missing the bay...

The Bay Area will always hold a special place in my heart...

the people we met

the opportunities we were blessed with

the sites we saw

the restaurants we stuffed our bellies with

the place where I was introduced to this craft that I love so very much!!!

For CHA Winter in LA the gals over at My Little Shoebox got together and we created aprons featuring the new collections and I was lucky enough to get to create one for the City By The Bay line. So with the help of my dear scrappy friends who know how to sew {I staple using the Tiny Attacher... thank you Tim Holtz!} this special City By The Bay apron came to life...

A close up of the bridge...

The very talented Pattie Beltran came up with a brilliant idea on how to construct the bridge and using the City By The Bay - Potrero Hill, Claudine Hellmuth's Sticky Back Canvas and a little extra bling from Tattered Angels Red Apple Glam... this bridge just sparkles!!!

The sun was made using the back side of the City By The Bay - Potrero Hill and was embellished with the new Sun Sisters and Marmalade Glimmer Mist. The Sticky Back Canvas clouds were done using Teal High Heel Glimmer Mist and the white mini alphas... these were so much fun to make and using the same technique here.

In honor of my love for the Bay Area, I would like to know a city that holds a special place in your heart...

Leave me a comment with your city and one lucky winner will take home the entire City By The Bay collection... STAMPS TOO!!!

The winner will be announced on Monday, April 11th!!!

Creative Cheers!

BIG MLS ANNOUNCEMENT!!!

As some of you know I am not very good at keeping secrets...

especially when the news is BIG...

like SUPER-DUPER-BIG!!!

Today is the day... to let the cat out of the bag!!!

The announcement has been made on My Little Shoebox's blog here.

Humbled and honored to be on the same

Design Team as these extremely talented ladies:

Erin Yamabe

Pattie Beltran

Shemaine Smith

Kristine Berc

Shelly Berg

Norine Borys

Susan Dupre

Rocio Duran

Beckie Dryer

Linda Kretz

Pearl Liu

Zoe Nemburt

Rosangela "Ro" Philippsen

Melinda Spinks

Mandy Starner

Ilene Tell

Becky Williams

Keely Yowler

Looking forward to being blown away by all the crafty creations to come on this fabulous team!

what a day & Blog Hope Winner!!!

Greetings all!

Hope you are having a fabulous Friday, sorry this post is a wee bit later in the day than I originally planned. You know how that goes... you make a plan and then your day goes in a completely different direction... like spending 3 hours going 7 miles due to an unfortunate accident on the only freeway that gets you from point A to point B involving a semi hauling cattle through the curvy mountain range with two children taking turns melting down because they just want to go home... has that ever happened to you? If not, lie to me! Just kidding... I guess what I am trying to say is I am thankful to be back with my family, back to this lovely craft involving paper and glue and yes, we all said prayers for the poor cows on the way home!

Now for the good news...

the news that gets me all giddy...

announcing the winner of the bloghop!!!

Drum roll please....

CONGRATULATIONS ClarieTet!

ClaireTet said...

I love your Farmers Market layouts. Beautiful and fun!

MARCH 29, 2011 5:58 AM

Please send me your address to outoftheboxcreative@yahoo.com & I will send you your goodies ASAP!

Creative Cheers!

2010 MLS Design Team Blog Hop...

Is it really the end of March already?

This past year I have learned so very much from the talented ladies on the My Little Shoebox design team and it has been so much fun working with them. So today we are all showing some of our favorite My Little Shoebox work so be sure to start here at the begining and thank you to those joining us from the extremely creative Melanie Stanczyk's blog. Have fun hippity hopping along!

Happy Birthday card for my dad...

Fun mini book for my sweet mother-in-law

I just love the My Little Shoebox stamps!

A sweet layout using a Farmer's Market. This is one of my favorite photos and it was just waiting for the perfect paper to just make it pop!

In honor of the blog hop today I am putting together a little My Little Shoebox goodie bag for one lucky person, so please leave me a comment and I will announce the lucky winner on April 1st, no joke! {GIGGLE!}

Thank you so much for stopping by!

Please keep hopping on to see the brilliant work of

Mrs. Pattie Beltran!

CREATIVE CHEERS!!!

scrappy love & the winners are...

Still unpacking and to be honest I haven't been very efficient. It is hard to stay on task when the little ones need you or you start wandering down memory lane. We miss our friends and family in California but thankful we have these memories scrapped! These were two of my favorites from My Little Shoebox's summer release. The colors, the details... oh how I heart Green & Sunday Market!

Days like today make me thankful for being introduced to this wonderful craft!

Okay, enough of me being sappy let's get to what ya'll have been waiting for!!!!

Drum roll please....

Jill Sarginson said...oooooooooh Farmer's Market hands down! Thanks for the chance ... I have a 4 year old who loves princesses too .... :) {MARCH 10, 2011 4:21 PM}

Melissa D. said...It is a definite toss up between City by the Bay and Farmers Market. I don't think that I could decide if you made me! Glad that MLS posted your blog, I became a follower and also just submitted my DT application! Thanks for the fun! {MARCH 9, 2011 1:04 PM}

Congrats to Jill and Melissa!!!

Thank you so much for your comments!!!

Please send me your address to outoftheboxcreative@yahoo.com and I will get your prized out to you ASAP!

Enjoy your weekend!!!

I've been thinking...

I know, dangerous huh?

I am thinking that one prize like this isn't enough...

TWO SOUNDS WAY BETTER!!!

So both of these kits need good homes therefore using a highly specified means of selection {my 4 year old will be in charge of the choosing and she likes princesses in case you were wondering!} one lucky winner will be taking home City By The Bay and the other lucky winner will get to play with Farmer's Market!!!

Each kit includes:

1 set of Diecuts

2 of each paper

2 Scallops

3 different color mini alphas

1 glazed alpha

1 set of Icon Stickers

Now hurry up and leave me a comment naming your favorite collection from My Little Shoebox's new release before the 10pm PST deadline tonight!!!

Good Luck & Creative Cheers!!!

PS. I will be sure to include the comments from this post in for the prizes!

My Little Shoebox Design Team Call...

I know I am a little late to the party on this one... it something to do with moving, traveling, unpacking, not having internet... the list goes on and on but as my mother always says, better late than never but bring baked goods to smooth things over. Well, since we are in the blog-o-sphere and virtual banana bread isn't possible how about a prize instead? Leave me a post here on my blog simply saying which of the new lines from My Little Shoebox is your favorite and I will put together a lovely little sample of goodies as a giveaway!

If you are planning on submitting here are the itty-bitty details:

My Little Shoebox 2011 Design Team Call

My Little Shoebox is looking for talented, motivated, responsible designers who have time
to commit to design layouts and projects each month with our products and promote our
products online and at their local stores. We haven't set a specific number of designers for our
team. We welcome international submissions.
We are looking for:
1. Enthusiastic, creative people that love My Little Shoebox and are able to do monthly
assignments such as layouts, projects, and cards with our products.
2. You must post your work on 2 different galleries plus the MLS galleries
3. You must be able to commit to a 12 months term, which will be from
April 1, 2011 through March 31, 2012.
4. You must be at least 18 years of age.
5. You agree to release the rights of your designs to My Little Shoebox for display on the
company website, blog, and in company publications.
6. If needed, your designs may also be needed for display at trade shows.
7. In addition, as a design team member, you will be contributing twice per term to our
company newsletter and be required quarterly to make a photo or video highlighting a
technique for the blog.
8. You may be required to contribute to the company’s blog during your term.
9. International submissions welcome.
In return you will receive:
1. Packages filled with plenty of MLS products to design with.
2. Your picture and bio on the My Little Shoebox website
3. Your own personal gallery on the My Little Shoebox website.
To apply please send the following to dtcall@mylittleshoebox.com (please use your full name
as the subject):
1. Full name, address, phone number and email address
2. 2 layouts, 1 card and 1 project representing your best never before seen work using MLS
products (jpeg files no larger than 500 kb)
3. A link to your personal blog and to the online galleries or message boards that you post on.
4. Design teams that you currently are on.
5. Write a paragraph about yourself telling us why you think you'll be a good fit for the MLS
team.
6. If you've been published.
7. If you teach classes.
Submission deadline is March 10, 2011
Our design team members will be announced on March 31, 2011.
We thank you in advance for all of your work and appreciate your entry!

GOOD LUCK!!!