Barre Besties

Hi everyone!

I am here with a quick post. 

I created this simple little card with the small amount of

craft supplies I have at home (and that isn't much) 

When I do get them back and open them it's going to be like Christmas. 

For real! It makes me sad to even think about it. sigh...

Anyway, I have been taking a barre class since around last November. 

I have loved it and have made some amazing friends.

One of those ladies, Bridget, recently had a birthday. 

I drew this image for my barre girls and plan to make them all 

a card using the image at some point but this one was for Bridget's 

birthday. We had so much fun eating and hanging out. And she seemed to love her card. 

Our NOVEMBER challenge at Freshly Brewed Challenges is to use

PASTELS or create a FRIENDSHIP themed card. 

I hope you will play along with us this month. 

Have a beautiful and blessed day!

Heather 

OOOH MY GOSHHH!!!

It has been forever since I have posted.

I am in the process of trying to sell my house...

now waiting on hurricane Matthew to make a visit :/ 

so I haven't had much crafty time. Plus, I packed most of my stuff

away while I am showing the house. I feel SO WEIRD without 

my crafty stuff / creative time. Maybe that's why I have been so moody. 

hmm...

Anyway, I did have time to create this little card for a very wonderful 

friend of mine's birthday. She is so special to me and I am sure many of you

as well. She, Carolyn, recently had found out she had ovarian cancer.

Went in for a complete hysterectomy and just received the call letting her

know they were able to remove all of the cancer and she is now cancer free!

Praise the Lord! 

I am telling you, I have had enough of this cancer mess. 

I have watched my mom go through all of the pain, hurt, and sickness when 

she had hers. Then my grandmother died early June with lukemia. Carolyn

had to go through everything she did. And now my friend's husband has

found out he has prostate cancer. I am just really sick of cancer. 

It makes me so upset / angry if I let it...

but I have watched God move in each of these lives in such a big way.

Healing, comforting, loving. He is a GOOD GOOD God!

I praise Him and thank Him every day for the things he is doing in 

our lives and for all he has brought us through. 

Ok, back to the card...

I used the digi: Lil Sweetie Make A Wish

This card was also created for our OCTOBER 

Freshly Brewed Challenge: SWEET TREATS

with a SPLASH OF GREEN

Come play along HERE

Have a very happy and blessed day

 {{ Heather }}

Giveforward Fundraiser for my friend Carolyn Bounds

My beautiful friend, Carolyn, was recently diagnosed with ovarian cancer. She has given me permission to start a fundraiser for her. Many of you know her through the card making world. She is such a beautiful person, inside and out. She makes us laugh, cry, laugh more. I have never met anyone as positive and happy as she is. She is always doing things for others and now it's our turn to show her how much she means to us. Please stop by and let her know you love her and are praying for her. Thank you so much!

Go here to see the GIVEFORWARD FUNDRAISER for Carolyn Bounds 

Happy Easter - Sweet Spring Chick

Good Morning all you happy people!

Yesterday was sort of off the wall crazy. 

My computer went loopy on me and wouldn't read my memory card,

so I had to wait and keep trying. I finally gave in and used my camera phone :(

This wee at Freshly Brewed Challenges we are celebrating

EASTER!!!!

Here is a card I created for this challenge using the 

Spring Chick with Easter Eggs - Digital Stamp

One winner will be chosen per challenge and will receive 
THIS DIGITAL STAMP (SWEET BUNNY) from the Fresh Brewed Designs Shop!

Hope to see you stop by and play along with us!

Have a happy and blessed day. 

Heather <3 div="" nbsp="">

Through The Craft Room Door - Fresh Brewed Designs Feature!

I am so honored and excited to have Fresh Brewed Designs featured in the THROUGH THE CRAFT ROOM DOOR Digital Magazine for March - April 2016! 

We are on pages 50-60. http://craftrmdoor.ning.com/ is the link to the website.

One must be a member to start a subscription (it's a NING thing) and membership is free

Here is a little more info I grabbed from Carla's TTCRD Site: 

With over 13 Tutorials, including the continuation of Deonna's Junk Journaling Journey, how to turn a mousetrap into a lovely gift and making cool lanterns with your little ones from Popsicle sticks. We have articles, tips and over 100 inspiration cards and scrapbook pages for you to check out. And you certainly don't want to miss the fun cards showcasing the images our Featured Digi Artist, Heather Dennis of Fresh Brewed Designs has shared with us this issue. A one year subscription is $18.00 for 6 new bi-monthly magazines and access to 2 years of back issues and include over 35 more digi images from well know digi artist!

Be sure to check out the Through the Craft Room Door challenge blog as well!

Thank you for stopping by! 

HUGS, 

Heather 

You Sweet Bunny!

Good... almost night. 

I got on at exactly this time this morning to upload a card

and prepare a post. I ran out the door. Dropped my son off at my moms. 

Took my daughter (and her school books) to the dance studio

and I took a cardio / strength class with a group of wonderful older ladies. 

They crack me up. It's my second time taking a class with them. 

The fist was Zumba. Not my style for sure. I was all over the place. 

I have no coordination. :/ My children certainly didn't get their dancing abilities from me. 

After class I stopped back by my moms. Brought the kids home. 

Worked on school and cleaned house. Cooked lunch. 

Took kids for a 1/2 off frappe at Starbucks. Took them to the park. 

Then home, changed, and took my daughter to dance. 

I brought my son home. Cooked his dinner. Finished his history. 

Fed the dog. Washed my sheets and cleaned kitchen again. 

My dad came over to get our old recliner. .... and 

now it is 7 pm. The day completely got away from me. 

So I am here exactly 12 hours later completing this post. 

I am here to share a card with you, of course!

I had fun creating this little card. I used a NEW FBD Digi

called Lil Sweetie Cupcake Bunny

I know it looks a little... weird... but I made this 

bunny embellishment out of felt. I sewed it all together. 

added the fuzzy tail. It was cute until I added it to the card. 

Oh well... I tried :D

I colored this with a mix of copic markers and prismacolor markers. The

papers are all from my OLD stack of left overs. I have SO many papers

that I have no idea where they came from! 

Thank you for stopping by and visiting with me today!

I hope you have a very blessed and happy week. 

Heather 

Challenges:
Cupcake Inspirations 350 
Simon Says Wednesday - Touchy feely
Creative Corner - Bunnies everywhere
Through the Craft Room Door - Anything Goes
SplitcoastStampers Weekly Sketch (not a challenge)

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 

Have a LATTE kind of day! (New FBD Digis and Challenge)

Happy Wednesday!

I am so excited to be here sharing some NEW FRESH BREWED DIGIS with you!

Today is New challenge day and NEW digi release day!

WOOT WOOT!!!

You can find all the links and posts at our challenge blog HERE 

Make sure you stop by. You also have a chance to be a 

guest designer at one of our future releases!!! YAY!

This weeks challenge theme is OH SO GIRLY

and our new digis also fit the theme, so I killed two birds with one stone...

er... or coffee bean so to speak.  :D 

My first card features the new digi:

CAFFEINATED ESCAPE

This card uses all scraps. I have a huge box and dug through until I had a 

variety of things I thought would work well together on this card. 

The little 'window' or frame looking piece is from a clearanced 

wedding invitation card kit set from Walmart. I have been

meaning to use them for a LONG time, and am glad I stumbled

upon them while choosing my papers. The corrugated cardboard is a muted

slate color. I added the shine to it by using the newly releasedSIMON SAYS STAMP EMBOSSING POWDERin ANTIQUE GOLD  from the REASONS TO SMILE release.

 This stuff is the bomb!!! I mean... for real though. 

Just look at that shine! Beautiful!!! 

This lovely lady was colored using a mix of prismacolor markers

and copic markers. 

Next up is 

LILY -LATTE GIRL

Again, I used all scraps for this card. 

She is colored using a mix of prismacolor and copic markers. 

The Simon Says Stamp Embossing Powder in Antique Gold ...

again... swoon. It is just gorgeous!!!

Hope to see you at our digi release and that you can play along in our new challenge!

Wishing you a very happy and blessed day!

Heather  

CARD 1 Challenges: 

• Simon Says Stamp Wed. Anything Goes
• City Crafter Challenge  W - #300 - Polka Dots
• Crafty Creations (FBD Sponsored) eat or drink
• Stamps & Fun = Creativity - 2W, JFF - (Week 2) Dots
• Always Playing with Paper - W, E3 - Photo Inspiration*

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CARD 2 Challenges:

• Crafty Cardmakers - 2W, C15 - (Week 1) For a Special Woman