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.

Heidi Swapp at Scrapbook Island

It's always fun taking Heidi Swapp's class at Scrapbook Island in San Jose. It's about 1 hour & 15 min to get there but it took us a little longer due to the really bad weather. It was pouring! It was so bad we could barely see the road for part of our way there. Craziness.
There were a totally of three classes. I was only able to take 2. We worked with all of her new collections which a lot of them are sold out. The first one was creating a magnetic book and the second one was using her Color Magic file folders. We made 2 mini albums in that class. How awesome! I love playing with mists and distress inks & stains. I still have to finish them but I will post pictures as soon as I'm done. The last class was an interactive MEMORY FILE book. Wish I could've stayed but had to go to Santa Cruz to celebrate a good friends 40th birthday.
Here's some photos from class.
I'll have more later.

Heidi Swapp @ Scrapbook Island

This weekend we're going to Scrapbook Island in San Jose for Heidi Swapp's classes. So exciting! We get to play with her new products plus I get to visit Scrapbook Island. Check out her blog & Scrapbook Island for class descriptions.

Heidi Swapp Color Magic and Distress Stains

I've been experimenting with Heidi Swapp's Color Magic and different products to use on these wonderful papers.  I LOVE using Tattered Angels Glimmer mist products, Tim Holtz distress stains and inks.  Another product I haven't played with in so long are watercolors.  Here's a layout I used using Heidi's Color Magic with Tim Holtz's distress stains Antique Linen and Sugar Spun.  Distressed the edges with Distress ink in Vintage Photo.  I also cut up the flower from her SUGAR CHIC line Beautiful.  I then painted over the flower with Tattered Angels Chandelier- my all time FAVE!  I stamped the date using vintage Heidi date stamp.  I cut up another color magic strip to place right below the photo and underneath that I used her BANNER DELIGHTS.   The "Dream Big" is from my Silhouette.  Love it!  I also distressed the manila tag and stamped it that's placed behind the photo for added journaling. 

I can't get enough of these papers!  So fun.  Hope this has inspired you to create a little COLOR MAGIC in your projects.

Here's what it looks like using the pearl watercolors and water brush.

Heidi Swapp chalkboard frame

We're slowly decorating my tween daughter's room and thought that a cute chalkboard frame is just what the room needed.

Here's a simple chalkboard frame my daughter painted and I just adhered Heidi Swapp's  beautiful DRAMA paper from her newly released SUGAR CHIC COLLECTIONS.  Dressed it up with some vintage Heidi Swapp embellies. I left room at the top so she can change out the picture...right now she's all about being in HAWAII.  This is to display on her bedroom wall and be able to write with chalk whatever sayings, thoughts or words she wants to express.  Love, love the chalkboard paint and such an inexpensive project.  Hope you enjoyed my project.  Stay tuned for more Heidi Swapp projects...next month she will feature for the whole month of April MEMORY FILES.   You will love it!

Heidi Swapp website launch Party!!

It's finally here...HEIDI SWAPP'S launch party for her website.  Check it all out.  She's having giveaways on the blog every hour so head on over.  This blinkie is used to put on your FB profile to enter to win.  There's a party going on over there.

She's featuring her products and giving them away as prizes so go on and enter to win.  Here are some videos she's featuring on her site.  Color Magic, Trimmings, Silhouette tutorial and HS CHA projects:

a QUICK look at Color MAGIC by Heidi Swapp from heidi swapp on Vimeo.

Heidi Swapp's Trimmings from heidi swapp on Vimeo.

Silhouette PNG tutorial from heidi swapp on Vimeo.

CHA 2012 Project Slideshow from heidi swapp on Vimeo.

LOVE, LOVE all of Heidi's PRODUCTS and INSPIRATIONS!!  

CONGRATULATIONS HEIDI!!  Your website looks FaBuLoUs!!!

She loves her iPhone

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Love Day

I know this is late but... For the few weeks before Love day Starbucks had cups in honor of Valentines. Love it!!

I love making this card from an app called Red Stamp. It's a photo card for any occasion. It's pretty cool.
I also created one using a freebie and can't remember from where. I totally forgot to write it down. Will post it if I find it.
It was during the week and we both had work. So we just had a quiet dinner at home and ordered dessert to go from BJs called the Pazookies. It's basically a cookie with ice cream. It was our first time. We've made our own before and I think I like ours better. This one was too doughy. It was a nice quiet evening without the busyness in the restaurants.
Hope everyone had a great Love Day.

CHA winter | Girls night out

Our first night was such a blast! It was great to be out. Lisa & I met Patti, Nidia & Anne at House of Blues for dinner and drinks. After dinner we went to the outside bar at Downtown Disney for more drinks. It was so fun talking and laughing our heads off. Hilarious!