I Brake for Monsters!

Hello and happy Saturday!

Today I'm sharing a birthday card that I made using MONSTER BASH SET from the CURIOSITIES 1 SET over at I BRAKE FOR STAMPS.

If you think he's cute you should check out the entire line of Carmen Medlin images and verses.

It never expires and can be used every time you shop at IBFS.

I chose green this time because it's my favorite color but I can't wait to color this little guy in so many other fun colors!

I Brake for Christmas Tree ..

Hello IBFS fans !!!

It's Crystal here , I hope everyone has enjoyed the Holidays, we have had great family time here and I love it . Today's card I am using Kids Gathering Tree and I made it into a slider card .

I copic colored the image and then cut it out using my Brother ScanNcut machine ( don't ever need dies again to cut out stamps ) , I then made the front panel using a village edge die from Gina Marie Designs and the slide slot die from MFT

I then attached the image with foam dots and pennies to make it weighted to slide , it's a long image so I used two ..( some will get my two cents and not know it, I'm being silly ..lol  )

this was so fun to make and pretty quick , hope you give it a try . Make a new to you style card , step outside your box and have some fun creating .

for the Kids gathering Tree and many more great stamps go visit the online store for I Brake for Stamps !! Be sure to use my coupon code to get 10% off  SAVE10CRYSTAL when you visit I Brake for Stamps store.

I Brake for Curious Cats!

Curious Cat is from I Brake for Stamps' collection of digital stamps. Curious Cat was resized in PhotoElements, printed out onto Copic-friendly cardstock with my laser printer, and colored with my Copic markers. Several layers of Clear Gelly Roll Glaze pen (Sakura) were added to the glass to add dimension and shine.

Orange patterned paper was die-cut with a frame and a label die, then edged with Spiced Marmalade and Rusty Hinge Distress inks.

Patterned papers were layered and edged with the same Distress inks as above. Old  alphabet rub-ons were used to add the sentiment.

For what it's worth, Curious Cat is a very realistic stamp. Each of our cats has stuck his/her head into a glass, container, or bowl (usually in search of food molecules) and gotten stuck, which never fails to amuse us.

I  Brake for Stamps has a great collection of digital stamps plus a huge and varied collection of rubber stamps that you ought to check out right now. Click on my badge below to be whisked over to I Brake for Stamps to check out all of the goodies!

Thanks for visiting today!

Kathi

I Brake for Lattes

Merry Christmas! Jamie Martin here with you today, hope everyone is having a wonder day.  After opening Christmas gifts, you might need thank you cards.  I really love the full sheet Coffee, Coffee Beans and Sayings so I used it again this week for this Thanks A Latte card.

The coffee cups were stamped with black and embossed with clear.  It was then colored with Zig Clean Color pens.  Those cute little coffee beens were stamped with blue ink.  A button was added to the center cup and another was glued over the jute cord.  

I hope I have inspired you to Stamp This!

I Brake for Jolly St. Nick

Hello IBFS Fans !!

It's Crystal here and today I am using You'd Better Not Pout 

I copic colored him up, next I embossed a sheet of acetate and will used it to cover the red card base , this adds so much wow and shine and texture to your card

when you adhere the clear sheet , I hide my glue dots behind the image I am putting on the front

inside my card I sponged on distress ink and added a die cut sentiment

I wish you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year , for this image and many more visit the I Brake for Stamps online store …. Happy shopping my creative friends ….

I Brake for Christmas Gift Cats!

Cat Present is from I Brake for Stamps' collection of digital stamps. Cat Present was resized in PhotoElements, printed out onto Copic-friendly cardstock with my laser printer, colored with my Copic markers, and die-cut with a rectangle die. It was kept in the die while I added the a background around the Cat Present.

Patterned paper from the Figgy Pudding collection (Basic Grey) was die-cut with a stitched rectangle, a bow from , and a pierced strip. All patterned paper was edged with Aged Mahogony and Walnut Stain Distress ink (Ranger).

Red cardstock was die-cut with the Christmas die and the rest of the letters for the sentiment were die-cut with the matching font dies.

The card front was assembled and adhered to a red card.

I  Brake for Stamps has a great collection of digital stamps plus a huge and varied collection of rubber stamps that you ought to check out right now. Click on my badge below to be whisked over to I Brake for Stamps to check out all of the goodies! 

Thanks for visiting today and Happy Holidays!

Kathi

I Brake For Coffee Beans

Hi, it's Jamie Martin with you today, from freezing Oklahoma and boy can I use a hot cup of coffee to warm up! So the card I'm sharing today is of friendship and warmth.  The stamps are from a full sheet of Coffee, Coffee Beans and Sayings. here is how it was made;

1.  Stamp the roasted coffee beans bag on watercolor paper with Onyx Black VersaFine ink and emboss with clear.  

2.  Color with Zig Clean Color pens and use a die to cut out and a larger die to cut a larger blue frame.  Sponge the edge of the watercolor piece with brown ink and the blue frame with dark blue ink.  Glue together and set aside.

3.  Randomly stamp coffee beans on decorative paper with brown ink, wrap with ribbon and glue onto a blue card.

4.  Stamp sentiment on blue paper with brown ink and pop up on card after the coffee bag piece has been glued down.

Stay warm and I hope I have inspired you to Stamp This!

I Brake for the New Year!

Hello and happy Saturday!

Today I'm sharing a New Year's card with you.  We don't really have plans yet so I wanted to have a card ready in case we end up at someone's house.  It's nice to give a handmade card or tag with a bottle of wine.

My image is from I Brake for Stamps and it's called

New Years Collage Quarter Sheet

I Brake ( Wait ) for Santa !!!

Hello IBFS fans !!

It's Crystal here and I am back with a Christmas card using the Waiting for Santa Shy Bear  

To create my card I stamped my image with TH black soot ink and then added clear embossing powder and heat embossed , this makes my image super black and adds shine  , I copic colored the image and because I used clear embossing powder it does not harm my copics , I cut my image down and added a red layer that I wanted to create a santa look and made a black belt and a silver glitter buckle , ( two squares stacked ) , I then layered this in a stripe layer and then attached all to a green card base , I added some sequins and a no peeking die cut sentiment from red foil cardstock .You can make these pretty quick .

for Waiting for Santa Shy Bear and many other great images visit the I Brake for Stamps online store …. Happy shopping my creative friends ….

Elegant Merry Christmas Doily Tag

Hello everyone,

Today's Merry Christmas Doily Tag was created for I Brake for Stamps (using Elegant Merry Christmas Stamp),and its was stamped up using the Mini Misti tool and markers for the 2 tone ombre effect. I just LOVE the way this tag turned out, and its going on a present for under our tree :) I Brake for stamps carries so many Gorgeous Christmas stamps, and you can find them here at the IBFS Store! Have fun!!

 

Tag Design:

Tag was made using Cheery Lynn's Sophia's Heart Doily Die

I then cut 2 circles , 1 for the front (IBFS sentiment), and 1 for the back(to write on), I also airbrushed it lightly on the front with a soft blue copic

I Brake For Stamps Elegant Merry Christmas was stamped using the Mini Misti tool, and 2 StampinUp! markers. Love the look of the sentiment in the blues.

Flowers, Stamens, Bead sprays, and ribbon are all from Really Reasonable Ribbon, and all were hot glued on for ribbon cluster look.

 

Supplies Used:

I Brake For Stamps:
Elegant Merry Christmas Stamp
Really Reasonable Ribbon:
Flowers Cherry Blossoms, and Sweetheart Blossoms, Bead Berry Sprays, Spiral Stamen , Ribbon from this months club kit
Cheery lynn Dies:
Sophia's Heart DL184
Circle LPC4 Die

Branches: Martha Stewart Punch
Pens StampinUp!
White card stock for all paper used

This year I have been enjoying creating tags for our gifts. It makes it nice to have big tags for the gifts under the tree, as its easier to read who it goes too...hehehehe Anyways this is a 1st for me this year. So far I'm up to 9 tags made. I need more, I think at least 1 for each person would be nice!

To see all I Brake For Stamps Beautiful Christmas ones, please visit the IBFS store here!
Thank you for looking and have a lovely day!
hugs to all,
Cheryl

 

I Brake for Naughty Kitties!

Krismaus Dance is one of the Rick St. Dennis digital stamps available at I Brake for Stamps.

Krismaus Dance was resized in PhotoElements, printed out onto Copic-friendly cardstock with my laser printer, then colored with my Copic markers. The image panel was die-cut and set aside while I assembled the rest of the card.

Patterned paper from an old 6x6 pad was die-cut with one of a Flag die fro then layered on top of another piece of patterned paper from the same pad. The image panel was adhered and a foil sticker sentiment was added. The card front was adhered to a red card.

I  Brake for Stamps has a great collection of digital stamps plus a huge and varied collection of rubber stamps that you ought to check out right now. Click on my badge below to be whisked over to I Brake for Stamps to check out all of the goodies! 

Thanks for visiting today!

Kathi

I Brake For Love....

{jane bosi}  Happy Monday, Brakers!  Most of us are entrenched in holiday planning, gifting and card making all focused on wintery themes, candy canes and candles.  BUT, right around the corner, more opportunities for card making await!

I love this little monster by Carmen Medlin in the Loves Me Set.  Whose heart wouldn't just melt for this little guy?

My card is a simple little water coloring.  Sometimes, simple really is best!

Have a great day!  TTFN, Jane

I Brake For Smiles

Hi, this is Jamie Martin with you again and winter's just beginning but I'm ready for Spring!  So today I'm sharing a Spring inspired card.  I really like this saying, Sending Smiles, from I Brake For Stamps, it's pretty versatile.  I paired it with the Large Fritillaria stamp which is one flower that I stamped multiple times with VersaMark ink and embossed with clear powder.  Squeezed Lemonade, Wild Honey and Abandoned Coral Distress Inks were sponged over the flowers, then the embossed area was rubbed with a paper towel to remove the ink.  Some diluted Abandoned Coral was splattered over the card the Sending Smiles was stamped with Onyx Black VersaFine Ink. A gold gem was placed in the center of one of the flowers and gold stickers were placed randomly around the sentiment.  The panel was then glued to an orange card.

I hope I have inspired you to Stamp This!

I Brake for the North Pole!

Hello and happy Saturday!

Today I'm sharing another Christmas card made with

a cute postage stamp from I Brake for Stamps.

The stamp is called North Pole Postage.

If you love postage stamps you can find many more both in holiday and other prints over at IBFS.

If you're just looking for some new holiday stamps click HERE.

I Brake for Rudolph ..

Hello IBFS fans !!!

It's Crystal here and todays Christmas card has this cute Rudolph image , I copic colored the Rudolph and then added to a tag and created fun layers with die cuts and sequins and twine and metallic cardstock , I just had a little fun creating a chalkboard subway art vibe to my card.

for Rudolph and many other great images visit the I Brake for Stamps online store …. Happy shopping my creative friends ….

A Hug for Rudolph Candy Tag

 Hello everyone and Happy Wednesday to all! Cheryl here with a Candy Tag I made using I Brake For stamps darling " A Hug For Rudolph" Stamp. Love this stamp, its so sweet!!!

My image was stamped up in black ink, and then cut out using the oval shape die. Next I airbrushed the background using copic marker. For Rudolph and the sweet little girl I colored them with copics and then used some stickles to give some glitz. I also added stickles to the snowflakes, as you can see they haven't dried yet :) hehehehe

My tag was created using several dies, and then added candy to the inside pocket. I made a bunch of candy tags to bring with me to our Christmas Doll club party that is tomorrow :) They are a little different .

Thank you for looking and have a lovely day!!
hugs to all,
Cheryl