My Mind's Eye Blog

Creative Stamping

Good morning, MME fans! Today Danni and Suzanne are here to share some new and fresh stamping ideas with you. Enjoy!

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Hello!  Danni here with you today to share three cards, using three different stamping techniques and one stamp set.  I have included a tutorial for the masking technique on my "Admit One" card. 

Supplies:Collectable: 6 x 6 Collectable paper pad, Collectable "Hello" Decorative stamps, Collectable Wonder decorative brads, Collectable chipboard shapes, Collectable "Firsts" enamel dots;MISC:  machine stitching, Bazzill card stock, Papertrey ink

I absolutely adore the butterflies in the Collectable "Hello" stamp set and wanted to have them as a focal on one of the cards. 

On my second card, "Heart You", I decided to focus on the trendy "stamping tilt" that is so popular right now. 

Supplies:Collectable:6 x 6 Collectable paper pad, Collectable "Hello" Decorative stamps, Collectable chipboard shapes, Collectable "Cute" enamel dots; MISC: Bazzill card stock,, Jenni Bowlin ink, Papertrey Ink

I thought it would be fun to have a monochromatic sentiment and embellish with color, from the Collectable "Love This" chipboard.

On my last card, "Hello", I wanted to play with the gorgeous doily and embossing.

Supplies:Six by Six 2:"A Mother's Love" Paper Pad, Collectable: "Hello" decorative stamps, Collectable chipboard shapes, Collectable "Cute" enamel dots, Collectable "Wonder" Decorative brads;MISC:  Bazzill card stock, Papertrey ink, embossing powders, machine stitching

I chose to use the Six by Six 2 "A Mother's Love" pad of paper.  I love every single pattern in this pad and the grey woodgrain was perfect to stamp.emboss my doilies.

These stamps are gorgeous and so much fun to play with.  I hope if you ink yours up, you'll link us up in the comments section!

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Good morning everyone! This is Suzanne and I'm so excited to share my new creation with you!

Supplies:Collectable: 'Silly' Decorative Stamps,'Hello' Decorative Stamps, 'Beautiful' Decorative Stamps,'Today' Decorative Stamps,'Perfect' Tiny Word Stickers,'Journey' Decorative Brads,'Today' Moment Paper,'Today' Remember Paper,'You Are' Charm Paper,' Firsts' New Paper;Misc:Canvas,Acrylic Paint,Tissue Paper,Stazon Ink,Mod Podge,Faber Castel Gelatos,Vellum

I love creating small home decor items, especially using canvas as my background. This time I wanted to create a mixed media sort of piece to display in my work space. I pulled  bits & pieces from the Collectable collection, and laid out several stamps in front of me. I decided to also get a bit artsy on this project, and pulled in the Faber Castel gelatos on this project, too. 

I first used the Story Card as the main embellishment on this canvas. I added stamping detail using two different stamps. You can see the numbers, and the ruler inked. The card looked great alone, but love the custom card I created in the end with simple inking.  

I stitched across the top of the card, and added a tiny word sticker underneath.. Now, one thing I did learn after playing with this canvas was that stamping directly onto it, is not quite as easy as it seems. I learned that you need to stamp the image onto tissue paper, and then with the proper adhesive add it onto the canvas.

I will admit...it took many errors before I realized I was missing a step! I added the chevron image to the top and bottom of the canvas. One last detail was that I also stamped the sentiment in the lower right hand corner. All of these images were stamped with Stazon, and onto tissue paper.

The final details is the punched flower, and the butterflies onto the tag. Again these butterflies are all ink, and I cut around them to add to the canvas. My last attempt was using the gelatos to add more texture. This was my first attempt at a mixed media project, and with more practice I cannot wait to see the possibilities!

A little stamps, and some paint can combine to make a unique piece of art you will treasure!

Stamps+Mini Canvases with Tina

Hi MME fans! Hope you are safe and dry this Tuesday morning. Tina here today with a different way to use your MME stamps on your layouts.

Lately I have been slightly obsessed (okay, I'll admit it - I'm super obsessed) with these mini canvases by Artist Loft.  I have been trying new ways to incorporate them into my projects and the layout I would like to share with you today  demonstrates one of those ways.

Supplies: The Sweetest Thing-Tangerine:Sunny patterned paper,Woodsy patterned paper,Greetings patterned paper,6x6 paper pad,decorative tape,stickers,tiny word stickers,layered stickers,chipboard elements,stamps,decorative brads,die cut journaling card;Misc:Jenni Bowlin alphabet,The Twinery twine,adhesives,Artist Loft mini canvas panels,spray mist,embossing powder,linen canvas paper,embossing ink

I started by applying a coat of gesso to my mini canvas to prep it for the spray mist. Next, I stamped several images to the canvas (with embossing ink), then applied white embossing powder. 

Once this was cool, I sprayed several coats of spray mist till I got the color I wanted.

To finish off my mini canvas, I tied twine and adhered a layered sticker and tiny word sticker to the canvas.

I really love how the mini canvas looks on my layout and the dimension it adds.

Special Note:  I used the Mini Canvas PANELS - these are super thin and do not add as much dimension to your layouts as a 'normal' canvas.

Thanks for stopping by today!

Shelly Takes the October Challenge!

Have you entered our October stamping challenge? We sure hope so! It's an easy way to have lots of fun and you could win an entire collection of your choice!

If you missed the challenge, you can find it here.

Shelly made a page for the stamp challenge this month and here is what she came up with!

Happy Halloween by Shelly Jaquet

Supply List:Lost and Found Halloween:Hallows Halloween Ads patterned paper,Hallows Dot patterned paper,decorative brads,stamps,diecut sheet,chipboard;Winter Wonderland:Christmas Trees patterned paper;Six by Six Two:Mother's Love paper pad;The Sweetest Thing-Bluebell:stamps;Indie Chic-twine;Misc:Prima chalk ink,VersaFine,Marvy Uchida tag punch;corner rounder,adhesive,computer

Shelly says: When I decided to do the October challenge, it was really a "challenge" for me! I am not much of a stamper,so I really tried to push myself to try a few different things.

I used a mask of the Marvy Uchida giga tag punch to create a stamped tag using the stamps from The Sweetest Thing Bluebell.Then I created a border with the "creepy.crawly.spooky.scary" stamp from Lost and Found Halloween.Last but not least...I simply tamped the bird and spider web as accents to my page.

Next, I created a background with the stamps from All is Bright.

I also used the chevron arrow stamp as a banner.

I had so much fun with this challenge, even though it took me out of my comfort zone. I can't wait to see what you all come up with!

 

Mixed Media with Karen...Stamping on Watercolor Paper.

This is Karen, back for the October Mixed Media page. This month, I wanted to try something different. I took a watercolor paper and used a bunch of our stamps to create  flowers. I didn't overthink it. I just stamped.

As you can see some of them didn't come out perfectly but I didn't worry. I just stamped along the edges and added a few butterflies. It's fun to stamp some of the flowers so they look like they're going off the edge. It gives the piece a bigger feel.


I used a water-proof pen to draw over some of the parts the ink had missed. Then I decided what my sentiment was going to be. I wrote the word "life" and stamped the rest of my title using a mix of My Mind's
Eye stamps.


Then I started coloring. I used my Tombow dual-tip markers. These are watercolor markers so when used on watercolor paper, they react to water.

Again, I didn't over-think it. I just colored, had fun and reminded myself again and again that the goal was not perfection but fun and joy. I wanted to focus on enjoying the process.

Life is often about the journey and so is art. If you have fun along the way, the end product doesn't even matter as much. So remember to enjoy.


After I'd colored the flowers and watered the ink, I decided to draw a blue border on my page. I used a lot of water to then pull the color from the edges all the way into the page. I added a few more stamps for some background texture and double-stitched my border.

And I was done!
Supplies:The Sweetest Thing:Hello stamps,Remember stamps;All is Bright:stamps;Follow Your Heart:Be Happy Stamps,Be Amazing Stamps;Kraft Funday:Everyday Fun Stamps

And there it is. Thank you for letting me share my page and I hope you take some time this week to play with stamps and coloring. Coloring is not just for little kids!

Remember to be who you are and keep it imperfect. I hope you share your creations with me in the comments. I look forward to seeing them!

Our New Stamps in Action!

Happy Friday to all of you! This is Anam and I'm here to share some inventive ways to use the new MME Indie Chic stamps!

First Disco

Supplies: Indie Chic Ginger stamps;white cardstock, Banded Ink and Paper Clay and Ranger Shrink Plastic,chalks,Stazon ink

Stamping doesn’t have to be restricted to paper. I used my stamps on air-drying paper clay and shrink plastic to make embellishments.  Make sure you follow the instructions on your products otherwise you might set them on fire!

I went with the rainbow glitter colours and used my banded inkpad to make the rainbow effect.

Making Family History

Supplies: Indie Chic -Nutmeg ‘Hanging out’ Stamps, Nutmeg ‘History’ Medallions (reverse) Paper, Nutmeg ‘Memories’ Rose Patch Paper, Nutmeg ‘Boy’ Checker Patch Paper, along with the Nutmeg layered Cardstock stickers, the Lazer Cut Wooden Title and the trim stickers.  I added Ranger Shrink Plastic and used Stazon ink on the Shrink Plastic. I also used a Martha Stewart edge punch.

Stamping doesn’t have to be restricted to paper. I used my stamps on Ranger Shrink Plastic to make embellishments.

You can alternate the final effect of the shrink plastic depending which way up you put the final embellishment.  I also toned down the wooden title with some brown ink to make it match better.

I wrote on the shrink plastic frame i made with the stamp border with a sharpie before i shrunk it in the oven to make my own little journal block.

Remember that the shrink plastic wont shrink perfectly so allow yourself some tolerance on the final outcome (like my wobbly journal spot).

Hope you've enjoyed my projects today. Have a wonderful weekend!