When I got these pictures from Heidi Swapp, I about fell off my chair. What she did with our April mini book and kit is fabulous. I love this mini book and am so thrilled to see your kit with Heidi’s magic touch applied. You really must get this kit.
For a few more photos and a look at the layouts Heidi also created with the April 2010 Main Kit, visit our April Guest Designer Gallery.
If you haven’t purchased your April Kit yet, you can get yours here.
If you place your order for a 6-month subscription by midnight PST, March 31 and put “Heidi” in the comment field of the order, we’ll send you a free April Mini Kit.
Wanna see a little peek of the April 2010 Mini Kit? This kit is anchored by the adorable Paperdoll collection from Crate Paper.
You can pre-order yours now! Visit our shop to get yours. It’s a steal of a deal for $17. You can also get a discount on this kit if you select a 6-month or No Expiration subscription.
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A layout Heidi Swapp created using the April 2010 Main Kit from Crazy Daisy
Now, if you haven’t already heard … the oh so wonderful Heidi Swapp is our Guest Designer for April. I just posted some pictures of pages Heidi created using the April 2010 Main Kit from Crazy Daisy. Wanna see what Heidi did? Visit our Gallery and check it out.
If you order No Expiration subscription starting with the April 2010 Main Kit by March 31, then we’ll throw in an extra present with your first kit. You can get your kits here.
To say we are excited about the April 2010 Main kit is an understatement. We love it and we are beyond thrilled to have the talented and oh so fabulous Heidi Swapp as our Guest Designer.
We think we’ve made you wait long enough. Here’s a sneak peek of the April 2010 Main Kit.
This kit has goodies from Webster Pages, GCD, Jenni Bowlin, Melissa Frances, My Little Yellow Bicycle, Tattered Angels, Dear Lizzy, Prima …. just to name a few. There will also be an exclusive download from House of 3 as well. You can pre-order yours now! If you order No Expiration Kit by March 31, then we’ll throw in an extra present with your first kit. You can get your kits here.
Last week I signed up for an online scrapbooking class from Shimelle. I was intrigued by the idea behind the class, “Something for Almost Nothing.” Over the course of three weeks, Shimelle will be helping her students use up their stash. You know what stash she’s referring to …all of the scrapbooking supplies you have amassed over the years, but never use. We all hang onto certain products we love. Some of us horde paper. Some horde ribbon. Some horde kits. Some horde everything! That would be me … a hoarder of all things crafty. I have more paper than anyone one woman can ever craft with. Ditto for buttons, ribbons, chipboard, paint, fabric … and the list goes on.
In this class, Shimelle has us combing through our stash and pulling out all the things we’ve been “saving” for later. We’re creating a mini book, which is celebrating our lives, and I’m using a mini kit from last year as a foundation for this book. Also in the class, three times a week we’re given ideas for layouts and ways to use up the supplies we have. I’m loving this class. I have been taking out old Crazy Daisy kits that I never used or are half used … and am putting these awesome supplies to work. I’ve already created three 12×12 layouts, a canvas, and have a mini book started (the class started on the 10th, so I feel like I’m doing pretty well!).
The cool thing is I’m on a serious crafting and creative roll. I’ve been thinking about all things crafty nonstop and have been crafting with every spare moment I have. I love how inspired I feel. Here’s a layout I have in progress. I punched out circles in various sizes from coordinating papers. Then I ran some adhesive across the bottom of my cardstock. I started putting the circles down in no particular order. When I was finished, I sewed over the circles, just to make sure everything was secure and to added a little extra detail. I found a round chipboard journaling spot that will work perfectly for the page and I’m planning on adding some journaling (in bullet form) of all the things my little guy is doing now that he’s 11 months old! I would have never thought to do something like this, but thanks to Shimelle, I have a page that is very different than my standard pages and I used up lots of goodies in my stash.
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On an unrelated (but very cool) note … if you haven’t already heard, Heidi Swapp is our amazing guest designer for April. On her blog, she has some peeks of the projects she’s been working on using our April 2010 Main Kit. Go here to see what she’s been doing with the kit and get a little peek at what will be coming your way in April.
We’ll be posting a sneak peek of the April Kit later this week. If you don’t already subscribe, send me an email if you’d like to make sure you get an April Kit.
Hope you have a wonderful week!
Note: Please excuse my fuzzy photos. It’s late. I’m tired. We’ve all been quite sick at my house. And being lazy, I took these photos with my iPhone! I promise to do better … as soon as the RSV loosens its grip on my baby boy and we all sleep through the night again!
Over on Heidi Swapp’s blog, you can enter to win a February 2010 Mini Kit. There is also a coupon code there for $10 off your first kit with a 6-month subscription. So everyone is a winner!
But what I’m most excited about is this … Heidi announced a little secret that I’ve been carrying around for some time. Heidi is going to be our April Guest Designer!! We heart Heidi Swapp like you couldn’t believe. She has so much energy. She is so talented. And she is one of the most genuine people I’ve met. We are THRILLED to see what she’ll be doing with our April Main Kit. That kit will also include a download from Heidi’s House of 3 site, as well as some of the Heidi Swapp Glimmer Mist.
Have you checked out Heidi’s live web show? It is awesome. I watched it last week with my five-year-old and she kept asking, “Do we have that? Can we do that too?” We have since made one of House of 3′s Sweetie Books for Shelby’s kindergarten teacher. And I’ve downloaded some of the birthday goodies that recently were added. Check out the House of 3 blog. It’s oh so inspiring.
I didn’t mention all that much about Creative Escape 2009 … but Jennifer and I had the opportunity to attend this awesome, amazing, mind-blowing event this last August. We escaped our lives for a few days and were completely immersed in crafting goodness.
Let. Me. Tell. You. It was beyond awesome. I can speak for both us when I say we left Creative Escape filling renewed, rechartged and ready to craft our little hearts out. Every now and then I think you need to refill your inspiration cup. This was definitely an event where we went and our cups were filled beyond our wildest dreams.
They have announced the teachers for Creative Escape 2010 and I so want to go again. All the teachers are super cool and very inspiring, but I’m especially excited about Claudine Hellmuth.
If you haven’t heard of her, pop on over to her blog. She is a collage artist and does some cool work. I have all her books and dream of having even an ounce of her talent. I have tried many of the techniques she shares in her books and have stacks of collages that have been started, but never finished. I’m looking forward to meeting her and soaking up some of her mojo.
Some of the other teachers on the bill, okay all of them, are super cool and well worth making the treck to Arizona for, as well as paying for the event (it’s a little precey, but worth every penny). You have to sign up to be placed in the registration lottery. Starting February 15th they will select at random some 700+ people to attend. I can only hope Jennifer or I get picked again!!!
Note: Photo at the top was edited using Picnik.com … a very cool online photo editing software. Check it out, I’m seriously addicted to it!
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