Baby, Be Mine

Hiya mSB fans!! Wendy here & super excited to team up with my “partner-in-crime“, Marsha, on this team challenge theme, “Baby, Be Mine”!
So, I’m a HUGE fan of mini books and with the stash of mSB stamps, seriously just amazingggg coolness, I decided to create up this mini, “Our Love Soars”.  I wanted to go…  |  read more »

Back to School!

Hello, lovely stampers!  It’s Sue here with you today, with my talented partner in crime, Ally!  And we just wanted to say that it’s the most wonderful time of the year… BACK TO SCHOOL!   (Go ahead – admit it… you have that song in your head now, don’t you? )
Ally and I have…  |  read more »

Keeping things simple

In July my husband and I went on vacation to Germany and Denmark. Usually when I get home after a vacation I have a ton of photos to process. But not this time… I think the most important reason for this was that I forgot to pack the battery charger for my DSLR… And secondly:…  |  read more »

Sketch Challenge!

Hello, my happy little stampers!  Today, I’m bringing you a sketch challenge, to help motivate and inspire you:

And here is my bright, colourful take on the sketch:

Stamps used:  Mini Alphas, Wishing You Sunshine, Just Add Notes
Using the Wishing You Sunshine stamps, I stamped various cloud shapes in bright ink colours on white cardstock, embossed them…  |  read more »

Just the Facts Please!

Howdy everyone!  Happy Tuesday! Today I’m going to show you a super quick and easy mini album that you can put together in an hour.
The album I made to showcase today is made using some simple tags.  I designed these tags using my die cutting machine software and then cut out patterned paper covers.
The Facts…  |  read more »

Double Take

Hey there Stampers!!  Maryfrances & Jill here.
We both agree that the greatest inspiration in this business comes from the talented people we surround ourselves with.  So……we decided to send each other some project images a few weeks ago to get our creative wheels turning ……….. and to draw inspiration from each other.
We each came up with a…  |  read more »

Happy St. Patty’s Day!

Happy St. Patrick’s Day everyone!
For the remainder of March, all of our Design Team members have been paired up to create inspirational projects to share with you!  Stay tuned to the blog for LOTS of great inspiration.
Since today is St. Patty’s Day, we thought we would bring you some Irish inspiration.
Melissa has created this fun…  |  read more »

Masking 101

Hello fellow stamp lovers!  Ally here! Today I’d like to teach you a few fun ways to MASK.
What’s masking you ask? Well in art, masking is using materials to protect areas from change.  In other words you cover one area to avoid changing it by applying something over top of it.
Today I’m going to show…  |  read more »

ATCs with Kiki Art

Last week I made some projects with Kiki Art paper. Their paper is really cute and very colourful. It inspired me to make some really small projects and I created a set of ATCs, which I haven’t done in a while.
I cut out two ATCs from one sheet of paper and punched out a few…  |  read more »

at “HOME” with Colour

Jill here……..taking design inspiration from something that sparks my creativity everyday………..Home Decor.
I have a love affair with home decorating {especially after a few years of home remodelling/home re-decorating in our own house}.  One of my very best friends & I take every opportunity to visit home stores, vintage shops, fabric stores……..& will someday be able to…  |  read more »