Blast from the Past

While looking for a picture of red tulips for this post (I have a story to tell!), I came across this adorable photo. This was simply too cute not to share. Anyway, my blast from the past story is when my husband and I moved into our home, the first thing I did was plant some red tulip bulbs. I love watching things grow, especially those spring flowers that, no matter how harsh the winter, persevere, pushing through the ground to give us great beauty in the spring. While on my hands and knees planting, I heard a sound from across the road. I looked up and standing there watching me was a deer. I was thrilled...until that deer (well maybe not that particular deer), come spring, ate up ALL my tulips just when they were ready to bloom! Little did I know deer love tulips. But I learned my lesson...they hate daffodils so I was quick to plop those into the ground and enjoy them to this day!!

Before going into our second blast from the past sketch, I wanted to announce our winner and top 3 from last week.

The Grand Prize winner of 7 free digi images from Bugaboo Stamps is:

#8 - Heather M

Congratulations! Now go and grab your winner's badge from our sidebar and display it proudly on your blog. Please send an email to Sally at sallydubessw@gmail.com for instructions on claiming your prize.

And our top 3 in no particular order are:

#14  Asmah

 #16  Lesley

 #23  Renate

A big HOORAY goes out to you three as well!! You can pick up your "Top Three" badge along the sidebar to show off on your blog.

Another fun and fabulous sketch for you to try out this week. We all loved it so much the first time, we decided to bring it back for another go around!

Our sponsor this week is someone near and dear to my heart, Heather from Fresh Brewed Designs. She is offering our grand prize winner 3 free digis of their choice! Here's a little bit about Heather, in her own words...

Hello, I am Heather Dennis, the owner and artist at Fresh Brewed Designs.

I love and do all I can to put God first in my life. I am so blessed beyond all I deserve.

I have an amazing husband who supports and loves me more than anything. 

We lead praise and worship together in church. I love hearing him sing.

I home school two of the best kids in the world. They are my heart.

I can't even describe how much they mean to me. 

I LOVE all things crafty. I have been crafting and creating since as early as I can remember.

Here is a little about our shop:

Fresh Brewed Designs is a small online company that has been 

offering a wide variety of digital 

and rubber stamps since November 2010, 

designed to meet the 

needs of paper crafting addicts 

everywhere. With over 30 categories to choose from and 

new additions each month, our range of products is expanding all of the time.  

We also have BIG NEWS for 2014!  

Every month this year we will be giving away 

BLOG CANDY! 

We would love for you to visit our blog and facebook page, where fresh ideas are always percolating. 

Now it's time to share what the Design Team has created!

Sharon

Nancy

Heide

Joanna

Kathie

Sally

Linda

On a sad note, we must say a fond farewell to Design Team member Holly. Life has gotten very busy and she needed to step down. You will be missed Holly!! Be sure and stop by from time to time to say "hello."

Now let's get stamping!! We can't wait to see what you create. Our challenge rules are listed under a tab at the top of the page. Don't forget to follow us here and like us on Facebook. 

Linda and 

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