Hey Cutie Pie!! It's Wednesday!!

Hey there......how are you?

We're great! (said like Tony the Tiger!lol) Today's projects just make us happy! Make us smile! And well they make us want to go create with these adorable products too!

Linda who is known for her standout home decor....brings us today this sweet, sweet layout with beautiful details. Kristen Swain created a knock out card and treat set....and we're back with another incredible layout (and tutorial) from our Guest Designer, Amy Sotolongo!!

Cutie Pie

Designer: Linda Albrecht

Supplies:
Glue Arts Glue Glider Pro with Perma Tac Adhesive
Glue Arts U-Cut-It 8 1/2" x 11" Foam Sheet
Glue Arts Hot Glue Gun & Sticks
My Little Shoebox" Home Tweet Home" Collection papers- Birds of a Feather,
Bird House, A Place to Nest and Cotton Candy
My Little Shoebox Mini Alphabet Stickers, SKY
My Little Shoebox "Home Tweet Home" Cardstock Stickers & Journaling Diecuts
BasicGrey "Hello Luscious" Zesty paper & "Sweet Threads" Boutique Shopping paper
BasicGrey "Basics" mini mono stickers, black & Fabric brad
Girls Paperie Word Stickers
Miscellaneous buttons, lace, brads, staples, ric rac
Sandpaper & light brown ink for distressing

Instructions:
1. Cut and tear miscellanoeous pieces of patterned papers and adhere them to the background piece using the Glue Glider Pro and Perma Tac Adhesive.

2. Mat a 4x6" photo to pink paper and distress edges as desired. Cut a piece of U-Cut-It Foam the size of the photo mat. Adding the foam to the back of the mat pops your photo up off of the page giving it center stage!

3. Carefully apply the foam to the backside of the photo and mat (this stuff is amazingly sticky!)

Designer tip:I laid the side of the foam that still had the protective covering onto my work table then placed the photo mat onto it starting at the top edge, smoothing it down toward the bottom.

4. Apply desired stickers, title letters & die cuts along the right side of the photo. Using a die cutting machine or hand cut flowers shapes from the U-Cut-It Foam & pink paper. Curl edges of 3 flowers, stack together and use brads for center embellishment. Apply one flower shape to the U-Cut-It Foam flower.

5. Apply the layered flower pieces to the foam flower with Hot Glue then adhere the flower to the layout. Make 2 additional smaller flowers (just 3 paper layers) for the layout.

6. Add machine stitching as desired, staples and brads at the ends of paper strips. Sew buttons onto lace piece and upper left corner near photo.

Card & Treat Set

Designer: Kristen Swan  

Supplies:

Paper/Stickers/ Letters- My Little Shoebox- Home Tweet Home Collection

Twine

Adhesive- Glue Arts Perma tac and UCutIt foam, Adhesive Squares

Velum Envelope

pinking shears

prima flowers

1. Cut card base to 5x5 inches.
2. Add two strips of paper to front of card, one cloud and one ledger paper, trimming either end with pinking shears.
3. Then adhere a diecut border between the two papers, and another punched border just under the pink diecut border.
4. Wrap twine around card twice and tie bow.
5. Next add UCutIt foam to large diecut and adhere to card, then add UCutIt to flower and birdhouse diecut, and adhere to card.
6. Finish card by adding flower to center of twine bow, and placing greeting with sticker letters.

1. Adhere diecut border strip to envelope after cutting in half, using Perma Tac.
2. Tie on twine by double looping around envelope then tie bow.
3. Use UCutIt foam to attach diecut round to front of envelope, then adhere two layers of UCutIt to second round piece and attach to front of envelope.

4. Add sticker letters to diecut, then attach more UCutIt foam to flower, bird and second flower stickers, attach as shown to envelope.
5. Tie bit of twine through button and adhere to twine bow with Adhesive Squares.

1. Fold card base to 5x7 inches, then cut block of pink paper, mat with blue paper and trim edges of blue paper with pinking shears, Adhere to card with Perma Tac.
2. Add brown paper cut out border, then punch border with scallop punch and add both to card using Perma Tac.
3. Adhere journal spot on left side of card using Perma tac, then add UCutIt to both flower diecut and branch diecut, cutting of edge of branch diecut and adhering right at the edge of the card.
4. Fold over diecut journal spot, adhere with Adhesive Squares to top of card, then add button with twine bow using Adhesive Squares.
5. Add greeting to branch diecut using letter stickers, then adhere UCutIt to bird diecut and adhere to flower.
6. Tie double bow with twine and adhere to card using Adhesive Squares.

Seriously sweet stuff today don't you agree???? And hang on.....we've got one more project to share! This is from our very talented Guest Designer Amy Sotolongo!!

Pure Sunshine Layout

Guest Designer: Amy Sotolongo

Supplies:

GlueArts Glue Glider Pro

GlueArts Extreme Adhesive Squares

My Little Shoebox Home Tweet Home Collection 

**Be sure to visit Amy's blog for a tutorial on how she made these amazing flowers on her layout today!


And here's some more fun random facts about this incredibly talented gal...

Random Facts About Me:

I have been married to my best friend, Josh for 10 years.

I teach hormonal maniacs (junior high students) and love it. 

I am a die hard Dodger fan and grew up watching them year after year. One of my favorite days of the year is Opening Day each spring.

I have been scrapbooking for 13 years and never plan to stop.

I am an avid baker, I always have a recipe on my counter waiting to be made.

My go to scrapbooking products are: punches, border stickers and alphas.

I love to travel. My husband and I get out of town as often as possible. My favorite place so far? It's a tie between Paris, France and Dublin, Ireland.

I LOVE Glue Arts Raisen's adhesive squares!!!

Love this...and love Amy's work!!! Be sure to leave us a comment today! We'll enter you to win the My Little Shoebox Garden Party collection along with a Glue Glider Pro, a refill of your choice for the Pro and our 3D Combo Pac which has one of Amy's favorite products.....our Raisen's!

They're the best! And we know you'll agree once you try them out!

So leave us some love today.....