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 ! ;)  

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

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. 

                                            

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)

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 ! ;)