Faves from 2024

It's time for the end of year faves post. This year has been a year of Heidi Swapp here in the studio. I have always loved all things vintagy and grungy, and this year Heidi sort of took over my crafty vision, and it seems everything has changed. LOL We're supposed to grow and evolve in all aspects of our lives, right? Well, this seems to have been the most drastic for me as I look back on the year's favorites.  So many projects I really loved creating this year! I hope you enjoy this look at the past 12 months. :)

From The Heart, Valentines with Lindsay

This is the little tag book I made for hubsy for Valentine's Day. I created the box too and it all turned out so cute. I couldn't miss with these gorgeous papers by Simple Stories and Heidi Swapp's stamp sets. 

These adorable Valentines are from Heidi Swapp's Love Notes class.

My Easter wreath. I loved this one so much I colored my Easter eggs in the same way!

Just a tag I love. 

My summer wreath. Made from all Dollar Tree materials. I fell in love with their summer collection!

You may remember this awesome Fourth of July book project we made last summer, if you follow my blog. We started with a book from the thrift store, removed the pages and used the cover to create our own book.

This is the first time I had done anything like this and I really loved it. It's a really fun technique. It was also a Heidi Swapp class, Freedom Unedited, which you can purchase in her store. Many of her classes are on sale right now; this one included. 

This was Heidi's Ten Day Tag Challenge. I love doing the challenges and this was no exception. 

My favorite tag of the challenge. I google searched vintage flight tags and created my own using the originals as examples. Fun!

This is the photo I used for the tag; my birthday in Montenegro on my first cruise a few years ago.

Vintage flight tag replicas

Oh my. This project might be my favorite I have ever made. This was the Halloween Junk Journal I created along with Toni Tickner of Crafty by Toni. We crafted every day of October to finish the month by putting everything together in this final project. It's an 8.5x11 journal with amazingly fun folds, flips, tucks and pockets inside. It has a magnetic closure. Turned out completely gorgeous if you don't mind me saying so. This blog post has the whole book pictured.

Here are just couple of the inside pages. 

Halloween tag with Heidi Swapp stamps.

Heidi Swapp, Ghost Stories class. See part 1 of 2 in this blog post here. (scroll for part 2.)

One of the pages in the Ghost Stories book. I loved creating this 3D haunted house!

A few of my favorites from Lindsay Bateman's Christmas Advent ticket series. See previous blog posts to see them all. They are posted in three parts. 

                     

Heidi Swapp, Christmas Stories, T'is the season class

One of the many interactive pages. This one is a snow globe with five different scenes. Check out this blog post for the rest of the album. 

Happy new year, crafty friends! Thank you for following my blog and my crafty journey. I hope I've been an inspiration to you. See you next year. 

Much love,

Christmas Stories album

The "T'is the Season - Christmas Stories" project is another Heidi Swapp class that will really blow you away. The elements and fun interactive pages we made in this book are so fabulous! I cannot wait to get pics printed to add to this album. Really fun, and beautiful, project. If you haven't checked it out, be sure to do so in the Heidi Swapp shop. You can purchase the class and make one for next year, or any year if you missed out this time. 

The first page is acetate and decorated with holly, banners and a vellum Santa. The page behind is full of fun flips and lots of places for photos and journaling. 

This fun page has a pocket with two tags for more journaling and photos. 

Here we have an openable coffee cup, pull out mini tag in a pocket, pull out tag in a window, and adorable mini envelope with tiny post card pull out in a mailbox.

On this page we made a snow globe with five different scenes. Turn the wheel to view each new winter scene. Such fun!

Under the flap on this large pocket page is another mini book for tons more photos and Christmas memories. 

And the cover is a snow globe window where you can showcase a favorite photo from the festivities.

Here I have added a couple of tags.

This page has another interactive spinning wheel. 

This time it's all our favorite delivery guys bring fun crafty and Christmassy goodness! There are five of them.

Another large pocket.

Flips and tuck-ins for lots of photos and more.

Here we have another pocket for photos and tags and whatever.

More photo space, plus another delivery truck with a special message inside.

Fun patchwork page with lots of photo spots.

So many amazing elements and interactive goodness in this album. It's another one of those projects you can't wait to finish, but then you're sad it's done because there's no more to do! haha. If you haven't tried any of Heidi's classes before, this would be a great one to start with if you have any crafty experience under your belt. 

Christmas Advent tickets, pt 3of3

The last of the Advent tickets with Lindsay Bateman. Can't wait to get photos printed. :) 

Tiny acetate envelope with Christmas ephemera tucked inside. Super cute for day 22

Day 24 might be my favorite. Or close anyway. I love the black and white.

This will be so cute when I get my photos printed and add one here. Final ticket, day 25.

Such a fun project for Christmas. This would make a cute banner as well, and, of course, can be made again next year with new designs! Thanks for checking out my Christmas projects!