Thursday, November 21, 2013

Heidi Swapp Mixed Company Blog Share

"The world is round so that friendship may encircle it."

Thank you so much for joining us in our 2nd Blog Share!  You should have made your way from Jody's blog.  If this is your first stop please head on over to GIA at The Painted Crane This month we are featuring products from Heidi Swapps Mixed Company and Color Magic lines!  I can not get enough of this Color Magic paper!!  It is so much fun to work with the Color Magic and Heidi Swapps Color Shine.  The Color Shine comes in so many colors there are endless possibilities with this stuff!!  If you have not yet got your hands on some Color Shine and Color Magic I highly suggest putting this at the top of your wish lists friends!!  The first project I want to share with you is actually the last project I completed and I think it is one of my favorites because it was super easy, fun and quick!  I took one 12x12 piece of Color Magic added three different colors of Color Shine (Sweet Cherry Mint Green and Mustard) to it and once it was dry I cut it down to 6 fronts measuring 5 1/4x4 I then took some of my favorite Heidi Swapp stickers and added simple sentiments to the card fronts!  I then adhered 3 of these to black card bases to create simple but O so super cute cards!


I also now have three card fronts ready to go whenever needed!  Next up I have a very special layout I created using one of the photos taken while attending one of Heidi's classes at Hannah's Home Accents!  What an amazing experience meeting HEIDI SWAPP!  She truly is the sweetest!  I knew I had to scrap this photo and this layout will be going in frame and hung up in my craft space!  




My last two projects are mini albums of coarse!  I am a mini album lover and I just can not get enough of them!  I love that my babies are going to have boxes filled with all these albums of documented memories!  All the big and little moments in life, hand written journaling, photos, receipts, letters, all kinds of great stuff for them to enjoy and to pass on to their kids!  My first album is of our sweet baby Eli James!  I used the Mixed Company Fotostack to create my album adding an extra flap to the cover so I could journal on the other side.  I added Instagrams of Eli that I have taken this year with little bits and prices of ephemera here and there and even pulled out some of my Heidi Swapp stickers I had in my stash.  I love how her lines can easily be mixed and matched so well!  I also used my Epiphany Crafts tool to help hold my ribbon closure and the royal blue sequins on the cover are from JODY at SpiegelMom Scraps.









Now let me just share with you why I created this last project!  You all know those plastic photo sleeves that come in your wallet?  Well I am always using them for the kids school pictures or sports photos because we all know we end up with a ton of wallet sized photos!  I wanted something pretty to have in my purse to hold my kids photos!  So when someone asked to see photos of my kids I can show them the photos in something nice and pretty and not just a flimsy plastic photo sleeve in my wallet!  Take a look at what I created!







How stinkin cute is this little mini photo album!?  There is even room for three more photos once the last page is turned!  The base of this album is made using one piece of 12x12 cardstock and is super simple to create!  Thank you all so much for stopping today and being a part of our 2nd Blog Share!  A huge thank you to Gia for putting together this whole idea of the Blog Shares and for putting together these fabulous kits!!  Make sure you head on over to JENN'S blog and see what amazing things she has put together with her kit full of Heidi's amazing products!  Here is a look at the upcoming blog share schedule

The BIG REVEAL of something very special DECEMBER 1, 2013....save the date

January 9, 2014-Close to My Heart Laughing Lola, sponsored by Lynn Darda, CTMH independent consultant
Joining us: Erica Thompson, Lynn Darda, Jody Spiegelhoff, and newcomer Cassandra Henson/CTMH consultant and future Kiwi Lane Designs demonstrator 


January 23,2013-Carta Bella WildflowerJoining us: Erica Thompson, Jody Spiegelhoff, Jenn Bidwell Edwardson, Cathie Hollins, and Lacey Igo Gasper


February date TBD: Hazel and Ruby ( a brand new scrapbooking company)Gone Typo and Chalk It Up
Joining Us: Jody, Erica, Lacey, Cathie, Jenn, Lacey, and Janey, and  you?? 
 

23 comments:

  1. Love all the work you did Erica. The two minis are great, right up my alley. I love the color you achieved on the cards.

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    1. Thank you Jenn! I almost did not want to cut apart the 12x12 color magic piece because it was so pretty after I had sprayed it!

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  2. I thinks it's amazing just how different all of the project look and feel - even though they were all made from the same kit! Love all of your projects, Erica, especially that photo album!

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    1. Thanks so much Amanda! I agree with you! I love that we all used the same collection and there is such a variety of style in our projects! So fun!

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  3. Oh my gosh, they're all absolutely ADORABLE! (the projects AND the kids ;) ). Wonderful work, as always, Erica!

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    1. Thank you so much Val!! They are a crazy cute bunch of kids that's for sure!! Thanks so much for stopping and for the bloggy love!!

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  4. Sweet Erica! I adore these projects, especially your mini & that fab layout with Heidi Swapp!! I really love the edges of that mini album :)

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  5. I love your 12x12 layout. You have also convinced me to go get more color shine!

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    1. Thank You!!! I love the color shine so much!! I only have 5 of them so the rest are at the top of my list!! I can not wait to get the coral color shine!! Thanks so much for stopping today!!

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  6. Erica I just adore the cards you made and your minis are always sooo inspiring. But what completely floored me this time was your wallet mini and your layout with the woman herself. It was so cool you got to meet her. You have done an amazing job- I just LOVE doing these blog shares with you. HUGS!!

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  7. The cards are fantastic! The 12x12 page is so pretty...loving the bunting!! Oh my gosh, the mini book is amazing!!! You know I'm a fan!!! ♥

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  8. Beautiful cards. Love how simple they are! Great layout, awesome albums! you have so many fantastic projects to share! Nice work :)

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  9. Sometimes I think a mini album needs to be bigger...thanks for reminding me that simple is good..no...great. Beautiful work

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  10. Aren't you the clever girl- sneaking those pix of Heidi onto your projects!!! I love the colorful card fronts- I am so with you on nothing makes me happier than a big old POP! of color.

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  11. Wow, so much inspiration in one place! Love what you did with the color products on the card fronts. Your mini is amazing and those pics are soooo adorable, especially the sleepy one. What a great idea for showing your kiddos' school pics. Keep sharing your awesome ideas.

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  12. Awesome creation erica !! Love Heidi Swapp specially the words and letters!!

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  13. Love the idea for the last mini album. CUTE!!! All the projects were adorable!

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  14. I love your cards Erica! Beautiful colors. I will have to check out the paper and color shine. And the mini album, LOVE IT!!! A great way to keep the kids pictures in your purse, not to mention creative and crafty. No other mom will have one.

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  15. i just LOVE every bit of it! great joB! thank you so much for sharing!! makes me so happy to see this stuff in action!

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  16. Erica these projects are awesome!! I LOVE the cards and that mini ROCKS!! Oh, and did I mention I'm super jealous that you got to meet Heidi Swapp (who is aparently as much of a night owl as I am based on her time stamp for her comment above! lol

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  17. So cute! Love the cards, so bright and fun! And the mini is just cute cute cute! Love it all! So glad you guys are having fun with these blog shares, such a great idea!

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  18. Amazing projects, Erica!! I LOVE the cards, I could look at them all day :) Gorgeous work...all of it!

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