Wanted BBQ Fun

Currie stamped the wood poster on card stock and cut the inside and outside.  Stamp, color and cut out hamburger. Stamp the words and cut them out and outline the BBQ with a red marker. It was colored with Copic markers. 

All stamps are Crackerbox Palace stamps and we are celebrating our anniversary this month and giving away free stamps. On the web site on the upper right corner of the site under 'Blog/News' find out how to free stamps plus free shipping.

http://www.crackerboxrubberstamps.com/

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Pig with Hotdogs

Currie used the stamp Paint Smear #2 with Distress ink-straw.  She stamped the saying over it and cut it out free hand, no straight edge and then distress the edge with paper scrapper and mat it.  Stamp 2 pigs, cut out one whole and just the nose on the other.  Use a pop dot behind the nose and put on the pig's nose.  Stamp hot dogs on a stick, color and cut out and glue to a tooth pick.  Glue pig on sign, then glue to card and mat. Punch holes on each side of pigs hand for string to help hold the hot dog stick.  Add brads in corners.  It was all colored with Copic markers.

This is the inside.

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Move over Martha w/ Burger

The apron was stamped on red checked card stock and cut out.  The apron was stamped again on red card stock. When I cut out straps, I cut big tab like ends so I had something to glue to the back of the apron.  The saying was stamped right on the apron.  The hamburger was stamped and colored with Copic.  The brown card stock behind the hamburger was cut with Spellbinders.

All stamps are Crackerbox Palace stamps and we are celebrating our anniversary this month and giving away free stamps. On the web site on the upper right corner of the site under 'Blog/News' find out how to free stamps plus free shipping.

http://www.crackerboxrubberstamps.com/

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Let's Ketch-up

I am sorry the card is a little wrinkled, there was a small boy in the store that liked the card...

The green background was embossed with the Cuttlebug folder as well as the yellow background behind the ketchup.  The white was punched out with Martha Stewart punches, as you can see I only did the corners and the bottom and top. The ketchup bottle was colored with Copic markers.

All stamps are Crackerbox Palace stamps and we are celebrating our anniversary this month and giving away free stamps. On the web site on the upper right corner of the site under 'Blog/News' find out how to get them plus free shipping.

http://www.crackerboxrubberstamps.com/

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Chill & Grill

Happy 4th of July

The saying was stamped with Brilliance Ink and cut out using the Spellbinders.  Chill & Grill was stamped on a red piece of card stock. The picnic basket and soda were stamped and cut out. The background was sponged with Brilliance blue and green.  It was all colored with Copic markers.

Hope you have a happy and safe 4th of July !!

All stamps are Crackerbox Palace stamps and we are celebrating our anniversary this month and giving away free stamps. On the web site on the upper right corner of the site under 'Blog/News' find out how to get them plus free shipping.

http://www.crackerboxrubberstamps.com/

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Picnic

Currie stamped the picnic basket, table cloth, cooler, ant, and chicken leg then colored with Copic markers and cut out.  The rest of the stamps were stamped right on the card and colored.

This is the inside of the card.

Isn't the inside just as great as the outside?

July is our anniversary for our 'on line' store, so we are offering $2.00 shipping for all orders under$29.99 and FREE shipping and a choice of 4 FREE STAMPS, so stop by the store web site and check out the info on the right column.      www.crackerboxrubberstamps.com/

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3 Ants Go Marching

Currie stamped and colored the ants and grass with Copic markers.  Cut off one corner with the Fiskers paper trimmer using the 'pinking sheers blade'.  Stamped the watermellons and both signs on seperate paper, colored and cut out.  Used Glossy Accents for the ants.

This is the inside of the card.

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Currie's Owl charm Picture

Take all the guts out of the frame.  She used eye hooks from the hardware store and screwed them into the edge of the frame where the glass used to be.  String copper wire and beads back and forth.

Now for the owl charm...

The charm it self is made by Keepsake, it's one of their pendant.  Cut a circle of paper to fit in the charm center.   Stamp Owl in Tree on the circle, color.  Glue circle into charm.  She stamped the owl on scrap paper too, color and cut out only the face, glued to owl on circle.  She used Flower Soft for leaves on the tree branch.  She added rhinestones for accent.  After all is dry, cover with Mod Podge.  It will take quite a while for the charm to dry.  Then add a few accents charms to the copper strings with jump rings (Tim Holtz).  Idea-ology Fragments were put over stamped images and also added.

I think she did a really great job with this and it is a beautiful addition to our store in Janesville, WI.

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Flower Necklace

Currie got the charm from Hobby Lobby.  First she cut out the circle of paper to fit inside the charm.  This way she would know how much space she had to work with.  From there the rest was pretty easy...stamp, color and pearl.  She glued the completed circle in the charm and covered it with Mod Podge.  She stamped with Memento and Colored with Copic markers.

We had our 'in store' anniversary last month and I wore it for good luck since I feel very lucky to have met Currie through the store.

Side note: our 'on line' anniversary is next month (July) and we will be offering free stamps with orders, check out our 'on line' store email next month.

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Courage To Grow

I loved that Currie put this saying with this image.  It can mean so many things in different ways.

She used Copic markers for shading and the Tim Holtz Distress Ink for aging.  She cut out the shape from the Cricut Just Because Cards cartridge. The mirror is covered in Glossy Accents.

I have to share the inside of the card also.

All of these stamps can be found at Crackerbox Palace Rubber Stamps.

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Currie's Just Peeking In

Currie used Crackerbox Palace Rubber stamps and a lunch bag! 

She first cut our the lunch bag with Cricut cartridge George Basic shapes, then the frame.

She stamped the cat on white card stock and a lunch bag. Colored the cat with Copic markers. Cut out both cats.  Crunch up the lunch bag a bit.  Put the cat that was stamped on the white card stock behind the lunch bag 'peeking out'.  Prisma watercolor pencils were used to shade around the hole in the bag.  She added glossy accents for the eye which really adds a great touch.

Peeking Cat

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BBQ Fun

Crackerbox Palace has some new summer stamps and Currie made this card from some of them.

She stamped the hamburger, ketchup and mustard on some great white card stock then colored them with Copic markers and cut them out.

The background white shape was made with Cricut cartridge "Just Because Cards" and then she cut it in half.  She stamped the table cloth, or picnic blanket, on the cut out piece.

The red background piece that looks like a table cloth is a piece of red card stock that she ran through the Cuttlebug and colored some squares white with Inksentials Opaque pen and marked the others with a black pen.

The inside of the card is just as cute so I had to show you that too.

 

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Happy Father's Day Jeep

Currie used the Cricut (George and Basic Shapes) to cut the card stock for the image.  She stamped the jeep and colored it with Copic Markers.  The background paper is  made by stamping the tire and sparkplug.  She used a chrome pen and brads as embellishments.

All stamps are from Crackerbox Palace Stamps.

Inside of card

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Dad with Sail Boat

Currie first stamped the image and used Copic markers to color. Mat image with coordinating color.  She distressed the edges with a paper scrapper and added brads to the boat.

This card is great for a Father's Day, birthday or any other card for a male.

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Happy Father's Day King of the Grill

We have some new stamps for a fun BBQ summer at the Crackerbox Palace and I made this card from a couple of them.  We have a few sayings that you can use for the apron.  The one I used for the apron I also used with VersaMark for the back ground. The BBQ utinsiles were stamped and cut out to put in the pockets. I used Copic markers to color the hot dog and pop dots for behind the hotdog.

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Give a Man a Fish

Currie really did a great job on this one, like usual, but this one I saved to post closer to Father's Day.

She put so much interest in this card. The brads in the corner symbolize bubbles, at least to me they do. The inside is just as interesting when you open the card PLUS there is an extra bonus saying in a pocket that is sewn on the back. There is so much to this card I had to give you a few pictures of it.

Currie said she loved pairing these stamps.  She stamped on white and blue cardstock. Cut out man and shark from white, just the water is left on the blue.  She colored with Copic markers and used an edge scrapper, various brands of eyelets, juste for fishing line, blue ink pad ofr distressed water and paper crimper from Fiskers and rounded the corners with a punch.

On the inside she stamped tahe images and colored all with Copic markers, even the water.  I "broke" the fishing pole by masking off and stamping it twice.  The beer can is actually the vitamin C bottle stamp.

She sewed a pocket on the back for saying and hooked it with more jute.  If you look at the first picture you can see it peeking up from the back.

The saying in the pocket it attached to the card.

I hope you enjoyed Currie's card, we do here at the Crackerbox Palace and maybe you got some Father's Day ideas. Thanks for looking.

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A Cup of Coffee from Vicki Hill

Vicki sent this card via email to me and it's about how I feel right now at the end of the week.

Thanks Vicki for the great card. Here is Vicki's blog: http://hillhavencreations.blogspot.com/

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Whale of a Good Time

It's been a whale of a long time since I have posted something.  We have been busy with some new stamps that will show up on the web site by Thursday, 10th.

We got to visit Currie and her family and had a whale of a good time so I thought I would post this card she made.

She used Crackerbox Palace rubber stamps and Cricut cartridge, Just Because for the card shape. The wavy edge came from the Fiskars wavy edge paper timmer and colored in with Copic markers and Glaze pens.

I thought this was such a great idea that I wanted you to see.

This inside looks like this: even the inside of the card is as interesting as the outside, it would make someone real feel special!

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Hello Who

Hello, Currie made this card with Crackerbox Palace stamps and used Copic markers to color it.  She kept matting the image until she was happy and did a very good job and brining out the colors with her matting. Around the 'hello' and on the dark card stock she ran Tim Holtz edge scrapper to add some texture.  She punched holes on top of the card and ran jute through each one of them and tie it.

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All Week...Randall

Currie made this card with Randall from Crackerbox Palace. She stamped and colored this guy a lot of times not to lose his eyes with over coloring.  Finally got the idea of using a small hole punch and tape white paper with new eyes on back of image.  Storybook cartridge from Cricut for shapes and Copic markers for color.  She put brads at the top in the sampe color of paper because it needed something.

I think she did a great job on this. When you see it in real life, the eyes really show up and your eyes are drawn to Randall and his mask is the focal point. I will try to show you with a close up of Randall.

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Thank You Flowers

Here is a thank you card I made from Crackerbox Palace stamps, and I colored it with Copic markers.

I used Spellbinders to mat the saying and the image.  I used all white flowers but colored one of the flowers with the darkest color Copic marker I used for the jar.

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Hello Triple Fold

Buttons, Brads and Bows- there is a lot on this card to look at!

Currie made this card to say Hello.  I found it very interesting to look at.  I like cards that I really have to look at to see everything, and this is one of them.

Currie used Copic markers and ink pad for distressing.  She kept matting the stamped images until she was happy.  She used Tim Holtz edge scrapper on the dark gray mat and on the Hello sign. Punched holes on top to sew the jute.

This is the back, she even made this side interesting! This card you can look at for a while and find new things.  All stamps are from Crackerbox Palace stamps.

http://www.crackerboxrubberstamps.com/

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Birthday Acetate

Thisis a card that Claudia Schroedl made from acetate. The card is laying on a sheet of red card stock.  She masked the bottom part of the stamp, (which she stamped on the inside).  She stamped the saying on the purple card stock and then on black card stock and cut out the words 'bad & good' and used pop dots to put them on the card.

This is the inside of the card.  'Happy Belated Birthday' is glued on the inside in the same place the as the saying on the front of the card.  The 'I forgot your age' which is on the same stamp as the saying on the front is glued in the same spot as the front saying also.

http://www.crackerboxrubberstamps.com/index.php?categoryID=20&category_slug=birthday-rubber-only-cling-foam

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Happy Mother's Day

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Home Sweet Home

Currie made this cute wall hanging by cutting a square from printed paper and a triangle for the roof and stamped the decoration.  She cut the door and added a brad for the door knob and cut the windows and added square brads.  Stamp and color the background scene before you glue the house to the board.  All the stamps she used was Crackerbox Palace stamps and she used Copic markers to color in the image.

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Birthday Cup Cake

Since Currie made this, and her daughter Allie had a birthday this weekend I thought I would post this.

Isn't this a great idea if you want to give someone just a little more than a card?

The card is made out of Coredinations, colored with Copic markers and the stamps are

Crackerbox Palace.

Happy 5th Birthday Allie!

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Cafe Mocha Morning

Happy Friday! This has been one long busy week.  I sure am in need of my coffee this morning as this week ends and as I listen to the birds waking up and the streets are getting busy with traffic. So I thought I would put up the great card that Currie made. She did a little masking which made such a big impact. Grap a cup of coffee and sit down, relax and take a look at Currie's card.

This is the card opened up. She used the Crop-a-dile for holes and eyelets for the twill.

Currie used Copic markers and Large Helen (J04001) from Crackerbox Palace stamps.

The background stamp from Crackerbox Palace stamps is coffee stain D03808 and Valium Latte F03813

Did you notice the smile after her coffee? It gives Helen a whole new look. This is the one where she used the mask over her frown and drew in a smile on Helen as well as the smile on the coffee cup. 

The coffee stain was used again and After coffee C03825 from Crackerbox Palace stamps.

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Currie's Cookie Sheet "Just A Note" Magnet Board

This makes such a cute magnet for anyones kitchen.  You could custom this into any theme that you have in your kitchen.  This is a smaller cookie sheet but has a lot of room for many notes. Wouldn't this by a cute idea for each child in the family to decorate their own for their work?

Currie spray painted the cookie sheet. Cover with paper, stamp right on to the patterned paper and color with markers.  She also stamped on the note paper on the top to look like notebook spiral and the word 'hello'.  Drill holes on the top to hang it. She used: K&Company patterned paper and brads, Copic markers, Papertrey Ink and note pad paper.

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