Heather's Paper Playroom

Canadian May/June New Product Blog Hop Welcome to our May Blog Hop featuring artwork created using new and fabulous products found in our current catalog. To purchase any of the items seen in our blog hop today, contact your local consultant to place an order. We hope that you will take the time to leave comments on our posts, as we love to get feedback from our viewers....whether it was something that you really liked or some new technique that was used that you would like to learn how to do....by leaving us comments, we get to hear what you like, and what you want to see. Thank you… now on to our hop! If you have just hopped onto my blog, you can start here as this is a circular hop, but if you want to start at the beginning join Michelle at Create with Michelle . If you came from Brandi R of crzy4scrapbooking then you are in the right place! I created this layout using the stunningly beautiful You Are Enough collection which is the National Scrapbooking Month special for May. I a...

I'm having so much fun putting together these workshops and I really feel like I'm starting to get caught up.  The workshop features the Basics Fundamental paper pack, the Better Together complements and the Basics ribbon pack.  I still have a bit of paper left over and am planning on creating one more double page layout with the new Blush cardstock.  The instructions are free with your purchase of the workshop components or you can purchase the instructions separately for only $10. If you're interested in attending an in person workshop for this then you can find monthly club dates on my facebook page .  To purchase the instruction only just drop me a message at paperplayroom@hotmail.com.  

I finished my Falling for You workshop!  As with previous workshops this is the standard Workshop Your Way kit with the added coordinating cardstock package.  I did change up one of the base pages for the original workshop but otherwise they are the same.       If you don't know, I host monthly club nights at my house, typically on the third Friday of the month.  While some folks work on these kits other just work on their own projects.  It's always a fun night and we usually get a lot done.  If you're interested in joining in just let me know.  If you're not local to Barrie, Ontario and would like the instructions for this workshop you can purchase it for $10 or it's free with your online kit order.  Just email me at paperplayroom@hotmail.com for ordering details. The above layouts are the kit layouts and the next ones are my bonus layouts. 

Yeah, so excited for the return of STAMPAGANZA !  If you weren't aware, every now and then Close to my Heart will hold an event called Stampaganza and during that month you get a FREE stamp set with every two that you purchase.  It's such a great deal.  As an added bonus this month only (July 2017) you can purchase these very popular retired stamps sets.  It's a great chance to grab those ones that you missed out on. And even more, this amazing stamp collection is also back for this month only.  You can of course purchase just the ones you like or the entire set!  Even better yet, if you host a qualifying party then you can get all of them for FREE!  Yes, I said all of them.  How amazing is that?  You can also get the entire set free if you decide to sign up as a Close to my Heart consultant this month.  What a great way to kick off a new venture.  You can check out all of our amazing st...

Welcome back to our monthly team Brae-er Blog Hop featuring the brand new No Worries Workshop Your Way kit.  If you have just hopped onto my blog, you can start here as this is a circular hop . If you came from Sheena's blog then you are in the right place! We hope that you will take the time to leave comments on our posts, as we love to get feedback from our viewers....whether it was something that you really liked or some new technique that was used that you would like to learn how to do....by leaving us comments, we get to hear what you like, and what you want to see. Thank you… now on to our hop! This month we are featuring our No Worries Workshop Your Way kit.  I have been purchasing the coordinating card stock with each kit lately and I love doing that now.   It allows me to create so many extra layouts and use up pretty much the entire kit this way.  I haven't completed all my layouts yet but here is a sneak peak at one of ...

In honour of National Scrapbooking month Close to my Heart created this stunning paper pack with amazing gold foil images.  I took their pattern for this little mini book and added some additional pages and different embellishments and here is how it turned out. This album was just perfect for my parents honeymoon pictures.  I love how great they look together.  The Live Beautifully  paper is only available until the end of May so don't miss out. 

Welcome back to our monthly team Brae-er Blog Hop featuring the brand new Little Dreamer paper pack.  If you have just hopped onto my blog, you can start here as this is a circular hop . If you came from Michelle's blog then you are in the right place! We hope that you will take the time to leave comments on our posts, as we love to get feedback from our viewers....whether it was something that you really liked or some new technique that was used that you would like to learn how to do....by leaving us comments, we get to hear what you like, and what you want to see. Thank you… now on to our hop! This month we are featuring our Little Dreamer Workshop Your Way kit.  For this layout I took a single page layout from the Seasonal Expressions Idea Book and made it into a double page layout.    With all of the new Workshop Your Way kits I have been purchasing the coordinating cardstock pack and making at least 4 additional layouts....

Welcome back to our monthly team Brae-er Blog Hop featuring the brand new Dreamin' Big paper pack.  If you have just hopped onto my blog, you can start here as this is a circular hop . If you came from Michelle's blog then you are in the right place! We hope that you will take the time to leave comments on our posts, as we love to get feedback from our viewers....whether it was something that you really liked or some new technique that was used that you would like to learn how to do....by leaving us comments, we get to hear what you like, and what you want to see. Thank you… now on to our hop! This month we are featuring our Dreamin' Big  Workshop Your Way kit.  I simply LOVE this paper.  It is super cute and versatile.  For this page I decided to use the new cut apart sheet to create a layout.  I haven't really used these cut apart sheets very much since they started making them.  I'm really happy with how this page turned ou...

Welcome back to our monthly team Brae-er Blog Hop featuring the brand new Sugar Rush paper pack. We've all been very busy lately so it's been a long time since we've done a blog hop.  Hopefully we are back to a regular schedule again.  If you have just hopped onto my blog, you can start here as this is a circular hop, but if you get lost you can find your way by going to Brae's blog for a full list of participants. If you came from Emily's blog then you are in the right place! We hope that you will take the time to leave comments on our posts, as we love to get feedback from our viewers....whether it was something that you really liked or some new technique that was used that you would like to learn how to do....by leaving us comments, we get to hear what you like, and what you want to see. Thank you… now on to our hop! I think the new Sugar Rush paper pack is adorable.  I wasn't sure at first as it is a bit feminine but I think this layout works...

Here is another layout that I completed over the Christmas break.  I am so happy with the way this layout turned out.  I think it is because of the black matting that I used.   I am very drawn to cards and layouts that have matting around all the elements.  This is not something that I do very often but I've been doing it more frequently lately.   I was able to use up some old trim that I had as well as some brads from an older halloween pack.  I pulled papers from a couple of retired kits and used the textured cardstock from the recent Free to be Me kit.   I also finally used up some of my marquee enamel shapes and my Oodles of Doodles stamp set.  I even added a this cute little journalling card from the retired Sophia paper pack, that's what the green polka dot paper is from also. What do you think about the black matting?  Do you do a lot of matting or not?

At our last club meeting we started to create this great layout with the Timberline Workshop and the  Timberline Complements .   We copied the layout on page 48 of the current Idea Book.  It was a little difficult to get it looking just right but I think we figured it out.   I wasn't too sure at first what to do to make a coordinating second page so I basically just extended the elements across.  I thought it would be too busy and take away from the left page if I added another Artbooking mat, so I just went with simple paper. I based the second page layout loosely on Layout 01 in the Make It from Your Heart V2 .  I wanted to maximize the quantity of pictures that I could fit.  I really like the way this turned out.   Here are a couple of close ups so you can see the dimension. I'd love to hear what you think.  If you have any questions about how I created these layouts please ask.  I'm a...

Welcome to our monthly team Blog Hop featuring MY FAVOURITE THINGS. If you have just hopped onto my blog, you can start here as this is a circular hop, but if you get lost you can find your way by going to Brae's blog at http://thebrae-er.blogspot.com for a full list of participants. If you came from  Alyson's blog then you are in the right place! We hope that you will take the time to leave comments on our posts, as we love to get feedback from our viewers....whether it was something that you really liked or some new technique that was used that you would like to learn how to do....by leaving us comments, we get to hear what you like, and what you want to see. Thank you… now on to our hop!     You may have seen my recent post of the book I created for my parents.  While I was searching their house for some more photos to include in that project I discovered a drawer full of past portraits that they had been given of the g...