Camping Carl by Crystal

Hello I Brake For Stamps Friends !!

My name is Crystal Lopez and this is my first post as part of the DT for IBFS , I am so excited to be apart of this fab DT .Now a little about me .. I am a self-taught "Scrappy Girl " as I call myself and I love stamping and coloring with Copic markers , I also like to show how I make my creations , so if ever you want to learn something leave a commit and  I would be glad to tackle it .Let's get started on my first creation for IBFS. Today I am using a stamp called Camping Carl , you can buy this stamp as a single or as a full sheet with other camping images ( links below )

to frame my image I used labels 2 die the biggest frame but I wanted a another layer so what I did was embossed my frame and fussy cut it out ..perfect lay bigger .. I have a Big Shot  so this is how , open all tabs , lay die with cut side down  , then my black paper then the tan embossing mat and then the black plastic embossing shim  , run it thur and now you have a frame bigger than the die , fussy cut out

the top of this photo shows it untrimmed  but the left side and bottom of the frame have been trimmed

next I emboss the wood grain into coredination paper and sand to show the colored core

Tip : this embossing folder also cracks my paper so to solve this I open all my tabs   , clear plate folder with vellum and paper  then clear pad ..and add a layer of vellum inside my folder ( this always stays in so tape it in )

the thread nest is all the rage these days on cards so I have jumped onto the bandwagon and used a thread nest on my card  , I sewed my embossed layer on the front and added some burlap Masculine at its best I think , I did add shimmer pen to my coke can and yellow stickles to my fire pit embers

inside my card I stamped my sentiment and then masked it off and stamped my grid and then sponged on my ink , another wood grain layer here too

one thing you must know about me is that I love to make matching envelopes to go with my cards , I call it eye candy for the postal person lol , this doesn't interfere with the address areas but adds so much , after all first impressions and all that Jazz

copic colors used

Senior Full sheet of stamps - IBFS Camping Carl - IBFS Half Sheet #052 - IBFS Off The Grid stamp - Stamping Up Spellbinders labels # 2 die Burlap material Sewing machine - Brother distressing tool - CTMH Stardust shimmer pen Yellow stickles Copic markers Memento ink - Black Tuxedo wood grain embossing folder

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I hope you enjoyed my tips and tricks for more come by my blog www.8upscraping.com for more creative goodness , I hope I have inspired you to create something that makes you smile today : )

I Brake for Hats

It is Wednesday and welcome to I Brake for Stamps. This is Patricia and I want to share my card with you this week. The stamp I used is by Embossing Arts and the name of it is Hats. The flowers I used are from Wild Orchid and I Brake for Stamps has a full line of their beautiful flowers.

The spellbinder I used is called Floral Oval.

The red paper is from The Paper Company and it is called Red glitter vine. The red ribbon used is from the holiday section at Michaels. Add all kinds of white pearls.

Used Martha Steward floral lace edger and added some more white pearls.

Here is the close up of the top hats.

Another hat. Some more flowers.

Thanks so much for stopping by. Hope you have a wonderful day.

I Brake for an Elegant Hummingbird

Good morning peeps....I am so ready for spring and to see the return of the hummers until than I guess I will just have to settle for this gorgeous image here at IBFS.
I used 2 techniques from Technique Junkies today one is called " The Faux Quilted Diamonds and the other Swing Out Fold Card" both techniques are found on the Stampin Companion CD.

Elegant Hummingbird

Life's Garden 

are the 2 stamps I used for this card.

                    Close-up of that lovely hummer which was painted with Twinkling H2O's.

This will do it for me this week hope you have enjoyed my card.

I Brake For Thanks

{Jane Bosi}  I saw the idea for this layout somewhere on the world wide web and just knew the grunge bouquet image would be perfect!  This is an easy layout that perfectly fit the thanks so much sentiment, but could easily accomodate any type of message!  To finish things off, I used a layered die cut butterfly and some sequins--easy peasy!!  Thanks so much for stopping by!!!  Have a great day!  Jane

I Brake For Really Cute Bunnies!!

Hello and happy Saturday!

Today I'm sharing a fun image from I Brake For Stamps.

I just got these adorable PEEKING BUNNIES and couldn't wait to use them.

Isn't this such a sweet image for Easter/Spring?!

I used green paper and embellishments since it's such a great Spring color (and also my favorite color!)

I used some Wild Orchid flowers on my card as well.

10mm Golden Yellow Open Roses

10mm Ivory Open Roses

10mm Moss Green Open Roses

I Brake for the Ocean

Welcome everyone to I Brake for Stamps Blog, this is Patricia from Wisconsin and it is a beautiful day here sun is shining snow is melting the temp are in the 40’s and I’m loving this. Although I love all the seasons and my card make me want to go by the ocean. Over at the store you can fine all kinds of stunning scenery stamps.This stamp is called Cape Hatteras North Carolina (large), this stamp is a picture of that light house. These are some of my favorite kinds of cards to do.  

The first thing I did was stamp my image on Eclipse printable paper, this paper has a sticky adhesive and it makes it easy to mask you image and you can use the paper more then once. Then I cut the image out. After that I used several inks to color the stamp.

The different inks I used to create this scene. The makers you see on the right side are Mementos markers colors bamboo leaves, rich cocoa, cottage ivy, desert sand and lady bug. I applied those inks right to the stamp. Stamped the image on my card stock and after a couple minutes applied the Eclipse paper over the image.

Doing the background I used my sponges and a template. The inks used are Brilliance Mediterranean blue, ice blue, sky blue, orange, coral, yellow and beige. Some opaque white and clear glaze from Sakura. 

Sentiment is from IBFS it is called footprints in the sand, thought it was perfect for this stamp. I cut the sentiment out with spellbinders deckled rectangles large. Used Versafine majestic blue to stamp the sentiment. I sponged around the edges with Brilliance Mediterranean blue ink, the die cut is from Memory box called lavish branch. Flower centers is pearl pen color black and the dots is pearl pen blue.

Finally here is the close up of the stamped image.

Thanks so much for stopping by and have a wonderful week.