Poinsettia Trio

What else says Christmas like a poinsettia?  Hope you are enjoying the season as much as I am... so much to do and time is getting away.  Be sure to take some time to create, it is good for the soul.  Today I have an quick card that other will think is fabulous. 

To make this card I used the following from I Brake for Stamps:
Poinsettia Trio

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Musical Poinsettia Card

   Hi everyone, Steph Ackerman here!

 Today I am using some amazing stamps from Blank Page Muse and I Brake For Stamps.

Stamps: Music Sheets Background, Elegant Merry Christmas 

Stamp the music background in red ink on white cardstock.

Stamp and emboss Merry Christmas on the musical panel.

Mat with cardstock and add to black card.

Create a black card.

Mat pattern paper with cardstock and adhere to the card.

I Brake For....Bisters!

Hello crafty friends.  Nancy here and today I am sharing a gift bag made using Bisters for the colors.

 Bister is a wood stain that creates beautiful backgrounds. It is water soluble. To use, put a tiny amount on card stock and spray with water. You can use a light spray or a heavier spray, depending on the background that you want to achieve.

You can find Bisters on the IBFS store here.

For my bag I used Bisters in the Mahogany and Green colors to make the Poinsettias,  leaves and the background on the bag.  These colors have a rich and rustic look to them. They are beautiful and it is hard to capture the colors in a photo.

For the main flower I sprinkled mahogany bister on watercolor paper and spritzed water.  Here is what it looks like before cutting out the shapes.  The color is a rich dark red.

Here are the poinsettia die cuts -I used the Spellbinders Poinsettia dies.  I just put the pieces together and attached a dark red glittery  pearl to the center.

Here is the sheet with Green bisters and the leaves cut out.

Once I had the flower finished I made a bag using the We R Memory Keepers Gift Bag Punch Board.  I made several bags this season for gifts and really love this tool.  

I lightly sprinkled some Green Bister onto the bag before I put it together -it gives the bag a bit more of a rustic look. I also punched out some leaf branches and a tag with the leftover piece of green stained paper.

Hop on over to the IBFS store and check out all the Bister colors.  They are so much fun to work with!

Thanks so much for stopping by today!

I Brake For...TAGS!

Hello friends! Nancy here -  it's December and just about 2.5 weeks away from Christmas!  I hope you are all doing well and enjoying the season.

Today I have a couple of holiday tags to show you.  To get the most out of my Christmas stamps I like to use them not only for cards, but for tags as well.   My craft room is filled with enough paper, ink, ribbons and stamps so I really don't need to buy ready made tags.

Here is the first..

This tag uses the cute North Pole Postage stamp found here.

I colored it with copics and adhered it to a tiny red card that opens up and provides a space for you to write To/From.

From there I attached it to a base that consisted of red cardstock and a snowflake die cut.  The die cut was attached to the red cardstock with spray adhesive - its the best thing to use when you have a die cut with a lot of open spaces.  The only problem is you only get one chance to attach it.  Once it is on the paper it is stuck!  No repositioning!    And forget about the fancy twine in the scrapbook aisle.. that white string is crochet thread - cheap and lasts forever.

The next tag uses the beautiful stamp called Poinsettias...found here. 

As you can see I only used part of the stamp - I colored it with copics, cut it out and attached it to a die cut tag.

Over the years (decades?) of paper crafting I have learned not to spend a lot of money on gift wrap.  For small items I use my (large) stash of patterned paper to make gift card holders, envelopes, boxes and bags.  For larger gifts I have a roll of white wrapping paper that I purchased at a local retail supply house.  With white wrapping paper you can do so much - it can be used for any occasion - just dress it up with ribbons or stamp on it and you have a custom design.

For this package I used a pretty gold ribbon that I saved from  a gift I received last Christmas along with some plain red satin ribbon to wrap the box.  Add the tag and I'm done!

Hop on over to the IBFS store and check out the thousands of stamps - I know you will find something to you liking.

Thanks for stopping by today!

I Brake For....Poinsettias!

Hello my stamping friends!  Nancy here today!

I hope your Thanksgiving was full of joy, family, friends and food!  Now we are in full swing for Christmas!  I have most of my cards completed and my shopping is about 90%  done.  Ok, I cheat a little - I live far from my family so most of them get gift cards to their favorite stores, which makes my shopping very easy to do.  So I tend to focus on pretty packaging for the gift cards - making and embellishing envelopes to hold the gift cards.

Today I have a very pretty card to show you.

It uses only one stamp - actually only part of the stamp.  The stamp is called Poinsettias and can be found here.  The stamp has two poinsettia blooms but I only used one for this card.

Since the image is traditional and classic I wanted to keep that feeling with the card.  I used a fancy swirly die cut in white and mounted it on white cardstock. I used a spray adhesive on the die cut - found that it works best with those die cuts that have lots of open areas.  And I  love the white on white look.  The poinsettia was colored with copics  and mounted on a fancy edge pierced die cut

As I have done with most of my Christmas cards, I used a stardust gel pen to add some sparkle to the image  - here is a close up.

Hop on over to the IBFS store to find thousands of stamps - there is something for everyone there!

Thanks for stopping by today!

I Brake For Cute Christmas Cows!

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Hello and happy Saturday!

I've made some pretty Christmas cards lately so this time I wanted to do something a little "cutesy."

I Brake For Stamps has tons of both elegant and funny Christmas stamps!

I just love Tina Mae for so many reasons.  When I saw this hilarious Christmas verse I just knew I wanted to use them together.  The sentiment is called Udderly Wonderful Christmas.

 Here's a close up of Tina Mae.

 Isn't she sweet??  Her santa hat was made using a Quickutz die.

The frame for the verse was cut with a Papertrey Ink die.

On the inside I used the verse May the Warmth.

I Brake for Peace and Joy!

Hello and happy Saturday!

Today I'm sharing two similar Christmas cards with you.  Sometimes I don't feel like coloring so I love using a sentiment along with something else as the highlight of my card.  I was in the mood to create with paper so I settled on these poinsettias.

The two sentiments I used are from I Brake For Stamps.

Joy To the World Text

Peace on Earth Text

I made the poinsettia using a Sizzix red die and some curling ribbon. 

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I Brake For Cowboys and Christmas!

Hello and happy Saturday!

Today I'm sharing another Christmas card with you.

 This one features the image COWBOY CHRISTMAS.

This is a great image if you're looking for a quick card.  As detailed as this stamp is the majority of it is to be left white since it's snow covered.  There isn't a whole lot to be colored so you could knock out a bunch of them quickly.

I love those mountains in the background.

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 Christmas Blessings!

Hello and happy Saturday!

Renee here and I'm sharing a Christmas card today.  I don't know...I've just been in a holiday mood lately. 

 Today my card doesn't have an image...just a sentiment.  The verse is called THE BLESSING OF PEACE.

I love the pretty font on this verse.

Inside I used ELEGANT MERRY CHRISTMAS.

I Brake For Santa and his elf!

Hello and happy Saturday!

Renee here and today I'm sharing a pair of "his and hers" Christmas cards.  They're both made with some of the funny HUMOROUS SENIORS from I Brake For Stamps.

First we have SANTA'S ELF, EDITH

How much fun is this old gal??

Here's the inside of Edith's card.

Next up is SENIOR SANTA CLAUS

Okay, he may not be as cute as Edith but this dude CRACKS me up!!!

Here's the inside of the Santa card.

I Brake For the North Pole!

Hello and a good Saturday to you all!

As much as I'm a "one holiday at time" kind of girl I do realize that when you MAKE your own Christmas cards you have to pretty much work on them all year long! Today I'm sharing a wonderfully sweet Rick St. Dennis digital image found at I Brake For Stamps.

 

 

 

The image I chose is called North Pole Welcome.  I'm sure by now most everyone is familiar with digi stamps but in case you're not here's a little description.  When you purchase the image it will be e-mailed to you.  You can then print it out in any size or color you want!  That's really cool because sometimes I want a smaller or large image depending on the layout of my card.  This is a definite advantage over traditional rubber stamps.  (Though I'm still TOTALLY hooked on rubber!)

 

The verse is from the sheet called Every Day Phrases.

 

 



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