparently Mr. Blogger was not playing nice this morning.  I am sorry for the late posting on this card.

BRRRRR.................It's cold outside! 

Fresh Brewed Designs is starting it's new challenge today and this is the topic!

So easy with one of the cute digital or stamp images from Heather at Fresh Brewed Designs.

I made my card using 'Winter Giraffe' (I call him Geoffrey).  I doubled up my image for this card.

This card is colored with copic markers.  The border punch on the inside is a MS snowflake punch.

The sentiment on the outside is from Our Craft Lounge.  The one on the inside is computer generated.  The ribbons, brads and pearls are all from my stash.

I used sparkly fluff from OCL on both of the hats.

Be sure to be checking on the Fresh Brewed Designs blog for a special price on a special stamp!  It will be the 'shop special' for Feburary and I just know you will love it!

: )  Gale

This card may be entered in the following challenges:

Fresh Brewed Designs:  BRRRR..........It's cold outside (DT card)

Hubert is in the snow

SNOW.  That is the design requirement for the current challenge over on GingerLoft Challenges.

Definitely NOT what we have here!  110 MPH winds, 3 inches of rain in 2 days, flooding, roads washing out, sink holes.  Now that we have, and have had for a week now.  UGH!

Today, at least, it is only windy.  Not much rain, and believe me, we don't need any more rain for a couple of days!  One town just north of me had 4.95 inches of rain in 24 hrs.  TOO MUCH!

But I digress.  SNOW is the concept for this challenge.  What better way to showcase snow than with some snow flakes and a couple of penguins all ready to start their snowball fight.

I used some sticky back half pearls for the stack of snowballs!  Thought it was a cute idea.

The snow flakes are one of the Michaels $1 punches and some glitter paper.

The die cut is Spellbinders, the sentiment is punched with the SU word window.

The sentiment is from Heather at Fresh Brewed Designs. 

The ribbon is from my stash and I followed directions from a tutorial over at Dustin Pikes place,

The snow flake brad is from my stash.

The DP is DCWV photo stack.  The is torn vellum under their feet for ice and snow.
Colored with copics, SU dazzling diamonds glitter is everywhere.

Hope everyone is have a safe and dry January!

:  )  Gale

This card may be entered in the following challenges:

GingerLoft Challenges:  Snow (DT card)
Dream Valley Challenges:  Animals
Pan Pastel:  Use 2 of something
The Crafty Pad:  Something for a boy
The Hybrid Chick:  Punches/Dies (used both)
Copic Challenge Group:  Copics, picture inspiration
Rogue Redhead Designs:  Use vellum
Send a Smile 4 Kids:  Anything goes for a kid
Delicious Doodles:  Winter Wonderland

Cowboy Joe comes home

Wasn't Cowboy Joe from my last post just gorgeous!  Yummy!  LOL

As I hinted in my last post, today I am going to show you where Joe went when he got off the Love Train and headed home to his honey!

This is another Fresh Brewed Designs image (soon to be rubber!)  It originally had a Christmas

wreath on it but I just used all the little hearts I had left after punching my border to cover the wreath and make it perfect for Valentines Day!

I used  an embossing strip from CB for the 'With Love' sentiment.  Added those EK success

borders that I punched, some ribbon and some liquid pearls.  What a beautiful welcome home!

On the inside, the ticket stubs (MudMaven and Sentiments 4 you)  from Cowboy Joe's 'Love Train' (blog hop) ride. 

I added some more punched borders and a couple of heart lollipops (also from FBD)

and had a great finish to my card.

All the coloring is with copics.  The lollipops are coated with glossy accents.

: )  Gale

This card may be entered in the following challenges:

Aud Sentiments:  the word LOVE

Shelly's Images:  Anything goes

Crafty Creations:  Valentines

The Love Train is at my station......

Love, love me do.
You know I love you,
I'll always be true,
So please, love me do.

It's all about the hugging and kissing and daydreaming... sigh.
We are talking about that four letter word today.
LOVE!
If you are getting here from Vanessa's blog, Paper Creations, then you are right on track. If not, you need to start at the first hop stop: The Freshly Brewed Challenges Blog.

Everyone at Fresh Brewed Designs has been creating and keeping secrets from each other.
You got it, even we don't know what the others got to create with! I will be hopping right along with you, excited to see what is new and next on the list for me to get to create with.

The digi that I got to create with is called Lasso my Heart and you can find it at the Fresh Brewed Designs Shop under Holiday Digital stamps: Valentines / In Love.

Isn't he just gorgeous!  He can lasso me anytime!

I used my Spellbinders to the little word hearts and the top and bottom to my little gift box.

I made a small box and attached it to the bottom layer.  I attached a lid to the upper heart.

Perfect little box for an extra special candy (maybe a double chocolat truffle?) or a little

piece of cotton with a special piece of jewelery on it? 

This box is cased off one made by Tammie E. at 'One Happy Stamper'.  While I don't have

her instructions, I was able to look at her pics and figure this out. (LOL)

Colored with copics, embossed with a CB folder and ribbon is from my stash.

Sentiments on the hearts are mostly hand written.

Come back by on Friday and you will get to see where this cowboy is going when he

gets done with his 'Love Train' ride!

Now hop back aboard the love train *toot toot* and ride on to your next hop stop at Kenzi's blog, Krafty Hugs .

While you are there, leave her some blog lovin' for your chance to win a SPECIAL FRESHLY BREWED PRIZE! You have to leave a comment on all of the hop stops in order to win.

Thank you for hopping with us at Fresh Brewed Designs
Just in case you get hit with Cupid's Arrow along the way and get a little lost, here is the hop order:

Freshly Brewed Challenges Blog - http://freshbreweddesigns.blogspot.com/
Heather - http://joemamainks.blogspot.com/
Sheryl - http://butterflykisscards.blogspot.com/
Celeste - (guest)- http://www.touchedbyabutterfly.com/
Vanessa - http://vanessaspapercreations.blogspot.com/
Gale - http://galevarland.blogspot.com/ (you are here)
Kenzi -(guest)- http://kraftyhugzz.blogspot.com/    
Stacy - http://impressionsofaribbonaddict.blogspot.com/
Linda - http://stamperstouch.blogspot.com/

The project may be entered in the following challenges:

Crafty Creations:  Valentines

Inky Impressions:  Anything but a square

Alota Rubber Stamps:  Hearts

Just Tracy's Crafts:  Valentines

Pretty Little Ribbon Shop:  Valentines with a ribbon

Really Reasonable Ribbon:  Valentines

Through the Craft Room Door:  Valentines and make your own embellishments

For My Crafty Friend

Playing along with  the color challenge over at Fresh Brewed Designs,

What a great group (read easy here) of colors to work with. 

Next I chose one of my favorite FBD digi images, 'Crafty Gal'.  Want to know a secret?

She is coming out in rubber!  This is wonderful!

I know just the crafty gal that this birthday card is going to!

The PJs are paper pieced and the bunny slippers have Crafty Sparkles made by OCL.

They are soooo cute and fuzzy IRL!

The rest of the coloring is with copic markers. 

The border punch is from Martha Stewart.  I put liquid pearls in the flower centers.

The ribbon and buttons are from my stash.  Glossy accents was used in various places.

Inside the card (note the kraft color).........

This wonderful sentiment was designed by JustYolie.

The die cut is one from Spellbinders.

Get out on the web, find a challenge and get crafting!

:)  Gale

This card may be entered in the following challenges:   (please forgive any entry that is not appropriate for a challenge, it is unintentional)

Fresh Brewed Designs:  Pink, white and kraft (DT card)
Art Impressions:  Pink, pink and more pink
Aud Sentiment:  Any sentiment and you mush use your scraps
DYSU:  Pink (photo inspiration)
DRS designs:  Paper piecing
Charisma Cardz:  Happy Birthday (ring of words around the main sentiment says Happy Birthday)
Sassy Studio Designs:  Let's Celebrate (Birthday card)
My Mum's Craft Shop:  Girls
The Kraft Journal:  A favorite color and Kraft (Using pink alot these days, hmmmm)
There She Goes:  Paper Piecing
The Ribbon Reel Challenge Blog:  Pink,Polka Dots. ribbon (Dots of color for the buttons, marker ends and Liquid pearl dots in the centered of the flowers)
Birthday Sundaes:  Birthday card