Springtime Card

  Hello from design team member Heidi!  Hope you are doing well!

I have an off-season card to share with you today!  I am using the stamp Beautiful Bird Nest that can be found in the I Brake for Stamps shop. 

This stamp is easy to color, I used alcohol markers.  I kept this card simple by just outlining the image in a very light aqua marker and then die cutting the piece, adding some cute butterfly gems.  

The sentiment is from the very large sentiment set called Everyday Phrases.

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I Brake for Birds

Hello!  We have been having such a lovely spring.  I have been watching outside my kitchen window as the birds are gathering nesting material, and I have seen larger birds, like crows, flying around carrying large sticks.  This made me think of a set of my favorite bird stamps.

I first made my backgrounds with a stencil and three colors of distress ink.  I found this pretty pastel blue cardstock and decided to stamp my images in dark brown ink.  I did some sponging with brown distress ink but otherwise left these simply stamped. I am quite pleased with these cards.  They will be part of the package of cards I send to the local assisted living center, as they shelter in place.  

These stamps are all from Birds Stamp Sheet 141A

Thank you for visiting the blog today!  Happy Stamping!

Heidi @MyLittleStampingBlog

I Brake For.....Garden Still Life!

Hello stampers!  Nancy here today!!   Let's get ready for spring planting...

This darling little stamp is called Garden Still Life and can be found HERE.

I had intended this to be a "one layer card", but one layer led to another and it soon became multiple layers!  I kept the color scheme simple - red and green.  I love how the red pops out - and made the ribbon on the hat white with black polka dots!

I colored the image with copics, using a stitched square die and swiss dot embossing folder to frame it out.  I love red gingham ribbon and added a touch of it to the bottom.

This is a small, adorable stamp that still makes a statement on a card.  It is probably my most favorite from IBFS and this card is a little bittersweet for me.  This post is my last as a design team member for IBFS.  I used this stamp for my first DT card and thought it was fitting to use a my last.

I have absolutely loved being on this team!  The other designers are wonderful and the owner Della has been so generous. The  sheer variety of stamps is wonderful and the rubber is high quality, deep etched.   I'm taking a break from design team work because we have a bunch of things going on here at home - all good!  We've already started some long overdue home improvement projects, with more to do through the summer.  In between those, we are taking a couple of weeks next month for some traveling, and after that have family coming to visit.  We'll be busy throughout the summer and I hope to get a little stamping done in between.  

In the meantime, I hope you check out the thousands of stamps available at IBFS.   Thanks so much for stopping by today!

I Brake For....Large Lily!

Hello stampers  - Nancy here!  I hope your Easter was wonderful!  And I am sorry that some of you are experiencing some spring snow - I hope it all melts quickly so that you can start enjoying spring.

Here is my card for today...

I am using the lovely stamp called Large Lily with  Forever, found HERE.

It's a beautifully drawn Lily with the Asian forever symbol  I've colored it with prisma pencils. Once the coloring was finished I cut the lily blossom out, popped it up on the main panel to give it a little dimension.

I pulled out some orange/yellow patterned paper from my stash  - the colors on the paper worked well with what was used on the lily.

Hop on over to the IBFS store where there are thousands of stamps ready and waiting.  There are a large selection of floral/flower designs just in  time for spring and summer.  I hope you will take a look!

Thanks for stopping by today!

I Brake For.....Gloriosa Daisy!

Hello my crafty friends  - Nancy here today!  Spring is about a month away - are you all ready for it to show up?  We've had a mild February here in Florida, contrasting with a colder than normal January and I am ready for spring to make its mark.

My planters in the front yard took a hit this winter and I'll have to do a bit of work next month in replacing a number of plants that did not survive.  Looking forward to it because it looks terrible right now!

So, with that in mind I have a pretty floral card for you...

The image is called Gloriosa Daisy - it can be found here.

These daisies have a bold dark red/orange center and yellow petals, so I kept with that color scheme - using copics to color the image.  I really think this would look pretty in shades of blue or pink as well. I stamped and colored the main bloom, cut it out and popped it up on top of the stamped image.  

The sentiment is from a set called Florals Sheet, which can be found here.

Hop on over to the IBFS store - you will find thousands of stamps there.  There are many flower/floral stamps to choose from - I know you will find something you like!

Thanks for stopping by today!

I Brake for Bird's Nests!

Hello and happy Saturday!

Today I'm sharing a Spring themed card featuring

 BEAUTIFUL BIRD NEST

and

EVERY DAY PHRASES.

One of my favorite parts of Spring is all the green.  It's my favorite color which is why I chose it for today's card.

I used another pretty verse from Every Day Phrases on the inside.

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 Birthdays and Birds!

Hello and happy Saturday!

Today I'm sharing a Springlike birthday card featuring three different stamps from I Brake For Stamps.  The front features the sweet little bird is called CHIRPING BIRD.

The verse on the front is called OLD FRIENDS.

The Happy Birthday verse is from the half sheet BOTANICAL.

I Brake For Fall Flowers

{Jane Bosi}

I just needed to color!  I adore this image called, Kerr Jar, from I Brake For Stamps!  Choosing the right colors makes it an incredibly versatile image!

Way back when, I did this one:

It's all springy with a fresh flower feel, bright colors that say sunshine!

This past weekend, it was barely above freezing in my little neck of the woods.  The air is crisp and the smells of fall are all around.  I'm not sure how, exactly, to describe the smell of falling leaves, but I am sure you can use your imaginations.

The flowers, in today's sample, were colored with Copic markers in a more fall like color scheme--can you feel it?

Thanks for looking!

TTFN, Jane

I Brake For Easter Bunnies!

Hello and Happy Saturday! 

Today I'm sharing an Easter card.
My card has 3 different I Brake For Stamps rubber stamps on it.  One you may not notice right away...
The first is the adorable Bunnies & Watering Can.  It's perfect for Easter or Spring.
The second is the cute verse Some Bunny Loves You. 

The last is a little harder to spot.  I used Buttercups as the center of my paper flowers.

Here's a close up of the sweet little rabbits.

 

I Brake For Really Cute Bunnies!!

Hello and happy Saturday!

Today I'm sharing a fun image from I Brake For Stamps.

I just got these adorable PEEKING BUNNIES and couldn't wait to use them.

Isn't this such a sweet image for Easter/Spring?!

I used green paper and embellishments since it's such a great Spring color (and also my favorite color!)

I used some Wild Orchid flowers on my card as well.

10mm Golden Yellow Open Roses

10mm Ivory Open Roses

10mm Moss Green Open Roses

I Brake for Country Bunnies!

Happy Saturday everyone!

I know it's still only January but I couldn't resist breaking out this adorable Easter bunny.

She called Country Bunny and is just the sweetest thing!

Here she is close up.

The verse on the front and on the inside is from the Every Day Phrases set.

I've got an unbelievable amount of use out of this wonderful set!

I think I'll probably send this card to my nieces.  I know they'd love it.

I Brake for Betti and Spring

Happy Monday! Aletha here and I hope everyone had a great and creative weekend. I know that I had a good one. I was in my studio most of the time. I love it when that happens.

My project this week is really for spring time. I know, we just got over Halloween, and now getting ready for Thanksgiving and Christmas, but I needed some spring and summer color.

I would like to introduce you to Betti, from Rick St. Dennis’s Randi Dandi series here at I Brake for Stamps. I colored her with Copics, of course, and added a few handmade flowers to enhance the spring time mood. I adore Rick’s Randi Dandi series. Most of the designs have marvelous hair styles, and I love coloring hair. I have all the details and links on my blog at AJ’s Designs.

Thanks for stopping by. I hope you stop by every day for some I Brake for Stamps inspiration.

Aletha