My Mind's Eye Blog

Create like Shanna

Hi there!  Shanna here with the last of my May guest design team projects to share with you.  I’ve had such an amazing time this month creating with My Mind’s Eye and can barely believe the month is almost gone. 

I was asked to “showcase my style” today.  I had NO IDEA what to create at first because I love to play and dabble with everything scrapbook related. But one of my favorite things to do is to make different projects that go together or complement each other.    

This little ensemble was created with a friend in mind who just relocated and will be having a housewarming party very soon.  Once she gets unpacked and settled in of course.  I used the oh-so-yummy-Lime Twist collection to create a centerpiece, an invitation, and a little tag for the party gifts or favors.  FUN RIGHT?

 

 

This layout is pretty special to me.  This is my sweet husband Shane and I.  I rarely scrap photos of me but I made an exception since this photo has him in it too. HA HA!  I love the rich golds, grays, dark blues and teals in this Stella and Rose line.  Especially paired up with my sepia toned photo.  I was inspired by the long, skinny, dimensional sticker that says “How do I love thee?  Let me count the ways.”  I created a pocket out of the journaling tag to place many skinny strips of paper mentioning all the many reasons why I love my hubby. 

 

This “Call Me” card was just a fun quickie inspired by the fun Stella and Rose chipboard elements. 

 

This layout using “American Made” completely tugs at my heartstrings.  This is my handsome “One and Only” son Brody.  Poor kid is seriously out- numbered in our home with 6 sisters.  It’s been so fun to scrap layouts with things other than pink and flowers and butterflies on them.  I loved the banner from the American Made elements sheet but I needed to customize my title on it to work with my layout and photos.  This is why it looks different than the one that comes with the papers. 

Blog Challenge #23 Winners!

WOW!!!  How incredibly luck we are to have so much inspiration and talent shared with us.  If you haven’t had a chance, please take a moment to look at all the beautiful layout and card entries:

layouts

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cards

 

We are pleased to announce the winners of Blog Challenge #23:

 

Layout Winner: Kristine Berc

 

Layout Honorable Mention: Monica Enriquez

 

Card Winner: Court’s Crafts

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 will all join us for our next challenge beginning in June!

Yummy Lime Twist Collection...

One of the latest collections from My Mind's Eye, "Lime Twist" truly makes my heart soar! I love the colours, patterns and fabulous embellishments... they are all simply scrumptious!

Today I am sharing with you a layout that I created using an assortment of the "Fly a Kite" set of papers, die cuts and stickers. I love how versatile the collections are. At first glance most would think of using this particular set with photos with a rather juvenile theme yet I chose to use them to showcase a photo of my husband while we were on vacation in Hawaii last month.

I created a multi dimensional REVERSE mat (popping it out from the back side of the layout), I stitched around the frame with the Lime Twist Floss (how cool is that stuff??? I LOVE IT!!!).

 
Then I popped up several stickers and die cuts on the top side of the layout to give it the lumps and bumps that I adore on a scrapbook page. 

I hope that this project gets your creative juices flowing... check out the Lime Twist Collection at your local scrapbook store and I have no doubt that you will be inspired to create many layouts of your own!

Happy Scrapping!

Trisha

 

Journaling Spots

My Mind's Eye collections are full of different journaling tags. They are fantastic to hold our journaling. However, they also can make wonderful additions to your pages! On this page of my son, I used the large journaling tag, as the base for title. On top of the tag, I added another circle journaling spot. Instead of adding a date, or name, I added a number sticker. For extra detail, I also ran it through an embossing folder.

Also, journaling spots are wonderful to add a simple stamped word, or border. On the left hand side of the page, I cut a border journaling spot, and added a simple wavy border using the Adore stamps from the Lost & Found Collection. There are so many possibilities with journaling spots, and they do make fantastic details to your pages.

Designer: Suzanne Sergi; Featured Collection: Hip-hooray!

 

As I was looking through my photo box this weekend, I couldn’t help but notice the excessive amount of wallet sized photos I had. When I print my pictures I like to have a set of wallets because I just love working with that size.  Especially if I want to enhance a larger photo on a layout.  But with my Grandma’s or “Nana’s” birthday coming up quick…. I hit me that these little wallets would pair up perfectly with all the fabulous Journaling Spots from My Mind’s Eye to create a small little Brag Book gift.  So here it is…. Can’t wait to wrap it up and ship it to Nana! 

Designer: Shanna Vineyard; Featured Collection: Lime Twist 

{i}NSD 2011 Winners

Winner #1: Krista!

I love how many pictures are in this layout and it does not look cluttered!
Wonderful job!!

Posted by: Krista | May 11, 2011 at 04:50 PM

 

Winner #2: Jamie!

Sweet layout, and even sweeter sentiment. Those are the pages your kids will love looking back on :) Happy Mother's Day! PS - Thanks for the chance to win!

Posted by: Jamie | May 08, 2011 at 07:49 PM

 

Winner #3: Joyce Carlson!

Thank you so much for a chance to win this wonderful give away! I am new to crafting and love finding blogs to give me inspiration! Thank you

Posted by: Joyce Carlson | May 07, 2011 at 04:43 PM

 

Winner #4: Lisa Buttafuoco!

This just keeps getting better and better for me! I am in love with this card. The Stella and Rose has to be one of my favorite lines!!!! Thanks for the inspiration.

Posted by: Lisa Buttafuoco | May 09, 2011 at 03:15 PM

 

Please email [email protected] with your mailing address and the Lime Twist collection of your choice: Fly a Kite, Happy Go Lucky, Life of the Party OR Out of the Blue.

Thank you for celebrating {Inter}National Scrapbook Day with us!

Mother’s Day layouts

Shanna Vineyard:

Featured Collection: Stella & Rose

I didn’t have any recent photos of my kids and I together but when I saw this adorable photo that my friend Renee took, I just knew I had to scrap it!  This is our friend Angela and her sweet boy Sims.  She’s a single Momma and a Southern Belle by the very definition. 

I’ve watched her over the last few years that we’ve known each other and love the relationship she and Sims have.  That’s what was so awesome about this photo to me….. you can see the happiness they share.  Little Sims, with his arms tightly wrapped around his Momma like he’s never letting go. 

I hope when I’m older that my kids will still want to be near me and hugging on me like they still do.  That’s all I want.  That’s what will tell me if I’ve been a great parent…… I want my kids to stay close to me.  (Thanks for the sweet photo Renee, Angela, and Sims!) It was fun scrapping it and thinking about my own role as a Mom.  Oh…. And in case you don’t notice…. I created a fun tag for Angela to write a note to Sims on and it’s tucked in behind the photo.  Some Hidden journaling if you will.

 

Anam Stubbington:

Featured Collection: Lime Twist

One of the greatest gifts in my life in my Mother-in-law. She is a blessing to me and my family and I often tell people that I got the best deal in the end – the best mother-in-law in exchange for a not great childhood. My Mother-in-law is the one I trust with my children should anything happen to me, she is the one i go to for advice and she is the one who has stood with me during some of the toughest times.

Often I make layouts with blank spots for the photos simply because the photos haven’t happened yet due to distance or timing but I had the emotional time to spend to make the layout. In these all I have to do is add in a photo when the right one is on my camera.

 

Jana Eubank:

Featured Collection: Stella & Rose

I had the sweetest Mother's Day this year. My kids woke me up singing "Happy Mother's Day to You" to the tune of "Happy Birthday" and then showered me with flowers, cards and letters, and chocolate strawberries for breakfast. Mmmmmmm! I treasure the letters my kids give to me, they always say the sweetest things and I didn't want them hiding away in a box where I would rarely take the opportunity to look at them. Instead, I decided to add them to our family album by creating a pocket page. Creating a pocket page is easy! Simply use adhesive on three sides of your pocket layer so that you can slip your items underneath the top edge. Add stitching, staples, or brads along the three sides for additional strength. Finally, continue your design on the front of the pocket, just like you normally would for any other scrapbook page.

Featured collections: Stella & Rose Gertie collection, Banner Stickers from Fine & Dandy Tickled Pink collection.

 

Trisha Ladouceur:

Here is my layout to remind myself that everyday is a gift as a Mom. I don't need fancy gifts, flowers or even breakfast in bed to know that I am so blessed to have these young men as my sons (although I NEVER complain if I do get spoiled...lol!).

What I love most about My Mind's Eye is that so many of the collections works so very well together, the colours carry over nicely from one collection to the next making it easy to use the new with the old! In this particular project I used The Hip Hooray, LUSH 2, Fine and Dandy (boy and girl collections) and even some Stella & Rose ribbon. Seeing as this layout is also for ME (and also because the colours worked with the ones my boys were wearing) ;) I used the feminine colour pallettes and hopefully didn't make it too girly. I personally think it works and hope you do too!

Silhouette Wall Art

 

While window shopping trying to come up with a project for today’s Good Things Utah segment, I came across this amazing frame (I picked up another, similar frame, too – oh, the possibilities) and figured I’d better snag it up.  I had intended to save it for later, but the more I thought about it, the more I realized the chippy frame would look amazing with the clean, bright colors of Lime Twist – Fly a Kite. 

With the traditional silhouette making a comeback, I thought using Lime Twist – Fly a Kite would be the perfect way to add a modern, colorful twist on an old classic!

As usual, I have included instructions.  Click here to download: Download 2011_05_10_MME_Silhouette Art

And, we will upload the video and add it here when it is available.

I am loving the versatility of our Lime Twist collection – too much fun!

Have you had a chance to enter our International Scrapbook Day giveaway?  Leave a comment on all seven blog posts last weekend by midnight, Thursday, May 12, 2011 and you’ll be entered to WIN!

{I}NSD 2011–Jana Eubank

Our last project for International Scrapbooking Day comes from Jana Eubank!  Jana used the fabulously fun Good Day Sunshine (girl) collection to create this tribute to the end of the school year and official start of summer!

We hope you have enjoyed our celebration!  Be sure to comment on all SEVEN posts today to be entered to WIN one of each of our four Lime Twist collections.  Four lucky winners will receive the Lime Twist collection of their choice!  You have until midnight, Thursday, May 12, 2011 to leave your comments.

If YOU are looking for a project to work on this weekend, we hope you will join us for our May card and layout blog challenges.

{I}NSD 2011–Tamara Jensen

One of my favorite songs that I remember my mother singing is “I Often Go Walking”.  A beautiful and touching song that closes with the line: ”Dear Mother all flowers remind me of you”.  My mother is a wonderful gardener and her home is always adorned with lovely flowers and roses.  I have so many memories of her daffodils and tulips in the spring, roses in the summer, and mums in the fall.  She taught me to love and appreciate nature and the the fragrant gift of flowers. 

I found these cheerful pink zinnias for her Mother’s Day gift and had to create a card to go with them! 

I chose the timeless and vintage Stella and Rose “Hazel” collection.  I hand stitched the flowers from MME ribbons and accented them with a Lost and Found button and Lush brads.

Needless to say, we both cried as she read her card today – such a special moment with my dearest friend!

 

Remember: we are celebrating by giving away one of each of our four Lime Twist collections to four lucky winners!  Leave a comment on this blog post (and all blog posts this weekend) by midnight, Thursday, May 12, 2011 for your chance to WIN!

{I}NSD 2011–Suzanne Sergi

This darling “Trio of Tags” is designed by Suzanne Sergi using our new hip-hooray collection!  Great ideas, Suzanne!

 

Don’t forget to leave a comment and be entered to win your favorite Lime Twist collection!