Celebrating International Joke Day

My youngest son is the joker in the family. He is aways telling jokes and playing tricks on us so in celebration of "International Joke Day" I decided to create a layout to commemorate the occasion.

I decided to combine 2 of my favourite Heidi Swapp collections- Color Fresh and Wolf pack and I adore the way they worked so beautifully together. The best thing is you can find both collections at JoAnn !

I began with the background wood grain pattern paper from the Wolf Pack collection. I then cut a pie shape design I found in the Silhouette store from white cardstock and layered it over another piece of white cardstock. Next I chose some favorite papers from both collections to back each pie piece. I used the Wolf Pack thickers to add my title and then added one of the Gold Puffy sticker words from the Color Fresh collection to add a subtitle. 

I added ephemera pieces from the both collections to embellish my page. I love how they add pops of color throughout the layout to draw your eye around.

To complete my layout I added some strip journaling. I love how my layout came out. It is so important to record the personalities of our loved ones! I love looking back and seeing how my boys have grown and changed! 

Dont forget you can find both collections at JoAnn!

Minc + Memory Planner

As you are reading this I am probably jet setting my way from Brisbane Australia to Europe for an amazing trip of a lifetime. My family and I are spending 5 weeks in several European countries and I am so excited! 

I wanted a way to signify this in my Heidi Swapp  Memory Planner so I created a printable on my computer and then printed it off on some vellum using my laser printer! I then went ahead and ran it through my Heidi Swapp Minc with some delish Rainbow foil. I used my Planner hole punch  and then added it into my Memory Planner.

I added one of the Stickers from the Color Fresh sticker sheet onto the piece of vellum to help tell more of  the story as well as stapling on one of the Tabs.

I love the bright bold pops of color of the Rainbow Foil.

and the softness of the vellum really makes the Rainbow foil pop!

 I cannot wait to start creating  some fabulous memories to add into my Memory Planner.

Heidi Swapp magnetic calendar

I love this little corner in my home. It is where I display my Heidi Swapp light boxes, photos, nick nacks  and now my Heidi Swapp Magnetic Calendar .

It sits on a stand up magnetic frame and it is so easy to change out the date by simply lifting off the number magnets and adding the new magnets.

It has some fun coloured month markers which allows it to suit any decor.

I love my little corner, it makes me happy everytime I walk past! You can find the  Handmade By Heidi Magnetic calendar at your local JoAnn store!

I love Color Fresh!

I am totally in love with the Heidi Swapp  Color Fresh  collection. The bright vibrant colours and designs appeal to my colour loving self and I can't stop making layouts with the collection. I also love that you can find it at your local JoAnn store!

 This photo was taken on Mother's Day this year and I couldn't wait to get it scrapped. I started with two pattern papers from the Color Fresh collection and layered them on top of each other.

I then cut that fun cut file from Paige Evans with some white card stock and layered it onto a piece of white card stock. I then layered on my photo and embellishments from the Color Fresh Ephemera pack.

I then added that layered heart cut from some of my favourite patterns from the collection and adhered it over the Love cut file.

I typed my journaling onto one of the Color Fresh tags and slipped it behind my photo for some hidden journaling. I cannot wait to scrap again with this gorgeous fun and bright collection. The best thing is you can find this collection at your local JoAnn store!

Heidi Swapp Travel journal

In 2 weeks my family and I are heading to Europe for the trip of a life time! We will be spending 5 weeks travelling around from London, France, Italy and Greece. I wanted to make myself a travel diary to write down my thoughts and favourite places visited so I decided to use the Heidi Swapp Journal Studio Gold Glitter Journal.

I began by adding a couple of Charms to the elastic around the cover. I added one of the Paige Evans charms from her Horizon collation too.

I then took out the "Lets Do This" journal and got to work.  I decided to make a title page for each city we were visiting then count out the number of days spent there and leave that may pages free. I ended up being able to fit our whole trip in the one journal.

I love the way the journal looks inside the gold glitter cover. Each title page was created the same way. I trimmed a piece of white cardstock to fit the page, cut a cut file on my Silhouette cameo then adhered it to the white cardstock. I then adhered the white cardstock to the page. On the opposite side I trimmed a piece off pattern paper to fit the page and then embellished the pages.

I created my title page using a Paige Evans cut file that I cut on white cardstock. I embellished the cut file with some stickers from the Heidi Swapp Color Fresh collection.

Next I added a piece of pattern paper from the Paige Evan's Horizon collection to the left and that suitcase cut file file on the right. I used some of the clear stamps from the collection to embellish the journal card.

For london I used that Paige Evans  clock cut file that I cut in half. On the left I added that pattern paper from the Heidi Swapp Color Fresh collection and embellished with stickers from the Color Fresh sticker booklet. 

For Paris I used another pattern paper from the Color Fresh collection and added some of my vintage Heidi Swapp stamps on the Journal Studio card.

Another peice of Color Fresh pattern paper, washi and ephemera from the Journal Studio collection and that cool cut file from Paige Evans.

The gorgeous pattern paper from the Paige Evans Horizon collection is the perfect way to introduce Florence. I added ephemera from the Journal studio collection and that fun Paige Evans' cut file.

That striped pattern paper again from the Color Fresh collection was the perfect complement to the Adventure Cut file from Paige Evans. 

I found this stunning cut file in the Silhouette store and couldn't wait to use it for my Venice title page. More vintage Heidi Swapp stamping and on the left that striking pattern paper from the Heidi Swapp Color Fresh collection.

Another cute cut file I found in the Silhouette store, more pattern paper from the Color Fresh collection and ephemera from the Journal Studio collection represents Athens.

Finally some bright bold pattern paper from the Paige Evens Horizon collection and layered Journal Studio ephemera pieces kick start my Greek Islands title page. Teamed with that fun Cut file from the Silhouette store and fun stamping completes my travel journal!
We are so excited to go and I cannot wait to fill it up with all of my favourite memories.

Supplies - Heidi Swapp Journal Studio collection,  Heidi Swapp Color Fresh collection, Paige Evans Horizon collection