More from My Mind's Eye

I have really enjoyed using all the products from MME Lost and Found Christmas line.  Everything just works so well together!  Everything is MME except the inks for the edges. the cardstock (Bassill) and the lettering for Jingles (from my stash).  Thanks for looking!

Christmas Card Holder

I know this isn't a new product from Kaiser Kraft, but I still think this Christmas Tree Card Holder is pretty neat.  I dressed it up in products from MME Lost and Found Christmas line.  I used acrylic paint for the base, the ornaments and the back and applied the patterned paper with modge podge, with which I have a love-hate relationship.  I inked the edges of all the patterned paper pieces and I finished the edges of the tree and the ornaments with gold ink and fine golf embossing powder.  I really like the way it came out.  Now I just have to decide if this is a gift or a keeper.

 

Thanks for taking a look!

(If you'd like to see it in real life, it will be on display at Lila's Scrapbooking.)

Anniversary Card

I've been having loads of fun playing with the MME Lost and Found Christmas line.  There is so much to it and it is so inspiring!  Here's just a sample of what I've been creating (more will be posted next week). My mom asked me to make a card for her friend's 50th Anniversary.  I wish I could have made it more specific to the event (couldn't find my Happy Anniversary stamp) but I was still happy with the final product.

The heart was cut on my Cricut (Home Decor) then pop dotted to the base of the heart.  That was then placed on mulberry paper.  The patterned paper and ribbon are all from MME.

My Minds Eye Lost and Found

I had trouble finding cardstock the right colour pink so I sprayed some neutral toned cardstock with pink smooch for the photo mat.

I love how the new MME lines all coordinate with each other.  It makes it so easy to mix and match!  Here I did two quick layouts with the Lost and Found line.  It's so much fun!  And the best thing is that the colours and patterns all coordinate so the "boys" papers don't have to be for boys and the "girls" papers don't have to be just for girls!  Just mix them up and they're good for any gender or occassion!

A little Salt Air

I had a great time working with cosmo Cricket's new Salt Air line.  I will admit I don't usually go for softer or muted colours but these were really fun to play with!  I love how they went with the pictures of the sand creatures.  The colours from the photos worked great with the colours of the papers.  And of course, black and white photos are fabulous with these papers!

Supplies - Cardstock- Bazzill, Patterned Paper - Cosmo Cricket, Ribbon- from my stash, Pearls - Kaiser, Queen & co, brads - from my stash, Vellum- worldwin, Chipboard letters and stickers - Cosmo Cricket, Markers - Copics.

Pirates!

I absolutely love these pirate papers from Paper House!  I don't have too much to show for them yet but I was so happy to use them for pictures of my kids that were taken a year ago while they toured the tall ships, Lady Washington (used in Pirates of the Caribbean) and her companion Hawaiian Chieftan, that were in port here.  I added a few eyelets, lots of distressing and inking as well as a few embellies from Tim Holtz.

The Tangled Tower

OK so keeping this blog up to date really isn't my forte.  However, this, I think, was worth the wait.  I've been swapped with end of school year activities with the kids as well as V's birthday and an upcoming bridal shower and bachelorette party for a friend.  V's party was a success and I must say that the cake we made was impressive.  My great friend Kelly Conrad and I shared the task of creating this tower.  Yes, we know we're insane but we treat the day of creation like a girls' day and we have loads of fun chit chatting and laughing through the hours.  And there were many hours - about 10.  The end result was fantastic especially since this is our first try at a dimensional cake.  We take on about 3-4 cakes a year, for our kids and that definitely does not make us professionals.  Gotta say it is so fantastic to have a friend to do this with, one that thinks is such similar ways as me and one that completes the balance of artistic skills with what she literally brings to the table!  Her talent is amazing! (Thanks Kelly)

The cake itself is a store bought cake mix, actually two of them.  They were white cakes but I divided them and coloured half pink and half purple and then swirled the colours together.  The bottom is a 2 layer 10 in cake on a wood platform. There is a dowel attached and then there is a 4 in platform at the top.  The top cake is a 2 layer 4 in cake.  The fillings were blueberry.    The tops of the towers were sugar cones.  The tower section was Rice Krispy Treats.  Everything was covered in buttercream icing and then the tower was covered in fondant.  The vines are buttercream and the all the flowers were fondant.  Pascal the chameleon was a very last minute thought and is made of fondant.  Rapunzel is from a set of Tangled figures purchased at the Disney store.  The base cake is iced with buttercream.