The 12 Days of Once Upon a Christmas with Cycling Team Member Mary Pat Siehl

Here at Little Yellow Bicycle, we really appreciate our steadfast fans, you know those crafters who are not easily lured away by the "latest and greatest."  We get genuinely excited knowing there is a following of customers who look forward to each and every collection we release and who are happy to share their creations with us.  This is why we were so pleased that Mary Pat Siehl sent in her application for the Once Upon a Christmas Cycling Team.  She has been a long time fan of LYB and we have watched her talent blossom with each LYB project she shares with us, but we want Mary Pat to tell you all about it...

Every year I always look forward to the Little Yellow Bicycle Christmas collection because these collections are always so special.  Once Upon A Christmas is so unbelievable.  I love the elegant feel to the paper.  I had been saving this picture of my two boys and Santa.  I just loved this photo of Santa whispering in the ear of my little one who was so excited to see Santa. 

 

To frame the photo I made 3 areas on embellishments.  I really loved layering  the chipboard shapes, the fabric favorites and the clear cuts.  They really worked well together. 

 

Once Upon a Christmas Products:

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I don't know about you but I love the presentation of my gifts.  I so enjoy making wonderful gift card holders and beautifully wrapped presents.  Today I have 4 different gift card holders using my Silhouette.    The paper works so well in creating the gift card holders because of the heavy weight of the paper. 

The boxes will be sturdy.  To make these wonderful gift boxes I started with my pattern paper and added embellishments and tags from the collection.  The journaling cards made the perfect tags for the boxes.  These boxes will look perfect under your Christmas Tree this year.

Once Upon a Christmas Product:

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Thanks so much to everyone at Little Yellow Bicycle for giving me this wonderful opportunity to join the cycling team for Once Upon a Christmas.  Everyone was so wonderful and I had such a wonderful time.  Thanks again and Have a wonderful and Merry Christmas!

 

Please visit Mary Pat's blog Siehled With a Kiss for more about her and ideas behind her work.

 

Have a wonderful day!

 

Comments

[Audrey Pettit]

1.

Beautiful projects, Mary Pat! That layout is fabulous. What a great photo! And I absolutely adore the gift packaging!

[Monique Liedtke]

2.

Wonderful projects Mary Pat!! Love that there's so much to look at! :)

[Pam Sohan]

3.

Great ways to dress up a gift card ! So cute !

[Becky G.]

4.

Those presents are the cutest things EVER!! Great job Mary Pat :)

[Katie]

5.

I love the projects! They are awesome! Whoever gets these beautifully wrapped gifts is very lucky!

[Lisa Swift]

6.

These are wonderful, Mary Pat! Love the variety of gift packaging ideas you came up with!

[Dana Tatar]

7.

Fabulous layout! I love how you layered the embellishments and the photo is so precious. Nice job with the gift boxes as well! I'm always looking for creative ways to wrap presents. Thanks for the inspiration Mary Pat!

[Donna Woods]

8.

Such pretty projects!

[Traci Penrod]

9.

Great ideas Mary Pat! Your layout is very pretty and you've inspired me to create some gift card holders this year! Really cute ideas!

[Wendy A]

10.

What a beautiful layout!

[Cathy]

11.

Gorgeous projects, love the all! Beautiful layout!

[Norma G.]

12.

Hi Mary Pat! Your projects are fantastic and CONGRATS on your Cycling Team assignment!!!!

[mary]

13.

oh i love the details in your layout!! great job!

[Izzy Anderson]

14.

Love these, Mary Pat! That photo is just precious and you scrapped it beautifully. Your gift holders are stunning. So many lovely details!

[Tona]

15.

What wonderful projects!

[Michelle]

16.

This is beautiful. I am continually in awe of talent and creativity! Thanks so much for sharing.

[Renee Zwirek]

17.

Lovely LO! Such a great photo...love how you framed around it and embellished it. Presentation is important to me, too. Love these gift card holders, Mary Pat!

[Susie Bentz]

18.

Wow! I love that layout and all the fab layers! The packages you created for gifting are also very lovely. Thanks for the inspiration.

[ConnieM]

19.

gorgeous projects!!!

[Peggy]

20.

Mary Pat, these are SO adorable! What a great way to showcase that touching photo. :)

[Marci aDehn-Nix]

21.

Fabulous layout and I LOVE those gift boxes!!! Such great ideas!

[Ange]

22.

Wow, Mary, those are fabulous!!! Love the layout, the layers and details are fab. And the gift boxes are fantastic! Love the bows you made with paper, really fun!!

[kelly]

23.

Oh what a wonderful layout. love all the different embellishments! great job

[Jaclyn]

24.

Wonderful projects, Mary Pat!!! I love all of the layered embellishments on the layout - and what a sweet picture of your boys!