Get Well Soon Card

  Hello from Design Team member, Heidi.

I adore cats.  And this cat stamp is sooooo sweet!  When I was looking at it, I thought how cozy the kitten looks, and then I decided that the blanket needed to look cozy too.  So I employed one of my favorite techniques, paper piecing!

I had just the right patterned paper that I had hoarded kept for just the right project. 

I first stamped the cat on white cardstock and colored with Tom-bow markers.  This made it easy to do the tabby shading as I could just go over those a second time with my brown marker to make it just the right amount darker.  (Typically I don’t color a lot with water based markers but in this instance, it works very well.)

Then I layered over the cozy blanket and added my sentiment.  A very easy card!

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

The cat is available in a set called MS110 Full Plate and also as a single stamp, if you prefer.

The sentiment is part of this set called Baubles, Doily and Words.

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A Little Birdie Told Me...

 Hello from design team member, Heidi.   I love birds, in fact, I was just out at a park looking at them.  So many cute baby birds, learning the ropes, this time of year!  So I always am drawn to the great bird stamps!

This card using stamps from three different sets that I will link below.  The bird and branch were stamped in brown ink and colored in with pencils and markers.  The blue circle behind them is die cut from my sheet of paper that I brayered all the extra acrylic paint on when I was doing some gelli prints.  Finally, the background was done with a stencil and the shaving cream/re inker technique.  They all happened to get pulled together with the stamps!

Flower & Bird Sketches Stamp Set (From Blank Page Muse shop)

Bird Sheet 141A and Bird Sheet 141B (From I Brake for Stamps shop)

I hope you might be inspired to mix and match your stamp sets!  Have a wonderful day!

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I Brake for Turtles!

Hello Stampers! I do hope that you are well. 

I have a clean and simple card design to share with you today.  The world may be more complicated now, but people are still having birthdays and I have several cards to send out in the next week or so.  I think this one will work for men, as well as women.  

To create this card, I sponged light blue ink on the left of my card front, then put a wave stencil over this and sponged darker blue inks over the stencil.  I stamped, colored and cut out my sea turtle and popped him up on the panel.  The sentiment was stamped underneath.  

This really didn’t take long at all, and I am quite happy with how it turned out!  

These stamps are part of I Brake for Stamp’s By the Sea Rubber Sheet. It is an awesome set!

Thank you 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 Mostly Mice!

Hello! I hope you saw the announcement that there are new stamps in the store!  When I saw this new set called Mostly Mice, I knew I had to have it!  It is full of wonderful images, and I know children will like them, but in all honestly, I think I know plenty of adults who are going to love them too!

This little teapot image is so easy to color.  I then just die cut it and used a sketch and patterned paper to create this pretty Thank You note.  

I will definitely be using more of these stamps in the near future!

You can purchase these in the I Brake for Stamps store.

Mostly Mice stamp set

All the New Release Stamps

The sentiment is from Florals Sheet

Happy stamping!

Heidi @MyLittleStampingBlog

I Brake for Fall Bouquets!

Hello from design team member, Heidi.  I hope you are having a great Autumn so far.  Today, I am sharing a card with a bouquet of flowers that I colored for this season.  

I decided to stamp my sentiment right over top of the card front.  I used my stamping platform so that I could stamp it repeatedly, and get a nice bold look.  Then, I thought I would use a bit of white pencil to highlight the right side of the words to make sure it stood out well.  I thought that did the trick, and my card is nice and flat for mailing!

The floral stamp is part of a lovely stamp set called Florals Sheet, and the sentiment can be found in the I Brake for Stamps store HERE.

Thank you for visiting the blog today!  Come back again soon!

I Brake for Birds!

Hello!  Today, I worked on a Thank You card.  First, I sponged light blue Distress ink over textured white cardstock.  I then stamped my bird image onto this, and a second time onto plain white cardstock.

I simply filled in the color with alcohol markers, then fussy cut out the plain bird and glued it over top of the textured paper.  I like the tiny bit of dimension this gives, as I would have lost a lot of the bird detail on the textured cardstock.  

Oh, and I almost forgot! I did add a touch of white gel pen to accent the eye.  I often find that makes a big difference!

The image is from Sheet 141A Birds, and the sentiment is from Florals Sheet.

Thank you for visiting today! Happy Stamping!

~~Heidi @MyLittleStampingBlog

I Brake for Kittens!

Hello everyone!  My family just adopted 2 baby kittens, and however fun and adorable they are, that fact has kept me away from my craft desk quite a bit.  So I wanted to make a little kitten themed card today!

I colored the Kitty in a Can image and die cut it out.  I then used some scraps of coordinating patterned paper and some hot pink cardstock to make this fun layout.  The sentiment is from Florals Sheet.

Do you have any pets and do you use pet related stamps?

Thanks for stopping by the blog today!

Heidi @MyLittleStampingBlog

I Brake for Summertime Fruit!

Hello!  Yesterday, I had a lot of fun playing with this cute fruit stamp set.  We have been eating wonderful cherries and watermelons, so it seems like the perfect time of year for this card.  

I colored the Fun Fruits, set of 4, with alcohol markers.  I did want to mention how I choose colors.  I colored just the fruits first and kept the markers that I was using out on my desk.  

Then, when I went to color the rest of the frames, I tried to pick only markers I already had out.  This is the easiest way, for me, to keep my cards harmonious and not too busy.  I think I only used 8 markers total.

The sentiment is from Florals Sheet.

Have a great day!

Heidi @MyLittleStampingBlog

I Brake for 70th Birthdays!

Hello all!  Hope you are well!  Today I am sharing a card I made for a special aunt’s 70th birthday!  I think she will really like these pretty Sweet Peas!

I colored the flowers with a base of alcohol marker, and then added subtle shading with colored pencils.  The pencil came in handy for the thin stems too!  

I used a bunch of paper from my scrap box. The green paper was already embossed!  I used some number dies to personalize the card for the big occasion!  I will stamp a birthday greeting on the inside.  

The Sweet Pea stamps are available HERE at the I Brake for Stamps store.  They are available in the regular size, which I used on my card, or in a Jumbo size, if your prefer.  

Thanks for visiting the blog today!  Hope you have time for stamping today!

Heidi @MyLittleStampingBlog

I Brake for Garden Shelves!

Hello from design team member, Heidi!  I Brake for Stamps has a neat little line of stamps that are Garden Shelves.  They are such pretty illustrations and are nice, large stamps that take up a good portion of the card front.  

I colored Garden Shelf #2 with alcohol markers.  I picked some analogous colors, that is, colors that are next to one another on the color wheel and then a neutral.  So those were Green, Blue, Purple + Brown as my neutral.  I tried to stick to those colors so that the finished product looked harmonious. 

I added a little sentiment from Bubble Wrap, Lattice and Flowers Sheet, to finish off the card. 

Thanks for taking the time to visit the blog today!  Have a great day!

Heidi @ My Little Stamping Blog

I Brake for Weddings!

Hello from design team member, Heidi!  Chances are, you know someone who got married in June!  I am not invited to a wedding this month, but I do need some cards for the stash.

I colored this Rose Bouquet with alcohol markers.  I applied some Art Glitter Glue with the fine tip nozzle to portions of the roses to adhere some white glitter.  After this dried, I fussy cut out my image.  

I adhered it with foam adhesive  over top of an embossed piece of cardstock where I had stamped the greeting at the bottom.  I think this turned out really pretty!

These stamps are available individually (Rose Bouquet and On Your Wedding) or as part of the Wedding Sheet stamp set.

Thank you for visiting the blog today!  Hope to see you again soon!

I Brake for Hummingbirds!

Hello from design team member, Heidi.  I am sharing a Sympathy card today.  I like to have several in my stash. 

I started by coloring the Hummingbird with Flower stamp and I completely fussy cut it out.  I die cut a window in my card front.  Behind the panel, I put a piece of a background I made using the Cuttlebug Embossed Waxed Paper technique (tutorial is here). 

Then I simply stamped the Memories Comfort You sentiment and framed out the entire card with green and yellow card stocks.

Thanks for spending time at the I Brake for Stamps blog today!  Have a great day!

Heidi

I Brake for Coffee

Hello from design team member, Heidi!  I would like to share a fun coffee card with you!  I love coffee and I Brake for Stamps has some great coffee related stamps!

I stamped with green Versafine ink on kraft paper.  I colored the cup with alcohol markers and die cut out the panel.  After choosing this fun, slightly retro, floral printed paper, I went back to the stamp set for an accent. I thought that the coffee tree looked kind of the shape of a bouquet.  

I colored on that stamp with different markers, to represent both ripe and unripe coffee beans, spritzed with water and stamped.  I trimmed this out and added a bow.

This stamp set called Coffee Rubber Sheet is available in the I Brake for Stamps store.



Thanks for visiting today!  Come again soon!

Heidi

I Brake for Goldfinches!

Hello from design team member, Heidi!  I am definitely a bird lover, so when I saw that the American Goldfinches in my yard were molting into their beautiful breeding plumage, I had to get out this stamp!

 I colored him with alcohol markers.  A male American Goldfinch is a lovely bright yellow color all over, but I wanted to add a bit of shadow and texture so I added some light grey marker here and there.  

These stamps can be found in the I Brake for Stamps store:

Goldfinch stamp

Sentiment is from Quarter Sheet Dahlia

Thanks for visiting today!

I Brake for Pansies!

Hello from design team member, Heidi!  I have a pretty pansy card to share with you, which is right in season!  I love these cheerful flowers for Spring and Fall, and all the wonderful colors they might be.

This image was stamped in a dark purple ink onto some textured cardstock.  Now, textured card is not usually the best surface for stamping, but I knew I wanted to color this with chalks, and I like the extra interest it gives.  Chalk is a wonderful coloring medium, it blends so well and is very fast to work with.  It might be a good idea to seal your work when you use chalk.  Since this is a card that will likely be displayed for just a few weeks, I just seal mine with a little aerosol hairspray.  

I thought these colors looked a little vintage, so I decorated my card with some velvet rick rack and scraps of pretty floral paper.

The stamp I used is called Three Pansies and can be found in the I Brake for Stamps Online store.

Have a wonderful day!

Heidi

I Brake for Kitties!

Hello from design team member, Heidi!  I have a cute everyday card to share with you today.  I noticed this sweet Kitty in a Can image in the store and thought it would make such a sweet card for my many cat-loving friends and family members.  And working with it really made me happy!  It is amazing what great therapy stamping can be!

I colored it with alcohol markers and framed it out with several die cuts.  I stamped the sentiment (found in the Quarter Sheet Dahlia stamp set) on coordinating patterned paper and cut it out with a tag die.  A bit of baker’s twine and I felt this card was finished!

Thank you for reading the blog today! Hope your day is filled with creative moments!

I Brake for Birds!

Hello from design team member, Heidi!  Bird stamps are some of my favorite stamps, and this one is no exception!

I stamped the bird with brown ink and colored it lightly with chalk pastels.  This may be an “old” way of coloring, but it is still really effective, not to mention, fast and easy!  I then fussy cut out the bird.  

The patterned paper fold I did is called the drapery fold, and you can find instructions on how to do this here, although there are a lot of different ways to do this.  I love the elegant look.  

I then used some scraps of the same pattered paper, and a couple small stamps from the same set, and decorated the inside of my card.  

The stamps I used today can be purchased at the I Brake for Stamps store.

Bird Sheet

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I Brake for Violet Flowers!

Hello from design team member, Heidi!  Did you know that the birth flower for February is the Violet.  They are so pretty, and come in white and yellow, in addition to the traditional blue-violet.  I decided to color this stamp as a cheery yellow violet.  They might be my favorite, and are a pretty rare find in my yard.  

I colored this with alcohol markers.  I put a dot of pink marker in the centers and blended it out with the yellow to get the orangish color.  I then used lots of scraps of patterned paper to finish off my card. 

This stamp can be found in the I Brake for Stamps Store, along with several other violet stamps!

Violet Flowers

Violet Category

Have a wonderful day!