My Mind's Eye Blog

Watercolor Love

Hi!  Tina here today with a fun, artsy, and totally hip layout! 

Watercolors are super hot right now and everyone is using them on their layouts, mixed media projects, and home decor items.  I thought I'd jump on the 'watercolor bandwagon' and create my own version of watercolor love.

To create my watercolor 'tiles', I first heat embossed several shapes to a piece of white watercolor paper.  (thick cardstock would work well too).  Once all my shapes had been embossed, I began adding watercolor in various colors to the piece of watercolor paper.  I really love the shades of pink, purple, blue and green that were created when the watercolors mixed and mingled with each other.

Once the paper was dry, I cut it into randomly shaped squares and rectangles and stitched them to  a piece of white cardstock.  I seriously love the color on this page.  It makes me happy!

To finish my layout, I added a small picture behind layered chipboard pieces and added a chipboard strip and twine above the title.  I love this technique so much, I think I'll have to lift myself on another future layout.  :)

So get out those watercolors and make your own unique background! 

Thanks for stopping by!  Have a fantastic week!

Summer Fun Cards with Tonya

Happy Monday morning to you all! Tonya here to share with you some cards that feature all things summer...flowers, butterflies, and of course the sun!

I've pulled out three different collections, one for each card. That is one of the things that I love about My Mind's Eye...it is so versatile. None of these collections are summer themed, but they all were super simple to make summer cards with!

This one was made using Boy Crazy...

Supplies: Boy Crazy- 6x6 paper pad, decorative buttons, chipboard elements, enamel dots Lime Twist: Fly a Kite "Everyday" Twine Find Your Wings and Fly - Sky's The Limit: Alpha & Word Stickers

This one uses Cut & Paste - Presh...

Supplies: Cut & Paste - Presh: 6x6 paper pad, decorative buttons, enamel dots

This last one was made using My Girl...

Supplies: My Girl- 6x6 paper pad, felt stickers, enamel dots, decorative brads, decorative buttons Lime Twist: Fly a Kite "Everyday" Twine

Hope I have inspired you to pull out your supplies and make a few cards, summer themed or not! Enjoy the rest of your week!

Tonya

Twine Time!

Today Danni and Anam are sharing some brand new projects using twine. Who doesn't love twine? We love the playful vibe that twine can add to any layout or card. We love to tie it,twist it,cut it,knot it, and loop it.

What is your favorite thing to do with MME twine? If you have a project highlighting twine that you want to share...make sure to link it in the comment section,we'd love to see!

Family layout by Anam

Supplies:Indie Chic-Ginger: Flourish patterned paper,Tulips patterned paper,metal flowers,chipboard,camera die cut,buttons,twine,journal spot;Follow Your Heart-twine

Anam says:I covered a piece of flexible wire in the grey/white twine and then formed it into the word 'family'.

Next I outlined a heart on the paper and stitched it across to make a large statement with a backing image.

 

The Perfect Day card by Danni

Supplies: Indie Chic-Ginger:6x6 pad,layered stickers,twine,designer tapes;Misc-Cuttlebug butterfly die,hole puncher

Danni says:I really wanted to play with the twine as an accent embellishment on this card.  I began the card with a triangle patterned paper design, using the Indie Chic Ginger line, stitched the triangles and then punched three butterflies.  I punched holes in one of the butterflies using my hole punch and then adhered twine to the backside to “peek through” the holes.

I stitched the top butterfly to the other two and adhered the butterfly to the triangles.

 

Hello card by Danni

Supplies: Indie Chic-Ginger: 6x6 pad,designer tapes,twine;Stella and Rose-stamps;Misc-Papertrey Ink stamps

Danni says:I began this card by stitching the gorgeous MME doily stamps onto kraft cardstock.  I then used a hole piercer and pierced holes around the circles.  I threaded my twine through one of my larger needles and stitched the circles, tying off the backs and taping down.

I adhered two strips of the designer tape to the bottom.  I punched the “hello sentiment” and adhered using 3-D mounting tape.  I like that these could be mass-produced and mailed.

Wonderful Things card by Danni

Supplies:Indie Chic-Ginger:6x6 pad,twine,button;Misc-Papertrey Ink sentiment

Danni says:I was really excited when I came across this pp in my 6 x6 Ginger pad.  I loved the large floral pattern and I really wanted to stitch the large flower and created centers for the two smaller ones.  I paper-pierced the large flower, stitched the flower with my twine and adhered a button to the center. 

To create the floral centers, I used a q-tip and applied tacky glue to the centers and rolled the twine.

Hope all of you found some new uses for twine today...Have a beautiful and blessed weekend!