For the love of minis

Anyone who knows my style (whatever that is) they know that I'm a mini book kinda gal.  Oh how I love minis!!  I love to add bulk, embellish it, make it messy, add a lot of pictures of an event or subject.  Here's a couple mini books that I created using Heidi Swapp Sugar Chic collection, Color Magic, Instaframes, Banners, Stix, Washi tapes, Trimmings and labels.  I also used Studio Calico wood veneers, FindingNana insta badges,American Crafts alphas, glimmer mists, Hambly Transparencies, stamps and my trusty silhouette.

We all know about the Instagram craze.  Are you addicted?  I am.  I have an iPhone and LOVE IT!!  Along with all the apps that's involved and how easily accessible it is.  Another great thing is I can get snapshots through my daughter's perspective from her iPhone.  How easy is it to capture our everyday.  It's so wonderful!  At the same time it means more pix to scrap!  My mini instagram book that I created over a month ago showcases our everyday snapshots through instagram and my iPhone.

Here's another reason why I love my phone!  My BFF created this collage out of all the inspirations at CHA winter in Anaheim.  There are apps where you can create collages with your photos ON YOUR PHONE.  AWESOME!  There are two collage apps that I use.  Photo shake and Frame Artist which I use Frame Artist the most and LOVE IT!  So I printed them out and using Heidi's wash tape I created a cascade.

 Thanks for stopping by.  Hope this inspires you to create mini books.

CHA SUMMER 2012 HEIDI SWAPP Vintage CHic

Heidi's new release VINTAGE CHIC is just to die for! Love, love it!  I love the patterns, colors and the  map prints is so gorgeous!  She released of course Memory files but she also released mini memory file.  Ummm cute!!  Along with chipboard Memory file regular and mini so you can create sturdy memory file projects.  Another fave is the mini memory file page protectors called photo sleeve mini with different size inserts and her new Foto stacks that includes page protectors which was a fast sell out on her debut at Winter CHA.  <3.  Here's a closer look at a video of Heidi showing you her Memory Files by Scrapbook.com.  You'll also see her new mini instaframes.  So need this!

CHA SUMMER 2012

Well,  CHA summer has come and gone.  I love all the excitement and people posting all the new products from the show.  Also, videos of manufacturers booths.  I have such a long list of WANTS.  Yikes.

Trends that I noticed that is releasing this time... are of course Chevrons, mini binder books with different size page protectors that have paper collections that go along with it, of course what would the show be without Washi tapes.  Lots of season theme collections too like Christmas and Halloween.  Don't know where to look for all the new products that's coming out.  Well...there's a few places you can check out.  

SCRAPBOOK UPDATE

SCRAPBOOK.COM

TWO PEAS IN A BUCKET

SCRAP REVIEW

One of my favorites of all time is HEIDI SWAPP.  If you know me...there's no surprise there.  haha!

She released her new line of mists called COLOR SHINE.  There's 12 different colors and you can customize Heidi's Color Magic collections.  There's new memory file folders, tags and alphas!  I think I need them all.  Here's a video of Heidi demonstrating her new collection COLOR SHINE from Scrap Time.

CHA Summer 2012 – Heidi Swapp Color Shine


Here's another video where Trisha L.  talks about her COLOR SHINE collection.




Here's another one from Scrapbook.com of Heidi from CHA.




I'll be sharing more of my must haves.

Heidi Swapp CHA Winter matchbook frame

 Here's a project that I created for Heidi Swapp for her debut CHA winter last January in Anaheim.  I used her mini book and created an interactive scrapbook frame.  I used pop dots to give it some depth so that the mini book fits right into the frame and behind it is a picture of Downtown San Francisco at Justin Herman Plaza.  Lots of Heidi's awesome embellishments!!  I can't get enough of her stuff it's so fun to play with.  Hope you like it.  Thanks for looking.

5x7 Folded Card

Happy Dad's Day Father's Day Card

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Mother's Day Color Magic Memory file

It's that time of year when we celebrate all MOMs out there. This one is a tribute to my mom and our bday celebration with her on her 65th bday in Napa.  We all had such a great time and a little tipsy.  haha!   Here's a project I created using Heidi Swapp's 

Color Magic Memory file.   Check it out on Heidi Swapp's blog.  

I used Tattered Angels Chalboard in grey.  Colored "remember" with a highlighter pen.  I LOOVE using Heidi Swapp's stamps.  So fun!  Her Sugar Chic banner delights.  Sugar Chic Buzz words that are like thin epoxy stickers that's in her handwriting.   I love filling these up with different interactive mini albums that you can place so many pictures in them you'll run out!  SERIOUSLY!  

  

I used Glimmer mist to customize the color for this memory file and created an accordion using Heidi's Vintage Instaframes as the cover.  Love these so much!!  They're genius.  They also come in other colors as well.

Here I used vellum as a pocket for my tag.

Here's a photo of my whole family minus my hubby who is taking the photo.  Check out my sassy little niece.  That stinker.  Gotta love her.

 Here I am using vellum as my cover and used a decorative puncher to give texture for the edge.  I also added her labels and more buzz words.

 Oh and these yellow chevron trimmings are to DIE FOR!!  I glimmer misted them sparingly then heated it up so it would shrink up.  They're awesome!

I also used Heidi's Neon washi tape to connect the photos together.

Hope this will inspire you to create something for your mom on this Mother's Day.  Happy mother's day to all you lovely ladies out there.  Thanks Heidi again!!

Mother's Day present

Mother's day is coming up and I usually would love to give meaningful presents.  Since my mom loves my photo on my iPhone cover I decided to get her one too.  Let's hope she doesn't change her phone.

Custom iPhone Case

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"Right Now" Heidi Swapp Memory File and Storage

Today Heidi Swapp featured me and my Memory File project using her Sugar Chic collection, Memory file, Storage and Foto Stacks.  Check out her blog post.  I also used Heidi Swapp's Color Magic to cut HS words from the Silhouette machine.  Love this machine!!

I just love Heidi Swapp's Memory Storage.  Of course, I had to decorate it.  I printed the pictures using my Polaroid printer.  I used her BANNER DELIGHTS, DISCO ARROWS, STIX and used her packaging as washi tape.

Heidi Swapp packaging as "washi tape".

Heidi Swapp's foto stacks made into a pocket.  Great to add more photos, memorabilia and journaling.

Hope you enjoyed my project.

Thanks for looking.