My Little Shoebox

November Guest Designer: Kimber McGray

Hello My Little Shoebox fans and happy election day! It's an exciting day here on the MLS blog as we are so pleased to announce our November Guest Designer...

Kimber McGray!!

Here's a little bit about Kimber:

Kimber McGray Bio:

Always a crafter of some kind, Kimber McGray started scrapbooking 7 years ago and has never looked back. Obsessed would be a mild way of describing her love of paper crafting.

Over the past four years, Kimber's work has been published in Creating Keepsakes, BHG Scrapbooks Etc., Scrapbook Trends, Cards, Paper Crafts, CardMaker, Scrapbook and Cards Today magazine regular issues, as well as featured in different Idea Books. Her work has also appeared in major ad campaigns for We R Memory Keepers and Core’dinations. Kimber was also announced as a Hall of Fame 2007 winner with Creating Keepsakes. Kimber's 1st book, Scrapbook Secrets was released in May 2009. She co-authored Remember This, which was released June 2010.  Her 3^rd book with F + W Publications, 175 Fresh Card Ideas was released in August 2010. Her 4th book with F + W Publications, 100 Fresh and Fun Handmade Cards was released in March 2012.

She enjoys working with all different aspects of the industry by designing in all realms. She is currently designing Jillibean Soup and Two Peas in a Bucket. This helps her keep her work fresh and new as well as challenge her to use different products daily.

She lives in Carmel, Indiana, with her husband Bill of 13 years and two children, Andrew (9) and Laura (7).

We gave Kimber some MLS goodies and asked her to work her magic! Here's a look at what she created for you today.

 The perfect pick

We love that Kimber used some dimensional adhesives to pop these cardstock sticker trees on this layout.

 The cardstock sticker tag makes for easy journaling.

 

Happy Birthday to you

 

 Kimber's tip: Use a white gel pen to add faux stitching for a fun look!

Thanks for stopping by the MLS blog today! We'll be checking back in with Kimber later this month and sharing more of her beautiful creations!

Have a great day!

Welcome August's Guest Designer Alice Carman

Hello MLS fans! We are pleased to welcome Alice Carman as August's Guest Designer here at My Little Shoebox! Alice is a wonderful artisit who designs for Bella Blvd, Petaloo and Scrap Mart.

We'll let Alice take it from here...

 

My name is Alice Carman and I’m super excited to guest design for My Little Shoebox.  I love making cards so when I was asked to create a few samples,  I was over the moon excited.  I’ve been asked what my card making style is and honestly, I have no idea.  I dabble in everything…after all its crafting and who doesn’t like that!  However, I do like to layer my cards.  I use a lot of product so I guess you could say it’s not clean and simple.  I also use a lot of stickers and alphabets…love them!  MLS has great mini alphas, perfect for card making. Another thing I like to use is pattern paper because it just makes everything bright and fun.

Baby card

 

For my first card I created a cute little Owl out of the patterned papers in the Notebook collection and made the card a tri-fold card.

Here's a closer view. I really loved working with the roll up flowers and thought the leaves are a perfect addition.

 

 

Happy Day

 

 

 

I really like that the new alpha stickers now come in a matte finish and they are super sticky!

 

Thank you My Little Shoebox for such a warm welcome and beautiful new products to create with!

Join us again on Thursday August 23rd for more card making inspiration from Alice and make sure you visit her design blog, Cards by Alice for a look at some amazing altered projects she had recently posted.

Guest Designer Thursday

Hello MLS fans. We're wrapping up this month's guest designer Thursday post with more beautiful creations from Cheryl Waters. It's been so much fun having Cheryl join us this month and share her work. We're looking forward to seeing Cheryl at the Craft and Hobby Trade show at the end of January. You can keep up with Cheryl at the Fiskateer website.

Here's a look at the rest of Cheryl's creations.

A beautiful altered canvas

the little details

The ballerina Cheryl used is to die for! What a creative and beautiful touch.

 

And Cheryl's final project, a beautiful card

and more of the little details

 

Thank you Cheryl for sharing all of your beautiful creations with us here on the My Little Shoebox blog.

Stay tuned in the coming month for news about our February guest designer.

Have a merry creative day!

Guest Designer Thursday

Hello MLS fans. It's Guest Designer Thursday and time share some of December's Guest Designer, Cheryl Water's beautiful layouts she created with our Enchanted Garden and Audrey collection.

 

We are so thrilled to be sharing Cheryl's work today. If you missed her introduction please click here to learn more about this talented, sweet Fiskateer! Now let's take a look at what she created for us today!

Laugh like crazy

 

 

Here's a  few close ups.

 

Funny girl layout

Love all the elements Cheryl has added to make this layout so fun.

If you'd like to see more of Cheryl work make sure you visit us here next Thursday as we share some more of her beautiful work. You can also check out Cheryl's Fiskateer blog.

 

Guest Designer Thursday and more Hip Hop!

Hip Hop hello MLS fans! It's our 2nd week hopping with the Unity design team and we hope you enjoyed all the amazing projects we created for you. Our Hip Hop started at the Unity blog today so if you haven't started be sure and start at Unity. We are the last blog of the Hop. Scroll down for info on today's giveaway!

We've enjoyed having Eva Dobilas as our October Guest Designer. Eva's projects have been beautiful and inspiring! We can hardly believe how fast this month flew by. Here's one last project from Eva today...

Eva mixed and matched our Audrey and Enchanted Garden collection along with the coordinating Unity stamps to create this beautiful card. 

Thanks again to Eva for all of your beautiful inspiration you shared with us this month!

 

For today's giveaway, a random commenter will be chosen by Unity to win a prize package of stamps! You must do the hop and leave a comment on each blog to be entered to win. 

Comments close the 30^th at MIDNIGHT. Winner posted the 31^st on Unity blog.

Have a creative day!

Guest Designer Thursday

Hello MLS fans! It's my favorite day of the week! Time to share more inspiration from this month's Guest Designer, Eva Dobilas! If this is your first day of Guest Designer Thursday you can read more about Eva on last week's instroduction post here.

Now let's get to her projects for this week! Eva loved our Trick or Treat collection and knew exactly what she wanted to create with them. Check out these adorable Halloween themed treat boxes!

 

 

 

 

Here's a look at all three of these fabulous treat boxes together!

 

These treats are so cute! Thanks for the great idea Eva!

Before we say goodbye today we want to let you know that Two Peas in a Bucket has our Trick or Treat collection 25% off! Yep you read that right. So head on over here to get yourself some Trick or Treat collection to scrap those upcoming Halloween pics.

 

 Have a creative day!

Guest Designer Thursday

Hello MLS fans! It's been fun having Linda Auclair join us this month as our guest designer. Linda's projects have been beautiful and inspiring! We can hardly believe how fast this month flew by. Here's one last project from Linda.

Project Title:  In the Garden sign

Materials used:

Wooden shadowbox frame
MLS "Farmer's Market" collection patterned papers:  Cherries Jubilee,
Fresh From the Field
MLS "Farmer's Market" collection cardstock stickers
MLS "Carnation" Glitter Alphabet stickers
MLS "Lollipop" Mini Alphabet stickers
pink gingham ribbon
Stickles Glitter Glue

Linda's notes: During the summer, we spend a lot of time out of doors, especially in our backyard garden.  This little sign is a handy little reminder of where we've gone to alert visitors and delivery people.  I love the veggie stickers that coordinate with the "Farmer's Market" collection- so cute!

Thanks again Linda for all your amazing work!

Have a great day!

Guest Designer Thursday

Hello friends! It's time for another fun project from this month's Guest Designer, Linda Auclair. If you've been stopping by every Thursday you've seen some inspiring ideas from Linda.

Today Linda is sharing a quick tutorial. Let's take a look!

Here's the bracelet put together

and a few closer looks

Linda Says: This is a project that I put together very quickly.  I used the
"Something Tweet" stamps along with some "Farmer's Market" scraps for
this quick and easy bracelet project.

1.  Stamp your images on Shrinky Dink film.  Color & cut out, and be
sure to punch a small hole in each one.
2.  Shrink according to the manufacturer's directions.  I like to use
a heat gun for mine - it works really quickly on small charms like
these.
3.  Using paper scraps, roll several paper beads.  I found the
directions online, and made a whole handful of beads in no time flat!
4.  Attach the charms to the bracelet with jump rins, and thread the
beads onto eye pins and attach to the bracelet with jump rings as
well.
5.  Voila!  A project that is fun to make and fun to wear!  (and great
to do with kids!)

Thanks Linda for sharing a fun idea with us! We say goodbye to Linda next week so make sure you visit us for her last day of inspiration.

 Join us here tomorrow on the MLS blog!

We're having a fun blog hop for all our fans! Our design team has created some fun projects to inspire you using our Trick or Treat collection . And to add to the fun, as you hop from blog to blog each of our girls will be sharing tricks and tons of treats!! Bring your candy sack and please join us right here on our blog Friday August 19th!!

 

Guest Designer Thursday

Hello MLS fans! it's Thursday and that means more inspiration from this month's Guest Designer Linda Auclair. Today Linda has some cute cards to share.

 

Making cards is my favorite way to use up scraps.  I have gotten into the habit of quickly putting together a couple cards while I still have the materials for my scrapbook pages out, and every once in awhile I'll get inspiration for another page from the combination of products I use!  I use the Mini Alphabet stickers all the time for my cards, because you get a whole lot of alpha stickers in each package, and can use them generously without worrying about running out of "E's" or "T's" - I love that!

Thanks for these tips today Linda! Join us next week as we share some more of Linda's fun projects!

Have a great day!

August Guest Designer Linda Auclair

Hello MLS fans! It's time to introduce our August Guest Designer...

Linda Auclair

Bio:

My name is Linda Auclair, from New Hampshire.   I’ve been married for 12 years to my wonderful husband, Tim.  We have 3 great kids:  Jonathan, who is 24 and heading off to grad school in the fall, Brigid who just turned 11 and is quite the crafter and photographer herself, and Aileen who just turned 9 who loves kitties and color pink.  My family is my inspiration and my greatest source of support.  I have been a paper crafter and scrapbooker since I was pregnant with my Aileen, so I’ve been at this for about 10 years now and have enjoyed watching the papercrafting industry evolve over the past decade.  I’ve been fortunate to work for a variety of online retailers over the years, and have represented a number of different manufacturers on Design Teams as well.  You can find my work in the Gallery at 2Peas as well as on my blog: http://elendae.wordpress.com/  Please stop by and say “hi”!

 

Here's a look at some layouts Linda created

Happiness Grows created with our Farmer's Market collection

Designer's tip: The "Farmer's Market" collection was a perfect backdrop for this photo
of my daughter enjoying one of the apples we picked last season.  I
used the coordinating stamps and the ledger paper to create my own
patterned paper for the borders.  I used floral die cut tags from the
collection along with some simple stamped shapes to create a fun
dimensional border along the lower edge of the page.

 

We love a parade created with our Sew Cute collection

Designer's tip: I went a little out of the box for my 4th of July page.  I love the
colors and patterns in the "Sew Cute" collection, and thought it would
be fun to do a patriotic page with them.  I used the stamps again to
create a pattern on my background paper, and embellished the stamped
button flowers with real buttons.  I used a shape  from the
coordinating Journaling Die Cuts and embellished it with lace trim for
my "4th"  tag.

My Fair Lady created with our Farmer's Market collection

Designer's tip: The colors were perfect for my page about my cutie's experiences at
the Town Fair.  I created a hidden journaling tag to capture my story
and preserve the clean lines of the layout.

A big thanks to Linda for the inspiration today! Please join us every Thursday all this month for more peeks of Linda's beautiful work!

Have a great day!