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CHA Sneak Peek Winners

We have had such a great response to our new releases!  Guess what?  They are shipping NOW.  Look for them at your favorite scrapbook store.

We are excited to announce the winners of our CHA sneak peeks.  If you are one of our winners, please email your shipping address to: amber@mymindseye.com.

 

Follow Your Heart – Be Amazing: Ana!

Both collections are out of this World!!! Gorgeous, can't wait to create with them.

Posted by: Ana | January 07, 2012 at 08:22 AM

 

Follow Your Heart – Be Happy: Keri!

I had to run to the blog as soon as I saw something from this new collection on Pinterest! :) Just LOVE these! My favorite, though it's close, is the Be Amazing...it won me over with its muted palette and the several different honeycomb-inspired papers...so fabulous, can't wait to get these AND the other 2 new collections from CHA!

Posted by: Keri | January 07, 2012 at 07:33 PM

 

On the Bright Side – ONE: Karen F!

Both are beautiful collections! Would love to win either one.

Posted by: Karen F | January 10, 2012 at 01:18 AM

 

On the Bright Side – TWO: Cheryl Leong!

Okay, this line is also on my list!

Posted by: Cheryl Leong | January 10, 2012 at 07:22 AM

 

Miss Caroline – Fiddlesticks: Tonya Dirk!

Beautiful layout Amber...those colors are so soft and stunning! This collection has me all a flutter!!!

Posted by: Tonya Dirk | January 11, 2012 at 10:17 PM

 

Miss Caroline – Howdy Doody: Monique!

I look forward to these sneak peeks!
Thanks for a chance to win one of these fabulous collections!

Posted by: Monique | January 13, 2012 at 08:58 AM

 

Miss Caroline – Dilly Dally: Joscie!

super pretty, I love it!

Posted by: Joscie | January 14, 2012 at 02:06 PM

 

Miss Caroline – Dolled Up: Mandy Szeto!

both collections look awesome! have fun at CHA :)

Posted by: Mandy Szeto | January 15, 2012 at 09:24 PM

Blog Challenge 31 Winners

Isn’t is amazing how many talented blog readers we have?  We love seeing what you will share with us each month!

If you have not had a chance to see the beautiful entries, click on the following links:

Card Challenge Link

Layout Challenge Link

 

Our January winners are:

 

Winner: Jenny Evans

 

Honorable Mention: Jody Rogers

 

Card Winner: Christine Penafor

 

We will be announcing the sneak peek winners on Wednesday.

Playing with stamps

Most of you know that I adore stamps, especially the ones that My Minds Eye produces to go with their collections. I love making backgrounds with them to bring them from a single image to being the paper image.

and the latest stamps in the Funday release are no different. I think my Favourite is the numbers stamp on the Bright Days set and the Big spiky labels on the Everyday set.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I love cling stamps for the ability to see where they are going and the ability to be distorted in shape so a straight banner can turn into a curved banner without any damage to the stamp.

For my ink pad colours, I always try to go with one of the colours in the papers that I have picked out to try and either make them pop or subdue the other colours. This time i went for the yellow to make it a bit more cheery and girlie (the colour match is much closer in real life - my photo taking ability is crap with the rainy days)

This background strip was to add a block of colour without adding more paper. I just stamped and slightly over stamped the image to give it some added texture.

And I love twisting the use of a product – this time I took the felt edge trims and sewed a running stitch in them to make flowers. The pre cut edges give these flowers a little extra bit of interest. I added some buttons and brads for added dimension. and then i did a gather stitch in the banner felt and added that to get more of the yellow colour in the layout.

 

Supplies: Kraft FunDay 6x6” paper pad, wood banner tags, buttons,, twine and trims and the wonderful stamps. Other – needle for sewing, white cardstock, inkpads.

 

This is me and Fay both at eight years old. Fay looks so much like her dad most of the time but sometimes, I capture ina  photograph proof of that look where I can see a little of myself in her and that makes me happy. 

I hope you liked how I used the stamps and felt on this layout.

Regards,

 

I "Love" Mixing Collections

Hi, Everyone! Jana Eubank here with a scrapbook page about my daughter. For this page I decided to mix together three different My Mind's Eye collections. I love the result! Here is what I did.

For this page, I decided to place my photos and embellishments in a grid design. The first collection I decided to use was the Love Me Collection. I placed my photos first and then cut rectangles of patterned papers to go in the surrounding areas of my grid. Next, I adhered everything to a cream cardstock base.

Next, I decided to fill in the rectangles with my title, journaling and embellishments. I loved the font of the word "love" on Love Me "Love" Paper and decided to use my scissors to cut them out and use them as my title. I then used the elements from the accessory sheet along with some hand cut doilies (from the patterned and 6" x 6" paper pad). The hearts were also cut from the "Love" paper.

Now that I had my general design decided, I needed to place it on a 12 x 12 sheet of paper. I decided to use the "Favorite" Party Paper from the Lost & Found Two Blush collection. I liked how the tan color tied in with the Love Me collection and the romantic feeling it gave the page with it's soft damask pattern.

But my page still needed a little bit more. I decided to mat the photo grid onto a sheet of Kraft Fun Day Everyday Fun "Remember This" Paper. The bold diagonal grid really calls attention to my photo grouping and makes it the focus of the page. I also added in a border strip to the top of the page, as well as some Kraft Fun Day Everyday Fun Decorative Brads for a little sparkle and dimension.

I love how well these three collections came together!

See you next time!

Jana Eubank

Blog Challenge 31: Layout

Looking for something fun to do on a cold winter’s night? Join us in our card challenge!

The challenge: Design a layout based on this fabulous sketch and use the theme “NEW” on the layout (sketch by Anam Stubbington).

The rules: Use ANY My Mind’s Eye products (current or past) as long as your project has at least 80% My Mind’s Eye products.

The deadline: Add a link to your project to the bottom of this post using inlinkz by Sunday, January 22, 2012 (midnight, MST). Please include your first and last name and project name when uploading. (a photo of your layout or project will show directly in the post)

(For tips on how to best photograph your entry, click here)

The PRIZE: The winner will receive three ENTIRE collections of their choice! We will also award an honorable mention winner with one collection of their choice! All winners will be featured in a blog post and have bragging rights!

The fabulous Suzanne Sergi and Anam Stubbington created these beautiful samples to help you get your creative juices going!

 

“New” Friends by Suzanne Sergi:

Featured Collection: Kraft Funday – Everyday Fun

We have had our dog Sammie for one year. Originally, he was the family dog. However, in a year's time, my oldest daughter, and Sammie have developed a "new" kind of friendship. They have now become inseparable, and he will literally sleep on her bed until she arrives home from school. I love seeing them together, and the new responsibilities my daughter has accepted with him. This page came together quickly for me, as I tried to adhere to the sketch. Instead of using large circles onto the page, I used them on a smaller scale. I love the Kraft Fun Day collection. The faint patterns, and bits of black really add subtle detail to your projects.

 

“NEW” School 2 by Anam Stubbington:

Text: December 2011 – we finally got a place for Fay at the school closest to our house. Hopefully this is the end of the moves for her.

Supplies: Kraft Funday “Bright Days”

Paper: ‘Good Times’, ‘Lemon Drop’, ‘Patchwork Party’, ‘Ferris Wheel’

Embellishments: Brads, Chipboard, Twine, Trims,

Extra: Thicker Alphabet

 

We are looking forward to seeing what layout you will create with the theme “NEW”!

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Blog Challenge 31: Card

Looking for something fun to do on a cold winter’s night? Join us in our card challenge!

The challenge: Design a card based on this fabulous sketch and use the theme “NEW” on the card (sketch by Anam Stubbington).

The rules: Use ANY My Mind’s Eye products (current or past) as long as your project has at least 80% My Mind’s Eye products.

The deadline: Add a link to your project to the bottom of this post using inlinkz by Sunday, January 22, 2012 (midnight, MST). Please include your first and last name and project name when uploading. (a photo of your layout or project will show directly in the post)

(For tips on how to best photograph your entry, click here)

The PRIZE: The winner will receive the collection of their choice and will be featured in a blog post and have bragging rights!

The fabulous Suzanne Sergi and Anam Stubbington created these beautiful samples to help you get your creative juices going!

You’re So Sweet and Cute by Anam Stubbington

Featured Collection: Kraft Funday – Happy Day

 

Fun Times by Suzanne Sergi

Featured Collection: Kraft Funday – Everyday Fun

We can’t wait to see what you create!

 

Upload your project here:

Sneak Peek: Miss Caroline–Dilly Dally and Dolled Up!

Our last sneak peeks are from Miss Caroline!  Miss Caroline has four different color schemes. You have already met Howdy Doody and Fiddlesticks.  Today we introduce you to Dilly Dally and Dolled Up!

All four color schemes have:

• 10 double-sided pattern papers
• 5 Titles
• Stamps
• Button & pin package
• Stickers
• Journaling Spots
• Twine
• Pearl Shapes
• Wood embellishment
• Brads
• and Rub-ons!

Dilly Dally combines blues, yellows, tans, greys, greens, weathered wood patterns and a spectacular pop of red into one fabulous collection!

Featured Collection: Miss Caroline – Dilly Dally; Designer: Amber Packer; Photo Credit: Haylee Bean Photography 

Dolled Up combines soft purples, greens, yellows, blues, tans, pinks, greys, a touch of purple with a juxtaposition of fabulous weathered wood patterns.

We have enjoyed sharing our newest releases with you!  Our designers are busy creating more beautiful samples for our booth at CHA.  We are excited to share them with you soon!

We’d love to share these last two collections with two of you!  Leave a comment on this blog post by midnight, January 22, 2012.  From the blog comments, we will randomly select one winner to receive the Dilly Dally collection and one winner to receive the Dolled Up collection!

Sneak Peek: Miss Caroline - Howdy Doody and Fiddlesticks!

We are happy to resume our sneak peeks!  The belle of our ball is Miss Caroline! 

Miss Caroline has four different color schemes.  We are introducing Howdy Doody and Fiddlesticks to you today!

All four color schemes have:

• 10 double-sided pattern papers
• 5 Titles
• Stamps
• Button & pin package
• Stickers
• Journaling Spots
• Twine
• Pearl Shapes
• Wood embellishment
• Brads
• and Rub-ons!

Howdy Doody combines soft pinks, yellows, blues, tans, greys, greens and weathered wood patterns into one fabulous collection!

Featured Collection: Miss Caroline – Howdy Doody; Designer: Amber Packer; Photo Credit: Peekaboo

 

Fiddlesticks combines soft purples, yellows, blues, tans, pinks, greys with a juxtaposition of fabulous weathered wood patterns.

 

We are thrilled with Miss Caroline and would like to share this collection with two lucky winners!  Leave a comment on this blog post by midnight, January 22, 2012.  From the blog comments, we will randomly select one winner to receive the Fiddlesticks collection and one winner to receive the Howdy Doody collection!

Good Luck!

“Love”ly Cone Wreath

While our 6x6 paper pads ARE perfect for cards (yeah), they are also the perfect for cone wreaths.

Normally, to make a cone wreath, you cut down 12 x 12 papers or old music paper into 6x6 squares.

But, with just TWO 6x6 pads, some of our gorgeous trims and brads with some doilies thrown in for good measure, you have everything you need to make this “love”ly wreath.

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This project was originally designed using the Lost & Found – Madison Avenue 6x6 pad.  I demonstrated this project today on Good Things Utah using the Lost & Found 2 – Blush pad and the Love Me 6x6 pads would be darling, too.

I have included the instructions here:

Download 2012_01_10_MME_Love Wreath_cone

I will upload the segment here when it is ready this afternoon. 

This project is quick and easy to make.  With the fabulous variety of 6x6 pads My Mind’s Eye offers, there is something for every occasion through out the year!

Amber Packer 

Sneak Peek: On the Bright Side

Today we’d like to introduce you to another of our newest collections:

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On the BRIGHT side has two different color schemes.  Both color schemes have:

• 9 double-sided 12 x 12 patterned papers
• 1 Accessory Sheet
• 1 6x6 paper pad

Color scheme ONE is designed using rich navy blues, aqua blues, vibrant yellows, greys, oranges and whites with a dash of green!  It’s a wonderfully rich explosion of COLOR!

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Color scheme TWO combines oranges, teal blues, greys, browns, greens and whites.  It’s a more subtle, but still vibrant color scheme.

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Ready to WIN our On the Bright Side collections?  Leave a comment on this blog post by midnight, January 19, 2012.  We will draw two winners.  One winner will win color scheme ONE and another winner will win color scheme TWO.

Tell your friends and GOOD LUCK!