My Mind's Eye On Trend + Favorite Eats

COLLECTION | My Mind’s Eye On Trend

STORY BEHIND THE PAGE | I was going through my California trip photos when I came upon this imperfectly perfect shot. I had just enjoyed my favorite meal of the trip, Pollo Fundido at Casa Guadalajara in Old Town, San Diego. This dark photo brought me right back to that time and place. Sitting on the quaint patio with its twinkling lights, fountain and mariachi band playing in the background. Sometimes it those technically not great photos that capture the best, simple memories.

DESIGN |  The On Trend collection by My Mind’s Eye is all about generic stripes and dots with splashes of mint, pink and orange. I chose it because the pale colors set off the very dark photo. It has just the right amount of pop and festive (in the colors and polka dots) to set the stage.

I kept this design very simple with just two major areas of layering. The first is the background made up of vertical strips of patterned paper layered on a horizontal stripe background. Next, a bed of layers to make the photo pop were created with a polka dot transparency, chipboard frame and tag.

SUPPLIES | My Mind's Eye On Trend | Avery Elle Inks | Epson Wide-Formant Printer

Teresa Collins Family Stories

I had the opportunity to be this month's guest designer over at the Teresa Collins design team blog this week. I love all of her new collections, but especially Family Stories. The colors, the icons...the sequins. Beautiful stuff. Here's a look at some of the pages I made using a 1-photo, 2-photo, 3-photo challenge.

For more info and the story behind the pages, visit the Teresa Collins blog.

Jillibean Soup Happy Camper

Welcome to the Jillibean Blog Hop introducing their brand new line, Happy Camper Stew! I love the bold colors and icons in this line.  I used some of my favorite patterns and die cuts to create this camping page. I love these photos of my son and niece roasting marshmallows on a recent camping trip.  To highlight the photos, I created a sunburst effect with dark and light gray patterned papers from the collection. These are two of my favorite 'B' sides because of their subtle pattern and neutral color.

I layered small and large patterns of paper for punches of color that compliment the photo. I used one of the title cards to add some themed camping critters and as a base to the embellishment cluster. The tone-on-tone title and camper die cut complete the page.

Now go on and hop for more great ideas using Happy Camper Stew.

Cindy Lee

Danni Reid

Emily Pitts

Kim Holmes

Laurel Seabrook

Leanne Allinson

Melanie Blackburn

Melinda Spinks

Nicole Nowosad ------> HOP HERE NEXT

Pam Brown

Patty Folchart

Paula Gilarde

Sheri Feypel

Summer Fullerton

Valerie Mangan

Jillibean Soup blog

Workshop Giveaway

Whoops, I almost forgot! I have one spot to give away in the workshop. If you'd like to enter, just leave a comment and I'll choose a winner on 7/22/12. If you're already in the class, no worries, 2Peas will credit your account.

Scrapbooking Family Vacations with Nancy Damiano