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Pinspiration Friday

We are so glad you stopped by today, it's Pinspiration Friday!

Every day, we scour the Internet for inspiring MME projects. We find your work on your blogs, through our FB page,and in online galleries. We pin the ones that inspire us most!

Then once a month we challenge our designers to use one of your creations as inspiration for a layout or card.

This month Danni ,Tina and  Tonya are joining us. Here's what they came up with. Enjoy and have a lovely, creative day!

 

Inspiration Piece:Melissa Priest

Tonya's version:

Supplies: Boy Crazy- Word Play paper, Geared Up paper, Seeing Stars paper, Tags paper, Felt Stickers, Decorative Buttons, Decorative Tape, Decorative Brads, Sticker Accessory Sheet

 

Tonya says:I was really drawn to the clean and simple design of Melissa's layout. I simply decided to use her layout as a sketch and then added a few little extra details. As you can see I kept her grid of four squares. Loved the way that she had the photo just a touch bigger than the other three squares, I just placed my photo at a bit of a slant so that it coordinated with the strips at the bottom that I also placed at a bit of a slant. 

Instead of the little banner piece that she placed in the upper left hand corner I used the felt rocket. For the vapor trail on the rocket I simply stitched it with my sewing machine and then embellished it with little tiny die cut stars. Just as Melissa did I cut my title out of one of the squares, I then backed my letters with glitter to make them stand out against the busy zigzag paper.

Inspiration Piece: Danielle Higginbottom-Brown

 

Danni's Interpretation and Thoughts:The design of this layout is so eye-catching and fun and I was instantly inspired.  She is incredibly talented and there are so many details on this page while still looking very clean and beautiful.I was inspired by Danielle's design on her layout.  From the circle elements, to the separating of the top and bottom panels, to the positioning of the title,  it is just a fantastic design for layouts and cards alike. 

I decided to interpret her layout design into a card sketch in Photoshop and love the results. This will be a go-to sketch for me in future designs, I just love the many possibilities.

I could not stop at one card with this fun design and know that you, too, will be inspired to pull out your supplies and create.

Find Your Wings & Fly: Up & Away :Paper Kit Strip (top), Big Top and Smile patterned papers, decorative brads, layered stickers, enamel dots, Alpha & Word stickers;MISC: Papertrey Ink Scallop die, Bazzill cardstock, hand stitching

On my first card, Fabulous, I chose to cut the Find Your Wings-Up and Away Paper Kit Strip to create the little quilt swatches.  I love that there are strips of the patterned papers in the kit altogether right on the front panel, swoon!

After cutting the quilt swatches I layered  them with enamel dots, stitches, brads, and layered stickers.  The new Alpha and Word stickers in this line are so fun and I loved the fabulous sticker for the sentiment on this card.
  Find Your Wings & Fly: Up & Away patterned papers: Krafty Floral, Smile, Carousel, Admit One, layered stickers, enamel dots;MISC: Papertrey Ink scallop die, Martha Stewart butterfly Punch, Bazzill cardstock

On my second card, Ticket No. 3, I chose to interpret the circle elements as butterflies.  I tried to stay true to the design using an upper and lower block of patterned paper separated with scallop trim.  I chose to use the beautiful enamel dots in this line as well as hand-stitches to embellish the butterflies.
Find Your Wings & Fly: Up & Away patterned papers: Carousel, Be Awesome, Smile, Admit One and Krafty Floral, decorative brads, enamel dots, Alpha & Word stickers;MISC: Papertrey Ink scallop die, Bazzill cardstock, hand-stitching

On my last card, I chose to be a little more liberal with my interpretation, only creating 3 circle elements in a row.  I wanted to create a card to layer the cute Admit One ticket paper in this line.  The flowers were cut with my Cameo and then I layered them on tickets.  I layered the tickets with scallops, leaves, and enamel dots. 

All three of these cards were completely inspired by an incredibly designed layout.  The next time you like the design of a layout, try sketching out the elements that inspire you and use them to design a card or two after your layout.

Thank you so much Danielle for the amazing inspiration!

 

Inspiration Piece: Missy Whidden

 

Tina's version:

Supplies:Boy Crazy:Mechanical paper, Geared Up paper,Diamonds paper,Point the Way paper, 6x6 Paper Pads,Decorative Tape,Felt Stickers,Sticker Accessory Sheet,Chipboard Elements,Decorative Buttons;Misc:Paperclip:  Office Max,Die Cut Machine:  Silhouette Cameo,Adhesive:  Tombow (tape runner), Scrapbook Adhesives (foam tape)

I loved this layout by Missy Whidden. I loved the fun colors, the great photo, and especially the Sunburst design element.

I really wanted to take the sunburst design element and expand on the idea for my layout.  I started by cutting a large Sunburst shape with my Cameo and adhering it to my background.  Next, using a diagonal design 6x6 paper sheet, I placed the paper with the diagonals going in the same direction as the Sunburst shape. Lastly, I digitally cut a smaller Sunburst shape and placed it on top of the diagonal paper.  With these 3 elements, I created movement on the page to create an overall Sunburst design.

Thank you Missy for your fabulous inspiration!  We look forward to seeing you in the MME Inspiring Pages and Cards board again!

Pinspiration Friday

Happy Friday! We are so glad you stopped by today, it's Pinspiration Friday! Every day, we scour the Internet for inspiring MME projects. We find your work on your blogs, through our FB page,and in online galleries. We pin the ones that inspire us most!

Then once a month we challenge our designers to use one of your creations as inspiration for a layout or card.

This month Jana and Tamara are joining us. Here's what they came up with. Enjoy and have a lovely, creative weekend!

 

 

Inspiration Piece: Brook Stewart

 

 

Jana's version:

 

Supplies:Collectable-Notable :Cute Petite paper, Silly Jolly paper, Memo Reminder paper, Memo Layered Stickers, Love This Journal Card, Wonder Decorative Brads, Wonder Decorative Buttons, Cute Decorative Stickers, Cute Enamel Dots, Notable Decorative Tape;Lost & Found 3- Oliver:Yellow Honey paper;Kraft FunDay-Happy Days: Twine

 

Jana says:I fell in love with Brook's style the minute I saw this page. I love the placement of everything and how she chose colors that complimented the softness of her photos. I followed Brook's lead when selecting patterns for my page, but chose to go with a brighter color palette to coordinate with the colors of the butterfly's wings in my photos.

 

Like Brook, I used a tone-on-tone floral for the page base and I chose a neutral graphic paper for the background of the design. I really liked how Brook used a 6 x 6 sheet of paper to anchor her photos. The bright pattern peeking out from the left and right sides of the photos was the perfect splash of fun. Instead of graphic chevrons, I chose to go with flowers to stay with the "nature" theme of my page topic.

 

I love the way Brook sprinkled wood hearts and enamel dots around her page. I created my own version with stickers, layered stickers, chipboard and enamel dots.

 

I added a journal block to the right side of my page design like Brook did. However, my journal block is vertical instead of horizontal, so I decided to add a bit more embellishing around my journal block. I used the Collectable Notable Decorative Brads and Buttons along with more enamel dots. FUN!

 

Thanks for inspiring me, Brook! I had so much fun!

 

 

Inspiration Piece: Katarina Damm-Blomberg

Tamara's Version:

 

Supplies: Find Your Wings and Fly -"Up and Away": Krafty Floral patterned paper, Admit One patterned paper (blue tickets), 6x6 pad (pink and cream papers), layered stickers, chipboard, stickers, enamel dots, brads, decorative, tape, black, green and blue letter stickers: Misc: White cardstock, black thread, ink, and pen.

 

Tamara says:

I was inspired by Katarina's fabulous layout pinned on the MME Pinterest board.  I really liked the collage of elements and papers layered with her photos.  The title and the little cluster along the right side drew your eye across the page.  She was generous to grant me permission to use her fabulous page as inspiration.

I am in LOVE with Rhonna Farrer's new "Find Your Wings and Fly collections.  The colors and spirit of her "Up and Away" line worked perfectly with these photos of my daughter.I snapped these before school five years ago after I styled her hair with an idea she found online.  My, how she has changed - she is 16 now and no longer asks me to do her hair (unless it is for Prom). 

I placed chipboard and layered stickers along the left side of my page.  I cut the blue ticket labels out of paper.

The "Bloom Where You Are Planted" scalloped layered sticker was the perfect title (since she was standing in front of our flower beds) and anchored my page. The spray of enamel dots add whimsy and movement.

For my second journaling spot, I used an array of the wonderful new letter and word stickers - there are 6 sheets of yummy colors in the set! As a finishing touch I layered decorative tapes, the "Smile" brad, and green enamel dots along the right side of my layout.

Thank you so much for the inspiration, Katarina!

Pinspiration Friday

Happy Friday ! We are so glad you stopped by today, it's Pinspiration day !

Every single day, we scour the Internet for inspiring MME projects. We find your work on your blogs, through our FB page,and in online galleries. We pin the ones that inspire us most!

Then once a month we challenge our designers to use one of your creations as inspiration for a layout or card.

This month Tina and Danni are joining us. Here's what they came up with. Enjoy and have a lovely, creative weekend!

 

Inspiration Piece: Katharina Frei

Tina's version:

Supplies: Collectable- all decorative tapes,'Today' and 'Beautiful' stamp sets, 'Today' pins, "Firsts' enamel dots,'Note' layered stickers, 'Im With' Gathering patterned paper; Misc: cardstock,ink, adhesives, Lily Bee and Simple Stories alphabet stickers.

Tina says:Hi!  I love Pinspiration Fridays.  There is so much talent and creativity in the scrapbooking world, and Pinterest is such a wonderful repository of inspiration. I am uber excited to be using this project by the amazing Katharina Frei.  I LOVE the cover of this little notebook.  I love the strips of washi tape, with stamping and line work. 

I used the washi strips as a jumping off point for my layout and created my own background for my page.  I used decorative tape from several MME collections, but they all coordinate perfectly.


I added several stamped images, some of the SUPER DUPER AWESOME enamel dots, my title and the layout was done. And it was done really quickly, especially for me.

I would like to thank Katharina for sharing her creativity and inspiration!  Be sure and check out the MME board 'Inspiring Pages and Cards'.  You WILL be inspired!

Inspiration Piece: Lisa Wilkinson

Danni's versions and comments:This card was designed by Lisa Wilkinson and is amazing in so many ways.  I love, love all the details in this card from the arrows, to the vellum pocket, to the sequins, to the fun stitching. I love how she bounced the arrow patterns off the blue background patterned paper, drawing attention to the pattern "behind" the vellum pocket. 

I love how she used the sentiment "a happy little hi", my first card is completely inspired by the sentiment and "being happy".  I love how she cut arrows from the patterned paper and then stitched them, and YES left little strings because that adds so much character to her stitching.   I could create so many, many cards from this one card and it's been on my "to-do" list and I was happy when I was able to share it with all of you.

I created three cards to share with you today, and can't wait to create several "Easter" cards later in the month using some ideas derived from this card, hope you'll check out that post also!

Supplies:My Girl: Bouquet (A & B sides) patterned paper, decorative brads, chipboard, layered sticker sentiment;Misc: sequins, vellum, machine stitching, Bazzill card stock

My "Hello" card was completely inspired by the sentiment on her card, as I shared with you.  The sentiment, "a happy little hi" made me just that, "happy", so I wanted a card that elicited those feelings.  I chose to use the new My Girl line because it makes me happy. 

I love all the playful patterns and colors in this line.  With all the fun embellishments in this line, it was easy to stick to the "fun" theme and use chipboard, layered brads and layered stickers, to create a "hello" card that would make you happy to open.

I decided to stick with the vellum+ patterned paper pockets against the blue background, as she did in her card, because it's such a fun contrast and makes the pockets "pop".  I stitched the sides and bottom and then filled them with fun sequins, leaving them to move around the card. 


 

Supplies:My Girl: Rainbow, Flutterby patterned paper, chipboard, layered stickers;Misc:sequins, vellum, machine stitching, Bazzill card stock

On my "Smile" card, I chose to allow the "arrows" to be the focal for my inspiration.  I stuck with the patterned paper against the blue background (there are so many, many fun ones in this line) and created my vellum pocket with the arrow patterned paper, stitching a "zig zag" along the arrows for fun. 

The little "twist" in this card is that I filled the bottom with sequins and then stitched the middle of the vellum and filled the top with sequins before stitching the pocket closed and adding my chipboard ice cream cone.  I wanted some of the sequins to stay up top so as not to slide behind the heavier chipboard piece.  I loved the arrows on the "front" of Lisa's card also, so I cut the "smile" arrows from my layered stickers and used them on my card.  I left some fun loose stitching behind the ice cream cone as she did with her arrows and adhered a layered flower sticker to the front.


 

Supplies:My Girl: Flutterby patterned paper, chipboard, decorative brads, enamel dots Collectable: Note Record patterned paper;Misc:sequins, clear envelope, machine stitching, spray adhesive, Bazzill card stock

Lastly, on my Girl Wonder card, I decided to allow the circle elements in Lisa's card to be my focal.  In order to do that, I decided to spray my patterned paper with adhesive, adhere my sequin circles onto the patterned paper and allow to dry. 

 

I then stitched a clear envelope over the top, adhered my fun "superhero" sentiment and a couple of brads and enamel dots to finish the "circle" theme.  I love that the sequins look like a spray of confetti, it feels like a party, which makes me "happy" and that's what Lisa's card makes me feel.

 

 

Pinspiration Thursday

We are so glad you stopped by today, it's Pinspiration Thursday!

Every day, we scour the Internet for inspiring MME projects. We find your work on your blogs, through our FB page,and in online galleries. We pin the ones that inspire us most!

Then once a month we challenge our designers to use one of your creations as inspiration for a layout or card.

This month Suzanne and  Stephanie are joining us. Here's what they came up with. Enjoy and have a lovely, creative day!

 

Inspiration Piece: Tamara Tripodi

 

Stephanie's version:

Supplies:My Girl: Flutterby patterned paper,Fancy Free patterned paper,Genuine patterned paper,Playful patterned paper,designer tape,felt stickers, layered stickers,enamel dots,decorative buttons,chipboard accents;Collectable-Unforgettable:'You Are' tiny word stickers,'First' decorative stickers;Collectable-Memorable:enamel dots;Collectable-Notable:'Love This' tiny word stickers;Misc:doilies,Simple Stories letter stickers,Dear Lizzy Thickers,American Crafts precision pen,adhesives

 

Stephanie says: Tamara's page made me so HAPPY the moment I saw it. I just knew immediately that her's  was the page I wanted to lift.

The first way I lifted Tamara's page was to use My Girl, since she used all Boy Crazy for her page. I would have used Boy Crazy, too...but with four little girls in this house that just ain't happening. :)

I lifted the overall design- photo placement, paper layering placement, embellishment clusters,etc. The title is in generally the same place.

The biggest design element I lifted from Tamara is the sweet scattering of embellishments all over her darling page.

She used brads, enamel dots,stickers, and chipboard...I used layered stickers, enamel dots, tiny word stickers, and felt accents.

Thank you SO much for the inspiration, Tamara...you've help me create a page I love!

 

Inspiration Piece: Marlene Gomez

 

Suzanne's version:

Supplies:Lost & Found 3-Ruby:Doily patterned pape,Medallion patterned paper,Stripes patterned paper,Floral patterned paper,decorative brads,enamel dots,layered stickers,sticker accessory sheet;Misc:letter stickers, adhesive,doilies,sewing machine and thread,embossing folder

 

Suzanne says:I was really drawn to this altered set by Marlene Gomez. I loved the combination of pinks and browns. The softness of her layout and all the pretty details inspired me to create a layout of my two favorite girls!

I used a large banner on the left hand side of my page, and used doilies to replicate her white diecut scrolls.

I used hearts and vellum flowers as the tiny details to my page. I also added stitching on my page. I also love the enamel dots, as they are a quick way to add interest to letters, and images found on the patterned papers.

Pinspiration Wednesday

We are so glad you stopped by today, it's Pinspiration Friday! Every day, we scour the Internet for inspiring MME projects. We find your work on your blogs, through our FB page,and in online galleries. We pin the ones that inspire us most!

Then once a month we challenge our designers to use one of your creations as inspiration for a layout or card.

This month Suzanne and Ronda are joining us. Here's what they came up with. Enjoy and have a lovely, creative day!

Inspiration Piece: Juliana Michaels

Suzanne's version:

Supplies: Lost and Found 3-Ruby: Floral Glitter patterned paper, Pink Lace patterned paper,Collage Stripe patterned paper,Glitter Stripe patterned paper,Ruby Medallion patterned paper,decorative brads,decorative buttons,chipboard accents,sticker sheet;Misc:adhesive,sewing machine and thread,doily,die cut machine

Suzanne says:I loved the following scrapbook page from Juliana. One thing that drew me to the page was her design using many different patterns of paper. I loved her creative use of the papers, and the many layers she created within the page.

I am normally a one picture type of gal, so this was another element that drew me to her page.

I tried to mimic her use of the various papers to showcase my little girl.

The different layers added a soft element to my page, which complimented my sweet photo.I also added a doily to my page. A perfect detail on a girl page.

I also was inspired by the cluster of buttons & brads, and used buttons from the lost & found 3 Ruby collection on the right side of the page. 

Inspiration Piece: Mary Ann Jenkins

Ronda's version:

Supplies:Lost and Found 3-Oliver:Garden Gate patterned paper,Bingo Glittered patterned paper,Blue Quatrefoil embossed paper,Lace Fan patterned paper,Blue Lace patterned paper,decorative brads,decorative tape   ;Lost and Found 3-Ruby:Medallion patterned paper,Honeycomb embossed patterned paper,Collage Stripe patterned paper,Grey Quatrefoil paper,decorative tape,enamel dots,stickers   ;The Sweetest Thing-Tangerine:'Together' Chevron patterned paper,buttons;Misc:American Crafts thickers,adhesive,ink 

 

Ronda says:When strolling through My Mind’s Eye Inspiring Cards & Layouts, Mary Ann’s layout jumped out at me.

I usually condensed in my designs using a lot of white space around the page.

Mary Ann’s page is both beautiful & frightening to me.  I absolutely adore the design but it is out of my scrapbooking safety zone.  That’s the beauty of finding inspiration and challenging yourself, so I stepped outside by comfort level and started creating.

I was drawn to her used of patterned papers in all the polaroids found on the Follow your Heart Be Happy Adorable paper. I decided to use the Sweetest Thing Together Chevron Paper and layer some of the frames from a second sheet to add some dimension. 

Like Mary Ann I chose to use mostly black & white photos, with one exception which became my focal point. 

I love how she used embellishments outside the frames a knew I had to incorporate those elements and add in my own little splatters of ink.

My title is a nod to her use of numbers and really finished off my page.  I love this page and am very happy I pushed myself.  Thanks Mary Ann for such an inspiring page.

Pinspiration Friday

Happy Friday! We are so glad you stopped by today, it's Pinspiration Friday! Every day, we scour the Internet for inspiring MME projects. We find your work on your blogs, through our FB page,and in online galleries. We pin the ones that inspire us most!

Then once a month we challenge our designers to use one of your creations as inspiration for a layout or card.

This month Jana and Shelly are joining us. Here's what they came up with. Enjoy and have a lovely, creative weekend!

Inspiration Piece: Tonya Dirk

Jana's version:

Supplies: Winter Wonderland:Tags patterned paper,In the Neighborhood patterned paper,Flakes patterned paper,Presents patterned paper,6x6 paper pad,12x12 chipboard accessories,stickers,decorative brads,buttons,twine,stamps;Misc:cardstock,silhouette,Kerri Bradford word art,Cuttlebug,Poinsettia Quilling die,stamping ink,copics,paper piercer,needle and floss,adhesives,journaling pen

Jana says:For my Pinterest lift I was inspired by the oh-so-talented, Tonya Dirk, and her page titled "A Love Like No Other".

The thing that first caught my eye about Tonya's page was that adorable banner flanked with two flowers across the top. Also, I was really inspired by how Tonya used a sheet of 6 x 6 patterned paper to anchor the two smaller photos underneath.

I used the happy and bright Winter Wonderland collection for my page. To replicate the wood planked paper in the background of Tonya's page, I stacked together several strips of the blue patterned papers from the collection. 

Lately I am really love using tone-on-tone pattern papers to create visual background textures on my pages and so this was right up my alley! For the banner across the top of the page, I used the trees from the Winter Wonderland stamps. I cut the trees out after stamping them omitting the trunk and star.

Next, I flipped them over and "strung" them together with the awesome tri-colored twine from the Winter Wonderland collection. It worked out perfectly! For the poinsettia flowers flanking my banner I used a quilling die by Cuttlebug. The script word across the top of the banner was cut on my Silhouette Cameo using Kerri Bradford artwork.

Like Tonya, I anchored two smaller photos on a sheet of 6 x 6 patterned paper. Next, I cut out several elements from the Tags paper and added them around my photos. I added a chipboard house on the right and a stamped snowman to the left. The journal block is accented with more stamping, a sticker, and a decorative brad.

Thank you, Tonya, for inspiring me to try something new on this page! Be sure to check out the My Mind's Eye Pinterest page for more project ideas from our amazing fans!

Inspiration Piece:Betsy Veldman

Shelly's take:

Supplies:The Sweetest Thing:'Smile'Bouquet patterned paper,'Everyday'crocheted doilies,'Together'Round patterned paper,Tangerine stickers,Tangerine 6x6 paper pad,'Hello'decorative buttons,'Sunshine' decorative brads,'Fabulous'label stickers;Misc:string,pop dots

Shelly says:I absolutely love being part of Pinspiration! There is nothing like surfing Pinterest and finding amazing inspiration all around you. Today, I fell in love with Betsy Veldman’s beautiful card. What is not to love with those doilies and butterflies? I immediately thought it would be the perfect “sketch” for my next layout. I had these pictures of my daughter’s first year printed out just waiting for the perfect inspiration piece to come along, and Betsy’s card was just that!

 This layout is the “closer” for my daughter’s first year album. I printed out photo strips of each monthly birthday starting with her birth and ending with a 6x4 shot at her one year mark. Because I wanted to keep the photo strips on the top in a sequence, I altered the “sketch” so that there was more space on the top half of the layout leaving just enough room to place my doilies, butterflies, and the vertical picture. I loved the notched ribbon coming off the card that Betsy used to divide her top and bottom sections, so I mimicked that look with a strip of pattern paper. I trimmed down the page to 11x11 and matted it on another sheet of paper so that I could give it a faux look of coming off the page.

Next up was to play with the doilies. I decided I wanted to use the same doily sticker that Betsy used, along with a crocheted doily. After trimming the crocheted doily, I put a little Glossy Accents on my finger and tapped the edge of it in the glue to make sure that it wouldn’t unravel after pushing it around my page.  Once it was dry, I placed it on my layout and embellished the doilies with butterflies, brads, and a button. The “Wonderful” diecut was just to perfect for the title of the page.

I wanted to add a little something extra to the top portion of the page. After glancing up at the same Tangerine sticker sheet that contained the doily and butterfly stickers, I decided to get the most out of that sheet and carried the woodgrain to the top of the page with the photo corners. The ticket was the perfect little filler to add to that little space at the top right. I finished it off with a brad and a couple of buttons.

Thank you so much Betsy for sharing your creativity with us! As you can see, it was just what I needed to complete this page.

 

Pinspiration Friday

Happy Friday! We are so glad you stopped by today, it's Pinspiration Friday! Every day, we scour the Internet for inspiring MME projects. We find your work on your blogs, through our FB page,and in online galleries. We pin the ones that inspire us most!

Then once a month we challenge our designers to use one of your creations as inspiration for a layout or card.

This month Tina and Danni are joining us. Here's what they came up with. Enjoy and have a lovely, creative weekend!

 

Inspiration Piece: Anabelle O'Malley

Tina's version:

Supplies: All is Bright:Christmas Tag patterned paper, Joy patterned paper,Happy Day patterned paper,twine,layered stickers,decorative buttons,chipboard elements;Six by Six Two:A Mother's Love paper pad;Misc:Pink Paislee wood alphabet,adhesive,sewing machine and thread,ink,K&Co stamp

Tina says:For my Pinspiration lift this month, I am lifting the AMAZING and SUPER TALENTED Anabelle O'Malley, and this incredible layout, found on MME's Inspiring Pages and Cards.

I love the linear (across the page) design of this layout, and how she used circles to create little areas of color and visual POP.

I wanted to use the same linear design, but 'change it up a bit', SO, I swapped circles for squares.  I stitched the squares down, layering several patterned papers within each other.

I also expanded the washi tape area on the bottom of Anabelle's layout, adding several chipboard elements and punched medallion shapes.
So I would like to see how observant y'all are.  Can you pick out the new Christmas collection 'All Is Bright' in my layout?   By hiding any Christmas/Holiday reference and by mixing it with the Six by Six paper, it blends perfectly and you can really stretch your Holiday paper collection into non-Holiday projects.

Thanks for stopping by today!  Have a great one!

Inspiration Piece: Jeni Allen

Danni's take:Every month, I sign up for these fun posts because I get to scroll through the newest "pins" on our MME Inspiring Cards and Pages page and I always leave incredibly inspired to create!  This month, there were amazing layouts and cards and it was once again, so, so hard to choose.  I could've closed my eyes and pointed to a "pin" and created several cards inspired by so many of the elements in the pages or cards, maybe next month, I'll give that a try....wink.

Today, I selected this amazing card from Jeni Allen.  Jeni's blog My Stampin' Spot is always filled with all kinds of inspiration and fun, new ideas for stamping and designing gorgeous cards.  In full disclosure, I am on the CupCards to Go design team with Jeni, but that is NOT why I chose her card.  I fell in love with this card when we worked with the CupCards to Go August kit and then I saw Stephanie, too, had "pinned" it on the MME boards, so I thought it an ideal time to share why this card inspires me so.  Every time I see this card I fall in love all over again.  I love the circle elements, all the patterns in the card, the "white" bouncing the patterns, the "little" details, it's just incredible and I think it will definitely inspire you too.

I decided to create three cards this month because I had so many ideas with this design and wanted to play with a more literal sketch idea and a "details" inspired idea.  For my first two cards, I stayed pretty true to the sketch and literal interpretation.  I chose to use my MME Six by Six 2 "Gnome Sweet Gnome" paper pad and die-cut embellies to create my cards today.

The first card I created was inspired by the beautiful patterns on white in Jeni's card.

As you can see, you don't have to use the patterned papers for the circles, you can use white circles and dry emboss them for added detail.  I also cut the die-cuts from the
6 x 6 Gnome Sweet Gnome pad to add additional details to my card and sentiments.


On my next card, I chose to add lots of fun patterned papers, including a patterned paper circle spray, because there are so many fun patterns in the Gnome Sweet Gnome 6 x 6 pad.  I really love the variety of patterned papers and while I only used one pattern on my circles, I used several different patterns on my card in general.

I stamped the sentiment right onto the bracket die-cut that comes in the pad and added lots of fun details using the various die-cuts.  I love the green gingham patterned paper so much for this particular design because bouncing little die-cut elements off of the background paper was so much fun.  Isn't the "little bird" just the cutest in the die-cut sheet?  Love, love him!  I added stamped sentiments on these cards, everything else comes from the Gnome Sweet Gnome 6 x 6 pad.


On the last card, I really wanted a more relaxed interpretation, one I could use for cards with a slightly larger focal embellishment and yet still have the circles and fun design as Jeni's gorgeous card.  On this card, I really wanted to play with the sweet Gnome (who just makes me so darn happy) so I decided to make him a "circle focal" along with lots of other of the fun die-cuts from the pad.

As you can see, the Gnome and tree trunk were my focal die-cuts but there were lots of other "circle elements" (flowers, circles and butterfly) found in the pad to incorporate into this very fun design of Jeni's gorgeous card.  This was a more liberal approach to the overall design, but still being inspired by the design, made this card not only relatively quick to create, it could be duplicated relatively easily for cards with larger embellishment focals and not uniform circle embellishments.

I hope I have given you some ideas and maybe tricks too, to create more cards out of one inspiration piece and yet have a variety of different-looking cards when you are finished.
Happy Creating♥

Pinspiration Monday

It's time for another adition of Pinspiration! Do you follow us on Pinterest? If not, make sure you head on over and click "follow"! We add beautiful,creative and inspiring MME projects every day. And the very best part is they are made by YOU!

We have the most talented customers in the industry, and you keep us busy pinning away!

Here is what our designers came up with this month.

Original card by Tonya Dirk.

Inspired layout by Shelly Jaquet:

Supplies:The Sweetest Thing-Tangerine:Chevron patterned paper, Sunny patterned paper, 6x6 paper pad, layered stickers,stickers;The Sweetest Thing-Lavender:6x6 paper pad, enamel dots;Lime Twist:twine,vellum, circle punches, Fiskars and Martha Stewart butterfly punches

Shelly says:  As soon as I saw Tonya Dirk’s amazing card, I knew I wanted to use it for my next layout. I loved the clean straight lines with the whimsical butterflies. Having them flutter to the top of the card  was the perfect touch to soften those lines.

I used the 6x6 paper pad to create 3x4 cards that would go straight across my page. I filled each one with little tidbits about my daughter at the age of 6. Tonya’s layout of the pattern paper squares was perfect for displaying all that fun information in a noteworthy way.

I also wanted to mimic her fluttering butterflies. I wanted to make mine on a grander scale since my canvas was bigger, so used different sized circles to fill in the space.

Thank you so much Tanya for sharing your beautiful card! It was the perfect inspiration that I needed!!

 

Original layout by Emily Spahn for Gossamer Blue:

Inspired layout by Stephanie Howell:

Supplies:The Sweetest Thing-Lavender:Adorable patterned paper, Intricate patterned paper, Flowery patterned paper,Swatch patterned paper;The Sweetest Thing-Tangerine: die cut card, enamel dots,Sunny patterned paper,chipboard elements;The Sweetest Thing-Honey: enamel dots, Peppy patterned paper,label stickers;The Sweetest Thing-Bluebell:chip and wood buttons,chipboard elements;Misc:doilies,sequins,Studio Calico letter stickers,adhesive

 

Stephanie says: I fell in love with this layout the moment I saw it. Emily is one of my favorite designers, and for good reason. She consistently creates classic,timeless,and beautiful pages. This one is no exception.

I loved the layers of monochromatic patterned papers in Emily's layout. I don't sew (GASP..horror, i know :) so I simply trimmed strips of patterned paper and layered them over papers that were the same color.

I also adored The piece of paper "ribbon" behind Emily's photo and the use of chipboard pieces around her photo, so I lifted both of those design elements.

Emily, thank you so much for always inspiring me and making me want to scrap. You are amazing!

Pinspiration Friday

Happy Friday, MME fans! I hope your week has been beautiful and blessed and that  you are ready for the weekend!

Today it's time for another Pinspiration post! And if you don't follow us on Pinterest you can find our boards HERE. I add new projects daily, so make sure to check in often!

Here's what Tina and Tamara came up with this month.

 

Original projects by: Patricia Roebuck

 

Lift designer: Tina Walker

Tina says: I thought that Patricia's use of Indie Chic was fantastic... and her design style is truly amazing.  Instead of using one of her projects for my lift, I lifted two.

Supplies:The Sweetest Thing-Tangerine:'Happy' title,'Sunshine' title,tiny word stickers,wood&chip buttons,decorative brads,decorative tape;Misc:American Crafts alphas,adhesives,sewing machine and thread

The first lift is from Patricia's card, titled 'Make a Wish'.  I really loved the timeless design that is so versatile and easy on the eye.  I used this design as the basis for my layout. 

Using our 6x6 pads, I layered several pieces across the left side of my page and stitched them in place.

I added several coordinating chipboard banners and a die cut to the top of the page, and folded strips of decorative tape in half and stitched to the bottom of my page. 

In place of her small metal flower and 'Make a Wish' sentiment, I layered a large die cut under a flower brad and adhered several word banners to the side.
The second project I used as inspiration was Patricia's rolled paper frame.  I LOVE the idea (and look) of rolled paper, so I replicated this on my layout.  I rolled several small strips of paper and adhered them together with twine. 

Thank you so very much for the inspiration and your beautiful style, Patricia. It was a joy to lift you!

Original layout by: Yeva Petrovnas

Lift designer:Tamara Jensen

Supplies:The Sweetest Thing-Bluebell: Lively patterned paper, Remember patterned paper, Bouquet patterned paper, wood and chip buttons, stickers, journaling card, title, chipboard stickers, decorative tape, brads; Miss Caroline-Fiddlesticks: stamps;Lime Twist: twine;Other: brown ink and pen, blue machine thread, pop dots, yellow ink.

Tamara says:When I saw this beautiful and creative layout designed by Yeva , I knew this would be a fun one to lift.  I especially liked the photo booth strips of photos and collage of papers. 

My dad just did a photo shoot of my daughter a few weeks ago, so I already had a great assortment of photos to use.  I designed with the new “The Sweetest Thing Bluebell” collection, it coordinated perfectly with these sweet photos.  I loved using all of the fabulous dimensional MME embellishments: the chipboard stickers, wood buttons, decorative brads, journaling/title cards, and decorative tape.

I did a very straightforward lift of Yeva's layout. I loved it so much I wanted my layout to look very similar!

I kept the layered papers and embellishments,but I stamped along the left side of the photos instead of misting,as Yeva did.

Yeva, thank you SO much for sharing your beautiful layout. It inspired me so very much!

So what do you think ? Are you inspired to create now? I know I am. Hope you find some time to make something beautiful this weekend!

And remember...if you do,make sure to share it with us.Thanks for stopping by...enjoy your weekend!

Pinspiration Friday

Can't.Stop.Pinning.

Really! We can't stop pinning here at MME. Are you following us on Pinterest? You should be! :) There are so many amazing MME projects out there...we simply can't keep up!

But we are looking,searching,and pinning daily. And once a month we put all of those pins to use by challenging our designers to choose a pin off of our "inspiring layouts and cards" board and lift it.

This month Tina and Danni are playing along. Here's what they came up with.

Designer:Tina Walker

Pin Chosen:Delightful by Lady Grace Belarmino

Tina's Version:

Supplies: Indie Chic-Saffron:label stickers,layered stickers,tape;Indie Chic-Ginger:stamps;Follow Your Heart:stamps;Lost and Found Two:stamps;Misc-cardstock,ink,spray mist,adhesive,sewing machine

Tina says:When we were asked to pick a project that was pinned to the MME 'Inspiring Pages and Cards' board, I wasn't sure where to start.  It was a hard choice because there are SO MANY amazing projects, but I kept going back to this layout by the awesome Lady Grace Belarmino.  I really love how she created a vertical mask along the center of her page and created dimension and texture with stamps, paint, and spray mist.  I don't know about you, but I love stamping and misting, and have more bottles of mist than I would ever admit.  ;)

For my layout, I created a square mask with my die-cut machine.  Using 3 coordinating colors of spray mist, I spritzed and splattered in and over the square.  Next, I stamped in the square, stamping over the edge of the mask to create a 1/2 stamped look.

To finish the layout, I added several layered and label stickers and stitched around the outside of the square.  Instead of stitching the entire edge of the square, I stopped stitching at random sections.  I thought this created a new and different look.

I really enjoyed this technique and had a lot of fun with this artsy style.  I WILL be using it more in the future.  Thank you Lady Grace for such an amazing inspiration layout.

Designer: Danni Reid

Pin Chosen: Thank You card  by Laurel Seabrook

Danni's Version:

Supplies: Indie Chic-Ginger:6x6 pad;Indie Chic-Nutmeg:buttons;Misc-sewing machine and thread,ink,punch,stamp,twine,adhesive

Danni says:I am so inspired by this card by Laurel Seabrook in our Pinterest gallery.  I love the composition, the softness, the different hexagons, the doily, the big focal sentiment, it all just makes me swoon.  I decided to choose 3 elements to inspire my card so as to not just “lift” her amazing card.  I chose to use the hexagons, the doily and the focal sentiment as my main inspiration for my card.

I kept the same design-concept, and decided to use a more gradient color scheme behind my hexagons, cut with my Cameo,  so as to draw attention to the sentiment at the bottom of the card.

I also loved how the doily added a softness to her card, so I cut a doily in half and adhered it to both sides and then layered my sentiment mat over the top.  To draw attention to the sentiment mat, I stamped a butterfly onto the mat and then stamped a large, cursive “thank you”sentiment in black.

I used the MME Ginger line and love that the hexagons feel like citrus fruit, fresh and summery.  Thank you for the amazing inspiration Laurel.

 

Happy Friday MME fans! Have a beautiful and blessed weekend. And remember...check back Monday for our CHA Summer Reveal Week. We will be revealing a new collection each day, sharing projects made with each collection, AND we will give away an entire collection each day! See you Monday!!!