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Color Challenge: Ocean Tide & Lilacs

Wendy — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 04:01:48 +0000

Hi All!
Wendy here to share up a beautiful Color Challenge for you!

I find a lot of inspiration in color, patterns, and beautiful quotes….over at Pinterest. This color challenge I picked up over there with some beautiful palettes & images linked up in this post. I live near the beach (only 30 min+ to be exact) so the color of the ocean is just so soothing & relaxing. I also love purple and lilacs are one loveliest of flowers (in my opinion) along with orchids (I likey like too) and roses….ok, yep, I love flowers. (wink wink)

Here are a few more pics that inspired me for this challenge -

photo source.

So, using this inspiration & some fabulous myStampBOX stamps, here’s my color challenge project share -

“Go. Go. Go. See”

12×12 Layout

Now for some details…

A few months back, Canvas Corp so generously blog hopped with us on the myStampBOX design team. Unfortunately, I was out of town on vacation to NYC and couldn’t do the hop but was itching to use these super cool mini canvas shapes on a project – i.e. hearts, circles, ATCs – so many possibilities!! So, I used these with some Ranger Distress Stain + water to create the effect on these canvas shapes. I just love the watercolor & splotchy effect to them. Also, I used the myStampBOX set, Seal It, on the corner of the canvas heart. I stamped it using Staz-On black ink. The peek of embossed metal tin you see I embossed with my Big Shot Sizzix machine + embossing template + metal tin foil.

On a side note, these photos are inspired from my travels – NOLA (New Orleans), Italy (Torino), and Florida (Destin)….love travel and to “go go go see” the world…near & far.

Here I also used the Ranger Distress Stain + water again along with a heat tool and some parts of this I just allowed to air dry. Such a beautiful & dreamy effect. Stamped up with Seal It and Road Trip stamps. Also, I accented with some coordinating bling, brads, and clear dewdrops.

Using some large chipboard letters (deep in my stash – ha!) along with some different colors of mist in blue & purple for the effect on this page. Stamped (“you are here”) above the mini photo with the set Road Trip. I repeated the “go go” with the alpha set, Rough Copy. Such a fun alpha set you can leave as outlined or color/fill in.

Here are a few more close up pics…

Supply List -

myStampBOX Stamps

Road Trip

Rough Copy

Seal It

Others – Cardstock – DCWV, Paper – Advantus (Tim Holtz-Idealogy), Canvas Mini Shapes – Canvas Corp, Letter Stickers – American Crafts, Distress Ink, Distress Stain, Archival Ink – Ranger, Ink – Tsukineko, Mini Clothes Pins – Stampin’ Up!, Tags – Avery, 7 Gypsies, Metal Foil – Ranger, Mist – Clearsnap – Smooch Spritz (Majestic), Tattered Angels – Glimmer Mist (Purple Pansy), Studio Calico (Mister Huey Bonny Blue), Baker’s Twine – The Twinery, Cork Letter Stickers – Prima, Stickers – Creative Imaginations (Wildberry), Punch – Fiskars, Clear Dewdrops – The Robin’s Nest, Rubons – Making Memories, Brads – Basic Grey, Pearls & Bling – Basic Grey, Kaisercraft, Staples & Stapler – Advantus (Tim Holtz Tiny Attacher), Mini Paper Clip – Advantus (Tim Holtz).

Hope you enjoyed my Color Challenge project share!

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

Bettina — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 04:59:48 +0000

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 project you would like to duplicate and you may win a myStamp BOX stamp set! All you need to do is leave a comment on this post until Sunday, 23th October and check in on Monday, when we announce a winner!

The picture shows the front and inside of the card by Janet Zeppa

Layout by Marsha Valk

Card by Jolene Johnston

Journal Page by Jaine Drake

Card by Els Brigé

Card by Linda Abadie

Layout and detail by Isolde Pyncket

Friendship Card by Agata Pfister

Artist Trading Cards by Wendy Morris

Thanks for leaving your comments!

Happy Stamping!

Love,

Pattern Showcase and Challenge

Bettina — Wed, 30 Mar 2011 05:32:48 +0000

Patterned paper is beautiful and many of us cannot live without it! But you don’t need to buy every piece you use. Just take out your stamps and create your own custom patterned paper. You can make almost any pattern you like and adjust your colours in an unlimited number of ways to your other accessories.

Today we want to challenge you to create your own patterns and use only solid card stock. We hope you will find some inspiration below!

Agata Pfister used stamps from the “Itty Bittys” set to create this clean and simple graphic pattern. The sentiment is from the same set.

Allison Cope used the X from “Rough Copy” to create the pattern on the teal background. It’s a very subtle and beautiful effect. The outline houses from “No place like Home” are perfect for the house pattern on the white card stock. The sentiment comes from “Whatever!”.

Stephanie Ackermann used several sentiments from “Mention It!” to create this fun background for her Thank You card.

Eva Pizarro created a background from hexagons taken from the “Hive of Live” set. These stamps fit together perfectly, forming a dense pattern on the kraft paper.

Cari Locken used the flower stems and circles from the “Funky Flowers” set for this beautiful graphic pattern. The sentiment comes from the “Seal It!” stamp set.

Look at your stamps in a new way, you can use many of them for unique patterns and share your patterns with us, if you like!

Happy patterning!

Stamping on Your Layouts

Cherie — Fri, 07 May 2010 05:07:12 +0000

Hello everyone! Thanks for stopping by today!

If there’s one thing that 99% of the time ends up on my scrapbook pages, it’s stamps. That’s one of the many reasons I love designing for myStampBOX. The stamps are so versatile and can look new again on each and every layout. Here are some recent layouts created with my myStampBOX Stamps.

Stamps Used: Seal It and Just Add Words

Stamps Used: Your Story and Rough Copy

Stamps Used: Seal It and Your Story

Happy Stamping!
Cherie

Stamped Titles

Cherie — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 05:00:06 +0000

So many times when creating layouts people always grab their go to item. Having worked at my local scrapbook store, I’ve seen that most popular is usually a sticker or chipboard alphabet. However, I’ve always thought that you are so limited when you buy a sticker/chipboard alpha because it’s one colour.

That’s where alphabet stamps come in! They’re fabulous! You can make them look so many different ways just by altering the way you stamp, the colour you use or how you display the title.

In my first example (isn’t my niece adorable?), I cut out a small rectangle of white cardstock and stamped “ATTITUDE” in pink at varying angles to represent her tendency to show her own unique personality. I then added the smaller alpha stickers for the first part of my title.

Supplies: Bazzill Cardstock, American Crafts Paper, Making Memories Letter Stickers, my Stamp BOX Wishing You Sunshine, my Stamp BOX Colorful Companions, my Stamp BOX Splash Me A Lot, my Stamp BOX Seal It!

In my next layout “Starting Over”, I created a special page about my father having a new baby later in life and starting the process of parenting all over. A very different look is created when you overlap your stamped letters and then hand cut them out.

Supplies: My Mind’s Eye Paper, Making Memories Paper, Bazzill Cardstock, Copic Markers, my Stamp BOX Seal It!, my Stamp BOX Floating Leaves, my Stamp BOX Rough Copy

Did you know that my Stamp BOX has 23 alphabet, number and punctuation sets? They are all unique in their own way. Be sure to check them out!

Thanks for popping by today!
Happy Stamping!

Break Out Those Alpha Stamps

Cherie — Sat, 23 May 2009 07:00:53 +0000

Break out those alpha stamps and let’s make some cards. Who says you have to have a “sentiment” stamp to create a card for your loved ones? There’s so many great alphabet stamps that you can use to create your one of a kind card sentiment.

Supplies: Prima Paper, Stampin Up Ink and Cardstock, my Stamp BOX Rustic Outlines Stamps, my Stamp BOX Abundant Blossoms Stamps

Supplies: My Mind’s Eye Paper, Cuttlebug Embossing Folder, Creative Chaos Card, Prima Flowers, my Stamp BOX Rough Copy Stamps

Supplies: Three Bugs in a Rug Paper, Prima Flower, Bo Bunny Ribbon, my Stamp BOX Lots of Dots Stamps

So break out those alpha stamps and get creating. There’s no limit to your cardmaking with alphabet stamps!

Happy Stamping!
Cherie