2024 Spring Summer Coffee Lovers Hop & NEW STAMP RELEASE

Hello and welcome to our blog! We are participating in the 2024 Spring Summer Coffer Lover Hop. What does that mean for you? There is lots of inspiration and prizes, and we also have a new stamp release.
Plus, all our Coffee, Tea, & Cocoa Rubber Stamps are 20% OFF!

Make sure to scroll through our entire post for info on the hop and how you could win a
$25 gift certificate to our store.

Our design team has created some great coffee card inspiration using stamps from our brand-new photopolymer coffee stamp sets.

Tracy used Coffee Set 2

Cornelia used Coffee Set 1 & Frog Set 1

Timothy used Coffee Set 2

Toni used Coffee Set 1 & Frog Set 1

Vicky used Coffee Set 1

Nadine used Coffee Set 2

Ericka used Coffee Set 1 & Flower Set 1

Shanna used Coffee Set 2

Monica used Coffee Set 2

Now for what you've been waiting for: how to win!

Leave a comment on this post to be eligible to win a $25 Gift Code to our Crackerbox Stamps Store.

Commenting will close on March 22nd. The winner will be added to this post the next day.

Several companies are involved in this hop, so make sure to hop along to them all.
If you are already hopping along, you should have arrived here from Copictopia Creative, and your next stop is Close To My Heart by Chris Franco. For the full list of all companies involved in the hop, visit the Coffee Lovers Blog post HERE.

Click the button below to shop all of our coffee, tea, & cocoa rubber stamps. A 20% OFF discount will automatically be added to all stamps from this category.

CONGRATS TO....

Bonnie Lynn, you are the lucky winner of a $25 gift code to our store. Please email us by April 7th, 2024, to claim your prize. Our email address is on the top right of our blog.

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Just say Cluck It! | Fun-Fold All Occasion Card

Hello and welcome! This is Shanna today, and I have a brand new card to share featuring one of the BRAND NEW polymer stamp sets from Crackerbox Stamps!  

This card features the Prissy stamp set, which was released earlier this month. That chicken is absolutely hilarious to look at. I also appreciate that the image works well in designs, both colored and uncolored—it definitely adds to the versatility!

Today's card is a gate-fold card. That means the front opens with two folded panels opening from the center rather than a traditional side fold. Gate-fold cards are a lot of fun to play around with when designing. I usually place something called a "belly band" around them to help hold them closed, but then I ran across a tutorial for a "slide lock" and knew I needed to make one!

My card features one of the sentiments from the new Prissy stamp set on the front--the scallop framed circle is actually the slide lock!  I stamped the fun chicken image and some feathers on a white circle--then stamps the sentiment right over them in a darker ink color.  I grabbed a blending brush to tone out the white with a light brown as well and then added the circle to the larger scalloped circle!  

The "slide lock" is actually 3 squares cut identical in size-- in this case 2.25".  you fold two of the squares in half--and then nestle them up to each other with the folded edges in--gluing half down to the third square.  The picture probably explains this a lot better! LOL. Then the slide lock is able to slide over the gate fold panels and "lock" them in place!  I will definitely be using this technique again in the future!  It can be modified to any symmetrical shape.

The inside of my card has another sentiment from the Prissy stamp set and the chicken is stamped again as well.  I used my distress oxide inks to mimic a "leather" look for the inner panel and love how it turned out!

Thanks so much for stopping by today!  I hope you enjoyed my project.  Be sure to head over to the Crackerbox Stamps shop to see all the new polymer sets--and of course check out the sale category while you are there! See you all again soon! ~Shanna

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Happy Beer-thday Cards | Masculine Birthday Cards

 Hello and welcome!!  This is Shanna today with a couple new cards featuring Crackerbox Stamps!

Did you hear??  Crackerbox Stamps has POLYMER STAMPS now!!  They just had the inaugural release on March 1st and oh my goodness they did NOT disappoint!  There are three brand new sets full of the snarky humor we all love from Crackerbox Stamps.

You can take a peek at all three sets *HERE*

Today's projects feature the fabulous Birthday 1 polymer stamp set.  This set includes three large sentiments with 3 coordinating images that mix and match together for endless possibilities!  

I decided to add a few masculine cards to my stash and used the "Cheers, Beers and many more years!" sentiment paired with the duo of beer mugs image!  I grabbed a few of my Zig watercolor markers and stamped the mugs all over a piece of mixed media paper using a waterproof black ink.  I colored them all and then trimmed my panel to 4" x 5.25".  I set aside the leftover scrap--which ended up turning into a second card!  

For this card I ink blended a pennant shape in Distress Oxide inks--pulling from the same colors I had colored the background in.  Those colors were Black Soot, Rusty Hinge , and Antique Linen.  Then I used a black ink and my MISTI to stamp the mugs and sentiment onto the pennant shape.  this was mounted flat onto my card panel and then matted onto another piece of cardstock I swiped Rusty Hinge ink along the sides of to coordinate--lastly adding the panel to a white A2 card base.

The second card pushed me out of my normal box for sure.  I knew the scrap was on the smaller end--but I loved the white space still left uncolored.  The sentiment was stamped directly onto the scrap in black ink and then I pulled out my prized (maybe hoarded--hardly used) embossing folders and found a masculine friendly neutral pattern that I used on black cardstock to pair with the smaller focal piece.  I did a small trim of rusty hinge-colored cardstock and black cardstock to divide them a little.  I still wanted to add a little more interest to the card--especially those mugs!!  I grabbed my Glossy Accents and added it to all of the mugs.  After that was dry, I layered the panels onto a white card base.  Finishing touches were a few iridescent enamel dots from my stash.

I hope you enjoyed my cards today!  Be sure to check out all three sets--they really are all a lot of fun!  I will be back soon with another fun project--until then, stay crafty!

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St. Patrick's Day Two Ways~ 12 Sketches | 24 Card Challenge

Hello, and welcome back!  This is Shanna today with my second installment in my 12 Sketches | 24 Cards challenge for 2024!  In this challenge, I will make a total of 24 cards featuring various products from Crackerbox Stamps, all while featuring a different sketch inspiration each month!

This month's sketch was found on Pinterest and is a from a challenge blog that is no longer active, but still has a sketch gallery to pull inspiration from!  I loved how the diagonal background element allowed me to cut one piece of 6x6 paper and use both pieces between the two cards!  

Today's project features the following stamps:

Happy St. Patrick's Day Shamrock

4 Leaf Clover

Shamrock Outline

Leprechaun Seamus
Leprechaun Patrick

I added a skinny strip of metallic gold paper for both cards to help the gold embossing powder tie in and pop!  I love how well the sentiment is embossed--so pretty!

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

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You're my Favorite Muggle Card

Hello and Welcome!  This is Shanna today, and I am excited to share a fun project featuring Crackerbox Stamps! 

Today's card features one of my favorite magical stamps in the entire Crackerbox Stamps collection!  I have used this stamp a multitude of times on different cards--both in the background and as a featured image.  I absolutely adore the Castle of Hogwarts stamp THAT much!  I paired it with the Favorite Muggle sentiment for the perfect pair!

Now, let's talk a little about the card.  I love taking basic shape dies--a staple in most cardmakers' craft room-- and altering them to suit my needs.  For this card, I used a nested circle die set and cut 2 circles--a white one that I intended to stamp and color on, and a larger black one to mat my focal piece.  After stamping, I decided I wanted to "ground" my image some and cut off part of the bottom of the circle.  This made what in my head is easiest to call a "snow globe shape"!   They make dies that look like this - but why purchase another die set if I don't have to?? I would much rather buy more stamps!! haha. To match the cut with the black circle, I glued the smaller one to the black circle - lining up the top edges for reference, and then used my paper trimmer to snip off the straight edge of the black circle!  Do you like to alter dies at all??  What shape do you reach for most when card making?

My castle is colored completely in Copic markers, with a freehanded moon and night sky that were fun additions to the magical scene.  The Favorite Muggle sentiment was heat embossed in white embossing powder on black cardstock.

Thanks so much for joining me today!  I will see you all again soon, Shanna.

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Triple Layer Winter Fairy Card

Hello and Welcome!  This is Shanna from Caffeinated Craftiness, and I am here with a new card to share today featuring stamps from Crackerbox Stamps! Ever want to just stamp??  I mean no coloring, no embossing--just ink--stamps--and paper!  This card is the result of that.

STAMPS USED:
Fairy Blowing Stars
Pine Branch
Snowflakes (set of three) *also available individually*

This card uses a triple-layer stamping technique. That means you take a set of three different pieces of cardstock and stamp them on each other prior to stamping. My layers were: 4" x 5.25", 3.25" x 4.5", 2.5" x 3.75"

I stamped all of the stamping while these three layers were centered on each other.  Then, I separated the layers and matted each with the following mats: 4.25 x 5.5", 3.5" x 4.75", 2.75" x 4"

All that was left was to adhere the layers to the mats and then on each other!  I love how simple this technique is once all the math is done! LOL. 

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

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Masculine Snarky cards 2 Ways | New Sketch Series Debut

Hello and welcome!  This is Shanna here today with a brand new card series for 2024!  12 Sketches - 24 Card challenge!  Every month on the 24th I will be creating not one, but TWO new cards featuring a variety of fabulous stamps from Crackerbox Stamps - each month featuring a different sketch I have sourced online.  I love creating with sketches, and I love even more the versatility a sketch can still provide within the construct of being pre-designed for me!  So, without further ado--here are cards one and two!

For these cards, I found a sketch on Pinterest that appealed to me and allowed a lot of creative liberties.  The blog no longer seems active, but that is the beauty of sketches--they don't typically require step-by-step instructions!

Products used in today's cards:

Big Head Ed

Be The Fun

Rock, Paper, Scissors

For the first card, I stuck more or less to the card sketch, except I turned it landscape in orientation.  I pulled some masculine papers from my stash and coordinate them together.  For background interest I stamped Big Head Ed all over the pattern paper--I love the dual pattern this provided and it made for a great background!  Be The Fun fit near-perfect on the 1 3/4" x 2 1/4" mat that was sketched as well!

For my second card, I kept the portrait orientation but chose to add additional mats to each layer. The amount of depth and interest this adds to the card is amazing--and easily done!  All I did was add a quarter inch to each dimension to have a mat for each piece.  I staggered the two focal rectangles slightly further down as well, and popped Big Head Ed up with some foam tape after fussy cutting him out. Rock, Paper, Scissors fit perfectly on the mat!

Thank you for stopping by, and I hope you enjoyed my projects today!  If you'd like further details on the products used or want to check out more of my projects, be sure to head over to my blog! I will be back soon with more red-rubber inspiration from Crackerbox Stamps!!

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A Valentine Sunset Card With Silhouette Stamps

Hi everyone! This is Shanna today with a brand new card using stamps from Crackerbox Stamps!

STAMP USED:
Happy Valentines Day Script
Two Cats in an Tree
Circus Border

The card started by ink blending some clouds using inks and a stencil from my stash—but then the magic really happened when I used my MISTI platform to position and stamp these beautiful stamps using black ink!  I definitely recommend using a stamp positioning tool for this technique, especially when using stamps that are solid/silhouettes.  That will allow the ability to re-ink and stamp again for more solid or darker coverage.  A juicy ink pad helps, too, for this.

Do you enjoy designing Valentines to give out to friends and family too??
Thanks for stopping by today—see you all again soon!
-Shanna

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Carry Some Crazy Snarky Card

 Happy New Year, Crackerbox Stamps fans!!!  This is Shanna today with a simple and fun card featuring a few fabulous stamps from Crackerbox Stamps!

STAMPS USED:
Pocket
You Should Always Crazy

This card used a scrap of one of my gel press prints I had kept--I stamped the Pocket stamp onto it in black ink and then fussy cut it out.  I love the texture the Gelli print gave it!  I stamped my sentiment directly onto the pocket using navy ink and my MISTI. Then I ink blended an A2 panel with Distress Oxide inks in teals and blued to compliment the pocket before adding it to the panel with some foam tape.  

The beauty of this card is in its simplicity!  I love adding embellishments, ribbon, glitter, and other things to my cards--but this one didn't need any of that!

I hope you are having a fabulous start to 2024. I will see you again soon!
~Shanna

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Magical Harry Potter Themed Christmas Card

Hello and welcome! This is Shanna today, and I have a *magical* single-layer Christmas card to wrap up my holiday cardmaking this year! Christmas Eve is nothing less than magical in my house, so I found this card perfect for today’s post!

STAMPS USED:

Hermione

Books of Magic

Santa’s Hat Lg.

Holiday Greetings Harry

Did you know that Crackerbox Stamps has an entire *magically-inspired* HP collection? You can view them HERE if you are interested! They are some of my favorite stamps to create with!

Today’s card is a traditional, slimline card that is completely single-layer. Thank means one thing here friends—MASKING! I had a lot of fun creating a holiday-inspired scene with my favorite female wizard! The Santa Hat added just the right touch! Since I had all of the masks already cut, I chose to do some ink blending to fill in my background, and then I splattered it with some water and Liquid Pixie Dust because who doesn’t love sparkles! I also chose to be a little messy with the embossing powder when I heat embossed the Holiday Greetings Harry stamp and allowed some “stray” powder to be heat set in my background as well. I have never done that before, but I am loving the sparkly TEXTURE it brings!! Although it was very hard to photograph lol.

I hope you enjoyed today’s post, and I also with you and yours a very Merry Christmas and a blessed New Year! See you in 2024!

~Shanna

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Happiness is… Hot Cocoa Card

Hello and welcome! This is Shanna today, and I am excited to be showcasing a few amazing stamps from Crackerbox Stamps in my festive project today. This project also wraps up the conclusion of a series I have been doing featuring the Happiness Is collection from Crackerbox Stamps—be sure to check out the links at the bottom of the post for more inspiration!

STAMPS USED:

Hot Cocoa

Hot Chocolate Mug

Christmas Tree Lg.

Happiness Is

The card base is a 3” x 6” mini-slimline card that I used a scrap of pattern paper behind the Copic colored Christmas Tree image that I fussy cut. The Hot Cocoa sentiment and the Happiness Is sentiment were both heat embossed using super sponsor Ink on 3 Gold Rush embossing powder on green cardstock. The Hot Chocolate Mug was Copic colored and fussy cut as well before adhering to the card with some foam tape for a bit of dimension. 

I absolutely LOVE the holiday feel of this card! Let me know what you think below! Are you still making Christmas cards?

As promised earlier—here are some links to the rest of the cards featured in my Happiness Is series this year! Take a peek at the Happiness Is collection for yourself and see if you are also inspired!

Thanks for stopping by. I will be back soon with another fun card—likely caffeinated! LOL

~Shanna

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Some Of My Best Friends Are Flakes Snarky Winter Card

 Hello! Happy December! This is Shanna here today with a holiday card that will make ya giggle!  I am in full Christmas mode here, and I needed a few more cards to mail out—Crackerbox Stamps has a huge variety and helped me whip this card up in no time!

The card started with a sketch (one of CraftyAl’s Sheetload of cards on YouTube) and some snowflake pattern paper from my stash! I stamped the Small and Medium Snowflake in light gray ink before using navy ink to stamp my Friends are Flakes sentiment!

STAMPS USED:
Friends are Flakes
Snowflake Sm. And Med. (set of 2)

Are you still making holiday cards?? I hope my card inspires you!!  Happy Holidays - Shanna

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Quick and Easy Holiday Cards

 Hello and welcome!!  This is Shanna today kicking off the Christmas season (at least in my house lol) with a quick and easy holiday card featuring stamps from Crackerbox Stamps!

The day after Thanksgiving marks the first day of the "Christmas season" in my house--so I found it perfect to showcase one of my favorite holiday stamps in a duo of cards.  The Ornament Merry Christmas stamp is one that is super versatile in my holiday card designs, so I reach for it frequently when making Christmas cards.  The vintage feel is amazing, and it both stamps and embosses beautifully.  I used one of my favorite sketches and grabbed some holiday cardstock and these cards whipped together nicely!  I love the white heat embossed  Ornament Merry Christmas image on the red--it is classically elegant! 

Do YOU have a favorite holiday stamp you reach for time and time again??  I would love to hear about it!
Thanks so much for dropping by today. I will see you all again really soon
~Shanna

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By Your Side Dog Card

 Hello!  Thank you so much for stopping by today!  This is Shanna today with a quick and easy card featuring some fabulous red rubber stamps from Crackerbox Stamps!

STAMPS USED:
Dog Silhouette
It Doesn't Matter

I couldn't help but think of a loyal 4 legged friend when reading this sentiment.  I wanted to create a CAS card that allowed the meaning behind the words to shine through. I used a shaped stencil from my stash—this technique can be done with any stencil that gives a solid shape, a negative from a die cut, or just masking off a shape!  I pulled out some Distress oxides to ink blend the background and used black ink to stamp the dog and sentiment. Thanks again for dropping by. I will be back again soon with another red rubber inspired project! Until then~Shanna

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Happiness is…BOOKS Card

Hello and welcome! This is Shanna here today, and I am excited to bring you the next card in my Happiness Is Card series featuring some of the stamps from the Happiness Is Collection from Crackerbox Stamps! This collection has many different sentiment choices, and I look forward to sharing some of them with all of you over the coming months. Be sure to read to the end of the post for a special treat!! (**read as DISCOUNT CODE!**)

STAMPS USED:

Happiness Is

Wands (Set of 3)

Book to Finish

Books of Magic

This card was definitely inspired by my inner Hermione Granger!!  I used the three different wands to create my background with some ink blending as well.  Then I took a page I had left from making my niece’s Halloween Book Fairy costume (we used a damaged Harry Potter book for the wings) to add some interest with my sentiment and focal image!! I love how all of this came together!

This series has been a lot of fun so far, and I am excited to show you more stamps from the collection next month! Take a peek at the Happiness Is collection for yourself and see if you are also inspired!

Here are the previous cards in the series:

Happiness is...Cocktails

Happiness is...Coffee

Happiness is...Chasing Sunsets

Happiness is…Shopping Card

Happiness is… Fall Favorites

  

 

Crackerbox Fans, BONUS!!

During this series, a special discount code has been created just for all of YOU!

The entire Happiness Is stamp collection is

10% off when you enter the code.... HAPPY10

Until next time---

~Shanna

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2023 Fall/Winter Coffee Lovers Blog Hop

 Hello, and welcome to our blog! We are participating in the 2023 Fall/Winter Coffee Lovers Blog Hop.

What does that mean for you? Lots of inspiration and an awesome sale!

Read on for more info on the hop and how to win a $25 gift certificate to our store is listed at the bottom of this post.

Our Coffee, Tea, & Cocoa, Autumn/Fall, and Winter stamps are all 20% OFF until Nov. 11th.

Our design team has created some cards using some of our stamps that are on sale to help inspire you. If you click on their name, it will take you to their blog post telling you how they created their card, or you can click on the stamps they used to purchase them.

Check out their beautiful cards below...

Cornelia

Stamps Used: Hot Chocolate Hug Saying, Coffee Cup Heart, Cookie Trio

Ericka
Stamps Used: Holiday Wishes, Coffee Cup Heart, Holly

Nadine

Stamps Used: Shared With A Friend, Coffee Cup Lg., Holly Branch

Tracy

Stamps Used: Fueled By Caffeine, Pumpkin Spice, Coffee Drink

Kelly

Stamps Used: Coffee Murder, Cat Sketchy, Santa's Hat Lg.

Shanna

Stamps Used: If Ignorance, Lady With Coffee

Vicky

Stamps Used: Happy Turkey Day, Eat, Drink & Be Thankful, Mug

Monica

Stamps Used: When I Dunk, Kid Frankenstein

Now for what you've been waiting for: how to win!

Visit the Coffee Loving Blog post HERE to find out how to win lots of prizes along with a chance to win a $25 Gift Certificate to our Crackerbox Stamps Store.

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