Good morning! Brenda Smith here with you today sharing my first ever blog post as a member of the Simple Stories creative team. 

 

Do you ever hold off scrapping certain events because you just don't have the right papers and supplies? I am completely caught up on my 2015 Pocket Page album with the exception of my son's third birthday party. Perhaps it was because of the primary colors that go along with a superhero-themed party but I just could not find anything that I liked to go with my photos. That is until I laid eyes on Let's Party. 

 

 

One of the things I like most about this collection is that it's so versatile! It works great for boys and girls alike and many different color schemes including the primary colors of a Spider-Man party. 

 

 

I used one of the numbers from the Pocket Pieces pack. These fit comfortably in a 3x4 pocket. Initially I put it in the pocket with nothing else and while it looked great, it suddenly struck me that a confetti pocket made with sequins would make it even better! The sequin pocket mimics the confetti theme on some of the other cards and gives the page a certain continuity. 

 

 

I also used the enamel dots to echo the confetti motif by "sprinkling" them across the spread. With the coordinating enamel dots, you can't choose the wrong color because they all match so perfectly. 

 

 

On the right side, I chose the Design 10 page protector by Simple Stories which has 4x4 square pockets. 

 

 

There were several smaller stories I wanted to tell about this birthday party so I took advantage of some of the cute journal cards and put them through my manual typewriter.