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Mix and Match with Karen-September Edition

Hi everyone! This is Karen, back for another Mix and Match! Remember how I said I was not sure I could use the Chalk Studio line? Well, I must have been totally crazy, because not only did I use it for my Mixed Media page, but I also used it on this month's layout! So much for my ability to gauge the absolute awesomeness of this line.

I decided to continue my 6x12 streak for another month and pulled out a photo of my husband and me from last year's holiday party. I've wanted to use this photo for a long time, but it was quite black and I wasn't sure what to do with it. I decided to cut around the edges of our body and glue it against the bottom of my page. Then I added the chipboard banner from Chalk Studio.
After that, I pulled out the chipboard sheet from the Lost and Found 3 - Oliver line and added the gold banner. Once I saw the two together, I decided to challenge myself and see if I could keep the whole layout just black & white & gold. Here's what I ended up with:
Even though the lack of color on this page is very much unlike me, I kind of like how it turned out. I ended up cutting up the Label Stickers in the Chalk Studio and then stamped on them in white so I could create the lines I like and then journal. I also added a few banners from the Lost and Found 3 and the enamel dots from Cut & Paste.
On the top, I added one tiny bit of journaling between the banners and cut out the extra gold from the Lost and Found 2's Adore paper and the circle gold is behind one of the brads in Lost and Found 3. I always make a point to take my embellishments apart and rearrange them as I see fit.
I hope you like the regal look of the black, white and gold page, as much as I do. If you haven't tried one, I highly recommend it and if you just want to start small, how about trying to do some journaling with white pen this week?

Thank you so much for letting me share and see you in October!

Pinspiration Friday | September Edition

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

First is Laurel. We just know you'll love what she came up with.


Inspiration Piece: Sherri Funk

Laurel's Interpretation:

Supplies: Cut and Paste-Charm:6 X 6 pad; Tiny Word Stickers; Bits & Pieces; Label Stickers  

 

Laurel says: I was really drawn to all of the stitched circles on the layout.  I love how Sherri used the colored thread; as I usually stick to white.  The simple design of the layout really spoke to me and I decided to create a card based loosely on the sketch of her layout along with incorporating some stitched circles.  I even went so far as to use colored thread! Thanks for the inspiration Sherri!

For my card I used the Cut & Paste charm collection.   I punched circles from various pattern papers, adhered them and stitched.  I then created and cut the circle panel using my Silhouette and mounted it with foam tape.  I then added the banner from the Bits & Pieces, added a sticker sentiment and finally cut the word ‘be’ with my Silhouette.  I am very happy with how this turned out!

 

Up next is the ever fabulous Danni!

 

Inspiration Piece: Lucy Abrams 

 

 

Danni's Interpretation:

Danni says:I love every last detail of Lucy's gorgeous card, and wanted to stay pretty true to the femininity of her card design using the new MME Cut and Paste Presh line.  I loved the gorgeous doily focal and wanted to create a floral to re-create the beautiful elegance to her card.  I cut a flower using my Silhouette cut files and pieced it together.  Stitching the leaves added a little extra texture and femininity. 

I love the overall design of the card so I stayed pretty true, stitching a block of patterned paper and adhering some additional bling and fun die-cut sentiment.

Thank you so much Lucy for sharing your amazing card with all of us and thank YOU for joining us today!

Happy Creating♥

Mixed Media with Karen- September Edition

Hi everyone!

This is Karen, I am excited to be back with another Mixed Media with Karen. I'll be honest that when I first saw the Chalk Studio line, I thought, "I can never use that line!" I am a big lover of color and just couldn't come up with one idea that would work with these black and white pages.

Until I got them in the mail.

As soon as they arrived and I touched them, ideas came flooding to me. I fell in love with the frames in the Pictured paper and I got the idea from the Banner kit to use the polka dots from the back of the Moments paper.

Now that I had an initial idea, I went through the other new lines and the Beautiful Delight paper jumped out at me from the Cut and Paste Presh line. So I decided to cut out the flowers and embellish my frame a bit.

My first step was just just do some fussy cutting. At this point I was also considering using the Tags but I then decided to use more frames instead.

My next step was to lay down all my pieces and just arrange them on the page to see how I would like it all. This is right around when the sun went down so taking photos became challenging. I used the one big frame and then pieces of two others to create a triangle and then I lined up some white, red and blue flowers along each.
I then glued it all down, and created my title. The great thing about the black background is that it makes the colors on it pop out a lot. I was surfing around Pinterest that same day and had run across this quote
I loved, so I decided to use it. Here's part of the title:

The full title reads: You are confined only by the walls you build yourself.

I then painted on top of the flowers and letters a bit to give them a more painted look.  I also painted the edges of my page and used a bunch of gold paint, too. And finally, I added some noise to the background using stamps. I ended up with this:
The full-on photo doesn't do it justice because it's super-sparkly in person. So I decided to take another one that shows some of the delightful shine on the page:

There you go, this is my mixed media page for this month. Another fun project, a good reminder to self, and some lovely color mixed in with the beautiful Chalk Studio line. Thanks for letting me share my project and if you've bought this line or have combined black and loud colors before, I'd love to see your pages!
 

Decorative Tapes with Missy

Hey there, everyone!  It’s Missy here with you today.  I was so excited to be asked to work with MME’s decorative tapes for this assignment.  I just love combining them with paint and stamps to create a fun and unique background.

For this layout, I decided to scrap a few photos from a spring photo shoot I had with my youngest daughter a few years ago.  I put her in a sundress hoping for some cute girly photos.  What I wound up with was a lot of pictures of her with her legs in the air, flashing everyone her bloomers!  Lesson learned…Paige isn’t the dress-wearing type…haha!  The pictures turned out so cute, and they really show her feisty yet adorable personality.

I used the Cut & Paste Charm collection for this page.  I liked that the colors aren’t really girly, yet you can still use them for a feminine page.  I started with the Charm “Sweet” Spin Paper and added lots of watered down acrylic paints.  Then, I began adding lots of tapes.  I used the tapes from the Charm collection as well as some from the Adorbs and Presh lines and some from the stand-alone tape sets. 

Supplies:Cut & Paste Charm “Sweet” Spin Paper, Cut & Paste Presh Tape, Cut & Paste Charm Tape, Cut & Paste Adorbs Tape, Decorative Tape Sets Blue & Yellow, Emerald & Blue, Charm “Sweet” Treat Paper, Charm “Carefree” Chipboard Stickers, Charm “Sweet” 4x6 Journal Card, Charm “Carefree” 4x6 Journal Card, Charm “Hey You” Decorative Stamps, Collectable Stamps, Find Your Wings & Fly – Up & Away Decorative Stamps, Cut & Paste Flair “Snapshots” Decorative Stamps, Cut & Paste Charm “Smile” Enamel Dots, Charm “Smile” Decorative Brads, Charm “Sweet” Bits & Pieces, Charm “Carefree” Label Stickers, Charm “Sweet” Tiny Word Stickers.  Misc—Acrylic Paints, October Afternoon Mini Market Letter Stickers, Making Memories Letter Stickers. 

I love this woodgrain stamp.  I started adding in different MME stamps all over the place to add interest and give the look of dimension.  I also enjoy using hemp cord on my layouts.  

Layering washi tape together is a great way to add pops of color, patterns or designs to your pages.  I love how well these coordinate together.  Here you can see an arrow stamp and an enamel dot. 

Another angle on the paint and stamps.  One of my favorite things about combining tape, paint and stamps is that you can’t really mess things up.  It’s supposed to be messy and random, so even if you make a mistake, you can fix it easily.

Tapes can also be a good background for your title.  If your background is busy, use some tape behind your stickers to break it up and make it stand out.  Don’t you just love this striped tape?  It’s so bold and bright…one of my favorites, for sure! 

Another tip about creating a background like this is that it’s great if you don’t have a lot of patterned papers left.  The only patterned paper I used was the background.  The rest of the layout is bits and pieces from the collection.  I used the Journal Cards, Bits & Pieces, Label Stickers…you’d be surprised what you can make without patterned paper.

I hope this inspires you to pull out your tapes and try something fun and challenging!

 

 Have a great day!  

Project Life with Shelly- September Edition

Hello everyone! This is Shelly back this month with another installment of Project Life inspiration. Today, I am featuring an average week in the life using the new Cut & Paste Collection.

Supplies:Cut and Paste-Presh: “Beautiful” Decorative Stickers, “Beautiful” Tiny Word Stickers, 6x6 Designer Paper Pad, “Good Times” Treasures Pattern Paper; Cut & Paste – Adorbs: “Special” Decorative Stickers; Other: Vellum, Date Stamp, Ink, Becky Higgins Design A Page Protectors.

The first half of the week had lots to add with extra 3x4 photos and game tickets. With my 3x4 spaces filling up fast, I was excited to pull out all of the fun 4x6 Journaling Cards from the Cut & Paste Collection. I have to say, I really love these new additions! I ultimately fell for the “Right Now” Journaling Card for this week. It was a great jumping off point and inspiration piece to pull my week of memories together.

I still wanted to include a date card for my week. The “Good Times” journaling card on the 12x12 Treasures pattern paper was the perfect card to hold my dates for the week. It was like it was meant to be. I love it when things fall in to place like that. I used vellum to create a pocket to hold our game tickets, and the geotag sticker was perfect to place on top of the pocket. I like that it is pointing to the field’s emblem.
It was funny how the first half of my week had lots to include, and then the second half was normal. With the story of the pictures already told in my week in review, I was able to include lots of the fun 3x4 decorative cards!
I embellished a little more by adding a few of the word stickers. I was so excited that these little stickers made their way into the new collections. They are perfect to place right on the page protectors adding that little extra fun to the pockets. 

Have you used the new Cut & Paste Collection in your pocket pages yet? If you have, please link us up! We would love to see them. Thanks for stopping by this Monday. I hope you have a wonderful week!

Labor Day Challenge Winner

is Desiree Hetrick!

Way to go, Desiree!

Please email stephanie(at)mymindseye(dot)com with your address and collection/color scheme choice!

Mom and Me Scrapbooking Retreat | Salt Lake City

For those of you in the Salt Lake City area (and in driving distance) we have something fun to share with you this afternoon.

Mom and Me Scrapbooking loves MME and we love them right back. When we heard about this fun event we wanted to make sure to share it with all of you.

Karen at Mom and Me says:

We are excited to announce our upcoming Mom and Me Scrapbooking Retreat October 10, 11 and 12. The retreat will be held at the Hilton Garden Inn Salt Lake City. The retreat will include:

- 4 Classes taught by Scrapbook Hall of Fame winner Karen Petersen
- Halloween Banner, 5 Halloween Cards, Altered 6x6 Christmas Book....plus one more project.

- Classes taught by guest vendors (yet to be announced)
- PLENTY of scrapbook time to work on your own projects!

- Catered lunch both days.

- A Goody Bag. 

- Drawings throughout the retreat.

- A lot of space to spread out and work on your own projects!!!!
- A 30% off shopping pass to Mom and Me Scrapbooking (the week of the retreat)

The retreat price is $199 a person.

Sign up at 801-466-9474!

If you like the Mom and Me FB page right now and share the post, you can enter a drawing for a free spot in the retreat.

 

Mini Canvas by Valerie

Happy Tuesday! Valerie here today with a bright, colorful canvas to share with you using the Cut & Paste Collection. I really enjoy creating art for the walls in our home and being able to switch items out as the seasons change. It's kind of just a coincidence that this came together at the start of a new school year.

 

To begin, I started with an 8 x 8 inch canvas and searched through the embellishments and sticker sheets to find what I wanted to say. I picked up the Cut & Paste "Presh" Decorative Tape tube and pulled out three of the four rolls (the woodgrain was left out due to it's width being wider than the others). I then took a look at all the other tape and started picking out more rolls that I felt coordinated well with the color scheme that was forming. Matte gel medium is my preferred "glue" for projects like this on canvas. I applied a thin layer with a paintbrush (one row at a time), and row by row I alternated tape pattern and length. Once the whole canvas was covered, I added a layer of matte gel medium over the entire canvas to ensure the tape will stay in place.

As i'm working, and the canvas is evolving, I take into consideration the elements and principles of design. I was able to use repetition and a variation in size with some of the words for some added interest and emphasis. I adore those layered stickers from the collection that add some dimension to something that is otherwise rather flat.

I continued to use matte gel medium as my glue for this entire project—even under the stickers that already had adhesive. Last step was to add a few enamel dots. A project just doesn't feel complete without them these days.

And there you go—easy, right? If you have never created a canvas, I hope I inspired you to try one soon! 

Hanna Part Two

 

In case you missed it yesterday, Hanna Long is our September guest designer! We are so happy to have her joining the team for the month.

Today Hanna is back and sharing two more projects and we just know they will inspire you to pull out your MME and create!

 

Be You layout

Supplies:Cut and Paste-Adorbs:decorative stickers, True Paper,Thrive paper,Cut and Paste-Flair: stamps;Misc: American Crafts Thickers Daiquiri, Every Day, Studio Calico Thataway Chipboard Thickers Buckaroo, Studio Calico SunRise Pink Thickers Atlantic, October Afternoon Pink and Black Mini Market Stickers

Hanna says:I knew when I saw the Adorbs stickers that I wanted to make a LO for my daughter to remind her to be true to who she is.  These are some of my favorite photos of her ever and I'm so happy I was able to get them scrapped.

 

Project Life Spread

Supplies:Collectable-Remarkable:tiny word stickers;Cut and Paste- Adorbs:decorative stamps,tiny word stickers,Cut and Paste-Flair:decorative stamps,decorative buttons,Splendor paper;Cut and Paste-Charm: Delight patterned paper, Sweet Treat Paper;Follow Your Heart-Be Amazing:Be The Best Paper;Misc:Studio Calico Alpha Stamp, Tim Holtz Distress Ink Mustard Seed, Jenni Bowlin Inks: Cough Syrup, Soap Powder, Spiced Tin, Speckled Egg and Chicken Feed.

Hanna says:I think this was one of my favorite weeks from this summer and I couldn't wait to use the You Are Here 3*4 from the Cut and Paste Sweet Treat paper. I also loved using some of my water colors to paint in the frame stamps. 

 

Hanna- thanks a million for sharing your creativity with us this month. We so enjoyed showcasing you on the blog!

Introducing our September 2013 Guest Designer!

Please help us give a warm MME welcome to the super sweet and super talented Hanna Long!

Hanna first caught our eye in the MME/Gossamer Blue guest designer contest. We loved the way she showcased our products and knew we had to ask her to be a guest designer! We are so happy that she said yes and love what she sent us this month.

 My name is Hanna Long.  I live in Houston, TX.  We have a 6 year old boy and twins that are 2. I have been scrapping for about 13 years.  I originally started when my husband and I were married and when my first son was born in 2007 I really loved documenting all the many everyday moments with him. I have been published in Creating Keepsakes and Scrapbook trends and am so excited to be the guest designer for MME this month. 

Q:What did you have the most fun creating with and why?  

A:I had the most fun creating with the new stamps from the Cut and Paste line. Especially the frame stamps.  They were so much fun to use and create my own backgrounds with.   I also really loved the new enamel shapes.  

 

Q:What is your favorite MME collection of all time and why?  

A:Miss Caroline is my favorite collection from MME.  The wood grain w/ blues and yellows are perfection in my book.  I still have some pieces that I will pull out and love mixing in with the newer lines. 

 

And here are the darling projects Hanna sent our way.

 

Oh Henry layout

Supplies:Cut and Paste-Presh: Detail paper;Cut and Paste-Adorbs:journal card,tiny word stickers,decorative buttons,decorative tape;Cut and Paste-Charm:Sweet Treat paper,Sweet Spin paper,label stickers;Collectable-Notable:tiny word stickers,Misc:Studio Calico wood veneer stars;Fonts:Chunk Five and CK Ali, vintage typewriter

Hanna says:y son has such a charming and mischevious personality that I find myself saying "Oh Henry" all the time.  Loved these photos of him showing his personality.

 

 Hello First Grade

Supplies: Cut and Paste- Flair: Wow Specs paper, Chipboard Stickers;Cut and Paste- Charm: Smile Twinkle Paper, decorative tape, Smile paper;Cut and Paste-Adorbs: 6*6 pad,decoraive tape; Decorative Tape Sets: Mint & Grey;Miss Caroline-Dilly Dally: Celebrate Token paper

Hanna says:I used some tags from my son's back to school clothes and then also used the chip quotes to document some of our conversation the morning before he started school.  He has been so excited about first grade and I am amazed at how much bigger than he seems from Kindergarten.  I mixed in some older MME Ledger papers to add some interest with the title. 

 

100 layout

 Supplies:Cut and Paste-Presh:Treasure paper, enamel dots;Cut and Paste-Adorbs:Unique paper,Devoted paper,journal card (date section cut off),enamel dots,decorative buttons;Cut and Paste-Flair:Ring paper,Splendor paper
 

Hanna says:As soon as I saw the "celebrate" 3*4 on the Presh Good Times Treasures paper I knew I had to scrap a picture of my twins helping blow out a candle at my Great Aunt's 100th Birthday.  She was my grandmother's identical twin and I was so happy that our twins were able to meet her and help celebrate her birthday.  I also love that I got to document her wisdom for a long life "be happy and learn something new everyday". 

 

 

Love Home layout

Supplies:Cut and Paste-Adorbs: 6x6 paper pad,decorative buttons,decorative stamps;Cut and Paste-Flair:decorative stamps,Cut and Paste-Charm:decorative brads,tiny word stickers;Cut and Paste-Presh:decorative tape;Misc:Heidi Swapp plastic alpha, Studio Calico Mister Huey's gold

Hanna says:I loved the frame stamps and  wanted to use them as a type of photo gallery to show some of my favorite everyday photos of us at home together.  I love how the smaller pattern from the 6*6 pad fit under the stamps.

 

Don't you just love these layouts? Make sure to come back for even more tomorrow! Thanks so much for sharing your creativity, Hanna!