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Simple Stories & Therm O Web Product Swap-- Day 6

Welcome to Day 6 of the Simple Stories & Thermo Web Product Swap! We’re so excited to team up with Thermo Web and use their amazing line of adhesives to share some inspiring projects with you this week.

Thermo Web is also posting projects using Simple Stories products this week, so be sure to head over to their blog and check it out!

Shellye along with you this Saturday!  I love Therm O Web's products and use some sort of their adhesives almost daily! I'm a dimensional girl, so I especially love the Foam Squares and Thick Zots...but recently I've found myself using more and more of the thin Zots for things like buttons and heavier objects such a resin pieces. 

Today I have a couple of things to share!  In our packs we received the iCraft Dots, which include 1.5 and 2" round double-sided adhesive circles.  The examples on the front of the package show them used with rolled paper flowers...that led me to wonder how well they would work with fabric flowers?

I made this card several days ago and it's still holding beautifully!  I used a 1.5" ribbon by May Arts to create the posey-style flowers.  Start out with a tail in your dominant hand and begin turning the ribbon while you wrap it around the center.  Once you have the size you need, simply adhere to the iCraft Dot of choice.  I did use a bit of fabric glue between some of the layers so that it wouldn't raise up.

 

To the backs of the butterfly stickers I applied a ZOTS Singles.  The design was then attached to the cardfront using the Sticky Dot Runner.

Simple Stories Products:Vintage Bliss- 6X6 Paper Pad; Bingo Cards/Stripe Paper; Chipboard Stickers; Fundamentals Cardstock Stickers

Therm O Web Products: iCraft Dots; Sticky Dot Runner; ZOTS Singles

 My next project was created with my scrap room in mind.  It's a functional magnet board where I can post notes and reminders.

To the back of the calendar sheet (Cocoa Daisy paper by Simple Stories) I adhered the 1.5" iCraft Dots and then attached to the magnet sheets.

Next, I removed the foam tape from the back of the SN@P Flair button and attached a magnet to the back with a ZOT. 

I layered on the fun embellishments with either Thick or Thin ZOTS.  The beauty of ZOTS is that they have a super hold!  And instead of punching holes at the top for the ribbon hanger, I used several Thin ZOTS to attach the ribbon to the back of the chipboard. 

Simple Stories Products: SN@P-Flair Icons; Decorative Brads; Chipboard Stickers; Typeset Stickers; Teal/Calendar Paper; ColorVibe Yellow Chevron/Mini Dot Paper

Therm O Web Products: iCraft Dots; Sticky Dot Runner; ZOTS and ZOTS Singles

That's all from me today, please head on over to the Thermo Web blog  and check out what their Design Team has created using their adhesives and our Simple Stories products!

Simple Stories & Petaloo Blog Hop - Day 5

Welcome to Day 5 of the Simple Stories & Petaloo - Blog Hop!  We’re so excited to team up with Petaloo to share some inspiring projects with you this week.

We’ll be giving away a great Simple Stories prize package at the end of the week, so be sure to play along and check back on Sunday to see if you’re the lucky winner!

Here are the different ways you can play along –

1. Like Simple Stories on Facebook
2. Share this blog post on your Facebook wall and tell us you did on our Facebook wall
3. Follow Simple Stories on Pinterest
4. Comment here on our blog or on Facebook

Petaloo is also posting projects and giving away prizes, so be sure to check out their blog and Facebook  page, too!

The project I did for today was a cute little watering can and cupcakes for Mothers day.   I loved working with the flowers and ribbon from Petaloo.  The colors are awesome and the quality is great!  I used Vintage Bliss for the cupcake liners and embellishments on the watering can.  The watering can was made out of  The Take a Hike paper line.  I cut the cupcake liners and watering can out with my cutting machine.  I ran the cupcake liners through my paper crimper.  Then I took two new white socks and rolled them to get the swirled look and pinned them together.  I then pinned the flower on top.  I glued the cute little ribbon around the top of the cupcake liners. I decorated the watering can with a bouquet of flowers and the adorable embellishments from the Vintage Bliss collection.

 

Now go create something fun with Simple Stories and Petaloo!  Enjoy the rest of the Blog hop.

Head on over to the Petaloo blog and check out what their Design Team has created using their embellishments and our Simple Stories products! They’re also hosting giveaways as well, so what
are you waiting for – head on over! 

Check in again with us tomorrow for more inspiring projects from Simple Stories & Petaloo! 

Simple Stories Products used:

Vintage Bliss: Decorative Brads #3026

Layered Stickers #3028

Teal Chevron #3018

Yellow Grid #3019

Pink Floral #3020

Take a Hike: Brown Wood #2516

Petaloo Supplies:

Frosted Roses- Blue/Greens

Dahlias- Teal/Aqua

Fancy Trims Shades of Teal

Mini Daisies Red/Fuchsias

Home Decor with 24 Seven

{Simply Creative}

    Hi all, it's Kellie here today with an altered project.  Simple Stories makes it so easy to do home decor projects.  I love the new 24 Seven collection and the fact that it cordinates so well with the Snap collection too.  I had a frame laying around that I have been really wanting to use...

  I punched out a bunch of photos to put around my frame, I used my 2"x2" punch. 

I used a sheet of the grey dot paper as my base.  Then I used a half of sheet of  "snapshots" from the 24 Seven collection.  On the bottom half I used "6x12 Page Element" from Sn@p Life.  I filled the poloroid squares with journaling cards from 24 Seven.  To finish it off I added a few stickers from Sn@p Life and cut out the words "24 Seven" with my cutting machine.

I hope you enjoyed my home decor project!  Have a great day..

Products used:

24 Seven Snapshots #3104

24 Seven 3x4 Journaling cards #3110

Snap Color Vibe Grey Dot #2838

Snap Life 12x12 Fundamental Cardstock Stickers #2802

Snap Life 12x12 Calendar Cardstock Stickers #2803

Snap Life 6x12 Page Element #2815

 

 

"Smile On" Paper Cone

Shellye here with a sweet little hanging cone that is sturdy and deep enough to be filled with all sorts of goodies!  I really enjoyed working with the Scor-Pal scoring board and found the 6"marking at the bottom very useful for this project.  With a couple of different projects shown today, I have limited the cone tutorial here to just wording; I will have a photo tutorial up on my blog showing exactly how I made the cone :)

For the cone, I cut a sheet of the Grey Chevron/Mini Dot down to 8.5" X 11".  Placing the sheet onto the Scor-Pal board horizontally, I scored my first line at 5.5".  You will use the top portion of this center line as your 'pivot' point for all future marking (I found it best to mark on either side of the center mark so as not to tear the paper). 

Coming down to the bottom of the paper, make a small mark at the 2" and 9" lines; pivot your paper (keeping the center lined up with the 6" mark at the top) and bring your 2" mark around to line up with the bottom center mark (which is helpfully labeled for you on the Scor-Pal) and score; do the same for the 9" line.

Next, turn the paper vertically.  Make a small mark at the 2.5" and 5.5" lines (on both sides of your paper).  Turn your paper back to the horizontal position on the Scor-Pal and score your two lines by pivoting from the center point again.  After completing the scores, your paper should very much resemble a paper airplane (which is how I got the idea LOL!) Start folding in your paper from the top until you have the beginnings of an airplane shape.  Bring one of the flaps across the other flap until you've formed a cone shape.  Apply a good adhesive and attach.

For the front of my cone, I fashioned your basic medallion by pleating two strips of 2.5" X 12" Vintage Bliss Live Simply paper.  I scored each strip at 1/2" intervals and then pleated.  Glue the ends together to form a circle. Using a 2.5" round punch, cut a circle of paper that you will adhere your medallion to.  I find Aleene's Quick Dry Tacky Glue works fast and holds!  After your medallion is dry, have fun layering with your favorite journal card and embellishment stickers!

 Lastly, I added a ruffled 'cuff' to the front, as well as a bit of doily banner from my stash.  For the ruffle, I again scored a 2.5" x 12" strip of Vintage Bliss Be Happy Paper, but at 1/4" marks.  I then used a corner rounder to give the upward pleats a softer feel :)

It wouldn't be hard at all to make adjustments so that smaller or larger cones could be made.   Again, I will have a photo tutorial up on my blog if you need a visual :)

SUPPLIES: Vintage Bliss-Be Happy Paper; Live Simply Paper; Yellow Grid/Dictionairy Paper; 3x4 Journaling Card Elements; Fundamentals Cardstock Stickers; SN@P Colorvibe-Grey Chevron/Mini Dot Paper

I hope that you enjoy all of the fabulous ScorPal/Simple Stories projects this week...I can't wait to see so that I can learn some new ideas for using my newest crafty friend, ScorPal!

{Simple} Decorations with Handmade Holiday

Hello there, it's Kellie here today with a very simple project!  I have loved working with Handmade Holiday, it is such an adorable paper line.  The colors are awesome and the details are so darn cute.

 

   In fact I have loved the collection so much all I had left of it was scraps.   Well, I still needed to make one more project for my blog post today!  So here is what I came up with....

     These little trees are so easy to make, I was a little embarrassed to post it as my project!  I can say I have truly used up every bit of my Handmade Holiday Collection.   To make a tree gather your scraps, a small pot, white paint,  a dowel, a piece of styrofoam, burlap, and some moss (or filler for the pot).

     I started by painting the pot and the dowel white, the pot is on the smaller size about 3 inches tall.  When I started the project I was using a much larger pot (6 inches) and it just didn't look right.  The smaller ones are the way to go.  Stick a piece of Styrofoam down in the pot, it doesn't have to be perfect just shove it down inside the pot.  Place the dowel down in the styrofoam, my dowel is about 12 inches long.  Put your moss around the top of the pot.  I had a piece of burlap that I cut into strips, nothing perfect about 4 inches long by 1/4 wide.  Remember this project is super Simple!  The strips of burlap are your spacers in-between the scraps of paper.  You could also use ribbon or fabric if you don't have burlap.  I tied about three strips of burlap on the base of the dowel.  Then I took 3 pieces of my biggest scraps about 3 x 5 (remember it doesn't have to be perfect) punched a hole in the center  and slid it over the dowel.   Then I tied some more burlap strips on the dowel and then more paper scraps.  I used smaller pieces of scraps as I moved up the tree. 

     So there it is my very Simple project!  I hope you enjoyed it,  I sure had fun making it.  I officially have to get some more Handmade Holiday!  Have a wonderful day!

 

 

 

More Fun with Handmade Holiday!

Hi all, it's Kellie here today with an altered project.  Handmade Holiday is such a cute paper collection!  There are so many things you can do with it, I have had so much fun playing with it!  My project that I made for today is a paper shadow box...

I used a SVG file for the shadow box, and the rest is made out of Handmade Holiday (with the exception of the face of the shadow box it's  25 days of Christmas).  I added a few buttons, burlap and some stars too.

The possibilitys are endless on how you decorate the inside of the shadow box with Handmade Holiday.

The 4x6 Journaling Cards and 4x4 Quote Elements fit perfect in the shadow box.  And the Cardstock stickers are so cute!

 

Have a wonderfull day!

Products used:

Handmade Holiday Collection #2700

 

Home Decor with Harvest Lane

Hello everyone Yuki here! Today I am sharing a simple idea of fall home decore.

I decorated 8”x8” wooden shadow box with the Harvest Lane collection. This collection is perfect for your fall projects!

I love the patterned papers and stickers in this collection so much!

I cut out 4x6 Vertical Journaling Card Elements then inserted it in the simple wooden frame. Is this too simple?

Thank you so much for stopping by!  I hope you have been inspired today. Have a nice weekend!!

Supplies used:

Harvest Lane Collection :

12x12 Fundamental Cardstock Stickers #2602

12x12 Expression Cardstock Stickers #2603

4x6 Vertical Journaling Card Elements #2612

Made with Love #2608

 

 

Having Fun with Sn@p!

Hi Simple Stories friends!  It's Kellie here today, and I am having tons of fun playing with the new SN@P line.  I am in love with all the bright fun colors and my favorite piece of the collection (if I had to choose just one favorite) would be the stickers.  And SN@P is now available!  Well I could talk all day about SN@P... but onto the project.

      I know it's a little early for teacher gifts, but the project today goes along with another project I have planned at the end of the month.  During the day I have the privilege of working at a elementary school and everyday I get to work with a lot of amazing teachers.  I am always on the look out for cute gifts to give my kid's teachers at the end of the year, and here is what I came up with..

 It is actually a 3D apple.  I made the stand out of  a wooden circle plaque with a dowel attached to the center of the plaque.  The apple slides over top of the dowel so the apple album can spin around.  I painted the stand dark brown and covered the dowel with Brown Mini Dot paper and added a sticker at the bottom from the Sn@p Life sticker sheet.  I tied it together with some jute twine to hold the pages back and added a Sn@p pocket to hold a note or a gift card.

Once you untie the twine it opens up into a little 3D apple album.  I used a svg file to cut out the apple, but you could certainly make your own pattern to cut the pieces out.  I cut out 14 large apples (7 3/4 x 7 3/4) and 14 small apples (6 3/4 x 6 3/4).  For the large apples I used Red Dot, Red Mini Dot, Green Dot, and Green Mini Dot paper.  The little apples were cut from the Sn@p Life 6x6 Pad.

After you cut all your apple pieces out you need to score the apples down the center and fold them in half.  I distressed the edges of the large apples and inked the edges of the small apples.

Next is the core of the apple, this is what holds the album together.  I used 3 sheets of 8 1/2 x 11 Kraft cardstock (you can use any type of cardstock).  I cut the cardstock into 14 strips 2 inches wide, and I scored them down the center.

The strips need to be folded in half

Then you take the strips and glue them together back to back.  I just start stacking them on top of each other gluing them one at a time.  I really like to glue them good, because this is what holds it together. 

After your core is all glued together, you can start adding the apple pages.  Basically it is just a repeat of what you did with the strips, but you are gluing the apple pages back to back and to the core strips.  Once I have all the large apples glued in, I like to add the small apple pages.

 Next is the fun part... decorating the pages!  The Sn@p 6x6 pads work really great for this project.  The little cards fit perfectly in this album.  To show you a few example pages I used some of my kids school photos, the small wallet photos work great.

There is enough room where each child could write a sweet message to their teacher.

I hope you enjoyed the project today, and now you need to go and get some SN@P! 

Simple Stories Products used:

SN@P! Pockets-Just the basics #4013

SN@P! Stickers-Labels #4019

SN@P! Stickers-Letters#4020

SN@P! Stickers-Icons #4018

SN@P! Pockets- Just the basics #4013

SN@P! Life Basics 6x6 pad #2823

SN@P! Life 6x6 pad #2801

SN@P! Color Vibe

Red Dot #2828

Red Mini Dot #2829

Green Dot #2832

Green Mini Dot #2833

{Simple Style} - Cards, Layouts to Home Decor

Hi there! I'm excited to share some projects with you today. These are classes that I will be teaching later on this month on Vancouver Island, BC, Canada.

One of my classes is a Christmas Card class.  Of course there was no better name to give it than "Handmade Holiday" which is the name of this fabulous SS collection.

I used the 6x6 paper pad and Fundamental Cardstock Stickers along with some fabulous Core'dinations Cardstock.  I can't wait to teach this. 

Here's a look at the cards.

Here's a few close up shots.

Another classes that I'm teaching is this holiday wreath.  I actually made one like this using the Harvest Lane collection which I posted on the blog a little while back. For this wreath I followed a smiliar design (flowers and ribbon, etc) and just substituted the collection for Handmade Holiday instead.

The third class that I'll be teaching is a layout class. I love doing layouts as they really are my true joy in scrapbooking (but I must admit that double pages are not my favorite!). 

And here's that double page spread. It's a simple page but has a lot of fun details.

Thanks for popping by the blog today and hope you have a fabulous weekend.

I want to wish all of my Canadian buddies a very Happy Thanksgiving!

Products used:

Harvest Lane - 12x12 Fundamental Cardstock Stickers |#2602

#2604| Homespun

#2607| Homemade Happiness

#2605| Harvest Blessings

#2614|2x2 Border & 4x12 Title Strip Elements

#2620| Green Stitch/Grid

#2621| Bingo Cards/Yellow Floral

Handmade Holiday - 6x6 Paper Pad| #2701

12x12 Fundamental Cardstock Stickers|#2702

12x12 Expression Cardstock Stickers|#2703 

 

Simple Inspiration for the home

Hi there!

Wow! I can't believe that our summer vacation has come to a close and my kiddos head back to school tomorrow! While I have thoroughly enjoyed spending these last 2 months with them 24/7 I must admit that I am looking forward to them going back to school, getting back into a regular routine again and having a house that stays clean for a few hours each day!!!  
Plus I always look forward to the fall season because I love the coziness of the time of year and anything related to pumpkins just makes me smile! (especially pumpkin pie! :))

Speaking of the fall season, I decided a while back when I first had a glimpse of the Harvest Lane collection that I wanted to create something for my home.  So when I pulled out my papers and embellishments last week I thought of creating a wreath for my front door.  I know many of you have created one of these darling projects before but I haven't created one yet so I thought I'd give it a go.

I decided that I would make my wreath using accordian styled flowers. I cut 2 different widths of paper (1" x 12" and 1 1/2" x 12"). I scored lines every 1/4" all across the strip of paper and then began folding each piece accordian style.

 

I adhered the ends together ....

 

... and then pushed it down to create the flower shape. I adhered it in the center with a glue dot (you can also use a glue gun - just be careful to not burn your fingers!) .

Then I adhered a punched circle shape overtop (actualy the bottom of my flower). I added another punched circle shape, some scalloped circles, some with different sized circles doubled up onto the top/fronts of each flower shape. I embellished the tops with buttons & decorative brads.

After creating all the flowers I adhered them to a circle that I cut from cardstock. This can be any size you wish depending on how ambitious you are with all those accordian flowers. (my finished wreath measures approx. 11 1/2" x 11 1/2")

Here's a few close up shots.
I added a few stickers here & there from both of the stickers sheets.

The "Harvest Memories" banner that I placed as my title is actually from the 6x6 paper pad. The smaller scaled version of the 2x12 Border and 4x12 Title Strip Elements was perfect for my wreath.

Here's a look at my finished wreath that will grace my front door this fall season.

Thanks for stopping by today and I hope that you've been inspired by my little creation.

 

Supplies used from the Harvest Lane collection:

Fundamental Cardstock Stickers | #2602

Expressions Cardstock Stickers |#2603

Teal Dot/Ledger patterned paper |#2617

Yellow Quilt/Notebook patterned paper | #2619

Made with Love patterned paper |#2608

Green Stitch/Grid patterned paper |#2620

 6x6 Paper Pad |#2601