Mixin' it up with My Little Shoebox...

Happy Friday!!!

Hope you all had a wonderful week and now it's time to celebrate the weekend with a My Little Shoebox Blog Hop {START HERE}. If you are joining me from the ever-so-talented Pattie Beltran - you are in the right place! I so heart the wall hanging she created, she has a knack for those itty-bitty details! For my little mix up I wanted reached into my My Little Shoebox stash and got craftin'! Here are my two beauties all dolled up in their favorite halloween costumes, Addison was all about ladybugs and Avery Lynn is just a stinker! Both of their expressions totally capture each of their personalities at the tender age of two! This is why it is important to scrap these moments!

The little ladybug's red dress was made from those darling tomatoes on the Farmer's Market Berkeley paper with a little tulle to fluff up her skirt. The sweet witch's broom was made from the Farmer's Market circle scallop.
I am a sucker for sunflowers so these little gems needed some extra love while fussy cutting them out but once they all had a date with the distresser and popped onto their vines they just added so much to this page.
And you know my feelings about these mini-alphas... I LOVE THEM! The idea of the girls trick- or-treating in my old neighborhood inspired this layout.
So in light of our little Mix Up - I would like to offer a challenge! Please leave me a comment with the names of three different collections featured on this layout and you will win the entire City By The Bay collection! Hint: I already gave you one!!! LOL!

Wishing you all good luck and now head on over to the vibrant and full of energy Keely Yowler !

Creative Cheers!

heartfelt blog hop winner & a sneak peek...

Hope you had a wonderful weekend! I spent mine crafting with the girls and having lots of fun! Let's just say that my 2 year old learned a valuable lesson that Zot Dots belong on paper, not on your face. I so wish I would have had my camera but the memory was priceless!

The Heartfelt collection from My Little Shoebox is such a treat to work with and I just can't seem to get enough of it! Here is a little sneak into a present I made for a dear family member...

Speaking of Heartfelt... guess who is the lucky winner from my blog on Friday??? Drumroll please....

Suzy said...

Great page Nicole! Love the soft colors in this collection. Thanks for sharing :)
Suzanne suzyq28024@gmail.com

MAY 20, 2011 1:22 PM

Congratulations! Suzy, you will be hearing from me shortly so I can get your goodies out to you!

Creative Cheers!

My Little Shoebox Heartfelt Blog Hop...

Greetings!

Thank you for joining me from the fabulous Melinda Spinks blog - she is afterall the mastermind behind the gorgeous sketch being featured today! If you are just now joining me, I encourage you to start at the beginning of the hop HERE! The subject of our hop today is the lovely mid-release from My Little Shoebox called Heartfelt. I HEART THIS LINE! I am a total sucker for the vintage feel of things and then to have Helen's crafty spin on it just made me love this collection that much more! Seriously, take a look at these beauties!!!

So all of us here on the design team decided to take a stab at this awesome sketch and make it our own using these beautiful papers.

Here is my take...

I have wanted to scrap this photo for months, there is just something soft & sweet about my sister's expression. The romantic in me is wondering what sweet nothings Josh is whispering in her ear, I am sure is that ooey-gooey lovey stuff that chick flick movies are based on. Yep, that is the kind of love that these two share... I am so very happy for my beautiful sister!

Here is a close up of the butterfly...

Now, onto more Heartfelt scrappy goodness... please continue the hop by visiting my fellow desert beauty, the one and only Mrs. Norine Borys! Oh, be sure to leave a comment here and on the My Little Shoebox blog for a chance to win fabulous prizes!

Creative Cheers!

xoxo

The Everydaily...

So the creative masters over at Write.Click.Scrapbook have chosen an amazing theme for the month of May... The Everydaily! To translate, it means those-itty-bitty-little-things-that-you-do-day-in-and-day-out-whether-you-are-sleep-deprived-or-in-major-need-of-a-Starbucks-fix-yet-these-things-never-make-it-onto-your-ever-growing-to-do-list. Ok, you got me... that is my definition of "everydaily" but the point is there none-the-less! This theme is perfect for this month especially because just yesterday I was thinking just how cool it would be to make a medallion flower out of my "to do" list instead of actually doing the things on my list. Am I am scrapper or what?

I highly encourage you to CLICK your heart on over to their site for a chance to win one of two prizes from My Little Shoebox! Wishing you all the best of luck!

Creative Cheers!

A Congrats & Challenge Reminder...

Howdy happy crafters!!!

I just wanted to take a moment to congratulate two of the most amazing scrappers, my sweet friends Pattie & Rocio! Their work for My Little Shoebox was chosen for the spring issue of Scrapbook & Beyond magazine! Here is the issue so go get it!!!

Here is Pattie's layout using the Cute As A Button collection... I love her use of the chipboard letters, you know me I am a lumpy bumpy gal! Oh yeah, and the little girl in the layout is our sweet Addison with her friend Mari, they are so cute in their tutus!

Here is Rocio's layout using Summer Breeze.

Can we just take a moment to take in all the distressing... SWOON!

They are both beyond talented, graceful and humble... two of dearest friends a woman could ask for. I am so very proud of you ladies!!! CONGRATS GIRLS!!!

xoxoxo

Now, onto the contest... as mentioned here My Little Shoebox is having an awesome contest this month to promote the Farmer's Market collection. There is a very generous prize for one lucky crafter so for all the details CLICK HERE!

Personally, I can't get enough of the Farmer's Market collection! I am on my 8th layout and 4th card... and the ideas keep coming! Here is one of my favorite photos of my husband and my father-in-law.

{PHOTO COURTESY OF MICHELLE RIDDLE}

I have been holding onto this photo for about a year now and when I saw the Farmer's Market colors and icons I just knew that this photo was meant to be scrapped!

So, I encourage you to pull out your My Little Shoebox and get crackin' on this challenge!

Creative Cheers!

My Little Shoebox Design Team Member...

Screaming from the top of the crafty rooftops....

YAHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!

I am so very honored, thankful and blessed to be a part of this amazing team for another term. As you all know, I super-big-grinch-once-his-heart-bursts-with-love-style HEART this company and all the fun itty bitty details that the paper, stickers, stamps and alphas provide!

Here are some of my favorite projects using My Little Shoebox...

a fresh from the farmer's market layout...

City by the Bay apron ~ total fav!

a mini book using City by the Bay...

loved how this line captured my trip perfectly!!!

Thanks for stopping by!

Creative Cheers!

PS. Forgive me for being behind the ball... again! Sorry this is a day late, an embellishment short!

PPS. Clarification... I love the story of the Grinch and in no way, shape or form demonstrate Grinch-like behavior when he is stealing ornaments and candy canes from children.

Home Tweet Home..

Greetings!

I have been so busy unpacking these last few days, I need a creative break... so I thought I should show some of my creations from CHA using fabulous Home Tweet Home collection from My Little Shoebox. You should know that I love music and sometimes I find that lyrics make the best titles for scrapbook pages! I had been listening to a TON of Jullian Edwards stuff while creating for CHA and when the song "Go Together" came on it was as if it was meant to go on this page!

Actually she has a few songs that fit this line quite nicely... "July & June" and "Songbird" are two of my other favorites! And for this darling senior she will spread her wings in a few weeks... isn't she just beautiful! Her sister is too... that post is a collection for another day!

The colors and the icons in this line are just so much fun to play with, especially this apple! When I first saw this line two things popped out for me, the branches and the apple. It was almost as if the apple sticker was just saying "please oh please cover me in Glossy Accents..."

I know, it is weird... you know you are a true crafter when the supplies start talking to you right? LOL!

Well, now it is time to get back to making AZ our Home Tweet Home!!!

Creative Cheers!