Tuesday, 1 October 2013

October Challenge - It's a Recipe!!

This month's challenge is a recipe challenge!!!  Create a layout using all of the following items:
  • Three patterned papers,
  • One doily, 
  • Two buttons or brads, 
  • a staple, 
  • Ribbon, 
  • Mask/masking 
  • Layering
You must use all of the above items and can add alphas and one other item of your choosing.  And you can use ink, mists, pens.

Heidi Barclay and Michelle van Oudtshoorn have created gorgeous examples for you to be inspired by.

 HEIDI'S INSPIRATION





 MICHELLE'S INSPIRATION

Upload your take with the link tool.


Saturday, 28 September 2013

Annelie's Challenge Winners!!!

Thank you to the three ladies who played along with this fun challenge!!!

Congratulations to our two 'random drawn' winners!!!!

Andrea D with layout 3 - Annelie's winner

 Andrea used Simple Stories Vintage Bliss and MME frame for this beautiful layout.



and Jessica T with layout 7 - Adrienne's winner


Jessica used - Crate Paper 'Maggie Holmes' collection - patterned paper, frame, bows, ephemera, stickers, word stickers, alphas ; Kaisercraft rhinestones and pearls x5 colours; machine stitching.

Tuesday, 3 September 2013

September Sketch and August Winner!!

Congratulations, Jessica Toulmin, winner of the August challenge!!!  Your RAK is on it's way.

This month's guest designer is Janet..


My name is Janet and I live on the beautiful Hibiscus Coast just north of Auckland. I am nearly 60, married for 38 years to a wonderful man – we have 2 gorgeous daughters, a great son-in-law and 2 awesome grandsons and I adore all of them!

I have been scrapbooking for several years, and was encouraged to start by my daughter Hannah. It sure is addictive and I find it very relaxing. I don’t think I have a particular style, but I do like to use ink, quite a lot of embellishments, ribbon and flowers! I am lucky enough to have a dedicated area in the spare room and love my little space.

I have had one layout and a card published in a NZ scrapbook magazine which I was totally over the moon about! One item off my goal list was achieved last year!

I make all my own cards, and have just started selling them, along with off the page items (notebooks, Journals, brag book albums, bookmarks) at local Craft Fairs.

I LOVE shopping for items, but also try to make use of my stash and old bits and pieces. One day I would like to learn a lot more different techniques and use more products.

Happy scrapping everyone!

Janet has chosen this beautiful sketch for you to create with this month.



And her lovely example.  I am sure some of you will recognise the subjects in this layout :)





Wednesday, 21 August 2013

New stock arriving thick and fast!!!!

CHA has been and the new releases are hitting our shop faster than we can get them uploaded onto our site!!!  So keep an eye on the blog and FB page for regular updates on what has arrived.  


Stunning albums, very high quality, and six gorgeous, vibrant colours. Faux leather covers with metal corners, and ring bound. Each album comes with 10 page protectors.  The 12x12 albums have - 

  • Eight 12" x 12" pocket pages
  • Two 4" x 6" / 3" x 4" pocket pages
  • Excellent value at $48.00






    And the 6x8" albums cost $37.00 and also have 10 page protectors.



  • Two 6" x 8" pocket pages
  • Two 4" x 6" divided pocket pages
  • Two 3" x 4" divided pocket pages
  • Two 3" x 4" / 4" x 6" pocket pages
  • Two 4" x 4" / 2" x 8" divided pocket pages

  • Wednesday, 7 August 2013

    August Sketch Challenge

    The month has flown by and the challenge is up late!!!!  All good intentions flew out of the window when my sister arrived last Wednesday from the UK.  In my excitement of seeing her again, and wanting to spend time with her, the blog post was forgotten.  So without further delay, here is the gorgeous sketch chosen by guest designer Vicky Mullen from the Basic Grey blog.



    My name is Vicky and I am a scrapbooking addict lol.
    I am 44 and have been scrapbooking for 9 years now. I did my first album as a tribute to my late partner and it helped me to heal. These days most of my layouts feature my daughter Katie and my wee granddaughter Lily with a few of my sons who are both in their 20s and seldom let me take photos of them nowadays.
    My style is rather eclectic, it all depends on how I feel at the time but I like to use layers and lots of bright happy colours. I also love to use found objects like tags and such like.
    I am a stay at home mum, not out of choice but because I suffer from Rheumatoid Arthritis and Fibromyalgia which makes working pretty difficult but scrapbooking keeps me sane while the kids do their best to drive me insane lol. I live in a little village about 30 minutes out of Nelson city with my elderly but active parents, daughter, 2 sons, a cat and half a dozen sheep lol. There is never a dull moment in our crazy household but its always interesting.
    thanks for choosing me Adrienne, I hope everyone has fun with the sketch.


    .

    And Vicky's lovely example.



    For some added inspiration, guest designer Jessica Toulmin created this lovely layout of her little boy.  Says Jessica
    "I turned the sketch 90 degrees to the right.
    The collection used is Crate Paper 'Little Boy Blue' , with Tattered Angels Plain Jane 'Teal' mist (and miscellaneous brads, buttons, alphas, ribbon and thread)."

     Looking forward to your take!!!!


    Tuesday, 6 August 2013

    More Yes Please.....

    Hello Everyone, back here again to show you some more inspiration using the lovely colourful Yes Please range from Amy Tangerine

    Continuing on from my lash post, this layout is again of SUMMER, they just remind me of summer,


    For this layout I have used a pretty simple style, and decorated using some of the Vellum embellishments, and Dimensional Stickers, I just love the lift they give a layout, added a little washi tape, sewing and some very old alpha's and of course some splashes of mist and viola the layout is done.


    For this next layout I decided to use the more neutral tones, and go with the greys and pinks


    Again a very simple design which has been finished using some washi tape, Crate Photo Overlay, and Crate Pier Embellishment pack, which added that gorgeous blue tone to the layout.

    here is a close of those colour Photo Overlays, I added some Foam Tape under the photo as well as some of the embellishments to give the layout a little texture.


    Well there you have it, three very different layouts using the same range of papers, hope you have enjoyed the inspiration

    TFL & Happy Scrapping
    Heidi

    Wednesday, 31 July 2013

    Echo Park Project Life Take #2

    This is a follow up from my last post I did for Adrienne using the fabulous Echo Park Photo Freedom for my Project Life. On my last post I mixed it up a bit and incorporated a 12 x 12 layout that was relevant to that week, great fun to step outside the square on that one for me. So then there's the conundrum, what to do with the flip side of that 12x12 page protector for the next week? And this was the perfect solution! My Silhouette cuts Project Life layout dies, couldn't be better! So I chose a layout that suited my photos, co-ordinated my card stock with the Photo Freedom papers, and ta-da! Problem solved.


    I followed through with the cardstock to the opposite side to tie it all together, a fun week to complete.


    Love Belinda

    Saturday, 27 July 2013

    Yes Please.... Amy Tangerine

    Hello Ladies..... Adrienne has asked me to create some layouts using the lovely Yes Please range from Amy Tangerine, lots of gorgeous embellishments in this range....and such lovely colour combo's.

    The colours in this range just made me think of SUMMER, so I have used some summery photo's on my layouts.

    On this layout I wanted to concentrate of using the different embellishments to create my page.



    The little Vellum Pockets are so cute, I originally wanted to put some sequence inside but it just didn't work with the page, but I think if you are doing Project Life, that would work perfectly.  Each package contains four 4x6 inch vellum pockets which come with different patterns on them. 

    The next favourite embellishment was the Vellum Shapes... ohhh they are just gorgeous and fitted in perfectly with my circle theme.


    I have mixed it up a little with some of the Dimensional Stickers, and Badges, and of course you can't go wrong without adding some Enamel Dots and a splash of mist.



    Remember those Alpha's from Prima, I think I bought just about every single colour, and haven't used them much, but the bright pink just suited this layout perfectly.

    I hope I have given you some inspiration to use lots of embellishments on your pages.... I'll be back next week with some more inspiration using the same range.

    TFL & Happy Scrapping
    Heidi

    Thursday, 25 July 2013

    Project Life with Echo Park

    There are so many amazing products that are ideal for Project Life, old and new. Lately I rediscovered Echo Park's Photo Freedom range, Volume 1. With the wonderful bright colours, it complemented quite a few of my Becky Higgins cards, bonus!

    I really enjoyed doing this week in my Project life album, a little different with a 12x12 layout, but it was a good chance to reflect on a milestone made through the week, and also to add some interest to the album. I used the co-ordinating Photo Freedom products so the layout would tie in nicely. There is quite a lot of discussion on other blog sites regarding combining the 2 styles, and for most it works well for them, especially if you have a particular event that happened that you wish to showcase.






    I must admit, it was a challenge getting my head around this concept, but I'm pleased with the outcome, give it a try yourself...

    Love Belinda

    Products used: Photo Freedom Calenders paperPhoto Freedom Everyday Moments PaperPhoto Freedom Be Kind PaperPhoto Freedom Yellow PaperPhoto Freedom Label Stickers.




    Sunday, 21 July 2013

    MME Vintage Christmas available for Preorder.

     My Mind's Eye Victorian Christmas

     




    To receive the 5% preorder discount place and pay for your order by 26 July, enter code mme5 in the checkout process.

    Saturday, 20 July 2013

    MME New Releases up for Preorder!!!

    My Mind's Eye have released four stunning new ranges and they will be in stock in late July.  Place your order and make full payment by 26 July and receive 5% discount.  Enter code mme5.




























    Check back on the blog tomorrow for more peeks at the Vintage Christmas range, or visit our store to purchase.  More products being loaded daily.


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