ATC Stampscapes Cabin

Here is an ATC card made with Kevin's new stamps from Stampscapes.

Have you seen the new stamps from Stampscapes? You can see them here.

Some of the new stamps have a small image that are easy to use on ATC's or even on a standard card AND a bigger image. It is really nice to have the two sizes. You can see the new images here.

Here are the small images.

 

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Quirky Craft Challenge

Crackerbox Palace rubber stamps is supporting a challenge that Quirky Crafts is having. Their challenge is Myth and Magic. I hope you stop over and see the other great ideas the design team came up with, and join the challenge!
Here is one of the ideas of the design team

If you would like to see more and join the challenge go here.

 

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Happy Mother's Day

One of the better things about being a mom is someday being a grandma.

Hope all of you mothers have a wonderful day!

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ATC Stampscape New Barn

Have you heard that Stampscapes has some new stamps?

YUP! and there are some great images to choose from.

I colored this ATC with Copic markers.

I really love Stampscapes, you can do so much with them. It is so easy to use just a part of a stamp (which I will show in a couple of days) so I tell my stampers not to only look at the stamp as one stamp. There are more ideas that I will be sharing later this week.

Stampscapes has bigger images to use in a standard card or larger scene AND smaller images. The smaller images are perfect for ATC but can also be used on standard cards too!

Well, on to this ATC. The barn image is new and you can see them here.

Now, as I was saying, not to take them as one stamp.

The hill behind the barn is actually

361 Snowfield

and you can see it here.

You don't have to use it 4 months out of the year, color it green and it becomes a hill with or without a path. I hope you stop by Stampscapes  to check out the great stamps and Kevin also has done some great videos.

 

 

 

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April Showers and Birthday Bird Card

Hello Stamper,

April Showers is the first card I want to share with you.

Here in WI. We have been under a rain cloud for over a week. We should have a lot of beautiful May flowers!

I stamped Girl In Rain on X-Press card stock and colored the image with Copic markers.

I cut out the frame with Spellbinders. I wanted to make it shiny or wet-looking so I cut a piece of acetate in the exact shape of the frame and put it over top. 

I remember the rain boots I had when I was young were really shiny, and the hats were too ( I didn't have a hat ), so I put clear lacquer over the hat and boots. There is a small reflection of the flash on top of the hat.

I used Stickles over the raindrops.

 

  The second card is Birdy Birthday. 

I used our Branch and Bird Standing and colored them with Copic markers.

I cut out the folded frame. I stamped the first saying, Bird Told Me Birthday set of 2. 

The inside of the folded card, is the second stamp from the set.

Thanks for taking a look!

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Happy Easter Cross

I just wanted to wish everyone a Happy Easter.

 

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Easter Bunny and Eggs

It is hard for me to believe it is almost Easter. I hope after Easter Spring will come. When I was little Easter was also the time when I could wear white shoes and then had to put them away on Labor day, anyone remember the Summer colors and Winter colors?

I did use Crackerbox Palace stamps. The die cuts are Spellbinders and was colored in with Copic markers. I did use pop dots under the bunny. On the saying, I tacked it down on the top and used a pop dot at the bottom.

I am not sure where I put the Easter grass, I will probably find it after Easter.

But I did have fusible fibers and Copic refils. This fiber was white and I added a couple of drops of Copic markers and mushed it together and the fibers took it. OH good. I found some little eggs in a drawer and added those.

Thanks for stopping by

hugs, Vicky

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Two Easter Cards

Hello Stamper,

Can you believe that Easter is just in a couple of weeks?

The cards I made this week are CAS and made for mailing, so there are no flowers or any oversized embellishments.

I heat-embossed the Eggstra saying in the middle of a Spellbinder die. 

I stamped the Eggs Decorated in another Spellbinder frame. 

I outlined the inner part of the frame with the Spica glitter pens from Copic. The eggs are colored in with the Copic markers. The daisy is a button that I cut the shank off of.

This card is another CAS. The blue background was cut out with a Spellbinder and then embossed with a Cuttlebug embossing folder.

The oval is another Spellbinder die. Before I took off the die, I sponged Brilliance Sky Blue around the edges. 

The image, Bunny Butt & Ear, was stamped with VersaFine Clair Acorn on light tan and embossed with clear embossing powder, and then stamped again on white to cut out the words. I added the eyes with white pearls, then black.

Happy Easter Fancy was stamped with VersaFine Claire.

Hope you have a happy Easter!

 Vicky

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Pat St. Martin's Train Card

Hi, I just noticed that Pat did a really great card with one of our stamps. To read what she wrote about the card, stop by Pat St. Martin's blog. She just did a couple of bright and really cute cards after she did this one so I hope you stop by and see all of her great cards.

The card she made doesn't look as yellow on her blog, as it does here.

And look, she completed her card by doing the inside, it's it great?!

I really hope you stop by her blog and see all of the wonderful cards.

 

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A Sweet Thank You And A Bird Birthday Card

Hello Stamper,

Here is a sweet and beautiful Thank You card. All dies are Spellbinnders.

I stamped the Right Rose with Memento Tuxedo, and then the May The World saying was stamped with VersaFine Clair.

I left the stencil on the vine and brushed VersaFine Clair Verdant over it.

Here is a goofy bird named Bird Peeking. She is sitting on our Branch With Leaves.

I stamped the Bird House With Leaves on scrap card stock, and cut it out. I tied it to the branch with string.

I tied a string around the branch to the birdhouse.

I hope you enjoyed the cards.

Vicky

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Chick's Birthday

Have you ever been to a stamping birthday party?

My friend Chick had a Stampin' Up birthday party. She didn't want any gifts but you could make a Stampin' Up order. Your order would be her gift. Plus she had about a dozen cards for everyone to make. Win, win! This is the card I made her for her birthday.

 And this is one of the cards she made for her party from our stamps. I thought this was a neat idea. The square around the bunny she made, she just drew a rectangle around. I am not that good, so I cut out a deckle rectangle from Spellbinders and traced around it, then colored it in. The solid color jellybeans are Brillance ink. A CAS card. I don't do the CAS cards very well, so I was happy to get this sample.

Like I said, I don't do CAS cards very well. I just had to add something, so I added a button. I cut the shank off of the button and colored it with Copic markers. I think Chick did a real nice job on the card even without the basket.

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Get Well Soon Flip Card

Hello Stampers

This is an A2 card. I stamped the Circle Get Well Soon And Vitamin Bottle set of 2 and then cut it out with Spellbinder die. The Bandaid is stamped, colored, and cut out.

This is the first flap open. I put Two-Way Glue on the tab.

The last flap is open, and Your Best Real Soon is the inside.

 smiles,

Vicky



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Trena Brannon's Teriffic Cards

I wanted to share some cards from a stampin' sister. I met Trena at a stamping retreat, and I liked her from the moment we said hello. She has such a big warm smile and her energy went through the ceiling and her laugh comes from her heart.

I just had to show off Trena's cards. She made these cards with Crackerbox Palace stamps. She has some more great cards on her blog where you can see them here.

I don't know what your weather is like where you are at, but here it is cold and we have snow on the ground. So I thought these might brighten up your day and think of spring.

I think the thought bubble on the ants were a good idea, don't you?

 I like the stripes on the apron that Trena added.

 Trena used Stampscapes for the ocean which goes with Clara.

 Here are some cupcakes for any occasion.

Doesn't this look just Yummy?

I hope you enjoyed Trena's cards and stop on over to see what else she has made. Trena's blog.

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Sweet Friend Card

Hello Stamper,

The saying, Day To Day was stamped on parchment-colored card stock, then cut out with Spellbinder die. I used a VersaMark pen around the outer edge to darken it (the card stock is so light it doesn't show up too well).

The Rose Long Stem in the corner was stamped and fussy cut.

I added pearls of two different colors on the 4 sides.

Hope you are having a great day!

Vicky

 

 

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Rubber Stamp Madness Magazine

HAPPY DAY!

A couple of my friends and I were published in the Spring RSM magazine. I really liked this issue ~other than seeing my friends being published :) ~

it has all types of cards, from CAS to artsy. I had a fun time reading the stories they put with the cards. The stories just make the cards even more fun. I hope you pick up RubberStampMadness and take an adventure through the magazine.

The next few cards are under the Incredible Edibles section where you can read the stories.

This one is from Judi Downing named From My Oven on page 38. This is a perfect card for Judi to make since she does a lot of baking and all of us who know her, loves it when she shares her baked goods that are filled with love.

 

 

Here is a closeup of Judi's card.

The saying is from Crackerbox Palace.

The girl image is from Door County rubber stamps. 

The next one is from Currie Churchill. She has such a great sense of humor! This one is named Hanging On and it's on pg 39.

This is the close up of Currie's card.

All stamps are from Crackerbox Palace.

This is the card I sent in, (Vicky). This is a card that I had been thinking about for a while and just had to do it and get it out of my head! :0)

It's called Ant Picnic on pg. 42

This is a closeup. It's done with Crackerbox Palace and Stampscapes stamps.

 This card that Trena did is under the Going Green which is anything green. Her card is named Lucky Frogs pg 56. You can see her post on her blog here.

 The stamps she used are from Crackerbox Palace and Stampscapes.



I hope you can take a look at RSM for some great inspiration.

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Beautiful Sympathy card from Jane

Sympathy cards are not always easy to make so I wanted to share the beautiful card that Jane made.  Jane got one of our stamps and made this wonderful sympathy card.  Here is Jane's Crafty Cabin blog to find out about the card. Hope you hop on over to her blog, she has very beautiful cards on her blog that I am sure you would just love to see.

The saying is from Crackerbox Palace and the picture is from The Market Place.

 

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Scrap & Stamp Magazine Take 5 Queen of Stamping

I just wanted to share some exciting news with you. I hope a lot of you are familiar with the Scrap&Stamp magazine. Scrap&Stamp is packed with information for everyone. The have a lot of techniques with easy to follow instructions. Full of great ideas. This issue has 98 projects and ideas, with 70 greeting cards, along with distress marker technique.

What I am getting to is the article that Gail Green did on the Take 5. She called it Queen of Stamping. Gail took our queen and made 5 beautiful cards with her so you get 5 different ideas with a stamp.

If you haven't gotten this magazine, I sure do hope you go out and get it. I like the article on how they make custom brads.

Here are the cards that Gail made.

Hope you pick up your copy today.

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Card by Cazzy

I just wanted to share a card the Cazzy made with Crackerbox Palace Santa and reindeer stamp.

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This is what Cazzy wrote:

Christmas Eve make, delivered to a neighbour at 11:30. I was making quick cards by this time, and this was the Crackerbox Palace santa and sleigh stamped onto linen effect card which was embossed with the snowy village and I added Ice Stickles to highlight that image. Crafty Ribbons of course, and by the time I got to Boxing day and still making cards I had refined this a little but didn't take more photos so I need to make some more so I can!

 

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