Try Resist Technique

Hi there!
Happy Thursday! Linda here and today I would like to share with you a simple technique to create beautiful color combination with soft transition and embossing. Stampers usually call this technique as “Resist Technique”. So, let’s get started;

Use your favorite stamp image and apply onto cardstock on random position. Emboss using powder and heat…  |  read more »

Guest Designer Jona Panesa

Hello to our Guest Designer for February: Jona Panesa from the Philippines! Jona is a very talented lady and is bringing us some neat projects, today she will be showing us a cool tag.
But first things first, here is a little bit about Jona:
Hi myStamp BOX fans!, I am a working mom  with a 6yr…  |  read more »

A Charm-ing Tutorial!

Hello, all!  Sue Sykes here today and I’m going to share a tutorial that will be fun for kids, young and old (or not-so-old, in our cases, right?)
When I opened my package from Bettina, containing the new CHA stamp set, Holiday Monkey, I was so excited to see the large Sock Monkey stamp!!  I knew…  |  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 »

Masking hearts

Yes, it is almost that time again. You know, when you are totally allowed to go all lovey dovey. Valentine’s Day. I have a clean and simple card to share today for the occasion. I used the masking technique for the hearts on the background and am about to show you how I did this.

I…  |  read more »

Papier Maché embellishments.

Do you love to run your fingers over a project and feel the textures?  Touch is just as important a sense as sight and a project with a 3d embellishment on it just begs to be stroked. 
Stamps can be wonderful for adding texture by adding embossing powders, stamping into something like clay or UTEE but…  |  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 »

Colourful canvas

Sometimes you just need to create for the sake of creating. I have an art journal that I use for this purpose, but I haven’t cracked it open for quite some time now. I was really beginning to feel a need to play with inks, paints and Glimmer Mists, so I decided that it would…  |  read more »

i believe in you

I want to share a step-by-step with you today featuring a card I recently created.
I know, I know…………you’re thinking, “a card created by Jill”?  I realize that cards aren’t really in my comfort zone (I’m more of a layout-girl), but I promise you that you will not be disappointed.  This card is as easy as…  |  read more »

Quick and Easy

If you are like me life just seems to be so busy.  Sometimes it is just hard to find the time to sit down and make a card for someone.
Well today I am going to show you how to make a quick and easy card that I think still has impact.

1. Make a standard A2…  |  read more »