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Your Family Layout in a Sn@p

What I really love about the new Sn@p Sets is that not only can you create Life Documented type layouts, but if you want to scrap the traditional way, you can.  Guiseppa here and I want to share with you what I created using the Sn@p Family Set.  Here's  a look at the Sn@p Family 4x6 and 3x4 cards.

Using some patterned paper  from the Smarty Pants Collection, I created a layout using mostly the 4x6 and 3x4 Cards.  This made for a quick and easy layout because the Sn@p Cards created the main embellishments for my layout.

 

 

To further accent this page I added some the the stickers from the Sn@p Family Set and few other things.

No matter what way you like to scrapbook...the Sn@p Set are perfect for fun, easy and quick layouts.  Here is a card that I made in no time also using the Sn@p Family Set.

Thanks for stopping by and I hope you are inspired to use your Sn@p Sets!

Simple Stories Supplies:

Sn@p Family:

4x6 Cards #4179

3x4 Cards #4180

Stickers #4178

Smarty Pants:

Blue Composition/Ledger #3419

Sn@p Collection:

Red/Ledger #2817

Teal Chevron/Mini Dot #2827

Red Chevron/Mini Dot #2829

 

 

Paper Airplanes

Hello everyone! Today I've got a fun page to share using the ever-versatile Daily Grind. While it works absolutely perfectly for a Life Documented approach as we've seen by my fellow design team members, it also works for most anything else!

Here I have used it for a bright and fun page about my son playing with foam airplanes. The colors are vibrant and cheerful and jazz up an everday moment like this one. I used a little of everything from the line- from the die cut Sn@p! cut under my photo, the cardstock camera sticker, brads, and stickers.

For some extra interest, I created little paper airplanes with some Daily Grind Simple Basics and hand stitched blue contrails.

I have been on a little bit of a brad kick lately, so I included a cluster of them on my page. Don't be afraid to layer them- by overlapping, they feel more like they belong together.

I think I need about 10 more of those 'Hey There' brads! And there you have it, a cheerful page with Daily Grind. Thanks for stopping in today!

To see more projects using Daily Grind, check out our Daily Grind Pinterest board -

 

Supplies Used:
Daily Grind
12 x 12 Collection #3600
Fundamental Cardstock Stickers #3602
Expression Cardstock Stickers #2603Chipboard #3628
Brads #3627
Hello, New Day #3604
Rise and Shine #3605
Busy Busy #3607
4x4 Quote and 6x8 Photo Mat Elements #3613
12x12 Simple Basics Kit #3601
Sn@p! Cuts #3626

Life Documented with Say Cheese & Spellbinders: Day 6

Hello Life Documented scrappers! It's Nichol here today sharing a scrapbook page featuring Say Cheese and Spellbinders as part of the fun product swap.

For my project today I used the Snapshot Shapeabilities dies:

and the Numbers and Letters M-Bossabilities:

Instead of doing a weekly style Life Documented page, I chose to instead use Pocket Pages to scrap a Disney Vacation using the awesome Simple Stories Say Cheese Collection!

 

I embossed a 4x6 piece of kraft cardstock with the Numbers and Letters embossing folder and layered on Say Cheese patterned papers a a 4x6 card cropped down into a strip.  I love the texture the embossing adds to the pocket!

 

The polaroid frame die in the Spellbinders Snapshot Collection makes the perfect little frame for a 2" square photo!

I am using the 12x12 Sn@p! Leather Album in green for all of my Life Documented pages.

Today I'm using the Design 2 Pocket Page:

 

I love how the pockets make memory keeping so quick and easy!

The Say Cheese products I used today:

• Say Cheese Fundamental Cardstock Stickers #3302
• Say Cheese Expression Cardstock Stickers #3303
• Say Cheese 6x6 Paper Pad #3322
• Say Cheese Sn@p! Cards #3323

 

 

SN@P! and Spellbinders: Day 5

Happy Friday to you all!  Shellye here to share with you today :)  I'm changing up the focus of this week's spotlight with Spellbinders to bring a 12 Days of Christmas  Tag-Style Mini Album using SN@P! and a bit of December Documented.

For the base of the album, I started with Spellbinder's Wonky Rectangles Nestabilities and used the largest (3.25" X 4.25") die.  I first cut the shape from a thin weight chipboard and then various papers from the 6X6 December Documented Paper Pad. 

Although using smaller dies from the same set would also look just as sweet, I decided to go with an oval shape (2.25" X 3")  from the Spellbinder's Classic Ovals Nestabilities. 

And I just fell in love with Spellbinder's Layered Poinsettias ...I use a lot of snowflakes for winter/Christmas themes, so this was a nice change! For the front, I used two of the smaller poinsettia shapes and then glittered the yellow centers. 

Before attaching the little penguin guy to the top of the cover, I applied him to a piece of paper and then trimmed out; this added stability and also took away the sticky. To the bottom, I glued on a pom pom trim from May Arts Ribbon.

Below are all of the pages to commemorate the 12 Days of Christmas.  When adding photos, I plan to use one of the smaller ovals to die-cut my photos.  Between each 'day' I have added a cut-down piece of overlay from the December Documented Collection Kit, as well as SN@P! Pockets and December Documented 3x4 SNA@P! Cards.

This concept would also make a cute brag book for a new mom or grandma.  Add more SN@P! pockets and fill with movie tickets or gift cards...a gift within a gift!

Thank you for visiting Simple Stories as we wrap-up this week of Spellbinders inspiration!

Simple Stories Products: December Documented- 6X6 Paper Pad; 12x12 Collection Kit; Chipboard Stickers; Decorative Brads;; SN@P! Cards; SN@P! Christmas Set- Pockets; Stickers; SN@P! Color Vibe- 6X6 Paper Pad; SN@P! Embellishments- Stickers Letters; Stickers Typeset; Stickers Labels

Daily Grind & Spellbinders Day 4

Welcome to Day 4 of our week with Spellbinders! Emily here with a fun little Daily Grind project to share today. 

I haven't always been a fan of using manual die cutting machines, but recently I have fallin in LOVE with Spellbinders! Their dies are amazing and they cut so perfectly! They even emboss!

 For my project today I used the Floral Doily Motifs

And my favorite, the Bitty Blossoms. 

 I created this fun mini album using Daily Grind. This collection is so much fun! The bright colors and the theme are perfect for every day photos. I plan to fill this mini with my Instagram photos. 

 As you can see, I used the Floral Doily Motifs for the central focal point, They are great for layering! 

I used the bitty blossoms to create my own flowers and leaves and  then added some other pre-made flowers to match.

To see more projects using our Daily Grind collection, check out our Daily Grind Pinterest board -

 

Thanks for stopping by today! 

Products Used:
Simple Stories- Daily Grind: Collection Kit, Brads; Sn@p: Flair
Spellbinders- Bitty Blossoms, Floral Doily Motifs

 

Daily Grind and Spellbinders Day Three

Hi there!  Kim here today with another day of our fun partnership with Spellbinders!  Spellbinders has so many wonderful products and I'm excited to be part of such a wonderful product swap!

I fell in love with these Spellbinder's products:

 On the Edge

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Say What?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Snapshots

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

To make this assignment even better, I had the brand new DAILY GRIND collection to team up my new dies with. Here is my layout for you:

I used the On the Edge dies to add some kraft paper borders to different areas of my layout.  You can see one of the scalloped edges above the photo and the heart scallop below the photo. 

 

I love all of the dies in the SNAPSHOT set, but the camera was perfect for the focal point of my layout.   After cutting and embossing the die, I dusted the embossed area with some black chalk to make the detail pop!

The final die set that I used was the SAY WHAT? set.  I love the speech bubbles and for my layout I also used the negative space that the heart speech bubble came from.  I used some red chalk to highlight the heart and a black marker to apply a dotted border around the cut out section of the heart.

To see more projects using our Daily Grind collection, check out our Daily Grind Pinterest board -

 

Supplies Used:

Spellbinders:

• Say What? Dies
• Snapshots Dies
• On the Edge Dies

Simple Stories

    Daily Grind

• #3600 - Collection Kit
• #3602 - Cardstock Stickers
• #3603 - Cardstock Stickers
• #3628 - Chipboard Shapes
• #3629 - Bits & Pieces
• #3624 - Snap Pages

Be sure to watch our blog all week for more fun Spellbinders/Daily Grind projects that are sure to inspire you! 

 

Daily Grind and Spellbinders Day Two

Hey all!  Vicki here to share another project using Simple Stories  Daily Grind and some fun die templates from Spellbinders.  I am so happy to be a part of this product swap and hope you will join us this week to see all of the interesting ways the team incorporates Spellbinders unique products in their designs.

I have been a long time user and lover of Spellbinders dies.  With a vast array of shapes and designs, they make paper crafting and layering an absolute delight.  The dies are so easy to use, as well.

For my project today I chose three die template sets.  Take a look...

 

Les Papillions S4-371

 

Rose Creations S5-050

 

Snapshot S5-149

 

Here is what I created using a mix of some the oh so amazing pieces from Daily Grind.

 

 

I absolutely LOVE how the flower diecuts give the papers from Daily Grind a whole new look!!

 

 

The little Snapsots make the perfect mats.

 

 

I have a real "thing" for butterflies and this Les Papillions set creates the perfect little paper embellishments!

 

To see more projects using Daily Grind, check out our Daily Grind Pinterest board - 

 

I hope all of the projects this week inspire to pull your Spellbinders die templates and your new goodies from The Daily Grind to put them to good use.  If you are new to using dies give them a try!  They offer amazing opportunites for layering (especially with Spellbinders Nestabilities) and they make a sheet of paper come to life!

Come back and join us all week for more inspiring ideas using Spellbinders.  I can't wait to see what the team comes up with!

 

Products used from Daily Grind:

•  Ephemra #3629
• Chipboard #3628
• Brads #3627
• Everyday Hustle 12x12 paper #3606
• 4x4 Quote & 6x8 Photo Mat #3613
• 2x12 Border & 4x12 Title Strip Elements #3614
• Bingo Cards/Months 12x12 paper #3616
• Ornage Chunky Chevron/Dots #3617
• Teal Chunky Cevron/Dots #3619
• Red Chunky Chevron/Dots #3620
• Yellow Chunky Chevron/Dots #3621

 

 

The Daily Grind and Spellbinders

Hello there! Donna here today as your host for the blog today, and this week we have something really special to share with you. We here at Simple Stories have teamed up with Spellbinders to do a product swap. So join us all week long as members from the Simple Stories design team share their projects using Spellbinders' amazing products!

Before we get started, a confession: I was a bit intimidated by this assignment. I have a manual die-cutting machine, but I don't use it that often (I'm not sure why!) But once I got started I had a lot of fun creating! One of my first discoveries was learning about Spellbinders® M-Bossabilities™ folders. These are reversible embossing folders that have two designs, one on each side. So all you do is turn the embossing folder inside out (or right side in!) and you can create two different patterns with a single folder. I happen to think that is so very cool! My favorite was this one called Bricks and Bark:

 I used a wood colored patterned paper from Daily Grind

and embossed it with the woodgrain side of the embossing folder to create a textured background for this card:

It is a little hard to see the detail of the embossing in the image above, so here is a closer look:

After using one side of that folder I decided to use the brick pattern too:

I think this side is really fun! I love how the bricks turned out with the red patterned paper. It really did add a special touch to this simple card.

I also had a chance to work with some of Spellbinders' dies from their Nestabilities® line. I used the set called Labels One,

which is a set of six nesting classic label shaped dies. The difference between the die template sizes within a Nestabilities® set is ½", which becomes a ¼" border when layering as you can see on the card below:

Finally, for my last card I used the same label die together with another embossing folder, Simplicity, to create this card:

You'll have to forgive me because the background on this card didn't photograph very well, but I do love how it turned out. I wanted to make something very clean and simple. The embossing looks so pretty and gives just the right amount of texture to the kraft paper. I know I have said this before here on the blog, but I tend towards a more simple style of scrapbooking and cardmaking. I also tend to be a "flat" scrapper. But using these embossing folders was a very easy and straightforward way of adding dimension and interest to my projects. I think my fear of my die-cutting machine might have been eliminated in the process of making these cards! I will definitely be pulling it out more often in the future.

To see more projects using Daily Grind, check out our Daily Grind Pinterest board -

 

Thank you for stopping by the blog today. I hope you'll take the time to visit us throughout the week to see what the rest of the team has to share featuring products from Spellbinders! Have a great week!

 

Products Used from Daily Grind:

12x12 Collection Kit #3600

12 x 12 Simple Basics Kit #3601

Brads #3627

Hello, New Day #3604

Daily Flair #3609

4 x 6 Journaling Card Elements #3611

Orange Chunky Chevron/Dots #3617

Green Chunky Chevron/Dots #3618

Teal Chunky Chevron/Dots #3619

Red Chunky Chevron/Dots #3620

Yellow Chunky Chevron/Dots #3621

Life Documented with Daily Grind

Hi All! Alissa Fast here and I've got a Life Documented spread today using my newest favorite Simple Stories line! Daily Grind is just so cool!!! I love the dark wood grains, the light wood grains, the new die cut pieces and the bright rainbow colors! It's just so awesome and so versatile! 

This week was Fair Week in my county and the fair is all I think about that week and many weeks leading up to it. :) I just love the fair. Always have. Daily Grind is perfect for documenting a favorite week like Fair Week from the summer. The neutrals and the bright colors just remind me of the fair. All the hay and grass and animals are the neutrals and the carnival is the brights. See how perfect it is? :)

My favorite items in this collection are the die cut SN@P! Cuts and the NEW Ephemera die cuts. So awesome!

I added some washi tape (I ALWAYS have to add washi) and my tiny attacher staples. That's all! The rest is in the Daily Grind collection.

That camera cut is my absolute favorite!

That Today banner is from the NEW Ephemera pack. LOVE it!

I am using the 12x12 Sn@p! Leather Album in teal for all of my Life Documented pages. I love the sturdiness and the stitching!

Today I used the 12x12 SN@P! Pocket Pages in Design 5

and in Design 9.

The 4x12 pocket is a fun change.

The Daily Grind Products I used were:

• Expression Cardstock Stickers #3603
• Ephemera #3629
• Chipboard #3628
• Brads #3627
• 3x4 Journaling Card Elements #3610
• 4x6 Journaling Card Elements 2 #3612
• 2x12 Border & 4x12 Title Strip Elements #3614
• SN@P! Cuts #3626
• SN@P! Cards #3623

I hope you have enjoyed my week at the fair! Have an awesome weekend!

Fan Focus Friday

Hi there!  Layle here with you today :)

Today I'm back with another Fan Focus Friday! 

We have so many great Simple Stories fans out there that we thought it would be fun to showcase some of the work shared with us. 

So, here goes!

This month, let me introduce you to Wendy Antenucci -

Hi my name is Wendy Antenucci and I am from FL.  I am married to my wonderful hubby of 14 years and we have 6 kids, ranging from 11-2 months.  I started scrapbooking shortly after my first child was born in 2002.  I am a SAHM and homeschooler so I tend to scrap during my kids rest time it helps clear my mind and get me through the rest of the day.  My style is simple, but I love to layer and look for the perfect way to embellish my pages that connect with the memory I am telling.  I design for Pebbles, Bella Blvd, and I am the DT coordinator for Memorable Seasons an online store.  I have been published in Creating Keepsakes, Cards, Create, Scrapbook Trends, Scrap365, and various online publications.

Not sure what to do with our fantastic 3x4 and 4x6 card designs if you're not a pocket page scrapbooker?  Boy are you guys in store for a treat today!  Wendy created some really neat projects using our Say Cheese collection and 3x4 & 4x6 cards.   

How cute is this darling little mini album she created using one of the Say Cheese SN@P! Cuts for the cover along with Say Cheese SN@P! Cards for the inside pages?!  So stinkin' creative!

You can see closeups of all the pages in Wendy's cute album here!

See how well Say Cheese works for others things besides visits to the amusement parks in Anaheim and Florida?  ;)

Here are a few more layouts she created using 3x4 cards from our Everyday SN@P! Set -

So how about that Wendy?!  We hope you love her work as much as we do! 

Thanks so much Wendy for being a Simple Stories fan and sharing your talent with us!

To see more projects using our Say Cheese collection, check out our Say Cheese Pinterest board

And to see more projects using our SN@P! Sets, visit our SN@P! Sets Pinterest board