Heidi Swapp DIY Christmas wrap

There is nothing better than handmade gift wrap at Christmas time and with Heidi's new DIY Gift Wrap  collection it is now even easier. Today I want to share  a quick tutorial with you - how to create your very own wrapping paper using the new Kraft paper roll, wooden stamps and new ink pads. Let me share  one of my projects I have been working on first. I love the combo of kraft, red and white it is such a gorgeous Christmas color combination.



 I also used the beautiful new velvet ribbon and some of the Decorative kraft tags to finish off my wrapping!

 

Let's see how I created my gift wrap.

 

 I started with the roll of the DIY Gift Wrap Wrapping paper in  kraft , the red and white  Christmas Stamp pads, two wooden christmas stamps, the kraft tags, white feathers from the Feather embellishment pack and the beautiful black, Red and Black Gift Wrap ribbon set.

 

To begin I unrolled a length of the kraft paper and used the red ink and believe stamp and randomly filled my page with the red word.

 

Then using the white ink and Merry word I was more selective with where I placed the stamp, I only wanted a small smattering of the white on my paper.

 

Using some soft organza from my stash I stitched it into a gathered thread and then to cover the stitching I laid over the gorgeous red velvet ribbon.

 

 I then grabbed one of the kraft tags and added some white stamping on it to decorate the tag. I made sure to stamp off the tag to make it look more random.

 

I layered one of the white and gold paper feathers over the tag and tied them with some silver thread.

 

Lucky for me I have already started my Christmas shopping so I have the perfect excuse to start wrapping! This collection will be available at select  Jo-Ann stores and online and independent stores! Supplies- DIY Gift Wrap collection: Wrapping Paper Kraft, Decorative Tags Kraft, Ribbon Set Black and Red, Stamp pad red, Stamp pad white, Embellishment Kit Feather

Heidi Swapp Memory Planner- September pages

I'm back today with more of my Heidi Swapp memory planner pages.  I just love that I am getting all my family's every day stories recorded for 2016.  Let me share my September pages.

I was excited to see a photo I had taken in a recent catalogue from Spotlight. I tore it out of the catalogue, laminated it in my Minc and then punched holes in the side and popped it into my planner.

Sometimes a small amount of journaling and embellishments is enough.

I used one of the Minc laminating pouches to seal a 4x6 photo and added it to my planner.

Pretty washi to hold down a photo!

 I love that I can add photos instantly to my planner with my Polaroid Zip!

Instant recording of school holiday memories.

I used my We R Memory Keepers Typewriter to add some typed journaling to my page.

Finally the beginning of my October pages with a downloadable that Heidi created and I printed off which you can find here.

Again I sealed it in my Minc with a laminating pouch and slipped it into my planner!

Thanks for dropping by!

Heidi Swapp Happy Birthday Lightbox

My eldest turned 10 recently and we had a lovely pool party with his friends. To celebrate his birthday  I created a little birthday vignette with my Heidi Swapp lightbox and some of the new letters and icons coming soon.

The new mini lightbox letters and icons are just too cute. That baby Piñata and birthday hats suited the theme of my vignette perfectly.

The new inserts are so much fun. They come with three inserts in a pack but I only added the spotty insert to my middle section of my lightbox. and those multi coloured letters....well are they just so cool!

He is into Monster Trucks at the moment so I was lucky to have my friend make his cake for him.

These inserts, letters and icons will be at your local Joann stores and independent or online very soon.

This is a personal blog. All editorial content and projects are intellectual property of glasshalffull.blogspot. I do receive financial compensation and material product from American Crafts to develop my craft posts, but all ideas and opinions are my own. 

Heidi Swapp Memory Planner

Hey everyone I am here to share pages from my Heidi Swapp Memory Planner. I am loving that I can get my everyday memories recorded in such a succinct but yet creative way. Let me share my pages from late July and August, my September pages will be coming very.

This page celebrates the last week of our Winter school  holidays so there are lots of photos.

I added a Chipboard die cut with some glitter stickers  from the Memory Planner collection.

Stamps are an easy way to embellish your planner pages.

 Lots more photos printed with Polaroid Zero Ink printer.

Here I added a piece of Pink Paislee Transparency to my page for a pop of colour.

More Glitter alphabet stickers.

I added a 5x7 card from American Crafts directly to one of my pages.

I love using the Clear 4 x 4 cards as embellishments for my pages.

and the stickers from the  Memory Planner collection are a perfect way fill a page.

 This really is the easiest and quickest way to get your family's every day memories recorded.

This is a personal blog. All editorial content and projects are intellectual property of glasshalffull.blogspot. I do receive financial compensation and material product from American Crafts to develop my craft posts, but all ideas and opinions are my own. 

Jot mood board

There's a beautiful fresh mood board over at Jot magazine. It is so me and I couldn't wait to create for this one.

My layout for the mood board.

I hope you get a chance to play along.