Hello MLS fans! Thanks for your comments on yesterday's challenge post. Our team did a great job giving you a place to start and we can't wait to see your projects.

Today designer Mandy Starner is sharing some cute layouts she created using our Aiko collection.

Puppy Love by Mandy Starner

Supplies used:

11812 Little Princess
11813 Bouquet
11814 Blue Sky
11816 One Fine Day
11817 Happy Notes
11811 3D Roll-up Flower Diecut
11821 Cardstock Sticker

Fabulous by Mandy Starner

Supplies used:

11813 Bouquet
11814 Blue Sky
11817 Happy Notes
11821 Cardstock Sticker

Notes from Mandy: I just love the colors of this collection! It makes me feel like there's a party going on!

Have a creative day!

Hello MLS fans! We mentioned earlier this week that that we had a fun challenge to share with you. Today we are hoping to inspire you to get out your My Little Shoebox journal tags and create something fun with them for our Journal Tag challenge.

Some of the design team girls have created some fun ideas to help get your creative minds off to a running start! Let's see what they've created.

Best Wishes card by Erin Yamabe

Erin's notes: Created with MLS Lovely Day and Aiko lines.I trimmed around the shapes of 3 tags, and stitched around the insides

Hi card by Becky Williams

I Love You card by Becky Williams

Supplies:

Up in the Trees: Ocean and Brownie, Free as a Bird, Cardstock Stickers

Beckie's Notes: On this card I cut the hearts from one journaling card to use as an embellishment on another card, layered that on the brown cardstock (Ocen and Brownie) and layered that on the polka dot which is on the reverse side of the paper with the journaling cards. I added a bit of twine and some stickers and popped up the spot with foam adhesive.

 

Created with Keepsake Simple Treasures (11837). 

 

Product Used:

Audrey Roman Holiday paper

Anitas Ribbon

Papermania Adhesive Stones

Beckie's notes: I made the flowers using the shapes on the paper which I cut out and rolled up.

Oh happy day card by: Ilene Tell

Created with MLS Playtime collection

Mini Album by: Norine Borys

Norine's Notes: Using the journal sheet from Up in the Trees, I cut two strips, glued them back to back and scored them to fold into a mini album.  Add some photos, cardstock stickers, twine and you've got a quick and easy keepsake for someone special!

Hello MLS fans! It's Tuesday and that means we have another fun tutorial to share with you. Today designer Pearl Liu is sharing a quick card tutorial she loves to create.

Have fun with it! Play around. Change the measurements…..Anything goes. Special fold cards are so much fun!

Have a creative day!

Hello MLS fans. We hope you had a great weekend! We're kicking off another week of inspiration here on the MLS blog with some fantastic card creations by a few of our design team members. We hope you'll identify with one or all of their styles and be inspired to create a card for someone special today!

Hi card by Kristine Berc

Lovely Day - Chocolate & Chiffon
Lovely Day - Easy Breezy
Lovely Day - Let the Sun Shine
Lovely Day - Sweet Memory
Lovely Day - Cardstock Stickers
Lovely Day - Flower Diecuts
white cardstock (Bazzill)
metal dies (Spellbinders)
ribbon (misc.)
fabric paint

Hi card by Kristine Berc

Lovely Day - Chocolate & Chiffon
Lovely Day - Easy Breezy
Lovely Day - Let the Sun Shine
Lovely Day - Seeds of Happiness
Lovely Day - Cardstock Stickers
white cardstock (Bazzill)
metal die (Spellbinders)
border punch (Martha Stewart)
ribbon (The Ribbon Boutique)
lace (misc)
fabric paint

forever friends by Pearl Liu

Love believes by Shemaine Smith

Supplies:

Pattern Paper:

Seeds of Happiness

Sweet Memory

New Story

3D Roll Up flowers

Other: Spellbinder die, Cuttlebug embossing folder, American Craft ribbon, Sentiment from Unity Stamp Co.

That's it for Monday. Tomorrow we'll have another great Tuesday Tutorial for you and a challenge where you can win some My Little Shoebox goodies later this week!

Have a creative day!

Hello MLS fans! It's Project Friday and we have a special treat for you from designer Linda Kretz. Linda has taken our very popular Up in the Trees collection and created a beautiful project to inspire you to scrap your weekend away!

Happy Days Album by Linda Kretz

Supplies: (Up in the Trees collection)

• Heart on a String 118975
• Woodgrain Love  11872
• Cardboard Stickers 11881
• Free as a Bird 11874
• Birds Eye View 11873
• Fly High Circle Paper
• My Way 11876
• Ocean Cardstock 11879
• Oregano cardstock 11878
• 3D Roll-Up Flower Diecut borders and clouds
• Plaid pearl white acrylic paint, ribbons, doilies, mini-letters, stickles, acetate for cover

Linda's Tip:  Creating an acetate window for an album cover is a nice change of pace, and I love combining ribbon and lace on projects.  Adding pockets for pictures is also fun!

Linda feels she is in one of the best phases of life - being a grandparent.  Most of her scrapbooking focuses on four grandchildren - capturing memories as they grow!  She is retired and loving it!  It is a time to enjoy and explore anything that interests her.  That would include reading, volunteer work, traveling, and indulging in a lifelong interest in all kinds of crafts - particularly scrapbooking projects.

Thanks for stopping by the blog today.

We hope you have a very creative weekend!

Hello MLS fans! You might remember last month that we gave designer Mandy Starner the Collection kit challenge using our Keepsake collection.

Well for this month we gave the same challenge to designer Nicole Wragge and boy did she make the most of the Keepsake collection kit. Here's what she created.

My take on the Collection Kit Challenge:

Hello MLS fans! It's the first day of Spring. Who doesn't love sunshine, flowers and butterflies. Easter is just around the corner too! What are your favorite thing to do in Spring?

Speaking of Spring, our Aiko collection features lots of beautiful images of spring. Today we are sharing some beautiful projects from designer Norine Borys.

Aloha baby by Norine Borys

Norine's Notes: This layout was made with the Aiko line and showcases how well it translates to a "tropical" theme.  I used a Page Maps Feb sketch as well.  

MLS tip: Add some extra flair to your next gift bag by stamping images on tissue paper. It's easy and very cute too!

These cute little girls are ready for Spring with those beautiful cherry blossoms behind them that make this a perfect Spring giftbag!

Thanks Norine for some lovely inspiration today!

Enjoy your first day of Spring friends!

Have a creative day!

Hello MLS fans! Hope you had an awesome St. Patrick's Day and a good weekend too! We're kicking off another week of creativity on the My Little Shoebox blog with some fun cards by designer Rocio Duran. We bet you didn't know that Rocio is a rocket scientist. Yep it's true. She is responsible for sending rockets into outer space. We think that is pretty cool!

Thanks for sharing these fun cards Rocio! That's it for today friends. We thank you for stopping by our blog!

Have a creative day!

Hello MLS fans! It's project Friday and today we have something fun from designer Kristine Berc. She's showing us a cute mini album created from MLS papers and 3-D roll up flowers. Let's take a look at this easy to re-create album.

 A special visit by Kristine Berc

Create faux stitching with a white gel pen

 Supplies:

Mini Album: A Special Visit
Lovely Day - Easy Breezy
Lovely Day - New Story
Lovely Day - Let the Sun Shine
Lovely Day - Seeds of Happiness
Lovely Day - Sweet Memory
Lovely Day - Cardstock Stickers
Lovely Day - Flower Diecuts
flower punch (EK Success)
white pen (Signo)
pearl stickers (Kaisercraft)
ribbon (misc.)
chipboard sheets (misc.)
 

Kristine's Tip: If you have a special event coming up, create an album ahead of time that you can insert photos and journaling into at a later date.  I will be sending this album home with my mother-in-law following her visit.

Kristine spends nearly every spare moment doing something related to scrapbooking. But she also works outside of her home assessing students with learning and behavioral difficulties, and consulting with the school districts to help plan educational programs for those students in order to help them to be successful in school.

Thanks for stopping by the blog today. Have a creative weekend friends!

Layout Supply list:

Hello MLS fans. Today we are sharing some inspiration from designer Rosangela Philippsen using our Aiko collection. We have had a wonderful response and lots of orders for our Aiko collection. Look for it at your favorite stores.

Happy time, Spring time cards and gift box by Ro Philippsen

Altered card box

card 1

Card 2

Card 3

Card 4

Card 5

From Ro:

"This month my assignment for MLS was to do five cards with the beautiful "AIKO" Collection , so when I started working with these beautiful papers soon came the inspiration to use the collections to make a beautiful gift box and coordinating cards with a spring feel since it's just around the corner!
But as this collection is so gorgeous, I also decided to do a Spring Card Box to storage my cards, to enjoy the beauty of the papers, stickers and alphabets.
I am very grateful to My Little Shoebox, for sending me so amazing material to do scrapbooking. "

Supply List:
11812 - Little Princess
11813 - Bouquet
11814 - Blue Sky
11816 - One Fine Day
11817 - Happy Notes
11818 - Lipstick & Sage
11811 - 3D Roll-Up Flower Diecut
11821 - Cardstock Sticker
11820 - March
10112 - Bubblegum Glitter Alphabet Sticker
08433 - Cherry Blossom Mini Alphabet Sticker
10118 - Aqua Glitter Alphabet Sticker

When Rosangela isn't designing amazing layouts and cards with My Little Shoebox collections, she teaches classes at her local scrapbook stores in Brazil. Visit Ro's blog or check out her Facebook page for information about her classes if you live in Brazil.

Tenha um ótimo dia! {Have a great day!}

Hello MLS fans! It's Tuesday and time for another fun tutorial from our Design Team. Today's tutorial is brought to us by Rocio Duran.

Origami Folding Flowers Tutorial

With spring just around the corner, I wanted to share with you all an origami folding flower tutorial using our Enchanted Garden collection.  I have been addicted to making these paper flowers.  We even make it as a family activity.  Hope you enjoy it!

1.       Start with a 3x3 piece of paper. I used Enchanted Garden’s Classy paper.  I love all the colors.

2.       Fold the bottom corner to the top to make a triangle, this will be the side seen on the outside of your flower so make sure you are happy with your choice.

3.       Fold the right bottom corner of the triangle to the top point. 

4.       Repeat for the left side.  I used a bone folder to ensure my folds and edges were flat.  You should now have a square.

5.       Fold the top left flap of the square backwards as shown.  This should form a little kite shape on each flap.  Repeat for the other side.

6.       Fold the top triangles as shown so that they are level with the edge of the paper. 

7.       Fold the right flap along the existing crease.   Repeat for the other side.

8.       Place adhesive to one triangle as shown and attach to the other triangle. 

9.   Here is a completed petal. Repeat steps 1-8 to create five more.  Note where I placed my adhesive to adhere the petals together.

10.    Adhere all six petals together.  When you have adhered three of the six petals add the floral wire in the middle as shown.

Here is what the completed flower looks like.

Once you have created a few flowers you can create your own bouquet of flowers.  I used all 6 papers from Enchanted Garden to create my flowers.  I also added a few leaves using the “B” side of Exquisite and adhering them to some floral wire.  Here is my completed bouquet:

Thanks for stopping by today! Have a creative day!

Hello MLS fans! Today's inspiration is being brought to you by Keely. She's been creating with our Up in the Trees collection and has some beautiful things to share with you today!

Shh...   by Keely Yowler

Begin your journey 

Sweet lil Super Hero

And let's not forget this cute little card

Hello

That's it for today friends but before we go we'd like to thank all of you talented ladies that applied for our Design Team call! We are so excited and honored that SO many of you love My Little Shoebox and want to be a part of our team. We will be reviewing all of your applications with great care and you can look for our 2012-2013 Design Team Announcement right here on the My Little Shoebox blog on April 13th.

Have a creative day!

 Hello

Happy Together

Hello MLS fans! Today we are sharing some card inspiration from a few of our designers with a few of our new collections. Cards are so fun and easy to create. You just need to collect your left over scraps, a few sentiment stamps or rub-ons, flowers, bling and let your creativity flow!

Today Mandy and Shemaine have some lovely CAS cards to share and Linda is bringing you a few Shabby Chic beauties. Let's see what our girls created to inspire you today.

created with Aiko

Our friendship is forever

Supplies used:

11813 Bouquet
11816 One Fine Day
11817 Happy Notes
11819 Kiss & Sky
11821 Cardstock Sticker

Punches- Fiskars, Ek Success
Stamps- Lawn Fawn

Mandy's Tip: Those Journaling spots just aren't for journaling. They make a great frame for a photo or embellishment.

Thank you

 


Supplies used:

11812 Little Princess
11817 Happy Notes
11821 Cardstock Sticker

Stamps- Lawn Fawn

created with Lovely Day

Good Luck my friend

Supplies:

Lovely Day paper:

Let the sunshine

Seeds of happiness

Chocolate

Ribbon:

American Crafts

Tools:

Spellbinder

Misc: felt flowers

Stamp: Studio G

Shemaine's Notes: For this card I kept the design simple. I love adding extra's like the felt flowers to my cards.

Hello

Supplies:

Lovely Day paper:

Sweet Memory

New Story

Rasberry/Aqua

Stamp: Unity Stamp Co

Tools: Spellbinders

Ribbon: Offray

Accents: Recollections  

Shemaine's Notes: I added some color to the stamp image with a Copic marker and then added some Stickles to make the image shimmer.

Love

Valentine Card

Supplies: (Up in the Trees collection)

• Brownie card stock 11879
• Woodgrain Love  11872 (B)
• 3D Roll-Up Flowers 11871
• Assorted ribbons, flowers, pearls, white embossing powder

Tip:  Using white embossing creates good contrast and background (brown background and heart)

Happy Spring

Happy Spring Card

Supplies: (Up in the Trees collection)

• Heart on a String 118975 (B)
• Woodgrain Love  11872
• Cardboard Stickers 11881
• Twine, StarDust stickles

Tip:  Adding pop dots to pieces on your card adds dimension and contrast

That's it for today friends, we hope you'll find some time to create a few cards for someone special! Tell us which one inspired you the most today.

Have a creative day.

Hello MLS fans! Today it's Becky and Ilene's turn to share their talents with our Keepsake collection. We love seeing the designer's work coming in each month and these two ladies continue to WOW us with their talents. Today we're starting with some beautiful projects by Becky Williams.

Now it's Ilene's turn!

Ice Cream Fun (layout) by Ilene Tell

Supplies:
Paper, die-cut border, stickers: My Little Shoebox Keepsake Collection
Chipboard Letters: Heidi Swapp (these are from my stash from years ago)
Buttons: Fancy Pants Designs
Chipboard: 7 Gypsies
Cloth Flowers: Prima Marketing
Other: brads, Liquid Pearls, Sharpie, black cardstock

About the page: The background sheet of paper with all the frames on it made me think of a modern art piece, which went well with this photo that had a somewhat modern, artsy feel, with all the bright colors in the background and us sitting at a high counter. It made me think of a painting that I had seen, which inspired me to put this page together. If you're ever short on inspiration, open up and art book, and it's sure to get you in the mood again :)

 A Little Note (card)

Supplies:
Paper, stickers: My Little Shoebox Keepsake Collection
Sticker letters: My Little Shoebox
Stamp: Kraftin' Kimmie
Other: Glossy Accents, Copic Markers

About the card: Lately, I've been having a lot of fun coloring stamped images with my Copics. What I love about My Little Shoebox collection is that they always come with a sheet of journaling cards/frames that you can cut apart yourself. These make the PERFECT frames or mats for the stamped images. They're always sized just right and coordinate beautifully with the rest of the collection.

 

Supplies:
Paper,  stickers: My Little Shoebox Keepsake Collection
Sticker letters: My Little Shoebox
Buttons: Fancy Pants Designs
Laser-Cut Chipboard: Scrapmatts
Flowers, leaves: Prima Marketing
Die-Cutting Machine: Sizzix Big Shot
Die: Mini Sewing Room by Tim Holtz
Lace, twine: October Afternoon
Other: sharpie, Liquid Enamel

Hello MLS fans! It's a new week of inspiration here at the MLS blog. Today we're starting off with some beautiful inspiration that design team member, Zoe Nemburt created with our Up in the Trees collection. We love that Zoe's projects always feature on trend techniques and have lots of dimension. Let's have a look at her beautful work.

Practically Perfect by Zoe Nemburt

Free as a bird Patterned paper

Woodgrain Love Patterned paper

Birds Eye view Patterned Paper

My Way Patterned Paper

Fly High Patterned paper die cut

Ocean & Brownie Colour Cardstock

Cardstock Stickers

Liquitex Paints

Glimmer Glaze

Misc Shipping Tags and Doily.

Once upon a time by Zoe Neburt

Free as a bird Patterned paper

Woodgrain Love Patterned paper

My Way Patterned Paper

Fly High Patterned paper die cut

Cardstock Stickers

3D roll up flower diecut

Gesso

Glimmer Mist

Prima Flowers & Trim

Maya road doily and Trim

 hello card

My Way Patterned Paper

3D roll up flower diecut

Free as a bird Patterned paper

Cardstock Stickers

 I love you card

Free as a bird Patterned paper

Heart on a String Patterned paper

Cardstock Stickers

Prima Nest

Misc. Doily

So what do you think? Which of  Zoe's projects was your favorite and what technique are you inspired to try in your craft room?

Leave us a comment and tell us what you thought of today's inspiration.

Have a creative day!

Good morning MLS fans! Wow this week flew by fast! I can hardly believe it's Friday already. Today we're sharing another fabulous project for our Project Friday feature and today's project is brought to you by designer Pearl Liu.

Happy Days Altered Canvas

Pearl put a spin on her project today creating this adorable reversed canvas shadowbox with our Aiko collection.

Hello MLS fans. We've been getting some great feedback about how much everyone likes our Up In the Trees collection. We always love hearing from our fans so today we are happy to share some beautiful inspiration featuring this collection by designer Nicole Wragge.

Hello Sweetheart

Happy Birthday

For You

Now Nicole is sharing some beautiful layouts.

My sweet

You are the fairest...

Pretty park princess

Silly cookie pirate

What fun will you create with our Up in the Trees collection? Share your creations with us on our Facebook wall. We love seeing your work!

There is still time to get your applications in for our Design team call. Get all the details here.

Have a creative day!