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 »

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 »

off the wall // recycled artwork

How do you get from this……………

to this…….?

You use some fabulous myStampBOX stamp sets, that’s how!!!!!!
Here’s a list of favourites that I used for this project:
Lovely Houses, Enjoy your latte!, Repeat After Me, Striped Stems, symbols, Sigh Gush Gasp, Snapshot, What’s your number?,  Border Lines, Itty Bittys, Neighborhoods, Floating Leaves & Colorful Companions.

Now I just have…  |  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 »

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 »

October Showcase: Hope, Support and Friendship – win a stamp set!

This months’ showcase theme is all about Friendship, Support and Hope. Our Designers have created some fabulous projects of all kinds with these traits in mind.
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…  |  read more »

Magazine inspired

I love magazines: I love to read them, look at them and… I especially like to flip through them, looking for ideas! One of the most inspiring magazines I know is the French Marie Claire Idées:

I buy this magazine, even-though my French is not very good and I never actually make any of the projects…  |  read more »

I wear my heart on my sleeve.

Being a really terrible hoarder as I’m sure most of us are, I’ve managed to hoard a huge collection of different quilting fabrics.  I no longer quilt but I do try to incorporate these fabrics into my mixed media projects and one of these projects recently was to make cuff bracelets. 

These are so easy to…  |  read more »

Card Box Tutorial

Hello everyone!
It’s Sue and I’m going to share a fun tutorial to make this quick and easy hostess gift.

To start, you’ll need patterned paper scraps; a sheet of coordinating cardstock (8.5 x 11 or 12 x 12); a scoring board or blade trimmer and stylus; scissors, your favourite myStamp BOX stamps; coordinating inks; punches; a…  |  read more »

what’s for lunch?

My youngest is entering Grade 2 tomorrow……yes, it’s true.  So I’ve put together a little “Back to School Lunch Kit” for her, all decorated & stamped with some fabulous myStampBOX stamp sets.

I used a combination of orange and watermelon ink to stamp flowers from the Bits and Pieces stamp set around my daughter’s soup thermos.

Next…  |  read more »