First of all I made these soft vintage looking polaroid frames for my pictures. I mounted the stamp onto my acrylic block, but instead of applying ink directly onto the stamp, I used a foam ink applicator to do so. Just like you would rub your ink applicator around the edges of a piece of paper to make it look distressed, I rubbed it to the edges of my stamp. Stamping it off onto some white cardstock gives a subtle impression. What’s the benefit of using this technique against just distressing onto the paper: the finer details of the stamp (here the two fine lines of the polaroid frame) don’t get lost in the distressing.

I stamped the tape strips of the set onto a piece of kraft wrapping paper and wrinkled it up for extra texture.

The text stamps of the set are also fun to use and very versatile.
Hope you all enjoyed looking a bit more into my layout with this fabulous new stamp set.

Today’s first set is called Lovely Houses. This set has three whimsical houses with cute details such as landscaping, heart “smoke” and even the traditional picket fence. Here are some designer examples using these stamps:

by Jaine Drake

by Jolene Johnston

Our second set is totally unique – Pixel Perfect. This set has lots of possibilities for faux work. It’s got sassy sayings and the coolest “tape” to add to your projects.

Check out this designer example. It almost looks digital!

by Els Brigé

Be sure to join us tomorrow for our final day of new stamp set peeks. Don’t forget to leave a comment with your thoughts about our new stamps. We’ll enter your name for a chance to win one of our newest stamp sets. Good luck!

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Hi All!
Wendy here to share up a beautiful Color Challenge for you!

I find a lot of inspiration in color, patterns, and beautiful quotes….over at Pinterest.  This color challenge I picked up over there with some beautiful palettes & images linked up in this post.  I live near the beach (only 30 min+ to be exact) so the color of the ocean is just so soothing & relaxing. I also love purple and lilacs are one loveliest of flowers (in my opinion) along with orchids (I likey like too) and roses….ok, yep, I love flowers. (wink wink)

Here are a few more pics that inspired me for this challenge -

photo source.

photo source.

So, using this inspiration & some fabulous myStampBOX stamps, here’s my color challenge project share -

“Go. Go. Go. See”

12×12 Layout

Now for some details…

A few months back, Canvas Corp so generously blog hopped with us on the myStampBOX design team.  Unfortunately, I was out of town on vacation to NYC and couldn’t do the hop but was itching to use these super cool mini canvas shapes on a project – i.e. hearts, circles, ATCs – so many possibilities!!  So, I used these with some Ranger Distress Stain + water to create the effect on these canvas shapes.  I just love the watercolor & splotchy effect to them.  Also, I used the myStampBOX set, Seal It, on the corner of the canvas heart.  I stamped it using Staz-On black ink.  The peek of embossed metal tin you see I embossed with my Big Shot Sizzix machine + embossing template + metal tin foil.

On a side note, these photos are inspired from my travels – NOLA (New Orleans), Italy (Torino), and Florida (Destin)….love travel and to “go go go see” the world…near & far.

Here I also used the Ranger Distress Stain + water again along with a heat tool and some parts of this I just allowed to air dry.  Such a beautiful & dreamy effect.  Stamped up with Seal It and Road Trip stamps.  Also, I accented with some coordinating bling, brads, and clear dewdrops.

Using some large chipboard letters (deep in my stash – ha!) along with some different colors of mist in blue & purple for the effect on this page.  Stamped (“you are here”) above the mini photo with the set Road Trip.  I repeated the “go go” with the alpha set, Rough Copy.  Such a fun alpha set you can leave as outlined or color/fill in.

Here are a few more close up pics…

Supply List -

myStampBOX Stamps

Road Trip

Rough Copy

Seal It

Others – Cardstock – DCWV, Paper – Advantus (Tim Holtz-Idealogy), Canvas Mini Shapes – Canvas Corp, Letter Stickers – American Crafts, Distress Ink, Distress Stain, Archival Ink – Ranger, Ink – Tsukineko, Mini Clothes Pins – Stampin’ Up!, Tags – Avery, 7 Gypsies, Metal Foil – Ranger, Mist – Clearsnap – Smooch Spritz (Majestic), Tattered Angels – Glimmer Mist (Purple Pansy), Studio Calico (Mister Huey Bonny Blue), Baker’s Twine – The Twinery, Cork Letter Stickers – Prima, Stickers – Creative Imaginations (Wildberry), Punch – Fiskars, Clear Dewdrops – The Robin’s Nest, Rubons – Making Memories, Brads – Basic Grey, Pearls & Bling – Basic Grey, Kaisercraft, Staples & Stapler – Advantus (Tim Holtz Tiny Attacher), Mini Paper Clip – Advantus (Tim Holtz).

Hope you enjoyed my Color Challenge project share!

Up until this week, anyways!  Brrrrr… temperatures have dropped and already, I can’t wait until summer!

So, to warm up our spirits and brighten up our days until it arrives, I have a bright and cheery colour challenge to share with you!

Doesn’t that make you feel warm and fuzzy?

Here’s a layout created with this colour palette:

I stamped images on patterned papers, using black ink and the Colorful Companions and Wishing You Sunshine stamps sets.

Hope this colour challenge inspired (and warms!) you, too!

For the stars on either corner of the photo I used the Back to the Basics set  with black embossing powder.

For the cute banner I used the Pennants stamp set on patterned paper and then cut them out. The little stars that you see between each pennant are also from the the Pennant set.

The word “Ball” was stamped with the Colour Me alpha stamp set. I love that I can custom colour my title.

I hope you enjoyed the layout that I shared with you today.

I fell in love with the colours and wanted to create a layout with it. This is the result.

I used the stamp set Itty Bittys for the little dots next to the picture

So, my challenge for you is: let this print inspire you to create a layout, card, … Don’t forget to let us know what you created. We always love to see your work.

So, I thought it fitting to share a couple of “vacation” layouts with you today.

Journey to Atlantis:  “Disney-inspired”

I used one of my favourite stamp sets from mSB: Seal It!  This set is great for making little embellishments that just complete a layout.  I love taking the stamp and stamping “off the page”, like in the photo below.

Bound for Hawaii: “hot destination-inspired”

In this vacation layout, I used the Mini Letters stamp set for my “Hawaii” title, and the Pennants stamp set to embellish a triangle tag banner from Canvas Corp. (one of myStampBox’s Partner Companies).

Hope you are inspired to create your own “vacation” layouts this month and in the months to come.

keep stampin’ & scrappin’,

Hello everyone! Agata here with some more inspiration before Christmas!

The older I get, the more I’m nostalgic and realize how important traditions are. My husband’s grand-mother, 96 yrs old, was organizing each year a family gathering for her 6 children and their families. The latter grew and all in all we were something like 40 around the tables. But I said “she was” since she passed away this year. There will be a family gathering this year, too, and we’ll try to keep some of the traditions but will we be able to keep them all?

Fortunately last year I took some pictures of the important “pieces” of this great puzzle. And made a layout about it, using myStamp Box stamps of course! Here it is:

I also used some leftover papers from last year’s collection by My Little Yellow Bicycle. To embellish the upper part of my layout I stamped Winter Flakes with Versamark ink and then added pigment powder to them. This gives a nice shine to images.

I also stamped ornaments from Deck the Halls set on some patterned paper and embossed them with powder with glitter finish. Then I cut them out and adhered them to my layout using dimensional adhesive. All those glittery accents compliment nicely the paper and frame that also are glittery and the letter stickers I used for the title.

I hope you enjoyed today’s inspiration and will also remember about the importance of traditions when you gather together this Christmas! Have a merry one!

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,

It’s me again, Isolde! This is my second post for this wonderful blog. It’s Project Day so I wanted to show you a layout I made last weekend. My bf and I love to take the car on a Sunday evening and drive to the coast for a long walk. We live about 40 min. away from the sea. It’s so relaxing to walk there and here the sound of the sea. We don’t love big crowds of people so we always go in the evening.

I used several stamp sets for this layout. For the title I used Summer Alpha. The phrase ’special day’ and the little hearts are from Itty Bittys and the pennants are from Mini Pennants

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Wendy here with a project share for you today using quite a stash of mSB stamps!

I’m always inspired by my travels {even when a “bit” of work is involved}…I have a major love for travel and I think airplanes are one of the best inventions everrrrrr because I absolutely LOVE flying {even when there are layovers, delays, yada yada, but I’ve been quite fortunate in this way…[insert crossing fingers] – wink wink}.  With a passport almost full of stamps + a couple of great pilots jetting across the Atlantic = freedom to see the world.

With this project share, I used several versatile & fabulous mSB stamps sets on this layout “Jetset”.  One thing {ok, I love several things} about mSB stamps but I love using lots of details and mSB definitely delivers in the images.

Now here are a few close ups….

Here I used the Friday Night Stencil set to repeat the title.  Just a great stencil stamp set!

How cool is the stitching with the Repeat After Me set?!  I usually like to break out the sewing machine but I took an oath to self to stick to the “stamped stitching” and loveeeeee how this turned out.  I stamped the zig zag stitch about three times randomly here to add a bit of randomness and some “doodle stitching” with a black journal pen.

In the top left corner, I used the Seal It set.  Love the circle seals and star from this set.  Also, in the bottom right corner, I used the “handle with care” stamp from Road Trip.  I love layering lots of details along with textures, stamps (of course), labels, and rubons, etc….

Another of my fav mSB sets is “Bold Blocks”.  The “date” block stamp is from this set.  ”You are here” is from Road Trip.  I mixed these stamps in along with some colored rubons.

Here are some more close up pics…

Hope you enjoyed my project share!!

Supply List –

mSB Stamp Sets:

Bold Blocks

Road Trip

Repeat After Me

Friday Night Stencil

Seal It

Other: Paper – Simple Stories – Year.o.graphy – Everyday Life; Stickers – Simple Stories – Fundamental Cardstock Stickers, Destinations – Expressions Cardstock Stickers; Glimmer Mist – Tattered Angels – Olive Vine; Rubons – October Afternoon, Cosmo Cricket, 7 Gypsies; Chipboard Letter Stickers – American Crafts, Studio Calico; Label Stickers – 7 Gypsies; Mini Clothes Pins – Stampin’ Up!; Tape – Advantus – Tim Holtz; Flair Button – American Crafts; Ink – Ranger – Archival Ink – Jet Black; Pearls & Bling – Kaisercraft, MME, K&Co; Tools – Tiny Attacher – Advantus – Tim Holtz, Black Journal Pen – Faber Castell – Pitt Artist Pen – Superfine (S).

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,

You see I didn’t start scrapbooking until they were all grown up so I have a lot of catching up to do.

I found a photo of my daughter when she was having her 5th birthday so I promptly pulled out some stamps and paper and got busy creating.

To add some detail to a diecut tag I inked up a stamp from the Mention It set. It has so many great sentiments and they are not just for cards.

For my title I used the Friday Night Stencil alphabet set. I stamped onto patterned paper, circle punched the letters out and put them on my layout with pop dots.

I hope that you will pull out your stamps and some photos that you have been meaning to scrapbook and get scrapping!

Today’s layout is brought to you by… cupcakes. Decorated cupcakes and cakes are all the rage in the Netherlands and of course I had to try to make some myself. This layout features my first attempt at butter cream and although it looks OK on the photos, I can tell you that it was not exactly a success…

The layout on the other hand was much more fun to create: I used the myStampBOX sets Funky Flowers, Repeat After Me and Colour Me in the process!

The Colour Me alphabet is actually one of my favorites. I love that you can make it suit any page. In this case I stamped the letters with brown ink onto white cardstock and then colored them in with a Sakura Glaze pen. The letters were then cut out and adhered to the layout with foam tape. This makes them stand out more on the busy patterned paper!

Have a wonderful day! Enjoy a home baked cupcake!

Ally and I have created some back-to-school themed projects to share with you today!

I have a dirty little secret to share – and I’m sure many of you can relate … I HATE packing lunches!  Most of the time, my kids bring home half of what I sent with them!  So I had an idea…

We sat down and made a list of their favourite foods (Mom-approved, of course!) from four basic food groups:  Grains, Protein, Dairy and Fruits/Vegetables.  Once we had about 8-10 items in each category (or more or less, if your children are more/less fussy than mine), I sat down and created this:

It’s a menu planner!  So, how does it work, you ask?

Well, when you were younger, did you ever have one of those books where each page was cut into three or four sections and you could mix and match the girl’s clothes and shoes?  Same idea!  The album, made from 6×6 pieces of chipboard, was decorated using patterned paper, cardstock and of course, myStamp BOX stamps, Funky Circles and Lots of Dots Alphas.  I then printed all of the foods from our list onto cardstock and trimmed them to 1.5″ x 6″.  A small strip of patterned paper, a stamp of colour and a quick punch with my Crop-o-dile, and voila!

Each child plans their lunch by mixing and matching the cards, ensuring a well-balanced lunch that they will eat, because they are in control of the situation!  I will also add some milk or water, and a small treat or extra snack to round out the lunch!

To add a little sunshine to their day, I created a little envelope from kraft paper and attached it to the inside cover:

Inside, I tucked teeny note cards that I created, using the Seal It and Itty Bittys stamp sets.

I will slip one into each of their lunches every day, to remind them how much I love them!

And here’s Ally…

Hello!  In order to get ready for a new grade, I thought I’d better complete a layout about my son’s first and last day of Kindergarten from last year so that’s what I did.  The journaling boxes from the “Your Story” stamp set worked perfectly to journal the details of each of my photos.

Stamp Sets Used:  Letterboxes, Mini Alpha, Fleurishing Punctuation, Your Story, Neighborhoods, & Mini Pennants

Thanks for visiting – and Happy Back-To-School!

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Rebecca and Agata are here to put some color into your world! We’ve teamed up for this challenge and chose to make some layouts using a great stamp set: Colorful Companions which is all about butterflies! Here’s Rebecca’s beauty:

She took only one stamp from that set, stamped it numerous times in colors that matched her patterned papers. Then she cut out all those butterflies and pop-dotted them on her layout for some dimension. Rebecca has purposely chosen the butterfly with a simple shape as she knew she would be cutting out a lot of them!

As for me I used almost all stamps from the set to create a patterned paper of my own. I used some chalk and pigment inks which was useful since I’ve embossed two images with an iridescent embossing powder.

Depending on ink’s color this technique gives different effect. Here are some close-ups:

Hopefully those layouts will inspire you to take out this beautiful stamp set and get inky!

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As summer slowly winds down, I love to look back on all the fun things we’ve done during the summer.  One of my most favourite summer activities for me and my family includes camping!  So I thought I share a layout featuring photos from my son’s “birthday” camping trip from July of this year.

The Rules of Camping

Stamp sets used: Tall Outlines, Itty Bittys, Review Time, Rough Copy Alphabet, Repeat After Me

Some of the fun ways I used my stamps includes my title work.  I first stamped my “RULES” title using the “Tall Outlines” alphabets set, making sure to overlap my alphabets (I love this look! Makes it easier to cut out too!) and then I took the “wood grain” stamp from the “Itty Bittys” set and stamped all over my title.  I used the “Rough Copy Alphabets” set for the remainder of my title!  I added some fun shading using some Copics to my title.

I hope you too have having a great last week of August as September is just around the corner!

Happy stamping!

Every summer, when the thoughts of back-to-school begin, I am reminded of the days that I spend in the Kindergarten classroom in our elementary school.  You see, I am a substitute teacher, and the Kindergarten class is where I spend most of my time.  It’s a classroom filled with colour, smiles & tons of learning.  It may look like play…..but I know, for a fact, it’s ALL LEARNING!!!!

So……..I thought it would be fun to share a little Show & Tell with you today, KINDERGARTEN-style.  The amazing Kindergarten teacher (who happens to be one of my best friends) puts together an inspiring Show & Tell schedule that teaches the students about various elements in the curriculum — it’s pretty much brilliant.  So, today I want to share (with you; the rest of the class) what I brought for my “What is one thing you did this summer?” Show & Tell.

I created this layout totally inspired by the fun photos of my daughter on the trampoline with the water hose.  She loves to dance and bounce on the trampoline on hot summer days, spending hours drenching herself with the hose.  Here’s a close-up of some of the photos:

I stole her bathing suit after the event (and after it dried) and cut the trim from it.  The suit is actually quite see-through by now and she probably won’t be wearing it again…..well, not now anyway.   I layered the bathing suit trim on the side of the layout, machine stitching it on.

I used the Colour Companions mSB stamp set, stamping some butterfly images with white craft paint.  I love how girlie & playful it looks.

Hopefully this will inspire you to create a summer-packed layout this weekend, inspired by a Show & Tell from your memories of school. 

enjoy the process,

The top border was stamped using Timelines and Graphic Borders. I like inking with several ink pads for a fun, multicolor look. The journaling card was stamped with sentiments from Passport to Adventure. I decided to change up the Bingo card from a recent Crate paper collection by making my own title. I stamped the word Epcot using the Lots of Dots alphabet and then trimmed around each circle using some (old!) deckle scissors. A large piece of sanded Core’dinations cardstock adds extra texture to the background, too. I hope you enjoyed my layout!

Supplies: Timelines, Graphic Borders, Passport to Adventure, Lots of Dots, Tim Holtz Distress Inks, Core’dinations cardstock, Crate Toy Box paper and trim, Bo Bunny Zoology charm, Karen Foster Design Scrappers Spools, American Crafts Slick Writer, Basic Grey Precision Files, deckle scissors.