Jelly Bean Tag

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 !!

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Wanted Easter Bunny

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.

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Happy Easter Basket

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.



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Happy Easter Lilac

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.



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Happy Easter Tag

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.

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Get Well with Feet

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

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Chocolate Easter Bunny Stuffed

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.

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Easter Treat Can

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.



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Reason for Drinking

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.

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Forgot Birthday Cartoon

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.

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Please Help Mr. Coffee

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.

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Not Pure Yet

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.

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Sweatheart Twist

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

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Heart Cheers

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.

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Monkey Hearts

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.

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Valentine's Day Box

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?

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Valentine's Day Tags

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!

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Valentine's Day Book

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

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Roses for Someone Special

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

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Valentine's Wild Lion

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!



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Valentine Heart Candy

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.

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Jar of Hearts

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.

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Happiness through your door

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. 

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Let It Snow Shaker

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.

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Coffee Calendar Book

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!

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