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, can be used to create a patchwork background like this one:

The ‘Thanks Friend’ sentiment is part of the myStampBOX Funky Flowers set.

But my favourite Itty Bitty just might be the one with the small dots…

The ‘Thinking of you’ word jumble is part of the myStampBOX Happy Word Jumble set.

So tell me… Which Itty Bitty is your favourite?

Wishing you a wonderful and creative weekend!

We are taking this day to get inspired by it’s symbol – the red poppy – and to show you a collection of beautiful red projects:

by Agata Pfister

by Jolene Johnston

by Stephanie Ackermann

by Jaine Drake

by Cari Locken

by Jill Hildebrand

by Melissa Wright

by Eva Pizarro

by Maryfrances Fabbri

by Kristen Swain

A very interesting part of this process was to see that some of the colours in these combinations are very muted and maybe boring by themselves, but mixed with a vibrant one, they are quite striking and exciting. And here is what I came up with after spending some time digging through my stash of stamps and papers:

I used the shape of the leaves of the water plants and tore them from  Core’dinations paper. To give them more colour I stamped the “heartfelt thanks” stamp from the “Word Jumble” stamp set with Versamark Ink on each leaf and used PearlEx Powder to bring out the writing. The card is 5×5″.

This card is 4×6″. The green circles mock the lichen on the rocks that grow in circular shapes and are punched out of green cardstock with three different circle punches (1/2″, 1.25″ and 1.4″). I used the “Symbols” stamp set to decorate the circles. Finally I added faux stitching, grey brads and the sentiment stamp from the “Whatever” stamp set.

This final card is made with the “A flower for you” stamp set. I used brown ink only to keep the colours muted and pulled together. The little flower centre is popped up with a Helmar pop dot.

I hoped you enjoyed following my creative process. Inspiration is all around us, it just needs to be noticed.

Happy Stamping,

Here’s what you’ll need; your favourite myStampBOX stamps, a regular dye ink (I used grey) and Versamark (watermark) ink.

First stamp your image onto your cardstock colour of choice with the regular dye ink. I used dye ink because it dries much quicker then pigment ink.

Next, ink your stamp (after cleaning off the dye ink) with Versamark ink. Stamp on top of your image slightly to the right. This will create the illusion of a 3D image.

Here’s a card I made using this simple 2 step process. I’ve included a close up of the finished technique on my card to show you how cool it looks.

Now it’s your turn…give it a shot. I’d love to see what you create. Link to your creation in a comment and I`ll pop on by to check it out!

Happy Stamping!
Cherie

So in honour of all the lovely additions to our mSB family, I thought I would fun to focus on BIRTHDAYS today!

Let’s start with some fun and simple birthday cards; cards for all ages and genders!

I started off with a very simple, masculine card.  Clean lines, darker colours, simple patterns like polka dots and some fun stamps can make a great masculine card!

Happy Birthday

I used one of the cute little circles from the Funky Circles stamps sets and created a quick line of fun stamped circles on my off white paper.  I added a heat embossed “Happy Birthday” greeting from Happy Word Jumble stamp set on some dark brown cardstock and popped it off this simple card background.  A very easy birthday card for that special man in your life!

Programmed

I absolutely love all the little robot creatures from the Programmed Robots stamp set and knew that I had to make a fun birthday card for that special little guy reaching that next year of life.  I bent the greeting from the set around a circle of fun patterned paper and heat embossed the greeting and the little robot using some gorgeous embossing powders by one of our sponsor’s, PK Glitz.  I love how this fun birthday card turned out!

Wish Come True

For my last card, I wanted to create a “girly” kind of card for my stash so I searched through my patterned papers for one that jumped out and I found this fun polka dot paper.  It started me off with a fun colour scheme for this card.  I stamped the subtle green branch from the Floating Leaves stamp set for the window first.  Then I layered on a pretty pink butterfly from the Colourful Companions set and also a fun greeting from my Oval Office stamp set.   I also used some Versamark ink and stamped a frilly edge along the label shape at the bottom using one of the circles from my Funky Circles stamp set.

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Now that I had created a few cards, I also wanted to showcase a birthday themed layout so I created this frilly page showcasing lots of fun mSB stamp sets. That’s me and my son just hours after he was born.

Special Delivery

Here are all the fabulous stamps I used on this layout: tag (Road Trip), title (Mention It!), butterflies (Colourful Companions),  flowers (Garden Sketches), branch and leaf (Floating Leaves).

Here are a few close ups of my stamping and design…

I used only one colour of ink for all my stamping on this page.  To create a lighter ink colour, I first stamped my image off on a scrap piece of paper, then I stamped the image on my page.  It’s as simple as that!

And another close up of one of my butterflies with a touch of glitter.

So the next time you are looking for some birthday inspiration, just take a gander at your myStampBOX stamp sets!  You never know where you will draw inspiration from!

Have a great weekend!

~ Allison Cope ~

I’m allways inspired by the colors of fall. The warm yellow, orange, red and brown, combined with the crisp blue sky and the first ice on the puddles, the freezing cold nights and the clear sunny days allways seems to spark my creative mind.

So today I decided to share one of my favourite fall-color combinations with you.

I have used these yummy colors along with some of the cutest cloud stamps I have ever seen for my LO and my card.  The”Wishing you Sunshine” stamp set make my heart smile

Thanks to this stamp-set I had totally fun making this LO.  :)

First I stamped on my background craft-cardstock using glimmermist. I sprayed glimmermist directly on to the stamp and pressed it gently to the paper.  The clouds get a cool watercolor-look.

I stamped some of the clouds on to white cardstock using the same glimmer-mist technique. Cut out the clouds from the white cardstock.

Some of the clouds are just stamped on the background with black inkpad.  I added the cut out clouds to to the background-paper to add dimension.

When all this was done I added my photo and embellishments. Used a leftover cloud as a “leaf” along with my flowers.  so simple and so fun!

Same technique is used on the card above. Stamped with glimmer mist and some of the clouds just with black ink pad. All of the clouds are cut out and some was outlined with black pen. They are added with double sided tape or 3D foam tape to make them pop.

Now I challenge YOU to use my favourite fall colors to spark your creativity and create a card, LO or projects. Please link up your creations in the comment-section of this blogpost. I would LOVE to see what you all create with this color-combo.

Happy creating!

~gudrun~

Fall card using “floating leaves” and “happy word juble“

Time for a really simple, fun and colorful technique.

This time I have dived into my old box of chalks.

This is what you’ll need for this technique:

“Happy Word Jumble” or a stamp of your choice.

A versamark inkpad (watermark or embossing inkpad )

Chalks

A large brush

White cardstock (or the color of cardstock you prefer)

Put your word-stamp on the acrylic block and gently add ink to the stamp.

Stamp on the cardstock. (yes it may be hard to see the “invisible” watermark.)

Use your brush on the chalk, and “paint” lightly over the stamped image.

You’ll soon see the stamped image pop with color.

You can add as much color as you like. More color for a bolder look. You can also use different colors for a rainbow-look.

I have used this technique to make fast, simple cards – but it is also suitable for making fun and easy backgrounds.

Happy stamping!

~gudrun~

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 Jumble

Road Trip

Featuring the stamp set: Road Trip

I’d love to see what kind of cards you can create with these colours!

Happy Card Creatin’!

Allison

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