Heather Part 2

Yesterday we introduced you to our fabulous May guest designer...Heather Leopard!

Today Heather is back with a few more projects and the answers to the questions we sent her.

Q: What is your favorite MME collection of all time? Why?

A: This is a toss up between Lime Twist and Market Street. Lime Twist was just so playful and fun and when I look back through my albums, every project I made with that collection just makes my heart happy.

Market Street is packed full of amazing colors and patterns and the GOLD foil accents, oh my! It was soo inspired to CREATE - layouts, mini album, home decor.  I have so many ideas swirling around and my walls will soon be covered in Market Street loveliness!

Heather says: We take family photos every year and while I do scrapbook many of those photos, I always like to create a mini album that we can quickly flip through each year. I created this mini by cutting 1 12x12 piece of cardstock into 3 4”x10” strips. I folded each in half and stitched them together in the middle so they would measure 4”x5” per page. For the cover, I covered it all with layers of pattern papers, a die cut gold doily and 3x4 card and twine.

 On each inside page, I trimmed the papers about ¼” on each side, carefully matching papers to the photos. Then I went back and chose 3x4 cards that had the perfect sentiment or vibe of the photo. Each page is unique in it’s own way – doilies, stitching, embellishments, etc.

Q: What did you have the most fun working with? Why?

A: The first thing from the Market Street collection that caught my mind's eye were the art prints with foil accents but I decided to hoard them for a little bit longer until I have time to add a little bit of a personal touch.

That said, I can't wait to get some new semi-homeade art up so I'll be starting on that project soon. I am always drawn to patterns and I love to try to find unique ways to mix them up so that was my obvious first step but, the sticker accents and chipboard made a big impact on my projects. The stickers were just the right touch and I love the dimensional aspect of the chipboard.

 

Heather says: I loved the gorgeous patterns on the Market Street washi tape and wanted to cover everything in it. Since that wasn't going to happen, I decided to alter a lampshade. I removed the fabric from the lampshade and then covered the bare metal with 3 different coordinating washi tapes. I then cut 3 different sizes of 5 different shapes - butterflies, bows, hearts, flowers and circles. I stitched them together from largest to smallest and then hung them from different sections of the lampshade. Now I have this unique and fun decor piece to keep me company here in my studio.

 

 

 

Swoooon. Thank you so much, Heather! We are absolutely head over heels in love with everything you sent our way. Thanks for your creativity and for really making MME shine!

 

Stephanie