I Brake for Valentines!

Hello! I would love to share two Valentine Cards I made using stamps that are not created for Valentines.  The first is one of the newer stamps in the store, Huge Floral Background.  And it is huge at about 4.5 by 6.5 inches.  The second is the little snowdrop from Bubble Wrap, Lattice and Flower Sheet.  And lastly, the Love sentiment from Wedding Sheet.

First, I stamped the background in light pink.  I die cut out a heart in the center, and saved the heart for my second card.  I stamped, simply colored and fussy cut the snowdrops.  Here, I glued the base of the flowers down, but used dimensional foam tape to pop up the blooms over an embossed white background.  The entire panel was placed a light green card base, and I added a die cut sentiment.  

I could not just throw out the pretty heart, so I stamped the word LOVE on it, put three gems under and popped this up on an embossed background.  I think the simple detail of matting in black, and adding some sparkly silver ribbon, really makes this card pop.

I have already sent these cards out as Valentines, but I think they could also make a nice wedding card, or birthday card, if you just changed the color of the background stamp to suit your needs.

I hope that YOU have a wonderful Valentine’s Day!  Thanks for visiting as we love to share our love of stamping with you!

Heidi @MyLittleStampingBlog

I Brake for Valentines!

Hello!  I have a very traditional looking Valentine to share today.  I thought that the grungy look of the sentiments in the Old and New stamp sheet would look good with the Chalkboard technique.  That was my starting point for this card.

I heat embossed the sentiment, then smudged white ink around the edge of the panel.  After framing this out with another red die cut, I used some neat foiled patterned paper for the background.  My embellishment Kiss is also from the stamp set!  I thought this turned out nicely, and definitely the photos don’t do this one justice.

Thanks for visiting today!

Heidi @MyLittleStampingBlog

I Brake for Mouse Love!

Hello!  I have a cute card to share today that I am probably going to use as a Masculine Valentine.

 It is cute,
 it is woodsy,
and I like it!

I combined 3 different stamp sets for this card.  

Mostly Mice Sheet

Bubble Wrap Lattice and Flowers Sheet

Bauble, Doily and Words Sheet

Card process:  First I stamped my mouse and mushroom image with Memento Black ink. I colored it in with alcohol markers.  Next, I masked around the mushroom cap with masking paper.  I used red ink to stamp the Bubble Wrap background onto the mushroom cap. After removing the mask, I used colored pencils to add just a little detail.  

The background is kraft paper with a woodgrain embossing folder. I inked the raised portions with dark brown ink.  I then used the brown ink to stamp my sentiment, and embellished the card with die cuts.  

Thank you for visiting today!

Heidi @MyLittleStampingBlog

I Brake for Hearts Quilts!

Hello everyone!  This is design team member, Heidi, and today I am sharing with you a Valentine card that is my most favorite of this year!  

I stamped the quaint Heart Quilt stamp on some pink cardstock. I then used alcohol markers in a few shades of red to color it in, and added white gel pen and glitter pen for accents.  I mounted it with fun foam over some white, textured cardstock.  The Love sentiment is from the Wedding Sheet stamp set.

Hope you all have a lovely Valentine’s Day!

I Brake for Rose Valentines!

Hello from design team member, Heidi!  I hope you are doing well.  Today I would like to share a Valentine I made with a bit of a vintage feel.  

I first stamped the background using June’s Rose stamp in gold ink.  I stamped it several times to fill in the entire panel.  I then sponged Antique Linen distress ink to add a vintage feel.  

I then stamped my sentiment from the Wedding Sheet with hot pink ink onto some light pink kraft cardstock.  I stamped the heart in a very light pink.  I die cut the sentiment, and with the die still in place, traced the inside of the die with gold gel pen.  I also added Wink of Stella outside the gold line.    I stamped a second heart in the hot pink and trimmed it out, for an embellishment.

The stamps I used today can be found in the I Brake for Stamps Store

Wedding Sheet stamp set

June’s Rose

Have a wonderful day!

*** Heidi ***

I Brake for LOVE!

Hello from design team member, Heidi!  I am diving into making Valentines.  I just love sending them to my family, from grandparents to nieces and nephews!

For this card, I combined two different stamps sets, and the LOVE stamp is also sold separately. (Links are at the end of this post.)

Wedding Sheet - I Brake for Stamps

Floral Half Sheet - I Brake for Stamps

I heat embossed the word LOVE and several of the flower stamps with Gold Detail Embossing powder over some patterned paper. I then used water-based markers to color some of the details in the LOVE stamp.  I trimmed all the pieces out.

Then, I used a coordinating piece of patterned paper for my background, and arranged the stamps over top.  The LOVE and two of the little flowers are popped up on foam tape.  I then finished the card by adding some clear glitter Nuvo drops around the card, for embellishment.

I also used the scrap of patterned paper, and some more stamped flowers to finish the inside of the card.  

The stamps I used on this card can be found in the I Brake for Stamps store.

Floral Love -single stamp

Wedding Sheet stamp set

Floral Half Sheet stamp set

I hope you will have time for stamping today!

*** Heidi ***

I Brake For....DOGS!

Hello stampers - Nancy here today!.  Happy Valentine's Day!  Do you have some four legged family members?  Are they dogs?  If so, here is a card with an adorable dog theme.

The set is called Dog Set and includes 11 stamps -  7 images and 4 sentiments.  I've used four of them on this card.  The set can be found HERE.

I stamped the dog and bowl, colored them with copics and cut them out.  I used a scalloped angled die to make cut on the front of the card - I think this is called a handkerchief cut?  I placed the dog and bowl on the front and stamped the sentiment in the upper right corner.

For the bottom part, I stamped and embossed the bone in white to make my own  decorative paper.

I think this would be a cute Valentine card to give if you have dogs in the family,  We have two lovable little dogs - Boo  Boo and Sugar.  They are both rescue dogs and love to cuddle!

I hope you check out all the stamps available at the IBFS store.  If you are looking for  dog stamps, you can see the whole line of them here.

Thanks for stopping by today!

I Brake For..... Love Text Backgound....and more!

Hello my fellow stampers - Nancy here!  I'm all about Love and Valentines today!

I used three different stamps on this card  and proved to myself that almost any stamp can be made into a Valentine if you use red and white paper and ink.   Take a look at the heart details in the photo below.

I cut out 3 heart shapes (Silhouette cut files) on red and white paper.  Then used three different stamps:

The largest heart has the Love Text Background stamp found here:  I stamped it with a bold red ink.

The smaller white heart uses the Buttercups stamp - found here.  It almost has a toile feel to it.  The same red ink was used.

The small red heart was stamped with the Large Flower Background stamp found here - using versamark and embossed with white embossing powder.

Take a look at your floral and background stamps and see how they look stamped on a heart shape!

The word "love" is a  silhouette cut file as well.  The background is a heart embossing folder

Now, the pillow box - this was so easily done I should make more of these.  The file is a silhouette cut file.  I used the Love Text Background stamp and embossed it in  white.  Here is a close up of the design without the ribbon.  This is so pretty - it would be perfect for a wedding favor as well.

Thanks so much for stopping by today.   Head on over to the IBFS store - there are a ton of Love/Valentine stamps available and I know you will find something to your liking!

I Brake For.....Heart Quilt!

Hello stampers, Nancy here today!!  Now that we are done with Christmas and New Years celebration, the next holiday on the horizon is Valentine's Day.  You are already seeing hearts and flowers all over the place, but how about a nice warm quilt?

The stamp is called Heart Quilt and can be found here.  

I love the homespun look of the image.  And while I used it for a Valentine's Day card here, I can see this being used for a wedding card, or even a birthday card for a quilt maker.  My sister makes quilts and this image would be perfect for a card for here.  

The color scheme possibilities are endless here.  I pulled out an old pad of Basic Grey paper that I love and used it as the inspiration for the colors of the quilt.  The pinks and reds work well for a valentine, and the touch of green softens it up.  I can see this done in a red, white and blue palette for patriotic days and how about a crisp red and white for Christmas?

Hope on over to the IBFS store - there are many love/valentine themed stamps for you to choose from.   I know you will find something there to your liking!

Thanks for stopping by today!

I Brake For Love

{jane bosi}  Happy New Year, Brakers!!!  It's time to get back to work, being adults and all.....


I created my water colored background using a stencil and some Ranger distress inks.  Once it was dry, I was ready to assemble using one of the little cuties from THIS SHEET by Alie Hoogenbozem de Vries.  I stamped her on water color paper, also, and colored with distress inks.  Then trimmed her and added to the background with dimensional tape.  Finally, I added the Be Mine sentiment, which is an older sentiment, but not currently found in the store. 

You CAN see all of the Valentine goodies, here. Lots of great stuff to choose from....enjoy!

TTFN, Jane

I Brake for Valentine Smooches!

Happy Saturday everyone!
Today I'm sharing another Valentine's Day card.

My image and verse are both from I Brake For Stamps.

This fun image is from the Humorous Seniors line and it's called Smooching Al and Betty Lou.

The Happy Valentine's Day phrase comes from the full sheet Every Day Phrases.

I've gotten so much use out of this sheet.  There are so many great verses on it. (37 of them to be exact!)

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I Brake For Shy Valentine Bears!

Happy Saturday everyone!
Christmas is over and the next holiday will soon be upon us.

 

I had fun making this card after making so many Christmas cards for so long.

My image and verse are both from I Brake For Stamps.

The sweet bear is from the Shy Bears line and he's called Daisy Pot Shy Bear.

The Happy Valentine's Day phrase comes from the full sheet Every Day Phrases.

I've gotten so much use out of this sheet.  There are so many great verses on it. (37 of them to be exact!)

 

 

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Be Mine Valentine

Good morning! Are you ready for a new challenge from the I Brake for Challenges blog? Today's theme is Love, and it's perfect for making some Valentine cards. Can you believe Valentine's Day is only two weeks from now?

For my card, I stamped this gorgeous scalloped heart five times onto a kraft card base. Each heart is paper pieced with a different patterned paper, and I added a few embellishments to several of the hearts. The beautiful sentiment is from I Brake for Stamps' MS102 Full Plate set - a wonderful collection of love-themed sentiments.

Head on over to the I Brake for Challenges blog to see what my fellow DT ladies created. Share your love-themed cards with us while you're there! :-)


Stamps: MS81 Full Plate (scalloped heart), MS102 Full Plate (Be Mine Valentine sentiment) --- I Brake for Stamps
Ink: Dark Chocolate
CS: Kraft, Crazy Love (Bo Bunny)
Other: flowers, button, brad, pearls
TJ Technique: Paper Piecing

Heart Quilt!

Hello! I want to show you this great image from I Brake for Stamps! It's called Heart Quilt and it was so fun to color! I can just see it colored up in red, white and blue or fresh springy colors!
For details on the colors I used please visit me at my blog, Cottage Creations!
thanks!
Cheryl

Be Mine

Hi Suzanne here today to show you my little creation using some I Brake For Stamps stamps.

As Valentines Day is just around the corner, I of course created a heart.

I had a heap of fun creating this heart for my hubby.  I have used the Writing Background stamp and Flourish stamp.  I have to say the Writing Background is one of my favs, I use it heaps.

For all the details check out my blog

See you soon.
Hugs
Suzanne x

"Love is the Ticket" Tag

Hi Everyone!
True :D here.

I saw the beautiful "Love Coupon" stamp  from I Brake For Stamps and just had to have it!

I haven't made that many tags but my friend Karen has inspired me to dabble!

I think this will make an awesome Valentine don't you?

I just kind of threw things on it and it worked!

I think I'm getting hooked on tags! :)

For the card recipe and all of the details, please visit my blog HERE.

Hope you like it!

Hugs,

True :D