My Little Shoebox

More Decorative punches inspiration

Hello MLS fans. Thanks for stopping by for another day of inspiration using decorative punches. A few of our favorite punches are ones by Martha Stewart, EK Success, Fiskers and We R Memory Keepers to name a few.

Today Beckie is sharing some projects she created with punches by Kuretake with the Secret Garden collection.

My girls

 

Supplies:

MLS Product Secret Garden - Dorothy,  La Petite

Kiss and Sky paper

Ocean and Dry paper

Secret garden flowers and accents, Secret Garden Cardstock stickers

Becky used the KurePunch sweet flowers punch to create a border she could embellish as well as a border strip to layer with.

And here is a card she created.

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 Next up is...

There is beauty all around

Supplies: Secret Garden La Petite patterned paper, kraft, ivory and brown cardstock. Martha Stewart punch around the page. Secret Garden cardstock stickers.

Shemaine's Notes: I like created texture with punches for layouts and cards by punching strips of the same color cardstock and layering them.

 

Thanks for these fabulous projects ladies. Join us tomorrow for more inspiration.

Have a creative day.

Tuesday Tutorial with Rocio

Good Morning MLS fans! It's time for another Tuesday Tutorial from our talented designers. Today Rocio Duran is sharing a perfect tutorial for summer!

Pinwheel Tutorial by Rocio Duran

With summer just around the corner, this pinwheel tutorial will help you find the perfect decorations for a summer party.  They are so easy to create that you can just watch TV and make as many as needed in a short amount of time.  Using the wonderful Garden Party line to create bright summer inspired pinwheels.

 
First, cut a square paper, I used a 4”x4”.

  

Then cut diagonally on each corner towards the middle but stopping short as seen in the photo above.  It creates 4 triangles.

  

Fold one corner of each triangle ensuring that it’s always the same side of each triangle as seen above, the right side it folded towards the center.  Staple the center to hold it all together.

  

Once all corners are folded the pinwheel is formed.  If you want to use it on a layout you can leave it there, but if you want it to be functional continue with the following steps

  

Pierce thru the center of the pinwheel. 

 

Using a short pin mark the wooden stick as seen above.  Then thru the pierced center of the pinwheel  so that the pinwheel is attached to the wooden stick and it will rotate with the wind.

 

Once you attach it to the wooden stick you can embellish the center as seen.  

Now go and enjoy creating beautiful pinwheels.

 Have a great day!

Wrapping up our CHA pics

Thanks to everyone that stopped by our booth at CHA! We wanted to share some snapshots of the fun we had at the Winter show

The MLS booth decked out in Helen's latest collections

Erin & Shemaine having fun at the My Cute Stamps booth

Erin teaching the My Little Shoebox workshop. I love this photo, it's such a great memory of Erin's passion and funny personality! She really is an amazing teacher.

Helen stopped by the Unity booth to give Stephanie of Bella Blvd's make and take a try.

The girls getting ready for an evening out

 
 Another pic from our class

It was so great to see all our fellow design team members, customers and business partners at the show! We look forward to seeing you all again this summer in Chicago!

We can't wait for you to get your hands on our new collections. Make sure you load up your creations to our Facebook page.

Our girls are creating beautiful projects that are just Cute as a Button!

I know it's winter time but let's spread a little warmth around with some designs from our girls with Cute as a Button!

Erin Yamabe has some beautiful projects for you today. First up is this beautiful banner

and some adorable cards

Next we have some beautiful work by Tracey. First we have her beautiful daughter modeling an adorable headband and altered purse. Two things every girl MUST have.

and this layout

and next we have some projects from Cindy

a cute card

a fabulous layout

and another sweet card

And finally some cute creations from Debbie. We'll start with this layout

a fun birthday card

and a few more fabulous layouts!

this handmade flower is simply amazing!

This layout is so very girly and we love it!

We hope these Cute as a Button projects will inspire you to get out your collections and create some cute projects!

Farewell Virginia...

A special thanks goes out to our Guest Designer Virginia Tillery this month... what a great month it's been so many exciting things.  Here is one last project from Virginia...

What a cute journal!!  Now head over to Virginia's blog and become a follower!

August Guest Designer...

It's Thursday again and this is our last official post with Virginia... we are so sad but we are so excited about what she brought to August this month.  I even tried to find my masking tape for a layout... I am feeling very inspired. 

 

Is this not the cutest layout... WOW we love the use of paper from Imaginary Friends and All A Flutter!! 

Way to go Virginia!!

August Guest Designer...

Thursday means we get to share more of the amazing talent from our Guest Designer Virginia!!  She has amazed me every week... check out what she has done with All A Flutter, ummm words can't describe what I feel when I look at this layout... the softness and embellishments are PERFECT in every way!!

 

 

Isn't this all just precious!!  Thanks Virginia!! 

To see more of Virginia's work with MLS make sure you are subscribed to our newsletter so you don't miss a MLS beat. 

Guest Designer Spotlight...

It's Thursday again and that means that we get to hang out and get a little inspiration from our guest designer Virginia.  Today we are showing off a couple SPECTACULAR cards that she created using Imaginary Friends and All a Flutter!!

I want to create like Virginia when I grow up... these are too cute for words!!

Weekend eye candy with All A Flutter...

Here is some weekend eye candy...

designed by DT Alumni Gretchen

Facebook winner Week 6...

A little sad that today is the last announcement for the winners of our Facebook Challenge.  We have had so much fun over at our Facebook page watching the challenge submissions come in and all the fun comments!!  We have had a lot of fun with this challenge. 

Here is our last weeks winner using All A Flutter...

Tracey Campbell
(email us at [email protected])

The winner who will be entered into the drawing are...

Rebecca Keppel

Monique Liedtke

Thanks for all who played throughout our challenge!!  All the winners will be added to the grand prize drawing of $200 of MLS goodies and that winner will be announced on FRIDAY!!