♥ gift card gift wrap MME style ♥

good morning everyone.  

i am up on the My Mind's Eye blog today with a gift wrapping post.  I hope you'll pop over and say hello. 

happy happy creating♥

danni

♥ My Mind's Eye Advent Calendar ♥

good morning.  i was absolutely HONORED to be asked by Stephanie over at Simon Says Stamp Blog to be a guest using the new Christmas lines, Vintage Christmas  and Mistletoe Magic from My Mind's Eye

I was inspired to create an Advent Calendar using these gorgeous Christmas lines and a Clip Frame from Pier One.

Here is a sneak peek of a couple of the days, you can see the rest of the Advent Calendar today on the Simon Says Stamp Blog

 

 

 

I hope you'll pop over and check out the rest of the calendar

happy creating♥

danni

♥ Countdown to Halloween--less than 30 minutes ♥

hello♥

i want to share a VERY quick, VERY easy banner to make in NO time at all.  you could create one of these for your office desk, your front window, mantle or to surprise a co-worker, classroom parties, seriously, EASY banner.  you could re-create this banner in less than 30 minutes.

to create my banner, i used the new Pebbles Thirty One halloween bags, folded and adhered both ends to the middle for the bottom of the banner, and folded down 1/2" on the top to run the twine through and adhered.

 

 i then turned them over and stapled a strip of My Mind's Eye Happy Haunting patterned paper and layered stickers to the front.  

 

 to finish it up, i added some sequins from my stash and gorgeous grosgrain orange ribbon

 seriously, easiest banner ever

happy, spooky creating♥

danni

♥ MME halloween countdown inspo♥

good morning!  i am up on the My Mind's Eye blog today with a LOT of halloween cards as we continue our countdown to halloween.  i created all of the cards using the new My Mind's Eye Happy Haunting line.  i can not tell you how i love this line.  

i chose to create TWO different sets of cards with this line.  i have shared with you on the blog here, that i love halloween, if it's cute.  i know, but it's me.  i am not a "spooky halloween" kind of person at all, it's creepy (which makes it so much fun for others, and that's why we all live where we do, right?)

so, today i shared a very traditional interpretation of the line and then i decided to add some purple, green, orange and white cardstock to the line to share a different interpretation, a more "cutesy" approach.  regardless of your personal halloween taste or style, i hope you find some inspiration in the sets, because they sure were fun to create!

to see ALL the cards, individually, please hop on over to the My Mind's Eye Blog today 

 Happy 31 set of Halloween Cards

and some details of the individual cards

(BOTH of these sets were created with the MME Happy Haunting line. To change up the look, I only added cardstock and some Silhouette Cameo cuts with black cardstock.  All the patterned papers are from the line)

Bats, Black Cats, Spiders Oh My set of Halloween Cards

and some details shots of the individual cards

AND can i just say that i am absolutely head over heels in LOVE with the new enamel dots in the Cupid's Arrow and new Lost and Found Record It lines?  can you see the glittery centers?  they are so, so awesome and i used the Lost and Found enamel dots on several of these Halloween cards, but you can see the shimmery/glitter in the detail shot above

happy, spooky, halloween countdown♥
danni

♥ MME pinspiration ♥

good morning, happy weekend!  i LOVE weekends and do not take them for granted any longer.  it's a time for me to get caught up from the week of family, work, school and dt work and it's beautiful.

i wanted to pop in and share a card created for the MME Pinspiration 

post this week on the blog.  I have shared with you HOW MUCH i love these posts.  there is so, so much inspiration in our My Mind's Eye Inspiring Pages and Cards board.  i love to peruse the gallery of gorgeous projects and every single time, find it so hard to pick just one project.

this card by Lucy Abrams 

  isn't it just gorgeous?  love every last bit of it, from blocking to focal to stitching to sentiment placement, just gorgeous!  you can check out more from her amazing blog here too Lucy's Cards

and here is the card, completely inspired by her gorgeous creation

 her gorgeous card, with the blocking and centered focal gave me a springboard to mix soft colors and center a layered flower embellishment

thank you Lucy for the inspiration 

pop in to the My Mind's Eye blog to see more Pinspiration and creations

i hope to pop in a couple more times this weekend before the start of another week, thank you for visiting me

happy creating♥

danni

♥ mme color inspiration ♥

good morning♥  how are you?  are the kids starting back?  mine don't start for another week and a half but i have some friends with children who return next week....whoa, summer went by quickly.  how about where you are?

today i am popping in to share a couple of cards with you.  the first card i would like to share is a card created for the newest "Color Inspiration" on the My Mind's Eye Blog

isn't this collage just gorgeous?  i swoon.

so i decided to pull out my Find Your Wings & Fly line from MME and create a card with all these gorgeous colors.  although i LOVE to layer, i decided to let the gorgeous patterns, a chipboard embellishment and some enamel dots showcase today.

hello card

gorgeous, gorgeous papers in this line

on the next set of cards, i wanted to share an inspiration idea with you.  i love movie posters, i think they are so intriguing and the first flavor to a movie, so when i came across these movie posters from the Disney Pixar movie UP, i knew i had to use them for inspiration in my creations. 

i created my cards with the August Scraptastic Scrapbooking Kit Classy Girls and add-on

you are on my heart card

thank you so, so much for your sweet notes, they always truly hug my heart!

hugs & so much love!

danni

♥be still my christmas-lovin' heart♥

good morning, i am soooo excited to share with you my next set of sneak peek cards that are up on the MME blog today.  it is not a BIG secret that i LOVE Christmas, love, love it.  and so when i received the newest MME Christmas line, Mistletoe Magic,

i was over the moon excited. 

Mistletoe Magic Sneak Peeks

                                                                                                                            cards by danni reid for MME

this line is filled with the most beautiful reds, greens, teals, music paper, and st. nick himself, i am in love!  head over to the blog to see all the gorgeous papers, embellies, stamps and THAT washi tape!



and no.one. does halloween like MME, the glitter, the chipboard, the patterns, the stickers oh my!

Happy Haunting Sneak

                                                         cards by danni reid for MME

you have to see the 8 x 10 frameable decor pieces too, oh my goodness!!!!

thanks for visiting me today, pop over and see all the goodness and say hello for your chance to win some of these collections before they are released!!!

♥have you seen?♥

the CHA reveals happening over on the My Mind's Eye blog this week?  

i.can.not.pick.a.favorite.

it's true, i can NOT.  having worked with them, it does NOT get ANY easier either.  i love the colors, the new designs, the embellies, the patterns, they rock.  

i wanted to share with you, my friends, my excitement and love of all things MME that we share and share some links and thoughts.

here are some sneaks of cards, created with the new Cut and Paste Adorbs line, that have been shared on the MME blog

                                                                                                         cards by danni reid for MME

i looooove this line.  i can not wait to scrap pictures of my daughter with this line.  she wears a lot of these gorgeous blues and pinks and i am so excited.  the embellishments and the tapes, oh my!  i can NOT tell you how much i love it!

and here's a card created with 3 of the 4 Adorbs designer tapes, (i found the tapes at the bottom of my box after sending off my cards for the post)

just be you card

                                             card by danni reid for MME

aren't these tapes absolutely the CUTEST?  i just love them!!

Chalk Studio

can i share a little secret and you WILL NOT tell?  i loooove the chalkboard look but was not willing to take the time to create them on my projects. no, i was not.  

so the amazing Rhonna Farrer has yet again, created magic for us! yes, i love her designs more than anything, she's amazing!  bless her, she took care of this very busy mommy so i could just create away with chalkboard papers and embellies!  there's a special place for her in scrapbook heaven i tell ya.

you have to pop into the My Mind's Eye blog 

to see the entire line, yes, even the 8 x 10 pieces waiting to be framed and that adorable banner, swooooon!

here is a collage of sneak peeks of cards i created with this new line.  since they haven't been released on the blog yet, i am just sharing sneak peeks of them for now.

                                                                                                                    cards by danni reid for MME

i will be back with even more sneaks and links for you in the next day, i'm very excited to share more images using these new lines.  make sure to check out the MME blog to see ALL the collections this week and the designers' creations using them

be back soon with more sneaks, thank you for your friendship and visits♥

 

♥happy fourth of july♥

happy 4th of july!!!

i'm up on the My Mind's Eye blog today with an assortment of Fourth of July cards to celebrate this amazing birthday!  Happy Birthday America!!!

   

 thank you for dropping by to say hello and for your incredibly sweet notes!
happy birthday America♥

♥ PINSPIRATION friday at MME ♥

good morning!  how's your week?  we are enjoying every day together, it's been a whirlwind of activity here with the kids home, we love our days together.

today i am up on the MME blog with a card completely inspired by one of the amazing projects on the MME Pinterest Inspiring pages & cards board. 

i created my card with the new Kate & Co. Cambridge Court line of papers and embellies

here's a sneak peek of what i created, please pop in and say hello and see the amazing inspiration this morning

have a GREAT and fun day, we're going to hit record temperatures like so much of the west, wish us luck♥

♥ 10 minute Craft Dash ♥

happy summer!  oh how happy summer!

i am enjoying every moment with the kids, it's a blessing.  basketball camps, hiking, kayaking, ropes
course, bike riding, trampoline contests and sprinklers, it's a whirlwind, but it's AWESOME!  i love every second of it with the kids.  and don't forget the otter pops, i see them and think of summer's past, small things with big memories right?

on a crafty side, i was blog-surfing some of my favorite blogs and one of my friends, Amy Tsuruta,

had posted a fun challenge from 10 Minute Craft Dash : create a card with the colors red, light yellow and light blue in LESS than 10 TIMED minutes.  i HAD to take the challenge, i've never heard of this and never actually timed myself, this was FUN
 





and you can see Amy's awesome take on the challenge HERE

here is the card i was able to come up with using the My Mind's Eye Sunny Side collection which i thought would be perfect palette for the color challenge

Party Time Card

 i create pretty quickly once i pick a line or color scheme, so i thought this would be very easy, though i've never timed myself and how long it actually takes me to craft a card.  i will confess that this WAS a challenge.  i love to stitch on my cards and so running back to the other office and still having time to adhere everything together was a wee bit tricky, but thankfully i had minimal amounts of time to spare as you'll see on my phone.

i am thankful for these SRM stickers too, made creating the sentiment VERY quick and easy, and that's exactly what i needed, giggle.

so, i hope you'll check out the fun challenge and Amy's fun card♥


and, while i had this line out for this challenge, i decided to create a NON 10 minute card using my scraps...giggle

 Be Happy card


 i absolutely LOVE this brad, and haven't brought myself to use it until now, but it was the perfect center for the flower, love it!

and what would a post be without a Christmas card?  not staying on schedule...that's what that would be, ha ha ha, not this girl, not this year, i'm a determined mama and actually having MORE fun creating my cards because it's focusing on a little at a time, i'm a little surprised.  i didn't think i would get in the mood, but since it's only one card at a time, it's fun to focus on design or cute embellies and not the stress of it all.

happy holidays card

on this card, i punched a circles and adhered the circle INSIDE of the circle so when you open it, you see the Street Sign inside the card.  this still keeps the card flat/mailable, but allows for a little dimension with the cut-out.

 thank you so much for your visits and incredibly sweet notes, they always make my day!
hugs & so much love!
danni