Heidi Swapp Sugar Chic and Color Magic Layout

Hi everyone! It's Kate Vickers here today. I just want to share a layout that I created with Heidi Swapp's Sugar Chic line. I love the bold prints and bright colours in this line. It's been a lot of fun to work with.

For this layout I started off with a base of Color Magic paper and I inked the edges with some blue ink by Stampin' Up. Next, I randomly sprayed the inside here and there with homemade pink mist (water + ink + a few drops of gum arabic + PearlEx powder). I love the subtle effect it created. It really brings out the colours in my Photoshop edited pictures.

 

Here's a little tip with photos, if your pictures don't match your paper - print them in black and white or sepia instead. My daughter was wearing a dark purple dress in this photo and it wasn't going to work with this paper, so I decided to go with black and white. However, both my girls have very striking blue eyes inherited from their Dad, and I didn't want to lose that in the close up shot used in this layout, so I edited the photos in Photoshop to be partially black and white and partially in colour (her eyes and her cheeks have colour).

Heidi Swapp's Sentiment Storage elements are a pleasure to use.  I love being able to hide my journalling with such a pretty embellishment.

 

I fussy cut a lot of the flowers out of one piece of the Heidi Swapp paper and then embellished it with Viva Decor Pearl Pens and some 3D foam dots.

 

I adore using the Heidi Swapp Color Magic alphabet stickers seen here. Don't you hate it when you can't find the right alphabet stickers for a layout? Well, this is the solution! Where was I going to get bright yellow alphabet stickers from?

 

Supplies 

• Heidi Swapp Color Magic and Sugar Chic papers, alphabet stickers, Sentiment Storage, banners, and embellishments
• Silhouette Cameo with a Heidi Swapp cutting file from Silhouette America
• Heidi Swapp Sugar Chic digital brush
• Photoshop CS5
• Pens by Faber-Castell, Tombow and Reminisce
• Inks by Ranger and Stampin' Up
• Windsor & Newton Gum Arabic
• PearlEx Powder
• Viva Decor Pearl Pen in Lilac
• Adhesives: Helmar 450, Premium Craft Glue, ZapDots and ScrapDots
• Rhinestones
• Thread by Coats & Clark
  

Thanks for joining me here today! Let me know what you think of my project.

Drama Queen with Heidi Swapp Products

Hi everyone! Happy belated Canada Day to my fellow Canucks -- and of course, Happy 4th of July to my American friends!

Today, I'm sharing a project that I did with Heidi Swapp's Sugar Chic line. This photo of my youngest daughter peering over her oversized sunglasses fit perfectly with this paper line, and the annoyed look on her face just screams "DRAMA QUEEN!!!".

I created the 3D hearts with hot pink Bazzill cardstock and a Heidi Swapp digital printable. I used my Silhouette Cameo's print and cut feature for this. You could do the same thing by cutting hearts out of Heidi Swapp's Sugar Chic Drama or Fabulous papers. You could also freehand cut the hearts, cut them with a Cricut, use a paper punch or trace an existing heart to create the same effect.

I edged the hearts with a black marker to make them stand out even more. I applied Versamark ink on top of the entire zebra print heart, added sparkly clear embossing powder over top and heat embossed them. This gave the hearts a finished 'sticker-like' look. Lastly, I layered the hearts on top of one another and machine stitched through the center and added Helmar Scrapdots in between the layers to create the 3D look.

I used Heidi Swapp's Color Magic alphabet stickers for the second part of my title. I coloured them with a Faber-Castell Gelato. So easy and fun!

Thanks for dropping by today!

Kate

Supplies

• Heidi Swapp Sugar Chic papers, Pennants, Sugar Stix, digital Word Stickers and Notecards 
• Font: Throw My Hands Up in The Air
• Bazzill Basics cardstock and American Crafts Cardstock
• Helmar Adhesives: Scrapdots, Zapdots, Premium Craft Glue, 450 Quick Dry and Gemstone Glue
• Stamp by Studio Calico/Hero Arts
• Epiphany Crafts round 14 tool, epoxies and accessory
• Washi tape by Deserres
• Sequins, punchinella sequin waste
• Coats & Clark thread