A Grinchy Twist on Holiday Cheer

 

Hello, friends!

Ericka here, and today I’ve got a playful, coffee-themed holiday card that brings a touch of holiday mischief to the season! Inspired by one of my favorite Christmas characters, I used the Grinches Drink Up sentiment along with the Grinches Hand and Coffee 1 set for a unique and fun design.

 

To bring this card to life, I stamped the sentiment in Green Oasis Versafine Clair ink and added some sparkle with clear embossing powder. I then stamped the images, giving them a festive watercolor treatment for that holiday warmth. To top it off, I added a flurry of snowflakes for that extra Christmas feel.

And there you have it—a whimsical coffee-themed Christmas card with a bit of Grinchy charm!

Thanks for stopping by, and happy crafting!

Crackerbox Stamps

Crackerbox Stamps - Coffee 1 Shop at: CS	Crackerbox Stamps - Grinches Drink Up Shop at: CS	Crackerbox Stamps - Snowflakes set of 3 Shop at: CS	Crackerbox Stamps - Grinch Hand and Ornament Shop at: CS
Tsukineko - VersaFine Clair - Nocturn Shop at: CS

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Drink Up Grinches For Christmas Card

Hello, Fellow Stampers. Vicky here today. Crackerbox Stamps has joined the Coffee Lovers Blog Hop and offering prizes.

You can check out our Coffee Blog for a $20.00 Gift Certificate!

Crackerbox Stamps is offering 25% off all of its Coffee, Hot Chocolate, and Tea stamps, including the polymer Coffee Sets.

I stamped the saying, Grinches Drink Up on top of the card, and the Grinch Image was stamped below it. The Poinsettia Sm was stamped next to the Grinch and masked. 

Coffee Drink was stamped, and Merry Christmas was stamped on the band of the cup.

Check out our coffee drinks!

Stamps Used:

Grinches Drink Up

 Grinch Image

 Poinsettia Sm 

Coffee Drink

Merry Christmas

I hope you enjoyed the card. Don't forget to check out all of the coffee stamps!

Vicky

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Quick and easy Coffee Card

 Hello!  This is Shanna here today with a brand new caffeinated project featuring one of Crackerbox Stamp’s clear polymer stamp sets, Coffee 1.  I am also joining in the fun and linking this up in the 2024 Fall | Winter Coffee Lover’s Blog Hop that Crackerbox Stamps is a returning Super Sponsor for this year!! Be sure to click the link above to find out how YOU might play along.

For today’s card, I did a little repetitive stamping of the coffee cup in the Coffee 1 stamp set.  I grabbed an assortment of colored inks and an acrylic block and stamped the image all over an A2 kraft card panel.  My sentiment was stamped onto a rectangle piece of kraft cardstock and matted on some red to help make it pop when I adhered it to the bottom right corner of the panel.  I love a quick and easy design, don’t you??

Thanks for stopping by!  Come back soon for some more inspiration from Crackerbox Stamps!!

~Shanna  

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Funny Coffee Lovers Any Occasion Card

Hello, friends!  Toni with you today sharing the card I had made for the Winter Coffee Lovers Blog Hop.

I stamped Helen with Coffee Lg onto Copic-friendly cardstock and used a stencil with Catherine Pooler Limonello around her. I then colored her up, stamped the Coffee Set 1 sentiment with Versafine Clair Nocturne and diecut the panel before adhering it to a black base.

For a full list of products used, visit my blog, Frankie Helps Craft.  You can also see more of my creations on my Instagram.  

Be sure to comment on the Crackerbox Stamps Winter Coffee Lovers post for a chance to win a $30 gift certificate to the shop.  For a chance at a second $30 gift certificate, enter the Winter Coffee Lovers Hop itself.

We are also offering 25% off the Coffee & Tea Category from November 1-8! No coupon code is necessary.

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2024 Winter Coffee Lover's Blog Hop

 2024 Winter Coffee Lover's Blog Hop

Hello, and welcome to our blog; we are happy you stopped by!

Team Crackerbox Stamps are excited to join the 2024 Fall/Winter Coffee Lovers Blog Hop.

And we want to thank Amy Tsuruta and the team for hosting and all their work.

Come join the fun!

You can join the Coffee Lovers Blog Hop here! Here is the Instagram link:  #fallwinter2024clh

Our team has been working hard to give you some great inspiration.

We hope you enjoy every card.

More info on the hop gift certificates and sale is below.

Toni M Maddox, 

Helen With Coffee Lg. 

Coffee Set 1

Olesya Andreyeva

Morning Glory Set of 5

Procaffeinating

Coffee Cup Top View

Ericka Strange

Eat Drink and be Thankful

Coffee Set 1

Vicky Briggs

Coffee Sunshine

You Are My Sunshine

Coffee Bean Pile Right and Left

Vicky Briggs

Helen With Coffee Lg.

Saying

Small Coffee Cups

Timothy Thomas

Coffee Lady

I Like My Coffee - Masked from a larger saying.

Tracy McLennon

Coffee Top View

Coffee Cup Top View Heart

Tulips

Thinking Of You Simple

Simply Monica

Fueled By Caffeine

Snapdragon

Shanna Slater

Coffee Set 1

Vicky Briggs

Drink Up Grinches

Grinch Head Image

Coffee Drink

Merry Christmas Set of 3

Poinsettia Sm.

Don't forget to check out our Coffee Card Section for more great card ideas!

Coffee Lovers Blog Hop is offering a $30.00 gift certificate from us.

Crackerbox Stamps is offering:

$20 Gift Certificate, winner randomly selected from the comments below on what your favorite flavor of coffee is.

25% OFF of the Coffee, Tea, and Hot Chocolate Rubber Stamp Category!

AND

25% OFF of Coffee Polymer Stamp Sets

Leave a comment on this post to be eligible to win a $20 Gift Certificate.

Winners will be posted here on Nov.10th.

WINNER OF THE $20.00 GIFT CERT. IS:

I'd Rather Be Scrapbooking

Contact me via: vicky@crackerboxstamps.com

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Coffee And Beautiful Flowers

I am reintroducing a designer we had in our group a few years ago. Her name is Olesya Andreyeva. . She will be an independent designer, designing as she is able.

This is the first card she has designed for us.

This is what Olesya wrote:

 “ When I was a kid my grandma had a very beautiful tea/coffee set of dark green cups with purple flowers, they also had golden borders. I was a fascinated viewer, because grandma didn’t let me take these cups. Several years ago my grandma served the table with these cups and was so casual like we didn’t have that prohibition to use the set :D. It encouraged me to make this coffee-themed card 🤭💜.

For the card, I used the Morning Glory set of 5 (watercolored), “Coffee cup top view,” and “Procaffeinating” for the sentiment.

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Holiday Coffee Card

 Hello Stampers. Timothy has made a Holiday Coffee Card.

So many different coffee flavors come out this time of the year.

Timothy used printed paper for the background.

Timothy used 2 polymer sets of stamps,

He used Coffee Set 2 for the Lady and the saying, Crazy Coffee Lady.

The Coffee Lady was stamped, colored, and cut out. She is popped up to add dimension.

Crazy Coffee Lady was stamped below the Happy Holidays saying. The sayings were cut out using a die with stitches around the edges. The word coffee was colored in with Christmas colors.

Stamps Used:

 Coffee Set 2 

Happy Holidays 

We hope you enjoy your favorite coffee flavors!

Thanks for taking a look.

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Coffee Prayer With Helen Card

 Greetings Stampers. Timothy is here today with Helen and her little Wine Prayer.

Have you ever woke up and had the same thought as Helen did?

I used a die and cut out the coral and light coral color cardstock.

I stamped the saying, Wine Prayer, on a lighter color.

Helen was stamped, colored, and cut out.

I mounted it on the darker coral color cardstock.

Stamped Used:

Helen

Wine Prayer

Thanks for stopping by!

Timothy

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Coffee Card

 Coffee And Friends Make The Perfect Blend!

I stamped the coffee cup in Memento Tuxedo Black Ink and colored it with Copic Markers. Next, I stamped the Strong and Sassy verse onto the cup. I cut the cup out. I layered it on a piece of coffee-themed paper with a brown ribbon. I added two colored brads and layered it on brown paper. A clean and simple card for a friend!

Stamps Used

Coffee Set 1

Products used

Memento Tuxedo Black Ink

Thanks for taking a look!

Janet

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You're Tea-Riffic

Hello crafty friends! Tracy here, and today I have a refreshing summer themed card to share. Here are all of the Tea-riffic details.

Crackerbox Stamps Used:

Tea-Riffic Sentiment
Jar Drink
Fruit Slice & Wedge Set

Other Products Used:
Archival Ink- Jet Black
Cardstock- Yellow, White
Zig Clean Color Markers
Waterbrush
Nuvo Alcohol Markers
Stickles- Gold
Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L- Crafty Foam Tape, E-Z Runner Grand

Cut the card base and card front from white cardstock. Cut a mat for the card front from yellow cardstock. Stamp the jar and lemons onto another piece of white cardstock, and add color using both Zig Clean Color Markers and Nuvo Alcohol Markers. Fussy cut out the images. 

Adhere the card layers together, and then add the Jar Drink image to the top of the card using foam tape. Stamp the sentiment below the image using black ink. Add the lemons below using foam adhesive and regular adhesive. Add Stickles to the drink image. 

Thanks so much for stopping by!
Tracy

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Where's My Spoon?? CAS Coffee Card

 Hello again!  This is Shanna here today with a fabulous caffeinated project featuring Crackerbox Stamps!  Today's card is a quick and simple coffee card that you can whip up in no time!

This card comes together with a simple comic colored focal image, using the large to-go cup from Coffee Set 1  and adding a lightly textured background in a similar color pathway using ANY stencil!  I lightly added some yellow inked stenciling behind the coffee cup and then added the sentiment from Coffee Set 2  and the spoon to finish off the card!  

Today's project features the following stamps:
Coffee Set 1 photopolymer stamp set
Coffee Set 2 photopolymer stamp set

I like quick and easy cards, don't you?  Be sure to check back soon for some more inspiration!
Take care and stay crafty! ~Shanna

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Day Without Coffee

Hello Crackerbox Stamps friends! Tracy here, and today I have another fun little caffeinated snarky card to share. Here are all of the details. 

Crackerbox Stamps Used:
Coffee Set 2
Coffee Set 1

Other Products Used:
Archival Ink- Jet Black
Zig Clean Color Markers
Waterbrush
Distress Oxide Ink- Fossilized Amber
Blending Brush
Cardstock- White
Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L- E-Z Runner Grand

From white cardstock cut the card base and a white cardstock card front. 
Stamp both the lady image and the sentiment onto the card front using black ink. Then stamp a border of coffee beans up the right hand side of the card front. 

Add color to the images using Zig Clean Color Markers and a waterbrush. Then using yellow ink and a blending brush, do a light blend around the entire card front. Adhere the card base and voila!

Thanks so much for stopping by!

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Sheetload of Father's Day Cards | 12 Sketches, 24 Cards Series

Hello and welcome!  This is Shanna today with the next installment in my 12 Sketches | 24 Cards series!  This is a series in which I select a card sketch off the internet and create TWO (well-at least two!) versions of it using Crackerbox Stamps! If this is your first time reading about this--be sure to read all the way to the end for a recap of the series so far!  

*Warning* I might have gotten a bit carried away this month, and the following post is very photo-heavy!!

This month's sketch was sourced from a YouTube creator named CraftyAl.  She creates a monthly sketch that utilizes 12x12 paper to mass produce a set of cards!  I chose to use the April 2024 sketch to play along with my challenge this month! I was inspired to use the sketch and pair it with the brand new Father clear polymer stamp set--using the majority of the seed to create a fun set of cards!

The following stamps are featured in today's post:
*NEW* Father clear polymer stamp set
Snapdragon  
Fireworks
Pocket
Stars/Pixie Dust
Outhouse

When I Dunk
Alien Funny Face
Frame Rectangle
Super Guy

The way the sketch is designed makes it create 8 cards--which was a perfect way to showcase a new sentiment stamp set!  I loved going through my collection and pulling out stamps to match the sentiments!  I grabbed stamps I haven't used in a while and was so happy to pull back out again.  I kept the techniques simple with these--a little heat embossing and some tone on tone stamping.  

Here are some of my tips when mass producing cards:

• Pick a color way--that means if you are using pattern paper, stick within those colors and have a stack nearby of inks and solid papers to choose from when designing the card.
• Don't be afraid to turn the card!  Some of these sentiments or images just did not work for a portrait designed layout--so I turned it into a landscape layout instead!
• White pigment ink is your friend!  White is neutral, and will pull into nearly ANY design--I was stuck on a card or two until I pulled my trusty white ink pad out to play!

Ok--that pretty much sums up the key points--time to show you the cards!

Super Guy with Father sentiment

Frame Rectangle with Father sentiment

When I Dunk (masked) , Alien Funny Face with Father  sentiment

Outhouse with Father  sentiment

Stars/Pixie Dust with Father sentiment

Pocket with Father sentiment

Snapdragon  with Father sentiment

Fireworks with Father sentiment

Aren't those fun!!!  I hope you enjoyed them as much as I did!!  

Thank you so much for stopping by today!  I hope you are enjoying the series so far!

You can find the monthly post linked below with the picture if you missed my previous posts.

See you all again soon! ~Shanna

Take a look at previous posts in this series here:

January - Snarky Masculine

February - St Patricks Day 2 Ways 

March - Coffee!!

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Snarky Paper Pieced Coffee Cups

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

Is anyone else LOVING the new photopolymer stamp sets from Crackerbox Stamps!  I mean--I am a red rubber loving girl, but these sets are so stinking cute!  Today's project uses the Coffee 1 stamp set and one of my favorite stamping techniques--paper piecing!

I grabbed two pieces of scrap paper left over from an old 6x6 pattern paper card and these cards whipped up in no time.  I flipped the placement of the patterns and created two cards with pretty much zero extra effort!  The to go cup in the set is a super easy shape to paper piece and cut out, and I love the fact that the sentiments in the set all fit on the coffee sleeve as well!  

I hope you enjoyed today's cards. Thanks for stopping by.  See you all again soon, Shanna

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