New from CHA: Cherry Blossom & Striped Stems

Welcome to our final day of Winter CHA new stamp designs. During the show we’ll be sharing our new stamp sets here on the blog and highlighting projects made by our design team. Be sure to leave a comment on each post – we’ll be choosing one winner for each stamp set…  |  read more »

New from CHA: Lovely Houses & Pixel Perfect

Welcome to our second day of Winter CHA new stamp designs. During the show we’ll be sharing our new stamp sets here on the blog and highlighting projects made by our design team. Be sure to leave a comment on each post – we’ll be choosing one winner for each stamp set we debut. Tell…  |  read more »

New from CHA: Enjoy Your Latte and Special Teas

Welcome to our second day of Winter CHA new stamp designs. During the show we’ll be sharing our new stamp sets here on the blog and highlighting projects made by our design team. Be sure to leave a comment on each post – we’ll be choosing one winner for each stamp set we debut….  |  read more »

New from CHA: Warm Tweets and Holiday Monkey

Hello, my Stamp BOX fans! Today begins the Winter 2012 CHA trade show packed with new products and inspiration from all across the crafting industry. Come see us at booth #848 if you are in Anaheim, we’ll be thrilled to chat and introduce you to our new products personally!
During the show we’ll be sharing our…  |  read more »

A little Itty Bitty can go a long way

Don’t you just love those myStampBOX Itty Bittys?! I know I do! That’s why I decided to show you a few cards I created with this fun and versatile set of small square stamps!
Itty Bitty images are perfect for colouring with your favourite markers or (watercolour) pencils:

And some of the Itty Bittys, like the woodgrain,…  |  read more »

Marbleized Stain Backgrounds

Today I’m sharing a technique for making marbleized backgrounds using Distress Stains by Tim Holtz. I received a few of these for Christmas, and especially wanted to try the new white Picket Fence stain.

1. These are the colors I used: Worn Lipstick, Picket Fence, and Barn Door. I’m ready for Valentine’s Day!

2. I squeezed the…  |  read more »

Happy 2012!

Hi mSB fans! Happy New Year to all of you! I thought it wasn’t too late to give you my best wishes! And show you a card I made for the occasion. Here it is:

I used one of my favorite stamp sets, Neighborhoods, and my favorite stamp from this set. I guess this stamp makes…  |  read more »

Christmas Showcase

It’s time for our annual Christmas card showdown.
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…  |  read more »

11th Day of Christmas: Deck the Halls

On the 11th day of Christmas, my true love gave to me….eleven pipers piping, so let’s “deck the halls”.
Hiya all!  Wendy here with Day 11 of our 12 Days of Christmas.  Are you enjoying all the fab inspiration?!!  Just a great wealth of amazing stamped projects with Christmas/winter/holiday themes.
I’m lovin’ all the amazing inspiration!
So, I’m…  |  read more »

Cut, stamp and colour, it’s that simple.

I’m a big die cutting fan and own 2 cutting machines, one manual and the other electronic (how greedy is that?). 
It’s all very well being able to cut your favourite shapes from patterned paper but with all the stash in the world, there’ll still be times when you won’t have the right colour or pattern…  |  read more »