Thank Goodness for Friends Like You Birthday Card

 Hello, my friends! Toni here today sharing a snarky birthday card. No surprise there, huh?

I really liked the Crackerbox Stamps Birthday 1 sentiment but it's so mushy given my snarky bent so I sassed it up.  I colored up the Frog Laughing image and added the common text acronym "TG!"  Now that's what I'm talking about!

Thanks for stopping by and checking out my card.

For a full list of products and to see my other projects, feel free to visit my blog, Frankie Helps Craft.

Have a great rest of your day!

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Drifted Into Elegance

 Hi Everyone, Dalis HERE!

This elegant look came together completely by accident. I was planning to color the image with colored pencils, but after stamping and masking, I fell in love with the soft look of it just as it was. So instead, I reached for my Pitt Pastel pencils and gave them a try. The result feels dreamy and effortless, like a salty breeze drifting through a quiet coastal morning. This beachy scene was exactly what the doctor ordered.

Supply List:

Life's Too Short Chair

Fence Posts

Memento Tuxedo Black Ink

Additional Supplies: Grey Pitt Pastel Pencil, White China Pencil, Cloud Stencil

Until next time— Stay colorful, stay crafty! -- Dalis

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Coffee Because Murder Is Wrong.

 Hi Everyone, Dalis HERE!

“Coffee Because Murder Is Wrong” might just be the crown jewel of snarky stamping, and without question, one of my favorite stamps from Crackerbox Stamps. I think we’ve all had days where coffee felt less like a beverage and more like a public service announcement. 

For this card, I paired that hilariously sharp sentiment with the soft elegance of the Wild Foliage Silhouette, and honestly, the contrast is what makes it work so well. You see the gentle botanical vibe first… then BAM, the snark lands like a caffeine catapult. Unexpected combinations are the confetti cannons of cardmaking.

To finish it off, I used a vintage coffee grinder image as a background stamp, which adds just the right amount of cozy café nostalgia and ties the whole theme together beautifully.

Supply List:

Wild Foliage Silhouette

Coffee Murder

Coffee Set 3

Memento Luxe Wedding Dress Ink

Memento Tuxedo Black Ink

Additional Supplies: Yellow, Orange and Blue inks, white embossing ink, white embossing powder, border dies, book pages

Until next time— Stay colorful, stay crafty! -- Dalis

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Snarky Fisherman's Birthday

Hello Stampers and fellow crafters. Vicky here today.

I have a humorous birthday card for the fishermen out there.

Get ready to reel in some laughs with this hilarious birthday card, specifically designed for all the fishermen out there who spend their days waiting for a big catch! Whether you're a seasoned angler or just a casual fisherman, this humorous card is sure to hook you with its witty humor.

Pretty simple card, I stamped on white cardstock and mounted it on red cardstock to match his shirt.

Stamps Used:

Birthday 11 Saying

Fisherman

I hope this has inspired you to make that fisherman in your life a card to make him laugh.

Vicky

 

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Trust Me, I'm No Doctor

Hi, for today's card I started with a honey card base. I stamped the I'm No Doctor sentiment on that same color cardstock and cut it out using a spiral notebook edge die. For the background I added pattern paper. I die cut two circles to mimic the medicine from the pattern paper. I stamped and colored the 

Big Head Ed stamp and added him on top of the circle dies. Thanks so much for stopping by.

Timothy

Stamps Used

I'm No Doctor

Big Head Ed

 

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Morning Coffee Card

Hi Stampers!

Get ready to perk up your day! We have a coffee SALE and a coffee card. It features a beautiful arrangement of coffee beans and a steaming cup of coffee that's sure to perk up anyone's day. You can almost smell the aroma of freshly brewed coffee just by looking at it.

I did this card with dark brown and light brown cardstock and ink.

On the white cardstock, I started with light brown ink and used the Coffee Stain and Coffee Beans.

I used another piece of white cardstock and stamped Coffee Word and Coffee Corner. The Coffee Cup 50's was also stamped with the dark brown ink.

Stamps Used:

Coffee Stain

Coffee Beans

Coffee Word

Coffee Corner

Coffee Cup 50's

Check out all of our coffee stamps!

Hope you enjoyed your coffee and the card today!

Vicky

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Coffee, Cocoa & Crafty Deals!

  Hi Everyone, Dalis HERE!

Hola, coffee lovers! Maybe your cup is filled with tea leaves, cinnamon, cocoa, or espresso strong enough to wake the neighbor’s cat. Whatever your cozy potion of choice, now is the time to stock up because all coffee, tea, and cocoa-themed stamps are currently 25% OFF at the Crackerbox Stamps store!

And yes... that includes Coffee Set #3, the newest addition to the coffee-themed clear sets family. This card was brewed with that set plus a few extra goodies that are also on sale right now, making the whole project feel like a crafty café table exploded in the best possible way. 

Warm drinks, inky fingers, and stamp sets with personality? That sounds like a pretty delicious combo to me.

Supply List:
Coffee Cup Top View
Coffee Cup Top View Heart
Coffee Set 3

Additional Supplies: Embossing Powders (golden and black iridescent), die-cuts, bulb pin, circle dies, ribbon, pattern paper, Pitt pastel pencils, ephemera, and blender brush.

Card No. 2 features the new Coffee Lovers #3, and I am absolutely loving the vintage charm of this design. I used one of the larger sentiments to create a full background across the entire card panel, giving it lots of texture and interest. The finishing touches of paint splatters, washi tape, and vintage trims brought everything together like the perfect cup of aged espresso. 

CLOSE UP for card No. 1

Until next time— Stay colorful, stay crafty! -- Dalis

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Coffee And Chocolate Card

Hello Crafters. Vicky here today.

What's better than coffee and chocolate? A SALE on coffee! Crackerebox Stamps has 25% OFF on over 100 coffee stamps! There's no better pairing in life than a rich, bold cup of coffee and a decadent piece of chocolate. Whether it's a lazy Sunday morning or a chaotic Monday, coffee and chocolate will get me out of bed, ready to take on whatever the day throws my way.

'Coffee and chocolate, the breakfast of champions...

The saying, Coffee Chocolate was stamped first, so I knew how much room I had for the chocolate.

I used a stencil to get a look for a tablecloth.

I stamped the Candies and Coffee Cup With Heart and colored with Copics.

I used the Stencil Brush on the band around the cup and on the tan cardstock, as you can see below.

Stamps Used:

 Coffee Chocolate

Candies 

Coffee Cup With Heart

Products Used:
Stencil Brush
Memento Ink

VersaFine Ink

Bone Creasing Tool

 

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Snarky Reasons I Need My Coffee Card

Good day, everyone!  Notice I didn't say "good morning?" Yeah, I'm totally that person.
Toni here with you today with a fun snarky card featuring the new Coffee 3 set.

This was a really simple card to make, truly. I swear it took me longer to decide on the papers to use for the coffee to-go cup than anything else. LOL.

I stamped the Lady Yelling in the corner of the card front and colored her up using Copics. I then randomly stamped the beans from the Coffee 1 set and positioned the to-go cup at an angle. I love that the Coffee 3 sentiment fits perfectly on the sleeve.

Notice how I didn't check off a specific reason? Probably should have an "All of the above" option or possibly "Other: ________." 

For a full list of products and to see my other projects, feel free to visit my blog, Frankie Helps Craft.

Have a great rest of your day!

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Hats off to You!

 Hello, Janet here with another graduation card. If you are like me, you have a lot of these to make. I like the black and white, clean and simple.

With Memento Tuxedo black ink, I stamped the hats off, diploma scroll and congratulations directly on the white card front. Using a wavy cutter I slit it down the middle. I layered the 2 white pieces on shiny gold cardstock. The final layer is black that is attached to the card.

Stamps Used:

Hats Off

Diploma Scroll

congratulations

Products Used:

Memento Tuxedo Black Ink

Thanks for looking! Hope you enjoyed the card. Get ready for those graduation open houses!

 

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I'm Hooked On You

Hello, I was inspired by the background paper for today's card. I colored the hair and tail of the Mermaid Ruby Swimming By stamp with glitter gel pens. I used alcohol markers for her face and arms. I stamped the

Hooked On You sentiment, and layered it on top of cardstock that I also colored with the gel pens. Next I colored the Heart Dangle Left stamp and adhered everything to the card base. I finished the card by adding some gold enamel dots. Thank you for stopping by.

Timothy

Stamps Used

Mermaid Ruby Swimming By

Hooked On You

Heart Dangle Left

 

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 Who needs a caffeine boost? Attention all coffee enthusiasts! We are thrilled to participate in the Coffee Lovers Coffee Hop. #springsummer2026clh

Take a break, grab your fave coffee, and get ready to be inspired by the amazing designs featured in this hop

**$25 Gift Certificate and 25% Discount Alert** 🎁

Welcome to the Crackerbox Instagram hop, where we're brewing up a storm with our new coffee stamp set and offering 25% off all coffee, tea, and hot chocolate stamps!

To enter for a chance to win a $25 gift certificate to the Crackerbox Stamps store, simply follow, like, and comment on each designer's post in the hop. And, because we love you, increase your chances of winning by tagging your BFFs and sharing with your squad! 👯 Be sure to visit each designer's page, as listed below, and follow, like, and comment on their posts. Happy hopping!

Crackerbox Stamps: https://www.instagram.com/crackerboxstamps/

Dalis: https://www.instagram.com/stamprgrl/

Janet: https://www.instagram.com/janetmoser9169/

Monica: https://www.instagram.com/monicascrapstreasure/

Timothy: https://www.instagram.com/timman23/

Toni: https://www.instagram.com/frankiehelpscraft/

Vicky: https://www.instagram.com/vicky.briggs/

The winner will be posted on June 5th.

Here are the other companies on the hop.

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter

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Snarky Floral Coffee Card

We all have that one friend, don't we?  LOL.  Toni here with you today.

I love the combination of pretty papers and snark here. Doesn't the Lady with Coffee work perfectly with the Coffee Set 2 sentiment?

I hope this card gave you a laugh!  Thanks for stopping by. 

For a full list of products and to see my other projects, feel free to visit my blog, Frankie Helps Craft.

Have a great rest of your day!

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There Is Magic Inside You

Hello, for my card, I started with a maroon card base. Next I added a layer of pattern paper and a small strip of wood grain paper for the floor. I stamped and colored images from the Harry P 1 and Harry P 2 stamp sets. The sentiment is also from the Harry P 2 which I stamped on white paper and layered it on top of maroon paper. Thanks for stopping by.

Timothy

Stamps Used

Harry P 1

Harry P 2

 

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From Sun Stamp to Bloom: Where New Ideas Take Root

Hi Everyone, Dalis HERE!

This is the card where the Sun Drawing Stamp first quietly reinvented itself as a blooming flower!

I used a Candy Hearts sentiment as the center, and from there, everything else just unfolded like petals deciding they wanted to be something new. Once that shift happened, the ideas didn’t just appear, they sprouted—one after another—until the whole design felt like it had been waiting for this transformation all along.

That’s the magic of a single stamp: it’s never just one thing. It’s a seed with a thousand possible directions, and sometimes it only takes a small twist to watch an entirely new garden begin to grow.

Supply List:

Sun Drawing

Candy Heart Big Sweet Sayings Set of 3

Additional Supplies: Yellow ink, Pink Ink, border dies, pattern papers, gauze, and wall tape

Until next time— Stay colorful, stay crafty! -- Dalis

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Morning Coffee Card

Hello, friends! Toni here, and although I'm not a coffee drinker, I can so relate to needing that little pick-me-up.

I stamped the funny Snapdragon image onto Bristol white cardstock. I then used Catherine Pooler and Distress Oxide inks to sponge the edges of the panel. I used the same Distress Oxide ink to stamp the Honeycomb pattern.

Next, I colored up the Snapdragon image using copics, finding BG72 and BG75 a good match for the Distress Oxide Speckled Egg ink. I had a scrap of coordinating cardstock and paired that with a small hexagon die for the embossed Coffee Set 1 sentiment.

Thanks for stopping by and checking out my card.

For a full list of products and to see my other projects, feel free to visit my blog, Frankie Helps Craft.

Have a great rest of your day!

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Out of this World

 Hi everyone, today I am sharing a Birthday card that is out of this world, made with these fun stamps from the Crackerbox Stamps store!

I used some distress ink to create the background and masked some of the images to create a sort of story with the stamps.

Stamps Used

Spaceship

Alien Face

Happy Birthday Earthling

Moon

Rocket

Astronaut

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Dad's tool box

 Hello, Janet here with a Father's Day card.  Dad's can fix just about anything with the right tools.

Using Memento Tuxedo Black Ink, I stamped the screws, nail, and Happy Father's Day directly onto wood-looking paper. I colored them with Copic markers. Next, using Memento Tuxedo Black Ink, I stamped the tool box, hammer, screwdriver and the ruler on scrap paper. I colored them with Copic markers also. I cut them out and placed them on the wood looking paper. I attached that to the front of the card.

Stamps Used:

Tool Box

Ruler

Tools-set-of-4

Fasteners

Happy Father's Day Board

Products Used:

Memento Tuxedo Black Ink

I hope you like the card! Remember to make a card for that special guy in your life.

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Cute Hippie Girl Birthday

Hello Stampers, Vicky here today.

Get ready for a blast from the past. With her retro vibes for the birthday chick who's feeling the love and energy of the 1960s! From the Beatles, Woodstock, Jimi Hendrix, and Janis Joplin, to mini skirts to psychedelic posters, when the chants were love, peace, and happiness. I hope the birthday girl is rocking and rolling on her special day!

Isn't this girl just the cutest? She also has a front to match her back.

I put the small Peace Sign on her shirt, and that comes in a set of 2.

The saying is stamped with VersaFine Ink.

The Daisy Heart Set of 3, I used the small stamp.

Hippie Birthday was also stamped with VersaFine.

Product Used:

Girl Front And Back

Peace Sign

The 60's saying

Hippie Birthday

Check out all of the 60's stamps

I hope you enjoyed the little hippie girl!

Vicky

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Sunshine Simplicity

   Hi Everyone, Dalis HERE!

Sometimes simple cards carry the brightest glow. This card features the beautiful sun drawing stamp from Crackerbox Stamps. I am absolutely loving the carved, print-block feel of the design. The warm ink colors against the peach cardstock layers feel like bottled sunshine on paper.

To finish it off, I stamped the “Day Filled With Sunshine” sentiment in Versafine Nocturne ink, heat embossed it for that crisp shine, and added a few pearls for the final little sparkle. Clean, cheerful, and ready to brighten someone’s mailbox.

Supply List:

Sun Drawing

Day Be Filled With Sunshine

Versafine Nocture Ink

Additional Supplies: Yellow, Green, Orange, and Pink Inks, and Black Embossing Powder

Until next time— Stay colorful, stay crafty! -- Dalis

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