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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Stitched Patchwork Card!

Hi Stamping Fans!

Today I am sharing a card made with a patchwork style background!

I've used patterned papers designed by Pam Bray and available at both the BPM & IBFS Stores!

I love these paper backs - double sided so you get a great range of patterns and I love that they are color coordinated so whatever side of the paper you use you know it all matches and compliments each other!

I started by cutting out squares from a pack of the patterned paper - "Cyan Consortium" - beautiful greens - I wasn't too particular about measuring - I wanted a "handmade" patchwork quilt look - I glued them all to a piece of card and used my sewing machine to add the look of squares sewn together - then cut to size and sewn onto a base card. Add any feature stamp you like and a sentiment.

This works for Xmas and any occasion!

Products used:

Cyan Consortium Paper Pack Designed by Pam Bray

Fashionista Half Sheet Stamps

"Happy Birthday" from Happy Day Llama Sheet designed by Pam Bray

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I Brake for a Hello ...

Hello IBFS fans !!

It's Crystal here and today's card is made using the Selfie Set  , I made a shaker card base and then we had fun .. I loved playing paper dolls when I was a kid and that might explain my love to paper piece . Today I am going to show you the Crystal way to paper piece , its over the top and will take it to the next level and once you go there is no turning back ..lol

 I find some small print paper that I like and will go together ( 6 X 6 paper pads are perfect for this the patterns are always small and perfect for this technique )

I am doing her skirt in a floral pattern

                                                               and his shirt it a small green pattern ,

 now the fun comes , I find a maker the complements the paper colors and I add shading to the areas that would have shadows , see below the shading I added to the shirt in green

next I add green to the shirt area , I do this just in case I don't cut so perfectly the green will hide it , you don't want to do all this work and see white cardstock under the image after you glue your piece on  , I also go around the edge with a black marker the keep all white at bay ..

here you can see her skirt is done  , see the shading at top of skirt I think it really adds to the paper piecing , and you can see half his shirt in this picture ready to glue , make sure you color your image before you glue your paper pieces on

What do you think? Will you give this a try ? I hope  have inspired you to try paper piecing , it really is fun ! A great pair of CutterBee scissors are a must have also to get that detailed fussy cutting done .

If you like the Selfie Set or want to check out some other Humorous Senior stamps ,

For this image and so many more visit the IBFS store

Thanks so much for stopping by. If you found this post helpful please leave a commit I love hearing from you !!!

I Brake Gym Rats !!!

Hello IBFS fans !!

It's Crystal here and today I made a card using Gym Rat Rita , she can be bought as a single stamp or on a Humorous Seniors Full sheet with other great images , I though she would make a great card for a friend who is doing an awesome job on her weight loss journey ....

today I am going to paper piece her workout clothes , I like to shade my paper pc and then I run a black marker around the edge of the cut , I will also run some matching ink on the stamp image , I do this just in case my paper piece is not cut exact , the ink color under it will camouflage it . my image is copic colored .

inside my card I used and air brush with a copic marker and a stencil ( eBrush by craftwell )

colors I used to color my image

I hope this has inspired you to make a few special  cards with a fun image .

For this image and so many more visit the IBFS store  .

when you visit I Brake for Stamps store ,

Crystal Lopez – Design Team member for IBFS

I Brake For Cammie

Good morning IBFS friends, Beth here with a new card for you......pulled out my Cricut and Cuttlebug for this card as I wanted a fence to sit Kisses Cammie on....this adorable little girl is a Cheslea Le Designs just love this darling image.

I chose to use paper piecing on this image instead of coloring the whole thing......she is colored with Spectrum Noir markers.....the fence is the Heritage folder from Cuttlebug and is inked with Rangers Weathered Wood Distress Ink....the sign post was cut using the Christmas Noel cartridge from Cricut used a Sizzix die cut for sign with 2 eye rings to hold it on stamped Totally Amazing from the Half Sheet 138B .....hope you have enjoyed my card today will be back next week with something new.

Hugs

Beth

My Blood Type is Coffee !!

Hello IBFS Friends !!!

It's Crystal here , I hope your week is going well , if not hang in there it's almost Friday !!!  Today I have a fun card using Coffee Rubber Sheet , this sheet measures 7" x 5" and has 8 images on it , I love coffee and thought this sentiment was perfect , I made this card to be used to just drop a note to a friend , heck add a coffee card to go along with it to perk up someones day ..love my coffee humor ..lol

this card measures 5 1/2" by 5 1/2" and I made a matching envelope on my envelope board

my main image was heat embossed and edges were distressed and inked I also added some faux stitching , my coffee cup has been paper pieced

inside my card , I love the retro lady from this set

my envelope

Coffee Rubber Sheet - IBFS Documented - Simple Stories Inverted Scalloped circles - Speelbinders Big Shot  Walnut Stain - Tim Holtz ink Jumbo sponge Finger dauber distressing tool - CTMH scor tape heat gun Envelope punch board -WE R Memory  Black embossing powder VersaMark

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I hope you get this set and have some fun with it like I did , this card is sure to make the receiver Smile !!

Crystal Lopez - DT for IBFS