Introducing Heidi Swapp's first e* idea book…. MAKE PRETTY STUFF Vol 1 issue 1

It's finally here….Make Pretty Stuff ebook.  This amazing book is filled with ideas and inspirations from Heidi Swapp's collection HELLO TODAY available at Michaels.  It's very interactive with links to blog posts, tutorials and downloadable projects.  It's amazing!! You'll want to take your time looking through it and refer to it over and over again.  The best part is that it's FREE! What? What?


http://issuu.com/heidikastelerswapp/docs/hellotoday2014_ebook

Enjoy and Make Pretty Stuff!

Hello Today

Hey there crafters!  Some of you have probably heard about the huge buzz going around about Heidi Swapp's new releases at Michaels.  Today Heidi debuts her HELLO TODAY Collection and Memory File planner.  These collections just have an amazing colors of Navy with splashes of beautiful pinks, greens, yellows and kraft colors.   Not to mention an endless amounts of embellishments.  Check out Heidi's website showcasing HELLO TODAY MEMORY FILE PLANNER.  There's also a video about it as well.  She also has a video on MY CRAFT CHANNEL and shares a closer look at her Hello Today.  Here's my Memory File Planner that I had started.  The great thing is that it's also a keepsake of your everyday that you can reminisce anytime you wish.  Enjoy!

That "LOVE" is a stamp and die cut. Love it!

How cool would it be to place  a mini post it in the planner? I love using post it's. 

Love everything HELLO TODAY! Heidi has done it again.  Amazing! 

Heidi Swapp Believe Ornaments with Epiphany Crafts

More photos of my Believe Ornaments with Epiphany crafts from Heidi Swapp's blog.  Start off with these plastic ornaments, chalkboard paint, Heidi Swapp Believe 6x6 paper pad and Epiphany Crafts tools.

Then add those adorable Epiphany Crafts charms to it and it's complete!

These small sisel trees you can get at Michaels are perfect for these ornaments.  Just spray Citron Color Shine add glue dots on the bottom and place inside the ornament.

Here's a closer look.

Hawaii vacation Project Life style featured in Jot Magazine Issue 3

I'm so thrilled to show you my take on how you can document your vacation memories Project Life style in the New Jot Magazine Issue 3.  It's a great and easy way to document your memories for your family to enjoy. Here I used Heidi Swapp's No Limits paper pack available at Michaels as well as some No Limits in her digital store.

Creepy Halloween Tray

Hope everyone had a great and safe Halloween.  Mine was quiet this year and just passed out goodies with my girl.  Here's a tray made out of Heidi Swapp Wood Shadow Box, Heidi digi, HS Mixed Company,Color shine, Color Magic and my trusty Silhouette Cameo.  Did you know that you can create and customize your own rub ons using digital elements?  More details on Heidi Swapp's blog.

Amazing Moments

School has started and summer has come and gone.  We love going to the beach in the summer time and take tons of photos.  I wanted to create a layout that includes a lot of photos.  Check out for more details on Heidi Swapp's blog.

I first printed out a few favorite photos.  I printed one at 8x10, a few 4x6's and a few from my Instagram photos at 4x4.  The great thing about digital/hybrid scrapbooking is that you can create awesome designs on your photos.  You can use any of the png files from Heidi Swapp's Digi shop or create your own text from any fonts you have on your computer.  The possibilities are endless!  Here's just a few steps on how I created some text and words on my photos in Photoshop.

You're going to open up your file from Heidi's digi Summer collection.  Click onto "summer" word file and it opens up into Photoshop.

Then drag the word to the photo and adjust by grabbing on of the four corners while holding the shift key.  Then type a word in any other font you wish.  The font I used is called Seascape.

On one of my other photos I used the digi quote from her Gratitude kit by doing the same thing as previous.

Also, once you've added any word art  you'll want to "flatten" your layers.

Other digi art I used is from her digi Word Quotes.  Don't forget to rename them and save.  Once this is done then you can print them whatever sizes you wish.

I hope you'll try adding those digi elements to your photos.

Happy Scrappin'

Crazy Good adventures in a Shadow Box

I love creating home decor of pictures from a vacation or a little getaway.  Heidi Swapp's Shadow box is just perfect to create a memory that you can display in your home.  Check out Heidi Swapp's blog for more details.  Here are just a little more fun tips to make your project come to life.  

I love my iPhone because you can do so much with it.  You can also take photos, document your day, edit your photos and connect to social media about what you're doing, eating and feeling.  It's pretty amazing.   

One of the apps that I use most in my projects is called HP Live Photo.  This app allows you to print a photo with a video embedded in it. All you do is open the app, hover your phone over the pix making sure it has the HP symbol or logo on it and watch your photo come to life.   A W E S O M E!  Watch here.

If you notice I printed out quite a few pictures from our trip that had videos and incorporated it throughout my book.  It's a great way to watch our memories come to life.

Here's another app I used to incorporate into my projects.  It's called QR Reader for the iPhone.  You can scan QR codes and create them to print out of your favorite videos from YOUTUBE.  Since we went to Magic Mountain and rode on some amazing roller coasters I wanted to be able to see what each roller coasters were like.  So I went on YOU Tube to search on specific ones, created a code and printed them digitally onto Heidi Swapp's digi NO LIMITS NOTE CARDS.  Along with her other digi elements from her INSTAFRAMES: COLORFUL digi collections.  

I first opened up in photoshop all of the digital elements I wanted to use as well as the QR code.  dragged and dropped onto the note card layer. You can also add your photo but I wanted to print it out then adhere to the card. 

Once you have all your digital elements onto the card. Go to layer and flatten image.  Then save and print.  Now just use the app to hover your phone over the code and voila!  You can watch your video on your phone.

One of the rides that was just our favorite of the whole park was TATSU.  I found a video of it on YOUTUBE and created the QR code.  So now you can watch just how scary and fun this ride is. I

created one for all the roller coaster rides we went onto. So fun!

I hope that I've inspired you to create some photos that come to life to add to your projects that you can cherish.

thanks for coming by.

Stencil Canvas and Organization

Today I share my canvas I created using Heidi Swapp's Stencils from Michaels and some tips from Heidi's Stencil Magic online class that's self paced with videos and pdfs.

Here's some tips on how you can store your stencils.   I store mine in a 12x12 storage box you can get from Michaels. I like that I can toss my stencils in when I'm finished with it.

Another you can use a 12x12 page protector that has 6x6 slots by We R Memory Keepers for your 6x6 stencils as well as a 12x12 page protector for your 12x12 stencils in a binder.  Or if you like you can place your 12x12 that has your 6x6 stencils in the box too.  Hope this helps on how to organize your stencils.

#hshometown in San Francisco

I'm loving all the rest of the Media Teams sharing their hometown.  It's amazing to experience where they live through their perspective.  It's my turn on Heidi Swapp's blog today to share where I live.

San Francisco.  This view is from Treasure Island.  It's right off the Bay Bridge and you can stop their to get a beautiful shot of San Francisco's skyline.  How Gorgeous is that?  SF lends itself to have many historical landmarks such the iconic Golden Gate Bridge, Alcatraz an island that housed notorious criminals and cable cars just to name a few. 

I created a Memory File Album to highlight some of what you can find in what we call The City.

Here's more photos of San Francisco.  We just love it here.  There's so much you can do.  If you want to shop you can take a trip to Union Square where there are a vast number of high end stores, Westfield Mall which has Nordstrom, Bloomingdale and many more other stores.  Night life is big there too.  There are so many night clubs, restaurants, bars, venues to watch opera and music concerts.  Food is amazing there too!  There are so many to choose from and so many different types of food.  It's endless.  Our favorite ice creamery is called Bi Rite.  My daughter request to stop by for their Salted Caramel ice cream all the time.  We've tried other salted caramel elsewhere but nothing tastes like theirs.

There's just so much to see and do in this city.  Check out this video and more photos of The City (San Francisco) or this video.

Oh and here's a video of those sea lions at Pier 39 I was talking about.