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weekend inspiration: heidi grace designs

 

Suz created this delicate layout using the Winnefred Street range of Heidi Grace papers.  The larger flowers and flourishes are handcut from the stunning floral paper which is both flocked and shimmery.  She has used the co-ordinating chipboard alphas and printed flowers, and the alpha rubons which she found apply like a dream.

Photography by Raylene Wilkinson of her delicious daughter Tess.

 

 

The colour combination of pink and brown are perfect for boy & girl pages. In this layout Maxine cut a heart from a piece of basic cardstock and punched heart shapes from various Cherrywood Lane papers. She then glued the punched hearts on allowing some to over-lap at the bottom of her photograph. She also used the cherry word rub-ons as a decoration around the heart shape, turning them as she went to follow the curves. She made a cluster of hearts from the cherry shapes cardstock stickers.

 

   

Maxine first met Heidi Grace when they both tutored at an ISC in Sydney in 2005 and again in 2006 at CHA. What a perfect photo to use for Heidi's products.

 

As soon as she saw the Cherry Wood Lane collection Maxine knew she was in for a treat. Maxine said it was pure delight to work with the gorgeous pinks and browns and everything just fell into place easily. She especially loved the texture of the papers, the embossed designs with the touch of glitter just sheer bliss!

 

The Urban Acres Blvd range of patterned paper, chipboard and stickers blends so beautifully together as Mel has demonstrated here in the layout of her little niece Bonnie. The chipboard shapes are easy to use with their self adhesive back, so they can be peeled straight from the sheet onto your layout, no messy adhesive needed. Mel has added a little bling to the chipboard swirls and lightly sanded the edges back to white to help lift the layout.

 

This simply striking layout by Cathy Bodini caught our eye recently. Cathy has mounted the Heidi Grace papers onto chipboard hearts, sanded the edges and punched small holes through the middle of each heart to create buttons. Such a cool idea!

Weekend Inspiration: Heidi Grace Designs

Chris Millar kicks off our weekend inspiration this week with this gorgeous layout of her husband and daughter

She decided that such a loving photo needed lots of hearts around it. She looked no further than Heidi Grace's Vineyard collection. The chipboard shapes with glitter were just what she was looking for! She scalloped the edge of the Vineyard dots with flocking shimmer paper and place it around two sides of the photo. She said the paper had the loveliest soft texture and complimented the photo perfectly!  Chris also used the Vineyard large alpha rub-ons for her title.

Chris then used the left over Heidi Grace products to create this layout for a small 6x6 friendship album she is compiling to celebrate the wonderful friendships she has found through scrapbooking.

 

The love blossoms range of Heidi Grace papers screamed pure girl to Mel, so she created this beautiful pink layout of her daughter Bella on a background of Scenic Route kraft paper.  Mel hand cut the hearts from the Love Blossoms Mono patterned paper and stapled small pieces of ribbon to the centre of each heart.  She added machine stitching to the die cut frame (Love Blossoms flocked add-on punchouts) and used the Love Blossom word and letter stickers to create the word 'girl' - these little letter stickers are perfect for smaller titles.

Mel fell in love with the Love Blossoms range by Heidi Grace so she created this second layout for the challenge.  Once again she has used a mix of ribbon, diecuts, alphabet stickers and patterned paper from the range to bring together this very girly layout.

We thank Paula Clark for allowing us to share this stunning layout.   She has In bloom - The Wildflowers Collection to create this lovely layout of her husband and daughters.

Above are two very cool layouts created by Anabelle Omalley.  The photo featured in 'Such good friends' is such a sweet picture and with the soft tonings of the Heidi Grace papers it comes together so beautifully.  We loved the hand torn notebook entry too.

Another striking photo in this layout titled 'something about Jordan'.  We were drawn to this page by the warm tonings of The Woodland range and the chocolate brown machine stitching around the photo which finishes off the layout perfectly.

And finally we're thrilled to be able to share with you the work of an artist who clearly knows how to get the most out of her Heidi Grace, Patti Milazzo.  She is on the Heidi Grace design team and we thank her for allowing us to share these layouts here. 

Making the Perfect Snowball and Daddy's Girl both use the In Bloom-The Garden collection with it's beautiful cool pinks and blues.

Patti has showcased two of the newly arrived Getting Places lines in our last two layouts.   Just the Two of Us features the very beautiful sands and skies of Marina Drive and the very charming Sweet heart makes the most of Cherrywood Lane.

Thank you Patti for allowing us to feature your work. 

Weekend Inspiration

We leave you this weekend with a fabulous array of layouts and projects by our design team using the gorgeous Heidi Grace papers, alphas and embellishments.

When Suz went to Kiwi Scraps last year she made 'love' with Donna Downey!  She decided these Heidi Grace Wildflower papers would go beautifully with her home decor rather than the papers in the kit, and she loves the results.

Rach selected the beautiful light yellows and aquas in the the Meadow Range. She chose one of the busier patterns for the background then grounded the layout with a large piece of contrasting paper from We'R Memory Keepers in the middle. She then cut the Strips into 1.5" squares to create a mosaic pattern below the photo. Down the left she added one strip to help draw the eyes down the page.

Nic loved the blue/purple and green tones in these papers and decided it would make a nice change to the usual pinks she uses to create pages about her daughter. True to Nic's usual style, she has layered various papers from 'The Vineyard' range. As she has layered, she has taken the back out of each paper to use in another layer.

Anything sparkly seems to be another constant in Nic's layouts recently. The glitter on the Chipboard tags and borders were a must-have, as was the chance to 'build' flowers from scratch. To do this, Nic placed Heidi Swapp sillouhette Daisies on the Heidi Grace papers and cut around them. She then arranged them across the bottom of the layout along with Plain Jane Swirls and the Heidi Grace glittery tags. Finally Nic added the small Heidi Grace Rub-ons. Impressed with how easily the rub-ons could be applied, Nic swore to find more in other colours!

Steph wanted this photo of Emma to be serene and thoughtful and the Heidi Grace Garden Range was just what she was after. The soft muted colours work really well with the mood of the photo and the sewing through various elements add texture to the layout.

Mel chose the Heidi Grace bouquet range to work with on this week's challenge simply because they were girly and pink. She hand cut the large flowers out from the Bouquet Flowers with Glitter patterned paper and added a clear acrylic ribbon tie to the middle - a quick and easy page accent. Although Mel usually journals on her pages, she decided to just let the title tell the story on this layout.

The softness and shimmer of these particular Heidi Grace Designs papers simply screamed "princess". Donna had the perfect photo in mind and these Heidi Grace products fit the bill perfectly. Donna has used shimmer papers from the 'Let it Snow' range of patterned papers to give the layout a dreamy and whimsical 'feel'. Combined with the 'Loving You' circular plastic letters and a few bits and bobs, the result is a fabulously, fairytale-flavoured layout.

Finally, another year of dancing is over. Mums all over Australia are breathing a sigh of relief and this one is breathing a really big one. Eistedfords, photo shoots, dress rehearsal, 2 concerts, 12 costume changes at each one and Caz is a bit over the whole thing.

But when she gets to scrap these lovely photos of her two daughters together it almost makes it worth while. Caz used Heidi Grace Bouquet Flowers with Glitter and cut the circles from the Heidi Grace Love of My Life Range - Decor Circles. These papers are lovely and shimmery, so fitting for a ballet page. Some Heidi Swapp bling and plastic letters finished it all off.

Suz thought this Heidi Grace Garden range were perfect for one of her parents' wedding shots, and who could argue. The co-ordinating ribbons and ribbon ties, chipboard stickers with glitter, flower rubons and pins made it possible to create a cohesive layout in minutes.