masking tutorial

so along the line of keeping it simple, I am going to show you how to mask.
step 1: stamp your image onto the page.

step 2: stamp the same image onto a sticky note and cut it out. Then stick over top of the image you previously stamped.

Step 3: then take a different colour of ink…  |  read more »

Stamping with Leaves

Today I want to show you how fun leaves can be! And how much learning how to stitch can really add to your designing arsenal.
For the simple, no fuss card maker — here is a simple and clean design. The leaf is from the stamp set Floating Leaves. You can stitch your cards with a…  |  read more »

The Colours of Spring!

I love all the subtle colours of Spring.  So I thought I’d make a few cards to add to my card stash using the colours pink, blue and green.
Here are my creations….

Winter Greetings
Featuring the stamp sets: Let it Snow, Road Trip

Much Appreciated
Featuring the stamp set: Happy Word Jumble

A Little Something
Featuring the stamp set: Happy Word…  |  read more »

seal it!

I love the look of old wax-seals, they add just the right amount of beauty to a plain, old envelope.
The “seal it!” stamps are at the moment one of my mSB-favourites – so versatile and fun – and they gave me the idea making ”real” wax-seals to use as embellishments on my vintage-projects.
I used Ultra…  |  read more »

Unexpected Colours

I like to play with colour combos that are unexpected. Take green, orange, and brown. Traditionally, these are autumn colours but they don’t have to be. Here I created three different cards using this colour combo and I think you’ll find the outcome unexpected! I also used the one leaf stamp from Floating Leaves to…  |  read more »

Fa la la la la…LOL

I’m in the process of making Christmas cards…is that weird? It’s a little weird when I catch myself humming carols at the end of March, but in my defense, Christmas calls are coming out soon for magazines and I just got the “O Christmas Tree” set from my Stamp BOX. Oh. My. …  |  read more »

Beautiful Butterflies

I love the wonderful butterfly images in the “Colorful Companions” set. You get such a wide variety of styles and each one has a different look.
I used a large butterfly and a medium butterfly to add the final touch to this welcome sign for my home. I stamped the images on patterened paper…

and I used it…  |  read more »

Stamping on acetate

Garden Sketches Acetate Card

Hi all!
This is my first Blog posting for myStampBOX… I hope you all enjoy it.   The kids have been playing lots this week for March Break and I’ve been playing too… with ACETATE and new STAMPS!
You can make some really great projects, but you do have to know about a few special products.
Acetate -…  |  read more »

round and round

I’m all about circles these days, and what is better than reaching for my “seal it!” stamps. Love these little stamps. So versatile and cute.  I pulled out some leftover pices of my favourite patternd papers, my circle punch and my “seal it!” stamps. Punched lots of circles and stamped different “seals” on top. 
 
I made…  |  read more »

Let’s create some fun patterned paper

I hope everyone has had a chance to see Canadian Scrapbooker Basic Series vol.2 & 3… It deals with what we LOVE! inks, stamps and other things that compliment  our craft.  Anyways, I am going to walk you step by step to creating your own paper. Let’s have some fun with this fabulous stamp set…the…  |  read more »