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Product Spotlight | Enamel Shapes

Hey there, friends!  Missy here today.  It’s almost time to celebrate a new year, so today I’m sharing a fun and festive Happy New Year layout with you. 

The Jubilee collections are full of fun enamel shapes, so I focused on the shapes from the Wild Berry collection.  It has a lot of fun geometric shapes as well as hearts and dots.

I had some excess white space on my photos, so used the geometric enamel shapes to create a fun little border pattern on them.  I love the design they create and the pop of color they give to the black and white pictures.  When I know I’m going to have a lot of color in my background, I like to print my photos in color…especially when there are a lot of colors going on in the photos. 

When I think of New Year’s, I think of confetti.  I found this fun confetti die cut in the Silhouette store and cut it on black cardstock.  I used the “Love” Paint Paper to back it, and I love the effect that it created.

Supplies: Jubilee- Wild Berry: “Love” Paint paper, 6x6 Paper Pad, “Today” Enamel Shapes; Sherbet – “Happy” Enamel Dots; Necessities – Black & Grays Enamel Shapes, Black & Grays Decorative Tapes, Black & Grays Alpha & Word Stickers; Lost & Found Record It! “Antique” Ephemera Pack; Other – Martha Stewart punch, Silhouette Cameo, cardstock, Stampabilities Ink, DCM Silver floss, Coats Thread, Signo Uniball White Gel Pen, Brother Sewing Machine, pop dots.

Here you can see those fun little enamel shapes.  There are so many things you can do with these.  They really added a fun element to my photos.

These enamel hearts are so tiny and adorable.  I added them to the sides on my photo cluster to add some fun details on the black and white striped paper.  I love creating layers, so I used several patterned papers in various colors & patterns to do that.  I also wanted to add some silver shine and glitter elements, so I layered in a lot of silver thread.

Here you can see more enamel shapes.  These little black arrows are from the Black & Grays Necessities collection.  I also dug into last year’s Record It! collection for this awesome silver Happy die cut.  Perfect for a New Year’s layout!

I hope this inspires you in some way to pull out your enamel shapes and create something fun with them.  Think of this idea the next time you have a photo with extra white space in it.  I know a lot of the time I’ll crop out excess space before I print the photos, but sometimes you can jazz up that extra space with ideas like this. 

Thanks for stopping by, and have a Happy 2015!

 

 

 

October Sketch Challenge

Hi, it's Ronda here today!  For this month's sketch, we are using 3 small photos with lots of layers around them.  The photos are 3" x 2" but of course you can change those to fit your needs.  Lots of circles on this sketch, 7 of them, tucked in and around the photos creating balance and movement!  The title anchors the bottom photo while the journaling is on strips to the right of the photo grouping. 

Remember...you are interpreting the sketch so feel free to rotate the sketch or change out the one photo for multiple photos.  Envision the pieces and see how you can make the sketch your own with embellishments, paint, patterned paper, and other wonderful My Mind's Eye products. 

Supplies:  Just Saying: Posies Glittered Paper, Mixed Bag, Transparencies, Chipboard, Enamel Dots;  Jubilee: Wild Berry - Today 'Flair'; Record it!: Follow Your Heart - Journaling Kit; Other: Watercolors, Ranger Ink: Gesso, Archival Ink, Black Paint, TCW Stencil: Positive, Thread. 

I started with the "b" side of the Just Staying Posies Glittered Paper.  I love the pattern and color but decided to tone them down with a gesso wash across the paper.  I love that you can see the patterned paper peeking through the piece.  I then added some watercolors on top of the gesso.  

I then begin layering the photos and the transparency sheet.  I love that light tone on tone transparencies. The next layers where added above and below the photos to give it lots of texture but every thing touches.

I added another transparency, an arrow, pointing to my photos.  I layered the circles on top of the transparency but behind the photo.  

I used a die cut from the mixed bag items.  On top of the flowers, I added another circle, the flair.  I layered thread on top for even more texture.  

Lastly along with the strips of journaling, i added the title to the bottom of the photo.  I love the glitter script font.  The big bold title really grounded the photos and the page.  

I invited design team member Tamara to play along this month and here's what she came up with!

Supplies:Jubilee - Tangerine: Triangle patterned paper, 6x6 paper pad (orange and yellow), transparent frames, decorative brads, mixed bag; Jubilee - Wildberry: Flair pins; Misc: Black ink and pen, foam tape, orange thread, white cardstock, Mr. Huey's Color Mist: Heirloom Blue and Sunshine

Tamara says:What a fun sketch to use!  The collage style and circle motifs reminded me of the spinning motion of the Astro Orbiter ride in Disneyland's Tommorrowland.  I sprayed blue and yellow spray inks on the white cardstock for the background of my layout.

 

I used the "My Kind if Day" transparency frame for the focal point and title of my layout - perfect for this magical Disney Day. There are so many wonderful transparencies in the "Fantastic Transparent Frames" set - it was hard to choose just one!  I framed the two smaller photos with the "polaroid" frames from the Mixed Bag. 

 

I cut circles from the 6x6 papers, stitched around them, and layered them with the photos. I love all the bright colors in the triangle paper.  The pattern made it really easy to draw and cut out an arrow shape.

 

I finished my page with brads, journaling strips, date label, and captions from the mixed bag.  I love how the flair pins from the Jubilee Wildberry collection coordinated so well with the Tangerine line.

I can't wait to see the creations you make with this sketch!

Okay. Now it's your turn.

A random winner will be chosen and shared with our November challenge on Monday, November 3   . You have until the end of the day on Sunday , November 2 to share your project.

Please link your sketch via the InLinkz tool at the bottom of this post. Your layout must feature MME products. Only one entry per participant, please. The prize is any MME collection.

Have fun and good luck!

 

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Product Spotlight | Enamel Shapes

Hey there!  Missy here with you today.  I just love all the different Enamel Shapes that come with all the My Mind’s Eye collections nowadays! 

 

For my layout today, I dug into the new Necessities collections.  I used lots of the Teals and Blues, which look really great together.  I decided to create a mixed media page and really focus on those fun Enamel Shapes. 

 

I started out with plain white cardstock and covered it with gesso.  Next, I pulled out my watercolors and created a pretty multi-colored wash for my background.  I sorted through the Teal and Blue 6x6 Paper Pads and picked various shades and patterns to create some layering behind my photos.  I knew I wanted to center my cluster and then use embellishments all around it.  You can see lots of the Enamel Shapes scattered everywhere, along with the cute Word & Alpha Stickers.

 

Supplies :  Necessities—6x6 Paper Pads: Teals & Blues, Enamel Shapes: Teals & Blues, Decorative Tapes: Teals & Blues, Alpha & Word Stickers: Teals &  Blues, Decorative Brads: Teals & Blues, Teals “Stripe” Vellum Paper ; Cut & Paste Decorative Stamps; Collectable Decorative Stamps; Find Your Wings & Fly Decorative Stamps; Other—Cardstock, Thread, Liquitex Gesso, Watercolors, Heidi Swapp Archival Dye Inks & Color Shine,  StazOn Ink, Stampendous Ink, Silhouette Cameo, Sharpie Black Pen.

These hearts are my favorite!  And the colors are just amazing.  They can be used just about anywhere on a layout or card…I used them by my photos on these little die-cut frames I made using my Cameo.

 

 

These arrows are versatile, too.  I wanted them to point towards the photos.  You could use them in a totally different way and create a different shape with them.  The possibilities are endless!

 

 

Here’s a different arrow.  It works great here on top of my layers.  I really had to stop myself from using every single shape on the sheet!  They are addictive and so fun to add to your layout.  Oh, and how about that royal blue glitter decorative tape!  I’m resisting the urge to just stick this stuff everywhere…it’s so nice and thick and very sturdy…and just look at the sparkle!  Swooning over here!

 Here’s a close up of my watercolor effect, more enamel shapes and a shot of the gorgeous metallic paper!  It shines so nicely, and the color is just gorgeous.

 

 

One last shot of the upper cluster…a few brads and stamping and more enamel arrows.  More glitter and metallic tapes…I just can’t get enough of it all! 

 

I highly recommend you play around with these fun little Enamel Shapes.  They add such a fun touch to any project you’re working on.  And if you get your hands on any of the Necessities lines, I promise you’ll be dazzled by the metallic and glitter goodies…it’s so much better in person!

 

Thanks for stopping by, and have a great day!

 

Enamel Shapes

Hello! Valerie here with you today. I don’t know how I ever survived without My Mind’s Eye enamel dots and shapes! I LOVE them…I really really do!

They are the perfect little embellishment—just the right amount of dimension and shine. The new enamel shapes in the Now & Then collection are so trendy, fun, and versatile. Today I’m sharing with you how I’ve been adding them to the journal cards from the Now & Then 3x4 packs.

For each journal card I have a corresponding photo. These are all ready to be slipped into a divided page protector or can even be incorporated into a standard layout. These 3x4 journal packs are so great. They really make me reconsider my choice to not scrapbook week-by-week divided page protector style so I can use them all up.

Supplies: Now & Then- Izzy :“Good Times” 3x4 pack, Mildred “Oh Happy Day” alpha/word stickers, & Mildred “Hello” enamel shapes

It doesn’t take much to make these ordinary journal cards look a little more extraordinary with just a couple enamel shapes and a typewriter.

 

I’m loving the ombré effect on that photo too (note to self: must make more like it). Using Photoshop, I simply added a gradient to a new layer and played around with the opacity. Ta-da! Inspired by this Pin  from this website .

Supplies: Now & Then- Izzy: “Good Times” 3x4 pack, Milo “This Week” enamel shapes, and Milo “Little Things” decorative brads

 

 

Circles are fun to fill with enamel shapes and dots. Such an easy way to add some interest.

Supplies: Now & Then- Dorothy :“The Best" 3x4 pack, Dorothy “Wild & Free” enamel dots, and Dorothy “Lovely Day” enamel shapes

 

Isn’t this mustache so fun?! My son thinks his photo is hilarious now. I can’t fit my 12 x 12 layouts in my typewriter, but there’s more than enough room for these journal cards. I’m okay with my handwriting, but I love my typewriter too.

Supplies: Now & Then- Izzy: “Good Times” 3x4 pack, Izzy “Smile” enamel shapes, and Milo “This Week” enamel shapes

 

Glitter is not my favorite, but the glittery enamel shapes are totally doable for me. NO MESS! Yay for glitter that doesn’t get everywhere! The colors and illustrations in the Now & Then collection just make me so happy. I love the way this journal card turned out below. So simple, but just perfect.

Supplies: Now & Then- Mildred: “Today” 3x4 pack and Izzy “Smile” enamel shapes

 

And last but not least, there’s numbers too—in the Dorothy “Lovely Day” set. Great for making a numbered list or substituting for the word like I did below.

Supplies: Now & Then -Mildred: “Today” 3x4 pack, Mildred “Hello” enamel shapes, and Dorothy “Lovely Day” enamel shapes

 

So what do you think?! Aren’t the new enamel shapes from the Now & Collection a must have!? We’d love to see how you are using them. 

 

Thanks for stopping by today.