July Designer Showcase

We have a lot of fun projects to show today. We hope you will find some inspiration.
Our designers have been busy and created an abundance of wonderful designs. Check out what they create in the Summer:

Happy Birthday Card by Jolene Johnston
Thanks You Card by Eva Pizzaro

Sigh Layout by Jill Hildebrand

Gruta do Lago Layout by…  |  read more »

Cards Show & Tell

It’s my day to share some special stamped cards. I love how stamping allows me to change my style for each and every project depending on the products and the recipient.

I missed a family birthday this week, so I worked extra hard to create a fabulous card to make it up to my Aunt Janet….  |  read more »

Adding Dimension to Chipboard Shapes

One of my most used myStamp BOX stamp sets is “Border Lines“.  This set if full of versatile shapes that offer endless possibilities for stamped projects.  One such idea is adding dimension to chipboard shapes.  I made this card awhile ago and am ecstatic to report that it made the cover of the June issue of Cards Magazine.

To…  |  read more »

Advertisements inspiration challenge!

Hi everyone!! I’m so happy it’s my (Monique’s) turn to post a challenge on the myStampBOX blog!! I decided on a challenge based on advertisements and photos I found in random magazines lying around my house. I get my inspiration from a lot of things and magazines are definitely high on my list of sources of…  |  read more »

Using Colour Inspiration

Last weekend our family was up in Georgian Bay enjoying a few days at a family cottage. Other than swimming, kayaking and doing the odd chore, I spent a lot of time with my camera, capturing all family activities and stocking up on scrapbooking pictures. The amazing colours of rocks, plants and animals were so…  |  read more »

A Tissue Please!

There is something about adding texture and dimension to your cards and layouts.  So today I thought I would show you a fun and EASY technique for using your stamps!  Today we’re going to make our own tissue blooms!
Since it never hurts to reuse something you have lying around the house, I started with some…  |  read more »

Inspiration sometimes starts with a sketch

There are often times when I am stuck with an idea for a card and a sketch is just what I need to jumpstart my creativity.  So this month I am bringing you this sketch that I have made to help to jumpstart your creativity…

and here is my take on the sketch:

For my card I used…  |  read more »

Jaine Drake – July Guest Designer

I hope everyone had a great long weekend with Canada Day on Thursday and July 4th yesterday. What a great time of year! School is out and already a reason to get together with family and friends to celebrate.
The guest designer we are celebrating this month is not from North America, but from England and…  |  read more »

Something new

I love learning new things! And I was very excited when I first heard about the emboss resist technique. It was almost like falling in love! I could think only about that!!! Lately, I could see the same effect in a friend of mine whom I introduced to stamping and this technique…  |  read more »

Summer colors

Hi all,  Gudrun here.
School is soon out for summer here in Norway, and we are getting ready for lazy, warm, sunny summer days.   Today I wanted to share a happy color-combo with you, for inspiration.  For me, these bright, fun colors are really summer. We have a long, white, brown, grey winter here up north,…  |  read more »