Humorous Grumpy Bear Winter Card

 Hello, friends!  Toni here sharing a humorous card perfect for lightening up those winter blues.

I started this card by using a background I had created ages ago using a stencil and Brushos. I spattered Copic Opaque White as snow and added a glitter hill to adapt it to winter.

Then I colored up the Grumpy Bear Bernard image using Copics, diecut the panel with a deckle edge and mounted it on a piece of kraft cardstock.  

To complete the card, I stamped the Wish I Was a Bear sentiment with Versafine Clair Nocturne and gave it the same diecut treatment.

For a full list of products used and to see my other projects, feel free to visit my blog, Frankie Helps Craft.  Have a great rest of your week! 

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Reindeer Games

 

Hello crafty friends! Tracy here, and today I thought I would start sharing some fun Christmas cards for this festive season. Here are all of the details.

Crackerbox Stamps Used:

Minion- Reindeer Stuart
Reindeer Names

Other Products Used:
Cardstock- White, Red
Vicki Boutin- Patterned Paper
Stickles- Diamond
Nuvo- Alcohol Markers
Archival Ink- Jet Black

Cut the cardstock and patterned paper layers for the card and adhere them to a white cardstock card base. Stamp the card sentiment onto the white cardstock card front using black ink. 

Stamp the image onto white cardstock using black ink. Add color to the image using alcohol markers. Fussy cut out the image and add it to the card front using foam squares. Add Stickles to the nose of the reindeer and let dry completely. 

Thanks so much for stopping by!

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Sharing Hot Cocoa Card

Hello Friend. Vicky is here today with a card that you can add a packet of hot cocoa to share.

I used a die on the white card stock. I stamped the sayings Happiness Is and Hot Cocoa with VersaFine Clair. I stamped the Hot Cocoa Cup on white card stock, colored and cut it out. I stamped one of the Snowflake Trio on the cup, masking the two other snowflakes. The marshmallows by the bottom of the cup are the marshmallows from the cup. I masked the cup, stamped and cut them out.

Stamps Used:

Happiness Is

Hot Cocoa Cup

Snowflake Trio

Product Used:

VersaFine Clair

Scor-Tape 1/8

Thank you for taking the time to look,

Vicky

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Snowlady Having Fun Card

Hello Stampers friends. Vicky is here today with a fun snowlady card.

Neiva is our sweet Snowlady who is having some fun sliding down the hill.

I stamped Snowlady Neiva and colored in the snow hill with some Copic markers.

Star Twinkle Small was added around her, and I traced them with the same Copic blue I used on the snow. I stamped the saying Friends Are Flakes with VersaFine Black and drew some outlines around the saying.

Stamps Used:

Snowlady Neiva

Star Twinkle Sm.

Friends Are Flakes

Thanks for taking a look, and I hope you are having a fun winter!

Vicky

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Holiday Season Snow Card

 

Hello friends! Ericka here and I hope you had a wonderful Christmas celebration. I'm still on holiday break and so technically its still the holiday season right? Today I have a quick card I made with some winter stamps. I love the scripty font of the Enjoy the Warmth sentiment and clear heat embossed it. I then stamped the Snowlady Neiva along with the Holly Snowflake Swirl and some additional Snowflakes. I used some clear sparkle embossing powder for all the images to give them a look of sparkly snow. I colored up my snowlady with some markers and then added some Lindy's Gang Magical spray. Thank you for stopping by and I hope you have a wonderful holiday season!

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Wishing You Joy Holiday Card

 Hello, crafty friends! I hope everyone is making it through the holiday season unscathed haha.
Today, I have another little festive card to share. Here are all of the details.

Crackerbox Stamps Used:

Wishing Wonderful Year

Igloo
Penguin in Hat

Cut a card front from white shimmer cardstock, and mat that in red cardstock. Then, adhere both to the plain white cardstock card base. Stamp the sentiment onto the bottom of the card front using black ink. 

Stamp the images onto white cardstock, and add color using Zig Clean Color Markers and a waterbrush. Fussy cut out the images and adhered them to the card front using regular adhesive for the igloo and foam adhesive for the penguin.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

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Winter Joy Ink Card

Hello friends! Ericka here and I hope this holiday season finds you well. It is a busy time of the year and, at least for me, sometimes I get stuck in hustle and bustle of things and forget to find the joy in the season.  

So today, I took some time and made a peaceful scene using Distress Oxide inks in Uncharted Mariner and Salvaged Patina. I then stamped the Spruce Tree Small and Spruce Tree Tall in Versafine Clair Rainforest ink. I then stamped the Small Buck and Doe set in Versafine Clair Nocturn ink. I wanted to remind myself and other to find "joy" in all the things this season and I love the script font of the Joy Written sentiment. I finished my card with some heat embossing and added a little White Twinkle embossing to give my hills a little shine. Thank you for stopping by and I hope you find joy and peace this Christmas season.

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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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Sweet Cocoa Card

Hello, stampers. Vicky is here today. We are participating with Coffee Lovers Blog Hop this week until Nov. 10th (this is the last day). So, I made this sweet cocoa card. 

To celebrate, we have our Coffee, Tea, and Cocoa on sale for 20% OFF!

We are also having our Fall And Winter stamps on sale at 20% OFF!

I stamped Happiness Is and  Hot Cocoa with VersaFine Clair.

This is the Grinch Hand that I used and cut it apart.  I cut it apart to position the hand towards the top of the sleeve. I stamped the sleeve on printed paper.

Stamps I used:

We are offering a $25 Gift Cert. For info, go here.

Thanks for stopping by!

Vicky

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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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Snowflakes and Friendship

Hello, crafty friends! Tracy here, and today I have a pretty little festive card to share that sparkles and shines. Here are all of the details.

Crackerbox Stamps Used:

Snowflakes and Friendship

Snowflakes Variations

Cut a white cardstock card base. Cut a pink cardstock layer, just slightly smaller than the card front. Adhere this to the card base. Then die cut out the shaker frame and the shaker base using dies. Cut a piece of acetate that fits behind the frame. Adhere the acetate to the back of the frame. Then, add a border of foam strips.

Using different ink colors, take the shaker base and stamp snowflakes around the border. Add the sentiment to the middle using black ink. Add shaker bits to the shaker top and the stamped shaker base. Adhere the shaker to the card front. Make sure to check out all of our shaker elements HERE.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

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Penguin Kisses Winter Card

Hello, crafty friends, and happy New Year! Ericka here, and today I have a wintry card using this cute Penguin Hat stamp. I love this stamp and have used it to make cute ornaments. See the post here. This time I decided to color him up using my colored pencils.

I did some no-line coloring using some light ink to stamp the Penguin Hat stamp and color him up. I then fussy cut him out and put him aside while I made my background. I used Bristol Smooth paper and Lindy's Starburst Spray in Penguin Play Periwinkle and Narwhal Navy. I love these fun sprays with sparkle, which was the perfect blizzard background. Once my background was dry, I finished my card with the Snowflake Kisses sentiment and heat embossed it with clear sparkle powder.

Thank you for stopping by, and I hope you are having a great start to the New Year!

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Warm Winter Wishes Snow Globe Card

Hi Everybody! Cornelia here today with my Crackerbox Stamps post. Another year - hard to believe! Time just keeps flying by.

I thought it was time to give that awesome snow globe some love. And since we are done with the Holidays, I focused on winter. I stamped the globe and cork and the snowman. I masked the snowman and brushed the globe. Added a little post-it window for the reflection. I colored the snowman with alcohol ink markers and added some Stickles to the snow. Stamped the sentiment and drew a frame around it. Cut it out. I also cut out the globe. Brushed some white ink onto a black card base and added the globe and sentiment. Mounted the black panel onto a slightly larger card base.

The stamps I used: 
Snowman Joy
Bowl/Globe & Cork
Warm Winter Wishes
I hope you liked this. Thanks for visiting!

Happy Stamping!

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Some friends are FLAKES!

Happy New Year, Crackerbox fans!!  This is Shanna today from Caffeinated Craftiness.  I have a wintery punny card to share with you today that is pretty quick and easy to create...let's get started!!

I love a good pun--and the Crackerbox Stamps store is chock-full of them!  This Friends are Flakes stamp makes me giggle whenever I reach for it!  I paired it with the delicate Snowflakes - Set of three stamps for a quick and easy card.

This card features a stamping technique called "second-generation stamping." As complicated as that is to say--the technique is one of the easiest to do!  All you do is ink your stamp up and then stamp again without reinking---allowing a softer "second generation" image to be stamped!  Easy peasy!  I also did partial inking, where I put the stamp in my stamp positioner (Misti), dabbed ink over part of it, stamped it--then added a second color of ink, followed by a third color, all without moving the stamp or the paper.  This allowed me to have multi-colored snowflakes stretching from corner to corner as I repeated both techniques until I had covered the area I wanted to be stamped. 

My sentiment was stamped in one of the same blue inks I used on the snowflakes to coordinate, then I matted it with some blue glitter paper and swirled some metallic thread behind it for interest and a bit of sparkle.  That finished off the card!

It is currently snowing at my house as I write up this post--that means it is PERFECT crafting weather!  What do you like to create this time of year?? Let me know below!

If you are interested in a full detailed supply list, head to my blog for more details.  Otherwise, check out the Crackerbox Stamps Facebook group for loads more inspiration!  See you there!

~Shanna

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Winter Card by Martha Lucia

Hello there, Happy New Year! It's a pleasure to have you here, and I wish you the best for the new 2023! Today I have a winter card created with several stamps from our store. Let's take a look at the card. 

For the background, I used Snowflakes. I stamped them onto smooth white cardstock with Seafoam Ink. Then, I stamped the sentiment Life Knocks You Down and the Bear & Penguin Stamp. With Memento Tuxedo Black Ink and colored the Bear & Penguin Stamp with a few touches of Illustrator Markers. I resized the stamped piece and made a mat with basic black cardstock to paste it over the stamped background with crafty foam tape. I added a few rhinestones over the snowflakes as a final touch.

Stamps Used:
Life Knocks You Down
Bear & Penguin Stamp
Snowflakes

You can find these stamps HERE in Crackberbox Store. They have a huge collection of Winter Stamps, and if you plan your Valentine's projects, it is just the perfect moment to find all you want! 

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

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Joy Mixed Media Card

Hello friends! Ericka here, and I hope all of you had a wonderful Christmas. We have been busy with family visiting, but I had a little time to make a mixed media card using the Joy stamp. I love this handwritten script.

To start, I used a mixed media gel press background I had in my stash. I used some acrylic sprays and added splatters for some additional texture. I stamped the Pine Branch stamp with Versafine Clair ink, and clear heat embossed it. I then stamped the Pine Cones, fussy cut them out, and colored them with my Zig Real Brush Markers. I stamped the Joy sentiment, and heat embossed it white. I attached the Pine Cones with foam tape for added dimension. I also added white gel pens and black markers to highlight the sentiment and pine branch.

Thank you for stopping by, and I hope you have a joyful week as we head into the New Year.

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Peaceful Ink Blending Christmas Card

Happy holidays crafty friends! Ericka here, and I hope you are all doing well and enjoying time with your family and friends. Today I have a simple card I made with ink blending for a peaceful winter scene.

I started by creating a circle stencil with some plastic to blend light ink. I used Bristol Smooth paper, my go-to paper when blending ink, and a blending brush with Salty Ocean Distress Ink. I added a little Wild Honey Distress ink for a moon glow in the background. Then I used the Swirl Christmas Thick stamp and Versafine Clair ink in Twilight to add trees in the background. I stamped the middle tree first and then stamped the side trees after stamping off some ink on a scratch piece of paper to make a lighter image in the background. The Spruce Tree would also be a perfect stamp for this, but I didn't have it in my stash. I stamped the Small Buck and Doe set in Versafine Clair Nocturne and added a little snow highlights on their backs and the trees with a white gel pen. I used a swirl stencil to add some ink blending around the circle in Kitsch Flamingo. I lightly spritzed my background and lifted some ink off to look like falling snow. To finish my card, I used Peace Written stamp to finish my card.

Thank you for stopping by, and I hope you have a wonderful and peaceful Christmas season.

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Tinsel Cheer Card

Hello friends! Tracy here, and today I have a sweet and simple card to share created using some super cute stamps from Crackerbox Stamps. Here are all of the details. 

Crackerbox Stamps Used:

Tinsel Cheer
Snow Girl

First, I created a simple layered background using cardstock in white and light blue. Add a little blue ink to the middle of the card front. Stamp the card sentiment to the bottom of the card front using black ink. Stamp the Snow Girl image onto white cardstock and then add color to the image using Zig Clean Color Markers and a water brush. Fussy cut the image and then add it to the card front using foam squares. Add Stickles around the light blue cardstock layer.

Thanks so much for stopping by!
Tracy

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Winter Lovers Humorous Card

Hello Stampers, Vicky is here today with a humorous winter card. Since it has been snowing here in WI for the past 4 days, I thought this would be a good card to send to a couple of my friends. I stamped the image and outlined the lines with Copic markers; very easy! I added glitter to the snowflakes. It's just hard to see it in the picture. We also have other blowing images for flowers and leaves!

Stamps used:

Blowing Snowflakes

Winter Lovers

Stay warm and Happy Holidays!

Vicky

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Friendly Winter Card

Hello Stampers, Vicky is here today, and I have a cute, warm, and friendly winter card. I should have sent out a couple of Christmas cards to a couple of friends but didn't.  I know I'm bad. I will make a couple more of these to send them a winter card. Snowlady Neiva is having fun sliding down the hill.  

I did add some Pointy Stars to the image for snowflakes. And I am glad my friends will agree with the saying, Friends Are Flakes. LOL

Stamps Used:

Snowlady Neiva

Pointy Stars

Friends Are Flakes

Hope you enjoyed seeing Neiva sliding down the hill.

Vicky

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