Beer themed mailbox

Hallo,
I made this mailbox today for a customer from my Etsy shop - she was looking for a gift box for her DH and requested a 'beer' theme ......hmmmm I know at least one more DH that this would fit for.....mine....may have to make another.
I used an old (about 10 years old) stamp from Eccentricks for the bar shelf, and the beer with the pretzel is almost as old from the Stamp Pad.
I stamped these first with Memento ink and colored with preismacolors pencils - then I used a trick I learned from the amazing Zindorf and used a embossing pen to cover the images and embossed them with clear powder. It worked great with the pencils - even the part I had blended with OMS
On the other side of the box I used stamps from Cornish Heritage Farms http://www.cornishheritagefarms.com 'The Art of Framing' to stamped the Happy Birthday - I inked , first with versamark and then SU chocolate ink, stamped, and embossed with clear powder. Then I used a backround stamp 'woodgrain' also from Cornish Heritage Farms and stamped over the images for the backround. I love the backrounders from CHF - they literally GO WITH EVERYTHING!!!! Course I love Rubber Stamping for that reason too - you can combine many styles and companies of stamps endlessly!!!!
All for tonight - Take Care
Tera

Double Holiday Duty

Hallo,
Yup another jar - its the last one I have finished for now and I really should finish off my swaps for the Cruise the next time I get to the craft table (hopefully today) - but we'll see - I have 6 more triangle shaped jars in my craft room . I am interested to try etching and then stamping over that with staz on - I am thinking it would look really cooly 3-D, just so long as the staz on doesn't over power the clear glass.....
Anyway - This cute little jar is one I found on my most recent thrift shop run with my Chief Enabler Pat this week ( we found a GOOD stash of craft stuff at one place this week!!!).

I have done one side with stamps from a 'Flourishes' Christmas set - the reindeer with the lovely flourished antlers and the word JOY.
The other side I did with Halloween stamps - 'OL Frank I have had in my stash for so long and used so much over the years that his lable has worn off, therefore I have no idea who made him, same goes for the bat..... After the first round of etching I went back and applied the etching compound again to make it darker - it leaves a little glow of lighter etching around the bat and Frank - me was thinking they should glow spookily in the dark - didn't turn out exactly as I envisioned but I looks great with a candle in it - just couldn't get a decent picture.....that is the only bummer with the glass jars - they really are much cooler IRL - the photos just don't show them as well as I would like.
The last 2 photos I put a green cloth inside the jar to help show off the etching more...
All for now
Take Care
Tera