Black, white and one color

I love the classy look of black and white photos but I also wanted a touch of fun so I created a card using black, white and one color – love how the bright blue from Tim Holtz’s Broken China Distress Ink pops against the black and white card stock!  Since I was only using…  |  read more »

Fashion Forward!

Recently I bought a sassy new pair of summer pajamas with fresh colors and a fun print. The t-shirt top has a margarita class design that’s completely outlined in bling. I was inspired by this look and wanted to give it a try with myStamp BOX stamping. Here’s what I made:

I stamped the tiny beverage…  |  read more »

One sheet mini album

I wanted to get back to basics and create a mini album using one sheet of 12 x 12 paper.  There are several different folds out there, I know, but this is the most simple.  I also wanted to create my own background using paint and stamps for no other reason than it’s fun to…  |  read more »

Note Cards

Sometimes it seems like we are scrambling for a quick birthday or thank you card so I decided to make a set of note cards for my son to have quick access to, though he liked them so much he said he was going to keep them – how cute!
The images are colored with Prisma…  |  read more »

Celebrate Earth Day!

All around the world people are celebrating this beautiful orb that is our home – planet Earth! Today our designers are sharing projects that showcase our wonderful myStamp BOX stamps and themes from Mother Nature. Sit back and enjoy! (Then go get some stamps and get inky.)

Thank You card by Carolyn Lontin

Thanks Friend card by…  |  read more »

Altered cotton reel

A very very long time ago I visited a craft fair in Wiesbaden Germany and on a ribbon stall they were selling giant wooden cotton reels.  My friend and I just looked at each other and said simultaniously, “we have to get one of those”.  I had absolutely no idea what I would do with…  |  read more »

From shame to pride

Hello lovely people! Did it ever happen to you to buy something and never use it? Well, it happened to me, I’ve bought a “decorate it yourself” calendar for 2011 and never did anything with it! What I felt about it was shame… Till I saw that my lovely co-DT member, Els, shared…  |  read more »

Tape Challenge

Here’s something I learned a couple of weeks ago, while working on an article about old(er) stash: Don’t save your precious stash for that ’special project’. Because you know what? You will put it in a safe place, pet it every now and then and eventually… forget all about it. Or, even worse: it will…  |  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 »

It’s Show and Tell Day

Every year for Christmas I make my niece a calendar that is filled with layouts about her little boys. This is one of the pages that I made using a photo of her little boys at Ball Hockey.

For the stars on either corner of the photo I used the Back to the Basics set  with…  |  read more »