Hello MLS fans! Today we wrap up our month long Punky Product Spotlight with some wonderful creations from our last 3 designers Melinda, Rocio and Erin. A big thanks to Punky Sprouts for swapping their awesome albums with us! Let's start with...

Instead of an album, Melinda created an amazing banner with our Audrey collection

Supply List

  

Be sure an visit Erin's Blog for a complete look at this adorable album.

Have a creative day!

Hello MLS fans! Hope you are having a great day so far! Today Melinda is sharing her work for this month with our Audrey collection. Melinda always adds  a lot of texture to her projects so I am sure we'll be delighted with what she has to share today. Let's take a look.

 Our Beautiful Cowgirl

Hello MLS fans! It's Tuesday and time for another fun tutorial from our design team. This Tuesday it's Keely who's showing you a fun technique via video! We appreciate our girls giving these video tutorials a whirl and hope you do too! Take it away Keely!

 Here's a better look at both cards Keely created today

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Hello MLS fans! It's another great week here on the MLS blog. Last week we showed you a peek at our new Winter Wonderland collection. We know you've been waiting to see the entire collection so today the wait is over!

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A note from Helen about this collection: I created this playful winter collection with the hope that you'd enjoy scrapbooking your family's winter activities, holiday gatherings and memories. I know many of my scrapbooking fans also love to create their own holiday cards so I've included 6 different patterns that will work well for whatever theme you have in mind this year.

Look for our Winter Wonderland collection to arrive in stores in late October.

We'd love to hear what you think of this collection so be sure and leave a comment for Helen today. She loves hearing what her fans want to see next from My Little Shoebox.

Have a creative day!

Hello MLS fans! Is it Friday already? Wow did this week really fly by! We're sending you off this weekend with some adorable creations from designer Ilene that she made with our Pretty Little Things collection. Make sure you check out our next contest that will be at the end of today's post!

Be a Child

Supplies: Paper, Die-cuts, stickers, letter stickers all MLS, lace is by Maya Road, Tsukineko ink, Martha Stewart Border Punch, EK Success flower punches, Liquid Enamel by Inksenntials for the white dots

Ilene's Tip: In order to make the most of your stickers or die-cut elements, it sometimes pays to adhere them to black cardstock and then cut out, as this really makes them pop. This also makes them more sturdy, which is wonderful when adhering them with pop dots or dressing them up (like I did here, by giving the little girl a hair bow). Also, when working with black and white photos, it really makes them stand out more to include a lot of white elements and accents on your layout.

Supplies: Paper, Die-cuts, stickers, letter stickers all MLS, lace is by Maya Road, Tsukineko ink

Ilene's tip:

In order to make sure that your sentiment fits perfectly, adhere letters to cardstock first, then cut the words out, and then adhere to card.

A big thanks for the super cute layout and card today Ilene! We love that our designer's share their tips for our readers. We hope you find these helpful and inspiring!

**Now are you excited to hear about our next MLS contest!

Halloween is just around the corner we'd love for you to create a layout, card or project using our Trick or Treat collection. We're giving you until Friday October 28th to submit your creations for one of 3 themed categories.

Funniest

Scariest

and most unique uses of the MLS Trick or Treat collection.

We'll choose the best submissions and post them here on our blog on Monday October 31st and let our fans choose the winner for each of the 3 categories!

Email your entries to dt@mylittleshoebox.com no later than Friday October 28th! Winners will win and entire MLS collection of their choice and their winning project featured in our monthly newsletter that will goes out around November 15th and include a link to your personal blog!

We encourage you to share "sneak peeks" of your entry on your own personal blogs and link back to this post. We'll have a special extra treat for one lucky entry that does! Please link your sneak peek post here so we can come by and check it out!

We hope you'll all play along and create something fun!

Have a creative day!

Hello MLS fans! It's another product spotlight Thursday and we're back with another look at some fantastic mini albums this month's product sponsor

First up with Punky inspiration using our Pretty Little Things collection today is

Supplies: Mini Album: Punky Sprouts, Paper, Die-cuts, stickers, letter stickers: MLS, lace: Maya Road, Prima Marketing, Flowers: Recollections, Martha Stewart, Prima Marketing, Glitter Glue: Ranger Industries, Rub-ons: Basic Grey, Paint is Gesso, Liquid Enamel: Inksenntials, Templates: Crafter's Workshop, Color Spray: Shimmerz, Flower Punches: Ek Success, Cloud die Cuts: Cottage Cuts, Leaf Die Cuts: Tim Holtz, Marker: Sharpie, Crackle Paint: Tim Holtz

Ilene's Tip: If you're working with clear acrylic, you can make a really fun background effect by dabbing white paint right onto the acrylic. And don't forget that you can paint the corrugated cardboard as well, after peeling off the top layer, for a pretty and very textured effect.

 To see the rest of Ilene's album visit her blog. Next we have

Ro used the entire Enchanted Garden collection on her beautiful album. Be sure and visit Ro's blog for more of this beautifull album.

Now we get a peek at what Linda created

 
Linda created her Punky album with the Audrey collection

Linda's tip: Audrey is a beautifully colored, feminine collection.  In each page of my album I used a lot of vintage lace, flowers and ribbon.  I also used some vintage paper tissue and pearls as accents. It's easy to glam up this collection with vintage accents.

Visit Linda's blog for a look at her entire album.

Shemaine used the playtime collection for her punky album 

Shemaine's Tips: When it comes to creating mini's I dig thru my stash for extras I haven't been able to use yet. I love mixing old product, adding some paint and making use of my stamps. For the canvas page I stamped the flower image from the Unity/MLS co banded Pretty Little Things set and colored in the flowers with Luminarte paints.

Thanks for stopping by to see more of these fun albums from our team. Tomorrow we have a new contest to announce!

Have a creative day!

Hello MLS fans. We know you've got lots of MLS scraps in your stash. We want to help you get out those scraps and create some cards. I must admit there are times I really do challenge myself to use up all my cardstock stickers and scraps and creating cards is an awesome way to do that! So here's some card inspiration from our team.

Norine's notes: MLS journal paper makes it so easy to do a color block design.  I just cut a square of four journal spots and then made a card the same size.  I divided each square so they could be inked on the edges, and fit them back together.  Add some embellishments and you have a quick and easy card for pretty much any occasion!

Norine's Notes: I love to "pop" MLS stickers and an easy way to remove the "stick" on the back so they don't get stuck to anything else, is to apply your pop-dot, and before removing the 2nd paper backing, lightly powder with baby powder.  The excess brushes off easily and the remainder of the sticker is now sticky-free!

Supplies:
11555 - Magnificente
11553 - Exquisite
11557 - Dazzling
10111 - Pea Pod
11559 - Cardstock Sticker
08429 - Brownie

Supplies:

Beckie's Notes: My little tip here is to use the 'left overs' from the 3D Roll Up flowers to create more flowers but cutting around the outlines.  You could even glue them on to coloured papers for a different effect.

Thanks ladies for these beautiful cards and your wonderful tips! We hope you are inspired!

 Have a creative day!

We sneak peeked this to our Newsletter subscribers first! If you're not a subscriber yet then sign up in the top right corner of the blog today!

Look for this adorable collection to arrive in your favorite Scrapbook Store in late October!

At ScrapbookSteals.com you'll find two hot scrapbooking products every day at up to 80% off. It's not just a deal, it's a steal! A scrapbook steal!

They offer two amazing steals a day at 9am and 9pm MDT until they sell out. You'll want to check early each day to see what's new.

Click over to their blog today for your chance to win one of six collections to six lucky winners!

• 2 sets of Trick or Treat
• 2 sets of Destination
• 1 set of Playtime
• 1 set of Audrey.

Hello MLS fans. We hope you had all had a great weekend! It's the start of a new week and we want to know have you picked out your Halloween costumes yet? Does your family dress up as a theme or do you let everyone choose their own costume? If you're  not quite sure like me, maybe you'll be inspired by the cute little spooks in our Trick or Treat collection.

Today we're sharing some Boo-rific inspiration from Nicole and Pattie.

Nicole's tip: This a is cute little Halloween card that came to life after eating about 100 candy corns. I wanted to get into the Halloween spirit and I guess you could call the bag of candy corns my inspiration! I just cut out a rounded-triangle like shape using an old manilla envelope and then took my scraps and layered them to resemble a candy corn. I did have to borrow a "B" side from one of the papers in the Destinations line but as it has been said before My Little Shoebox papers from different collections coordinate really well together! It was super easy and a nice way to use those itty bitty left over scrap pieces! A dear friend shared with my long ago to create layouts first and then use the leftovers for cards! It works and stretches those creative muscles a bit!

Nicole's Tip: This layout is a picture of siblings being their goofy selves with 80's rock band hair! These three are quite the trio and when I saw the new Trick or Treat stickers featuring the spooky bat, the cute witch and the silly devil I knew that they would really bring this photo to life. I made the fence out of my daughters craft sticks and the google-y eyes added a silly touch to the spooky pumpkins. I cut the tree {free hand} and then distressed it with Ranger's Vintage Photo, then lined the edges with glossy accents which resulted in an orangish tent to the tree which coordinated with the rest of the line. Again, such a treat to play with Trick or Treat!

Pattie's Supply List: Batty for You, Monster Crossing, Spooky Treats, Minis in Sunrise, 3D Roll Up Flower cardstock:  Bazzil; Die: Tim Holtz Sizzix; Adhesive: Therm o web: Sticker dot runner, Sakura

Have a creative day!

Hello MLS fans! We poured over all the entries we received for our AD Contest and narrowing it down to choose only one layout wasn't very easy. We want to thank all of the talented ladies that submitted their work to us. We truly were overwhelmed with the amount of submissions we received. Thank you for supporting My Little Shoebox and our products. We really do appreciate all our fans!

Now since we can only pick one winner we wanted to spotlight our top 3 runner ups for you today on our blog. These ladies submitted beautiful layouts and we want to shine our spotlight on them today!

Yumiko Ubukata from Japan

Mieko Sejima from Japan

Megan Aaron from USA

Thank you so much for submitting your beautiful work to us. We really enjoyed your layouts!

Now for our layout contest winner....

Congratulations Lori Williams Leng!!

We can't share Lori's layout until it's published but please leave her a little congratulatory love here today.

Have a creative weekend!

Hello MLS fans! We're excited to be featuring more of our design team's creations with Punky Sprouts awesome alterable mini's. Today we are bringing you projects from

           2011 KY State Fair Album

MLS Playtime Paper—A Walk in the Clouds #11518
MLS Playtime Paper—Catch Me If You Can #11515
MLS Playtime Paper—Sunny Side Up #11514
MLS Playtime Paper—Hide n Seek #11512
MLS Playtime Paper—Up in the Sky #11516
MLS Playtime Paper—Day Dream #11517
MLS Playtime Paper—Sidewalk Chalk #11513
MLS Playtime Cardstock Sticker #11519
MLS Glitter Alphabet Sticker #10116 Walnut
MLS Mini Alphabet Sticker #08432 Sky
Punky Sprouts Alfalfa Sprouts Album #PS-001
Felt: Kunin Felt
Glimmer Mist: Tattered Angels Golden Terracotta #02122
Distress Ink: Ranger Vintage Photo #TIM19527
Ribbon: Offray

** Be sure to visit Keeley's blog today to see her entire album.

                  Punky Sprouts Enchanted Garden Album

Punky Sprouts Album Supply List

11552 Classy
11553 Exquisite
11554 Graceful
11555 Magnificent
11556 Radiant
11557 Dazzling
11551 3D Roll-up Flower Die Cut Sheet
11559 Cardstock Sticker
Other: Punches by EK Success, Martha Stewart, Marvy and Fiskars, Tiny Attacher

Tip: Sometimes for me, making a mini album with photos can be overwhelming. I tend to fret over every detail. For this album, I nixed the photos and just went with the flow. I was able to finish it in a couple hours and I LOVE how it turned out. Now, I have a book to fill, or even give as a gift! The Enchanted Garden is perfect for spring, little girls or even a baby album.

**Be sure to visit Mandy's blog today for a look at her entire album.

                               Notes

My Little Shoebox products used:
Enchanted Garden patterned paper - Classy
Enchanted Garden patterned paper - Radiant
Enchanted Garden patterned paper - Dazzling
Enchanted Garden patterned paper - Divine
Enchanted Garden 3D Roll-up Flowers
Enchanted Garden Cardstock Stickers
Sprinkle Glaze Alphabet Stickers - Whoopie Pies
Mini Alphabet Stickers - Brownie

Other products used:
Punky Sprouts mini-album
Punky Sprouts trim
Punky Sprouts roll-up flowers
binding machine and wire
border punch
raw chipboard sheets

Designer Tip: I'll be the first to admit that I tend to avoid using mini-albums.  I think it might have something to do with my perfectionistic need for my albums to all be the same size, shape, style, etc.  But, I really wanted to have a try at the super cool Punky Sprouts products that I received, and boy am I glad I did!  I got to work with the Punky Sprouts "Trunk Punky" album, some of their trim, and some of their roll-up flowers.  As you can see, I went a different direction and used the products to make myself a much-needed notebook!  I'm always searching for paper to jot down phone numbers, reminders about work, DT assignments, and so on.  Well now I have a 75-page custom notebook in my favorite color combination sitting on my desk :)  Because I wanted my notebook to be pretty and practical, instead of just pretty, I kept the inside simple and designated the dimensional elements to the front cover.  I used my binding machine to assemble the finished notebook.  I hope I've encouraged you to think outside the box... mini-albums are not just for photos!

** To see Kristine's entire album please visit her blog today.

                     Audrey Punky Album

** To see Pattie's entire album please visit her blog today.

That wraps up another set of beautiful albums from our talented design team. Join us next week for more Punky Sprouts fun!

Have a creative day! 

Hello MLS fans! We have been looking over all the fabulous entries we received for our "Your layout could be our Ad challenge". Thanks to all who submitted their creative creations! We are narrowing down the entries to choose our winner very soon. Don't worry, we'll be posting the winner's name here on our blog his Friday! 

Today Kris is sharing some beautiful designs she created with our Enchanted Garden collection.

Water

My Little Shoebox products used:
Enchanted Garden patterned paper - Exquisite
Enchanted Garden patterned paper - Magnificent
Enchanted Garden patterned paper - Classy
Enchanted Garden patterned paper - Divine
Enchanted Garden patterned paper - Graceful
Enchanted Garden patterned paper - Radiant
Enchanted Garden 3D Roll-up Flowers
Glitter Alphabet Stickers - Toffee

Other products used:
ribbon
trim
twine
dimensional fabric paint
border punches

Designer Tip: I really wanted this photo of my daughter to shine.  Since it has a lot of bright blue on its background, I avoided using any of the blue papers and instead layered several of the beautiful, soft green and pink papers.  That in itself really made the photo stand out.  Still, there wasn't enough "wow" for me, so I made a quick visit to my ribbon stash.  By adding a layer of blue trim topped with a blue triple bow, I was able to achieve color balance and make the photo "pop".

Thinking of you

My Little Shoebox products used:
Enchanted Garden patterned paper - Graceful
Enchanted Garden patterned paper - Dazzling
Enchanted Garden patterned paper - Exquisite
Enchanted Garden 3D Roll-up Flowers
Mini Alphabet Stickers - Brownie

Other products used
cardstock (kraft, white)
ribbon
lace
corsage pins
faux pearls
border punch

Designer Tip: I always try to use an odd number of items in my embellishment clusters.  For some reason, an odd number of items (3, 5, 7, etc.) seems to be more pleasing to the eye than an even number.  Have you ever noticed that appetizers in restaurants tend to come in sets of odd numbers (i.e., 5 cheese sticks)?  Following this rule, my card includes an odd number of flowers.  Give it a try!

Join us tomorrow as we share more of the fabulous Punky alterable mini's our designers created with this month's product sponsor Punky Sprouts.

Have a creative day!

Hello MLS fans! We're back with another great tutorial for you today. Twice a month, we've been showing you a series of video tutorials from design team member Mandy Starner and today is the last video of her flower technique series. We hope you enjoy learning to create your own paper flowers from this technique!

Have a creative day!

Hello MLS fans! We hope you had a great weekend! Seems like it went by really fast didn't it? We hope you had some time to create something fun. There are so many great projects that have been loaded to our FaceBook page that we are loving all your designs! Keep your creative creations coming, we love seeing what you create with My Little Shoebox!

Our Playtime collection has so many great patterned papers to work with that make it easy to use this collection for a variety of photos. Today Keeley and Shemaine are showing you some layout and card ideas for this fun collection.

One fine day

MLS Playtime—One Fine Day Layout

 MLS Playtime Paper—A Walk in the Clouds #11518
MLS Playtime Paper—Catch Me If You Can #11515
MLS Playtime Paper—Sunny Side Up #11514
MLS Playtime Paper—Hide n Seek #11512
MLS Playtime Paper—Up in the Sky #11516
MLS Playtime Paper—Day Dream #11517
MLS Playtime Cardstock Sticker #11519
MLS Glitter Alphabet Sticker #10116 Walnut
MLS Mini Alphabet Sticker #08432 Sky
Cardstock: Bazzill blue
Border Punch: Martha Stewart
Pen: Zig black, Sakura white
Decorative scissors: Emaginations
Date Stamp: We R Memory Keepers

Designer Note: Use a fun punch on your patterned paper to create dimension on your layouts. For this layout I used Martha Stewart's Punch Around the Page Cherished.

Welcome Baby

MLS Playtime—Welcome Baby Card

MLS Playtime Paper—Hide n Seek #11512
MLS Playtime Paper—Up in the Sky #11516
MLS Playtime Paper—Day Dream #11517
MLS Playtime Paper—Sidewalk Chalk #11513
MLS Playtime Cardstock Sticker #11519
MLS Glitter Alphabet Sticker #10116 Walnut
Ribbon: Offray
Cardstock: Bazzill white
Pen: Zig black

Now we have a layout and card also from Shemaine

Little Artist

Pattern paper:

Hide and Seek 11512

Up in the Sky 11516

Catch me if you can 11515

Day Dream 11517

3D roll up flower (banner) 11511

Stickers:

Playtime Cardstock Sticker 11519

Mini Alphas  Indigo 08436

Sprinkle Glaze Alphabet Sticker Marshmallow 08952

Other:

Bazzill Basics Cardstock

America Crafts Thickers chipboard

Martha Stewart Bakers Twine

Designer Note: I really love to layer my solid cardstocks. I feel like it makes the center of my layout pop. Matting your photos is also a great way to help your photos be the focal point of your layout.

Hello Sunshine

Supplies:

Hide and Seek 11512

Sidewalk Chalk 11513

Up in the Sky 11516

Stickers: Playtime Cardstock Sticker

Stamps: Unity MLS Co-Brand set: A little Playtime

Misc: bling

Before we go we'd like to announce the Free Product Friday winner from this post!

Congratulations Shannon! Send us your mailing address to dt@mylittleshoebox.com and we'll send out a mix of our 3D roll up flowers for you to create with.

**All prize winners must contact us within 14 days to recieve their prize

Have a creative day!

Hello MLS fans! It's Freebie Friday! We have a fun giveaway for you today but first we are sharing some fun projects created with our Pretty Little things collection. These little girls are just too darn cute and so fun to create with!

First we have a layout and card from

Be Amazing!

Keep Growing

Next we have more layout inspiration from

Come On

Happy Birthday

I love that both girls used our new 3D roll up flowers to embellish their projects today. How would you like to win a sample of our 3D roll up flowers to ink, distress, glitter and glam up any way you choose to? Simply leave a comment telling us how you'd dress up your flowers and we'll post our Freebie Friday winner Monday!

Have a creative weekend everyone!

We kicked off September with an introduction to our product sponsor, Punky Sprouts and a fun pumpkin album by Nicole Wragge. All this month our design team is sharing some really creative mini's they put together along with our newest releases. The girls really enjoyed digging into these fun albums and creating one of a kind keepsakes that they'll treasure for years to come.

Let's start off with

Down South Mini by Beckie

**To see Beckie's complete album pls visit her blog today!

              Road Trip Mini by Zoe

MLS Destination Miss U Already (11562)

MLS Destination Sit Back & Relax (11563)

MLS Destination Happy Hour (11564)

MLS Destination Souvenir (11565)

MLS Destination Journey (11566)

MLS Destination Postcard (115567)

MLS Destination 3D Roll Up Flower (11561)

MLS Destination Cardstock Sticker (11569)

MLS Destination Trip of a Lifetime (115568)

MLS Mini Alphabet Stickers Brownie (08429) Chiffon (08435)

MLS Glitter Alphabet Sticker Walnut (101116) Lake (10114)

Prima Marketing Pearls

Stampin Up Banner Punch

My Little bit of Whimsy Buttons

May Arts Ribbon

EK Sucess Punch

Bazzill Kraft & Black Cardstock

White Acrylic

Uniball pen

Twinery Threads

**To see Zoe's complete album pls visit her blog today!

Shelly used several of our Trick or Treat papers and misc ribbon, trims and spid er web on her mini.

**To see Shelly's complete album pls visit her blog today!

 

Hello MLS fans! Summer is officially over for most kids now that School has started. Did summer really fly by that fast? We hope you had fun traveling with your families and creating lasting memories of another summer of fun. Our designers have created some fun projects with our Destinations collection to share their summer trips with you. Let's find out how they spent the summer...

Beckie and her family went Racing

 

Supply List:

MLS Destination Postcard 

MLS Destination Journey

MLS Destination Sit Back and Relax

MLS Destination Trip of A Lifetime

MLS Destination Cardstock Stickers

MLS Destination 3D Roll Up Flowers

MLS Marshmellow Sprinkle Glaze Alphabet Stickers

Papermania Kraft 12 x 12 cardstock

Erin and her family welcomed a new member

Supply List:

 Designer's Tip: I love the bright contrasts colors in this versatile line!  While it may have been primarily designed for travel, I thought it went perfectly for a baby boy...I chose to paper piece different combinations together, and added some stitching in between! 

Zoe's little guy is always on the GO!

MLS Destination Happy Hour (11564)

MLS Destination Souvenir (11565)

MLS Destination Journey (11566)

MLS Destination Postcard (11567)

MLS Destination Roll up flower (11561)

MLS Destination Cardstock Sticker (11569)

MLS Destination Trip of a Lifetime (11568)

MLS Glitter Alphabet Cherry Pie (10115)

MLS Mini Alphabet Sticker Carrot Juice (08423) Brownie (08429) Razzleberry (08430)

Tattered Angels Glimmer Glaze

My Little Bit of Whimsy Buttons

Designer Tip – Use the 3D Roll Up Flowers as textured circles on boy layouts.

Thanks for the fabulous inspiration today ladies!

Have a great day!

Hello MLS fans! We hope you had a great holiday weekend full of family fun an crafting! Since we offered up a fabulous prize package for you on Friday we're sharing some more Audrey inspiration today from designer Linda. But first...let's announce the winner of our Punky Prize featuring our beautiful Audrey collection.

Congratulations to...

Jennifer Karp Streff

MLS sent me over, and I'm sooooo glad they did!!!! What a fun page!!! Love the puppy, so sweet!!!!!

Please email us your mailing address to dt@mylittleshoebox.com and we'll get your prize out this week!

Now for some Audrey inspiration from

Celebrate card

 Designer tip: I used the pleated ribbon and stickles make the cameo image seem more soft and delicate.

Little Dancer layout

More lace and the 3D roll up flowers help make this layout have a shabby chic feel.

Our co-branded Lovely Lady stamp set from Unity is a perfect addition to our Audrey collection

And don't forget the coordinating cottage cutz dies from Scrapping Cottage.

Have a great day!

Hello MLS fans! Are you ready for your long weekend? What are your weekend holiday plans? BBQ's, swimming, one last trip out on the lake before summer is officially over? What ever you are up to this weekend we hope you have fun!

Today Becky Williams is showing us some inspiration with our Audrey collection.

 
Supplies: Audrey collection: Breakfast at Tiffany's paper, 3D roll up flower, mini alphas in Lollipop. Other supplies: staples, foam adhesive.

Supplies: Audrey Collection: Funny Face, Love in the Afternoon, Roman Holiday papers, 3D roll-up flowers, Mini Alphas in Chocolate Cake. 

Designer Note: I thought the little apples were so cute, so I cut out a few to add as embellishments for this page. 

Supplies:

 

Head on over to the Punky Sprouts Facebook page and tell them we sent you! We'll choose a winner from those that have posted to their wall and be back Tuesday to tell you who our winner is!

Enjoy your holiday weekend!

Hello MLS fans! It's September 1st and that means it's time to introduce this month's product sponsor. We are so pleased to team up with Punky Sprouts for the month of September. Our design team has created some fantastic projects with the Punky Sprouts line. Join us every Thursday this month for some fabulous mini album inspiration!

Today to kick off our product spotlight is Nicole's fabulous album created with our Trick or Treat collection. Nicole is such a talented designer who always thinks outside of the box. Nicole has shared some one of a kind techniques with our design team members and blog followers and today's album is another example of her out of the box approach to paper crafting.

  Pumpkin Patch Moments by Nicole Wragge    

Nicole is always coming up with innovative ways to use our mini alpha sticker sheets. We love how she used them here as the background for one of her pages.

Designers Notes: I received the Sprocket album which with a little trimming quickly became a pumpkin album! That is what I loved about working with this album from Punky Sprouts is the versatility! There were so many fun pages to play with and the little accessories like the canvas flowers or the paper bag-like pieces just really got my creative juices flowing. Using trick or treat literally was a treat! The new die-cut flowers were easy to role and alter. One of them became a stem with leaves while others just bloomed in their own beautiful way. And again, those Mini Alphas {my version of candy yielding absolutely zero calories!} were so fun to pair with the different My Little Shoebox papers!

This album is all kinds of fun! Thanks to Nicole for sharing her talent with us! Now we'd love for you to head on over to the Punky Sprouts Facebook page and tell them we sent you! We'll have a fabulous prize package (that includes a Punky album) up for grabs tmr for our Free Product Friday post and here's a hint on how you can win: we'll be choosing our winner from those that have posted to the Punky Sprouts wall.

Have a great day!