Heidi Swapp Bling

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Reported by Katie Skiff

Bling is big these days. It’s especially hot in papercrafting. Being a fan of Heidi Swapp products, I am glad she has a wonderful line of bling. Heidi Swapp Bling comes in many different colors and designs.

Heidi’s sparkly embellishments include the basic single clear stones. These individual pieces come packaged in a cute lil black and white matchbox-like cover. They also include small foam dots so you can mount them and make them pop on your project. They retail for about $2.00 each.

Newer accents come in a variety of colors and price ranges. The corner accents sheet also features some little flower shapes. There are also lines, circles, squares, ovals and hearts. The shapes have many color options and average about $5.00 per package. I also spied some adorable cherry bling embellishments that have 16 blossoms in pink and red for $5.00. My favorite however, was the clear crowns that I used on my layout. This package has six different crowns with a clear and pinkish hint of color and they retail for $6.00.

There are also the bling words that are clear, and are sold in themes. Heidi has used the bling to spell out the words and they are mounted on a clear sheet of adhesive backed paper. For $5.00 you get three words per package.

Pros:

• Self-Adhesive so you don't have to mess with glue.
• All of the words/pieces are one Adhesive sheet, making it easier to work with.
• Fairly inexpensive
  

Cons:

• Some are small and harder to work with. Could be easier with steady hand or tweezers.
• Sometimes pieces have fallen off the adhesive backing.

Over all, I love the Bling and I love the creative designs that Heidi is using. They coordinate well with her other products as well.

You can buy Heidi Swapp Bling at most local retailers, and also online at 2 Peas, The Scrapbook Hideaway, and ScrapInsanity.com

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