I am so excited to have Heather join us in THE DIGI FILES this month!! The first time I used Heather’s products was on an album I created for my dad for Father’s Day a few years ago. I have since learned that Heather can really rock the boy kits (as well as hybrid projects)!
Here’s a closer look at Heather’s contribution to The Files this month:
Our team really had fun working with this kit:
Layout by Karen, additional supplies: Fizzy Pop Designs template; Lauren Reid Scritchy Scratches; Natalie Braxton string; Eva Marina alpha
Layout by Katie, additional supplies: template by Janet Phillips, Fill-a-bet alpha by me, Pea Jiawei font
Layout by Kellie, additional supplies: Template by ChrissyW; Date Element by Bella Gypsy; Photo Action by My4Hens
Layout by Jacki
Layout by NeeNee, additional supplies: Alpha: All In A Day’s Work by Heather Roselli and Libby Wiefenbach and Font: Pea Squeaker
And a hybrid project by Leigh:
Paint tin from Archivers.
Heather Roselli
Nashville, TN
Married for 11 years with 3 boys – 8 years old and identical twins 5 years old
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Supplies: Kit – Party On by Heather Roselli
Alpha (6) – Party On: Build a Cupcake by Heather Roselli
Template – Sketchers Set 2 by Julie Billingsley
Supplies: Kit – Pet Shop: Crazy Cats by Heather Roselli
Template – Scrap with Laura by Darcy Baldwin
Font – DJB Messie Amanda by Darcy Baldwin
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We sometimes try to create for others…and it often times just doesn’t work (in layouts and in kits). I always tell my team to scrap what they want to in the style that they love…because the layouts they love will almost always be their greatest work. I truly believe this. Do what you love, love what you do…and your family will love you and your efforts to preserve your family’s memories.
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I began scrapbooking in January 2002 after my first child was born in order to share his new life with my Mom and Dad since they lived so far away. I soon became frustrated with having pictures the wrong size for what I wanted to do. I started laying out my page spreads on the computer so I could crop the photos the way I wanted to before ordering my digital prints. Somehow while doing that I stumbled across digital scrapbooking and realized that was what I had been doing, except I was then translating my digital layouts to paper ones. I put up all my paper supplies and immediately started creating digital pages!
Within just a few weeks I started designing my own kits based on the colors and patterns in my children’s clothes, not with the intent to sell them, but just to use for myself. Soon I had 10 kits on my hard drive! Turned out that I loved designing! I was incredibly lucky to be involved with The Digi Chick forums at that time and was accepted as a designer there in the Fall of 2005. In July of 2007 I moved to my dream gig at Sweet Shoppe Designs and absolutely love it there! What a wonderful group of designers, staff members and community members we have there!
When I’m not designing (is there a time when I’m not??), I spend time with my three sons (8 years old and 5 year-old twins) and husband of over 11 years in Nashville, TN. My oldest is in 2nd grade and the twins attend preschool two days a week. When not in school we attend Cub Scout meetings, swimming lessons, go to the zoo, play at the park, visit my in-laws just up the street, take geo-caching hikes, etc.
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My kids, their clothing and activities, my team’s ideas, the seasons, different websites…everything! hehe
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I work on a 17” HP Pavilion Entertainment PC laptop running the new Windows 7 that is just 5 or so months old. It has 8GB of RAM and handles all my programs really well. What I hate is the screen…it is the worst I’ve ever had. It is darker/more saturated at the top and gets lighter toward the bottom. I swear I don’t what my colors really look like anymore!!! hehe
I use Adobe Photoshop CS3 (I need to upgrade!) and Adobe Illustrator CS3. I also use several filter/texture plug-ins on occasion.
I have just a Nikon Coolpix S10 point and shoot, but my dh has a professional Cannon 1DS that is on “permanent borrow” from a friend of his that loves photography and buys every new camera that comes out! My husband’s photos are the ones I really love scrapping these days.
I have a wireless Wacom tablet that I don’t use near as much as I should! Turns out I draw better with a trackpad than a pen I guess! hehe
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Hmmm…impossible to answer…each new kit is my new favorite most of the time…right now I’d have to say that my Pet Shop series is my favorite. It has such bright colors and cute graphics…I’ve scrapped several pages with it (which is very unusual for me these days).
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For 2009 by best selling kit was What’s Your Story? with Water Play Days a very close second.
Here are some of my favorite products from Heather’s shoppe:
Here’s a little inspiration using Heather’s products:
Layout by Katie, supplies: Good Night by Heather Roselli
Template by Janet Phillips (modified)
Traveling Typewriter font
Layout by Kellie, supplies: Whatever Floats Your Boat by Heather, White Almond Alpha by Amy Hutchinson; White Stitching No. 2 by Anna Aspnes
Go have a look in Heather’s store and come back and tell her what you like, we will randomly select a winner from those comments to win $10 in product from their store! (Comments must be posted before midnight EST March 11, 2010 and must include a product name to qualify)!
As a THANK YOU to our readers, Heather has this coupon for us to use in her store:
I would like to say a BIG THANK YOU to Heather for joining us this month in THE DIGI FILES and sharing her many talents with us!! 
I LOVE “It’s Cold Outside”!!!! I’ve used it soooo many times to scrap my little guy playing in the snow!!!!
You’ve got a lot of great kits to choose from. I really like your Oceania collection, your Busy Little Boys Bundle and Good Knight Collection.
I’m loving Love Me Do and Party On. And I LOVE LOVE LOVE Oh So Lucky – I have it already!
I believe I have just discovered a new favourite designer! There is a lot of stuff in Heather’s store I really would love to add to my files. I especially like the “Giggle Monsters”. Having a boy and a girl I really like kits that will work for both. Thanks for the chance to win!
Peggy
Ha! What don’t I like? Heather’s stuff is awesome, but some of the stuff on my wish list right now is Water Play Days, Summer Reading, Architect in Training, As You Wish, and Spectrum. TONS of good stuff in there! Thanks!
I like lots of her kits, but top of my list right now is the Chippy Cookie-In-A-Jar. I’m always on the look out for cute & easy gift ideas, and I just love this.
I love the variety and abundance of boy colours. My favourites are Fuzzy Bunny & Fuzzy Duck. Finally, some fantastic papers & elements for spring that don’t include pink and lavender, but still look like spring! YAHOO!
Definitely “Chocolate Cravings” for me. I can see lots of possibilities for it and love the elements.
What a great shoppe. Lots of yummyness especially for the boys ( and tom boys). I really like the colours she uses. The ‘Keep Out!’ kit is calling me…..
Heather has super cute kits!! I love all her kits but the Good Knight & Add on kit, Fuzzy Bunny and Girls and Dolls are my favorites! Thanks so much for the chance to try her kits!
I (((LOVE))) Heather’s DIY hybrid projects! I just had to buy some (thanks for the coupon, btw). My favorite kit, tho, is “What’s Your Story?”. It’s WONDERFUL. Thanks for the chance to win.
Wow! Amazing designer! I just spent half an hour drooling over her store…If I had to pick a very favorite, it would be Backyard Boy. A pop can tab with ribbons attached. What a great unique element! Love it. Thanks for the coupon. I am definitely going to be following your store more closely!
ohhh, all her kits are gorgeous, but I love big girl now.
thanks for the chance to win!
So much to choose from – I really liked the “Lickin the Bowl” kit and the “I’ll try anything once – alpha”.
I love all the bright colors. My favorite is Giddy Up.
Party On has been on my wishlist for a LONG time!
I love her DIY templates, especially this one: http://www.sweetshoppedesigns.com/sweetshoppe/product.php?productid=18117&cat=0&page=4
Wow, there are several that I really love! I am totally drawn to Backyard Boy though – I have a little boy who fits the bill!
I NEED Girls and Dolls! My 11 month old LOVES dolls. I have sooo many pictures of her with her doll. I would LOVE to win that!!
Wow, GREAT stuff!! So hard to pick a favorite. Love the colors in “Fly Away.” (Thanks for the chance to win it!!)
Wow, lots of cute kits – I think my faves are It’s Cold Outside and Hallo-Tween. Love her DigiFile kit!
Nice to see other mom’s of twins in digiland!
I love her Pet Shop Crazy Cats kit. I have many photos of my cat I could scrap.
Heather is wonderful! I love seeing all these kits of hers – sooooo awesome!
I have “What’s Your Story” and love that kit. I also love “Architect in Training” and “Craft Desk.”
my want list is too long but gets shorter every month since a large part of my budget is going to her stuff… but number one is FStop… Thanks!!
I love the Backyard Boy and Big Boy Now. These are so cute & playful and work perfectly with what’s happening in my little boys world. Thanks!
I only have a boy and I am loving all of your boy kits I think I might have found a new designer!!! Pick me so I can test the waters PLEASE!!!!
I love Heather’s DIY Printable Templates, especially the Bakery Box. It’s so cute!
The dolls in Busy Little Girls/Boys are too cute! Love the printable Advent Calendars, Popcorn Boxes, and Learn to Write too. Thanks!
I’m not sure you have the space for me to tell you what my favorites are from Heather… LOL! She is one of my favorite designers.
Java Junkie
F-Stop
Slight of Hand (super cute!!!)
What’s your story…
To name a few that I don’t own… And are in my wishlist.
I love that Heather designs around boys! I have two grandsons and I love to scrap pictures of them, yet I’m drawn to fussy pink kits lolol
Here are some that caught my eye:
http://www.sweetshoppedesigns.com/sweetshoppe/product.php?productid=16340&cat=0&page=1
It’s not Halloween, but l see my Trudy cat in this set:
http://www.sweetshoppedesigns.com/sweetshoppe/product.php?productid=16345&cat=0&page=2
Yum!
http://www.sweetshoppedesigns.com/sweetshoppe/product.php?productid=17306&cat=0&page=3
Love “Love Me Do”. Would also have use for “Sports Mania: Soccer” and when I got near the end of Heather’s shop, I was totally drooling over “Summer Pond”.
I currently have three of Heather’s kits on my wish list: What’s Your Story?, Jungle Antics & Hooligans. I used her The 3 R’s kit and School Days Album (I’m not sure if these are still available) to create an album for my daughter grades Kindergarten through 5th Grade and I was very happy with the results!
What’s not to love? Cheeseburger in Paradise and Hooligans really reached out and grabbed me though!
As I am a chocoholic, I’d like to add “Chocolate Cravings” to my collection.
Recently I have bought “Oh, so lucky” and tihs kit rocks!
And the “Big Spender” is waiting to be used on pages about me… when my shopoholic side rises again
As a scrapper of primarily boy pages, Heather is a go to designer for me because of her boy friendly kits. What a Boy Needs is my fave and I’ve used it on several pages (which I hardly ever do). I would love to add Squeaky Clean to my collection! Keep up the fun designing Heather, and thanks for the coupon!
I love her colorful design but yet I can say that it was easy to pick one this time! I fell totally in love with “Pet Shop: Crazy Cats” since it would go perfect with all our photos of our cat!
Thanks for giving the chance to win!
Heather’s designs are awesome! A kit of Heather’s that I would like to have is To The Rescue. My son is all about firemen and fire trucks these days! Thanks for the chance to win and thanks for the coupon too!
Hi Heather! I am so excited to see you here this month. I have quite a few of your kits, but I currently have the following on my wish list: Connected (my husband and I met on the internet so the computer theme is pretty important to us), I’ll Try anything Once, and What’ Your Story. I love your work.
Heather’s products are great! I’ve had my eye on “Craft Desk” for awhile now. Thank you for the coupon!
Every March, I always get giddy with all the St. Patrick’s Day kits that come out. I’m an Irish girl who married into an Irish family
I just saw Heather’s kit Oh So Lucky and I LOOVVEE it!! 
Thank you soooo much for the chance to win!! XOXO 
I’m always looking for great kits for scrapping my daughter’s Special Olympics swimming pictures.Water Play Days is perfect. It would be so fun to use for this years team album! I hope to win!