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May Challenge #2-Masculine/Feminine Products

Goodness gracious how is it already mid-May? Time flies when you are creating beautiful things, doesn't it? :)

It's time for our second May challenge. Note: look for the winner of the "unique brads" challenge later today!

Our second challenge for this month is all about mixing it up.

Many times we hear that our color schemes are gender specific. Clearly when you see a product called "girl brads" it seems that this product would only be for girls. But we beg to differ!

The challenge is simple: use "masculine" colors or embellishments on a girl page, or use "feminine" colors and accents on a boy page.

Here are a few examples from our designers.

Anam used "boyish" patterns and colors to create this girlie layout of her daughters:

Supplies: Indie Chic Nutmeg-border stickers,chipboard die cuts,6x6 paper pads

Anam says: Add some girlie touches with punches – I used a lacey edge punch for the Photo matt and Jewels also can give a more feminine touch to a layout.

Next is a card from Danni. Danni used floral paper and "girl brads" to make a golf card for her dad.

Supplies-Indie Chic: Peony patterned paper,What a Day patterned paper,Girl decorative brads,decorative buttons;Misc-pacifico and another typewriter fonts,papertrey ink script alpha dies

Danni says:I wanted to create a father’s day card using the fun MME Citron line.  We are giving my fil a golf gift certificate and wanted a card to go with it, this was the perfect challenge to create one for such a special day.

One more layout from Anam! She used darker colors from the Nostalgia collection for this feminine layout.

Supplies: Nostalgia -Classic and Diamond patterned paper,chipboard accents,layered cardstock stickers,die cuts;Misc-doily punch,alphas

Anam says:any layout can be made more feminine with a heart.  The addition of punched edges can also lean a design towards a more girlie style. I used a doily edge punch for the trim which I folded to give it more definition and then added some adhesive jewels. I also took single parts of the chipboard titles and the layered stickers to make more sense of the clustered parts.

 

So there you have it! Do you accept the challenge?

I'll remind you of the rules:

1. You can submit a layout,card,album,altered item,etc.

2. The project must consist of mainly MME. It must "look" like a MME layout. :)

3. The project must be created new for this challenge.

4.Upload the layout to the comments by the end of the day on May 31. I have enabled InLinkz on this challenge so you can see all the entries.

5. A random winner will be chosen and announced with the first June challenge on June 1. The prize is any MME collection- the choice is yours.

Can't wait to see what you create...have FUN!!!

 

 

Happy May Day, friends! You know what a new month means, right? A new challenge of course!

Remember, our challenges are now bi-weekly. This means that we are changing things up a bit. Make sure to pay attention to due dates, because they will be 2 week challenges now.

What's the first May challenge?

Use our brads! Use them in a fun, unique, and creative way!

Our brads are fun, funky, and unique. Showcase them on a layout, card,mini album, or altered item. The sky is the limit...just make sure to make the brads shine!

Need some examples? You are in luck because Tina Walker has created two gorgeous layouts for you today. Both show what we mean by "innovative usage of brads".

Supplies:Indie Chic-Citron:Hibiscus patterned paper,Sherbert patterned paper,Pizazz patterned paper,Lovely patterned paper,6x6 paper pad,"Wonderful" title,wood label,decorative stickers,buttons,label stickers,layered stickers,brads;Follow Your Heart:twine;misc:Maya Road stick pins,doily,Tim Holtz distress stain,Tattered Angels glimmer mist,Jenni Bowlin acrylic paint,American Crafts thickers,adhesives

Tina says:

Brads have been around as long as scrapbooking.  :)  When asked to create a project using brads in a new way, I immediately thought of using them with another of my favorite products, twine, to create one of my all time favorite design styles, banners.  Using both brads and twine together, you can create your very own, custom made banner.

MME has brads in all shapes and sizes, so mix and match them to create unique, yet coordinating banners.

Loop  twine around each brad, and periodically dangle extra twine to create a swag design.  Tie the end of your brad and twine banner with a bow, and voila - custom made.  You can also custom make your own brad embellishments by adding banner cut patterned paper and by using coordinating label stickers.

 

 

Supplies: Indie Chic:Citron-Tangerine patterned paper,Hibiscus patterned paper,Pizazz patterned paper,Lovely Patterned paper,Peacock patterned paper,6x6 paper pad,Time title,Party journal card,buttons,label stickers,layered stickers,brads,garland,border stickers;Kraft FunDay-twine;misc-staples,adhesive

Tina says:

Another easy and fun way to use brads and twine is to create a frame around your photo.  For larger or busy photos, a brad/twine frame will add focus to the portion of the photo that is important to you.

As with the other technique, loop twine around your brads, and tie the ends of the twine with a bow.

 

Wow! If those two examples don't inspire you...I don't know what will!

Now for the rules.

1. You can submit a layout,card,album,altered item,etc.

2. The project must consist of mainly MME. It must "look" like a MME layout. :)

3. The project must be created new for this challenge.

4.Upload the layout to the comments by the end of the day on May 15. I have enabled InLinkz again on this challenge. Let's hope it works! :)

5. A random winner will be chosen and announced with the 2nd May challenge on May 17. The prize is any MME collection- the choice is yours.

 

Now GO forth and create amazing things with our brads!!!

Happy Tuesday...Oh, and look for a post later today announcing the April hexagon and sketch winners.

 

 

April Challenge

Happy Monday everyone!

It's time for our April Challenge. We are mixing things up a bit. Challenges won't be based on a sketch every month. Sometimes they will be, sometimes they won't. Not to worry! We will be keeping things exciting with a mixture of old and new.

We have also heard that you all enjoy challenges and wish you could see more of them, so starting in May we will be posting challenges bi-weekly!

This month's challenge is posted a bit late (a week late,actually) due to the special festivites last week.

So what is the challenge?

We want to see your hexagons! That's right...hexagons. Those cute little six-sided shapes have been everywhere lately. You can find plenty of them in our Follow Your Heart collection!

So this month we want you to share any project (card,layout, altered item) that displays hexagons.

Here's what two of our designers came up with...

By Jana Eubank Supplies: Follow Your Heart "Be Amazing": Honey Blue paper,Be the Best paper ,Blue Doily paper,Geo Star paper,12 x 12 Chipboard,Button Card,Stamps; Lime Twist:Out of the Blue "Playful" Alphabet ;Kraft Cardstock,Dark Yellow Spray Mist,Gray Stamping Ink,Dark Brown Distress Ink,Black Journaling Pen,Needle and white embroidery floss,Paper Piercer, Trimmer,Adhesives

By Anam Stubbington Supplies:On the Bright Side “One” Paper Pack: Orange Wood paper, Yellow Chevron paper, Floral paper, ‘Polka’,Die-Cuts; Miss Caroline “Howdy Doody”: Buttons (Wood Flower); Miss Caroline “Fiddlesticks”: Buttons (Wood Round); Miss Caroline “Dilly Dally”: Buttons (Epoxy Round),Brads and Tags (Genuine Tag); Follow Your Heart “Be Amazing”: Twine,yellow sharpie,foam adhesive, distress tool

 

Are you all itching to use hexagons now? Good... it's your turn! Here are the rules.

1.Your project must look like a MME layout. Previous challenges have required you to use  80% MME and that's a good number to keep in mind. That means that if we look at your project, we will note that it uses mostly My Mind's Eye products. New,old...doesn't matter!

2. Your project must have hexagons prominently displayed.We shouldn't have to go searching for them. :)

 

All entries must be linked here (in the comments) by Friday, April 27- midnight EST. Make sure that the link you leave in the comments works. It can lead to an online gallery, Flickr, your blog,etc.

What's the prize? Any collection-your choice!!

A winner will be announced when the May challenge goes up.

The winner will be chosen randomly,but you may only be entered into the drawing if you follow all of the contest rules.

We can't wait to see what you do...have fun making something beautiful!

Blog Challenge 33 winners!

WOW!  What a fabulous response we have had this month!  You created and entered 109 beautiful layouts and 59 gorgeous cards!  Thank you for sharing your talents with us.

We are pleased to announce this month’s winners!

Layout Winner: Marcia Dehn-Nix

 

Layout Honorable Mention: Missy Widden

 

Card Winner: Shilo Miles

 

Congratulations, ladies!  Please email your shipping information to amber@mymindseye.com.

Be sure to check out all the amazing layout and card entries in this month’s challenge.

We look forward to seeing what you will create for our next challenge!

Blog Challenge 33: Layout

It’s one of our favorite times of each month and we are pleased to announce this month’s blog challenge!

As you participate in the blog challenge, please keep in mind a few items:

1. We only have three guidelines for you to follow:

• Use the theme “your choice” (any theme you’d like).
• Use this month’s sketch by Anam Stubbington as your starting point.
• Use 80% My Mind’s Eye products. That means our products will be the main focus (besides the photo and story you share).

**Remember that you must adhere to all three guidelines in order to win. A beautiful entry that does not follow the guidelines will not be eligible to win.**

2. We are not looking for a particular style. Be yourself – create what you like and enjoy the process. The main goal is to document your memories.

3. Have fun and be positive.

The challenge: Design a layout based on this fabulous sketch and use the theme “your choice” (yes, you can choose any theme you’d like) 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, March 25, 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!

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

 

Adventure by Suzanne Sergi

Featured Collection: Miss Caroline

I can tell you that hands down the Dilly Dally Collection may be my all time favorite! I love the colors, and the carnival feel to the papers! I used the sketch as a starting point of the layering of my papers. I did use a horizontal photo of my children. So glad to see a nice photo of all three of them at one time. I did change the color to black, and white. I thought it paired better with the Dilly Dally Curious plank paper. To follow the scallops borders on the sketch, I used a ticket die to create ticket borders. I tend to like clean lines when I am scrapbooking ,but love the creating the angels to further create movement onto my page.

So many possibilities with this collection. Just in time for summer!

Perfect the way as you are by Anam Stubbington

Featured Products: Follow your Heart ‘Be Happy’ 6x6 paper pad, chipboard, brads, layers cardstock stickers and two of the clips from the ‘Be Amazing’ range.

“Fay and Lily – my beautiful amazing girls – playing with their shadows during the summer of 2011 – I am constantly humbled by the fact they are my own wonderful daughters. I hope they always remember that I love them very much. March 2012”

Instructions: just trim the 6x6” paper and distress the edges. I used just one sheet of each design from the pad. I also cut the chipboard so I could use the rest on other projects to make the most of the chipboard.

We can’t wait to see what you create! Good luck!

Please upload your project here:

Blog Challenge 33: Card

It’s one of our favorite times of each month and we are pleased to announce this month’s blog challenge! 

As you participate in the blog challenge, please keep in mind a few items:

1. We only have three guidelines for you to follow:

• Use the theme “your choice” (any theme you’d like).
• Use this month’s sketch by Anam Stubbington as your starting point.
• Use 80% My Mind’s Eye products.  That means our products will be the main focus (besides the photo and story you share).

**Remember that you must adhere to all three guidelines in order to win.  A beautiful entry that does not follow the guidelines will not be eligible to win.**

2. We are not looking for a particular style.  Be yourself – create what you like and enjoy the process.  The main goal is to document your memories.

3. Have fun and be positive.

The challenge: Design a card based on this fabulous sketch and use the theme “your choice” (yes, you can choose any theme you’d like) 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, March 25, 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!

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

Lucky to know you by Suzanne Sergi 

Featured Collection: Miss Caroline

On this card, I used the ticket borders in place of the scallop borders on the sketch. The ticket background paper is perfect in creating a card for that "lucky" person in your life! Again, the Dilly Dally collection is all about having fun, and I tried to create a card that reflected that emotion!

Cards by Anam Stubbington

Featured Products: Follow your Heart ‘Be Happy’ 6x6 paper pad, chipboard, brads, layers cardstock stickers and two of the clips from the ‘Be Amazing’ range.

We can’t wait to see what you create!  Good luck!

Please upload your project here:

Blog Challenge 32 Winners!

What amazing entries we had this month!  It was so much fun to see your take on our theme “YOU” and interpretations of Anam’s sketch.  We know how much time and effort was put into every entry.  Thank you for sharing your talent with us and enjoy your beautiful creations!

 

Let’s hear if for our winners!

Layout Winner: YOU are amazing by Abby Laubenstein!

We love Abby’s use of Kraft Funday and her attention to detail!

 

Honorable Mention Winner: YOU by Kellie Rabideau!

We love how Kellie took the sketch “off the page” for this framed layout about her daughter’s dog.  What a fun way to use the front of the mini album as part of the sketch!

 

Card Winner: YOU are so special by Scrapinka!

 

We love Scrapinka’s beautiful card and the hidden surprise that is in it!

Lisa’s Favorite Things Winner:

Thank you for your inspiration, Lisa. You have such beautiful layouts! I just love your style! Thanks for sharing with us!

Posted by: Tanya Thompson | February 03, 2012 at 08:55 AM

Congratulations to our winners!  Please email amber@mymindseye.com your shipping address and what you would like for your prize!

Blog Challenge 32: Layout

We are pleased to announce this month’s blog challenge! Our blog challenges are one of the things we look forward to each month. We have so many talented blog readers.

As you participate in the blog challenge, please keep in mind a few items:

1. We only have three guidelines for you to follow:

• Use the theme “YOU”.
• Use this month’s sketch by Anam Stubbington as your starting point.
• Use 80% My Mind’s Eye products. That means our products will be the main focus (besides the photo and story you share).

**Remember that you must adhere to all three guidelines in order to win no matter how beautiful your entry is**

2. We are not looking for a particular style. Be yourself – create what you like and enjoy the process. The main goal is to document your memories.

3. Have fun and be positive.

 

The challenge: Design a layout based on this fabulous sketch and use the theme “YOU” 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, February 19, 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!

Anam Stubbington and Lisa Spiegel have created these beautiful samples to help you get your creative juices going!

 

Lovely “YOU” by Lisa Spiegel

Featured Collection: Follow Your Heart – Be Happy

"Jillian, you are such a beautiful dancer, always follow the song in your heart!  That song will carry you and make each day lovely, just like YOU!"

(I love the "Follow Your Heart" line...it is so perfect for encouraging layouts and so many themes!  The products all coordinate so well and layer together like a dream!!)

 

“YOU” make me smile by Anam Stubbington

Featured Products: Love Me Paper Pack and Kraft Funday Bright Day felt trim & Jewels.

 

We can’t wait to see what you create!  Good luck!

Please upload your project here:

Blog Challenge 32: Card

We are pleased to announce this month’s blog challenge!  Our blog challenges are one of the things we look forward to each month.  We have so many talented blog readers.

As you participate in the blog challenge, please keep in mind a few items:

1. We only have three guidelines for you to follow:

• Use the theme “YOU”.
• Use this month’s sketch by Anam Stubbington as your starting point.
• Use 80% My Mind’s Eye products.  That means our products will be the main focus (besides the photo and story you share).

**Remember that you must adhere to all three guidelines in order to win.  A beautiful entry that does not follow the guidelines will not be eligible to win.**

2. We are not looking for a particular style.  Be yourself – create what you like and enjoy the process.  The main goal is to document your memories.

3. Have fun and be positive.

 

The challenge: Design a card based on this fabulous sketch and use the theme “YOU” 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, February 19, 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!

Anam Stubbington and Lisa Spiegel have created these beautiful samples to help you get your creative juices going!

 

“YOU” are the best FRIEND by Lisa Spiegel

Featured Collection: Miss Caroline

The card is titled "You are the best friend"...the Miss Caroline papers are so bright and cheerful...perfect for a thank you!

 

Love “U” by Anam Stubbington

Featured Products: Kraft FunDay Everyday Papers from the 6x6 pad, Cardstock Trims and Chipboard Buttons and the awesome twine.

Extra note – I carefully peeled the top layer of the cardstock sticker off, cut it to size (got rid of the ‘it’) and then replaced it in the opposite direction.

 

We can’t wait to see what you create!  Good luck!

Please upload your project here:

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.