Monday, October 24, 2016

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.

Heidi Swapp DIY Christmas wrap

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

  Heidi Swapp DIY Christmas wrap

Let's see how I created my gift wrap.

  Heidi Swapp DIY Christmas 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.

  Heidi Swapp DIY Christmas wrap

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.

  Heidi Swapp DIY Christmas wrap

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.

  Heidi Swapp DIY Christmas wrap

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.

  Heidi Swapp DIY Christmas wrap

 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.

  Heidi Swapp DIY Christmas wrap

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

  Heidi Swapp DIY Christmas wrap

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


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Monday, October 17, 2016

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.

Kim Jeffress for Heidi Swapp Memory Planner

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.

Kim Jeffress for Heidi Swapp Memory Planner

Sometimes a small amount of journaling and embellishments is enough.

Kim Jeffress for Heidi Swapp Memory Planner

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

Kim Jeffress for Heidi Swapp Memory Planner

Pretty washi to hold down a photo!

Kim Jeffress for Heidi Swapp Memory Planner

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

Kim Jeffress for Heidi Swapp Memory Planner

Instant recording of school holiday memories.

Kim Jeffress for Heidi Swapp Memory Planner

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

Kim Jeffress for Heidi Swapp Memory Planner

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

Kim Jeffress for Heidi Swapp Memory Planner

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

Thanks for dropping by!
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Sunday, October 9, 2016

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.

Heidi Swapp lightbox

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

Heidi Swapp lightbox

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!

Heidi Swapp lightbox

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

Heidi Swapp lightbox

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. 

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Thursday, October 6, 2016

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.

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

Heidi Swapp memory planner

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

Heidi Swapp memory planner

Stamps are an easy way to embellish your planner pages.

Heidi Swapp memory planner

 Lots more photos printed with Polaroid Zero Ink printer.

Heidi Swapp memory planner

Heidi Swapp memory planner

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

Heidi Swapp memory planner

More Glitter alphabet stickers.

Heidi Swapp memory planner

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

Heidi Swapp memory planner

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

Heidi Swapp memory planner

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

Heidi Swapp memory planner

 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. 
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Tuesday, October 4, 2016

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.

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