Sunday, June 24, 2012

Pebbles' Sunnyside card projects

"It's always inspiring to get our hands on the latest Pebbles collection.  Having a 6x6 paper pad in this line quickly yielded me these 2 easy to make cards featuring the lovely colors and floral patterns I like best in this line."  

Sunnyside 6x6 paper pad (751288)
Sunnyside Border Stickers (732116)
Sunnyside  Masking Tape Stickers ( 732117)
Sunnyside  Paper Flowers (747184)
Sunnyside  Dimensional Butterflies ( 747186)
Brown Button Candy Dots (747138)
Glitter Candy Dots ( 744249,744250)



Tuesday, May 29, 2012

May flowers with Pebbles



"For this month's floral assignment, I took inspiration from the Country Picnic collection choosing to focus especially on mixing and matching floral papers and embellishments. For a fun touch,  I added some pink and white tulle used in different ways on the two cards. And viola, more cards added to my stash for every ready for those special moments to celebrate." 


Country Picnic Secret Garden (751240)
Country Picnic Picket Fence (751241)
Country Picnic Patio (751245) 
Country Picnic Orchard (751249) 
Country Picnic Vineyard (751250)
Country Picnic Dimensional Stickers (732101)) 
Country Picnic Dimensional Flowers (747172) 
Country Picnic Layered Gift Tags ( 747173)
Hip Hip Hooray Flag Banner Kit (747163) 



Sunday, May 13, 2012

Free for all project for Pebbles



"My favourite Pebbles collection to scrap my teenage girl has got to be Hip Hip Hooray.   I had fun mixing it up with some Country Picnic and With Love for this layout.  I love the cheerful, fun and bright colors and patterns together which help to capture my girl's personality.  I also tried using the twist tie embellishments in a different way here - ruffling it up to add some dimension."  


Shop for Pebbles Hip Hip Hooray products here

Hip Hip Hooray Good Times ( 751223)
Hip Hip Hooray Party Time ( 751225)
Hip Hip Hooray Celebration ( 751231)
Hip Hip Hooray Stitched Dimensional Circles ( 744290)
Hip Hip Hooray Banner Kit ( 747163)
Hip Hip Hooray Decorative Twist Ties ( 747169)
Hip Hip Hooray ABC stickers ( 732089)
Hip Hip Hooray ABC stickers ( 732090)
Country Picnic Terrace ( 751246)
Country Picnic Vineyard ( 751250)
Country Picnic Masking Tape Stickers ( 732100)
With Love Be Mine ( 751201)
Fresh Goods Sticky Notes ( 732088)
Button Candy Dots ( 744275)
Button Candy Dots ( 744138)
Glitter Candy Dots (744247) 
Glitter Candy Dots (744250) 

Tuesday, April 24, 2012

Pebbles' Inc Whip It up Project

Here's a project that I whipped up under 30 mins for the Pebble's blog feature last week - 




"Birthday cards are always in demand in my household. The Hip Hip Hooray line is definitely perfect for whipping up quick birthday cards for teenage gals and guys in my kids' lives. I used the same card design here to create both a feminine and a masculine square 6x6 card to save on time, switching out different embellishments to add to the boy or girl theme.  I also tried making my own medallions using the Banner kit for the ribbon tails and dimensional flowers or embossed stickers for the medallion."



Pebbles supplies used:
Hip Hip Hooray You're Invited  (751226)
Hip Hip Hooray Let's Party  (751227)
Hip Hip Hooray Confetti (751233)
Hip Hip Hooray Surprise  (751235)
Hip Hip Hooray Woo Hoo (751236)
Hip Hip Hooray Flag Banner Kit (747163)
Hip Hip Hooray Embossed Stickers  (732091)
Hip Hip Hooray Pinwheels (
Hip Hip Hooray Dimensional Flowers  (747165)
Hip Hip Hooray Circle Sequin Candy Dots  (744285)

Thursday, April 12, 2012

MLSB - Up in the tree projects






Card supplies list - 
Up in the Trees Woodgrain Love 
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  Cardstock  Ruby & Organza 
Up in the Trees  Cardstock  Ocean & Brownie
Up in the Trees  3D Roll Up Flower Diecut
Up in the Trees  Circle Diecut paper Fly High 
Up in the Trees  Mini Alphas - Kiss
Up in the Trees  Cardstock Stickers 
Glossy Accent
Bag of Buttons buttons 

This is my final DT assignment for MLSB . 
How quickly time flies when we're having fun ! 
I'm so looking forward to the new DT inspiration in place ! ;) 

Monday, April 02, 2012

MLSB Aiko cards




Sharing some adorable patterns from the Aiko line on these cards.

The latest MLSB DT has been announced 
& I spy some scrappy pals & familiar names on that list ! 
Way to go , grrlls ! You're all gonna rawk MLSB ! ;) 

Tuesday, March 27, 2012

Quick card tutorial with My Little Shoebox

Here's a simple tutorial to try out a Z fold square card  .



1.To create the card base, cut patterned paper to 11x51/4".
2. Score the card vertically at 51/2" and 21/2" and then fold.

3. Adhere punched or diecut border( 5/14" ) on left and right hand ends of the card. 
3. Mount selected cardstock sticker on foam pads slightly overhanging  over the fold.
4. Use cardstock alpha stickers adhered directly unto appropriate parts of the patterned paper for the sentiment. 
5. Embellish further with cardstock stickers placing some on foam pads for additional dimension.


Completed card is a 51/2" square.

Card Supply List 
Up in the Trees My Way
Up in the Trees Cardstock stickers
Up in the Trees 3D roll up flower diecut sheet - scallop border
Have fun with it! Play around. Change the measurements…..Anything goes. Special fold cards are so much fun!
Have a creative day!




Sunday, March 25, 2012

Pebbles Inc's Country Picnic cards


"I love the details on the kraft tags of the Country Picnic line and knew they would be perfect for notecards . At the same time, I also tried creating my own tag with colored cardstock and a tag punch using the embellishments of this very pretty Country Picnic line and loved how easily it came together.  I especially love the shades of orange and coral with the happy floral patterns " 

Pebbles Supplies used
Country Picnic Secret Garden (751240)
Country Picnic Meadow (751243)
Country Picnic Orchard (751249)
Country Picnic Secret Garden (751240)
Country Picnic Dimensional Stickers (732101)
Country Picnic Masking Tape (732100)
Country Picnic Layered Gift Tags (747173) 
Country Picnic Dimensional Flowers (747172)  

Saturday, March 10, 2012

Pebbles Inc : Free for all project - bon bon treat boxes



"For this week's Free For All project , I decided to create some cute bon bon treat boxes to put in some Hershey's kisses and give them away when I visit someone . I so love Pebbles cardstock quality patterned papers which offer wide possibilities in our papercrafting. Simply cutting a piece of 12x12 patterned paper to the right size (10"x8") and using a scoring board to put the score lines in the right places, a little bit of cutting away of the appropriate parts of the paper and I have these treat boxes ready to decorate and go."


Pebbles supplies used: 

Floral Lane  Memory Lane (751119)
Floral Lane You're Sweet (751121)
Floral Lane My Darling (751126)
Floral Lane Icon (732056) 
Floral Lane Velvet Yo Yos(732056)  
Fresh Goods Toothpick Flags ( 747153)
Welcome Christmas Flourishes (744265)
New Addition Boy Buttons ( 747135)
New Addition Girl Dimensional Stickers ( 732062)


Tuesday, March 06, 2012

My Little Shoebox - Altered Canvas project - Aiko collection

The new MLSB Aiko collection inspired me to create this adorable reversed canvas shadowbox .
I cut up the circular diecut and decided to score it up for a medallion type effect and used it to mat my photo. 



Using the cardstock stickers and diecuts from the Aiko line all around the sides of the canvas helped me quickly finish this project.;) 

My Little Shoebox Supplies
 
Aiko - Bouquet - 11813
Aiko- March - 11820
Aiko- Cardstock Sticker - 11821
Aiko - 3D Roll-Up Flower Diecut


Saturday, March 03, 2012

Mix & Match Pebbles Inc project

 I wanted to challenge myself to use holiday or themed lines for everyday cards and was delighted how this 6x6 square card set turned out. I mixed papers and embellishments from Christmas , Valentine's and Baby Girl themes and
 the elements came together effortlessly and harmoniously.
 This just goes to show how versatile Pebbles' papers and embellishments really are beyond the original themes they were created for.



Pebbles supplies used:
Floral Lane Warm Thoughts ( 751117)
Floral Lane Memory Lane ( 751119)
Welcome Christmas Santa's List (751182)
New Addition Girl Little Miracle (751147)
New Addition Girl Little Princess (751149)
With Love Dimensional Stickers (732083)
With Love Candy Dots Hearts (744279)
Fresh Goods Chips ( 744118)
Welcome Christmas Chipboard ( 732073)
New Addition Girl Dimensional Sticker ( 732062)
New Addition Girl Dimemsional Border Stickers (732060)

Other supplies used :
Cardstock (American Crafts)

Wednesday, February 29, 2012

Happy 29th Feb 2012 ! Happy Leap Year Day !

Happy 29th Feb , blogging friends ! 
Just had to celebrate this leap year moment for a change . 
I trust your February has turned out good in everywhere , 
as it totally has for me . 
A gorgeous day here , weather wise in Sunny Singapore - 
And wishing you sunshine too - wherever you go ! ;) 

Over the weekend I received a request to create a unique, handmade birthday greeting 
for a 30 something , chic & successful young man . 
So paying a crafty visit to my generous pal , Flora Tan
is always timely and the project worked out as a Zutter mini album - using 4 sheets of cardstock - which yielded 12 pages .

Wanting to keep things simple , being a masculine project-
my main supplies were a sheet of Kaisercraft rub on quotes on Life ,
glimmer mists , tissue tape by Tim Holtz and AC Amy Tangerine's line, some dimensional embellies by AC and buttons. 






Loved how easy this project turned out in the end and I think I would like to invest in Zutter next for a gamechange in my crafting ways ! ;)  








Tuesday, February 21, 2012

My Little ShoeBox DT Call !!!



My Little Shoebox is looking for talented, motivated, responsible designers who have time to commit to design layouts and projects each month with our products and promote our products online and at their local stores.  We haven't set a specific number of designers for our team.  We welcome international submissions.

We are looking for:
1. Enthusiastic, creative people that love My Little Shoebox and are able to do monthly assignments such as layouts, projects, and cards with our products.
2.  You must post your work on 2 different galleries plus the MLS galleries.
3. You must be able to commit to a 12 months term, which will be from April 1, 2012 through March 31, 2013.
4. You must be at least 18 years of age.
5. You agree to release the rights of your designs to My Little Shoebox for display on the company website, blog,  and in company publications.
6.  If needed, your designs may also be needed for display at trade shows.
7. In addition, as a design team member, you will be contributing twice per term to our company newsletter and be required quarterly to make a photo or video highlighting a technique for the blog.
8. People that can take great pictures of their work in natural light, with a few close-ups.  Because we will be posting your work on our company blog, we want your work to shine.  Dark photos, shadows and flash spots don’t show your work well.  
9. International submissions welcome.

In return you will receive:
1. A quarterly package with plenty of MLS products to design with.
2. Your picture and bio on the My Little Shoebox website
3. Your own personal gallery on the My Little Shoebox website.

To apply please send the following to dtcall@mylittleshoebox.com (please use your full name as the subject):
1. Full name, address, phone number and email address
2. 1 layout, 1 card and 1 project representing your best work using MLS products (jpeg files no larger than 500 kb)
3. A link to your personal blog and to the online galleries or message boards that you post on.
4. Design teams that you currently are on.
5. Write a paragraph about yourself telling us why you'd like to be a part of the MLS team.
6. If you've been published.
7.  If you teach classes.
Submission deadline is March 9, 2012

Saturday, February 18, 2012

My Little Shoebox - Keepsake cards


The latest CHA Winter releases have started shipping all over the world. 
I couldn't resist creating some Valentine's Day cards 
with the MLSB Keepsake line .


Sentiment - K&CO , Ribbon- Pebbles' Inc

This bright & cheery line will definitely be perfect for Spring creations too. 

                                            

Tuesday, February 07, 2012

Love is in the air - Pebbles Inc !

Just can't stop making Valentine's Day cards this year ! ;) 
 "For this Valentine card set, I simply wanted to go overboard with the hearts and love theme, and that was too easy to do using the different adorable love themed embellishments of this line."



Pebbles supplies used:
With Love You & Me (751212)
With Love Masking Tape Stickers ( 732086)
With Love Adhesive Notes ( 732088)
With Love Dimensional Hearts ( 747157)
With Love Toothpick Flags ( 747159)
With Love Gift Tags ( 747160)
With Love Dimensional Flowers ( 747156)
With Love Mini Clothes Pin ( 744280)
With Love Paper Heart Clips ( 744279) 

Other supplies used:

Cardstock (American Crafts)

Wednesday, February 01, 2012


Back with some Valentine's Day cards to share 
and using some of the latest Cottage Cutz  Valentine's Day release! 


So the first die I just had to try out is our Layered, Sweetheart Flowers die .
I chose to diecut my flower pieces out of glittered cardstock and metallic foil papr
This flower here is secured with an Eyelet Outlet Cupcake brad
 to go with the sentiment. 
Using foam pads to put the layers together I easily created my very own layered dimensional blossoms. Easy Peasy ! ;) 






Saturday, January 28, 2012

MLSB Enchanted Garden cards



Definitely a big fave from the last release - 
My Little Shoebox's Enchanted Garden Line .
I focused on using the cardstock stickers with our rolled flowers. 

Looking forward to seeing our latest Winter releases in person soon  - 



Wishing you all a lovely week ahead 
on my rather sleepy Sunday here ! ;) 



Wednesday, January 25, 2012

MLSB Enchanted Garden layouts


Lest I forget that I know how to create layouts - 
2 garden inspired layouts to share today ,
using the My Little Shoebox Enchanted Garden line. 



It was definitely a lot about banners and rolled up flowers last year . 
I spy the Chevron trend may not let up just yet 
( although I haven't tried that one yet- perhaps I will venture with a black & white Chevron french manicure - but not in my papercrafting yet ) . 
Otherwise I'm not sure if there's a particularly new trend yet for 2012.
Seems to be a continuation of the past trends still to me .