Simple Stories

Patchwork with Vintage Bliss

Hello everyone, it's Gail here blogging today! I hope you're having a great week! I have to admit, I let out a squeal of delight when my delivery man dropped off a box full of the newest lines from Simple Stories! I have been dying to play with Vintage Bliss so I dove right in!

 

Now you know I've gone on before about how much I love the 6" paper pads, well this layout utilizes them perfectly! I was inspired by a handmade quilt I saw on a blog recently here. I gathered several sheets of the 6" paper (the smaller designs are perfect for the smaller blocks) and cut lots of triangles. 

I wasn't too exact when cutting them. I made a triangle template from some chipboard and simply traced around it and cut them all out. My triangles' sides are about 2.5". 

Next I layed them out on my backgorund cardstock until I was happy with the design and then slowly distressed the edges of each and adhered them down.

I was very happy with my background and had loads of fun then adding my photos and embellishments! 

A lot of the elements on my layout were raised on pop dots so as to preserve the dimension that I carefully created with my background.

In my usual Simple Stories style, I layered up lots of stickers to create my embellishment clusters.

Thank you for visiting today and I hope I've inspired you to get out those 6" paper pads and get patchworking . . . scrapbooking style!

Vintage Bliss Supplies Used:

#3002 Fundamentals Cardstock Stickers

#3003 Expressions Cardstock Stickers

#3001 6x6 Paper Pad

#3009 Give Love Patterned Paper

 

 

Around the World with Urban Traveler

Happy Wednesday everyone!

Today I'm here to share with you a page made with my very favorite Simple Stories collection, Urban Traveler. I've been saving my travel photos for just the right line and this is it, my friends!

I based this layout on the Go. See. Do. border strip, which is probably my favorite element from this collection. I also included some of my favorite prints, like the arrows from Jet Set #2906 and some bright papers from the Urban Traveler Simple Basics.

Simple Stories has also added a lot of great new embellishments to all three new releases, like brads!

This airplane is part of the set- isn't it cute?

I used a few stickers from the Fundamentals Cardstock Sticker sheet like this luggage tag, and I also added some jute for texture.

You'll definitely be seeing a lot more travel pages with this line from me in the coming months!

Supplies Used:

Urban Traveler
12x12 Collection Kit #2900
Fundamentals Cardstock Stickers #2902
Expressions Cardstock Stickers #2903
6x6 Paper Pad #2901
Decorative Brads #2926
Jet Set #2906
3x4 Journaling Cards #2910
2x12 Border & Title Strip Elements #2914
Green Chevron/Dictionary #2920
Orange Stripes/Map #2921
Sn@p! Cards #2925

Take a Hike: One with Nature

Hello All!  Wendy here to share up an altered project for you today!  

I always love the vintage and eclectic and this printer's tray from 7 Gypsies just spoke to me along with the Simple Stories Take a Hike collection. I love the tone of the distressed tray along with the color palette in this collection.  My soul screamed...a perfect pairing.  Truth.

Take a Hike is a previous release from Simple Stories and just about perfection for all things outdoor-sy, masculine, and "simply" capturing the beauty of nature.  

You can still grab it up at your fav online spots for scrapbook product and/or local scrapbook store.

My inspiration behind this project....

My boyfriend absolutely loves the outdoors...fishing, even spear fishing, yep. I promised to take him deep sea fishing next month since I live along the beautiful coast along the Gulf of Alabama in Orange Beach.  I feel more outdoor-sy pics to come....

So, in this project I wanted to capture his love for the outdoors, skiing, hiking, the beautiful mountains of Salzburg, Austria, bringing in the rustic, all along with the beautiful scenes of nature in his part of the world.  

I went with black & white photos for uniformity and to keep the photos as a key piece to the project.   I wanted to keep many of the cubby holes in the tray just the natural wood and only used about 2-3 colors of pattern paper and/or patterns not so 'busy' to keep the tray from being 'overwhelmed'.  Also, in using the 6x6 paper pad from the Take a Hike collection, the patterns are smaller in scale than the 12x12 size and I love this for working with mini projects and altered projects.  If you didn't know that...daily food for thought. Ha!

Without further ado..."One with Nature"

I played on the scenes you find in nature...the mini fawn was found in the children's toys section of a store. The fishing embellishments are actually dollhouse miniatures.  The trees are from train track landscape scenery. These simple touches added just the punch to my project that I was looking to capture.  

Randomly thinking "out-of-the-box" brought a lot of interest, texture, movement, and just the random to my project, "One with Nature".

The hanging latern is attached with a screw inside the cubby hole.  A little "elbow grease"/sweat is needed here. :)

I love to cover multiple sections with one photo cut to size of the tray pockets.  This adds a neat and unexpected interest to the project.

I love the mixing of different tones of wood and metal - i.e. wood veneer shapes, metal vintage finds, metal quote plaques, and mini wood letters.

Also, this would make an excellent birthday gift for hubby, boyfriend, male friend or a great Father's Day gift that can be displayed!

Hope you enjoyed my project!

Supply List:

Simple Stories

Take a Hike Collection:

6x6 Paper Pad

Fundamentals Cardstock Stickers #2602

Expressions Cardstock Stickers #2503

Other

Letterblock Printer's Tray - 7 Gypsies, Trees - Woodland Classics - Woodland Scenics Forever Green #TR3565 N, HO, O Scale, Fishing Accessories & Rabbit - Mayberry Street Miniatures, Wood Veneer Shapes - Studio Calico (birds, letters, bicycle), Fawn - Safari Ltd, Metal Phrase Plaque & Hanging Screw - Advantus - Tim Holtz, Metal Dome Studs - 7 Gypsies, zGlossy Accents - Ranger, Glue Dots - Glue Arts - Extreme Tac Adhesive Squares, Mod Podge - Matte, Metal Wheel - Local Vintage Store.

Go. See. Do. Mini Album

I love to create mini albums. When I first saw the Urban Traveler collection, I just KNEW that I had to create a fun mini album to store some travel photos in. 

I love to travel so this collection is right up my alley! The colors are so much fun, I am in love with all of the bright colors in all of the new collections! They simply make me happy. 

I love that this collection can be used for a boy or a girl, the theme itself is so universal. Simple Stories has done a fabulous job with this! I have a feeling it will be a big hit, especially for summer travel projects! 

Thanks for stopping by today!

Products Used:

#2900 Urban raveler 12x12 Collection Kit

Sunshine

Hi all of you Simple Stories fans! Tonya here today to share with you a new layout featuring Vintage Bliss. When I first saw this photo of my little girl I immediately thought of this line...the pinks were a perfect match!

I chose to cut up the 12x12 sheet of 3x4 Journaling Card Elements and then picked the ones that I felt would tie in best with my theme and photo. I then stitched these together using a zig zag stitch.

Lastly I created a sunshine with that awesome yellow graph paper. Embellished it with some hand stitching, a few sequins, and a title. 

                                                             Fundamental Cardstock Stickers #30002

                                                             Expression Cardstock Stickers #30003

                                                             Laugh Lots #30005

                                                             3x4 Journaling Card Elements #3010

                                                            Yellow Grid/Dictionary  #3019

                                                            Teal Chevron/Lined Notebook #3018

 

I also thought I would share a layout with you that I did for the Clear Scraps blog....it features Harvest Lane!

I used my Came to cut the title and conjoined hearts. I love the effect of clear acrylic poking through on a layout.

Here are a few photos without the white board behind the layout, helps to see the coolness of the acrylic a bit better...

                                                                        12x12 Fundamental Cardstock Stickers #2602

                                                                        12x12 Expression Cardstock Stickers #2603

                                                                        Slendor #2606

                                                                        Yellow Quilt/Notebook #2619

Thank you for stoppin by today!!!!

                                                                        

 

picking favorites...

Hi everyone!  Today I get to share with you a few recent cards I've created using the three new collections from Simple Stories.  There is so much to love about each of these collections...no way I could ever, ever pick a favorite.  

These first two cards use the new Vintage Bliss collection.  I love the shabby, worn, weathered wood grain images mixed with the sweet pastels and florals.  So playful, whimsical and so much fun to use.

The new 24/Seven collection has my heart I tell you....I can't get enough of the cork and ephemera, the tweed and honeycomb....lots to love and I love it all :).

Last but certainly not least are a couple of cards using the new Urban Traveler collection.  It's a dream...maps, vintage tickets and ephemera mixed in with bright and trendy colors and patterns.  A little something for everyone.

You'll love diving in and creating with each of these collections.

Thanks so much for stopping by today.  

Simple Stories Supplies Used:

Vintage Bliss Fundamentals Cardstock Stickers #3002

Vintage Bliss Expressions Cardstock Stickers #3003

Vintage Bliss Live Simple Paper #3008

3x4 Journaling Card Elements #3010

4x6 Vertical Journaling Card Elements #3012

Yellow Grid/Dictionary Paper #3019

24/Seven Fundamentals Cardstock Stickers #3102

24/Seven Expressions Cardstock Stickers #3103

24/Seven Good Stuff Paper #3107

24/Seven 3x4 Journaling Card Elements #3110

24/Seven Cork/Ephemera Paper #3117

24/Seven Blue Chevron/Grid Paper #3120

Urban Traveler Fundamentals Cardstock Stickers #2902

Urban Traveler Expressions Cardstock Stickers #2903

Urban Traveler Jet Set Paper #2906

Urban Traveler Boarding Pass #2907

Urban Traveler 3x4 Journaling Card Elements #2910

Urban Traveler Gray Concrete/Chevron Paper #2917

Simply Creative: No Strings Attached

It seems pretty obvious lately that Simple Stories lines can go beyond their use with divided page protectors. I'd been spending a lot of my scrappy time of late playing with the divided page protectors, it was time to return to some of my well-loved, traditional scrapping. A couple of years ago, my son and I took our four dogs out hiking in northern Arizona. I realized I had several photos I hadn't yet scrapped. Couple that with the Take a Hike line sitting on my table, and I considered it kismet!

I started with the main photo, the subtle yellow chevron paper, a solid slate background paper, and the alpha/word sticker sheet.

I also wanted the map imagery (a Simple Stories/Unity Stamp cobrand item) on my layout somewhere so I stamped it onto the journaling block before writing up my thoughts. I stamped the image in a circle shape by punching a circle shape into some printer paper (you want a really thin paper as a mask) and then stamped within the circle.

Then I played around with the two secondary photos...

I put the title on one side with those GORGEOUS woodgrain alphas. And the orange type alphas are the perfect size for augmenting a title or creating a subtitle. 

On the other side, I put the date and a sticker from the icon sheet... and ironically enough, my son featured in the photos is actually wilderness certified. 

I topped the layout off with a border of coordinating patterns, some map paper, and a few scraps. 

 

I'm thrilled with the masculine feel of the layout, and I'm excited to have another set of our outdoor adventure photos scrapped. I still have plenty more, so thank goodness the Take a Hike line offers me so many options for scrapping them. So, what are you waiting for? Get off the couch, enjoy an adventure, then grab some Simple Stories and scrap it. 

Supplies:

• Fundamentals Cardstock Stickers  #2502 
• Expressions Cardstock Stickers #2503 
• Flash Cards #2509  
• Brown Wood/Map #2516 
• Yellow Chevron/Grid #2519 
• Navy/Icons #2520 
• 6x6 Paper Pad #2501

 

 

Simply Everyday

I don't know about you, but I am thinking about using Simple Stories 24/7 on everything, everday! It is such a versatile collection and can be used on a photo a day project, cards and layouts on all themes. I used it here on a simple happy moment for my kids--feeding the ducks.

All the little bits and pieces are so easy to use together on a wide variety of themes.

See what I mean? Stickers with sayings you want to use, trendy patterns, cork patterned paper, hearts, hexagons.... and on and on! It really is a pleasure to use this line.

24/7 and the other fabulous Simple Stories collections will be here soon (in stores in early March). So, what will you use 24/7 for? I would love to hear!

Supplies Used:

Simple Stories 24 /7 Collection

-- Expressions Cardstock Stickers #3103

-- Fundamentals Cardstock Stickers #3102

-- Hello #3109

-- Snapshots #3104

-- Take Note #3105

-- 3 x 4 Journaling Cards #3110

-- Yellow Honeycomb / Notebook #3119

 

 

Simply Life 24/Seven

Hi all! Kay here with a week of Project Life using the amazing 24/Seven Collection. I think I could use this every week. The colors with the graphics = AMAZING.

Here is a close-up of the left side.

And the right side:

I love the Everyday calendar paper to highlight the month

And the fact that you can add so little to have so much impact . . .

I know you will love this line for your PL spreads as well!

Sn@ppy Spring Pages and Vintage Tags

Now that February is coming to an end, it's time to make plans for a festive spring.  Easter will be here before you know it and that anticipated egg hunt is on the horizon.  The Sn@p Life collection is such a great palette for everyday events AND special occasions like Easter.  I love how the bright colors enhanced this fun photo of my daughter collecting Easter eggs.

I used the Sn@p 6x6 paper pad to cut all of these little banners and then added the days of the week stickers with some foam tape to make them pop.  It's such a fun design element and compliments the single 5 x 7 photo.

I LOVE this sentiment!  Perfect for the expression on my daughter's face and really ties all of the little banners together with the title Hello Happy.

Added some twine, clear cut shapes and chipboard to finish off the look.

 

AND...check out the new Spring Issue of Scrapbooking and Beyond Magazine for more fun spring layouts.  It hits the newsstand on February 24th.

These tags were made from the NEW Vintage Bliss collection.  I love the weathered wood patterned paper as the background and chose elements to compliment the look.

 

Hope you have a crafty weekend!