Wednesday Challenge: Bring on the Bling

My challenge to you this week is a simple one:  Glam, Glitz, Bling, Shimmer -all those wonderful things that bring sparkle to a project.  Bring on the Bling!
On this first project, I used a fancy bling design by Zva Creative in addition to glitter.  I simply put two sided tape around the perimeter of the…  |  read more »

doorhanger project – tutorial with Ria

Ria, our guest designer from August is back with more of her fabulous stamping. Here she will share how to do a beautiful doorhanger using a transfer technique.

Friend Door Hanger
1 – Print out desired image using ink jet printer and regular bond paper.

2 – Apply gesso on door hanger for a smoother surface.

3 – Cut…  |  read more »

Ria Mojica – Guest Designer in August

Ria lives in Manila, Philippines, with her husband and three children. She is visiting with us this month to show us some of her incredible work with myStampBOX stamps. Ria received the Birthday Balloons and Lines of Life stamp sets to create several different projects.

Hi, I’m Ria. My style continues to evolve as I try…  |  read more »

Creating the Scene

Part of my love of stamping is taking something as simple as a single image and creating a scene using ink and other  complimentary stamps.
Here are three examples of how I took the tree image from the Tree for All Seasons set to build card scenes;

The first card I created used the stamp set as…  |  read more »

Cakes and Candles

For some reason, I have a lot of birthdays to celebrate in June so I decided to make a bunch of fun birthday cards to add to my card stash for all my family and friends this month.
So I chose a simple colour palette of blue, purple, green and white to create my birthday cards.
Birthday…  |  read more »

SEW much fun!

I love my sewing machine! After finishing a T-Shirt for my sister in-law the other day, I started playing on my cards trying different tensions. I used the Funky Flowers and Colourful Companions sets and took sentiments from Lines of Life and Everyday Lines. I love most of my cards very simple, often just using…  |  read more »

Stamp Spotlight

Today I am going to show you how to make a simple but stunning card using only stamps, ink and cardstock. Stamping images on pieces of paper that are smaller than the whole design really makes your images stand out and is a good way to get rid of leftover bits of coloured papers. You…  |  read more »