My Little Shoebox

Tuesday Tutorial with Linda

Hi everyone!  Linda here with a tutorial using crayon resist for a fun, colorful technique.  Here is the card I made, using the Let the Sunshine and Seeds of Happiness from the My Little Shoebox "Lovely Day" collection.

 

Step 1:  Using a smooth white piece of paper suitable for stamping, randomly stamp several line flowers (or butterflies, etc.) on the strip of paper.  Then, borrowing the white crayon from your child's craft box, color in the petals of the flowers and centers, leaving some small spaces clear.  Use a permanent ink, such as StazOn, and let it dry for about 10 minutes before applying the wax crayon.

 

Step 2:  Using a yellow ink pad, such as Memento or Distress and a dabber, ink up a part of the paper strip.

 

Step 3:  Using a blue, or any compatible color, add ink to the strip, blending portions as you go.

 

 Step 4: Immediately rub over the entire strip with a paper towel or napkin, especially over the flowers, and watch them brighten and stand out.

You can use any size of paper strips to any layout, project, or card.  This technique is fun to do, easy, and can even be used to design a background for a card. 

I hope you enjoyed this tutorial.  Try different color combinations, stamps, and even varied crayon colors!

Have a creative day!

Linda

Friendship Jar-Aiko

Hi,

Jenifer here with you today with my first My Little Shoebox post.  I am so excited to share this super cute "Friendship Jar" that I made using the Aiko collection.  The little girls in the Aiko collection were just perfect and I wanted to showcase them in a unique way.  I found a cute little jar and using the cardstock stickers started adding layers until I was satisfied with my placement.  I then started working on the outside using twine and Zots to keep everything in place.



Supplies used: 

Aiko - 11821 Cardstock sticker

          Bakers Twine (May Arts)

Zots (Therm O Web)

Jar, toothpicks (Other)

I hope you have enjoyed my project today.  Make sure you come back daily for all the inspiration that we have planned for you.  If you decide to make one of your own friendship jars, leave me a link I would love to see it.

Jenifer

I am learning with You

Hello MLS fans, it's Rô Philippsen sharing with you a layout I did that to me is very special!

This layout I did for Mother's Day, using the amazing MLS Keepsake Collection.

This layout "I am learning with YOU", I did for a Special Mother's Day Class, and I'd like share with you because it is very special for me, because I did it for my son.
When we have a baby, we know we'll have to teach him everything, the most basic to the most complicated answers that he will one day make us! But sometimes we have no idea how much a child will teach us through life ... It was this inspiration that I created the project "I am learning with You", because every day my son teaches me something, but the biggest lesson I'm learning from him is that people are not we want them to be, even a child. A child is an individual one, which I can not shape, he has his faults and his qualities, and to me it accept it as it is, and love Him above all!

Keepsake Collection have the colors and the e patterned perfect for this layout.
I just need add some pearls, inks and trims for a perfect layout!

Supplies list:
11832 - window view
11833 - Garden Delight
11834 - English Rose
11835 - Music to my Ears
11837 - Simple Treasures
11840 - Sound os Music
08951 - Licorice Sprinkle Glaze Alphabet Sticker
08401 - Mini Alphabet Sticker - Rose

I'd like to do a big thanks to My Little Shoebox for creating such beautiful products for our scrapbooking!

Thanks for stopping by,

Rô Philippsen

 

Product Swap: Punky Sprouts

Hello MLS fans! It's Punky time! This week's designer's are Beckie, Megan and Nana! Let's take a look at how they rocked their Punky projects!

Punky Sprouts Album – Believe Banner

Up in the Trees Woodgrain

Up in the Trees Bird’s Eye View

Up in the Trees In The Trees

Up in the Trees Heart on a String

Up in the Trees My Way

Up in the Trees Free as a Bird

Up in the Trees Ruby & Oregano

Up in the Trees Ocean & Brownie

Up in the Trees Flower Diecut

Up in the Trees Fly High

MLS Carnation Glitter Alphabet Sticker

Rusty Pickle Random Chipboard Alphabet

Yellow and Blue Buttons

Papermania Yellow Brads

 Beckie's Notes: I adore these little books and the shapes that are in them.  I used mine to make a banner.

 

That's it for this week's Punky inspiration! Before we go, here's last week's prize winner

April Walker

My Little Shoebox sent me over to say HI!!

1 · May 17 at 1:29pm

April email us your address to dt@mylittleshoebox and we'll get your prize out to you!

 

Have a creative day!

Lovely Day Project Share

Hi all and I'm super excited to be sharing with you my May projects in my very first post over here at the My Little Shoebox blog. I was able to "play" with the Lovely Day collection and here are my shares for you today....

Melts My Heart

In this page, I wanted to play a bit with the journaling blocks from the Lovely collection. I cut out three of them and placed them on the bottom of the page where I treated each one differently, housing my journaling and other elements like cut out paper and punched out butterflies.  I used two die cut banner pieces as an accent for my larger flower. They remind me of the ends of a ribbon.

Supplies Used:

Pattern papers-(Seeds of Happiness, 11892; Easy Breezy, 11896; New Story, 11897; Sweet Memory, 11894; Chocolate and Chiffon, 11899) Lovely Collection; Letter stickers- Glitter Alphabet sticker, Lake 10114; Ribbon- Hobby Lobby; Twine- Twinery; Buttons- Pebbles; Pearl- Recollections; Flowers- Prima, Accent Creative Designs, Piggy Tales; Butterfly punch- Martha Stewart Crafts; Circle punch- Creative Memories; Border punch- EK Success; Decorative Scissor- Fiskars; Black pen- Creative Memories

Family Gamers

In this page, I used the “Lovely” collection’s graphic papers. I did add the birdhouse paper on the right edge which, if you notice, the way my son and husband in looking in the photo, leads them to that direction. Because this page is a masculine page, I used chevron and star shapes. I love layering items on top of each other like the circle accents, stars and brads in this page.

Supplies Used:

Pattern papers-(Chocolate and Chiffon, 11899; Let the Sunshine, 11895; New Story, 11897; Raspberry and Aqua, 11898) Lovely Collection; Letter stickers- Glaze alphabet sticker, Snowflakes 10117; Mini Alphabet Sticker, Peppermint stick 08431; Ribbon- American Crafts; Twine- Twinery; Star punch- Fiskars; Circle punch- Creative Memories; Rubons- Scenic Route; Brads- SEI; Decorative Scissor- Provo Craft; Thread- Coats and Clark; Sewing Machine- Kenmore; Black pen- Creative Memories

Mother's Day

I made this page a two page spread so I can fit all of my photos and still have room for my accents. I love how the papers from the Lovely collection are so soft and feminine in style that it fit perfectly for this page about last year’s Mother’s day celebration. To break up all of the boxy shapes of my photos and journaling/title block, I had cut out the papers into circles and made a border for most of them. I added some of the circles with foam adhesive so it will create some dimension.

Supplies Used:

Pattern papers-(Seeds of Happiness, 11892; Let the Sunshine, 11895; Easy Breezy, 11896; New Story, 11897; Sweet Memory, 11894; Raspberry and Aqua, 11898) Lovely Collection; Letter stickers- Glitter Alphabet sticker, Lake 10114; Twine- Twinery; Buttons- Pebbles; Circle punch- Creative Memories; Circle Cutters- Creative Memories; Decorative Scissor- Fiskars; Typewriter- Royal

and last but definitely not the least...

For this card I used some more papers from the Lovely collection. I handcut the flower accent from paper to create my own embellishment and finished it off with some pearls. The bright pinks from the paper background, the flower and the red button really stands out against the mostly blue hue of the card.

Supplies Used:

Pattern papers- (Seeds of Happiness, 11892; Let the Sunshine, 11895; Easy Breezy, 11896; New Story, 11897) Lovely Collection; Ribbon- Doodlebug Design Inc.; Twine- Twinery; Buttons- Favorite Findings; Pearl- Recollections; Brads- SEI; Border punch- Fiskars; Rubon sentiment- It takes two

thank you for joining me today and I hope my project share inspired you to make something beautiful today.

-Grace

Happy Mother's Day card using Lovely Day

Hi everyone.  Pattie here with a quick little card using the Lovely Day line.  I was really happy that I wouldn't be showing my card until after Mother's Day- no peeking right!

I love birdhouses and seem to use them relatively often in my own personal scrapping.  The colors of the Lovely Day paper line were just perfect to create this little birdhouse scene.  To create the rooftop, I cut strips of the Let the Sunshine paper with my scalloped scissors and covered a triangle of paper, starting from the bottom of the triangle, working your way to the pointed tip.  I then flip the paper over and trim the excess paper off.  Another fun trick if you are making a larger birdhouse (this card size is too small) is to use foam squares on the scalloped edge and tape runner on the other edge.  It gives great dimension and a cute look to the house. 

Supplies used:

My Little Shoebox: Lovely Day: Easy Breezy, New Story, Let the Sunshine, Happy Together, Chocolate & Chiffon, Cardstock Stickers

Ink:Prima; scallopededged scissors: Fiskars; Border punch: EK Success; die: Spellbinders; pen: Sakura; pearls: Darice; Stickles and Glossy Accents: Ranger; vintage sheet music

 

Hope you all had a beautiful Mother's Day.  And maybe you'll make a cute little birdhouse sometime in the near future.  We would love to see it on the My Little Shoebox Facebook page!

Happy Scrapping!

Apple of My Eye

Hi ladies it's Zoe here today with a layout featuring Lovely Day... I really love this collection with so many different pastel colours you can create a layout about almost anything! For this layout I used a picture of my eldest (wiser than me) daughter.

I am posting a couple of close ups too so you can see some details :)

I used some of the die cut banners here.. almost gives the illusion that the photo it also floating in the clouds!!! or maybe that's just me :)

Products used:Lovely Day Paper – Seeds of Happiness, Lovely Day Paper – Sweet Memory, Lovely Day Paper – Let the Sunshine, Lovely Day Paper – Easy Breezy, Lovely Day Paper – New Story, Chocolate & Chiffon Cardstock, 3D Roll Up Flower Diecut, Flower Ring Circle Pattern Paper, Cardstock Sticker, The Twinery Buttercream & A Prima Flower.

Thanks for stopping by the My Little Shoebox blog!

Have a creative day!

Lovely Day layout

Hello everyone!  This is Linda sharing a layout I made for My Little Shoebox with the Lovely Day collection. 

Creating this was really fun because of the wonderful, whimsical birds, flowers and birdcages.  This collection also gives you the opportunity to use the papers with elegant flowers, ribbons, pearls and laces for a different look! 

I used my granddaughter Lucy's Easter picture for this layout, and the colors are perfect for spring.

Lucy by Linda Kretz

 

With this layout, I used one of the new We R Memory Keepers Lucky 8 punches, and added some satin cord for emphasis.  The 3 D flowers, ribbon and lace completed this simple layout. I love using the Easy Breezy patterned paper as a background. I also enjoy the brown with blue and pink color combination.

 

This closeup shows the 3D Roll-up flowers.  I added some Diamond Stickles to them, with pearls in the center, added Dirty Martini Glam to the leaves, and used a Prima swirl to complete the picture.  The dimension they provide is fabulous!

 Supplies: 

• Lovely Day collection: Easy Breezy, Chocolate Cardstock, Sweet Memory, New Story,
• 3D Roll-Up Flower Diecut
• Assorted ribbons and lacySatin cord
• Diamond SticklesDirty Martini GlamPearlsPrima swirl
• We R Memory Keeper Lucky 8 Punch (Retro Scallop)
  

Thanks for stopping by the blog today. Tomorrow we'll be featuring more fun Punky Sprouts projects!

Have a creative day!

Product Swap: Punky Sprouts

That's right! It's time for more My Little Shoebox/Punky Sprouts inspiration! Today we're showing three more designers projects! First up is...

Fairytale Mini Album

Supplies:

Punky Sprout Album

Lovely Day Paper – Seeds of Happiness

Lovely Day Paper – Happy Together

Lovely Day Paper – Sweet Memory

Lovely Day Paper – Let the Sunshine

Lovely Day Paper – Easy Breezy

Lovely Day Paper – New Story

3D Roll Up Flower Diecut

Cardstock Sticker

The Twinery Canteloupe

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Happy Days Mini

Supplies: Lovely Day collection (both sides of the following:

• Seeds of Happiness 11892
• Happy Together 11893
• Sweet Memory 11894
• Let the Sunshine 11895
• Easy Breezy 121896
• New Story 11897
• Raspberry & Aqua 11898
• Chocolate & Chiffon 11899
• I also used 3DRoll-Up Flower Die cut 11891,  and the Cardboard Sticker 11901
• Additional items included Tattered Angels Chalkboard Inks, Hero stamps, Vintage Photo and other Distress Inks, die cuts, a music sheet from a vintage book,  bakery  twine, and various ribbons and  laces.

 

Linda's Notes:  Creating with a Punky Sprouts album was a delight because of the album style, including two canvas pages and some totally fun parchment, canvas and cork embellishments!   Try using distress inks in different ways, such as the small canvas, for fun effects!

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Just a girl mini (teenie beenie sprout)

Supplies:

My Little Shoebox Up in the Trees collection

3D roll up flowers

Prima Say it in Crystals and flowers

Stickles

Perfect Pearls

Maya Road ribbon

Wilton doily

Glimmer mist

Brownie mini alphas

Washi tape

Recollections and Close to my heart brads

Basic Grey buttons

Mod Podge to seal the cover

Shemaine's notes: I love using Mod Podge to seal altered projects as well as glimmer mist and other mediums to enhance the colors and design.

 

Now for last week's Aiko collection winner! Randomly chosen from the Punky Facebook wall...

Kelly Guercio

I was sent over by My Little Shoebox, but I was already a fan! Love the projects posted on the blog!

1 · May 10 at 11:05am

Congratulations Kelly!

Email your address to dt@mylittleshoebox.com and we'll get your prize out to you.

Now here's another chance for you to win our Lovely Day collection for yourself!! Head on over to the Punky Sprouts Facebook Page and tell them My Little Shoebox sent you and we'll choose a winner off of their Facebook wall to win our ! Have a creative day!

Double Page Easter Layout with Up In the Trees

Hello everyone! It's Megan, excited to be here with my first post!

I love how versatile the Up in the Trees collection is. It is by no means an 'Easter' line, but when I saw it sitting next to my Easter Egg hunt photos, I couldn't resist! The colors are more vibrant than traditional Easter pastels, and accented the vibrant green of the grass. 

I rarely do double page layouts, but with all of these photos, I knew that's what I needed to do. The great patterns made it come together easily!

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Here is a closer view of the left side. For the banner, I cut strips of various papers in a variety of lengths and widths. Some of them I added a notch to the end. I distressed them all and then layered them before sewing them down. I used just a little bit of adhesive to hold them down while I was sewing. I also sewed all the way around the outside of the finished page. I use my sewing machine on just about every page, but you could add faux stitching and get a similar effect.

Here is a closer view of the right side. To break up the yellow and draw the eye to the center, I added a strip of white cardstock to the middle. It looked a little TOO white though, so I used a background stamp dipped in glimmer mist, to add a little texture. An added bonus is that it complements the honeycomb pattern on the rest of the background.

Supply List:

Up in the Trees Collection Patterned Papers: Woodgrain Love, Bird's Eye View, Heart on a String, Free as a Bird, Ruby and Oregano, Ocean and Brownie

Up in the Trees Flower Diecuts

Mini Alphabet Stickers in Sky

Sprinkle Glaze Alphabet Stickers in Whoopie Pie

Cardstock: American Crafts (white)
Ink: Tattered Angels Chalkboard mist
Stamp: Hero Arts
Punch: Martha Stewart Crafts and EK Success
Thread: Guterman
Sewing machine: Singer
Adhesive: 3M