Relaxing under the palm tree

 Janet here with refreshing summer card. This is where most of us dream of being.

On the first layer of white cardstock, using Memento Expresso Truffle Ink, a soft brush and a stipple brush I made the sandy beach. On another layer of white cardstock, using a soft brush, and blue ink I made the water and sky. Saving the upper left corner for a soft yellow sun made the same way.

I tore the blue layer at the bottom, creating the foam at the edge of the water. I added a little silver glitter to the torn edge for sparkle. The blue layer is attach to the brown sand.

Next, I stamped the palm tree with Memento Tuxedo Black Ink and cut it out. I glued it to the left side of the card. The sentiment, Sit back, Relax and have a great day is stamped directly onto the card using VersaFine Clair Nocturne Ink.

Stamps Used

Palm Tree

Sit back

Products Used

Memento Expresso Truffle Ink 

Memento Tuxedo Black Ink

VersaFine Clair Nocturne Ink

Royal Texture Stipple Brush

 

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Summer Life

 Hi, Janet here with a refreshing card for summer. Soft waves at your feet and a tropical drink.

 Using a soft brush and blue ink on white cardstock, I made the sky. Next, I layered some paper that looks like sand, with the top edge torn for a rough effect. The water is handmade blue paper with some sparkly flakes in it. It looks like water glistening in the sun. On a scrap piece of cardstock, with Memento Tuxedo Black Ink and the Life Is Too Short stamp, I stamped the beach items and sentiment. I colored all items with colored pencils and cut them out. I attached them to the front of the card.

Stamps Used

Life's Too Short

Products Used

Memento Tuxedo Black Ink 

Thanks for looking! Have a great summer.

 

 

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Inspirational Nautical Sailing Card

Ahoy, mateys!  Toni here with you, sharing an inspirational card with a nautical theme.

I selected a nautical map paper from my stash and cut it with a deckle-edge rectangle die.  

Next I colored up the Sailing Ship using Copics. I adhered the ship to the card front. Finally, I embossed the Sometimes in a Wave sentiment in black on vellum.  I was concerned the sentiment wouldn't show up well on such a busy paper so the vellum really helped softed the background.

Thanks for stopping by.  I hope you have a great rest of your day! For a full list of products used and to see my other projects, you can visit my blog, Frankie Helps Craft.  Have a great rest of your day!

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Thanks a Minion!!

 

Hello and welcome!  This is Shanna today with another fun project featuring stamps from     Crackerbox Stamps!

Today’s project is a quick and easy one featuring the following products:

Minion 1 Clear Polymer Stamps Set 

Thanks a Minion

The card was created using a “spare” background from my pile of gel press prints I tend to have in a drawer lol.  When I use my gel plates I make a lot of prints—but don’t use them all. So I cut them down to A2 size and they are my go to when I am stuck on what type of background I want for a card. I loved how the inky blue worked with the Minion in this case. The colored him with my Copic markers and the fussy cut him out. The sentiment was stamped directly onto the background.

Thanks for stopping by!  See you all again soon

-Shanna  

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Happy Birthday Mermaid Card

 Hello Stampers. Our design team member Timothy Thomas made this mermaid card with a birthday gift of a beautiful pearl.

Timothy cut out the center of the printed paper, which looks like waves and bubbles.

He mounted it over a coral-patterned paper.

Mermaid With Pearls was stamped within the cutout circle. A pearl embellishment was put on over the stamped image of the pearl.

Happy Birthday Script was stamped on the same color cardstock as the card.

Stamps Used:

Mermaid With Pearls

Happy Birthday Script 

Other Stamps that can be used:

Mermaid Pearl Strand

Mermaid With Pearl Strand - Set of 2

I hope you enjoyed the pearl gift from the mermaid.

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Under The Sea Birthday Card

 Hello Friends! Janet here, adventure awaits with this ocean themed Birthday Card.

I stamped the, Octopus ,Fish  and Coral with Memento Tuxedo Black Ink. Then I colored them with watercolor pencils and used a blending pen. After they were colored I cut them out. I used a stipple brush with tan ink for the sand and blue for the water for the background. I added the cut out pieces to that. Birthday Wishes ATC was stamped in the corner with VersaFine Nocturnal Ink. I then layered it on blue paper on top of sand dollar printed paper.

Stamps Used

Pluto - Octopus 

Fish - Polka Dot 

Coral And Sea Plant

Birthday Wishes ATC

Products Used

Memento Tuxedo Black Ink 

VersaFine Nocturnal Ink

Thanks for looking!

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Fish Hugs

Vicky here today. I did a quick and simple card.

Polo The Sea Horse was stamped on X-Press card stock and colored with Copic Markers.

Isn't he cute? He could be used for a baby or older kids.

I'd Hug You was stamped with VersaFine Black Ink and cut and mounted on the same yellow as the background cardstock. 

Conical Shell Sm. was stamped on light tan cardstock, colored cut out, and glued to the corner.

Stamps Used:

Polo The Sea Horse - 50% OFF

I'd Hug You

Conical Shell Sm.  - 50% OFF

Thanks for looking,

Vicky

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Valentine's Day Card For A Guy

Vicky here today. I made a Valentine's Day card for a guy that doesn't have hearts on it.

The saying, You Mean World To Me, was stamped with VersaClair Nocturne Ink.

I stamped the Sailor's Desk with Memento Tuxedo Ink and colored with Copics.

You can check out our other Valentine's Stamps here.

Thanks for taking the time to look,

Vicky

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Snarky Octopus Card

 Hello! Nadine here today with a snarky octopus card that is perfect for any occasion to give someone a laugh.

I first ink-blended some blue inks onto some white cardstock for the background of my card. I then stamped Deeva The Octopus with Memento Tuxedo Black Ink and colored her in with Copic Markers. Then I fussy cut her out. Next, I stamped the Wish You Were Octopus sentiment stamp with VersaFine Clair Nocturne Ink onto the blue background piece I created and then adhered the octopus. I added some of the clear dew drops that are in the Snow Drift Shaker Pack to the front and also added some small white dots using a white pen.

STAMPS USED:
Deeva The Octopus
Wish You Were Octopus

OTHER CRACKERBOX STAMPS PRODUCTS:

Snow Drift Shaker Pack

Memento Tuxedo Black Ink

VersaFine Clair in Nocturne

Ink Eraser

A2 Cards & Envelopes

Click HERE to see all the products I used to create my card.

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Sweet Fishy Birthday Card

Hello Crafters! Today, Vicky is here with a fish card that could be used for a kid's or fisherman's cards.

We have a lot of fish stamps at 50% off.

I started at the bottom. The Coral was stamped first, then the Sea Plant. Since he is a little bigger, Marco The Sea Turtle came next. Isn't he cute? Fish Strip is facing Marco. Fish Dot is happily swimming around. The last thing stamped was the Bubbles Med. I masked a couple of the bubbles on the right. Then I colored in the sand with Copic Markers.

The last thing I did was add the saying, Fish In The Sea.

Visit our Coastal and Beach Stamps!

Hope to SEA you later!

Vicky

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Live Your Best Life Card Plus Tips for Solid Stamping

 Hello and welcome! This is Shanna today with a simple silhouette card featuring products from Crackerbox Stamps! My card is a traditional A-2 card today.  I started by grabbing a scrap of ink-blended cardstock I had on my desk from a previous project that happened to be big enough to stamp the Sea Breeze image on.  I grabbed my Versafine Clair Nocturne ink and stamped the image using my Misti stamping tool. I find it key to use a stamp positioning tool when stamping silhouettes or solid images because you will almost always have to stamp again to fully have the image solid.  I used my paper trimmer to cut the image down to the border on the stamp.  I also stamped the Live Your Life sentiment onto the same scrap of ink-blended cardstock as well and cut it down to a rectangle.  I added black cardstock mats behind both the image and the sentiment. For my card base, I grabbed a white A-2 card panel and trimmed it down to 4 'x 5.25".  I attached a piece of iridescent vellum to roughly half of the card front for a bit of sparkly interest and then mounted the image and sentiment centered on the card front before adding the panel to a black A2 notecard to finish off the card!

Key tips for stamping with solid images:

• Ink Matters! Use a well-inked or re-inked stamp pad.  Dye inks dry and doesn't tend to spread, but I have had success with pigment inks too.
• Use a stamp positioner, like a Misti, to make restamping the image easy to achieve a solid look
• Silhouettes are typically dark colors, right??  But this is YOUR card--have fun with it... You want a hot pink Sea Breeze scene?  Then go for it!

STAMPS USED:

Live Your Life

Sea Breeze

Thanks so much for joining me today--I hope to see you all again soon.

~Shanna

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Funny Shark Card

Hello! Nadine here today, and with shark week starting, I thought it was a great time to create a shark card.

I stamped all the images: Clyde the Shark and the Seaweed Tall and Coral Sea Plant, the Fish School, and the What Doesn't Kill You sentiment. I then masked the shark with masking paper, and using an airbrush and Copic Markers, I created the ocean floor and water in the background. Then I removed the masking from the shark and colored all the images with Copic Markers.

CRACKERBOX STAMPS USED:

Clyde the Shark

Seaweed Tall

Coral Sea Plant

Fish School

What Doesn't Kill You

OTHER CRACKERBOX PRODUCTS USED:
A2 Card & Envelope
Cardstock 80lb.

Ink Eraser

For a full list of supplies used, click HERE

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Snarky Shark Card

Hi everyone, today I am sharing a snarky Clyde the Shark card since I am feeling humorous these days or at least trying to find fun in each day.

This shark tank is perfect for the sentiment and funny. I am constantly telling people what doesn’t kill you makes you stronger, and then thought, huh, yes, sharks will kill you ah… so true 😜😅

Stamps Used
Doesn’t Kill You
Clyde Shark

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Summer Fun Card

Hello Stamper, Vicky is here today. Summer is finally here, so I made a fun and quick summer card using some of our 50% OFF stamps.

I stamped Bathing Suit Line and Sandy Toes. I tore card stock and used the edge as waves. I sponged white ink over the tore edge. I stamped the Starfish Sm., masked it, and then the Conical Shell Sm. and Beach Sign. The last thing I stamped was the Crab Happy Sm.

Take a look at all of our 50% OFF Stamps!

Thanks for looking,

Vicky

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Funny Frog Card With Stamp Layering

 Hello! Nadine here today with a funny frog card.

To create my card, I used several stamps and layered them up using masking paper. First, I stamped the Frog with Fly on a white cardstock card front. I then stamped it again on some masking paper and fussy cut it out, and layered the masking paper over the frog. Next, I stamped the Lily Pad over the masked frog and then stamped the lily again on some masking paper, fussy cut it out, and masked off the lily too. With the frog and lily still masked, I then stamped the Cattails on either side of the lily. Then masked the Cattails off. Then, I stamped the Frog's Fly with the OMG! and the Frogs Are Lucky sentiment. I also masked off the Frog's Fly. So all the stamp images were masked off except for the words.

Next, I used a strip of masking tape about at the same level as the frog's head, and below it I ink blended some blue ink for water. I then removed the masking strip but still left all the stamp images masked. I used a cloud stencil and some blue and grey inks to create a sky by ink blending. Then I lightly misted the ink blending with water, and placed a paper towel over it to soak up the water. This gave it a watercolor look. Once dry, I removed all the masking paper off all the images and colored them in with Copic Markers.

CRACKERBOX STAMPS USED:
Frog with Fly
Lily Pad
Cattails
Lily Pad & Cattail Set
Frog's Fly
OMG!
Frogs Are Lucky

OTHER CRACKERBOX PRODUCTS USED:
A2 Card & Envelope
Cardstock 80lb.

For a full list of supplies used, click HERE

See you next time! Until then, happy crafting!

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Seaside Masculine Card

Hello Stamper Friends. Vicky is here today. I have a seaside card that would be great for a guy card.

I stamped Seaside and colored it with Copic Markers. I highlighted the water with a white gel pen. I stamped Compass and used a Spellbinder die to cut it out. I sponged dark brown around the edges. I mounted the card n dark brown card stock.

Thanks for taking a look,

Vicky

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Coastal Center Popout Card

Welcome back! Monica here sharing a center popout card which can be masculine or used for a special boy's birthday. I have several photos so you can see the overall card and how it looks from various angles

Front

Card   Opened

Shown from the right side so you have two sides of the card

with different images.  I hope everyone enjoyed my post, and thanks for stopping by

Stamps Used: 

Shades Sun

Fishing on Pier

Boy in Boat

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Fisherman Father's Day Card

 Hello! Nadine here today with a fisherman Father's Day card.

I stamped and then colored the Fisherman with Copic Markers. Then I die-cut him out, matted him with some blue cardstock, and adhered him to the front of my card. Then I stamped the Fishing Worm On Hook and colored him in with Copic Markers, and fussy cut him out. Then adhered the worm so he looked like he was hanging from the fishing pole of the Fisherman. I used a black marker to draw the fishing line so there was no gap between the hook and line and the pole line. For the sentiment, I used Fishing Problem, and for the inside of my card, I used Father's Day Freehand.

CRACKERBOX STAMPS USED:
Fisherman
Fishing Worm On Hook
Fishing Problem
Father's Day Freehand
OTHER CRACKERBOX PRODUCTS USED:
A2 Card & Envelope
Cardstock 80lb.

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Beach : Picture Box Frame Card

 Welcome back to the Crackerbox Stamps blog.  Today I have a picture box frame card to share with everyone ❤️

Above, you can see the box portion of the card, and I added a piece of acetate to the front.  The surfboards are inside mounted on foam tape, and the beach lays flush against the background paper to give it more depth.

Here you can see standing as the box is mounted against a 6x6 card front.  I hope everyone enjoyed my post, and thanks for stopping by everyone 🥰

Supplies Used

Trevor

Wipe Out!

Beach

Surfboards

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Coastal Card For Any Occasion

 Hi everyone! The holidays are officially over, and it’s time to start a new year.  My card today can be used for various occasions simply (in my opinion) by changing the sentiment.

I tried to get an angled look so you could see the layers on the card.  So I added the undersea fish, shark, and turtle to different levels to give a 3d appearance.

I simply die-cut each layer several times, which can be easier than adding foam tape for added height.  I hope everyone enjoyed my card and hope to see you back again.

Stamps Used:

 Bernice Angel Fish
Marco Sea Turtle
Clyde the Shark

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