My Mind's Eye Blog

Let's Eat Cake

Hi everyone! Tonya here with you today. Have you all seen the new dies that My Mind’s Eye released at CHA? There are some great and versatile designs, plus they all cut AND emboss. Today I have two cards to share with you. Both of them use the same cake die, but in completely different ways.

This particular die is from the Niche line Fancy That Cut & Emboss plates. On this first card you can see how the die embossed the layers of the cake as well as a cute little scallop frosting edge on each layer. I die cut the cake twice, once from a pink card stock (for the cake) and a second time out of a shimmery grey ( for the cake pedestal). Then I just cut the two pieces right between where the cake meets the pedestal (there’s a nice embossed line there that make this super easy to do) and adhered them together.

Products: Fancy That- 6x6 Paper Pad, Blush Decorative Brads, I Do Sequins, Pearl Mixed Bad, Kiss Enamel Shapes 

Niche- Fancy That Cut & Emboss Plates Cardstock: Pale Blossom (Canvas), Polished Stone (Glimmer)

 

Then I embellished the cake with those new awesome sequins in the Fancy That collection. The sentiments came from a mixed bag of die cuts.

 

 

For this next card, I used the negative shape from the die cut and made a shaker window. 

 

Products: Hello World- 6x6 Paper Pad, Beauty Enamel Shapes Niche- Fancy That Cut & Emboss Plates, Party Time Foam Stickers On Trend- Happy Sequins Cardstock- Tropical Surf (Glimmer)

 

I filled that shaker window up with new sequins from the On Trend collection and also with some little micro beads and chunky glitter from my own collection. Then topped the cake off with a glittery gold foam sticker and a glittery gold foam sentiment too!

 

 

I can tell that I am going to be getting a lot of mileage out of these new dies and all of the brand new cardstock will be the perfect companion to go with them. Have you seen all of the colors and the different types. I think my favorites are the Glimmer (a beautiful shimmery sheen) and the Mini Dots.

Watercolor Cards

Hey there, MME friends!!  Lea here today with a couple of cards featuring the Jubilee "Sherbet" collection.  I love the current trend of using watercolor on your projects, and this collection blends perfectly with the technique!

I cut out a couple of the blocks from the "Pretty" Quotes paper to use as the sentiments on my cards.  I chose quotes that are love themed, and can be given at anytime of the year for any reason! 

After figuring out where I wanted to place them on the card front, I then created my watercolor backgrounds.  I used distress inks as my watercolor paints because the colors are extremely vivid.  Once they backgrounds were dry, I splattered them with black paint. 

After adhering each watercolor background to a white card base, I layered the quote blocks to each one.  The first one was popped off the background with dimensional adhesive, and the second one was layered with two other blocks of hand trimmed paper. 

After that, I embellished each card with some chipboard accents, diecut shapes & enamel dots to finish.  While watercolor takes a little extra time to dry, it is a great artistic addition to using the amazing My Mind's Eye products!  I hope that you will break out your watercolor paints then next time you create!

Have a wonderful day!
 

Lea

Supplies: Jubilee "Sherbet" - "Pretty" Quotes 12x12 paper, 6x6 designer paper pad, chipboard elements, mixed bag, & enamel dots.  Other: art paper, white cadstock, distress inks, watercolor paints.

A Trio of Transparencies

Hey all! This is Tonya here with you today. I thought I would take this opportunity to show you a variety of ways to use those awesome printed transparencies. I have three cards and each one gives you a little bit of a different idea of what you can do with them.  All of these transparent frames are from the Jubilee-Wild Berry collection.

 

Supplies: Jubilee-Wild Berry: “Love” Paint Paper, “Wonder” transparent frames, Enamel Dots, Enamel Shapes, “12x12” Chipboard Elements, Mixed Bag, 6x6 Paper Pad Now & Then-Izzy: “Dream Big” Alpha/Word Stickers Lime Twist: Life of the Party “Happy Day” Twine

 

This first card shows you the easiest way to put a transparency to use. I simply used it as a background for the scene on my card. I did pop it up with some foam adhesive tape. I think that gives it more dimension.

On this second card I pulled out some acrylic paints and painted the backside of the four heart with different colors of paint. Love the way that it made the hearts pop right off of the front of the card. I think backing the transparency with an almost monochromatic piece of patterned paper helped them to pop too.

 

 On this last card I decided to let the sentiment take center stage. To do this I simply made a shaker card. Love all of the colorful and glittery confetti behind the transparency.

 

Hopefully I have given you all some ideas on different ways to use those awesome transparent frames. Hope you all have a great weekend.

 

Tonya

Just Sayin' Card Duo

Hi everyone Laurel here.  I have a couple of cards to share with you today.  I just love the soft colors and pretty patterns of the Just Sayin’ collection.

 

Supplies: Just Sayin’-: 6X6 pad; Mixed Bag; Alpha Word Stickers

 

I hadn’t used it for cards yet so I figured it was about time .

 

 

A little bit of simple layering and stitching and these cards went together quite quickly.  If you haven't had a chance to pick up one of our Mixed Bags, you must. These little packs of goodness make any papercrafting project so easy!  Title, layering pieces, and special touches all in one bag. This set made my cardmaking a breeze!

 

 

My projects never seem complete without a simple die cut title and staples... so of course I had to include them as well.

 

 

Thanks for stopping by. Have you used our Mixed Bags on your projects? If so, share in the comments. I'd love to see them!

 

Have a wonderful day-

 

Laurel

Masculine Card Set

Hi everyone! This is Tonya here today. A couple of days ago I was noticing that my card stash was in need of some cards that were a little more on the masculine side. When I think about manly cards the Jubilee-Tangerine line immediately comes to mind, the colors are perfect and what says ‘man’ more the a trophy head of a buck?!

For this first card I simply took different strips of patterned paper and layered them on the front of the card making sure to slight tilt them a bit. Then it was embellished with a die cut popped up with some foam tape and one of the buck head enamel shapes.

Supplies: Jubilee-Tangerine: 6x6 decorative paper pad, ”Awesome" mixed media bag, “Adventure” enamel shapes, “Honor” Up & Away Paper 

This next card was pretty simple to make. I cut out the letters for ‘you’ and then layered behind the negative space of the ‘o’ with a bunch of enamel dots. I varied the font of the two words to add some visual interest to what is a rather simple card.

Supplies: Jubilee-Tangerine: 6x6 Decorative Paper Pad, “Awesome” Enamel Dots,”Honor” Traveler Paper

 

This last card was made by layering a trio of 3x4 journal cards. I love the look where a small decorative clothes pin is used to hold a variety of things to the front of a card, but I don’t like the bulk. So, I decided to use a little bit of decorative tape and a brad instead.

 

Supplies: Jubilee-Tangerine 6x6 Decorative Paper Pad, “Awesome” Enamel Dots, “Awesome” Mixed Bag, “Honor” Label Stickers, “Honor” Decorative Brads, “Story” Rub Ons, “Awesome” Arrow Paper Decorative Tapes: Green and Navy

 

I finished off the card with a white arrow rub on, some numbers from the mixed media pack and of course some enamel dots.

 

 

My favorite thing to do lately is to make coordinating envelopes for my cards. It’s such a great way to use up any extra paper you may have on hand. You’ll see a matching envelope for each card in the above photos.

 

Hope I have given you all some great ideas for making a card or two for the men in your lives!

 

Tonya

 

From our Family to Yours

Merry Christmas, MME friends!!  Lea here today, hoping that this post finds you enjoying every moment of this beautiful holiday! 

Today my cards are for you, our valued customers & readers, whom we treasure & appreciate so much every single day!  From our home here to your homes all over the world...we send the utmost sincere thanks & happy holiday wishes to you & yours. 

Supplies: Joyous: 12x12 "Tinsel" paper, Gift Label Stickers, Alpha & Word Sticker Sheets, Decorative Brads, Gems; Other: red cardstock, flowers, sentiment stamps, brown ink.


I've used the Joyous collection for my cards today!  I didn't want the season to pass by without using some of the amazing sentiments from the Alpha & Word Sticker Sheets...so I just used all of them.  Between both cards, not one sentiment sticker was wasted & it helped pass along our wishes to you!!

For the first card, the entire background is a block of the sentiment strip stickers adhered to a red card base.  After that, I layered a doily & circle sticker to the front.  After stamping part of the sentiment to an oatmeal cardstock strip, I finished by layering it with a brad & some flowers to the circle sticker.  I then accented with a few jewels as a final touch.

For the second card, I didn't have as many sticker sentiment strips as the first one, so I created a square block with the rest I had left.  I layered that block with a glittered chevron paper block to the front of a red card base.  I folded a doily in half, then added it to the front with another circle sticker.  I stamped the rest of the sentiment to an oatmeal paper strip, then adhered it to the circle sticker with flowers to finish.

Thank you so much for checking out my Christmas cards today, and I hope that you have an enjoyable rest of your holiday!  I will be back in the New Year with some more projects featuring the amazing My Mind's Eye product!  See you then!!

Lea

 

Easy to Make Holiday Shaker Cards

Happy Holidays to all of you. This is Tonya here with you today. I can’t believe that Christmas is this week, can you?!  Today I have a trio of shaker cards to share with you. The great part about these is that these are “easy to make” shaker cards. Yep, that’s right with the help of the My Mind’s Eye chipboard frames, available in the Sleigh Bells Ring collection, some of the work has already been done for you! 

 

This next picture shows how these were assembled.

 

I simply adhered a piece of transparency on the backside of the frames, then added a layer of foam tape around the edges of the window, poured in some glitter and sequins. Lastly, I covered it all with the patterned paper that I wanted to show through the front side of the window.

 

Then I just adhered them all to card fronts and embellished away!

 

Supplies: Sleigh Bells Ring- Chipboard frames, Decorative Brads, 6x6 Decorative Paper Pad, Enamel Shapes, Mixed Bag Joyous- Joy Paper

 

For this card I added some glitter to the cardinal to help him stand out against the background paper.

 

Supplies: Sleigh Bells Ring- Chipboard Frames, Decorative brads, 6x6 Decorative paper Pad, Enamel Shapes, Mixed Bag, Decorative Tapes

 

For this next card I used the banner pieces that are in the mixed bag. I turned them upside down to make trees out of them and then topped each one with an enamel star.

 

Supplies: Sleigh Bells Ring- Chipboard Frames, Decorative brads, 6x6 Decorative paper Pad, Enamel Shapes, Mixed Bag, Decorative Tapes

 

 

These really were so simple to make. The chipboard frames give you the perfect base to begin making your own interactive cards.

 

Hope you all have a very Merry Christmas!!!

 

Tonya

Sticker Week | Lea

Hey there, MME friends!!  Lea here today with a post full of cards for sticker week on the blog!  I've pulled out all of my Sleigh Bells Ring goodies to create these, with an emphasis on the Gift Label stickers, Alpha & Word sticker sheets & the Enamel Shapes.

 

Supply List: Sleigh Bells Ring - 6x6 paper pad, gift label stickers, alpha & word sticker sheets, enamel shapes, bows, decorative tags. mixed bag, decorative brads, decorative frames, flair pins; other - black cardstock, green ribbon.

The holidays are in full swing (I'm sitting here with a cup of candy cane cocoa as I type this), and you might find yourself in need of additional cards!  So while these cards do have a lot of layers to them, they are really simple to put together.  My Mind's Eye makes it easy with all the amazing stickers & accents that they create for each collection.  With everything ready made, all I had to do was grab & start layering them on the card fronts.

The first card with the big (but fabulous!!) bow on it is the only one that can't easily slide into an envelope to be sent.  But it would look beautiful atop a gift package, basket or bag...don't you think?  The other three cards do have some dimension added to them, but will still fit into an envelope with ease (I checked!).

I started by cutting four A2 sized cards, 2 portrait & 2 landscape, from black cardstock.  Then each card got a background paper cut slightly smaller, 2 in red & 2 in green. 

After that I used patterned paper scraps, stickers & embellishments to decorate the front of each card.  I actually cut out the collection name graphic from the gift label stickers for the jingle bell card!  I kept looking at my stickers, and it just fit perfectly!

I hope that you've enjoyed my card set for stickers week on the MME blog!!  Feel free to recreate them for your last minute holiday card needs! 

Lea

 

Shaker Cards

Hi there! Lea here today with a couple of really fun cards to share with you!! I used the Just Sayin' collection, & combined it with some goodies from some of the Jubilee collections.

Supplies: Just Sayin'- Belong 12x12 paper, 6x6 paper pad, decorative brads, transparent frames, alpha word sticker sheets, enamel dots; Jubilee "Tangerine" - transparent frames, rub-ons; Jubilee "Sherbet" - chipboard elements; Other - pink cardstock, ivory twine, sequins.

The transparent frames that My Mind's Eye offered with these latest collections are SO cool! They work great as photo overlays, but what do you do with them as a card maker?

Well, I would daresay a lot, but one thing that they are PERFECT for are shaker cards! Shaker cards have taken the card world by storm this year! They are a huge trend, and you normally see them with just transparent openings.

I love the fact that the MME transparency frames have prints & patterns on them. The sequins still show through perfectly, and the print just adds that much more to them!

For the first card I used a chipboard Polaroid frame to create my shaker. I filled it full of gold stars, which complimented the theme of the sentiment! The sentiment came from one of the awesome transparency frames from the Jubilee "Tangerine" collection.That is one of my FAVE sentiments, & I love how perfectly it fit here.

For my second card I punched a circle from patterned paper to create the shaker window, and then covered it with a lightly patterned transparency frame from the Just Sayin' collection. I filled it with gold heart sequins, & then embellished around the frame as shown.

The sentiment was created right above the shaker piece using rub-ons & letter stickers. Shaker cards are really easy to make! All you need to create is a window of some sort, and then cover the window with a transparent sheet. Like I said above, the MME transparent frames are perfect for this!

Then you need to apply strips of foam adhesive all around the window opening so none of the sequins can fall out! Pour your sequins on the card front in the area where the window will be, then adhere that window piece over top of them. Then just shake it up to loosen them from the middle of the window, so that they fall along the edges of it.

Thanks so much for checking out my cards today! I hope you enjoyed how I used the MME transparent frames, and I hope you will try it out as well! Have a great day!

 

lea

Christmas Cards

Hi everyone Laurel here.  It is never to early to get started on Christmas cards.  Have you started making yours yet?  How many do you send out each year? 

 

I send about 50 to 100 cards and since our postal rates went up a lot this past year, I have been making trying to make more postal friendly cards.  That is hard for someone like me who likes to layer lots of goodies !!!

 

 

I used the Sleigh Bells Ring collection to create this group of cards.

 

 

First up, I loved the die cut reindeer and thought an enamel dot would work perfectly on his nose to create Rudolph.  I then adhered a couple of mini bells.  So  much for postal friendly on this one!

 

 

Next, I had to use the Santa die cut.  I love anything Santa – just ask my kids.  The sticker fit perfectly between his raised hands!

 

 

Finally, using some scraps from the previous card I finally created a more postal friendly card. 

 

Thanks for stopping by today!

 

Laurel