Crackerbox Palace Rubber Stamp Room Blog

Chill of Winter

2011-12-14T07:31:00.000-06:00

This is a pretty quick card to make if you are short on time.

I stamped the snowman and trees, then added the snowflakes in the background.

The candy cane was stamped on a seperate piece of card stock and cut out. I glued it to his hand but not to the card so it is lifted away from the card.

The image and snow was colored with Copic markers.

The saying was cut with Spellbinders.

Santa is Coming To Town

2011-12-11T13:01:00.000-06:00

I used our new Winter/Christma stamps.

I colored the image with Copic markers.

To get the halo effect around the outer edge of the card, I used a Colorbox Stylus with the white sponge attachment. Put the tip of the stylus off of the card and bring it over the edge and lift up in a sweeping motion. You can do as little or as much as you like.

I added gliter on the snow on the ground and as also the roof.

Hope all of you are staying warm.

Peace Candle

2011-11-27T06:30:00.000-06:00

This is a card that Currie made from our new Christmas stamps.

She stamped the candle on light tan card stock and spritzed around the image with Smooch Spritz. She colored the candle with Copic markers.

She then stamped the words

The word Love that she added is one of our small words.

To add an embellishment but not to distract from the candle, she put one of Tim Holtz Fragments over the word to make it stand out a bit without over taking the image.

It makes just enought interest.

Snowing Season Greeting

2011-11-25T06:30:00.000-06:00

Currie made this great idea for a non-traditional color and classy Christmas card.

Currie sponged Distress Inks on a light brown card stock.

She stamped 2 different snowflakes in blue.

The same color brown was stamped Season Greetings and the Tree Scene.

Currie tied twine through 3 brown buttons and used them as embellishments.

All of the stamps are Crackerbox Palace.

Cozy Snowmen

2011-11-23T06:40:00.001-06:00

Currie stamped the cozy snowmen on light brown card stock and that shows off the white snowmen.

She used Copic markers. She used a very light gray right under the hats for a shadow.

The buttons she added are a great embellishment.

(add close up picture)

Doesn't this saying go real good with the snowmen?

Plentiful Heart

2011-11-22T13:41:00.000-06:00

Sorry it has taken so long to get back and put something on the blog.

John and I have been working on getting the new Christmas stamps ready to be put on the web site. With me still taking care of my dad it has taken longer than usual. But we have the wood and cling mount all loaded and on the web site now, so stop on over to take a look.

http://www.crackerboxrubberstamps.com/

Chick made this card for Thanksgiving. The heart of plenty.

She stamped the image and colored it. Chick used Distress Ink and lightly sponged ink around the edge. She put clear Crystal Glaze over the top of the fruit.

She stamped Thanks in the center and added the pearls.

She used Spellbinder and cut out the center piece and the frame.

The card is folded into a gate fold.

One the left side she glued the frame and the right side she glued the center piece.

A tip is: to lay the two pieces on the table and use removable tape on the front of the image, and tape the two pieces together.

Flip them over and put glue on only half of each of them.

Remember when you flip them over, so on the back... the frame is glued on the right side and center is glued on the left side.

This is what she has on the inside

Chill of Winter Snowman

2011-11-01T08:56:00.000-05:00

We are here in Wisconsin and we have not seen any snow.

She used blue card stock that already had the white starlight pattern on it but she stamped the blue snowflakes on the background. The silver snowflakes are stickers.

She stamped the saying and then cut and embossed it with a Spellbinder die. While the Spellbinder die was still on, she sponged the color on, which gave the white outer edge and then used pop dots.

She stamped the snowman on white card stock and cut out the snow edge and around the snowman. Once she had the snowman places she then cut off the edges to match the blue card stock.

She used White Applique and sprinkled some glitter on it before heating it.

Then she added the embellishments and colored it with Copic markers.

Picture Clip Board

2011-10-30T07:00:00.002-05:00

Currie's family went to the Rainforest Cafe. She made this clip board for the girls to remember the fun they had. She used Crackerbox Palace stamps to add to the background. She tied twine on the clip to be able to hang the clip board. I think the twine is a great idea and adds to the safari theme.

She picked up some brouchers they had to use for some of the embellishments: the large circle, the corner cutout, tag in the upper right corner and the bottle cap even has the date.

She put the pictures in slide folders. Currie first embossed the slide folders with Tim Holtz embossing folders and then used Distress Ink over the embossed area. Isn't this a neat way for the girls to remember their day at the Rainforest Cafe?

Spooks in the Cuboard

2011-10-29T07:00:00.002-05:00

This Halloween hang up was made by Currie.

She glued black card stock on a piece of cardboard and punched corner holes in it to hang it and added wire.

She cut a piece of cardstock so it would just go up to the holes.

Currie stamped the cuboard and spider on white card stock and colored it with Copic markers. She then stamped the bat, spider webs and saying.

The cat, ghost, pumpkin and skull on card stock, colored them and then cut them out and attached them to the card.

This idea would be great to hang on the door, frig. or cuboard or anywhere else to decorate for Halloween.

Happy Halloween Pumpkin Head

2011-10-28T07:00:00.002-05:00

Currie made this Halloween card with a little surprise.

She mounted different shades of browns on black card stock. On one of the layers she stamped and embossed spider webs in the corners.

She stamped Pumpkin Head on the lightest color and colored him in with the Copic markers and then stamped the saying.

Currie punched holes and added 3 colored eyelets. It adds color and interest to the card.

In the holes are eyes that are in the inside of the card.

The Ghost are Getting Out

2011-10-27T14:17:00.001-05:00

Currie made this Halloween card with Crackerbox Palace stamps.

She stamped the branch on light gold card stock and colored it in with Copic markers. She sponged the back ground with Distress inks and stamped the bats and the saying.

She used Tim Holtz bird cage to hang from the tree and added brads to the bottom of the cage.

She stamped the ghosts on white card stock and cut them out then added them coming out of the cage.

This is the inside of the card.

Haunted House on Cloth

2011-10-18T06:06:00.001-05:00

Currie made another great Halloween card.

Well lets start with the skull embellishment. Currie stamped the skull with StazOn on top of Tim Holtz's Fragments.

The paper behind the Fragment looks like she scanned the fabric she stamped the haunted house on and printed it on white paper.

Currie stamped the haunted house and boo on the fabric with StazOn. She pulled some threads out to put a fring on the edges. Brads are used to attach the fabric to the card. The bat is a button that we sell in our physical store.

She mounted the card in a number of layers. When she got to the last layer, she punched holes in the corners and used orange thread to tie the knots and embellish the corners.

3 Ghost with a Hat

2011-10-16T15:28:00.000-05:00

Currie made this Halloween card.
All of these stamps are from Crackerbox Palace Stamps.

Currie stamped the 3 ghost with black ink. She outlined the eyes and the border with a light gray Copic Marker.

She stamped the witches hat on dark purple card stock and cut it out and attached it to the ghost.

The other images were stamped on the same white card stock as the ghost.

Happy Halloween was stamped on acetate and attached on the left with a cooper brad so it kind of hovers over the card.

She punched holes on the right side of the card and used black string to sew the zigzag design that leads down to the spider.

On the outer edge of the card she used Tim Holtz's distress edger. It makes a great edge for this card.

The inside of the card is even fun.

After she stamped BOO, she punched holes in the OO. She put green card stock behind it and made dots in the center of the holes to look like eyes.

Hold Each Person Close

2011-10-11T16:22:00.000-05:00

I stamped the saying and then cut it out with Spellbinder. I also cut out the piece behind the saying with a Spellbinder also.

I stamped the diamond with embossing ink on the light blue card stock and embossed it in silver. I stamped and embossed a diamond on white card stock and cut it out to glue it over one on the strip.

The darker blue behind the diamonds was punched.

This is just a 'fill-in' card.

Would you like to see some different ideas for your Halloween cards?

Currie has made some GREAT Halloween cards that I will be posting as soon as I get home to my own pc.-hopefully tomorrow. (I am still living with my folks and taking care of them in a different town than the one my house is.)

Dance In The Rain

2011-10-05T09:21:00.000-05:00

This stamp is from Crackerbox Palace. It was cut from Spellbinder as well as the blue cardstock I mounted it on. The background paper is from a 12x12 sheet that had a design printed in the corner.

Friendship Day card with flower

2011-09-20T12:30:00.000-05:00

A friend of mine (Betty Henthorn) gave me this card on Friendship Day.

The background is embossed from Swiss Dots from Cuttlebug.

Betty used a punchon the ivory card stock.

The 'Friendship' stamp is one of ours.

Remember 9/11

2011-09-12T13:49:00.001-05:00

I am sorry this is a day late for the 10 year anniversary, but still we must remember.

Laurie Tolmasoff is from Beaverton OR. and she remembers every year. She makes ATC cards every year. This is the one she sent to me. It did arrive on Saturday, but I didn't come to the store until today-sory Laurie.

The ATC card is layered on a gold mirrored card stock.

The images are stamped on a natural colored card stock. The city scape is from VivaLasVegaStamps, the stamp with the totals she had custom made and the 'Remember' is one of ours.

Great ATC Laurie and thanks for remembering.

Good Friends like Angels

2011-08-18T15:36:00.000-05:00

I started out with a photograph. One of my favorite kind of pictures are trees, so I picked this one. I cut out the opening for the saying with Spellbinders.

I stamped and embossed the saying.

I layered it on the same card stock I stamped the saying and then on glossy black to match the embossed words.

Thanks for stopping by and taking a look.

Straight From the Heart Cookbook

2011-07-20T11:59:00.000-05:00

Currie made this really cute cookbook. This could be given as a very nice gift to friends or family.

She has used some of our new stamps.

She colored the images with Copic markers.

The book is made out of chipboard. On the cover she glued on the card stock on the chipboard. Currie used a corner punch to round the corners.

Currie stamped the 'Straight from the heart' stamp on white paper then glued it to one of Tim Holtz's Fragments. Once it is dry cut around the plastic fragment. It adds a nice touch for an embellishment.

This is the inside cover.

On all of the pages she used the blank recipe stamp.

She added the stamp in the lower right corner that is blank on the stamp so you can add different images.

Currie added the bowl stamp.

This one she used the carrots.

The cupcake was used on this page and she added dots so it looks like candy dots.

A strawberry was stamped in the corner.

Currie stamped the jar and added the word 'sauce'.

The jar is blank so you can put any word on it you would like, such as: jam, jelly, or anything you like.

This is a great stamp for a meat recipe.

Currie made a lime out our 'doily' stamp.

I love the idea and it really works for a lime.

And this is the back cover.

A Cup of Coffee

2011-06-24T07:27:00.000-05:00

All of the stamps are from Crackerbox Palace stamps.

The coffee cup is embossed.

The frames are cut with Spellbinder dies.

I inked around the saying lightly with brown ink.

The coffee beans are the embellishment.

And a cup of coffee sounds good right now.

Have a great day!

2011-06-23T11:16:00.000-05:00

I wanted to make sure I got this out in time for the 4th of July since June is flying by. I think this is a card that could be used any other time not just for the 4th.

The stamps are new from Crackerbox Palace.

The center image is a single image and colored with Copic markers.

The flag and saying are also new and colored with Copic markers. and cut out. I put them on cream colored card stock.

The stripes on the bottom of the card as well as the stars and stripe on the top are cut from the border of a 12x12 piece of paper.

Happy Father's Day in water

2011-06-21T06:33:00.000-05:00

Here is the other one I forgot to post so it is also late, sorry.

The blue background card stock was embossed with the Cuttlebug embossing folder that is suppose to be branches. I put VersaMark over the embossed areas and then clear embossing powder.

The image and saying are some of the new stamps from Crackerbox. I colored the image with Copic markers and cut it out.

The saying is cut out with Spellbinders and inked around the edges.

Happy Father's Day

2011-06-20T18:33:00.000-05:00

I am so sorry this is a little late, I thought I scheduled it to post.

Well, if this gives you any ideas, just change the Happy Father's Day to Happy Birthday or Thinking of You.

These are some of our new stamps from Crackerbox Palace. I made something quick and a little on the plain side since that's what my dad said he prefers so I thought someone might also like a quick card. The watch and knife were stamped, colored with Copic and cut out. I tried a punch at the bottom in hopes it wouldn't make it look to 'girly' and then used the silver dots.

I hope everyone had a great Father's Day!!!

Lady in the Red Coat

2011-06-18T06:00:00.000-05:00

I stamped our lady on Crygon card stock and colored her with Copic markers and then cut her out (only because I planned to put her on a different colored card stock, but then decided not to).

The background is cut out using Spellbinders. The black background is black glossy paper.

The pink is embossed with Cuttlebug Swiss dot embossing folder and then mounted on black glossy too.

I stamped the Happy Birthday on metallic card stock and cut around it. I added the rain drops as embellishments.

Lunch Box for a Teacher

2011-06-16T06:00:00.001-05:00

Currie Churchill made this really cute teacher's lunch box. It can be given as a teacher's gift before school begins and maybe fill it with extra pencils, crayons etc. Or a gift for the teacher after the year is over and maybe fill it with chocolate. Or the stamps themselves would be a great teacher's gift that she could use.

She cut her paper that looks like lined school paper to cover the front and the back of the lunch box. She then cut out a design to mount the stamped images on. All of the Teacher's stamps are new to Crackerbox Palace stamps.

She added a bottle cap for an embellishment as well as a To: tag.

She stamped the solid Crackerbox hearts on the bottle cap also.

The back of the lunch box is just as cute as the front.

She added twine to hang a tag from the handle.

Currie stamped the 'please check' on a printed piece of paper then glued it to a Tim Holtz Tags and when it is dry cut around it.

She made cards that a teacher might hand out to the kids as a gift for inside of the lunch box-great idea!?

Memory Book

2011-06-14T15:38:00.000-05:00

Sorry it has taken so long for a posting. Living with parents to take care of them does take a lot of time.

Currie Churchill made this Memories book from some of our new stamps that we have added to the Crackerbox Palace stamps.

She used a Sizzix die that is from Tim Holtz and layered it on script printed paper.

The book itself is cut from another Sizzix die. She covered card board with kraft paper and then cut it out. She stamped our new watch stamp as well as one of Crackerbox's background stamp.

Currie added her own lines with a light brown marker.

The airplane is a Crackerbox Palace rubber stamp she stamped and cut out. She then added the cute pictures of the kids.

Again, she drew her own lines to write on. The 'Woo Hoo' is one of Crackerbox's stamps and the 'thumbs up' is one of the new ones. She then cut out some more great family pictures.

The girls were so happy to see Stitch.

This smaller memory book is so much fun for the girls to have, just their size. 'You Rock' is one of Crackerbox's stamps and the new one is the coffee stamp.

I hope you enjoyed the idea of the memory book that Currie did.

Coffee Snapdragon

2011-05-15T09:22:00.000-05:00

This is a quick and easy card.

Only 4 stamps were used from Crackerbox Palace rubber stamps:

Snapdragon, design element, rectangle frame and saying.

The Snapdragon was stamped, colored with Copic markers, added eyes and cut out.

The frame was stamped and the outer edge was colored and then the saying was stamped in the center.

I added a brad at the top of the stripe and stamped the decorative design and done!

Risky Bunny

2011-04-30T08:19:00.000-05:00

Have you ever felt daring?

A little humor this morning.

Currie made this card 8X11 and the fold is at the top of the card.

The image is stamped on light green card stock 63/4 x 41/2. She stamped the grass in the background.

The truck and bunny was stamped and colored with Copic then cut out.

Currie also cut a strip of card stock for the road, inked it and distressed the edges with Tim Holtz tool.
Stamp the saying on the upper right hand corner.

Men especially find this card humorous, it would make a great birthday card for a guy.

Picnic of Jelly Beans

2011-04-29T06:25:00.000-05:00

Currie made this card that can be used for anyone you know.

She stamped, colored and cut out the picnic table.

The jar is stamped on light blue card stock and then the solid jelly bean was stamped in different colored ink and cut out. Currie stamped some more jelly beans and cut them out and glued them on in the jar to add dimention.

Stamp the ant on the card, glue on eyes. Then add one of the cut out jelly beans for the ant to carry.

Stamp the saying.

Tri-fold Nature Card

2011-04-28T08:34:00.001-05:00

I know this says Happy Easter, but it could say anything or you could just have the image on the front without any words.

I know I am a little behind in posting the Easter cards, I am sorry but I have been staying with my folks and taking care of them so I am not at home with my software and things. It took me days to figure out what I can use on their computer to get my images to post.

I like the job that Currie did on this card, I think you will too.

The stamps she used are Crackerbox Palace stamps also Stampscapes stamps. On all of the panels, she used Stampscape stamps for the background, and the other images are Crackerbox Palace stamps.

Currie stamped the trees and grasses with green ink and the rest of Stampscapes with brown ink.

The front of the card on the right side with brown ink is one of Crackerbox's stamps, and the water area is chalked. The bunny was stamped and cut out. The image is mounted on printed paper and the edges were distressed.

The whole card is 11 x 5 1/4.

Scored at 3 3/4 and 7 1/2.

The panel that is 3 3/4, is the front of the card. The last panel will be 3 1/4 to be able to fold into the card.

The inside panels are stamped on a light card stock that is 4 1/2 x 10 1/4. After the image is stamped, cut the inside panels at 3 1/2 and 7 inches. the 1st and 2nd panel will be 3 1/2 but the last panel will be 3 1/4. When you see the card open you can not tell that each panel is not the same.

Use a corner rounder punch on each corner and mount the panels.

The frame on the middle panel is our barbwire frame stamp used with orange ink.

The 4th panel (the one with the chicks) is on the back of the 3rd panel, that is also 4 1/4 x 3 1/4. The chicks are stamped and cut out.

Maybe change the images a little and you would have a great guy card for birthday or Father's day.

Sew a Tree

2011-04-27T09:33:00.000-05:00

Currie made this card, and I know this says Easter, but you could use this idea at any time this spring and summer.

You can draw a tree or use a stencil. Poke holes on the outline.

Currie used variegated embroidery thread for the green leaves and brown for the trunk of the tree.

She stamped and colored the chick, bunny and grass around the tree.

Mount on brown card stock and then mounted on lighter brown and stamp a saying at the bottom. Finally mount on a card made with kraft card stock.

Eggstra Special Day

2011-04-25T10:10:00.000-05:00

I know it is after Easter, but Currie made

this card and I just had to share it.

She stamped the Easter egg with legs and colored it with Copic markers. She added Smooch on the dotsw and yellow/gold areas.

Stamp the saying int he upper right corner. She covered the 'Eggs' the Tim Holtz Fragments.

Ink the background stamps then touch the edges of the stamps with marker.

Mount on colored card stock, then on printed paper and add the brads in each corner.

Mount to kraft colored card stock.

Jelly Bean Tag

2011-04-23T11:10:00.000-05:00

Isn't this a great tag that Currie made?

You can cut a tag out of light tan or a file folder.

Punch a small circle and glue it where the hole will go.

Stamp the outline jelly bean all over tag and color. I am not sure if you can see that Currie used Smooch on the highlights of the jelly beans.

Stamp a couple of background stamps to add interest.

Stamp Happy Easter with blue ink, cut out and use ink to distress around the edges and glue to tag.

Stamp frame, color around the edge and cut out. Stamp Spring in the center.

Stamp bunny, color and cut out and add to tag.

Stamp saying on colored paper, cut out and glue to Tim Holtz Fragments.

Cut burlap a little bigger than tag and fray edges and glue to tag.

Punch hole with Crop-a-dile, put pink ribbon through the hole and add safety pin.

I think this would even make a cute door hanger!

Happy Easter !!

Wanted Easter Bunny

2011-04-22T08:07:00.000-05:00

Who doesn't Want the Easter Bunny?

A Wanted Easter Bunny by Currie

She stamped and colored the bunny on the poster stamp on light colored card stock then colored the outer edge of the poster with dark marker. She cut around the poster and mounted it on kraft colored card stock then on black which was put on a white card.

Currie stamped the word 'Wanted' on white card stock, cut it out and mounted it on black then to the poster.

I think anyone would find this card humorous for Easter.

Happy Easter Basket

2011-04-21T09:02:00.000-05:00

Currie made this Easter card that could be used for anyone.

She stamped the image on light card stock and colored it with Copic markers. Currie used the Copic glitter pens to add detail to the eggs. The image is outlined with Copic B00.

Then she stamped Happy Easter in the upper left corner and distressed around the image with distress ink.

Mount the image on Buttercup colored card stock and then on dark purple and distress the edges of the paper with Tim Holtz Distress tool.

Then stamp the inside.

All stamps are from Crackerbox Palace stamps.

Happy Easter Lilac

2011-04-20T07:57:00.000-05:00

Currie made this Easter card.

She stamped the branch on white card stock, colored it with Copic markers and added a light yellow around the edges.

Then it was mounted on dark purple card stock and then on printed paper which went on kraft colored card with the fold at the top.

Currie stamped the words on printed paper. She used Tim Holtz fragments to glue over the words. You can use a clear liquid glue or a clear lacquer and cut around the fragments.

Thanks for looking.

Happy Easter Tag

2011-04-19T14:36:00.000-05:00

Currie made this great tag for Easter,

but it would also be a great tag for Spring, just change the saying.

All stamps are from Crackerbox Palace stamps.

Cut out tag with light tan card stock or out of a file folder.

Punch a hole in the center.

Stamp the branch and birds on the tag. Branch and birds are colored with markers. The bird wings and leaves are colored with Smooch. The eyes are glued on.

Stamp the Happy Easter saying. Then stamp the circle background stamp with VersaMark or a light brown ink.

Stamp the saying in the upper left hand corner.

Using StazOn, stamp the leaves on Tim Holtz tags and tie it on with twine.

Put ribbon through hole and attach a brad.

Get Well with Feet

2011-04-03T14:26:00.000-05:00

I hope you never have to use this saying, but if you do, here is an idea.

First I used the tag stamp and stamped the saying on it and cut it out.

Then I stamped the feet stamp on the printed paper as well as on Cyrgen white paper. I colored the feet with Copic and then cut them out with the flower. I cut off the flower stem, but since I stamped it on the printed paper it was there. I stamped the flowers that I normally use with the small feet and put them on the tag.

The grass is the Martha Stewart punch.

This saying is also the Martha Stewart punch with the Crackebox Palace stamps.

thanks for looking

Chocolate Easter Bunny Stuffed

2011-03-28T04:30:00.001-05:00

Currie made this tag for the low-cal. chocolate Easter Bunny.

The stamp she used is a Crackerbox Palace stamp.

She cut it out and mounted it on 2 other pieces of card stock then put a eyelet in it and attached it to the bunny.

Easter Treat Can

2011-03-24T16:30:00.000-05:00

Have you started thinking about Easter?

Chick made this can for Easter treats.

This is a regular size can with a pop top.

She used a side cutting can opener and opened the bottom of the can and then filled it with treats. She then glued the bottom of the can back on and decorated the can.

She wrapped paper around the can, then added the lace.

All the the stamps she used are from Crackerbox Palace stamps.

She stamped, shaped and cut out the bunny and eggs.

The cutout shape is from Spellbinders and she used Martha Stewart punch for the grass.

What a fun way to give gifts and/or treats to anyone.

Reason for Drinking

2011-03-15T10:35:00.000-05:00

I was thinking of making a guy card for St. Patrick's Day and this stamp came to mind.

I used the Poster on Wood stamp. I stamped it twice, once on dark brown and then on lighter tan. I cut out the center and sponged on brown ink around the edges and glued it on the darker brown.

I used the same brown ink around the edges of the card.

The 3 merry men are stamped on white card stock, colored with Copic markers and then cut out. I used pop dots behind them so they would stand out.

Forgot Birthday Cartoon

2011-03-11T08:15:00.001-06:00

The stamps are from Crackerbox Palace Stamps.

I used the paper from the paper kit last month from Club Scrap.

It's your birthday has pop dots behind it to pop it off of the page.

He was colored with Copic Markers.

Please Help Mr. Coffee

2011-03-09T20:30:00.001-06:00

The stamps used are Crackerbox Palace Stamps.

Last month with Club Scrap, they had kits with Cartoon as their theme and this is where the paper came from.

She was colored with Copic markers.

Not Pure Yet

2011-03-06T15:43:00.000-06:00

The stamps are from Crackebox Palace Stamps.

The paper is from Club Scrap. This was last month's kit, cartoons.

She was colored with Copic markers.

Color Inspirations

2011-02-22T23:47:00.000-06:00

If you have a "color-block" visit Design Seeds for some color-combination inspirations...

I find Design Seeds while I was reviewing the tons of email in my in-box. What a fun idea they have for showcasing color combinations. I got so excited I just had to show every one NOW! I hope you enjoy visiting the site too.

You can visit Design Seeds. Jessica Colaluca is principal designer and owner of SEED, as well as creator of the DESIGN SEEDS blog.

What Design Seeds is "About"

Design Seeds have 278 pages of color inspiration on-line book HERE.

Jessica's personal blog for insights and updates HERE.

'til next time,

Con

Sweatheart Twist

2011-02-20T16:39:00.000-06:00

Just a quick tag. Twisted snakes are Crackerbox Palace stamps.

Heart Cheers

2011-02-16T08:00:00.000-06:00

I know we are past Valentine's Day but this card could be given for any happy occasion.

I used Crackebox Palace stamps. I found a large slide frame and embossed it with a Cuttlebug folder. Cheers was cut and embossed with Spellbinders.

Monkey Hearts

2011-02-15T00:03:00.001-06:00

This monkey and hearts are Crackerbox Palace stamps.

The monkey is holding a box on the stamps and I just covered it up with the hearts.

I put this together with the cut pieces that were laying around on my table.

Valentine's Day Box

2011-02-14T17:00:00.001-06:00

This is a box that Currie made from a box she received for something else. In the inside cover she was able to slip in the new picture she made. A box like this could be made into a birthday, anniversary or any other occasion box.

So just in case you get a box like this for Valentine's Day, keep it and re-gift it!

Currie put glitter around the outer edge of the picture.

This is the side of the box. Isn't this a pretty box that would be great to fill and give away?

Valentine's Day Tags

2011-02-14T00:03:00.001-06:00

I hope everyone is having a wonderful Valentine's Day!!

Need some ideas in a hurry?

Well, Currie made up these great tags and I hope you can get some ideas from them.

All of the tags were made with Crackerbox Palace stamps.

Each tag was put in a Trading Card folder-what a great idea!

Thanks for looking, and have a great day!

Valentine's Day Book

2011-02-13T12:36:00.000-06:00

I know Valentine's Day is almost here but I had to share these great ideas from Currie.

This is what it looks like all put together. She used a lot of embellishments to make it very interesting to look at.

This is the front cover. The arrow is cut out of the middle of 2 pieces of chipboard, acetate and ribbon were put between the chipboard and Be My Valentine stamped on the acetate. She punched holes around the arrow and threaded beads on a thread to put through the holes front and back.

The second page has Crackerbox Palace flowers stamped right on the printed paper and colored. Liquid pearls were also used on the flowers.

The words from Crackerbox Palace were stamped on Tim Holtz Fragments (which Currie likes to use alot!) and put on the page.

The next page the 2 hearts and Cherib were stamped.

The last page she punched holes on the top and bottom and added beads as she thread the twine through the holes. She also stamped to background stamps above and below the script paper. Currie stamped I Love You on the script paper and again used the Fragments with the heart stamps.

Here is a close up on the beads, background stamp, and fragments

Roses for Someone Special

2011-02-09T09:11:00.000-06:00

This card was stamped with Crackerbox Palace stamps and colored with Copic markers.

The area around the flowers were dusted with Distress Ink.

The rim of the image was embossed with gold embossing powder.

The frame is cut with a Spellbinder, and the corners of the layers behind the image were trimmed with a corner punch.

The saying and mounting card stock behind the saying were cut with Spellbinders

Valentine's Wild Lion

2011-02-08T09:19:00.000-06:00

A Valentine for a guy

This lion is from Crackerbox Palace rubber stamps.

All of the mounting paper and the Shrink Plastic is cut from Spellbinders.

The lion is colored with Copic markers.

The Shrink Plastic is stamped with StazOn.

The picture on the left is the Shrink Plastic before it is shrunk.

I punched the hole in the Shrink Plastic BEFORE I shrunk it.

Of course the picture on the right is the 'after' the shrink.

I just love the Shrink Plastic!

Valentine Heart Candy

2011-02-06T12:17:00.000-06:00

I thought I would share with you some of the candy we are handing out at work that Lois made for us. This might be an idea that you could use for co-workers, friends. You could just hand out at random if a sales clerk has been helpful just to brighten up their day.

All of the hearts are hand punched. The bottom and larger top is punched with a scalloped punch and the smaller heart that is stamped with the saying is a straight edge heart punch.

All of the sayings are from Crackerbox Palace rubber stamps.

This is the heart candy that is sandwiched between the bottom and top punched heart.

Liquid Pearls and Glue Dots

2011-01-27T08:22:00.001-06:00

What do you get when you add Ranger's Liquid Pearls and Glue Dots?

Your own adhesive Pearls!

Have you ever wanted to add a pearl to one of your projects and didn't have the color you need or maybe not the size you need? Or have you ever wanted to add a pearl with Ranger Liquid Pearl's and didn't want to wait until it dries? Now you can make them and use them when you need them.

This is Ranger's new Liquid Pearls that round at the top to look just like a pearl.

This is the package of Mini Glue Dots

This is the package of the Micro Glue Dots

These are the Mini Glue Dots. They come in sheets that you can tear apart.

You put Ranger's Liquid Pearls right on top of the glue dot.

And now, you have your own adhesive pearls!

Jar of Hearts

2011-01-25T09:33:00.000-06:00

Valentine's Day if coming up fast!

Here is an idea of a quick card that you can make for a friend.

The background is cut from Spellbinder dies.

The jar is stamped on white card stock and cut out. I stamped the hearts on colored paper and cut them out.

Then I stamped it on acetate and cut out the top and bottom. When I got to cutting the sides, I made wings or flaps to fold around the jar so it is rounded out.

The jar and hearts are Crackerbox Palace rubber stamps.

Happiness through your door

2011-01-12T06:03:00.000-06:00

In the background Chick used Stampscapes stamps for the clouds, mountain and path. The saying is from Crackerbox Palace stamps.

The green and gold board used is a piece of cardboard with wallpaper over top. The opening is a Tim Holtz die cut with gold marker around the inner and outer edges. The trees and the houses are also from Tim Holtz die cut collection. She put some scrapes she had from left overs from clear with glitter stickers. Then she added snow to the trees and houses.

Let It Snow Shaker

2011-01-08T07:55:00.000-06:00

I don't know about you, but here in Wisconsin we have a dusting of snow.

The background was embossed with Cuttlebug snowflake embossing folder and white ink was used over the embossed area then added some Stickles.

Currie made this shaker card using fake snow and a square Shake It window.

She used Copic markers for the shovel and stamped the sayings with blue ink with glitter.

She put Ice Stickles around the window.

Thanks for stopping by and taking a look.

Coffee Calendar Book

2011-01-04T09:25:00.000-06:00

Now that the new year started we need new calendar books.

Here is an idea from Currie. She used a old photo album.

If you are not a coffee drinker, it is still a good idea if you like to up-cycle. Use your old calendar book, put a new face on it and get the calendar pages and you have a very personal book.

Starting with an old photo album, she cut the shapes with Cricut Storybook cartridge.

Stamped it with Distress Inks and colored with Copic markers.

This could also be a address book. Good idea for next years Christmas gift for someone!

Flakey Friends

2010-12-30T07:14:00.000-06:00

Currie used Cuttlebug snowflake embossing folder for the background paper with ink over the embossed area to make the snowflakes stand out.

The white Cryogen card stock was torn for the hills. The front hill has a pop dot behind it to make it stand out and add dimension. She used Distress ink on the edges of the hills.

She stamped, colored (using Copic markers) and cut out the snowmen.

Currie used an eraser sponge over the fragment to get rid of the shinny look and then stamped it with StazOn ink. Doesn't it look like a chunk of ice?

Card or Photo album

2010-12-26T09:07:00.001-06:00

Hope everyone had a happy and healthy holiday!

I just didn't get time to post this yesterday-sorry. But now that

Christmas is over and the pictures have been taken, this is an idea on how to show them off.

All of the stamps are from Crackerbox Palace rubber stamps.

The die cut used for the album is Tim Holtz / Sizzix. The rings and the Distress inks are also Tim Holtz products. The other shapes cut out within the album are Spellbinders, Cuttlebug and Sizzix.

All the coloring is done with Copic markers.

Santa's Check List

2010-12-22T08:28:00.000-06:00

We are getting down to crunch time on Christmas. I hope all of you have everything done and sitting in a comfortable chair sipping on your favorite beverage.

The snowflakes were embossed on light blue card stock and Saliva blue and blue were sponged over top. The opening was cut out with the Spellbinder.

The frame was cut out and embossed with the Spellbinder.

Santa was stamped on white card stock colored with Copic and put behind the opening.

The check list was stamped on light tan card stock and edges sponged with Sepia.

In the Pink

2010-12-20T05:42:00.000-06:00

Pink is not my color but, I was challenged to do a Christmas card that was that was pink and easy to copy , so here it is. The background was embossed with a Cuttlebug folder. The dark pink scalloped square was cut with a Spellbinder. The white card stock for the image was cut in a square and punched with a Martha Stewart border punch and then the corners were rounded. The blue snowflakes were just garbage from the Martha Stewart punch from another project and little pearls were put in the middle. Our snowman was colored with Copic Markers. Happy Holidays is a sticker.

Happy Birthday Maddie

2010-12-19T09:16:00.000-06:00

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MADDIE !!

This card was made for Maddie who is having a birthday today.

I sent out the birthday gift but forgot the card. Since we live in Wisconsin and they live in Michigan, this is the only way she would get her birthday card on her birth-day. I wanted to make something that was bright and happy.

Hope you have a great day Maddie.

Season Greetings with Branch

2010-12-18T08:00:00.000-06:00

Chick made this card with the branch from Crackerbox Palace as well as the words. She embossed the words. The branch stamp has leaves on it but she cut them off to make a winter branch. She embossed it and colored it with Copic markers. The snow is Dimentional paste that she sprinkled glitter over it. She also dotted the paste all over to look like snowflakes and sprinkled glitter over the dots. The bird is a Martha Stewart punch. She covered the bird with Crystal Lacquer. Chick also edged the card with the white ink.

Here is a close up of the branch.

A link to the branch.

Card Holder from Tim Holtz packages

2010-12-17T08:10:00.000-06:00

This is a package from Tim Holtz embossing folders. I cut out the frame with Tim Holtz Sizzix die cut. The background blue card stock was embossed with a Cuttlebug folder and the white embellishment is a Spellbinder. I used Copic to color the image. Crackerbox Palace stamps were used.

This is the top view of the package.

Hope everyone has a happy, healthy and peaceful holiday.

Ornaments with 2 Punches

2010-12-16T09:37:00.000-06:00

I can't believe that Christmas is just over a week away. I have some ornaments that Ruth Fladhammer made for our wreath at the store.

These ornaments were made with just 2 punches. She used the scalloped curcle and snowflake or you can use a star or any other small punch.

She scored the circle in a triangle between the scallopes.

This ornament Ruth used 3 punched circles and a star punch. She used the stars that were punched out to hold the string on top of the ornament and have them hanging below the ornament, (don't throw them away). She also inked the edges with gold ink.

This ornament has 4 circles that are glued together and a bead is used at the top to hold the string. She also bent the bottom up.

This one just shows the side and the glitter better.

The beads are used under the ornament to help hold the string, also color paper is added to show through the punched design.

This is a 3 sided ornament that is stamped instead of punched in the middle of the circle.

Christmas Ornaments from Chick

2010-12-11T09:54:00.001-06:00

Is your Christmas tree up yet? Here are some ideas for some more ornaments that Chick made.

Chick used Spellbinder Ornament die as well as the Scalloped circle die.

She cut out 2 of the ornaments and stamped Nativity in the middle. Below the Nativity she used the Joy to the world stamp, but only inked the "joy".

She stamped the rest of the saying on the front of the ornament.

With using a embossing pen, she went around the opening and the edge and used gold embossing powder. She used pop dots to add dimension. She then added the embellishment to the bottom and the dove.

Chick made this ornament with the Spellbinder Ornament also.

She used Tim Holtz ruler to draw the lines with Stickles.

She cut the leaves out and added the berries.

She used metallic paper behind the large ornament and the smaller ornaments.

She made 2 ornaments of both sizes to put the gold thread between them.

I hope you enjoyed the ideas.

Christmas Wreath with Ornaments

2010-12-09T11:58:00.001-06:00

Are you decorating for the holidays yet? Currie has made some ornaments that can be hung on the tree, wreath or on the windows since she also stamped the backs.

On all of the ornaments, Currie used the Sizzix ornament ball die.

The top of the ornaments were made from Grungeboard and then used Distress Embossing powder.

Stamped both the front and the back of each ornament with Crackerbox Palace stamps.

Glossy Accents, string and Stickles were used to embellish.

We Wish You a Merry Christmas

2010-12-07T08:56:00.000-06:00

This card was a challage from one of my customers at the store. We were talking about sitting in your craft room and do some 'playing', just being with your craft things and try different things not really with a project in mind. I had a bunch of stuff on the counter and she asked if I could make a card with the stuff I had laying there and this is what I came up with.

This card is light blue. Metallic paper of Champaign and Copper is used in mounting the image.

Martha Stewart punch is used behind the image. Tim Holtz Sizzix was the cutout background that the image is on. Smooch spritz was put on the cutout, I like this spritz because it does not ripple the card stock. I used Crackerbox Palace stamps to stamps the image and saying and then added the pearls.

Christmas Greetings with bottle caps

2010-12-04T12:13:00.000-06:00

Nothing like snow to get us into the holiday spirit here in Wisconsin. The snow started late last night and is still snowing, we are up to about 6". I am wondering if I should put Christmas songs on at the store when I get there.

Currie has done another great card.

Currie used Distress inks for the background as well as the distress tool for the edges.

The small snowflake stamp were used in the background.

She colored the bottle caps with StazOn, stamped the image and punched it out then put clear lacquer in them. If you put a magnet behind them and a magnet in the card to hold them there, the person you give it to will be able to take them off and decorate their refrigerator. To finish off the card, Currie added some of her favorite silver stars.

All of the stamps used are from Crackerbox Palace rubber stamps.

She used My Mind's Eye patterened paper

Christmas Tree distress

2010-12-02T09:14:00.000-06:00

I can't believe we are in the last month of the year, but here we are!

Wisconsin is getting very cold and it snowed yesterday so I guess I am getting use to the idea Christmas is coming soon. Currie is ahead of me in the season spirit because she already got some Christmas cards done-thank you Currie. I hope you will enjoy the cards she made as much as I do.

Currie glued My Minds Eye patterned paper to the green card.

She tore the right side of the card stock and then crumbled up the piece of paper before she put Distress ink over it.

She used a corner punch on the brown card stock and glued it to the distress paper.

The Christmas tree was colored with Marvy Brush markers to multi color the image.

Gelly roll pen with glitter was used on the star. The edge distress was used around the image.

Merry Christmas was stamped with Distress ink, cut around it and used a corner punch and then add brads.

Pup in Sock

2010-11-13T09:09:00.000-06:00

The Christmas tree is a Cuttlebug embossing folder.

It was embossed on shimmer gree paper.

Brillance ink was rubber over the embossed area and gem stickers were put on.

The green shimmer paper is mounted on red card stock.

The saying and puppy in sock are Crackerbox Palace stamps.

The puppy was stamped on white card stock and cut out.

The puppy was colored but the sock has white and red flock on it to make it fuzzy soft.

Stampscapes Christmas Ornament

2010-11-05T08:35:00.000-05:00

The base of the card is a metallic paper.

The border on top is a Cuttlebug border embossing folder.

The snowflake background is also a Cuttlebug embossing folder. I used light tan card stock and sponged brown ink from the outer edge inward.

The background color around the ornament is the same color card stock as the base card.

The church from Stampscapes is stamped on a lighter color than the snowflakes.

The back ground paper behind the saying is the same as the church and edged with brown ink.

The saying is the same color card stock as the snowflakes and cut out with Spellbinder and edged with brown ink. The saying is stamped with the same brown ink and embossed.

Blessing Tag

2010-11-03T07:38:00.000-05:00

Chick cut card stock to a tag shape.

She embossed the cattails with Tim Holtz embossing folder.

Distress ink was sponged from the outer edges in and even over the cattails.

Using liquid glue she covered the cattails.

She stamped the saying and put the fibers on.

She covered the cattails with Flock, 2 different browns and white.

Kevin Nakagawa Haunted House

2010-10-31T06:42:00.000-05:00

This is a card that I got to watch Kevin (owner of Stampscapes) make.

Some stampers of one of his groups got together in Chicago to stamp together in August this year and he made this card.

Kevin used Stampscapes and Crackerbox Palace stamps.

He used Marvy inks and Colorbox Stylus. White ink was added over the windows and as haze. A white pen was used for the dots.

Here is the stamping group.

Happy Halloween Witch

2010-10-30T08:34:00.000-05:00

Currie stamped the witch on white card stock, colored and cut her out.

Then stamped the little trick or treaters on the bottom and the bats on top on yellowish/orangeish card stock.

She matted the image on corrugated cardboard and then on green and black.

The stars she glued on are just flat silver stars.

Used Vintage Photo ink, glitter in the hair and Glossy Accents for her eyes.

Hope all of you have a happy and safe weekend.

Trick or Treat

2010-10-30T06:13:00.000-05:00

Here is a real quick card to make. Just stamp the staying, cut it out and use a corner rounder on the corners. Stamp the candy corn and cut those pieces out. Currie used Copic markers to color and used Gelly Roll pens for the sparkle. Vintage Photo Distress ink is used for the distress look.

Boogie Nights book

2010-10-28T05:40:00.000-05:00

Currie wanted this card to look like a book with ghosts in it.

It would be real easy to add a couple of pages if you would wish.

The hinges she found at Big Lots and used Smooch gold to color the book plate.

Halloween Book

2010-10-26T11:04:00.000-05:00

I got this from Currie a while back but I held it back so it was closer to Halloween to show you in hopes you will use the ideas for your own pictures-I just love this book she made !!

Currie cut the chipboard book out using the Sizzix die "Album cover and page".

Then she covered each page in Halloween colors of card stocks.

She found pictures of her girls - Maddy and Allie - and the dogs wearing costumes and cut them out.

Distress inks were used to distress the pictures.

For the front cover she used the 3 ghost stamp and used Shrink Plastic to make it smaller and turn it into a thicker piece of plastic.

All of the stamps used were Crackerbox Palace stamps

Maddie Allie

Kyra Izzy

Trick or Treat Devil

2010-10-25T17:42:00.000-05:00

I think I have already mentioned that Halloween is my favorite holiday.

Rena Askey is the artist that drew the devil and did the saying. We have other Halloween kids that she drew that we made stamps from. Her drawings have a little twist.

The cutout behind the image is from Spellbinders.

I colored the image and candy with Copic markers.

The devil is colored with more red as you expect for a devil.

The jar is stamped and cut out. I used B000 & Boo Copic on the edges.

I stamped the candy corn and colored and cut them out. When ever I cut anything out, I always go around the edge with a black marker to cover up the white paper on the edge. I used Marvy black marker on most of them and I think I grabbed the Tombow marker on the one that has the edge that bled into the lacquer.

The words on the bottom is from card stock I had.

Happy Haunting House

2010-10-18T11:47:00.000-05:00

Currie stamped the house in black on dark gray card stock.

Embossed was used on extra flying bats.

She cut out a bat using the Cricut cartridge Paper Dolls.

Covered the big bat in Flower Soft to add dimension.

There are ghosts in the window that she added with a white pen.

Stamped Happy Haunting, distress the edges and added it to the layers.

All stamps are Crackerbox Palace stamps.

Wicked Fun Angel

2010-10-15T08:52:00.000-05:00

All of the stamps come from Crackebox Palace.

The orange card stock was embossed with Tim Holtz embossing folder and attached to the purple card.

The 2 right side corners were punched with Martha Stewart punch.

I embossed the spider webs on the left side with a Sizzix embossing folder.

The oval cutout, words and image is cut from Spellbinders.

There are pop dots behind the black card stock to bring it off of the back ground orange.

The glow in the dark spider, is just an embellishment I had.

Bats in the belfry

2010-10-13T09:14:00.001-05:00

It's getting closer to Halloween so I will be sharing some ideas for my favorite holiday of the year.

Currie has made some great cards so I hope you enjoy them as much as I do!

Currie stamped Frankenstein on white card stock, colored him with Copic markers and cut him out.

Next she stamped the spider web and bats on dark blue card stock.

She glued Frank on the blue card stock.

To mount it, she first sat the blue card stock on the lime green and then stamped the saying, just in case a mistake happened, but it didn't so she then glued down the blue cs.

She put wiggle eyes on the bats. Won't any male like this card??

This is the inside of the card.

'Just a Note' book

2010-10-08T09:18:00.001-05:00

Currie made this beautiful note book or journal or even a photo album.

The front, back and side is made out of chipboard. She punched holes for the eyelets and used string to put it together.

Currie stamped the images and colored them with the Copic markers.

One surprise is the blue chip that the bird is stamped on is a counter top chip that they give away at the hardward stores. It works really well with the knob because it already has a hole in it.

The knob on the book is from an old dresser that she stamped on.

Isn't this a great idea?? I love it !!

This is the whole side where she also punched holes for the eyelets to attach the edge to the front and back. She also added embellishments on both ends to finish the side.

The pages are attached with paper brads. They blend in on the edge of the book, but if you look you can see the brads. This has been a real hit in the store.

Circle Flowers in a frame

2010-10-04T11:15:00.000-05:00

Well, Currie did it again! Made art work for the wall.

She took it all apart and junked the glass. Then painted the frame cream (same paint as she painted her porch). She used small chipboard pieces and painted them with Shimmers. Next cut small cardstock pieces to fit over the chipboard circles. She stamped the flower images on the circles and then colored them with Copic markers and distressed the edges and WOW what a great piece of art for the wall!

Gossiping Ladies

2010-10-02T07:14:00.000-05:00

Remember the ladies bridge clubs? That was quite a network.

Currie stamped the image with VersaMark and used embossing powder.

She colored it with Copic Markers, distressed the edges around the saying.

The embossed dots were done with the Cuttlebug.

Doesn't this make a great friend card?

Surfin' Madison

2010-09-28T08:25:00.000-05:00

I know you have seen a lot of cards made from Currie Churchill, this card was given to me by her daughter, Madison who is 9 years old. I think she did a great job on this card.

She stamped the image on the card stock and cut out the bottom of the girl.

She wrinkled up white card stock and wiped an ink pad over the creases for the water.

The sand is colored with an ink pad and cut out and put behind her girl.

The surf board is stamped, colored and cut out with Crystal Effects put on the red.

Thank you Madison for the great card.

Accident Tag

2010-09-23T06:54:00.000-05:00

Currie made this card for her sister Dana when she decided to catch a falling bulletin board with her face at her own son's gymnastics class.

She used the Cricut cartridge "Just Because" cards to cut out the shape of the tag.

She punched holes around the card and sewed together with twine.

She put an eyelet on the tag and put a red ribbon through it and stapled it with the Tim Holtz stapler, love those little staples!

She stamped the images, and colored them.

She stamped the saying and cut it apart. The first part of the saying she put on the front of the tag and used Tim Holtz Fragments over the words. The second part she stamped for the inside of the tag.

Holy Cow Birthday cow

2010-09-13T07:49:00.000-05:00

First I want to say that I am sorry for the delay on posting.

I have had problems with an upgrade, computers just don't listen very well.

But Currie has come up with a great birthday card for you.

The brown background card is embossed with the Cuttlebug and with a Cuttlebug folder.

She cut out the white card stock for the image and used Tim Holtz distress tool on the edges.

She stamped and embossed the cow stamp then colored it.

The Holy Cow birthday stamp is one stamp. She masked it and stamped the 'HOLY COW' in black and then she stamped 'another birthday' in red.

She stippled distress ink around the edges and punched the holes for the play on words.

She added a Tim Holtz acrylic piece over the words that make them stand out.

The last thing was to punch a hole in the corner and add an square eyelet and put the ribbon through.

Happy Halloween Kids

2010-09-08T06:29:00.001-05:00

It has been cool her in WI and starting to feel like fall, so I thought we might get ready for Halloween.

I used the layout template that I found in one of the magazines.

All of the stamps are from Crackerbox Palace. The oval is cut from Spellbinders.

Thanks for stopping by.

Halloween tag card

2010-08-28T09:08:00.000-05:00

Wendy Buttke made this tag card with Crackerbox Palace stamps.

The black card stock is cut 4 1/4 X 11. It is folded at 5 1/2.

Make the tag and lay it beside the black card stock and mark where you would like to cut it so the saying is above the cut line.

A strip of purple card stock is used behind the ribbon on the front.

Thanks for stopping in and looking.

Sweet Lady in Red

2010-08-25T07:37:00.000-05:00

Lois Larson made this card. She used Crackebox Palace stamps.

On the chocolates she used brown applique. All she did was apply the applique to the the candy and let it dry. Usually you heat the applique to make it puff up, we found when you just let it dry, it dries very shinny.

Thanks for looking and have a sweet day.

Thinking of you with quilling flowers

2010-08-21T09:47:00.001-05:00

This is one of our sayings I used.

The flowers are the new quilling flowers from Cuttlebug. I liked the looks of quilling, but was never interested in doing it until now. It is so easy and I like the 3D flowers. With having all 3 flowers I am able to mix and match what the flower looks like. I like using it with printed paper and some of my scraps that I have stamped on and cut out.

Ghostly

2010-08-20T09:36:00.000-05:00

This is another card I did in Chicago when I went stamping with the Stampscapes group.

The stamps I used are Crackerbox Palace stamps and also Stampscapes rubber stamps.

The ghost and Vamp are paper shaped.

Happy Halloween from Ann Taft

2010-08-16T07:22:00.000-05:00

Looks spooky!

Ann Taft made this last weekend in Chicago. She was one of the stampers from the Stampscape weekend that went to stamp with Kevin. The stamps she used were Crackerbox Palace stamps and Stampscapes stamps.

Ann is the second one on the left.

Stampscapes mouse pad

2010-08-14T09:47:00.000-05:00

Last weekend I was able to go to Chicago and stamp with some stampers and Kevin from Stampscapes. The weekend went to fast but I did get a couple of things done, and this is one of them. I will post the other projects I got done in that short time.

Here are a couple of other photos of the weekend.

Other than 'the master', Kevin we had the help of Ken which was a BIG help.

Here, Ken is helping Kay.

Stay tune for more projects and pictures.

Here is the web site for Stampscapes: http://www.stampscapes.com/

Necklace from Currie

2010-08-08T09:11:00.001-05:00

Isn't this a nice necklace that Currie made? She used the frames from Memory Makers.

She added colores with the beads that attach the piece to the chain.

Don't worry if it does turn around when you are wearing it, she has a pretty butterfly on the other side.

Ever Need a Hand

2010-08-06T08:52:00.020-05:00

The background paper has been put through the Cuttlebug with one of the Fades from Tim Holtz folders. I sanded the embossed area. I stamped the hand on the card and then cut out an opening by the wrist to curl the paper back. I then stamped the hand on a light tan card stock,(so I didn't have to color to much) and cut it out. When I cut it out, I left some extra card stock at the end of his wrist to lay under the card.

The square behind the saying and the inverted frame are Spellbinders. All of the stamps are Crackerbox Palace rubber stamps.

Best of the West

2010-08-04T08:52:00.000-05:00

John and I just love this card.

Currie cut out the matting for the image with Cricut. All of the stamps are from Crackerbox Palace and colored with Copic. If you look close, the horse is like the kid's 'giddy up' wood horse. This is just a great card for any guy(s) in your life, I think they would laugh.

This is the inside of the card.