Here is what everyone made of it:

by Agata Pfister, a simple and elegant card

by Janet Zeppa paired with green

by Els Brigé, just in blue

by Jill Hildebrand

purple exploration by Jaine Drake

by Linda Abadie using the new Warm Tweet set and Back to the basics

by Jolene Johnston, beautiful pairing of the colours

layout and detail by Jill Hildebrand

this beautiful little chest is by Marsha Valk, the colours just pop!

… and inside! The Itty Bittys fit perfectly on the cubes.

We hope you liked our challenge!

Stay tuned for our design team call coming up later this week!

Until then, happy stamping!

During the show we had many demonstrations of our new sets in our booth. Christy Riopel and Karen Ellis showed new stamping techniques and mixed media ideas, which is a great crafting discipline for many of our sets. Here you can see us “in action”:

Karen Ellis getting ready for her demo…

Christy Riopel showing off one stamping sample…

meet our new releases, mixed media sample by Karen Ellis

picture by Bettina, featuring the “lovely houses” stamp set

Karen Ellis and Bettina

Did you know that later this week there will be a new Design Team Call? myStamp BOX is going to look for a few new designers soon, the term will start April 1st! Make sure to check in and see, if this would be for you!

And now we are getting to announce the winners of our 8 new picture stamp sets! Thanks for your enthusiastic comments, everyone! All sets can be found in many of the stores near you

And the winners are:

Holiday Monkey: Anneke

Warm Tweets: Andrea A., myclevercreations.blogspot.com/

Lovely Houses: Lena

Pixel Perfect: KellyG

Special Teas: marie o hanlon

Enjoy your Latte!: Trish Holyome

Cherry Blossoms: Lisa N

Striped Stems:  Rachel M

Congratulations, ladies! Please send your addresses to bettina@mystampbox.com and we will put these in the mail for you! Enjoy your stamps and please share your beautiful and inspiring projects with us. We will be happy to show your pictures on our blog or face book page!

Happy Stamping and Thanks for playing with us!

Here are two more projects for you to enjoy from our Design Team:

bye bye 2011 by Isolde Pyncket

New Year’s Card by Jaine Drake

We hope you will have a wonderfully creative 2012!

Happy Stamping!

Love,

by Jolene Johnston

by Els Brigé

by Wendy Morris

by Marsha Valk

Have a wonderful, happy and healthy 2012! We are looking forward to an inspired and creative year.

Happy Stamping,

Love,

We have been busy stamping and scrapping all year and before we take a week off, we are going to show you what we have been creating for our friends and families.

Hoping you will find a last minute inspiration for a card.

by Jolene Johnston

by Jaine Drake

by Els Brigé

by Agata Pfister

gift card holder by Sue Sykes

card and details by Wendy Morris

cards by Linda Abadie

by Marsha Valk

by Janet Zeppa

by Isolde Pyncket

We wish you and your families a peaceful and very merry Christmas and a happy and crafty 2012. Keep stamping!

Best wishes from the myStamp BOX team,

One of the best times of the year is the time leading up to Christmas, when we get to light candles, bake cookies and keep many secrets. As a kid I always have had an advent calendar, made by my grandmother. It was mostly filled with sweets.

Our boys still enjoy their calendars and don’t seem to outgrow them. For this advent I made a family calendar which will be hanging in the kitchen. For every day between today and December 24th, we will be adding one mini ornament to the Christmas tree, until it is fully decorated.

For the tree I chose different colour card stock, cut it into organic shapes and assembled the tree. I stamped it with zipper and zigzag stamps from “Repeat after Me” in brown, then smeared brown and green inks and white acrylic paint all over the tree. I punched 24 holes and added 24 gold brads which will be holding the ornaments.

The background was cut from a piece of gardening burlap and stamped with white snowflakes (“Let it Snow”) and acrylic paint. I added green and white acrylic paints and the word “advent” at the bottom.

For the ornaments I chose a selection of our Christmas stamps from several stamp sets and used brown ink on shrink plastic. The images were cut out, hole punched and shrunk. A small wire was added and they were ready to be hung!

The whole project took about 3 hours from start to finish.

Come and see the fully decorated tree on December 24th on our blog!

Until then enjoy our 12 DAYS OF CHRISTMAS projects coming up in the next days! We will have some very decorative and festive ideas in stock for you!

Happy Stamping,

Love,

She cut out the paper to the right size to cover up the cup (with a light curve) then stamped the grass on the paper by slightly “curving” the grass stamp. She stamped the grass twice with Memento Inks, each time using a different shade of green. Weiwei added the stalks, flowers, and dragonflies. To add interest, she used stickles to create bling. The paper was glued onto the cup and the cup was ready to hold office supplies!

I challenge you to make your own cover to re-use an old packaging!

Thanks for having me over to play at myStamp BOX! I had a great time working with the “Funky Flowers” set! Weiwei

Happy Stamping!

Now we have two winners for the prize packages:

Emily Trekkie (package I)

and Lisa Rowen Spiegel (package II)!

Congratulations! Please e-mail us your contact information to bettina@mystampbox.com and we will send out your goodies right away.

Have fun with our products and don’t forget to share what you create!

Have a great and productive week, everyone!

Happy Stamping,

Love,

If you have just happened upon our event now, please begin your journey on the Canvas Corp Blog blog here (http://canvascorp.com and click on the BLOG tab). You can then follow along and visit all participating designers blogs until you end your journey here at the myStamp BOX blog. IF you encounter any problems on the way, just refer to the participants’ list below and click the links there.

Many of our wonderful designers are joining us today to proudly show off some inspirational creativity. See how well Canvas Corp and myStamp BOX products are working together!

START AT: Canvas Corp (http://canvascorp.com)
Marsha Valk (http://marshavalk.wordpress.com/)
Linda Abadie (http://lindaabadie.com/)
Sue Sykes (http://www.kewl-beans.blogspot.com/)
Jeannie DeGruccio (www.polkacabana.wordpress.com) Go to the SECOND POST for today!
Jaine Drake (http://www.craftydrake.blogspot.com/)
Janet Zeppa (http://janetsjoy.blogspot.com/)
Els Brigé (http://bestamped.wordpress.com/)
Jolene Johnston (http://jolenejohnston.blogspot.com/)
Cassie Box (www.somethingfromcassie.com)
Isolde Pyncket (http://sollie79.blogspot.com)
Agata Pfister (http://underconstruction-agata.blogspot.com/)
END HERE: myStamp BOX Blog

We are giving away some amazing product from both participating companies. All you have to do is COMMENT on all designers blogs along your journey to WIN. For another chance to win “Like” myStamp BOX and Canvas Corp on Facebook and leave a comment to say you stopped by from the Blog Hop. Our two Hop winners will be drawn from all participants and will be announced on the myStamp BOX blog and Canvas Corp blog on Monday, November 28th, so all comments are due by Sunday November 27th at 6pm EST. Good Luck!

You can win one of two fun prize packages each containing popular products from both companies!

I love tags! And here is what I created with Canvas Corp and myStamp BOX’s products: I try out several different styles that I will recreate for all the gifts that I am going to wrap. For the hop I want to show you two different types.

The first one is done with the round chalkstock tags from Canvas Corp. I stamped snowflakes from the “Let it Snow…” stamp set with a Tsukineko glue pad and then used white embossing powder, heat embossed and added a small white clothes pin from Canvas Corp. The white and black look so fresh together!

The wrapping for this present was made by stamping repeatedly on a white sheet with black Adirondack ink, using the same stamps as for the tags. I wrapped a box of home made cards and added the tag. Just glue the clothespin on the top and attach the tag.

The second set of tags was made with heat embossing as well! I wanted to try out, if embossing works on canvas – and it does! I love the subtle effect on the canvas. The details are not the same as on the tags above, but the snowflake is still very visible.

Both tags were made the same way: firstly stamping the snowflake from “Let it Snow…” with a glue pad onto the canvas tags by Canvas Corp. and heat embossing with white embossing powder. Then I coloured the canvas tag with red and green inks from the distressing ink line by Ranger. The Christmas sentiment was from the “Dotty Christmas” stamp set and stamped repeatedly to make it darker and more visible. Lastly I stamped a sewing pattern from the “Repeat after me” stamp set, cut a coordinating paper for the back and added a small clothes pin from Canvas Corp.

I love wrapping my presents in reusable materials. Here is an example how I would use the tag on a present. The cord is by Canvas Corp. The tag is simply tucked under.

Now, don’t forget to leave a comment below for a chance to WIN one of our TWO product giveaways! Check in on our blog on Monday to see, if you are one of the lucky winners!

Thank you so much for stopping by and enjoying our different projects and styles. We hope you found great ideas on how to use Canvas Corp’s and myStamp BOX’s products together!

Happy Thanksgiving and

Happy Stamping,

Love,

I am Weiwei, married with two young children. I grew up in Singapore and am still living here. I started scrapbooking when I gave birth to my older boy and wanted to make monthly scrapbook pages documenting his growing process. Looking back at those pages now still brings back fond memories. I would love to scrap more if I had time.

I am addicted to clear stamps. I have many clear stamp sets and a lot of them are still brand new. As time is a constraint now, my paper projects are usually simple and fast to complete.

When I have more time, I enjoy heat embossing and inking. I love to create at night at the dining table when the kids are asleep. It is quiet and I have the time and space to enjoy the process of creating something. Usually, I will be snacking during that time, cup noodles and nuts with a glass of nice cool bitter lemon.

Weiwei loves to reuse and re-purpose. She creates many projects with everyday packaging. The the tea light holder was made from a package of mixed nuts, Weiwei stamped the images using Staz On inks. Then added details and bling with stickles.

These pretty embellishments were made by stamping onto felt using Versa Craft ink. Weiwei added another layer of felt and used a brad to hold both of them together.

They can be used to personalise an ordinary bag or to brighten a dull pair of shoe (see below).

Simply use a glue gun to adhere the embellishments.

These are some great simple projects that don’t take a long time from start to finish!

We love the ideas for our “Funky Flowers” set, Weiwei!

Weiwei has created more projects and we will be showing them on this blog next week.

Until then!

Happy Stamping!

Please join us for our Blog Hop on Thursday, November 24th, 10am EST!

We are partnering with Canvas Corp! Check out how well Canvas Corp’s beautiful products work with our stamps.

Get inspired to create similar projects.

You can even win one of the cool product prizes!

See you on Thursday!

Happy Stamping,

love,

Our Design Team has put together a beautiful collection of their favourite family-themed projects.

We hope you will enjoy our selection! Have a wonderful weekend scrapping your favourite family pictures.by Agata Pfister

by Jolene Johnston

by Sue Sykes

by Janet Zeppa

by Linda Abadie

by Jaine Drake

by Isolde Pyncket

by Marsha Valk

by Els Brigé

Happy stamping,

love,

Be scared!

Halloween Card by Els Brigé

Witch by Jaine Drake

Layout by Jill Hildebrand

Layout by Jill Hildebrand

Card by Jill Hildebrand

Card by Agata Pfister

Layout by Jolene Johnston

Trick or Treat!

Love,

But before we announce the winner of the draw I want to show some of the Origami Boxes that I did a mini class on during the Creativ Festival in Toronto this past weekend. In the next little while I will be showing how to fold the boxes and give some more examples of decorating them.

The boxes are made from copier paper and decorated entirely with stamps and ink only. It’s a great project for a small gift!

This box is stamped with the “Falling Leaves” stamp set in olive and brown Momenta inks from Tsukineko.

For this box I used the “Funky Flowers” stamp set and orange, lime green and pink Momenta inks from Tsukineko.

And now we are announcing our lucky winner, who will receive a “Funky Flowers” stamp set in the mail!

Congratulations to: MISTY! “Oh WOW! They are all amazing! I really don’t make too many cards but I have to say that I’m loving the alphas behind jolenes card and the flowers on Wendy’s are so funky cool!”

Misty, please send me your address by e-mail (contest@mystampbox.com) and I will put the stamp in the mail asap!

Thanks for playing, everyone!

Happy Stamping!

Love,

We love that you can use many stamps that are not directly topic-related and make them work for a specific project. Stamp are so versatile that way!

Let us know which project you would like to duplicate and you may win a myStamp BOX stamp set! All you need to do is leave a comment on this post until Sunday, 23th October and check in on Monday, when we announce a winner!

The picture shows the front and inside of the card by Janet Zeppa

Layout by Marsha Valk

Card by Jolene Johnston

Journal Page by Jaine Drake

Card by Els Brigé

Card by Linda Abadie

Layout and detail by Isolde Pyncket

Friendship Card by Agata Pfister

Artist Trading Cards by Wendy Morris

Thanks for leaving your comments!

Happy Stamping!

Love,

Hi, I’m Isolde Pyncket and I live in a small village in the west part of Belgium.  I live together with my boyfriend and our cat Baileys.  In june 2006 I started scrapping and I’m totally hooked since then.  Scrapping is a way to express myself in a creative way.  I love to play with paper, stamps and glimmermist.  That’s why I walk around with dirty fingers most of the time, haha.  During daytime, I work as a teacher in primary school and during night time, I’m a scrapper!  I’m thrilled to be a member of this DT and hopefully you’ll be inspired by my work.

Hi, my name is Els. I life in a small town in Belgium with my husband and two children (girl – 2008, boy – 2011). Stamping and paper are truly my passion. A few years ago I started stamping and making cards again. I was instantly hooked. Not too much later, I took the plunge and made my first few layouts as well. My children are my biggest inspiration, along with all the fabulous products available in this industry. I love trying out new products and new techniques.

Again, welcome to the team, Els and Isolde!!!

Our new Design Team coordinator is Jolene Johnston. Jolene has been with the myStamp BOX design team since the very first term! Thanks for taking over Jolene! Looking forward to working with you in the coming term!

Happy Stamping!

We hope you are enjoying a great long weekend with fabulous weather and good company!

North of Toronto the leaves are slowly beginning to turn and we are up there to take some beautiful pictures to be shared with you later.

How are you spending this weekend? Are you bbq-ing your turkey?

Enjoy this wonderful family holiday!

Happy Stamping,

As a last Design Team project for this term, we are showing you an abundance of our fun Fall creations. We hope you will find some inspiration for the cooler season that will bring so much more crafting time with it…

Don’t you just love the Fall colours we have been using?

Mini Album by Sue Sykes

Card by Jaine Drake

Layout by Jolene JohnstonFabric Tag by Marsha Valk

Layout by Rebecca Keppel

Card by Janet Zeppa

Card by Janet Zeppa

Layout by Jill Hildebrand

Card by Birgit Koopsen

Card by Agata Pfister

Mini Album by Linda Abadie

Have a great Fall,

Happy Stamping!

Love,

This time around a lot of our designers will stay on, but we are sorry to see some of them go. To these three we are saying good-bye today and wish them all the best in their crafting future. May our paths cross often! It has been so much fun to work with you ladies!

You are invited to wish them well, here or on their own blogs (just click on their names which are linked to their blogs).

Allison Cope

Birgit Koopsen

Rebecca Keppel

Later this week we are sharing Fall inspired projects by our designers. Fortunately here in Toronto the weather has been great over the weekend, rather Summery than Fallish, but the leaves are bound to turn colour soon and there will be more time spend indoors on our crafts again!

Happy Stamping!

Love,

Thanks to all who applied for a DT position. It is always so hard to have to choose so few from all these wonderful applications!

Here is the long-anticipated list:

Jolene Johnston (USA) – design team coordinator

Agata Pfister (Switzerland)

Els Brigé (Belgium)

Isolde Pyncket (Belgium)

Jaine Drake (Luxembourg)

Janet Zeppa (Canada)

Jessica Griffin (USA)

Jill Hildebrand (Canada)

Linda Abadie (USA)

Marsha Valk (Netherlands)

Sue Sykes (Canada)

Wendy Morris (USA)

Sadly, our past Coordinator, Allison Cope, had to resign. She is now the proud owner of a pizza and catering business, Kapp’s Pizza in Elkford, BC. We wish her much luck with her endeavours! Ally, come visit any time And we will have to travel far for some good pizza!