Welcome to the First FRESH BREWED DESIGNS Rubber Stamp Release and Blog Hop for 2013!

If you are just arriving to the hop, you will need to go back to the start. Please do a little skip over to the Freshly Brewed Challenges blog to get started. If you are arriving from Sheryl's blog, then you are right on track! We are so excited about all of the fun things we are getting to share with you in 2013. We have had our stamps for months, just WAITING for this day!

WAIT NO LONGER!!! Here they are: She Loves Lattes and Cherry Cupcake Cutie. For my post today, I chose to feature the new stamp: She Loves Lattes! Please click photo to enlarge and see more clearly. :)

Our stamps have gone through a little transformation this year. They are STILL on the DEEPLY ETCHED, thick, gorgeous, made in the USA red rubber ... but in designing the layout we took special care in making sure that we left a lot more room between the images. This means you get a cleaner looking cut out and have more room to trim around your stamp! We have added SENTIMENTS to some of our stamps this year! AND Our packing for the NEW stamps have changed as well: Here is a little preview for you.

As if that wasn't enough... We also have something else that is NEW to share with you!!! We have a NEWSLETTER now available for purchase. Stop by the shop and read more about it HERE.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thank you so much for hopping with us this month! I hope you have enjoyed your time here at my blog. It is time for us to say goodbye and time for you to head over to my friend Celeste's blog to check out what she has prepared for you. Have a very blessed and wonderful day!

 

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

Freshly Brewed Challenges Blog

Sheryl

Vanessa --you are here!

Celeste

Linda

Sarah

Hannah

Heather

Cupcake Inspirations 193- Penguins

Hello all! This week's sponsor over at Cupcake Inspirations is Bugaboo digi stamps - they have so many cute stamps! Did you know Cupcake Inspirations now has theme and color inspiration challenges? This weeks photo inspiration is also THEME. Here's the inspiration this week: Penguins

and here's the card I created using a bugaboo digi called poppi lemonaide. he's one cool dude.

Click on over to Cupcake Inspirations to see what the other DT members created and join in on the fun.

Cupcake Inspirations 192

Happy New Year!  We're back and this week at Cupcake Inspirations, Challenge 192, we have this to inspire you.  See anything different?  We've added colors as part of the challenge.  Click on over and see what the DT has created to help inspire you well and then play along.  :)

 

 The prize this month is sponsored by 7 kids college fund.  To find out more go to the cupcake inspirations challenge blog.

The above inspired me to create this card using SU! stamps as well as gold glass glitter also from SU! around the drinks.  The fine glitter unknown sorce..... sparkly paper and some cute little presents:  all represents the colors: silver, gold, and white. :)

 

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

  

Wishing you all a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

Cupcake Inspirations 191

It's time for a new inspiration at Cupcake Inspirations.  Challenge 191 has this to inspire you:

 

This week's sponsor is THE PAPER SHELTER. 

 

Here's my card using a Paper Shelter Image.  Aren't those puppies sweet? 

 

Come on over and play with us!  :)

Cupcake Inspirations 190

Cupcake Inspirations Challenge Time!  The sponsor this week is:

 

 

Here's the cupcake inspiration photo:

I just looooooooove this DRS image! I know the western theme doesn't really go with the above photo,  I was so excited to work with it!  It is a snowman and there are trees and the colors are there, soooo.....   :)  The sentiment is also DRS.

Come on over and play with us at Cupcake Inspirations!  :)

new digis and FBD challenge

Using a NEW Fresh Brewed Designs digi, I printed it card size, so this ornament IS the card. :)  I filled the snowflake with blue glitter glass from SU!  I also put black glitter on the ornament topper and a little twine for the loop.  I was going to use wire, but my scrappy space is too messy and I can't find anything.  LOL!  Another "better in real life" kind of card, but what a fun new image for Christmas, right?  There's more, so check them out and get some for yourself. 

The challenge (with a prize) for December at the Fresh Brewed Blog is Christmas Creations.  Come on over and join in on the fun!  :) 

Season's Greetings!

Ah, it's finally December.  We put up our Christmas tree this weekend and Bob our elf on the shelf made his appearance last weekend, so we are getting into the holiday spirit.  I've made some Christmas cards, but I'll be doing photo cards for the majority of my card list. 

 

I did just buy this rubber stamp set from A Muse Studio.  I just fell in love with it when I saw it and had to have it even though, of course, I did not need it.  lol!  Unfortunately, this card is a "better in real life" kind of card, but I'm sharing it anyway.  :)

The trees and buck were stamped in memento black ink on white cardstock.  Then I used my glue pad and tapped it over the entire scene, sprinkled glitter embossing power over it (also A|S, btw) and heated it.  It gave it the perfect amount of shimmer which I wish you could see. ;) 

Happy DECEMBER to you all.  :)

cupcake inspirations 189

Is being sponsored by the twinery!  This week the cupcake inspiration is this:

 

 

 

...so cute and fun!  Here's the card I was inspired to create by the photo, and I used twine from the twinery.  It comes in so many fabulous colors!  

 Click on over to Cupcake Inspirations to see the DT cards, play along and drop by The Twinery....  



Across the miles...

The last weekly challenge of 2012 over at Fresh Brewed Designs:  Across the miles.  There will be a new monthly (prize!) challenge for December... but in the meantime, come join us for this challenge. To read more and see the wonderful cards the DT created, click HERE.

 

For my card, I chose this wonderful FBD hot air balloon digi called Heart Hot Air Balloon.  All other rubber stamps are A|S.

Cupcake Inspirations 188

I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving. 

 

This week at Cupcake Inspirations, the sponsor is Jellypark!  This is the inspirational photo:

and here is my card using two Jellypark images:  cute rabbit with balloon and tree with bunting and bird.

What do the above cupcakes inspire you to create?  Come play along at Cupcake Inspirations!  :)

So thankful...

for coffee!  Let me tell you, my ds was up at 4 a.m., so this is so very true for me every day, but especially today....... (yawn!)

The new weekly challenge at Fresh Brewed Designs begins today and is "So thankful"...

I used two FBD digis on this card:  Coffee Bag, and Warm and Cozy Latte.