FBC #111 - End of Summer

Good Morning and welcome back to another challenge at FRESHLY BREWED CHALLENGES!

If you stopped by yesterday you would have seen the NEWEST digis we added to the shop. If you are looking for some new fun birthday images, scroll down to the next post before you leave.

I can't believe that August is drawing near to its end. Next Monday will be our Special Brew of the Month, Wednesday will be a new DIGI release and a new month long prize challenge and our rubber release hop is just around the corner! Lots of fun things to get excited about and to look forward to here at Fresh Brewed Designs!!! 

Lets bring on more fun by showing a FEATURED CARD from this past HOT challenge. 

Today we are featuring this fun card created by Amy Duff called Coffee Note

Thank you for playing along in last weeks challenge, Amy. Your card is GORGEOUS!
Please stop by the FBD shop and choose 3 digis for your featured prize and feel free to snag the
I was featured badge from the sidebar here.

Todays challenge is a bittersweet one...

We are celebrating

THE END OF SUMMER

Here are some cards our lovely DT created to inspire you with

Sheryl: Beach Bums rubber stamp

Vanessa: Owl be Surfing and Owl be at the Beach 

and Owl Share my Ice Cream digis

Linda: Grace Summertime digi

Celeste: Cutie Pie Mermaid Rubber Stamp

Heather :  Beach Accessories Rubber Stamp,  

Palm Tree Rubber Stamp, Cordelia in Sand Rubber Stamp

*hand drawn background*

and Mermaid Play Digi and Smile rubber sentiment

here are the rules: 

It is EASY!!! Just create a card using anything you wish. FBD images are not required. If you do use  a FBD image and play along in our challenges you will have a chance to be featured. If your card is featured you will be able to add our "I was Featured" badge on your blog and 

you will get your choice of 3 digis, just like that!!!

Now for the Challenge Rules: 

• please leave the direct link to your creation below
• You can enter up to 5 times and enter as many other challenges as you wish
• You do not have to use a FBD image
• If you have an FBD image we would love to see it  AND you will have a chance to have your card featured and win a prize! 
• IF you use an FBD Image, link add FBD after  your name AND link up to our Show us your Stuff  

FBC# 103 Prize Challenge

The winner of June's Month Long Prize Challenge is #20 Elizabeth Hart at Warm Harted

Elizabeth please stop by the shop and choose three digis of your choice as your prize. 

also, snag the I was featured badge on our sidebar to display proudly :)

For JULY we have a fun and simple CHALLENGE for you...

JULY's Month Long Prize Challenge is: 

A SUMMERTIME THEME

and guess what! IT IS DIGI RELEASE DAY!

Every card featured today is one using a NEW DIGITAL STAMP

HERE WE GO ....

Heather at Heather's Coffee Break

Owl Go Swimming AND Owl Wear Floaties Digis

Owl Share My Ice Cream Digi

Owl Be at the Beach Digi

Vanessa at My Paper Creations

Owl Go Swimming AND Owl Wear Floaties Digis

Owl Be Surfing

Sheryl at Ink and Lace with Sheryl Cauble

Owl Build a Sandcastle Digi

Celeste at Touched by a Butterfly

Owl be at the Beach Digi

Linda at The Stampers Touch

Owl Go Swimming Digi

Kenzie at Krafty Hugz
Owl Share My Ice Cream Digi

a few guests (more to be added)

Sarah at Sarah's Stamping and Stuff

Owl Build a Sandcastle Digi

Jessica at Jessica's Craft Shaque
Owl Be Surfing

Yolanda at Just Yolie, Just Create
 Owl be at the Beach Digi

One lucky winner will win their choice of 5 digis for this month!!! 

Yes, I said 5, not three. It is not a typo! It is our kick off to summer celebration and what better day to start the celebration than Independence Day! 

here are the rules: 

It is EASY!!! Just create a card using a FBD image and play along in our challenges. If your card is featured you will be able to add our "I was Featured" badge on your blog and 

you will get your choice of 3 digis, just like that!!!

Now for the Challenge Rules: 

• please leave the direct link to your creation below
• You can enter up to 5 times and enter as many other challenges as you wish
• You do not have to use a FBD image
• If you have an FBD image we would love to see it  AND you will have a chance to have your card featured and win a prize!

Now before you go, I want to remind you of some FUN we are having. 

We are partying at Facebook at  an events page to get ready for our July Blog Hop! 

We are having challenges, giveaways and lots of fun! 

Check it all out HERE and be sure to snag the badge and save the date. 

We are going to be having LOTS of fun!!!

Find a list of all challenges and hops for July HERE

FBC #101

First to announce all of our winners! woot woot!

Our Followers prize pack winner is: Deonna: For the Love of Cardmaking

Our 100th Challenge winner of 10 digis is: Rhonda: Rhonda's Place to Share 

Our 100th Challenge winner of 5 digis is:  #44 Zora


please email me your shipping address or digi choices to freshbreweddesigns at yahoo dot com
Sheryls Hop winners: 

Nancy   What's On My Kitchen Counter

HeatherLynn  Random Recipes, paper crafts and photo's by HL

Jessicas Hop winner:   

Sarah at Sarah's Stamping and Stuff

NOW FOR THIS WEEKS CHALLENGE!

We have a fun color challenge for you. 

We are challenging you to use 

RED, TEAL, and YELLOW on your card. 

You CAN use other colors as long as these are the most prominently used. 

Heather: Sunbathing Granny digital stamp

Vanessa: Whooooos Sweet digital stamp

Celeste: Sunshine digital stamp

Sheryl: Luau Party Rubber Stamp

Linda: Daisy the Elephant digital stamp

Now it is your turn!!! We can't wait to see what you brew up fresh for us!

THE RULES -

• please leave the direct link to your creation below
• You can enter up to 5 times and enter as many other challenges as you wish
• You do not have to use a FBD image
• If you have an FBD image we would love to see it  AND you will have a chance to have your card featured and win a prize!

PLEASE ADD FBD AFTER YOUR NAME IF YOU USE AN FBD IMAGE!!! 

*** FRESH BREWED DESIGNS IS NOW OFFERING UNMOUNTED RUBBER STAMPS! Check out the shop for more detials!.  

the church fund raiser continues! 

 Stop by and get yours while you can at this amazing deal!

22 Owl digis for $15
20 FUN FOODS digis for $15
13 ELEPHANT DIGIS for $10 

Whoooos Sweet Card Feature

Monday was our Special Brew of the Month. Many people emailed for their free digis. 

Patti was so sweet to email with  a link to her card, I just had to feature it here on our challenge blog!

Patti used the NEW DIGI called Whooooooos Sweet; our newest little owl.

I love how she printed the image and used it as the card base! so cute!!!

You can read more about her card here. scrapclose2theheart

Thank you for the lovely email. For your card being featured today you will receive three free digis and can proudly display our I was featured badge on  your blog sidebar. 

Have a wonderful day!

Heather

Super Sweet Monday

Good Morning!

I hope everyone is having a lovely start to their week ahead. 

If you need a boost, you are at the right place!!! 

Our Guest Designer, Vanessa at My Paper Creations, has created some OH SO SWEET cards to inspire you and get your  mojo brewing today. 

This first card was created using the Fresh Brewed Designs Rubber Stamp

LOVE MUG

I love these soft caramel browns, that sweet touch of pink, a  pop of yellow, and of course the gorgeous lace trim. Who wouldn't want to receive this beauty in the mail?!?

For her next card she used two digis. The front of the card is showcasing Cupcake Owl.  I love these cheerful colors and the sweet decorative branch she sat him on!

for the inside of this sweetie she used the digital stamp

Cupcake Stack Birthday

I love birthdays!!! Another excuse to EAT CAKE!!! WOOHOOO!!!!:)

 Vanessa just celebrated a birthday, so be sure to stop by her blog, leave her some comments and smiles and wish her a late happy birthday :)

Now, where do I find something comparable to go with my morning cuppa joe?? ;) hahahah I want something sweet now! How about you?

Before I leave you....

I h ave to show you something HOT!!!

Vanessa created THIS CARD for our Month Long PRize Challenge:

HOT! HOT! HOT! 

where we want to see your hot images and or colors.

digis
Hot Cuppa Joe and Country Girl Birthday

you can see it larger and read all of the details at her blog.

Hope you have a super sweet and wonderfully blessed day.

FBC 56: Get Wild

WOW! Everyone sure is good at THREE'S!!

There were 81 entries in our challenge last week!

Thank you all so much for joining us!

This week, we're planning to get a little WILD!

We'd love to see your creations using Animals:

 images, prints, backgrounds, patterns, etc.

The WILDER, the better!

Our super-talented Fresh Brewed Crew has gone over to the wild side

with these terrific creations for you!

Click the Designer's Name to visit her blog.

Click the Image Name to hop over to the shop to grab the image!

Heather: 

Digital Image: Baby Ellie, 

Beautiful shimmer created by: Creative Inspirations Paint (available at the Fresh Brewed Shop)

Stacie: 

Digital Image: Baby Ellie Hula Dancer, 

Rubber stamps: Ice Cream Cone: Beach Accessories and Palm Tree

Gale:

Digital Image: Owl Love You

You're ALWAYS welcome to join our challenges and a Fresh Brewed Image is not required

but we would LOVE to see what you can do with them!

If you don't have any images from Fresh Brewed yet, 

it's your lucky day!

All the images in the Coffee Section are 40% OFF

Who does coffee images better than Fresh Brewed?

**Saturday Reminders**

You can find the current FBChallenge CUTE and SWEET Here

Good Morning. I hope you all have a fun day planned today.
I am back this morning to share a few reminders with you.

First off I would like to share this adorable card that our guest designer for April created for this weeks CUTE And SWEET challenge.

NanaConnie from Grammy's Attic created this adorable card using the
Fresh Brewed Designs digital stamp: Cupcake Owl.

She has also created this card to use for the OWH. You can read more on NanaConnies blog. Be sure to stop by and let her know how much you appreciate her.

Want to be the Guest Designer for May?
All you have to do to be in the running is 1) Create a card with any FBD image 2) post it in the challenges if you want... but you HAVE to post it into the Calling All Cardmakers link found in the sidebar!!!
Can't wait to see YOUR posts!

I have another reminder for you. I have a fun little gift box with a simple and (possibly a little off *just like me*) tutorial on my blog. This box is a reminder for the April Month Long PRIZE Challenge: Flowers
I created this box with the Fresh Brewed Designs Digital Stamp:
Cordelia Swims

You can read more about this box on my blog: HERE

Again, have a safe, happy and blessed weekend!