Hi everyone! Just wanted to share this great deal on Silhouette products! Today is the last day and I would hate for anyone to miss out! Visit the Silhouette Store here and enter promo code "SHOEBOX" to pick up these fabulous deals! Thanks for stopping by. Happy Scrapping! Continue reading

Hi everyone! Just wanted to share this great deal on Silhouette products! This awesome promo is being extended through tomorrow, March 10th!! Visit the Silhouette Store here and enter promo code "SHOEBOX" to pick up these fabulous deals! Thanks for stopping by. Happy Scrapping! Continue reading

Hi everyone! Just wanted to share this great deal on Silhouette products! Unfortunately there were a few glitches on the home page (it must have been all of your shopping!), so Silhouette is generously extending their promotion through March 10th!!! Visit the Silhouette Store here and enter promo code "SHOEBOX" to pick up these fabulous deals! Thanks for stopping by. Happy Scrapping! Continue reading

Hi everyone! Just wanted to share this great deal on Silhouette products! This deal lasts through March 8th, so hurry! Visit the Silhouette Store here and enter promo code "SHOEBOX" to pick up these fabulous deals! Thanks for stopping by. Happy Scrapping! Continue reading

Hi everyone! Just wanted to share this great deal on Silhouette products! This deal lasts through March 8th, so hurry- just a 2 days left! Visit the Silhouette Store here and enter promo code "SHOEBOX" to pick up these fabulous deals! Thanks for stopping by. Happy Scrapping! Continue reading

Hi everyone! Just wanted to share this great deal on Silhouette products! This deal lasts through March 8th, so hurry- just a few days left! Visit the Silhouette Store here and enter promo code "SHOEBOX" to pick up these fabulous deals! Thanks for stopping by. Happy Scrapping! Continue reading

Good morning! Today we announce the winner of a Silhouette Portrait! I'm so excited!!! But first, have you purchased your new Silhouette goodies over at the Silhouette store? Visit the Silhouette store here and enter the promo code "SHOEBOX" to take advantage of these fantastic deals! And now to announce our winner. Drum roll please........ Chiho Korekata!!!!! Who Wrote: My life would be complete with the silhouette..thanks for the opportunity to win. So exciting! Congratulations!!!! Please email me your name and address ([email protected]) today so that we can get your new Silhouette Portrait sent out to you!! Thank you to... Continue reading

Hi everyone! Today is the last day to enter to win a Silhouette Portrait- sniff! But the good news is that you still have 5 fabulous days to pick up your very own Silhouette machine at a fantastic price! Here are the details. You can visit the Silhouette store here and enter the promo code "SHOEBOX" to pick up these great offers! We have a quick little Easter basket and carrot candy boxes to share with- all made using the Silhouette Cameo and Silhouette Studio Designer Edition. I cut this sweet little basket and these cute carrot goody boxes. I... Continue reading

Hi everyone! It's day 3 of the big Silhouette Portrait giveaway. Have you picked up your new Silhouette Portrait, Cameo or Studio Designer Edition program? If not, you still have 6 days to get these fabulous deals! You can visit the Silhouette store here and enter the promo code "SHOEBOX" to get your new goodies at a great deal!! Today, we have a quick St. Paddy's Day card that was created with the Silhouette Studio Designer Edition and my Cameo. I was able to create this card base by using a basic shape, duplicating it and welding it together. So... Continue reading

Hi everyone! Today I will be sharing with you a beautiful layout created by our designer Monique Liedtke(check her out here) created with her Silhouette and the Silhouette Studio Designer Edition program. This beautiful heart background was cut using the Silhouette Studio Designer Edition program. Monique used the welding tool in the Silhouette Studio Designer Edition program to make this awesome title. Did you know that with your Silhouette machine and program, you can use any of your TrueType fonts and create your very own personalized titles? Can you see how the SIlhouette machines are able to cut such intricate... Continue reading

Hi everyone! We are excited to announce a great promotion that Silhouette has for all of our fans! Starting today through March 8th, Silhouette is offering fabulous deals for all of you who would like to own one the wonderful Silhouette cutting machines. We have some samples of what our designers created with their Silhouette machines along with the Silhouette Studio Designer Edition program that we will be sharing in the next few days. In order for you to be able to take advantage of these great prices, please visit the Silhouette Store here You will need to enter "SHOEBOX"... Continue reading

 Desk Calendar Tutorial Although almost everyone has a digital calendar nowadays I still find it handy to have a “real” calendar on my desk and so I made this one. Let me share with you how I made it: Find a printable calendar on the internet and print on a A4 sized sheet (I used the “Linen” sheet (11859)). Make sure you choose a calendar with three rows like this one from “http://annystudio.com/calendars/”. Cut in three rows (2” x 9,5”): Take a piece of cardstock (9.5” x 12”) and score in three places (every three inches), so you have... Continue reading

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Hello MLS friends. Today I am sharing a couple of projects I created with our Coming Home and Cherry Delight collections. First Cherry Delight Soccer Star I love everything about this collection from the colors to the designs in the doily paper. That pattern is my favorite of the collection not to mention the sweet little girls. Supplies: Patterned Paper Bliss, Charming and Happy Times Cardstock Stickers: Cherry Delight Muse Cardstock Alphabet Sticker :Honey Dew Misc: Papertrey Ink Dies, Recollections paper flowers and Queen and Co. gems I love creating my own flowers from paper and then layering them with... Continue reading

Mixed Media Art Journal Page using scraps by: Supplies needed: MLS Stickers/ Paper (Vintage Shop collection) scraps (Cut out the used part, as in the bottom picture) MLS Vintage Shop (3D roll up flowers and accents, Cardstock sticker) Mixed Media paper (Canson) Unity/MLS stamp Tattered Angels and Shimmerz mists Acrylic paints (Folkart) Multi-Medium (Claudia Hellmuth) Beacons glue Toilet roll Black Pen (Zig) Spray the mists onto the craft sheet. Drag the mixed media paper across to create the background colors. You might have to do this several times. Adhere the MLS sticker/paper scraps with multi-medium. Add paint within the cut-outs,... Continue reading

Hi everyone. Pattie here. Happy Valentine's Day to everyone! Hope you are all being appreciated and shown just how special and loved you are! And not just today, but every day!! Since I'm on the subject of special and love, I just wanted to express how thankful I have been being able to share my scrappy works with all of you these past several years. I hope that I have inspired you to use your special gift of craftiness as well! My Little Shoebox has been a part of my life for over 5 years and I have enjoyed every... Continue reading

Hello MLS fans. Today is our last day of Mash Up week. We hope you've enjoyed all of the projects featured this week. Our Design Team players worked really hard on their projects and we really appreciate their efforts. Our final Masher of the week is... Carousel Love layout Some of the details I used several punched hearts to make a honeycomb style embellishment for my page. Use the Tim Holtz tiny attacher to attach them all. I added a bit of mist to the background cardstock. I cut out the letters and used the pop dots to add dimension... Continue reading

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... Continue reading

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;... Continue reading

Hi everyone. Pattie here. Happy Valentine's Day to everyone! Hope you are all being appreciated and shown just how special and loved you are! And not just today, but every day!! Since I'm on the subject of special and love, I just wanted to express how thankful I have been being able to share my scrappy works with all of you these past several years. I hope that I have inspired you to use your special gift of craftiness as well! My Little Shoebox has been a part of my life for over 5 years and I have enjoyed every... Continue reading

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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... Continue reading

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... Continue reading

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... Continue reading

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... Continue reading