Believe In Yourself

Hi, Timothy here sharing a little reminder to Believe In Yourself.

I started with a yellow cardstock base. I layered it with some plaid paper

leaving a border between each piece.

I colored and cut out the Harry image and his broom from the 

Harry P set 1 stamp set. I cut around his hand and glued his

broom underneath to look as though he's holding it.

I stamped the Believing In Yourself sentiment stamp on yellow cardstock

and cut it into a rectangle. Lastly I added a few stars around 

the sentiment.

Thank you for stopping by and have a good day!

Timothy

Stamps Used

Harry P set 1

Believing In Yourself

 

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Dance As Though No One Is Watching Card

Hello Stampers. Vicky here today with an inspirational card.

I used our little hippie girl dancing through the flowers.

The card base is pink cardstock. The next layer is white cardstock, and then green printed paper with little hearts.

I used a die-cut for the main focus of the card, and then stamped the saying, Dance Sing Love.

Harmony Small was stamped in the lower corner and colored.

Since Harmony has daisies, I put silk flowers on the card. Pink pearls are put in the center of each flower.

Harmony comes in 2 sizes, Large Harmony and Small Harmony.

Stamps Used:

Dance Sing Love

Harmony Small

I hope you like our little hippie and her saying.

Vicky

 

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A Lighthouse For Encouragement Card

 Hello Stampers. Vicky is here today.

I made a card for encouragement. Do you know someone who needs a pick-me-up?

This is our Lighthouse stamp, which fits on a standard A-2 card.

The saying, Roughest Storms was stamped and cut out with a die.

I mounted the saying on blue cardstock and used a corner punch.

The Lighthouse By The Seaside was stamped, colored.

I used the same corner punch for the lighthouse image as the saying.

Stamps Used:

 Roughest Storms

Lighthouse By The Seaside

Thanks for stopping by, and have a great day!

Vicky

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Supportive Brother Card

 Hello Stampers.

Timothy has made a card for his brother, assuring him that he will always be there for him.

How sweet is this card? Cards can be a good way to express your feelings.

Timothy has laid some blue and yellow strips down on a card.

He stamped the saying, Fix Your Problems and used a die to cut it out.

He also stamped the two Minions, Stuart Smirking and Dave Jumping, colored and cut them out, and used Pop Dots to pop them up.

Brother was stamped, cut, and also popped up. Check out all of our family names.

Stamps Used:

Fix Your Problems

Stuart Smirking

Dave Jumping

Brother

Family Names

Product Used:

Pop-Up Squares

Memento Black Ink

We hope you like the supportive card that Timothy made.

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Inspiration Card

 Hello Stamping Friends. Ericka has a beautiful inspiration card.

This would make a great graduation card or be used for any other occasion.

For the background and flower, Ericka used Lindy's Magical powders by adding water.

The saying, The Future Belongs was stamped with VersaFine Black.

The Peony was stamped with Staz-On Snowflake White and embossed.

Stamps Used:

The Future Belongs

Peony

Product Used:

VersaFine Black

Staz-On Snowflake White

We hoped you liked the inspiration card!

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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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Sweet Inspirational Card

 Ericka made this beautiful card for inspiration.

After creating the background, Ericka stamped the music trails on the card's borders.

The Butterfly Music was stamped and embossed in the center of the card.

The saying, Dance, Sing, Love, was masked and stamped around the butterfly in the center in three different places.

Stamps Used: 

 Butterfly Music

Dance, Sing, Love

We hope you enjoyed Ercka's Card.

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Miss Daisy's Good Advice Card

 Hello Stampers. Timothy has made a card with some good advice.

After he used a die on the farm paper and mounted it to the dark green, he die cut the yellow.

I stamped the saying from Miss Daisy Polymer Set.

Miss Daisy was stamped, colored, cut out, and then mounted onto the printed paper.

Stamps Used:

Miss Daisy Polymer Set 

OR

Miss Daisy Stamp And Die Set

Thanks for checking out Timothy's cute cow card!

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Elegant Lady Card

 Hello Stampers, Timothy has a card with an elegant lady and a beautiful saying.

He stamped the saying, Be Yourself, and used a die-cut for the saying and a larger one for the outline.

The elegant lady, Floral Lady, was stamped and colored. He added sequences to her dress to make it extra special.

Hope you enjoyed Timothy's card

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Thankful Bear

Hello! Timothy here today with a Thankful Bear card.

 I started by stamping and coloring the Bear With Heart stamp with alcohol markers.

I cut out his face, hands and feet to give the look of him holding a sign.

Next I stamped the We Give Thanks sentiment stamp on woodgrain pattern paper.

I matted the pattern paper on pink cardstock and added a few enamel dots to

finish the card.

Stamps Used

Bear With Heart

We Give Thanks 

I hope you enjoy the rest of your day.

Timothy

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Dream as You will Live Forever Card

Hi Everybody! Cornelia here today with my Crackerbox Stamps post for this week.

I used a page from the gorgeous Galactic Dreams paper pad from Funky Fossil Designs. I stamped the Two Cats in a Tree onto the paper. I added some white gel pen accents to the tree branch. I heat-embossed the sentiment onto some leftover paper and cut it apart. I attached the sentiment with foam tape.

The stamps I used:

Two Cats in a Tree

Dream Live

And perhaps you want to check out those:

I hope you liked this. Thanks for visiting!

Happy Stamping!

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Mixed Media Card Encouragement Card

 

Hello friends! Ericka here and today I have a mixed media card I made using my gel press along with the Built From Fire sentiment. I love this encouraging sentiment and it goes with a variety of images but today I paired it with the Apple Blossom stamp and colored it up with my watercolor markers.  

I have a huge stash of gel press prints and thought this orange one would go well with the sentiment. I stamped and clear heat embossed it and then added some leftover washi tape from a past project. I stamped the Apple Blossom on Bristol Smooth paper and clear embossed it and watercolored it with my brush makers,  I fussy cut the image out and glued it to my background to complete my card. Thank you for stopping by and I hope you have a wonderful week!

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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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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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Caterpillar Dreams Card

Hi Everybody! Cornelia here today with my Crackerbox Stamps post for this week.

I first brushed the background. I then stamped the reeds and the caterpillars. I stamped the yellow/orange caterpillar again onto scrap paper and colored it with Copics. Cut it out and add it to the background. The other two caterpillars I colored directly, although I did stamp the eyes of the green one and cut those out as well. Added white paint accents. I used a square die to die-cut the panel and a slightly larger size for the black frame. Stamped the sentiment. Added the butterflies.

The stamps I used:
Caterpillars set of 3 

(on sale right now)
Tall Grass

Butterflies solid

Dream Live sentiment

And perhaps you want to check out those:

I hope you liked this. Thanks for visiting!

Happy Stamping!

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Be Like a Duck Card

 Hello crafty friends! Tracy here, and today I have a fun little card to share. Here are all of the details.

Crackerbox Stamps Used:

Ducky Set of 2

Be Like a Duck

Create a simple blended background on the card front using blue ink and a blending brush. Mist the card front using a water mister, then let dry completely. Stamp the sentiment in the top right-hand corner of the card front using black ink and adhere to the white cardstock card base. 

Stamp 1 large and 2 small ducks onto white cardstock using black ink. Add color to each using Zig Clean Color Markers and a water brush. Fussy cut out each image and adhere to the card front using Thin 3D Foam Squares.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

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Funny Inspiration Card

Hello Stamper! Vicky here with a humorous and inspirational card.

I started using VersaMark and Blowing Flowers on the blue background card stock. VersaMark gives the card stock a watermark. I stamped Esther on a scrap piece of white card stock and then stamped Blowing Flowers over her dress colored and cut it out. I stamped Esther on a good piece of card stock and trimmed around her. I glued the colored dress on Esther. I used yellow card stock to match her dress to mount the saying Be Yourself.

Stamps Used:

Blowing Flowers

Esther
Be Yourself

Thanks for looking!

Vicky

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Inspirational Card by Martha Lucia

 Hello there, Martha Lucia here to share one of my favorites cards during the last weeks. Today I am featuring the Lotus designed by Alex and one of the best old sentiments, The Future Belongs. 

This is one layer card decorated with the Lotus stamp and a die-cut frame. First, I stamped the sentiment The Future Belongs on the center of the card base. I used colored cardstock at this time. Then, in a separate piece of smooth white cardstock, I stamped the Lotus and colored it with Alcohol Markers from Spectrum Noir.

I die cut out a decorative frame in a contrasting color and pasted it over the stamped sentiment with crafty foam tape. Then, I adorned one of the corners with the amazing Lotus stamp.

Stamps Used:

Lotus
The Future Belongs

Thanks for stopping by, and see you soon with more inspiration!!!

Martha Lucia 

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Who Walks Beside You Card

 Hello! Nadine here, and today I am sharing a beautiful who walks beside you inspirational card.

I first stamped the Apple Blossom stamp using VersaMark on black cardstock and then heat embossed it with rose gold embossing powder. I repeated the same thing with the It Doesn't Matter sentiment stamp.
Then I colored the Apple Blossom stamp with colored pencils and added some crystal drops.
The flower stamp I used is just one of the newly released flower stamps that Alex drew. Alex lives in Ukraine, and all this month, to help support him, all profits from his flower stamps will be donated to him. You can see all of his flower stamps HERE.

STAMPS USED:
Apple Blossom
It Doesn't Matter
All New Flower Stamps

For a full list of supplies used, click HERE

See you next time! Until then, happy crafting!

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Tulips For A Spring Card by Martha Lucia

Hello crafty friends, Martha Lucia here to share some of our favorite Spring Stamps with you. Tulips symbolize the season, and on this card, the tulips are full of color.

To make this, I used pastel colors. First, I created the card base using Navy cardstock. Then, I splattered a So Saffron layer with a few drops of Fireworks in Cottage Ivy and Dandelion colors. I let it dry naturally before stamping the sentiment on the right corner. I used the Troubles Be Less sentiment with VersaFine Onix Ink. Then, I stamped the Tulips and the Large Bow with Memento Tuxedo Black Ink on a separate piece of White Smooth Cardstock. I colored the stamps with Classique Markers from Spectrum Noir before fussy cutting them out. Finally, I pasted over the decorated card base with 3D Foam Squares.

Stamps Used:

Tulips

Large Bow

Troubles Be Less sentiment

Have a good day!

Martha Lucia

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