Today, I am very excited to introduce to you, our October Guest Designer, Amy Heller!
Hi everyone! It's Amy Heller here today I'm so excited to be guesting for Bella Blvd this month! A little about me:
I was introduced to scrapping in 2004, like many scrappers, from an in-home party. But I didn't scrap with real consistency until 2008, once my kids were a bit older and out of their infancy stages. :) As a graphic designer by profession, this hobby has brought me back to the fundamental reasons why I fell in love with design in the first place : paper, color, letter form and layout. My style has of course evolved from those early days. Now I would definitely say that I have a fun, cheerful, colorful and whimsical style. I LOVE to layer pattern, color and texture (especially with buttons, ribbon and sewing). I think it's safe to say that I love to embellish on my work. :) I currently design for American Crafts, October Afternoon, and Crate Paper. I've been fortunate to have had my work published in several magazines ranging from Creating Keepsakes, Scrapbook Trends, CARDS, Paper Crafts as well as Scrapbooks and Cards Today. I am from the beautiful state of Washington, but I currently live in a small town in Connecticut with my awesome husband of 11 years, our daughter, who is nearly 9 and our son who is 5.
"Fall Soccer", by Amy Heller.
I was immediately inspired to work with the Making The Team collection after my son's first "real team" soccer practice several weekends ago. The colors were perfect and the essence of the collection fit the energy and vibrance of the sport theme to a "T". My favorite paper in this collection is that adorable multi-colored polka dot, how cute is that? Plus I love that it's ideal for both boys and girls of all ages!
"My Punk'n in the Patch", by Amy Heller.
Oh, how I love the Finally Fall collection! This grouping of papers and stickers have so much versatility and depth, I know I will be using it time and again for all those fabulous fall moments we have here in New England. How cute are all those pumpkin images with those gi-normous gourds in that photo? I just love them, and my little jack-o-lantern-mouthed girl! LOL!
"Beware - Spider Queen", by Amy Heller.
I am so smitten with the colors in the Too Cute to Spook collection. How fun are they!? I knew the purple would be perfect with my daughter's costume last year of a Spider Queen, all black and purple. The splash of teal really makes this collection pop, and I really love that! It's so whimsical and quirky, and I really love those qualities in my papers. This page was layers upon layers and after a couple tries at getting the page right (because I redo pages often) I think it finally works the way I like. I chose to mix some things up with the chipboard alphas by giving them centers with some buttons. Kind of gives them a spooky "Coraline" look to them, don't ch'ya think?
"Too Cute To Spook!" card, by Amy Heller.
Lastly, I thought I would create a card with the Too Cute to Spook collection since we are coming up on Halloween so quickly. I stitched over the web from one of the journaling cards on the Cute Cuts paper to give it some added dimension. Then I just couldn't resist the adorable oversized spider on the same page. I think he really is Too Cute to Spook! I gave him some beady pearl eyes which really adds to his cute-factor!
Well, that wraps it up for me here today! Thank you so much, Stephanie and Laura, for having me as your Guest here at Bella Blvd. today! I had so much fun playing with these uber-cute collections! I know I'll be reaching for them again and again! :D
To see more of Amy's work, make sure and visit her blog HERE.
Such amazing work, Amy!
Posted by: Becky Williams | October 18, 2011 at 08:26 AM
Love it all! Fantastic work with the Bella collections! :)
Posted by: Brook Stewart | October 18, 2011 at 09:10 AM
awesome projects... Thanks for sharing..
Posted by: ANNETTE A. | October 18, 2011 at 09:25 AM
Amy is ammmmmmaaaazzzing! Wow,wow,wow! Great job girl! You can work magic with all product!
Posted by: Sarah Klemish | October 18, 2011 at 09:40 AM
LOVE LOVE LOVE the Punkn Patch LO!
Posted by: Cindy deRosier | October 18, 2011 at 09:58 AM
Amy is truly amazing! I love her work...she's so inspiring! :)
Posted by: Kathy Martin | October 18, 2011 at 10:40 AM
GORGEOUS work!!
Posted by: Sara Rossi | October 18, 2011 at 10:59 AM
Great stuff Amy!
Posted by: betsy sammarco | October 18, 2011 at 12:46 PM
Awesome work Amy!
Posted by: gretchen | October 18, 2011 at 01:13 PM
I just loveeeeeeeeeee Amy's work! These are GORGEOUS! :):):):):):):):):):):)
Posted by: Julie Tucker-Wolek | October 18, 2011 at 05:54 PM
Wonderful creations Amy!!
Posted by: Char | October 18, 2011 at 06:27 PM
LLLLLLLLLOOOOOOOOOVVVVVVEEEEEE Amy's work !!
Posted by: Carole Hepburn | October 18, 2011 at 08:11 PM
You are simply so talented! I love seeing your pages, because there is always something NEW to see! Beautiful work, and congratulations!!! :D
Posted by: Suzanne Sergi | October 18, 2011 at 11:32 PM
wonderful inspitarions! Great works, i love expecially the card and My punk npatch layout! Awesome! Great job!!!
Posted by: lory | October 19, 2011 at 03:25 AM
OOOHHH! Love these projects so much, Amy!
Posted by: Keely Yowler | October 19, 2011 at 11:28 PM