Welcome to Day 2 of the Simple Stories & Petaloo – Design Team-Up Week! We’re so excited to team up with Petaloo to share some inspiring projects with you this week.
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It's Mindi here with you today. I am so excited to share with you a Life Documented Project using the wonderful Homespun and Petaloo products. It was the perfect match-up of colors and products to document a regular week in our lives.
Here is my 2 page spread.
I used the empty space on my photo to add some embellishments. I really had fun layering some of the Petaloo flowers along with some Homespun Bits and Pieces.
Here are some more close ups. I love how all of the colors compliment each other.
I added some lovely Petaloo ribbon as a border for the top of my photo. Also used the one of the new Photo Overlays.
The cute flower pot was perfect for one of journaling cards to go along with my flower story. I added one of the Petaloo flowers to the top to add some great texture and dimension.
I love how fun these Sn@p Cuts are ! I placed some patterened paper behind the cut, each letter having a different patterned paper. Also added a sticker and another embellishment.
Thanks for coming by !
Supplies used :
Simple Stories Homespun Collection
- Sn@p Cards
- Bits and Pieces
- Expression Cardstock Stickers
- Sn@p Cuts
- Heart and Home patterned paper
- Homemade patterned paper
Simple Stories Family Collection
- Sn@p Stickers
Simple Stories Photo Overlays
Petaloo Products :
- Fancy Trims (Creme)
- Forget Me Nots (Robin Egg Blue)
- Textured Elements (Amber)
- Botanica Collection (Cranberry/Amber/Green)
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!
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!
- See more at: http://simplestories.typepad.com/simple_stories/#sthash.9J0TbsUl.dpufHead 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!
- See more at: http://simplestories.typepad.com/simple_stories/#sthash.9J0TbsUl.dpuf
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WOW - I really LOVE your pocket pages Mindi!!
The colours of Homespun & Petaloo flowers go perfectly together with your cute photos!!!
It looks great how you have decorated outsdie of the pockets and very clever to embellish over the empty spaces on the photos - thank you for that top tip. I do have to ask how you got the flowers & embellishments to adhere to the plastic of the pockets, did you initially use stickers then adhere to the stickers?
Also love how you inserted different papers behind each letter of your SN@P Cuts!!!
THANK YOU for the fun & fabulous inspiration :)
Posted by: TracyM #6773 | February 11, 2014 at 02:41 AM
I hadn't seen the Snapcuts before; what a very cool product! I love your idea of using the embellishments on the outside of the pockets, so clever. Thanks for sharing this great project!
Posted by: Lisa M | February 11, 2014 at 03:21 AM
Beautiful!! LOVING how you added the flowers to your PL pages!!!
Posted by: Julie Tucker-Wolek | February 11, 2014 at 03:55 AM
beautiful!!! love it, cool products
Posted by: Christine shields | February 11, 2014 at 07:26 AM
I would love this kind of scrapbooking. Decorating small snippets of space is so much easier than trying to make a whole page look cohesive and fantastic.
Posted by: bearsmother | February 11, 2014 at 07:42 AM
Hello there ! I just wanted to clarify one thing. I only took the photos/cards/embellishments out of the pockets to photograph them. That way you could see them better. Of course, you can always embellish the outside of the pocket. But I would imagine that after time they would get damaged. All my photos are now back in their comfy, cozy pockets for safe keeping !
Posted by: Mindi Niebuhr | February 11, 2014 at 08:11 AM
Love the layouts.
Posted by: Kam | February 11, 2014 at 08:13 AM
Love the flowers added to the layout!
Posted by: Shari Czerwinski | February 11, 2014 at 09:09 AM
Love the Petaloo flowers mixed with Homespun. A beautiful accent to fun pictures and great pages. Very nice and great work.
Posted by: Dorina D | February 11, 2014 at 09:25 AM
This would be a great way to scrapbook. A must try!!!! Love it!!!
Posted by: Beth | February 11, 2014 at 09:31 AM
So many great elements packed into such a small space!!! AWESOME!!! It always amazes me how much detail can be packed into such a small area and not look too busy!!! Such great details!!! Thanks for sharing!!
Posted by: barbara macaskill | February 11, 2014 at 09:44 AM
I follow you on Pinterest (macmomma12) and on Instagram (meemawof3) so I can stay up to date on what is going on and get inspiration!
Posted by: barbara macaskill | February 11, 2014 at 09:47 AM
lovely pages
and I like the
ribbon and flowers
added.
Carla from Utah
Posted by: Carla Hundley | February 11, 2014 at 09:50 AM
I never would have thought to put the flower or the ribbon on top of the page protector, what a cool idea. Or maybe they aren't hard to tell in the pictures LOL Either way they look great!
Posted by: Pam Sohan | February 11, 2014 at 10:13 AM
love the way the petaloo flowers are mixed in with the papers. Never tought that woould be a great combo but it truely is. love it
Posted by: Karin Boschaart | February 11, 2014 at 10:47 AM
Beautiful! Love how you embellished the Sn@p Cuts!
Posted by: Joy Hager | February 11, 2014 at 10:53 AM
Nice layouts! Creative use of the different elements.
Posted by: Karen L K | February 11, 2014 at 11:14 AM
I don't usually see flowers in PL spreads - and they look nice here.
Posted by: Stokely | February 11, 2014 at 11:24 AM
Great project! Thanks for the chance win some goodies!
Posted by: Amy Cooley | February 11, 2014 at 11:27 AM
I follow on Facebook!
Posted by: Amy Cooley | February 11, 2014 at 11:28 AM
I follow on Pinterest!
Posted by: Amy Cooley | February 11, 2014 at 11:29 AM
Great PL pages! Love all the details!
Posted by: KellyG | February 11, 2014 at 11:33 AM
I;m having a snow day in Georgia today
so I'm passing the time surfing the web
and stumbled on this blog!
Posted by: {vicki} | February 11, 2014 at 11:54 AM
These are awesome pages! I think I am going to have to try the pocket pages scrapbooking. I have been holding off, but this is really convincing!
Posted by: Lucy E. | February 11, 2014 at 12:21 PM
I love this life project idea! Your pages are wonderful! So much to see!
Posted by: Pam Ellis | February 11, 2014 at 12:40 PM
It's very beautiful. Love it. Thanks for sharing,
Posted by: Johanne Lacombe | February 11, 2014 at 01:07 PM
Loving the flowers with the PL!
Posted by: Jean Marmo | February 11, 2014 at 01:09 PM
adding the flowers really makes P.L. special!!!
Posted by: Kelly Massman | February 11, 2014 at 01:43 PM
I love Simple Stories and Petaloo!
Posted by: Wendy Orme | February 11, 2014 at 03:38 PM
Very creative use of the flowers ♥
Posted by: Jackie QH | February 11, 2014 at 04:26 PM
Lovely PL pages. I like how you added the flowers.
Posted by: Memoriesbymanda | February 11, 2014 at 05:30 PM
Great layouts!
Posted by: Teresa Melling | February 11, 2014 at 05:53 PM
Love how you pulled everything together and added the flowers and ribbon to your pocket pages. Beautiful!
Posted by: Liz S | February 11, 2014 at 06:15 PM
These pocket pages are super. I now will do pocket pages. This is proof one can embellish all one wants.
Posted by: sharon L | February 11, 2014 at 06:54 PM
Cute life documented pages! I love the flowers and sn@p cuts, thanks for sharing.
Posted by: Robin B. | February 11, 2014 at 07:26 PM
I love how these flowers complement Homespun so well! Lovely spread!
Posted by: Cynthia B. | February 11, 2014 at 07:37 PM
great showcasing of the simple stories daily... perfecto
Posted by: ava | February 11, 2014 at 09:07 PM
Everthing is just so pretty! I follow you on pinyterest and on FB.
Posted by: Janet Cobb | February 12, 2014 at 07:31 AM
Love the Simple Stories/Petaloo combo!
Posted by: Wendy Orme | February 12, 2014 at 08:11 PM
The petaloos really jazz up the SS papers.
Posted by: snazzy jj | February 13, 2014 at 10:04 AM
Wonderful job, I love all of the small details - they add so much!, but you managed to keep it clean too which is nice. Love the addition of the small flowers. Thanks for sharing.
Katie B.
Posted by: Katie B. | February 13, 2014 at 12:27 PM
Awesome pages! I haven't tried putting embellies on the outside of the pockets....yet.
Posted by: jpscraps | February 13, 2014 at 03:35 PM
Simple Stories is brand new line that I happen to have fallen head over heels in love with :)!
shared on FB
Posted by: Kitika | February 14, 2014 at 02:40 PM
Awesome I so want to learn to do this I have a snap book I have never opened :(
Posted by: Carmen Mitchell | February 14, 2014 at 05:05 PM
All off the papers and embellishments you used really complimented each other. Everything turned out great!
Posted by: Marianne Meredith Brinkley | February 15, 2014 at 04:56 AM
So cool, thanks for sharing each of the individual pics so you could see in depth!
Posted by: Nancy Carroll | February 15, 2014 at 08:40 AM
awesome two page spread...love how the flowers tie it all together and that line is fantastic!!
Posted by: Lynda | February 15, 2014 at 04:58 PM