My Little Shoebox

Mash Up Day 4

Hello MLS friends! It's Day 4 of our Mash Up week here on the blog and we've got two new mashers to introduce!

Our first Masher is...

 

Goofing and Posing

 

"In my mash up page 'goofing and posing' I used some Up and Away, some Oh Deer, and some really old stickers."

Our next masher is...

"There is beauty all around" Card

Supplies: 

• Blue cardstock (Bazzill)
• MLS Vintage Shop (Heirloom, 3D roll up Flower n Accents, Cardstock Sticker)
• MLS Secret Garden (Cardstock Sticker)
• Unity Stamp/MLS stamp (Vintage Doily Shop)
• Canson Mixed Media paper
• White Embossing Powder (Hero Arts)
• Tattered Angels and Shimmerz mists
• Distress inks
• Blings (Eva Creative) and Swarovski crystals
• Foam Strip (Scrapbook Adhesive)

 

Thank you ladies for these beautiful projects today! We'll be wrapping up our Mash Up week tomorrow. We hope you have enjoyed all the projects featured here on the blog this week.

 

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Mash Up Day 3

Hello MLS fans! It's Day 3 of our mash Up week. Our girls have done a great job sharing some beautiful inspiration on Day 1 and Day 2.

So onto today's Mashers...

 

Downtown Dining layout

A closer look

Cardstock- Walmart; Pattern papers- (11838, Cherry and Fog, Keepsake; 50052, A Walk in the Woods, Oh Deer!; 11860, Life is sweet, Happy Go Lucky; 50033, Truly Yours, Notebook; 50022 Sweetie, Secret Garden; 50012, French lace, Vintage Shop; 50014 Attic Treasures, Vintage Shop; 50003, Bliss, Cherry Delight)  My Little Shoebox; Letter stickers- (50101, Firecracker, Muse Alphabet; 50106, Woodgrain, Muse Alphabet) My Little Shoebox; Ribbon- 50057, Morning Mist, My Little Shoebox; Border Punch- Fiskars; Flowers and Pins- Maya Road; Thread- Coats and Clark; Sewing Machine- Kenmore; Pen- Creative Memories; Adhesives- Scrapbook Adhesive by 3L, Glue Dots

Grace's Notes:

I loved the Mash up challenge! It gave me the opportunity to pick my most favorite papers from each line and put them together. In this page, I was able to use 7 lines/collections and mash them up in this page. To make them effective, I worked with coordinating color scheme. I also used some handcutting technique so I can layer the doilie elements from two different papers. To give my page some bold color, I added the green ribbon which I placed underneath my pictures leading the eye directly to my photos and title. I also added machine stitching to my title stickers to make them more secure on my page.

Our next Masher is... 

Take Note project  

11833 - Garden Delight 12x12 Double sided Pattern Paper

50011 - Rose Ribbon 12x12 Double sided Pattern Paper

11839 - Razzleberry & Chiffon 12x12 Double sided color Paper

50015 - 3D Roll-Up Flower and Accents

50026 - Cardstock Sticker Size 6x12

50036 - Cardstock Sticker Size 6x12

50155 - Blue Jeans Mini Alphabet Sticker

Well that's it for another day of fabulous Mash Up projects!

Join us again tomorrow for some more inspiration!

Have a creative day.

Open House Sale this Friday & Saturday!

Mash Up Week Day 2

Hello MLS fans. It's Day 2 of our Mash up week and we've got two new mashers to feature today. Our first masher is...

Here's what Beckie has created today.

Outside Play layout

Supplies

Coming Home 3D Flowers and Accents

Coming Home 12 x 12 Soaring Above

Coming Home 12 x 12 Town Paper

Coming Home Stickers

Oh Deer! 12 x 12 Happy Campers

Oh Deer! Stickers

Vintage Shop 12 x 12 Rose Ribbon

Vintage Shop 12 x 12 French Lace

Vintage Shop 12 x 12 Heirloom

Vintage Shop 12 x 12 Attic Treasures

Vintage Shop 3D roll up flowers

Muse Alphabets Wooden Grain and Strawberry Frosting

Mini Alphabet Blue Jeans and Chocolate Cake

Our next Masher is...

Teenage Friends layout

A closer peek at the details:

Coming Home: Soaring Above,

Aiko: Happy Notes, Blue Sky, Kiss & Sky, One Fine Day, Cardstock sticker sheet

Happy Go Lucky: Cardstock Sticker sheet

Keepsake: Razzleberry & Chiffon

Happy Birthday card:

 

Up In Trees: Woodgrain Love

Happy Go Lucky: Cardstock sticker sheet

Keepsake: Simple Treasures, Razzleberry & Chiffon

That's it for today's mash party. We hope you're inspired to Mash Up your favorite MLS collections. If you are, share them on our Facebook wall!

Have a creative day!

Mash Up week begins

Hello MLS fans. We're kicking off a fun week here at the MLS blog. We've challenged our designers to Mash up any of the My Little Shoebox collections they would like to and create some inspiration for you. Today's mashers are:

 

 "Happy"

 

Supplies:

Patterned Paper:  Aiko (One Fine Day), Up in the Trees (Woodgrain Love and Free as a Bird), Keepsake (Window View),Lovely Day (New Story).

Cardstock Stickers: Lovely Day and Keepsake.

 

Other: Cardstock (Bazzill), Doilies (misc), Pen (Smash, K&Company)

 

Tools: Silhouette Cameo.

Our next Masher is...

"Spring"

"For my Mash Up project I used scraps from the Oh deer collection, Secret Garden and the Up in the trees."

Thanks for today's inspiration ladies! We hope you've gotten some ideas on how to Mash Up your MLS collections at home. Don't be shy, share them with us on our Facebook. We love seeing your creations!

Have a creative day!

Coming Home Projects with Robyn

Hi MLS fans! It's Robyn with you today to share the projects I've created with the Coming Home collection. I had tons of fun playing with the beautiful mix of pastels and bright pops of color.

I did something that's rare for me: a photo without a person in it! This is a photo I took of our house right after we moved in last September, and the Coming Home collection was perfect for it in every way.

I used the house stickers to create a border along the bottom of the layout. These houses remind me of the ones in our neighborhood -- they each have their own personality.

Banners always say "welcome" to me, so I thought it was appropriate to add one to this design.

I added a kraft doily from Maya Road and a heart shaped button to convey feelings of a happy home.

The next layout captures the playfulness of the Coming Home collection with the paper airplanes and clouds. I added a frame of red stitching , and it really helped balance the smaller photo.

Okay, so my stitching isn't perfectly even. It's actually pretty amazing that I got it straight at all! It adds to the handmade feel.

I added colorful buttons to the centers of some of the die-cuts and stickers for an extra pop of color.

I went for more subtle colors in this next layout. I added a filter to my photo to soften the harsh sunlight and it worked nicely with the more subdued colors in this collection.

The little tree stickers were a fun way to extend the bottom border.

And finally, a fun little card that would be great for a birthday or housewarming.

And another banner...this time, I added a button between each pennant to connect them.

Thanks for letting me share my projects with you. Happy creating!

A little Notebook inspiration

Hello MLS friends. Shemaine here today and I am sharing some projects I created using the Notebook collection.

Exploring the Queen Mary

I used some ink to add a little texture to my layout. I love the cardstock stickers in this collection.

Supplies: Patterned paper with Love and Truly yours. Notebook cardstock stickers.

 

Big fun

I love using punches and twine on my layouts. They add a bit of texture.

Supplies: Always and Forever patterned paper. Notebook cardstock sticker.

Sending you Birthday wishes

I used another one of these fun cardstock stickers to make a sweet card.

A little Something

For this card I went with an elegant feel. I used the back of the With Love paper for the base of my card.

That's all I have for you today. Thank you for stopping by.

Have a creative day.

Tuesday Tutorial:Use your Scraps

Hi this is Jenifer here with you today to share the Tuesday Tutorial.  My Technique is to use Quilts and your beautiful My Little Shoebox scraps and create a layout.  I used this quilt as my inspiration.

 I keep all of my My Little Shoebox papers and scraps in their own little area; they are just too precious to part with. 

step 1-Go through all of your scraps and cut out a leaf shape with a bunch of different designs on them. 

step 2- Lay them out in a different ways on the page until you create your desired look, mine ended up being flowers.  Nice and easy.

 

Here is a close up of one of the flowers.  I ended up putting the center on a foam dot on top of some thread to help give it some texture.  I also sent around all of the petals with a fine point pen to make it look like I had sewn them on.

 

I hope you have enjoyed my technique today and I hope it has inspired you to pull out and use up some of those precious scraps of paper.  I would love to see what you come up with, leave a link with your creation and I will check it out.

Until next time,

Jenifer

Highlights from CHA!

We're back from CHA and we had a fantastic time showing off our newest release of handbags, ipad cases and more.

It was so great to see many of our customers and have them share in Helen's exciting news. We had many of you model for us so we could share the pictures with our fans.

Here's a look at some of the fun we had.

Here's our Design Team Coordinator, Pattie Beltran modeling our Cloud print weekend bag.

Next we have the always lovely Glitz Girls!

And the girls from Bella Blvd.

Sweet Julia from Therm-o-Web

The girls from Freckled Fawn

And finally the girls from Fiskers

Thanks to all of you sweet ladies for coming by the booth to take photos with us. We always love seeing you at CHA.

We'll have more CHA photos to share later in the week. For more information about our handbags and lifestyle products, please visit our website:

MyLittleShoebox.com

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Sweet Vintage Shop Creations

Hello, MLS friends!  I'm happy to share my latest projects with the "Vintage Shop" collection.

What could be better to welcome a baby girl than a card with flowers, lace, and bling?

Supplies:
MLS "Vintage Shop" paper, stickers; mini alpha stickers
Want2Scrap rhinestone swirl
Tsukineko Ink
Maya Road stick pins
Offray ribbon
Beacon Adhesives
Glue Arts dimensional adhesive

Say "thank you" to all of the wonderful people in your life.

Supplies:
MLS "Vintage Shop" paper, stickers; mini alpha stickers
Want2Scrap rhinestone swirl
Tsukineko Ink
Maya Road stick pins, diecut
Offray ribbon
Beacon Adhesives
Glue Arts dimensional adhesive

I picked up this sweet little wooden tray at a local thrift store and couldn't wait to alter it.  I just love how it has transformed into dimensional wall art.

Supplies:
MLS "Vintage Shop" paper, stickers; mini alpha stickers
Want2Scrap pearl swirls
Tsukineko Ink
Maya Road stick pins
Beacon Adhesives
Glue Arts dimensional adhesive

Thank you for visiting the blog today!  Come by each and every day for more design team inspiration.

Keely Yowler