Pinspiration

Last week on the My Mind's Eye blog some of the designers were asked to choose a project from the MME Pinterest Inspiration board.

HERE is the layout that I chose to work off of.  I used Melissa's clean and simple layout basically as a sketch and then just added a few things here and there.

The above picture shows the little tiny die cut stars that I added to the stitched vapor trail of my rocket. It also shows how I backed my cutout title work with glitter.

I used a glitter pen to outline three of the stars on the background page to add a little bit more visual interest.

All products for this layout (minus the glitter and glitter pen) are from the Boy Crazy line.

Thanks for stopping by!

Card trio

Good Monday to you all! I have a little card trio to share with you today! These were all made using the My Mind's Eye Collectable Notable collection! Such fun and happy colors!

The above card was based on the current sketch from Freshly Made Sketches.

Thanks for stopping by. Hope you all have a great week!

Speechless

Yes, I admittedly was a little bit at a loss for words when I opened an email from Paige Evans. Getting an email from her isn't all that rare as I am fortunate to have some success with getting projects picked up for the Northridge Publishings magazines. However, this email was of a different nature. Something that I NEVER would have expected to see. She had on her American Crafts hat when she sent this email asking me if I would be their guest designer this month!!!!

So head on over to the American Crafts blog and check it out....just click below...

AMERICAN CRAFTS BLOG

Here's a little peek of one of my projects...it is flower week over there, so all of my projects had to feature flowers!

Thanks Paige and American Crafts, it truly was such an honor!

Color Inspiration

Good Thursday morning to you all. Today I am sharing with you my first project as an official design team member of My Mind's Eye. We were presented with this color challenge and had to base our layout on this photo...

Such great colors! Right up my ally I tell you! Here's the layout that I created...

I used a mix of The Sweetest Thing (Tangerine, Bluebell and Lavendar), Collectable (Memorable), and the brand new Spread Your Wings and Fly (Up and Away).

I inked the edges of the butterfly wings to make them pop a bit.

Chipboard buttons, enamel dots and a heart stick pin for the body/antenna.

I just adore how well three completely different collection went together like they were meant for each other. 

Card Share

Hi everyone! Thought I'd share with you my latest creations for Simple Stories.

I was on a roll making cards and ended up making three for this assignment. My first two cards feature the Sn@p line and the brand new stamps that Simple Stories just released.

For  this card I focused on the Daily stamp set. Pulled out my chalk inks ( I found that chalk ink vs. dye or pigment ink worked best with these solid images), masked off a heart shape and stamped all of the speech bubbles inside the negative space. The today arrow was stamped onto vellum and a small chipboard heart and yellow brad topped it all off.

For my second card I focused on using the Snapshots stamp set. 

I repeatedly stamped the open speech bubble onto cardstock using a white pigment ink and then heat embossed it with white embossing powder. Next, I used Distress Inks to blend color onto the card stock.

For my last card I had been dying to put the brand new brads to use, so I pulled out the  24/Seven collection. I made a faux ribbon border using some washi tape and then used brads in descending size as my focal point.

Loving how versatile the Simple Stories collections are!

Life's Ruff

Well, maybe for some dogs...but definitely not for this one!!!! SPOILED!!!!! Here's the evidence.

Made using Studio Calico's Neverland kit.

Keeping it short and sweet today! Have a great weekend!!!!

My Mind's Eye Guest Blogger

Thought I would take a moment to share with you all of the projects that I did for my guest design spot at My Mind's Eye last month.

 This first layout and card were both made using the Collectable-Remarkable line.

My hubby getting ready to do what he loves. He found a pair of very expensive waders for a ridiculously low price on ebay and was so excited over these lovelies...

Lots of heat embossing on that layout and also on this card...

This next layout and card are both from the Collectable-Unforgettable line...

A trio of cards...

These next two feature the bright and happy My Girl line...

Lastly a layout that features one of the decorative tape sets, red and black...

Thanks for stopping by...starting next month I'll be getting to share lots of My Mind's Eye projects with you as I get to be a permanent part of their design team!