Archive for July, 2009

Tie it up with a bow (or ribbon)…

Friday, July 31st, 2009

Amanda has been super busy keeping all the Battle of the Creative Teamers in line and unfortunately didn’t get a new kit ready for us this week, so I thought I’d take this opportunity to highlight a few older items that I think are really cool:)  Today, it’s all about ribbons, because Amanda has some really cool ones in her store – check ‘em out!

lovemedo

merryribbons

tieoneon

giveitstraight

So there you have it…ribbons for all occasions.  Have a great weekend!

- Leslie

August Desktop – A Freebie for You :)

Tuesday, July 28th, 2009

Hey everyone! Can you believe it’s almost August! Wow! The year is just flying by! To help you keep track of the time – I’ve put together a little desktop freebie for you using some of Amanda’s fun stuff – mostly from her “I Sea” and “Slice of Summer” collabs that you can find at Scrap Orchard, of course :)

aheimann-august-desktop

Hope you enjoy this desktop … you can grab it HERE!

New Release Friday!

Friday, July 24th, 2009

Happy Friday! I’m so glad it’s the weekend, it’s been a long week at work and I’m looking foward to scrapping the predicted rainy weekend away! And would you look at this, just in time for my scrapping marathon Amanda teamed up with Jady Day Studios and created this:

At Last is the most gorgeous wedding kit I’ve laid eyes on!  Look at this gorgeous heritage wedding page Jaedyn made:

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This photo is from my wedding day almost 22 years ago:

From Janie:

And from Ashlie:

Just beautiful stuff! Hurry on over to Scrap Orchard and pick it up! Then make sure you come back and link us up to your creations with it and we’ll be sure to leave you some love!

Have a fabulous weekend!

Are you ready to Flip?

Thursday, July 23rd, 2009

It’s time for another Flip-Flop Challenge here at Amanda Heimann Designs!

What’s a flip-flop, you ask??  Well, we take a super-gorgeous LO, and then flip it or flop it this way or that, and create an all new LO!  This month we’re featuring Dana’s amazing LO, Tiara.

Dana has such a great style and I’ll just know that you gals will enjoy playing along in this challenge!  And, being the dear that she is, Miss Dana has even provided us with a fantastic template to get you started.  Download here.  Take it, use it as is, or flip-flop it for something entirely new & fun!!

I can’t wait to see what amazing creations everyone comes up with!  Please post a link to your LO in the comments section (using mostly Amanda’s gorgeous designs) and you’ll be entered into a drawing for a great AHD surprise!

Check out the fantastic inspiration from some of our other AHD CT members:

From Jaedyn:

From Trina:

From  Becca:

From Sarah:

From Pam:

From Suzy:

COME VOTE FOR US!

Monday, July 20th, 2009

My wonderful creative team is competing in the Battle Of The Creative Teams at DSA.  Heimann’s Hotties have completed the first round with some beautiful layouts!

Vote <HERE>

I Sea

Friday, July 17th, 2009

Happy Friday to everyone!

Today I wanted to showcase an older kit of Amanda’s. My choice for today is I Sea, a collab Amanda did with Eva Kipler. I just love this kit.

I Sea kit

I Sea kit

To showcase this fabulous kit, I went wandering through the galleries to find some equally fabulous layouts.

I found this cute layout by Martuska. I just love the waves and the buttons sitting on the edge of the page and that little crab peeking out from behind the anchor.

Splash! by Martuska

Then I found this one by Sam. I love how she used the waved paper as the background and I love the string she placed to look like it’s holding the picture.

Walkway to Steinhardt by Sam

Walkway to Steinhardt by Sam

I love the blue sunburst paper that Monsu chose to use as her background for this page and her paper layering is great.

Just Add Water by Monsu

Just Add Water by Monsu

And lastly I found this really cute page by cdanielshafer. I love how she used a button in the title in place of a letter, I’m always forgetting to do things like this. And I really love her layering, all the different papers and elements with so many pictures.

Fun on the Sea by cdanielshafer

Fun on the Sea by cdanielshafer

Have a great weekend!

-Kelly

Summer Lovin’–FREEBIE Time!

Wednesday, July 15th, 2009

That’s right, just because we love you so much, we’re going to give you a free template! (And I’m so sorry I forgot to post this yesterday–my brain thought it was Monday all day, not Tuesday. OOPS!)

I based the template off this LO I did with Slice of Summer, Amanda’s collab with Megan Turnidge:

Here’s a preview of the template:

Comes in layered PSD and TIFF. Click on the image to download. ;) And thanks for stopping by!

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–SuzyQ

To Infinity

Friday, July 10th, 2009
So who has a gazillion pictures of fireworks from last weekend? I know I do! I spent the weekend with my sister and her kids, and got some amazing pictures of my niece and nephew shooting fireworks. When I sat down to scrap them, I knew I didn’t want traditional 4th of July colors. Instead, I wanted to focus more on the fireworks, with bright colors and funky elements. I was searching through my Amanda stash when I stumbled across To Infinity.

aheimann-toinfinity-preview

aheimann-toinfinity-paperpreview

To Infinity is one of Amanda’s older kits, a boyish kit with rich colors and space-themed elements – rockets, stars, moons, etc. I adore this kit. It’s so versatile, perfect for boy or girl pages, trips to space centers, outdoor pictures, and imagination themed layouts. In my mind, it is also ideal for fireworks. I love how my layout turned out, and I know you’ll love using this kit for fireworks pictures, too. So if you have this kit, go find it on your external hard drive, and if you don’t already have it, you can pick it up here at Scrap Orchard.

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(Everything from Amanda Heimann’s To Infinity.)

-Janie

Layout Spotlight

Tuesday, July 7th, 2009

Hello AHD fans!  Trina here with a layout spotlight.  I’ve been scouring the Scrap Orchard gallery looking for fabulous pages using Amanda’s designs, and I couldn’t choose just one, so I have three pages to share with you!  Click on any of the pages to leave some love!

The first one is from lacidock, her gallery is amazing!  She used Slice of Summer by Amanda Heimann & Megan Turnidge to create this fabulous page, Summer Beauty. 

lacidock

The next page, Loving, is from mei74  using Lucky - which was part of Amanda’s NSD grab bag in May.  I found a lot of inspiration in her gallery as well.

mei74

 And last but certainly not least, Love by jennamy82 is wonderful, using A Mojito Kinda Day by Amanda Heimann and Eva Kipler.

jenamy82

Now in a really random draw (asking my hubby to pick a number between 1 and 3), number 2 is a winner!  So Mei74, please check your PM’s at Scrap Orchard for your prize from Amanda’s shop!

Keep uploading those gorgeous pages to Amanda’s gallery at Scrap Orchard, and you, too, could be a winner with our next Layout Spotlight!

Happy 4th!

Friday, July 3rd, 2009

Check out Amanda’s new alpha, Buttonbet. I can only imagine how long it took to make this adorable alpha but it was well worth the effort! It is so cute! The best part is Amanda made it in green because it’s easy to recolor green. How thoughtful of her. :)

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Here’s some LO’s from the team with this alpha.

By missrubikscube (Dana)

By SuzyQ

One from me

And Trina

Come enjoy the sale at Scrap Orchard. Images are linked!

Have an wonderful 4th of July!

–Ashlie