Clear stamps, clever storage
Good Morning crafty gardeners,
When the July weather starts behaving itself here in Manitoba, I love to bring my projects outside and enjoy the day. What better inspiration is there than our own backyards and gardens? So….in celebration of summer, I decided to create a garden stepping stone to add to the numerous pathways in the gardens around… | read more »
It’s that time of year again and we all know that we will be looking for creative teacher gifts in the upcoming weeks. Here is a super quick and fun gift for your kiddos to give to that favorite teacher.
Supplies Needed:
Itty Bittys Stamp Set, Mini Alpha Small Box Set, Black Ink, Anything to color in your stamp… | read more »
Brenda has more projects up her sleeve. Last week she made some pretty cards, this week you will see a beautiful gift bag and layout. The gift bag can be done in many different colour schemes and adjusted to different occasions.
Welcome to the neighborhood gift bag:
“Gift bags are easy to dress up when you need… | read more »
Hi everyone, it’s time to meet our first guest designer this term, Brenda Weaver from Robesonia, PA. Brenda worked with one of our favourite sets “Neighborhoods” and shows us the way. She let’s those stamps shine. But see for yourself. Here is a little bit about Brenda:
Hi! I’m Brenda Weaver from Robesonia, PA. My husband… | read more »
Trace Geworsky
I love working with stamps, and when I spend a certain amount on a set, I want to make sure that I use it as often as possible, but without always looking the same on every project.
One technique I enjoy, but don’t often take the time to do when working on something, is layering… | read more »
Today I’m excited to share this fun gift set called Family Favorites. It was accepted for publication in the December 2009 issue of Crafts ‘n Things magazine and is on newsstands now! I used one of my very favorite sets of mystampBOX stamps called Neighborhoods to create this embellished cookie mix jar and matching card…. | read more »
Hi all.
I love to recycle and reuse things and make it useful on my scrapbooking and cards. I recently came across a great idea over at Cards blog. They challenged their readers to use the packages the scrapstash comes in, to make cute gift-cards/boxes.
I grabbed the idea, my favourite my Stamp BOX stamps, some patternd… | read more »
Trace Geworsky
I have a huge pile of leftover metal in my scrap room that I just didn’t know what to do with. I had used some as front and back covers for mini albums, but wanted to try something different with them so I decided to use them to make a card.
Supplies needed:
2 pieces of… | read more »
For today, I wanted to showcase some skylines and sentiments for some fun cards!
So I grabbed my Neighborhoods stamp set and my newest stamp set, Oval Office! Here is what I came up with….
Little Red Barn Greetings
I used the barn skyline from the Neighborhoods set and the “hello” greeting from the Oval Office set for… | read more »
Ribbon can make an interesting stamping medium on your cards and layouts. From adding an extra dimension to increasing visual interest…the sky is the limit.
On the card below, I stamped the word “heartfelt” on the green ribbon using the Many, Many Thanks Set. The dragonfly stamp is from the Garden Sketches set.
On this card I… | read more »