Wanted to share this mini book I made for Rory's First Birthday Party. The album is from Heidi Swapp's Color Magic collection for Michaels Stores. I love the butterfly design and was able to add my own colors with Color Shine sprays. The whole book came together very quick. I added some extra patterned pages to the white ones that came with the book so I could include all of the photos we took.
I looked and looked for a great pink to use on the Heidi Swapp Color Magic Paper that would match the banner from Rory's Birthday Party. I had already sketched a layout in my notebook...
And I had tried a couple other options for the background, then I found the perfect marker at Micheals, yay!! Here is the background with the banner attached...just waiting for pictures and embellishments.
So, let's be honest, this layout has been sitting around my scrapbook table for months. Almost a year. Today I was able to pick it up with a couple pictures and add embellishments, some of which I have had for a long time. This is one of my favorite parts of scrapbooking- finding the perfect "thing" and using it to record a memory. Whether that "thing" is paper or sticker, new or old, the important part is that a story is being told. In this case it is my daughter's story told to her by her mommy.
Have had a chance to play with this mini album for the past few days. When I saw this last weekend at Michaels, I thought it would be perfect for Wyatt's Super Hero Fourth Birthday and all the great pictures we took at Dewar's. This is just a little before and after of the album cover, which I painted with chalkboard spray paint. It turned out "super" cute!!
One of my favorite parts about these Memory Files is how versatile they are. I was able to take several classes from Heidi Swapp over the past few months and really love how she uses them to create mini albums or books within the files. This project is from a class Heidi taught at my local scrapbook store (more on that wonderful experience later) and it was perfect to contain a bunch of snapshots from the first couple months of Rory's life. Here are a few shots of the exterior, which is simple and fun and I love that chevron!
I am already working on a baby book for Rory, but I wanted to create a little something that had a different feel and could show our daily life and the "learning to live with a newborn" phase we all went through. The photos are not anything spectacular and they don't really even go together or match the papers I used, but that is what I LOVE about this (and the Memory File idea). This is outside of what I would have created on my own and honestly it may not even have been created at all.
Inside the file (one the left inside cover), there is a photo stack that has a bunch of little photos from the first few days at home. In the pocket I added a card, turned into a mini book, with a couple pictures all from one day.
Cutting the files and adding layers of patterned papers make the perfect place for more photos and journaling. I was able to put 35 pictures into this one file, with plenty of room for more- that is unbelievable for one project!!
Like I said above, this Memory File was from a class taught by Heidi Swapp, who created these fabulous products and helped me make this beautiful project and tell my story.
One of my favorite scrapbook pages from this past year. Also one of the first pages I made using Heidi Swapp Color Magic products. Love it all!!!
Over the weekend I participated in a scrapbooking challenge where I created this layout with specific products then posted it to my Instagram. This afternoon, while at the grocery store with both my kiddos, my phone started notifying me several times in a row. When I had a chance to check it I was shocked that I had WON!
I can not believe I am writing my 100th post! So exciting to hit a "milestone" of sorts on my blog! When I started this blog years ago, I just wanted a place to share the fun things in my life. The meaning of that has definitely changed, and always will, but I truly enjoy this page and hope everyone that stops by does too!
-hilari
You know when you find something and you think "This is exactly what I have been looking for!" That is what happened to me and the new Heidi Swapp Color Shine sprays.
So a few months back when I started scrapbooking more often, I went out looking for new products. Specifically, new ways to add color to my projects. This was about the time I was first using the Heidi Swapp Color Magic products. I remember standing in a local craft store searching for a spray mist or paint with some sheen or glitter. That was not what I was finding on the market with the spray mists. I would find ink, paints, and little spray bottles any color of the rainbow, but nothing that knocked my socks off. Until the Summer CHA show in July, when Heidi Swapp debuted this magical little product, Color Shine, to coordinate with the Color Magic. This past week, those three little bottles appeared at our home and they are AMAZING! Exactly what I needed and perfectly inspiring. It transforms everything it touches...
...canvas fabric, Color Magic papers, and plain photos corners.
Here is the first project I completed using this fabulous stuff; a single page layout with canvas dyed the perfect shade of pink shine :)
Supplies used on this layout include: Heidi Swapp Mini Memory Files, Vintage Chic paper, Primrose Color Shine, banners, labels, ghost hearts, crystals and pink flowers, Pink Paislee Mistables canvas border, Bazzill cardstock, Making Memories stick pins, other: rhinestone flower center, photo corners, ribbons, and mini tags.
Although these are not my favorite photos, I do believe in telling our family stories and recording memories for my children and I love how this page did just that.
I am so excited for next week because I am taking a three part class from Heidi Swapp, my FAVORITE paper craft designer! Yesterday I got an email with some prep instructions and I could not wait to bust open the box of class supplies. Now I actually have a moment to do just that!! Yay! Here we go...
