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Tuesday Tutorial with Rosangela

Hello MLS fans! It's Ro here from Brazil and today I'd like to share with you a tutorial that I did, to take advantage of the leftovers of my "3D Roll-Up Flower Die-cuts”

All you will need are some "3D Flower Die Cuts Roll-Up," a foam cone, some pins and buttons.

Start by wrapping some flowers and prick them in the cone with the pin, starting at the bottom, and rising slowly, covering everything with flowers. Note that some of the flowers I stuck some buttons instead of rolling them.

 Just keep covering the cone with flowers.

Until it's completely covered!

Here's a close-up

Now to finish my cone, I made a small banner to put on top to give it a Spring theme.

I think it looks so lovely, don't you?

And here's the final result!

I hope I've inspired you a little bit with this Spring Banner Cone to bring a little color into your home this spring!

Tenham um dia criativo!

{Have a creative day!}

"Sweet Memories, Happy Together" Canvas

Hi, everyone. Carol Theng here and today I want to share with you a mixed media canvas I made with MLS "Aiko" collection. I love this collection especially the Japanese dolls and the clouds with the sakura flowers.

The Japanese dolls reminded me of my daughter. And here in this picture you can understand why. Don't they resemble each other? (Psst.. I cut my girl's hair in this picture and now my hubby banned me from doing that).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I first adhere the different patterned papers using multi medium. Then painted the sides of canvas and edges of the papers.

 

Here you can see that I also use the negative of the punched paper to reveal another paper behind. Then I apply rubons at the edges of the canvas.

I love my projects to be dimensional so I covered 3 small canvases with papers, punched grasses and also this metal bicycle. In between the grasses, I also adhere some flowers stickers from Aiko cardstock sticker. And I pop up the 2 strips of titles.

 

Supplies used: 

Aiko  - 11812 Little Princess

        - 11813 Bouquet

        - 11814 Blue Sky

        - 11815 Festival

        - 11816 One Fine Day

        - 11817 Happy Notes

        - 11821 Cardstock sticker

Border Punch (Martha Stewart)

Bicycle metal accent (Prima)

Acrylic Paints (Claudine Hellmuth, Daler Rowney)

Multi-medium (Claudine Hellmuth)

Rub-ons (Basic Grey)

 

I hope you will be inspired to create mixed media projects using MLS collections. They are so cute and sweet!! And do share with us at our Facebook Page once you are done. 

Have a great day. Thanks for following us!

 

Have a Drink using { Keepsake }

Hi, it’s Monique, with a layout about my daughter using the Keepsake collection.

When I saw the colors of this collection I knew exactly which photo I was going to use for my page. Normally I tend to use red & pink colors for my layouts, but lately I find myself reaching for yellow more and more and this combination with blue & grey I absolutely adore!

One of my favorite techniques is layering. I love to layer papers with different designs and colors and then stitch them all together, as sewing on my projects is almost a “must” for me.

Have a Drink & Relax, by Monique Liedtke

For this layout I used a sheet of cardstock as my base and layered 3 Keepsake sheets on top of it (“Razzleberry & Chiffon”, ”Garden Delight” and “Sound of Music”). The photo is placed on a matt of yet another sheet of the Keepsake line: “Windowview”. Behind the photo I placed two pieces of patterned paper, which were machine stitched first. I then added the title on top using two different sets of alphabet stickers (Sprinkle Glaze and Mini Alphabet Stickers).

For the next step I used stamps from an older collection of My Little Shoebox: "Sew Cute" and stamped around the photo.

To create the epoxy banners I used the Pennant tool from "Epiphany Crafts". To adhere the banners to the page I used 3D Foam Squares to raise them a bit to create dimension.

I finished my page by adding cardstock stickers, die cuts, twine, flowers, a swirl, liquid pearls and some ribbon.

And that’s it! Hope you like it!

What I love about the Keepsake collection is that all the papers are double sided. Because of that there are so many fabulous designs to choose from for your project and they all match so perfectly!

I would love to see what you create using this line! Please share your projects on our Facebook page and I'll make sure to stop by your blogs to have a look!

Hope you all have a wonderful day!

MLS Supplies: Keepsake: Sound of Music, Garden Delight, Music to my Ears, Window View, Razzleberry & Chiffon, Cardstock Stickers, 3D Dimensional Roll Up Flower; Alphabet Stickers: Sprinkle Glaze (Whoopie Pies), Mini Alphabet Stickers (Chocolate Cake & Kiss); Clear Stamps: Sew Cute

Other supplies: Cardstock: Core’dinations; Ribbon: Webster’s; Epoxy shapes: Epiphany Crafts Bubble Caps Pennant 25; Flowers: Petaloo; Pearl Swirl: ZVA Creative; Twine: Divine Twine; Liquid Pearls: Perlen Pen Viva; Adhesive: Tacky Tape, Scrapbook Adhesives, Scotch.

Product Swap: Punky Sprouts

 

Hello MLS fans! We're back with more Punky Sprouts fun! This week we're sharing projects from Keely, Robyn and Ro. First a look at what Keely created with the Punky Sprocket Sprout album.

 

 

 

Keely's Notes: I loved creating with the Punky Sprouts album, "The Sprocket Sprout" and the MLS collection,"Lovely Day".  I created a Spring album about our family trip to Atlanta.  The beautiful Spring colors and patterns were perfect for accenting this fun album.  I really enjoyed the great textures of the album, including chipboard, canvas, and a mini envelope.  The accessories of twine, denim, and cork were perfect touches provided by The Twinery.

 Album Supplies:

Punky Sprouts "The Sprocket Sprout" chipboard album

My Little Shoebox "Lovely Day" patterned paper: Seeds of Happiness, Happy Together, Sweet Memory, Let the Sunshine, Easy Breezy, New Story, Chocolate, Cardstock Stickers
The Twinery: denim, cork, paper doily, twine

Colorbox: Ink

Pen: Zig black

Now here's a look at Robyn's project. She made a banner out of her Teenie Beenie album!

Enjoy Banner:

I transformed the Punky Sprouts Teenie Beanie Sprout album into a fun banner for spring and summer. I die-cut the letters on my Silhouette, then glued them onto the two canvas pieces that came with the album. I used my sewing machine to stitch around the edge of each letter. As you can probably see, I'm not good at sewing straight, but I think that adds to the handmade feel of this piece. Once I was finished with the sewing, I cut the letters out of the canvas and mounted them to the banner. To finish it off, I added die-cut flowers and some doilies from Punky Sprouts.

Supply list:

Aiko Patterned Papers: Little Princess, Bouquet, One Fine Day, Happy Notes

Aiko Flower Die-Cuts

Aiko Cardstock Stickers

Teenie Beanie Sprout Album (Punky Sprouts)

Doilies, Cork, Coffee Filters (Punky Sprouts)

Mist (Tattered Angels)

Border Punch (American Crafts)

Sparklets (Kaisercraft)

Adhesive (Glue Arts Glue Glider, Zip Dry, Imaginisce glue gun)

Die-cut letters (Silhouette Cameo; font: Serif)

Pearls, sheer ribbon (Hobby Lobby)

And finally here is Ro's Punky Teenie Beenie sprout album

PUNKY SPROUTS MINI ALBUM

Punky Sprouts have a beautiful designers for mini albums and canvas embellishments, perfect for use with the amazing Kepsake MLS Collection and create the "Words that guide my life" mini album.

Supplies list:
11832 - window view
11833 - Garden Delight
11834 - English Rose
11835 - Music to my Ears
11837 - Simple Treasures
11836 - Picture Perfect
11841 - Cardstock Sticker
11838 - Cherry & Fog

Thanks so much ladies! These projects were awesome!

Now how would you like to win our Aiko collection?? 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!

Have a creative day!

Hello card with Keepsake

Hello MLS fans! It's Nana sharing a quick card I created with the Keepsake collection. The label sticker on the Keepsake Cardstock Sticker sheet makes is easy to add a sentiment and make a quick card.

Hello by Nana Campana

Supplies:

patterned paper: Simple Treasures

Cardstock Stickers

Raindrop sprinkle glaze alphabet stickers

Nana's note: I also added some faux stitching and a little hand written  love note to my card. You can use black or white ink to create faux stitching on your projects.

Have a creative day!

National Scrapbook Day winner!

Thanks to all who created with us for National Scrapbook Day! It's time to announce our winner so let's all congratulate...

 

Shannon Colburn Blinn

 

 

Shannon please email your mailing address to dt@mylittleshoebox.com and we'll get your MLS prize package out to you!

 

Have a creative day!

Pretty Girls With Aiko

Hello My Little Shoebox followers! Liz here and I am so excited to be making my first blog post here on the MLS blog.

This month I am working with the adorable Aiko collection.

The Aiko collection is so beautiful with the cutest prints and the prettiest color combinations.

First off, I have a layout that I made of my sweet niece in her Easter dress. She is just a doll!

Supplies: Aiko Happy Notes, Sky, Blue Sky, 3D Roll-Up Flowers, Cardstock Stickers

Next, I want to share this layout of my daughter.

I really had a good time playing with the variety of roll-up flowers. I added glitter to each of them for some added sparkle.

Supplies: Aiko March, Happy Notes, Sage, Lipstick, Festival, Blue Sky, Carstock Stickers, Roll-Up Flowers

I made the cute little oriental girls the center of attention on these two cards.

I used a border punch to add layers to the bottom of the card.

Supplies: Aiko Happy Notes, Kiss, Bouquet, Whoopie Pie Sprinkle Glaze Alphabet Stickers, Quicksand Mini Alphabet Stickers

Supplies: Aiko March, Happy Notes, Sage, Blue Sky, Cardstock Sticker, Roll-Up Flower

The individual flowers on the sticker sheet looked great with a vine die cut that I have. I cut out the sentiment from the Happy Notes sheet and adhered it to the bottom.

That's all for today. Thanks for stopping by!

A Friendship Card with Aiko

Hello MLS friends, Robyn here today popping in to share a cute card I made. The Aiko collection is perfect for a friendship card. I found the sentiment "Forever Friends" on the sheet of journaling spots and that inspired the rest of the design. I cut small notches from each side of the sentiment strip to give it a banner shape.

I decided to make it extra feminine by adding a doily from Punky Sprouts, layered on the patterned papers. Then I placed two of the girl stickers together on a journaling spot and used foam tape to attach it to the card for a little extra dimension.

To finish it off, I found some scrap ribbon that complemented the color palette and tied it around the front of the card.

Supply list:

Aiko Patterned Papers: Little Princess, Happy Notes

Aiko Cardstock Stickers

Doily (Punky Sprouts)

White Cardstock (Canvas Corp)

Ribbon (Making Memories)

Adhesive (Glue Arts Glue Glider, Zip Dry, Imaginisce foam tape)

It's National Scrapbook Day so let's get our scrap on!

Hello MLS fans! It's National Scrapbook Day and we're celebrating with a challenge! We'd love for you to get your scrap on and create with your My Little Shoebox stash!

Design team member Liz Chidester has created a special National Scrapbook Day sketch just for our MLS fans.

 

 

Here's Liz's layout she created using our Up in the Trees collection.

 

Monique's layout with Up in the Trees

 

Carol's layout with Lovely Day

 

Jenifer's layout with Lovely Day

Grace's layout with Lovely Day

 

and finally here is my layout with Happy Go Lucky

Now we challenge you to get crafty for National Scrapbooking Day and create a layout based on Liz's sketch! Post it to our Facebook wall by Monday May 7th at midnight Pacific time.

We'll randomly choose one lucky scrapper to win a MLS prize and announce the winner Tuesday here on the blog!

And before we go it's time to announce our Thursday Punky Post winner. Let's congratulate...

Sharmon Savoie!

 

And let's not forget the winner from Tuesday's post:

I have to work all three weekend days so I am in my craft room now working away on mothers day cards.

Posted by: Mary Mac | 05/01/2012 at 12:51 PM

Sharmon please email your mailing address to dt@mylittleshoebox.com and we'll get your Keepsake collection prize out to you next week!

Mary we'll send your surprise MLS goodies too as soon as we hear from you!

Have fun scrapping today friends! Now go get your scrap on!

Spring Cards with "Lovely Day"

Hello, friends!  Keely here to share some Spring cards created with the "Lovely Day" collection.  Mother's Day is just around the corner.  Mom would really love a handmade card on her special day.

Both of these cards measure 3.5" x 6.5". I created the patchwork card, working top to bottom, adding rectangles of patterned paper to create a design that I liked.  I inked each piece of patterned paper before adhering it to the card.  Next, I added stickers from the collection with dimensional adhesive.  The MLS alphabet stickers were perfect for creating a title.  Finally, I wrapped a piece of twine around the card and secured with a bow.

The second card, "For You", was created with one piece of patterned paper and stickers.  I accented the pink patterned paper with coordinating blue cloud stickers.  I love that splash of blue.  Next, I adhered a paper doily and trimmed the edge flush with the card. Twine was wrapped around the card and secured with a bow. The journaling diecut was embellished with stickers and adhered with dimensional adhesive. Easy peasy!

I hope you have enjoyed seeing my cards today and are inspired to create your own handmade greetings.

Supplies:
MLS patterned paper "Lovely Day" collection: Seeds of Happiness, Happy Together, Sweet Memory, Easy Breezy, New Story, Chocolate
MLS "Lovely Day" cardstock stickers
MLS Sprinkle Glaze Alphabet Stickers: Whoopie Pies
Adhesive: Glue Arts
Ink: Colorbox
Twine, doily: The Twinery

Keely