Simple Stories ~ Take Note #3 🏷️

Hi everyone, it’s Anna back with you today to share my third and final layout using Simple Stories - Take Note. 

You can find the collection in the shop here. 

To create this layout I used bazzill cardstock as my base. I had the full sheet of tag elements left in my kit of this collection, so I decided to just use the tags to create my page. I love the Simple Stories tags and they can be used in so many ways to create a full page layout as well as feature on one. 

I cut out all of the tags individually and chose 12 of them to use on this page, just leaving 3 unused.

I arranged the tags on my layout, and adhered multiple mini photos to the tags. I joined some of the tags together by punching a hole at the top of them and threading through some twine. 

Once I was happy with the placement of my photos, I adhered them to the tags and then began adding clusters of embellishments. 

I used the Floral Bits and Pieces and the Element stickers, tucking them around the tags and photos in clusters. I completed my layout by adding a title using alpha stickers. 

Thanks so much for looking. 

See you in March with a new collection! 

Anna 

@acraftylifewithanna

Simple Stories ~ Take Note #2 🗒️

Hello everyone, it’s Anna back with you today after a short break due to some technical issues! 

I’m now able to share my second layout using Simple Stories Take Note - which you can find in the shop here. 

To create this layout I’ve used a cutfile by Peartree Cutfiles which is a repetitive 2026 circle. I cut the cutfile out of white bazzill cardstock and then backed the stars with pieces of yellow patterned paper from ‘Focus on the Day’ before adhering it on to some navy bazzill cardstock. I also kept the off cut from my cutfile, which made a great border. 

I backed the circle in the middle of my cutfile with the b side of the ‘4x6 elements’ and then cut out another circle to layer on top using the b side of ‘get it done’. 

I then mounted my photo on to the a side of ‘get it done’ and adhered it off centre. 

I picked out a selection of flowers from the floral bits and pieces and tucked them above and under my photograph. 

I used the element stickers to create clusters of embellishments around my photo. 

Finally, I added some more floral bits to the edge of my border on the top right and bottom left, by just cutting them in half and tucking them in. 

Thanks so much for looking! 

I’ll see you later on this month with one final layout using this collection. 

See you then. 

Anna 

@acraftylifewithanna

Simple Stories ~ Take Note 🖊️ #1

Happy New Year everyone! It’s great to see you here again in 2026! 

This month I’m working with Simple Stories - Take Note, which you can find in the shop here. 

I always find this style of collection great for reflecting on the past year and I like to create a ‘review the year’ style page to go at the end of my yearly scrapbook album. 

To create this layout I started with the b side of ‘Happy Days Ahead’ as my base. 

I had downloaded a cutfile titled ‘2025 documented’ with 12 Polaroid frames, so I cut this out on white bazzill cardstock. 

I created collage pictures on my phone, with 4 pictures from each month of 2025 and printed them out to fit inside each of the frames.

I backed ‘2025’ with sections from the b side of ‘Focus on the Day’ and adhered the cutfile and the photos to my page. 

I had some old month stickers from Simple Stories which I used to place on each of the frames. 

Finally, I finished my layout by adding some floral bits and pieces as well as some stickers from the element stickers. 

I tucked some of the florals around the frames and created clusters on opposite sides of the page. 

Thanks so much for looking! See you later in the month with another layout using this collection! 

Anna 

@acraftylifewithanna