CHA Winter 2012 :: My Mind's Eye
My Mind’s Eye always has a beautiful new release and although I’m glad they grew up and away from their cartoon-styled beginnings with Frame-Ups, I’m so happy they have stayed true to their idea of offering die-cuts and frames to match their paper collections. Those little extras always make their lines stand out for me, and what made me extra happy was Follow Your Heart – a new line by Rhonna Farrer. I’ve long loved Rhonna style as a designer and since then I’ve come to know Rhonna as a person and she inspires me at every turn. So do I want to scrap with all her new papers? Of course! And it doesn’t hurt that they are so very pretty, of course.
Follow your Heart comes in two parts – one line has more pinks and the other has more blues, but neither line really screams boy or girl. It’s merely a shift in the focus colours, and the two lines could be used together or separately. They both have plenty of lovely details, like brads, twine, gems, buttons and clips to coordinate with the papers, stickers and chipboard.
The chipboard accents come as full 12×12 sheets, packed with a variety of embellishments. This shows the two colour schemes side by side – the blue on the left is the ‘Be Amazing’ collection and the pink option on the right is ‘Be Happy’ – but I don’t think there is a definite masculine/feminine divide here, so just pick whatever you like!
‘Enjoy the journey’ is something you’ll see throughout Rhonna’s work, and I love how she pairs it with symbolic motifs – bicycles, butterflies, balloons. Plus that means you can mix and match these elements with paper collections from other manufacturers that include those themes in the design.
And clear stamps! I still have some of Rhonna’s earliest stamp sets from way back when, because her swirls, stars and hearts are so versatile they never go out of style. These sets have a mix of classic and right on trend – perfect for something that will last.
Be Amazing has that teal and yellow that I loved at LilyBee – can’t wait to use these two lines together.
Hexagon patterns and pretty layers on the 12×12 papers. Rhonna put similar layers on her papers for the House of 3 lines at Pink Paislee a while back and I cut them out to move over the page and layer over the photos – and I’m pretty sure that’s exactly what I’ll do with this. Looking forward to it!
Then there are other collections at My Mind’s Eye – like Miss Caroline, by artist Jen Allyson. Let me just point out one thing as we start so you can get an idea of why I may have already ordered almost everything in this collection. See that stamp set? Why yes, that IS woodgrain bunting. Miss Caroline is a collection that takes a few very lovely things that are already popular in papercraft and gives them a remix to make them work together. Bunting + woodgrain = woodgrain bunting. There’s more of that to come.
Loving these banner die-cuts with a stack of words in the middle, subway-art style, plus woodgrain trim and a bunting flag shape. It comes in a couple different options with different words and colours.
There are doilies on both die-cuts and stickers. Great for layering or titles.
I think this is a new step for My Mind’s Eye – a cut-apart sheet with boxes for writing and other embellishments. I use a lot of sheets like this from Jenni Bowlin Studio and Cosmo Cricket, but I don’t think MME have had them in the line-up before. This works out more affordable than lots of separate die-cuts if you have to make a choice.
More teal and yellow popping up here. With woodgrain, of course.
There are also florals in each colour scheme, so you could take this ultra-feminine by picking and choosing which pieces of paper you like.
Wooden. Butterflies. Yep: already ordered them!
The embellishments include layered stickers and adhesive pearl designs.
The ultimate statement paper for butterfly fans!
And butterfly stamps in both woodgrain and polka dots. An entire line of taking things many of us love and putting them together. And the best bit?
All of the My Mind’s Eye release is already available to buy! I actually ordered yesterday. Click here to order My Mind’s Eye products, including Miss Caroline and Rhonna’s Follow your Heart collections. There’s even a special: orders with $25 or more in MME product receive a special gift. (No code or anything – it’s automatically added when you hit the $25 point. And as I only ordered yesterday I have no idea what the gift may be.)
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5 February 2012, 06:53
I love MME
5 February 2012, 06:58
oh goodness! I already placed my order, but missed some of the goodness you just showed – time for order #2!
5 February 2012, 07:04
Loooove MME!!!
5 February 2012, 07:12
Oh, My! I have always loved MME, but Oh, My! I LOVE this line! I especially ove the teal and yellow wood grain paper! Can’t wait to get my hands on the entire line!
5 February 2012, 07:49
Amazing photos! MME does the best brads of anyone! Their stamps sets are a super value, too.
5 February 2012, 07:53
Thank you for your well written CHA reports. Love the pics and love the texts!
5 February 2012, 08:27
So lovely!! Super excited about the new brads and buttons…
5 February 2012, 08:47
So many more lovelies from My minds eye I love the stamps sets and the doilies more things to add to the list.
5 February 2012, 09:24
Love, Love, Love MME. I want all these new collections. Love the colors, the embellishments, the woodgrain…everything.
5 February 2012, 09:30
I’m quite a new convert to MME but they are already ranking in my top 3 companies. I already have Miss Caroline on order, and the photo’s to go with them are set to one side. I can see the rest of the new collections being ordered once the bank balance allows (CHA is dangerous to my credit card :-0 )
5 February 2012, 09:46
MME has become one of my two favorite go-to companies (with Basic Grey). I can’t wait to get my hands on some of this product for my art journal- it’s so versatile!
5 February 2012, 09:54
I love MME and they again don’t disapoint! Those embellies are to die for! And all the yummy woodgrain?
5 February 2012, 10:20
These are so lovely! I’ve ordered several pieces from this already!
5 February 2012, 10:33
I love this new line of Rhonna and I see myself having a big collection of MME journaling cards of all sorts soon! Great addition to my Project Life album…
5 February 2012, 10:52
Must. Order. Now. I think I would just frame that butterfly paper and put it on the wall. =)
5 February 2012, 11:29
Ouch! My pocketbook. There is nothing in the MME release that I don’t like.
5 February 2012, 11:43
Oooh my!!! Just need each one of them!!! So hard to choose!
5 February 2012, 12:36
MME never fail to impress. Love all ranges.
5 February 2012, 13:41
I think this is my favourite so far – I love My Minds Eye and this doesn’t disappoint
5 February 2012, 13:58
I pinned Follow Your Heart-love this collection, my FAVORITE from CHA!
5 February 2012, 13:59
Oooh I’m so in love with MME…. cannot wait to receive all my lush goodness from the store!
5 February 2012, 13:59
MME has done it again!! I love, love, love their new releases!
5 February 2012, 14:07
Gorgeous stuff!!! So excited for new butterfly embellies and such. They are still a hit with me!
5 February 2012, 14:53
I just love MME…and they haven’t failed to please here either
5 February 2012, 14:59
Hmm this is so not a “me” collection as a whole kit, but bits of it are definitely me. Will keep an eye out for this thanks Shim x
5 February 2012, 15:14
MME has always been my fav and this doesn’t change a thing!
5 February 2012, 15:17
I have seen a sneek peak at Rhonna’s line. Love it! And the other designer did a great job as well. Those wood butterflies are great! And I love the stamps offered with both lines!
5 February 2012, 15:23
I too have quite a lot of the Miss Caroline stuff on order… and I’m dying for it to come into my LSS so I can top up the rest! :) I often don’t buy MME but this year is an exception.
5 February 2012, 18:03
awesome reporting,shimelle!
i love the rhonna lines!!! they are on their way to my house now. ;)
5 February 2012, 18:45
OMG, love all the collections from MME. They have become a favorite line of mine. Love Love Love
5 February 2012, 19:14
I’ve loved almost everything from MME in recent seasons, but the collection from rhonna is extra-cool!
5 February 2012, 19:19
Love how these papers come in two different color choices.
5 February 2012, 21:20
I really like all the embellishments, particularly the packs with buttons and flags.
5 February 2012, 21:24
Love the 6×6 pads of the paper.
5 February 2012, 21:33
I think I’m falling for My Mind’s Eye…
5 February 2012, 23:25
They have some great embellishments.
6 February 2012, 00:06
I love this! This is the first post where I’ve liked it all!! Those woodgrains banners look so cute!
6 February 2012, 02:13
It’s so pretty – love the woodgrain items. I have so much on my wishlist right now and now enough time to scrap it all :-)
6 February 2012, 03:05
My favorite things in MME is truly their embellishments, their paper are beautiful but not really my style but their embellishments are juste the best.
6 February 2012, 06:43
So pretty! I love the colors and I adore their button collections!!
6 February 2012, 07:01
MME is always a favorite of mine! Will definitely be getting a lot from these collections.
6 February 2012, 08:28
I love the diecuts of MME…definitely loving the idea of the bigger sheet of those :)
6 February 2012, 10:35
Everything MME releases is gorgeous, and these collections are no exception!
6 February 2012, 11:49
On my way to order everything right now LOL! These are simply beautiful and versatile lines!
6 February 2012, 14:25
My Mind’s Eye never disappoints – thanks for sharing these pictures. I especially love their stamp sets – really good designs for a great price!
7 February 2012, 00:09
Really like MME…definetly want Rhonna’s papers.
7 February 2012, 08:20
I commented on the last teal and yellow collection so it seems only fair that I do so here – really like that sheet with the coloured wood planks. Not sure about the woodgrain bunting – I understand your math but the word that pops into my head is ‘splinters’, lol…. sorry I’ll go away now!
7 February 2012, 16:32
Be Amazing is so pretty. Gotta love that butterfly button! Please tell me that it’s not just me when I say that the common links between all the companies are bikes and balloons?! It’s not just me, right? Right?
8 February 2012, 15:59
Love this new release!
13 February 2012, 03:56
Dearest Shimelle,
I would actually love to see what you order from 2peas. Sort of like a checkout list. You always seem to find the gems and I would most likely copy your shopping list in full (lol)… Thanks for these CHA posts.
5 March 2012, 01:07
One of my favorite brands!