I Brake for Red Hat MaMa's ...

Hello I Brake for Stamps fans !!

It's Crystal here and today I made a card using and image from Half Sheet # 043  , I used the group of ladies from the stamp set and the sentiment Red Hat MaMa's  .

I added glossy accents to her glasses and pearl pen to make earrings and polka dots

inside my card I kept it simple  and without a sentiment , now I can turn this card into anything it might be needed for

my matching envelope

Thanks for stopping in ,I hope this card has inspired you to get inky with some rubber stamps today , for this image and so many more visit the IBFS store  .

Crystal Lopez – Design Team member for IBFS

I Brake For Little Girls in Christmas Dress

Hello peeps, Beth here with another card for you this week I used Rick St. Dennis-Randi Dandi Christmas Dress it was so much fun coloring this adorable little girl.

You can purchase this stamp at IBFS now isn't she the sweetest all dressed in her holiday finest.

She is colored with Spectrum Noir Alcohol Markers and stamped on white card stock after coloring my image I added some Stickles to the ornaments on the tree, used a Sizzix Framelits to cut the image out to a circle. the DP is left over scraps from some CTMH scrapbook pages...red card stock was embossed with the Allegro embossing folder from Cuttlebug, added a ribbon and a button ...hope you have enjoyed it and look forward to bringing you something else next Tues....have a great week everyone.

Hugs

Beth

I Brake For Fallish......

{Jane Bosi}

If this doesn't say thankful....I'm not sure what does!  I'm still delving into earth tones and fallish themes, like this wonderful wheat image. 

This card typically referred to as a step card. They can be done in different orientations. I like the center "bump out" for this particular image because it deserves to be the focal point!

I do like my fussy cutting, as well, so I pieced the ribbon to add color and dimension.

Last week my fallish obsession was lacey flowers like this:

 

 

I love creating my own backgrounds!  To make the one above, I combined some watercolor paper, distress inks and a gorgeous image from the Lace Borders Sheet.  After stamping the lace multiple times, I stamped over the whole thing with watery background stamp to create a shabby, distressed background.  I love it!!  The beautiful tulip image completes this simple project.  I used my aqua brush to water color the flower and then again stamped over with a linen like background stamp.  The water that remained on the paper attracted more ink in some places than others for a really cool look!

Fall is fun........BUT......

Before you know it--those Christmas cards are going to be needing to get done!  See more Holiday images HERE!


What crafty thing are you doing today??

TTFN--Jane

I Brake For Vintage Sleds!

Hello and happy Saturday!

Today I'm sharing a beautiful vintage image from I Brake For Stamps.  I love Victorian style anything so when I saw this image I instantly thought of a million possibilities for it.

It's called CHILD ON SLED.

I always think of old buttons when I think vintage and although I may have gone a little overboard with number of them I chose, I like them.

Isn't this child sweet?

I Brake for Pirates ....

Hello I Brake for Stamps Fans !!

It's Crystal here with a cute Pirate card made using the Luuk image from the I Brake for Stamps store .

inside my card

my matching envelope

Thanks for stopping in ,I hope this card has inspired you to get inky with some rubber stamps today , for this image and so many more visit the IBFS store  .

Crystal Lopez – Design Team member for IBFS

I Brake For Pillow Talk.

Hello peeps hope everyone is having a good week so far....I am back this week with a card using the Pillow Talk stamp from IBFS....I love these type of stamps but not always sure what to do with them but was pretty pleased with the outcome on this one.

my DP papers are from CTMH image was stamped with Dusty Durango Stampin-Up used Spectrum Noir to color in the pillow and baby edged the frame with Distress Ink.

Okay that's it for me today see you next week.

Hugs

Beth

I Brake For Mouse Infested Pumpkins!

Hello and happy Saturday!

Renee here and I have the cutest pair of pumpkins and mice to share with you today!

I absolutely love fall colors so I always enjoy coloring images like these.  This stamp is called MOUSE HARVEST and you can find it at I Brake For Stamps.

Bonus!!  If you order soon you can get it on sale! 

Aren't the little mice just the cutest thing ever?  Love them!

I Brake for Skateboarders ...

Hello I Brake For Stamps Fans !!!

It's Crystal here with a card using Kane from  I Brake For Stamps online store . He is an adorable skateboarding boy and just perfect for those cards you need to make for boys .

supplies used : MFT Blueprint 11 die set , MFT Rock n Roll die set , IBFS Kane stamp , copic markers 

Thanks for stopping in ,I hope this card has inspired you to get inky with some rubber stamps today , for this image and so many more visit the IBFS store  .

Crystal Lopez – Design Team member for IBFS

I Brake For Harvest Shy Bear

Good Tues. morning peeps, Beth here with another Shy Bears card from IBFS I just love this little fellow he is so stinking cute. Kept my card pretty simple as this is a pretty large stamp so not a lot of room for embellishments.

Harvest Shy Bear

Okay for the dets...I colored this image with my Spectrum Noir markers  that was stamped with black ink on white card stock.....added a sticker across front saying Pumpkin Patch added a strip of red plaid DP to the side on the brown paper....then attached these cute little flowers perfect fall colors...the hay stack has some twine tied around it and added a red plaid corner in the upper right hand of my card.

Well that is it for me this week see you next week.

Hugs Beth

I Brake for Jack-O-Lanterns!

Hello and happy Saturday!

Today I'm sharing a fun Halloween image from I Brake For Stamps.  This one is a Rick St. Dennis image called Let's Git Lit!

Halloween is one of my favorite holidays and if you love it too you should check out IBFS.  They have some of the funniest (and scariest) images around!

Isn't "Jack" cool?!

I Brake for Witches ..

Hello I Brake for Stamps fans !!

It's Crystal here and today I made a Halloween card using the witch from Humorous Senior Halloween stamp set , I love this set you get 4 images and 2 sentiments , love the one I am using today it says " Women are Angels and when someone breaks our wings we simply continue to fly .. on a broom.. we're flexible like that ..  " . You can find this stamp and lots more in the I Brake For Stamps Online Store ..

Today I say good bye to fussy cutting ..lol , I love the cut out look but if you are doing a bunch I have the answer  , I have a Silhouette and have created a cut file so I can cut out the die shape  , how I did this is I stamp my image on cardstock and scan into my computer and then I open the file in my silhouette design studio and create and offset cut  and then I tighten it closer to my stamped lines  I can cut 6 per page so I set it up and cut 6 at a time

next I created a stamp positioner out of old legos , I line a plastic sheet up to the corner of my lego stamp my image onto the plastic

next I use a bit of tape to hold the die cut into place and then slide my clear stamped sheet over the cut to line up then you put the L shape positioner back on the corner and remove the plastic sheet and then stamp my image

tah -dah , this is so easy and love the results

if you leave me a commit and sent me an email requesting the cut file to go with your witch stamp  I will send it to you for free  ( only works in the Silhouette ) , send the request to Crystal@thelopezcrew.net and in subject title IBFS Witch cut file , don't forget to commit and if you like the idea of cut file to go with you IBFS images let me know and ill make more to give away .

Thanks for stopping in ,I hope this card has inspired you to get inky with some rubber stamps today , for this image and so many more visit the IBFS store  .

Crystal Lopez – Design Team member for IBFS