Unfinished Business

Hello Simple Stories fans and thank you for joining me on the blog today. Chantalle [1] with you to share some pages which I have had on my desk for a while, which were being shifted around with not much else happening. You can see from the image below, that they were in need of some TLC, lol. They were both created for a class which I was teaching earlier in the year. I wanted to show my students just how versatile one of my very favourite products can be. SN@P! Packs are an essential part of my Simple Stories creative process. Packed with value, they can be used as is or stretched, boosting patterned paper or by fussy cutting elements etc. I just love them!

I couldn’t get hold of enough of the Life in Color packs at the time, so I created another page (using the same principles) with a Happy SN@P! Pack instead. The pages were both nice, but I thought they lacked a bit of extra detail, so I have tweaked them both and am now really happy with them!

Fixer-Upper #1

As you can see, I have kept a lot of the original elements, but by adding some brighter pops, it has really lifted the page! This is reinforced by being mounted onto some fabulous Sn@p Basics woodgrain paper, which has brought the white to life.

I pulled off the circular element and added these script stickers from a sheet of Sunshine & Happiness Fundamentals. I’ve disguised a section where I tore the paper slightly, by adding a small yellow 2x2 inch card from the Sunshine & Happiness Sn@p Pack.

To make the ‘#’ part of my title coordinate better, I have added a bit of detail with a white gel pen.

Journalling straight onto a 4x4 Sn@p card... I think my DS is going through ‘the change’! hehe

Even though I have used lots of feminine elements, I think the page still retains a bit of masculine charm. Those little butterflies were cut from a 4x6 card (Happy Sn@p Pack) and given a coat of Glossy Accents.

The bottom left corner has had a little makeover, with the addition of some 2x2 cards (Sunshine & Happiness) spelling out the word ‘Hello’. I haven’t removed the existing cards below. I quite like the bit of colour peeking out from underneath. Having this large word on the left balances out the elements in the top right area, drawing the eye along a diagonal from bottom left to top right.

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Fixer-Upper #2

This next page is a self-reflective one. I didn’t add a picture to it in the beginning because I strongly dislike photos of myself… Enter the gloriously funny Snapchat filters! I printed this one off, cropping all the ‘seriousness’ out.

Again, I’ve kept a lot of the original elements, just building up some layers here and there. I started with adding some Life in Color Chipboard Frames to some of the 2x2 cards. They add both interest and subtle depth.

I’ve also kept the title the same, but have opted to snip off the word ‘life’ from the black strips (cut from a 4x6 Life in Color Sn@p card) and add it back, in the form of a Life in Color wood veneer shape. I really like how this changes the dynamics of the title and draws the eye in.

A bit lower down, below the title, you’ll notice I have added lots of little details like mini wood veneer and enamel dots.

Behind the photos on both pages, I have created a little pocket by stitching two 4x6 Sn@p cards together. I created a bit of hidden journalling using a strip of paper and a tag punch. This tucks very nicely into my pocket.

Here you can see how I decorated the journalling tag before I added some typed text.

Thank you again for popping in today. Don’t be afraid to change up a project that just doesn’t sit perfectly with you. The results are well worth it!

Happy Crafting!