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!

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)  

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)

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

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)

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 ! ;) 

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 ! ;) 

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 . 

You're Sweet !

While waiting for the latest Cottage Cutz Valentine's release to reach our sunny shores, 

I took a look at one of my very favorite earlier releases - the July 2011 Carnival release - 

to see which designs would work with a Valentine's Day theme. 

The Cotton Candy die easily stood out for me and I went on to diecut it in white cardstock so as to color in the colors to match the DP I was using. 

I used Pebbles Inc chalk to color & 

added some stickles to add a pop of color and dimension as well.

Thanks for stopping by ! 

Living the Sweet Life - Eyelet Outlet Creations

I am loving & using up all the new goodies I bought 

recently - like this Doodlebug Design Sweet Cakes Valentine line ! 

Works great with my Eyelet Outlet Brads - 

featured here the Cotton Candy brads.

Sentiment - Studio G clear stamp

Eyelet Out ribbon & cupcake brads .

Sentiment - Bella Blvd

And the Eyelet Out mushrood brads are just 

perfect with this MS Enchanted Woodlands pp & owl here ! ;) 

I've got loads of Valentine's Day cards made up & more to come ! ;)