Blog Swap Event with Glue Arts & Simple Stories: Wendy

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Hi all!! Wendy here to share up my project from the sweet collab blog swap event of Simple Stories & Glue Arts!  What a fabulous union, eh?!  I mean I'm quite partial anyway to Glue Arts adhesives because when you stumble upon a great adhesive, you pretty much marry it and there is no other that beats it.  Trust me, they aren't paying me to plug this, BUT I do believe in a great adhesive and their glue dots are my all time fav and last for.ever. and a day. 

and coordinating page projects that work with the Simple Stories system.  The perfect match.  Since I'm a girl that likes to go "out-of-the-box", I prone to clip these page protectors up.  There's no set rule here peeps.

But today, I'm sharing up my project featuring Simple Stories Year.o.graphy.  There are so many "Project Life" albums all a-buz & kicking off on blogs & scrappy boards.  Well, Year.o.graphy is a PERFECT collection to capture those year-long memories!  There are SO many elements in this one kit to the max to document all year, it's not even funny!  Also, think how perfect Life Documented will go along with it too.  Shoot, ALL the collections will be great!  Ok, off my sale pitch, because I'm not on Simple Stories payroll (last time I checked)....

Anyhoo, I'm definitely planning to use LOTS of it in my Project Life album this year.  What can I say?  My December Daily albums motivated me to do this year long thing and I'm gonna take a stab at it (pray for my success, pleaseeeee) :))  

So, to start it off, I've created my starter page/opening page based around my OLW ("one little word") chosen for 2012, "OPEN".  I can go on & on into details later over at my blog for choosing this word later but it hit me in the face the other day, yep. Epiphany. Ka-Pow.  Last year, 2011, my OLW was "fearless" and I feel rather pleased in fulfilling in and pretty much live by it daily.   

Oh, well, first, let me get my adhesives ready to tell you about, because that is important to assemble my project, eh?  

First, let me get my gun, don't be alarmed, this bad boy doesn't shoot bullets, but it's the perfect gun of gliding adhesive (tape runner style).  Oh and this stuff. sticks. (hence, the name "PermaTac") LOVE IT!  but one of my fav parts about this is how easy the load function was....no bobbins to flip out, spin over, twist off, pop around, you get it, dig for the packaging out of the trash (deepppp in the trash past the banana peelings) and try to understand loading the cartridge [insert this is NOT your first time to load this thing]....but 2 steps...

1. Slide in the cartridge into the glider gun holder.

2. Snap into place, you'll hear that "click".  That's seriously, it. (hm, I rhymed.)

Now for my project...

I created up a 6x12 page.  Yeppers, there is this size in the Simple Stories collections.  So FUN & different.  The actual paper in the Year.o.graphy pack is Year.o.graphy - Signature Elements - 6x12 Page Elements #1915.  

anddddd....there is even a coordinating page protector from WRMK to fit that too...of courseeee.  You can find the packages of assorted protectors here.

Now a bit of the bones in the making of my page...

The 3-D U Cut it Foam Blanks are perfect when you want to customize the side the "pop dot" you need.  You might want the entire sheet (but I can tell ya, I wouldn't do that because I'm a slight conservative hoarder), if that floats your boat, go for it.  Also, comes with a great storage pouch you can throw in your crop bag.

I clipped what I needed using non-stick scissors.  

So, here I used the 3-D U Cut it Foam Blanks on the back of my photo strip.  Also used this same adhesive on the embellishments below.

Here in the photo above, I had some leftover raw chipboard alphas from the Maya Road event last month and painted these with some spray paint (or you can use acrylic paint).

The PermaTac in the GlueGlider Pro is a great rolling adhesive.  I used this adhesive for the flatter elements on my page.

Here using a cool calendar stamp from Unity Stamps (co-brand Simple Stories).  I used this stamp behind the photo strip shown earlier.

And a few more peeks into the "behind-the-scenes" process....

Some messy stitching is fun fun.

Hope you like :)

I'm planning to 3 hole punch it up and include as the leader into my Project Life album.

**Oh, make sure to head over to the Glue Arts blog to see the gorgeous projects their designers create all week. And keep stopping by our Simple Stories blog here because our team has some amazing projects as well!** 

Supply List - 

Simple Stories:

Paper - Year.o.graphy - Signature Elements - 6x12 Page Elements #1915

Paper - Year.o.graphy - Designer Cardstock - Life Snippets #1905

Stickers - Year.o.graphy - Fundamental Cardstock Stickers #1902

(all 3 above in the Simple Stories Year.o.graphy Collection kit)

Unity Stamps (co-brand Simple Stories)

Glue Arts:

PermaTac in the GlueGlider Pro

3-D U Cut it Foam Blanks

Other:

Chipboard Alphas, Chipboard Silhouette Shapes, Star Pin - Maya Road, Glimmer Mist - Tattered Angels - Olive Vine, Ink - Ranger - Archival Ink - Jet Black, Stampin' Up - Real Red, Acrylic Paint - Liquitex, Spray Paint - Krylon, Metal Clock, Tiny Attacher & Staples, Filmstrip Tape, Definition Tape, Wood Bingo Number - Advantus - Tim Holtz, Stamps - Technique Tuesday, myStampBOX, Basic Grey, October Afternoon, Cottage Press, Autumn Leaves.

Comments

[Miriam Prantner]

What a great layout! Thanks for all the photos, it's so nice to see how it actually comes together!

[Kelley]

as usual, love your stuff...i need you to make me a kit of this! lol

[Heidi Mireles]

I love it, but I always do. :)

[Ange]

Cute page!

[Cindy Pittman]

I've started my 365 with Life Documented, and want to accessorize, was going today to consider adding the year-o-graphy - now I KNOW I am adding year-o-graphy - they will look fantastic together. Thank you for showing your work - love all your stamping accents - perfect for making it yours!

[Marilyn Nimmo]

Fabulous page. Love how you used such a wide variety of products to make this fabulous page.

[Julie Shearer]

Girl , you have mad skills. Love your work. So creative . Thanks for a chance to win.

[Melinda T]

Love your style and work!

[Tracy]

I love the out of the box thinking as well and I love everything you've done with the page. Definitely an inspiration. And thanks for the process photos, it's really helps to see how these projects came together.

[Kim Martin]

WOW!! TOTALLY AWESOME!! I am LOVING the Year.o.graphy! TOO COOL!! And also all the other simple stories collections look WONDERFUL! Thanks for the chance to win! Have a GREAT Day,
Me-Ma Kim
kimnsammy at gmail dot com

[tina phillips]

Holy wowzerz look at all of that dimension!!!!!
This is INCREDIBLE!! Thank you so much for a chance to win!

[Barbara Greenberg]

What a great inspiration and of course such great products you are using.

[{vicki}]

what a super cool page
i love all the stamping

[Patti La Bombard]

It is so helpful for you to show how you did everything. Thanks for the chance to win. yankandtex at hotmail dot com

[Bartemous Black]

ooh and aaah! What a beautiful job. Thanks for sharing your techniques. Thanks for the opportunity to win too! Love your style!

[ava]

excellent detailed pic's , really appreciated seeing the glue arts contributions to a beautiful simple story project
ava

[jpscraps]

I do like....a lot!

[Michelle]

WoW - so many cool idea going on in one layout!!! Thanks so much for sharing!! :-)

[nitasha]

Awesome LO! Your projects are such eye candy!

[Sue D]

Great layout--I like the size.

[Carmen Lucero]

I'm so glad I came here to see your project; you have given me lots, and lots of ideas. Now I need the paper (No, I don't have these papers in my stash, believe it or not!)

Great job at creating this project!

Carmen L

[Michele H.]

Wendy - this is simply amazing. love all of the little details you added:)

[Carol W.]

Fabulous details on this one, TFS

[Christina Anderson]

What great work.Just lovely.

[laura stewart]

cute page!