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MAY UPDATE---tons of projects!!

Layout by Hilde Janbroers

I am so beyond thrilled about this month's update!!
We have the work of our beautiful team.

We are starting something new. Not only will my team be designing with MLS items every month. We'll be playing with other manufactures to show how our products work well with theirs!! (Next month, Clear Scraps!!!)

We had the opportunity to work with HAMBLY this month. Thank you to the Hambly team for providing such awesome products.
This month we also focused on fun technique's using our CHIPBOARD alphabet and our transparencies.

We started something else. We are choosing awesome guest designers every month to create with our lines. This month we have the awesome, Nichol Magouirk. She rocked it!

Let's start with our team. Remember to look for Hambly, it will be in some of the projects.

ERIN YAMABE

MOLLY PECKHAM

MICHELLE LANNING

EMILY JONES

JANA EUBANK

TANISHA LONG

DANIELLE HOLSAPPLE

NORMA KENNEDY

PATTIE BELTRAN

GRETCHEN MCELVEEN

Here are the projects by our guest designer, NICHOL MAGOUIRK!!!
She did an awesome job with what I gave her.
thank you Nichol!!

Thank you to the wonderful scrapbookers that sent us projects!! I received a ton of items this month by our team and guests, please let me know if I missed you or one of your awesome designs!! We want to see them here.

Liz Qualman, has a sketch site that is so fantastic! Check out what she did using MLS!! http://lizqualman.blogspot.com/

Cristal Hobbs, otherwise known as Pinky created this beautiful project using the neighborhood line for a kit club called, The Shaker Box. Check out their wonderful site!!

My girl Melanie Stanczyk, designer for A Kiss on the Chic, always creates such beautiful projects using MLS. They are using our line in their latest kit!! Check it out here. http://akissonthechic.typepad.com/laura_mccollough_scrapboo/2009/04/sneak-peeks.html

Raechelle Bellus sent me these awesome layouts!! LOVE IT!!

Jennifer Mcguire made this playing with MLS and Hero Arts.

Dolores Cancel created these cuties.

Check out Michelle Magana's blog. She did some projects with some of our earlier releases. She did such a cute job with them. http://chengunation.blogspot.com/2009/04/my-little-shoebox-stuff.html

Ever After in Vista, Ca is carrying our products!!!
Check out their blog and what Erin Payne created.

http://everafter1.typepad.com/yourstory/2009/04/my-little-shoebox.html

You can also see more of Erin's work at her awesome blog: http://www.bestbetties.blogspot.com/

Thank you to everyone who sent us projects!!! Please continue to do so. We love to see them!!!

Don't forget to turn in your submissions. The last day is May 15th.

Have a wonderful week!!
Hugs, Suzy West
My Little Shoebox

Just THREE more weeks to turn in your submissions

I am so thrilled about all the beautiful submissions coming in and that have come in, in the past.
Just wanted to send out a reminder that you have exactly THREE weeks to turn in your submissions. The ending date is May 15th by midnight.
I will be calling the designers that are chosen on June 1st. Look for a 510 area code. :) Those chosen will need to be ready, because your first set of assigments will be to create for CHA, Florida with all our new lines that we are working on.

Did you turn in your submission a long time ago? Don't worry, I still have them, and am still looking through them again, but send a plug to yourself. Just reply here and tell me to give YOUR submission another really good peak!! :) That'll tell me that you are still really interested!!

CHA, Summer is just around the corner and we are working really hard on these next lines. They are coming out really fun!!
There will be a lot of MLS girls at CHA!! We are getting a condo and planning to do some really fun things.
Going to CHA with me is Erin Yamabe, Molly Peckham, Tanisha Long, Norma Kennedy, Pattie Beltran, and Helen Chu!
We hope that you will come and visit us.

Hugs
Suzy West
Lead Designer, MLS

Emily ROCKS!!

Emily Jones, one of our awesome design team members created these beauties for us.

She used MY NEIGHBORHOOD line.

Thanks Emily!!!

A cool project and DT stuff

Be Happy

By: Andrea Weibe

I completely fell in love with this project that Andrea created using My Little Shoebox and Maya Road. Andrea is a member of the Maya Road dt and created this for her monthly assignment.

It was also featured at http://www.mycraftivity.com/

"I found it very easy to create with the MLS papers as the colours are just so fun and the paper weight and smooth texture is perfect for all projects :) The products co-ordinate perfectly together which makes creating a joy!"

To learn how to create this go to: http://mayaroad.typepad.com/dt/2009/04/shadow-box.html

Thanks Andrea for the inspiration!!

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My Little Shoebox is on a search to add more designers to the team!!

We have received MANY MANY MANY submissions! All of them are amazing!

I haven't had the opportunity to email you all back to let you know I received your submission. If you want to know if I got it or not, please feel free to email me.

Many are going to my SPAM mail so I'm checking there everyday.

Here's the information for the call.

My Little Shoebox
Emeryville, Ca
http://www.mylittleshoebox.com/
My Little Shoebox is looking for some talented scrappers, motivated, responsible designers who have time to commit to design layouts and projects each month from our product lines.

We are looking for:
1. Creative individuals that are able to do 2 different types of projects each month such as layouts, cards, and projects with our products.
2. You must post your work on 2 different galleries plus the MLS galleries
3. You must be available to commit to a 12 months term, which begin June 2009.
4. You must be a resident of the United States or Canada and at least 18 years of age or older. 5. Help judge any contests during your term (as needed.)
6. There are additional opportunities available to use our products to teach at your local scrapbook store.
7. You agree to release the rights of your designs to My Little Shoebox for display on the company website and in the company publications.
8. If needed your designs may also need to show at trade show.
9. In addition, as a design team member, you will be contributing twice per term to our company newsletter. You can post this on your personal blog.
In return you will receive:

1. A monthly package of our wonderful products.
2. Your choice of MLS products.
3. Your picture and bio on the My Little Shoebox website
4. Your own personal gallery on My Little Shoebox website

To apply please send an e-mail to psajfamily@aol.com including:

1. Full name, address, phone number, email address.
2. 3 layouts, 1 card, and 1 projects representing your best design work (jpg files or pdf file no larger than 500kb)
3. Link to an online gallery where we can see your current work.
4. Personal website or blog if you have one.
5. List your prior experience.
6. Design teams you are currently affiliated with.
7. Describe your style.
8. What makes you a unique addition to our team?
9. Have you been published, if so where and when.
10. Do you have teaching experience?
11. Tell us about yourself, please acknowledge how much time you are comfortable with to devote to My Little Shoebox each month.

Submission deadline is May 15th, 2009.Our design team members will be announced on June 1st, 2009. We thank you in advance for all your work and appreciate each entry! Questions may be directed to our lead designer, Suzy West @
psajfamily@aol.com

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Two peas is having a MLS contest. If you have a layout that you want to enter, go here:
http://www.twopeasinabucket.com/userblogpost.asp?id=41108

Have a wonderful day!!
Hugs

Suzy West
ps....we are on facebook

Featured Store....featured Class.

Featured Scrapbook Store

GREEN TANGERINES

6831 Lonetree Blvd.

Rocklin, ca
916.771.8010

http://www.mygreentangerines.com/

Green Tangerine is an awesome store filled with a lot of yummy products! We are thrilled to have our products in their store. Brandi, the owner, told me that MLS sells really good at their store and that they have been carrying our products since 2008.
Not only do they carry it, they make kits with it. Here are some links to their kits
http://kitclub.mygreentangerines.com/

You can also view their blog here: http://www.mygreentangerines.com/blog.html

If you are in there area, go visit them!!!

Featured Class
I am thrilled to show you this class, not only because the class rocks but because the teacher is my daughter, Angel Bartonico.
She's teaching this class at Picture Me Perfect
39199 B Farwell Drive
Fremont, Ca 94538
on Saturday, May 16, 2009
Time: 3pm-5pm
www.bayareascrappers.com
510-744-9583

The class is using the MLS, Who's there line and Maya Road.

If you have a class you want to feature, please feel free to contact me at psajfamily@aol.com
Hugs, Suzy West

April Updates

I love our monthly updates!! Why? Because it's packed filled with a ton of different projects created by our design team and guests that have sent me some of their pretties!!

I'll start by showing of our DT work and then on to our guests.

Norma Kennedy played with TURTLES AND TREES

Gretchen McElveen played with WHO'S THERE

Erin Yamabe played with WONDERFUL

Danielle Holsapple played with ENJOY LIFE

Tanisha Long played with FLAWLESS

Now onto our Guests!!! We love getting projects, layouts, and cards from you!! Please continue to send them to me. You can send them to psajfamily@aol.com.

Torill, dt member for Ljuva Änglar store.

Our Erin Yamabe was asked to be a guest designer for Color Me Miki Kit Club. They featured MLS in two of their kits. These are two of the layouts she created. To see the rest, go to their site.

Heather Prins a DT member for SCRAP N SUPPLY SHACK sent me these cuties that she created. This month they are featuring MLS. Check out the rest of these projects at their site.

Diana Daijogo was scrapping at the store and I asked her to create some cuties. Here's what she did. Diana is co-owner of Scrap 4a Cure kit club. Their March kit features our product.

Erin Payne sent me a lot of goodies too.

Caroline Rundby in Sweden sent me this pretty one.

Jen Martakis sent me this cutie
Stephanie Howell was one of the winners in a contest we had and created this awesome layout.

Dolores Cancel sent me this beautiful layout.

The following items are from Holly Star. love what she did here.

Heather Derbecker sent me this pretty layout!!

Juliana Michaels also won free product from a contest we had. Love this layout!!

Mimiking Kara (I think that's her name) on American Idol...

I have THREE words for you....You gals are so freaking awesome I can't stand it!!!!! Oh wait...is that not three words? LOL

Thanks for all the wonderful layouts!! You all ROCK!!!