Our last Mixer

It is with a heavy heart that I announce that this will be MIU last mixer. Life for me has become very busy and I have decided to focus my time and energy on other projects. I wish to thank everyone that has participated to the Mixers, the sponsors for encouraging me and my wonderful DT! You girls have helped me make my vision come true and for that I will be forever grateful!

Without making you wait any longer welcome to our last edition of MIU! This week's mixer is a a sketch challenge, you must the following fabulous sketch to create your lo! Again our fabulous sketch artist and designer, Juliana Michaels, has created this divine sketch. Thank you Juliana for sharing with us your wonderful sketches!!!

How to play!

You have until October 9th to complete this mixer and upload a link to your blog or gallery by leaving a comment in the comment section. Please note that this month MIU doesn't have a sponsor so you are playing just for fun, I hope you will still join us!

Here are the amazing layouts that the DT has created!

Cindy:

Erin:
Estee:

Isabelle:


For the last time.....Happy Mixing!!!

Melanie

August Winner!!!

Oh my! Sorry for the late delay in posting this! Life happens. ;)

Without making you all wait any longer here is the winner......................

Lisa H. said...

just finished mine, here it is in my SCS gallery. http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/gallery/photo/1453850?&cat=13412
will be on my blog tomorrow! thanks for a great challenge, I'm so glad I found this site!

Congrats Lisa! Your entry for Mixer 27 is fabulous. Please send me your mailing information at melblackburnatgmaildotcom

Stay tuned for the next mixer!!!!

Mixer 29

Hello everyone! Welcome to another edition of MIU! This week's mixer is a product challenge, you must use aluminum and masking tape on your lo! How fun is that?! The DT totally rocked this challenge! I was blown away by their creativity!

Again our fabulous sketch artist and designer, Juliana Michaels, has created this divine sketch to offer you more inspiration for this mixer. I just know you will all love it like we do. :)

How to play!

You have until September 29th to complete this mixer and upload a link to your blog or gallery by leaving a comment in the comment section. Please note that this month MIU doesn't have a sponsor so you are playing just for fun, I hope you will still join us!

Here are the amazing layouts that the DT has created!

Cindy: I changed the sketch up a bit and used 2 photos instead of 3. I used masking tape on my red accordian flower by applying a strip along the 12" paper strip. It really toned down the brightness of the pp. I also experimented with aluminum foil over top of a really funky colored button (lower right). All in all I was happy with the result. Happy scrapping!

Erin: I took foil duct tape and embossed it with a Cuttlebug folder. I used it with masking tape down one side, as well as on a chipboard star. I also pulled out some old metal embellies I never would have used otherwise!

Estee: Aluminum and masking tape? What a fun challenge! I used my Fiskars border punch to make a masking tape border layered on top of patterned paper. For the aluminum, I used aluminum foil that I cut into stars and then applied glitter. The sketch was perfect and this was my absolute favorite Mixer!

Isabelle: For this mixer were were asked to use making tape and aluminum. I decided to use those two items to frame my pictures. Ii used torn pieces of masking tape on opposite corners and Ii did the same with aluminum in order to create a frame for my pictures. The foil I used is the inside wrapping of a Lindt chocolate bar so it still smells sweet! I then sprayed some glimmer mist and some some shimmerz spray.

Rae: A bit different from what I would normally do, but I wanted to be a bit artsy this time. At first I thought the foil would be easy to incorporate, but it sure was a challenge for me.

Happy Mixing!!!

Melanie

Mixer 28

Hello everyone! Thank you for joining us for another Mixer! This week's mixer is a add inspiration. Use the following add for some inspiration.

Again our fabulous sketch artist and designer, Juliana Michaels, has created this divine sketch to offer you more inspiration for this mixer. I just know you will all love it like we do. :)

How to play!

You have until September 15th to complete this mixer and upload a link to your blog or gallery by leaving a comment in the comment section. Please note that this month MIU doesn't have a sponsor so you are playing just for fun, I hope you will still join us!

Here are the amazing layouts that the DT has created!

Cindy:I loved the bright colors of the inspiration piece and used the color scheme as my base. I also used circles to mimic the fruit pieces that are flowing out of the ad. I also changed up the sketch a bit-instead of using 3 pictures , I used 4-3x4's and changed up my title-ing and journaling placement. I can't wait to see how this mixer inspires YOU!
Erin: I loved the cascade of "stuff" in the ad. I immediately wanted to do a page filled with lots of embellies! It's rare I get to use flowers AND pink!!

Estee: I was instantly drawn into the ad. I love the cascading elements and thought that it would be fun to try and capture it on paper. This was such a fun layout to create!

Isabelle: I thought the ad was so inspiring that i based everything on that. the green backround (such a gorgeous green, the cluster at the bottom and i tried to make my journaling a bit whimsical as if drifting away from the picture.
Happy Mixing!!!

Mixer 27!

Hello everyone! Thank you for joining us for another Mixer! This week's mixer is a color inspiration, I love how colors can easily reflect a mood or theme one wishes to convey on a layout. This color palette seems very trendy to me. I think of the new Fall clothes that are just hitting the stores (I'm a sucker for Fall clothes) and this palette just makes me happy! I hope you will enjoy it too!
Again our fabulous sketch artist and designer, Juliana Michaels, has created this divine sketch to offer you more inspiration for this mixer. I just know you will all love it like we do. :)

How to play!

You have until September 2nd to complete this mixer and upload a link to your blog or gallery by leaving a comment in the comment section. All particpants from our August mixers will be entered to win a prize from our August sponsor Scrapbook Circle!

Here are the amazing layouts that the DT has created!

Cherie: I stayed pretty true to the color scheme. Most of the colors in the inspiration piece are in the patterned paper although you might not be able to see them.

Cindy: I got a little artsy on this one. I used a lot of the colors from the color swatch in small doses (except the plum). I got a little doodle-y with this as well. I had a lot of fun with this mixer and can't wait to see what everyone else does!

Erin: I usually like to go overboard with color, but for some reason I used the inspiration colors in small proportions this time. What a great palette to work with!


Isabelle: I found that the Snorkel line from Cosmo Cricket was perfect for the color prompt! I cut out the big wave out of Fancy Pants paper and my little surfer dude is from The Greeting Farm (isn't he too cute?)
Juliana: I was inspired by the color scheme, however I went more with the yellow, orange and red then I added a splash of blue. As for the sketch, the elements I was inspired by were the star
shapes which I used as my background.

Rae

July's Winner!!!

Thank you so much for participating to our July mixers!!! All the entries were SOOOOO fabulous and creative! It was a blast to see so many participants! Again, a big thank you to our July sponsor Noel Mignon!!!

The draw was made and the winner is........................................

marianne said...

I was so inspired by all the beautifully done layouts. Here's mine--more ecru than white!

http://www.twopeasinabucket.com/pg.asp?cmd=display&layout_id=1515597

marianne

July 28, 2009 4:56 PM

What a stunning lo! Congrats Marianne!!!! Please email me at melblackburn@gmail.com and we will sort out the details for your gift card from Noel Mignon.com.

Mixer 26

Hello everyone! A big thank you to everyone that participated to the July Mixers. The winner will be posted later this week. Also, thank you again for joining us for another fun Mixer!

This week's mixer is a design inspiration. You must create your lo based on this following piece. You will see that the MIU Designers all approached this inspiration in a different manner however each layout is unique and wonderful!!! Thank you ladies for the inspiration!


Again this week Juliana has provided an amazing sketch to kick start your creativity! We hope that you will use this fabulous sketch to create your mixer layout!



HOW TO PLAY!!!!

You have until August 18th 9pmest to post a link to your lo by leaving a message in the comment section. Any post made after the deadline will not be eligible for the draw.

All participants' names from the August mixers will be entered to win a prize from our August sponsor Scrapbook Circle.

Here are the fabulous layouts created by the DT:

Cherie: I loved the sketch for this mixer but didn’t have the photos to make it work. I tried to keep my layout somewhat square to mimic the sketch in a way. I wasn’t overly inspired by the inspiration piece as it felt really quite dark but once I started isolating some colours, it reminded me of these paper from Pebbles Inc.



Cindy: I had so much fun with this mixer! I was unsure how to approach the challenge at first and then decided to incorporate the color scheme into my LO, so I used some blue, orange and yellow hues along with the sketch.



Erin: I loved the symmetrical pattern of the inspiration design. I went through so many different patterned papers for this one until I found one that worked well to cut and flip so that it was mirrored. The sketch was lots of fun to play with too!



Estee: I love the curved lines of the inspiration piece and thought about using butterflies because the lines remind me of butterfly wings. Then, as I pulled out all of my Jenni Bowlin papers, I saw the shaped patterned papers and I saw a lot of the same lines, which is why I chose to use the shaped papers in my design.



Isabelle: This week's design inspiration was awesome, I focused on the colors. As part of my background paper I used Heidi Swapp's Invisibles paper that I inked in yellows and teals, the little house is cut out from Luxe Design paper and the flowers are American Craft; they are all white but I used my copic markers to color some of them to match the color scheme. I also used an orange copic on my foam thickers to give them a bit of punch.



Melanie: I had such a blast with Juliana's sketch! I used some colors from the inspiration piece and also the piece reminded me of pin wheels (not sure why but it did), so I created mini pinwheels that I attached to my layout with some DMC floss.



Rae: I was inspired by the colors, and wanted to keep my layout fairly simple since I used so many photos. Once again Juliana created a fun sketch!



We look forward to seeing your take on this Mixer!