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Well Traveled Paper

Happy Friday My Mind’s Eye readers! This is Tonya with you today. Today I have a layout to share with you to show that our new travel line doesn’t have to just be used for our travel theme layouts or cards.

There are a lot of great papers that can easily be used for just about any occasion. This layout is 8.5 x 11”.

 

 

Supplies: Hello World- Adventure Journal Cards, Travel Stickers, Beauty Enamel Shapes, All Aboard Veneer, Beauty Rub Ons, 6x6 Decorative Paper Pad Cardstock- Canvas (Loveable), Glimmer (Tropical Surf), Classic (Navy)

 

I started with a grid design this, all based upon some of the new cardstock. The coral color is from the canvas collection and the aqua is from the glimmer collection (I wish you could see this a better, it has the prettiest shimmer to it!). Most of these patterned paper squares are cut from the cards in the journal card pack as I liked the smaller scale of the prints a little better. 

 

 

The title was cut from our Navy Classic cardstock using the Silhouette. Those little embellishes are rub ons. I popped the speech bubble and the little arrows flanking the photo up with some foam tape to add some dimension. Oh! and do you spy the new wood veneer? I really like how they are all engraved with added dimension.

 

 

In the above photo you can see the shimmer in that aqua Glimmer cardstock. I LOVE LOVE LOVE that stuff. Actually in this photo you can see three of the new different types of cardstock, the Glimmer (aqua), Canvas (coral), and Classic (Navy).

Happy Life

Greetings everyone! Tonya here with you today. I have had this photo of my daughter and I for a little over a year and it is part of the photo stream that comes across my computer screen. Every time that I see it, I think of the Jubilee Sherbet collection. It’s the colors and that purple background that do it! I decided that it was finally time to put these two together on a layout.

Supplies: Jubilee-Sherbet: “Enjoy” Pizazz paper, “Happy” Mixed Bag, “Peace” 12x12 chipboard elements, “You” rub ons, “Pretty” enamel shapes, “Happy” enamel dots

 

I wanted to break up the purple background a bit so I used a partial cut file from Silhouette that I manipulated and changed a bit by adding the hearts around the perimeter.

 

Then I just went to work adding little bits and pieces. Most of the items are from the mixed bag die cuts and the decorative chip board.

 

 

I’ve been loving the little bits of silver metallic in this photo below I snuck in a metallic heart. You can see on the title the metallic “life” and then I also snuck in two little rub on butterflies.

 

This collection has such a fun color scheme! It evokes feelings of happiness, joy, and sensations of a glorious spring morning! Thanks for letting me share a little piece of it with you today!

 

Tonya

Valentine's Day Gift Wrapping

Hi everyone! Tonya here with you today. Hope you are enjoying all of the Valentine's Day ideas we are sharing with you this week. Today I have a little gift ensemble to share with you. All of these projects were made using the Lost & Found Record It Heirloom collection. This collection has always been at the top of my list. It’s so feminine and the red glitter makes it swoon worthy for me.

 

Before starting my project I wanted to pick out two items that would be used on all three of the pieces so that they would look like they belonged to one another. Those two items are the pink/white chevron paper and the red glittered hearts.

 

Supplies: Lost & Found Record It Heirloom: 6x6 Designer Paper Pad, Ephemera Pack, Layered Stickers, Decorative Brads, Chipboard Elements, Decorative Tape, Enamel Dots

 

This card was a pretty simple one to make. I simply took a square of the pink/white chevron paper and trimmed the edges with pinking shears, then topped that with a smaller square of card stock that had a heart cut out of it. The medallion of the ribbon originally had a red circle in the middle of it, but I opted to use the little red glitter heart instead.

 

 

 

 

The little treat bad was made using a die and then I just simply layered some pieces from the ephemera bag and another glitter chipboard heart.

 

 

Wine bottles are always more fun to give if they have a cute little tag attached! 

 

 

Hope you all have a Valentine’s Day filled with love and CHOCOLATE!!!!

 

Tonya

 

Market Street Layout

Happy Thursday everyone! This is Tonya here with you today. I don’t know about the rest of you, but I am anxiously awaiting the arrival of the new collections. Can. Not. Wait. 

 

While trying to be very patient I decided to make a layout using Market Street. I haven’t given this collection the attention it is so deserving of. Now is the perfect time to do just that. 

 

I printed up this goofy picture of myself with my oldest and my youngest. Love this photo as it is just so “us”. I pulled out some card stock to use as my background. It seems like it has been awhile since I have really used it on a layout. Speaking of which did you notice that My Mind’s Eye is releasing their own cardstock that coordinates with the new releases?! Yippee!

 

Supplies: Market Street- “Ashbury Heights” Globe Paper, “Ashbury Heights” Gold Shimmer Paper, Chipboard Elements, Journal Card, Decorative Brads, Foiled Mixed Bag, Decorative Stickers

I’ve used a lot of chipboard on this layout. The quotes on the chipboard strips were perfect to place over the upper left corner of the photo. There is a rather large black truck that is trying to take over the photo and those were the perfect cover up. To dot the ‘j’ I used a decorative brad for a little more visual interest.

 

 

 

I adore the metallic gold and that ‘perfect’ was just that…PERFECT! I snuck in a little 3x4 card from the journal card pack, and added one above the photo too.

 

 

Love those bigger floral die cuts, they add so much to a layout.

 

Lastly, I finished it all off with a striped metallic gold and white chipboard heart. 

 

Thanks for taking a peek today!

 

Tonya

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

 

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 | Tonya

Hi everyone! This is Tonya with you on this last day of sticker week. I chose to make my sticker projects centered around gift giving. Using the new Joyous collection made this a very simple thing to do!

This collection is so elegant and sparkly. I also adore the vintage look of it!

 

I was able to take this very plain white box and turn it into something that I am proud to place under my tree.

 

Supplies: Joyous- North Pole Paper, Decorative Tape, Stickers, Decorative Pinwheel Bows, Decorative Brads, Tiny Alpha Stickers

 

I simply cut two strips of patterned paper and wrapped then around the box. Then I used the striped decorative tape, which I topped with some thin strips of glitter.

 

The pinwheel bow is one of the smaller ones in the package. I embellished the rest of the package with stickers from the sticker sheet and the tiny alpha package.

 

 I also created a set of four gift card tags. These were all cut from the 6x6 Decorative Paper pads.

 

Supplies: Joyous- Decorative Paper Pad, Gems, Cardstock Tags, Stickers, Tiny Alpha Stickers, Decorative Brads

 

You can easily personalize the tags by using the Tiny Alpha Stickers.

For this one I used the Cardstock Tags and just trimmed the top of it to match the top edge of the card pocket on this tag.

 

I love that little vintage Santa face, it is just the cutest!

 

I have one last project to share with you. This one was done using the Sleigh Bells Ring collection.  It was sitting on my desk and I liked how the first gift box turned out so I thought I would wrap another one using Sleigh Bells Ring.

 

Supplies: Sleigh Bells Ring- Decorative Paper Pad, Decorative Tapes, Enamel Shapes, Stickers, Flair, Bows

 

I think the big paper bow and the decorative tapes totally make this!!!

 

So, go ahead and use your My Mind’s Eye collections for more than just your layouts and cards. These products are so versatile, especially the stickers!

 

Tonya

 

Holiday Wreath

Hi everyone, Tonya here today. Yay! The holidays are here and that makes me so happy. You know what else makes me happy? The new Sleigh Bells Ring collection! So much fun! When I saw it I immediately knew that I wanted to make a new wreath with it. You know, some new swag for our front door.

Supplies: Sleigh Bells Ring- “Reindeer” Paper, “Christmas Tartan” Paper, “Christmas Confetti” Paper, “Red Reindeers” Paper, Mixed Bag, Bows, Decorative Brads, Flair, 6x6 Decorative Paper Pad

This was super easy to make. I started with 14 6x6” squares of paper. I used one of the Martha Stewart decorative edge punches and punched the corner and two sides of each square.

Then I rolled them all up and then glued them around an 8” circle of chipboard. From there I just embellished.

For the hanger I attached a large grosgrain ribbon and used one of the big paper bows from the collection. Love those things, can’t wait to use them on some packages!

 

Happy Holidays to you all. Would love to see what you create with Sleigh Bells Ring.

 

 

 

Tonya

 

The Story of Us | Traditional Scrapbook Layout

Welcome  My Mind’s Eye fans! This is Tonya here with you today. Thanksgiving is a week away for those of us in the US and I have so many things to be thankful for. One of those things is the bond between my two middle children. These boys are so close and even thought they are three years apart they spend so much time together and get along so well. I pulled out a lot of pieces from the Jubilee-Tangerine collection and went to work creating a layout that complimented this photo of them.

Supplies: Jubilee (Tangerine) - “Awesome” Shield paper, “Awesome” Charming paper, “Story” Journal Cards, “Awesome” Mixed Bag, “Honor” Decorative Bag, “Adventure” Enamel Shapes, “Fantastic” Chipboard Elements Now & Then (Milo) - “Inspired” Enamel Dots Necessities (Black &Grays) - Alpha & Word Sticker Sheets

 

I used the ‘2’ from the mixed bag and cut one of the enamel arrows in two to make it look like it went through the two.

 

The letters for their names came from the alpha & stickers pack which is in the Necessities collection (Black & Grays).

 

Used one of the sticky notes for a little journaling.

 

I always love it when a great collection comes out that works so well for masculine projects, and Jubilee-Tangerine definitely fits that bill!

 

Enjoy!

 

Tonya

 

Paper Pads

Hi everyone, Tonya here with you today. Are you a list maker or a note taker? If so, I have the perfect little project to share with you today. Something that is a fairly quick and easy to make.

 

These may look like cards but they are handmade pads of paper with cute little decorative covers! Both of these were made the same way, just decorated a little bit differently.

 

Supplies: Jubilee - Mint Julep: 6x6 Decorative Paper Pad, "Beautiful"Mixed Bag, Decorative Brads, "Wild" Enamel Shapes, "Journey" 3x4 Journal Cards, "Ride" Label Stickers, "Live it Up" Sticky Notes

Decorative Tape Sets: Mint & Grey Lime Twist: "Life of the Party" Charmed twine.

 

On the inside of each of the covers I placed one of the post-it pads.

 

To make the base of the paper pads I simply cut a piece of chipboard to the below specifications ( when folded up the pad measures a tad bit larger than an A2 card).  I chose this size because I wanted to make the papers inside that made up the pad easy to measure, which meant simply cutting my 8 1/2 x 11" copy paper into fourths.

 

Once I had the outside and the inside decorated I just adhered a 1/4" strip of Scor-Tape (which is a really strong double sided tape) in between the score lines.

 

When I removed  the release strip on the tape I stacked all of my inner papers as neatly as I could and pressed the upper edges against the Scor-Tape. Amazingly they all adhered and even with moving them all around for photos not a single sheet has fallen out.

 

These would make great stocking stuffers, thank you gifts, or teacher gifts (would be super easy to personalize)! Quick, simple and cost effective!

 

Tonya