I Brake for the Liberty Bell!

Hi everyone and happy Monday! It's Monica from Taylormadecards4u. With the 4th of July just around the corner, I wanted to share with you one of my favorite stamps to use for Independence Day! This is a stamp that I have had for a while, but it is classic and I love it!

The image is called Liberty Bell and is perfect for your 4th of July celebration cards.  I colored and fussy cut the Liberty Bell and adhered it to a colorful background.  The sentiment is simple and says it all...FREEDOM! 

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I Brake for gratitude!

Hi everyone and happy Monday! It's Monica from Taylormadecards4u. I have been a little under the weather for the last few days and my creativity has suffered. So I decided to keep it simple this week and create a CAS thank you card.

The Thank so much stamp is from the Inspirational Plate #2 set and the purple flower stamp is called grunge lettered flower. This card came together very easily. I stamped the flowers using wilted violet distress oxide ink and the thank so much sentiment with Black archival ink.  To finish off the card I added some black Nuvo Crystal drops. 

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I Brake for playing cards...and Luck!

Hello and happy Monday! It's Monica from Taylormadecards4u and I am here sharing this fun birthday card that I have had in my mind for a while. I found these little poker chip stickers at a craft sale and they have been sitting in my stash waiting for the perfect card.

When I saw this playing cards background from I Brake for Stamps, I knew exactly what I would do. While the stamp is one piece, it is easy stamped and cut to make four playing cards.  I added distress oxide ink to make the cards look old and added this funny image from half sheet 046.

It is a very simple design, but so fun and will make a perfect birthday card. 

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I Brake for Fish Bait!

Hello crafty friend, it's Monica from Taylormadecards4u. A few weeks ago i brought out my alcohol inks and was playing around with them. Now when you bring out those, typically you are going to want to make several backgrounds. They are a bit messy, so you may as well get the most out of them.

This background is one of the left overs and has been sitting on my desk for a bit.  I thought it kind of looked like a murky pond, so it was time to get out the fishes!

The stamp set i am using is a fun one from I Brake for Stamps. it is called Luncheon meat.

This stamp set works great stamped over alcohol inks, but is also fun to color. I also used some clear nuvo drops for the water droplets which made a nice addition. 

They layout was fairly simple. I used one of my nesting die cuts to cut around the image then matted it onto two pieces of coordinating cardstock. 

This stamp is a great summer stamp and would also make a fun Father's Day Card. 

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I Brake for Brides

Hello friends. It's Monica from Taylormadecards4u. I have several weddings coming up this summers so I thought it was time to start getting some of my wedding cards completed.  Several of my family members are going to the wedding, so I am tasked with coming up with different card designs for each of us to use. 

I love this image from I Brake for stamps called Silhouette Bride. It is a classic image that can be used again and again. 

I started out by stamping my image onto some card stock using my stamping platform. I then fussy kit the image.  I wanted the background to have some texture, so I embossed some white card stock and added some lace.

I added a simple sentiment as well. There are several images available that would be great for wedding cards. Be sure to check out this section over at the shop.   

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I brake for Skyscrapers!

Hello crafty friends. It's Monica from Taylormadecards4u I am here sharing a city scene card I created using two stamps from the Full Sheet Travel.

I added this little gentleman looking up at the tall sky scrapers just wondering what he is getting himself into!

The little vintage gentleman is called man facing left. He was a great addition to my City scene and i love how he is looking up at those tall skyscrapers! 

I also found a great sentiment sticker to add to my scene which fits perfect for this little character!  This stamp is a perfect addition to many scenes. There is even one facing right. 

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I Brake for a Happy Couple

Hello friends, it's Monica from Taylormadecards4u. I was recently watching a you tube video where someone created a mock Cabinet Card. This of course got my creative juices flowing!

I re created the background of this old Cabinet Card so that i could stamp my image. The stamp that I am using is from I Brake for Stamps called Happy Couple and it is part of there "Photo" collection.

It took me several tries to get the sizing just right. I used Pic Monkey to help re create this background. 

Once i had the perfect creation, I downloaded it and re sized it on my computer. I then printed it out and stamped my image.

This card was a lot of fun to create! Hopefully I have given you some ideas for your vintage cards.

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I Brake for Grunge!

Hello Crafty friends. It's Monica from Taylormadecards4u. I am here today sharing a card I created for Mother's Day. This card was so fun to create as I love creating grungy cards. 

I used the Grunge Letter Flower and Grunge Circle stamps from I brake for stamps. The Grunge Circle stamp was perfect for my background.

I started out by adding some washi tape and distress ink to my background. I then added some texture paste using the Tim Holtz tile stencil. 

Once the texture paste was dry, I added my grunge.  I outlined my washi tape with a distress crayon and stamped my background with the grunge circle.  

I then adhered my film strip die along with my green foliage. finally, I adhered my grunge letter flowers and glued some white pearls in the center. finally, I added a ticket and letters to spell out Mom.

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I brake for friendship

Hello and happy Monday! Monica here from Taylormadecards4u. I am here today sharing a friendship card using a beautiful sentiment from I brake for stamps.

The set is called inspirational plate #2. I am also using the ticket stamp that is part of the half sheet travel set. 

Sometimes I like to build my scene's around the sentiment, and this sentiment was perfect for a vintage friendship card.  I added several pieces of ephemera to add interest and finished it off with the two little girls.  

Collage cards are so easy to create and often times you can use left over scraps, when put together create a great card.

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I Brake for Flower Barrels

Hi everyone! It's Monica from Taylormadecards4u. I am here today to share with you this beautiful Spring card. I created the background using some Distress Resist spray and along with some distress oxide inks. 

If you would like to see my process video, you can find it over on my you tube channel. 


I pulled out my sewing machine for this card and added some layers to my distress resist panel I creating. The stamp that I used to hold the flowers is called Barrel and it is from I Brake for Stamps. 

I stamped it on some card stock that has some discoloration. It gave it a rustic look and really added to the details of this stamp.  I find that the distress oxide Walnut stain is the perfect color for this image. 

The barrel stamp is the perfect size to hold the die cut leaves and paper roses.  A perfect Spring Card!

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I brake for snark!

Hi Everyone! It's Monica from Taylormadecards4u. Today I am feeling a little snarky! so I thought I would share with you a fun coffee card I created using the half sheet 046 from I brake for stamps. 

Coffee cards are so fun and they can be used for so many occasion. But they are especially fun when you add a little snark to them.

This set has some great senior images that would also make some fun snarky cards. Be sure to check them out. 

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I Brake for Numbers...

Hi Everyone! It's Monica from Taylormadecards4u. Today I am sharing a card with you where my inspiration was numbers. Numbers can be used for backgrounds or to create a great focal point.

If you want to see the process video for this card you can check it out over on my youtube channel. 

The stamp that I used for this card is from I brake for stamps and is called Numbers background. I paired that background stamp with idea-ology Remnant Rubs to create a fun background.

This is a very easy technique and anyone can do this! I also added the theme "Lucky" to the card since numbers are often tied with some "Luck".

The numbers you choose can be both big like the ones I used above, or a bit more subtle as the ones I used in the background.  Whatever way you go, numbers are always a fun addition to your projects.

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I Brake for...Time Rides

Hi everyone it's Monica from Taylormadecards4u. I am a big fan of the Photo stamps over at I brake for stamps and I have now added another one to my collection. This image is called Time Rides and it is awesome!

I had a few other stamps that worked perfectly with this image to create kind of a photo negative look. Black and white cards are so classic and they work so great with these photo stamps.

To ensure I got a crisp image, I used my MISTI and stamped the image several times. This was a very simple card to create, but the results were so dramatic. I just love how it turned out.

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I Brake for Trail Scenes

Hi everyone, it's Monica from Taylormadecards4u. With Spring just around the corner, we are finally starting to see flowers start to bloom.  Soon people will start to plant their own gardens and barrels of herbs.  

I have two barrels that I plan on planting herbs in so when I saw these stamps, I knew I had to get them. 

The background was created using the stamp called Large Trail Scene. 

This is a fantastic stamp with so many possibilities.  I also used the barrel planter and wheel barrow as my focal points. I had two choices of signs, Weeds or Herbs. I decided to go with herb, but the weeks sign is also available over at I brake for stamps. 

There are some great spring stamps in the shop, so don't forget to stop by and check them out.

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