July 2020 Blog Posts

Hi beautiful Simple Stories friends, Cristina here with you today to show you a new project I made with a brand new collection Kate & Ash. I totally fell in love for this new collection for colors and designs that perfectly follow my taste and my favorite elements to use in my creative world.

I had so much fun during the making and when I started to work I had no idea on which one paper to choose because I really loved all of them. So as pink and mint are my favorite combo colors I decided to use those ones.

To follow the beautiful designs and elements of this collection I chose a photo of my best friends that I really love because this photo gives me so many emotions that remind me of those beautiful moments when we were all together on a fantastic day.

I decided to cut pic and some elements in a triangle shape using different sizes. I cut triangle using a trimmer and to be sure to have the correct sizes I drawed them with a pencil before that. I used foam double tape underneath some elements to create 3d effect and I cut out some
stripes by the sheet I used as a base to have a point to catch the attention. There I made my composition.

I fussy cut those beautiful flowers from a patterned paper inside the collection kit pack and I used all of them all around the other chipboard elements used. Floral touch is a must have on my pages.

This is my project and I hope you like it and can get any kind of inspiration by it. So please don’t forget to leave us a comment below and tell us which is your own idea on how to use these collections.
Thank you so much for joining me today and see you to the next post.
Bye.
Cristina xxx

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Hi friends!  I hope you’re having a great day!  I’m excited to share EIGHT cards made with the new Simple Stories Bro & Co Collection!  It’s just the thing for the young men in your life!

The colors and prints are bold and masculine and the themes are perfect for different occasions you might be celebrating.  How about a congrats on that new driver’s license?

I confess I’m not up to date on all the expressions the kids use today and was greatful for my son for  interpreting the secret language you’ll find throughout the collection.  GOAT?  Ok.. Greatest of All Time.  Want a laugh?  Ask someone to tell you what YEET means! Not so easy to put some things in words.

Now Hangry?  I totally get that one.. probably describes me pretty often.. getting a little crabby because I need something to eat. 

I’ll be using these EPIC cards for birthdays, and other major achievements to celebrate!   Or maybe just a way to get my kid to smile when he’s away from home this summer.

This collection celebrates the youth of today..skateboards, guitars, pizza, tacos, video games – It’s all good!

What you’ll love is all the accessories available in this collection – decorative brads, chipboard, two types of bits and pieces die cuts, and so much more, all perfectly coordinated to work together.   Trust me, you’ll be killin’ it!

The papers in this collection are only available in 12” sheets.  When I start working I always cut out the journaling cards and then cut the remaining papers into 6” squares.  This makes them easy to manage and see all the prints at one time.

Celebrate the young men in your life and reconnect with this fun collection.  It just might surprise you just how much you really have in common!

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Hey everyone, Michelle here today with a new layout to share using the  Color Vibe Collection.  These color vibes collections come in a variety of different packs.  I decided to use the pack of lights for my layout.

I started off my layout by cutting out a cut file from COAPA.  I knew I wanted to do a rainbow theme with the pretty colors in these collections.  I backed the cut file with the dots side of the papers and stitched with matching floss.

I used this sweet photo of my daughter walking on the beach.  The photo really went well with my quote.  It's so important to enjoy the little things in life.

The color vibes collection also has all of these gorgeous alphas!  They come in all the colors!!

Using this collection was a fun little challenge for me.  I'm usually pretty heavy on embellishments but this layout really didn't need much else. 

Thanks for stopping by!

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Hello, it’s Emma with you today and I’d like to show you how I’ve used the fab Birthday Bash collection by Simple Stories! Look how nicely the Green 6x8 Sn@p! Binder works with this collection! 

I used the 12 x 12 ‘Wish Big’ paper to cover the front of the binder and then made a fun shaker pocket and added a few of the chip board stickers for some extra detail. 

The colours in these papers are full of cheer so I decided to make some dividers, mainly so I could use as much of the papers as possible!! You’ll find on the 12x12 Sticker sheet there’s tab stickers, which are of course perfect to use on your dividers. 

This collection is bursting with fabulous designs, for one of my full page layouts I picked out the Robot and a journaling piece with the cogs on, as I thought they went so well together. 

For another of my full page layouts I used the foil rainbow birthday cake and teamed it with the matching lantern, and again used a journaling die cut where I can write a little about the photo that I decide to add to it. 

I also had fun decorating 6x4 cards to add photos and journaling too, my son has just had his tenth birthday so I’ll be adding photos from his big day! 

One of my favourite things to do when I’m setting up a new Sn@p! Binder is to make at least one pocket page filled with the 2x2 images, it looks so colourful and is a fun way to incorporate the theme! 

I thoroughly enjoyed setting up this binder and playing with the Birthday Blast Collection, if I’m honest I don’t particularly like ‘boys’ collections...but this one...it was full of colour and cheer! Which I loved!! Once again, Simple Stories have made an absolute winning collection!!

If you’d like to see more of my projects you can find them on Instagram here https://www.instagram.com/heartsbyemma

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