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2nd Annual Spring “hop” winner

The winner of our 2nd Annual Spring Blog “Hop” is:  Tamara Decoito

What a great hop sooooooo many talented artist..thanks for sharing
I hopped them all and left comments

Posted by: Tamara Decoito | April 23, 2011 at 10:17 AM

 

We have randomly chosen one of our designer’s blogs for a bonus prize.  That designer is: Suzanne Sergi!  Suzanne has randomly chosen a winner from the comments left on her blog.  The winner from Suzanne’s blog is:  Tulipscrapper

What an adorable LO! I love the clouds, the balloons, the colors; okay, I really adore everything about this! TFS.

Posted by: Tulipscrapper | April 23, 2011 at 09:39 PM

Kim’s Scrapbook Style

Trying to define my scrapping style is a difficult one for me. I tend to be a bit of a chameleon in that I tend to design around products, assignments, or photographs, changing up my style as is necessary. It makes my scrapping process much more fun & never boring for my sweet family, who love looking through my scrapbook albums when ever they can. I love the fact that my pages are all different yet all so 'me' at the same time.

After giving it some thought I decided there are definitely common elements in most of my pages which make them unique to me as opposed to a specific style, with often dramatically different results.

· Subtle layering

· Mist

· Sewing

· Border punches

· Hand made or cut out flowers

· And most of all authenticity, an important factor for me.

Here are x2 examples showing you what I mean. The same elements, yet very different.

I Must have done Something right by Kim Watson

And this page that I created in honor of my sweet Mum, whom we affectionately call Gee-Gee, for Mothers Day.

No#1 Mother by Kim Watson

For this page I used the gorgeous Stella & Rose ~ Gertie collection. Don't you just LOVE the zipper trim??? I pulled it apart & made this cute flower from it.

Actually I loved making the flower so much, I decided to photograph my process as I went along. Please excuse the weird colors...it can be tricky trying to sew & hold the camera at the same time :o)

ENJOY!

Zipper Flower Tutorial by Kim Watson.

· Pull the zipper trim apart.

· Gauge it using a needle & thread or your sewing machine on tack function.

· Make sure gauging is even along the length.

· Roll up from the centre.

· Secure underneath with needle & thread.

· Once completely, sew the loose end in place.

· Insert brad.

· Attach to layout using hot glue gun.

Thanks so much to the great team here at My Minds Eye. I have really enjoyed designing for you this month, using your gorgeous products, especially the wonderful Stella & Rose collections.

I will forever be a HUGE fan!!

Happy scrapping wherever you might be on this gorgeous day!

Blog Challenge #22 Winners!

Every month we are faced with a challenging decision – choosing winners from all the amazing entries!  You are all so talented.  Thank you for using our products to preserve your memories! 

After careful consideration, we present to you the Blog Challenge #22 winners!

Layout Winner: Tya Smith

 

Layout Honorable Mention: Samantha Young

 

Card Winner: Colleen B

 

Ladies, would you please email Amber ([email protected]) with your mailing information and the prize you would like to receive!

Thanks again to everyone who took the time to share their talents with us.  We hope you have taken the time to look at ALL the amazing entries located in the challenge blog posts. 

Follow this link for layouts

and this link for cards

We hope you will all join us for our May Blog Challenges!

MME Spring Blog Hop

Are you ready for the 2nd Annual Spring blog "hop"?

We are! We hope you will join us:

• Start here, at the My Mind’s Eye blog, and visit every blog you are sent to.
• Each of our fabulous designers will share a WORD with you.  These words are their own personal word of the month and correspond with the layout they shared. 
• Leave a comment on each blog.
• At each blog, you will be directed to another blog. Be sure to comment on each blog to increase your chances of winning!

***IMPORTANT: Begin the blog hop at the My Mind's Eye blog and hop in order so you are sure you have visited each designers blog***

• When you have finished "hopping", return back to this blog, leave a comment saying that you are done and email each designer's word of the month to: [email protected].  (don't include the words in your blog comment)
• Our blog hop will close Thursday, April 28, 2011 at midnight.

By playing along with us, YOU could win our entire Lime Twist line! 

There are two ways to win: 

GRAND prize: After visiting every blog, email each designer's word of the month to Amber. 

BONUS entry: We will randomly draw one of our designer’s blogs and draw one winner from the comments on that designer’s blog.  This winner will receive the collection of their choice!

Do you have your "hopping" legs ready?  From here you’ll hop to … Kim Watson’s blog

hint: There are 6 blogs.  6 blogs = 6 words  Have a great time "hopping"!

Coming soon…

Our Easter blog hop will start today, April 22, 2011 at 11:00 am MDT.  We hope you will join us!

Twine, fabulous twine…

How can something so simple be so exciting?  Is it the fact that it’s thicker?  Or that two colors are twisted together?  Whatever you like most, you are sure to LOVE our twine!

The fabulously talented Anam Stubbington shares three ways to use the fabulous twine.  Our twine comes in 12 colors and matches all four of our Lime Twist collections.

 

Crochet flowers:

 

Wrapped around elements:

 

Braided – brilliant!

Winner of Kim’s Favorite Things

is Samantha T!

Beautiful work! I can't wait to see more!

Posted by: Samantha T | April 05, 2011 at 06:44 AM

 

Samantha, please email your shipping address to: [email protected].

Hoppy Easter Yard Stake

FINALLY!!! It seems like I have been waiting so long to create an Easter home décor project on Good Things Utah.   With Easter coming at the end of April, March was too early to start.  What a delightful day we had around here yesterday, it was warm and the sun was bright for most of the day.  It was a great way to come out of a week of snow storms.  (Alta Ski Resort had 43” of new snow just over the weekend!)

So, the promise of renewal that spring and Easter offer is that much more appreciated by me today.

I had seen some cute yard stakes in one of my favorite home décor magazines and thought they needed to be “Amber-ized”.  With some scraps of wood I had in my basement (if you don’t have any, they are inexpensive at a lumber yard or home store), mod podge, Stella & Rose – Gertie paper, ribbon, rhinestones, buttons and brads… this is what I came up with:

You will be amazed at how simple this project really is!  I’ve even included instructions so it’s even easier!  It’s also easily adapted for any occasion.

Download 2011_04_12_Hoppy Easter Yard Stake (includes bunny pattern and bonus project)

We will be adding the video from the segment when it is available this afternoon.  We’ll also include pictures from a “bonus” Lime Twist project.  (Lime Twist is shipping April 18 – watch for it!)

Bonus project:

Happy spring (or fall ~ depending upon which season it is where you are!)

Spring 2011 sneak peek winners!

The WINNER of Lime Twist - Fly a Kite and Out of the Blue is: Guiseppa Gubler

Ummmm...ya! Love all of these. I have so many unfinished projects that could use a little My Minds Eye!

Posted by: Guiseppa Gubler | April 02, 2011 at 08:24 AM

 

The WINNER of Lime Twist - Happy Go Lucky and Life of the Party is: Susan!

I cannot wait for this to hit the shelves! MME has been my favorite for a long time and you just put a huge gap between you and my second favorite paper co! LOVE ALL the new lines!

Posted by: Susan | April 03, 2011 at 06:57 AM

 

The WINNER of American Made is: Liane C

What a great patriotic collection! I have so many photos I could scrap using this line not to mention all the seasonal home decor I could make with it... Would love to win! Thanks!

Posted by: Liane C | April 01, 2011 at 11:31 PM

 

The WINNER of hip-hooray is: Nicole Lindbeck

I Love the Happy colors of this collection. I can just imagine all the scrappin’ I could do with it.

Posted by: Nicole Lindbeck | April 03, 2011 at 04:45 PM

Blog Challenge #22: Layout challenge

The challenge:  Design a layout or other project based on this sketch (by Anam Stubbington).

Along with the sketch, you must use this theme: "April Showers"

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 Thursday, April 21, 2011 (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!

See how our designers each interpreted the “April Showers theme:

 

Kim Watson: Buddies

Kim added the feel of April showers by adding using misting spray to her layout.

Featured Collection: Stella & Rose – Hattie

 

Trisha Ladouceur: Happy

Aren’t Trisha and her husband so cute enjoying a rainy day together?

Featured Collection: Stella & Rose – Hattie

 

Amber Packer: Have you ever seen the rain?

Do you recognize this layout from our newsletter?

Featured Collection: Fine and Dandy – True Blue

Post your entries here: