Guest Blogger: Heidi Sonboul

Hello my crafty My Little Shoebox friends, Heidi Sonboul here and I'm so jazzed to be guesting here today. I had such a great time using all of these My Little Shoebox beautiful papers and diecut embellishments that I created a few different things to share with you.

First, I loved the Destination collection and wanted to use the color schemes to create a holiday layout.

That is one big tree

Heidi's Tips:
Just look at these little cars. I know that they were taxies, but with a Christmas tree on top it's now a family car! I love themed papers like this because it allows you to use it in more way than one. So fun right?! I also add mini snowflakes to give a winter feel. Honestly it wasn't snowing that day, but that info won't stop me from using it on this themed layout ;)

I love to cluster items like my photos and tags. it almost become a fresh take on old embellishments, don't ya think?!

Other layout tips: I love basic shapes and turning them into something cool. I used this square stamp with curved corners again and again to create my look. I then added little flowers in between them to finish the look. I placed them all on a bright yellow to make them pop and shine.

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The Year of Gratitude

Heidi's Tip: I started a challenge called "The year of Gratitude-365" and you can read all about it here at the link provided. I post every Thursday with more things I'm grateful for and for my Dec. 2. 2011 card I used this cute travel collection. I love the sherbet-y colors and the wonderful basic patterns.

Then can you link the Year of Gratitude to this post... to let me know what it is?

http://queenofpaper.blogspot.com/2011/12/year-of-gratitude-project-365.html

And finally, something fun with the Audrey collection.

Yes, I sure did hand cut and inked all of those squares one by one cause that's just how I roll. I used foam squares to make the pop!

Thanks to the MLS team for allowing me to visit with you all today. I hope you found something to inspire you to create with your My Little Shoebox paper. Happy Holidays!