Simple Stories ~ Fun Times #2 🎈

Hi everyone, it’s Anna back with you today. 

I’m sharing my second layout this month using Simple Stories Fun Times - take a look at the collection in the shop here. 

You can find my previous double page layout using this collection - here. 

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To create this layout I focused on the ‘Tag Elements’ paper. I chose 8 that would work well with my photos and cut them out. 

I chose to use mostly the plain side of the tags so that I could add a title, journaling and element stickers to them.

This collection is great for so many things, its main focus is to document theme parks/amusement parks. But with the balloons and other fun elements, I wanted to have a go at using it for a birthday layout.

I printed four pictures and mounted them on to coordinating cardstock. I then lay the tags out on my Bazzil white cardstock, with four along the top and four along the bottom. I left a gap in between the tags and placed the photos in the middle. 

I punched small holes in the tags and then threaded some twine through each tag. 

On one of the tags, which was lined, I added my journaling along with a couple of stickers from the element stickers. 

With the remaining tags, I added element stickers and a title. 

Thanks so much for looking! 

See you next month. 

Anna 

@acraftylifewithanna 

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Travel Junque- Photoplay

 Hi everyone!

I am so excited to be new to the Papermaze design team this month! As a relatively recent scrapbooker since 2019 my scrapbooking style seems to have settled into colourful layouts with a messy or grungy edge, but I still really enjoy to play with pretty pinks and fresh florals too when the mood strikes!

For my first month on the team, I have been using the Travel Junque collection by Photoplay . As my family and I tend to take holidays within the United Kingdom, the colours and images in this collection fit our UK holiday photos so well!

For my first layout I have made a feature of the cut apart tags in the Explore paper, adding eyelets and some twine for added texture.

As a continuation of the tag theme, I cut a large 6x8" photograph into four equal sized tags as a large feature across the bottom half of the page. I also added two smaller 2.5x3" photos  matted onto the tag cut-apart tags. Behind the photo I have tucked some of the tag ephemera fussy cut from the A side of the Roam paper. 

 

The alphas and phrases on the B side of the Roam paper from the collection lend themselves excellently to being cut apart and used as my layout title. Finally I have added some leaf charms and some of the phrases from the Element Stickers over the photo tags to add interest.

I hope you join me again to see what else I have created with this gorgeous collection and I hope I have inspired you to create with some of your UK holiday photographs. 

Bye for now! 

Rebecca Bee 

@scrap_paper_uk

XOXO

Doodlebug Designs ~ Butterfly Kisses 🦋

 Hi everyone! 

This month I’m working with Doodlebug designs Butterfly Kisses which you can find in the shop here. 

This collection has been out for a little while now, but it caught my attention in the shop recently and I was keen to have a play! 

If you’re a regular visitor to the blog, you will know I love a multi photo layout and the tags on ‘Happy Thoughts’ gave me the inspiration to create a multi photo layout to document my birthday!

 

I had lots of photos from the day and if I used lots of them singularly on a layout, I’d have so many pages of one day. Multi photo layouts are really great for not only telling stories but using less space in your albums. 

I began by cutting out all of the tags from ‘Happy Thoughts’. I then adhered them onto a sheet of white bazzill cardstock. I then printed out a selection of photos and began arranging them onto the tags. I mounted some if the onto coordinating bazzill cardstock. 

I added some of the This and That stickers and some of the Puffy word stickers to embellish each of the tags. 

🏷️ Thanks so much for looking! 🏷️ 

See you later on in the month for a second layout using this collection. 

Anna 

@acraftylifewithanna

Great Outdoors Adventure - Simple Stories - Simple Vintage Woodlands Collection

Hi everyone!

It’s Rebecca here, sharing my second layout of the month with you. With the heat this week, it’s been lovely to escape indoors and scrap some cosy autumnal photos using the Simple Vintage Woodlands collection. You can check out the full Simple Stories collection here.

There are so many gorgeous patterned papers in this collection! After picking a few of my favourites, I cut them into 3.5 x 3.5-inch squares. I arranged them slightly off-centre and overlapped them a little to give the page a more relaxed, layered look. I then mounted my photo on white cardstock, followed by a darker patterned paper to create contrast, and placed it on top of the squares.

Next, I fussy-cut a couple of tags from the Tag Elements patterned paper, punched a gold metal eyelet through the top of each, and threaded some gold metallic thread through them for a touch of texture and shimmer.

For my title, I chose a Foam Sticker and placed it just beneath the photo, extending it with a die-cut phrase (from the Bits & Pieces) to read ‘Great Outdoors Adventure.’ I love mixing different textures and materials when building my titles — it adds so much interest and is always fun to experiment with!

I used Floral Bits & Pieces and Element Stickers to create clusters on either side of the photo. I chose several of the toadstool designs since we spotted so many of them on that woodland walk — such a fun way to bring the memory into the layout!

To finish the layout, I added a few fussy-cut butterflies and tore a section on the right side of the background. I backed the torn area with a coordinating patterned paper, which really helped balance the layout and tie everything together.

Thanks so much for stopping by and reading! I’ve really enjoyed working with the Simple Vintage Woodlands collection this month — it’s such a lovely range. It’s available in the shop now, so be sure to grab it while you can!

Take care,
Rebecca xx

@preciouspagespapercraft 

Photoplay This Happy Life - Loving This

Hello! Karen back again, and I'm excited to share my final layout featuring the This Happy Life collection from Photoplay. This collection is just bursting with brightness and happy colours, making it perfect for creating happy scrapbook pages. My layout today was inspired by a layout by Rebecca Meadows found on Pinterest.

I began the layout by layering a slightly trimmed 12x12 sheet of white cardstock onto a 12x12 sheet of black cardstock.

Next, I cut five long tags, each about 2" x 10", from various papers in the collection: It Happened, This Year, Sweet Hello, Everyday, and All My Life papers. To finish the tags, I made reinforcing rings from black cardstock and added them to the holes of each tag. 

I make hole reinforcers for my tags by using a tiny round punch and a larger round punch. First, I use the tiny punch to punch a small circle from cardstock, and then I use the larger punch to punch out the hole, forming the reinforcer.

After attaching the reinforcers, I arranged the tags vertically across the layout and threaded black and white baker's twine through their holes.

I also incorporated a black cardstock tag onto the strung tags, using it as a mat for my 6x4 photo.  For this one, I created a hole reinforcer from a piece of the patterned paper.

To secure the twine and give it some extra texture, I used metal staples.

In my stash, I found a black puffy phrase sticker that was the perfect title, and I placed it towards the bottom of the layout, slightly overlapping the photo.

To embellish the layout, I fussy cut flowers from the This Year paper. These were then arranged into clusters on both the photo tag and in the bottom right corner of the page.

I typed my journaling on the computer and printed the strips onto white cardstock. These strips were then placed next to the photo on the layout, with their right sides nestled into the fussy cut flowers, creating a natural flow.

Finally, I used a black fine liner pen to outline the white cardstock and the patterned paper tags. To complete the layout, I added a few pink enamel dots to the flower clusters.

I hope you like this layout and much of this collection is still available here in the shop.

I will be back later in the month with another layout to share.

Take Care, Karen x x

Simple Stories - Simple Vintage Yuletide - Seasons Greetings Tag Book

Hello everyone, and welcome back to the Papermaze blog.

It's Claire here with you today, and for this blog post, I have something slightly different.

In every Simple Stories collection, there's usually a sheet of tags, and the Simple Vintage Yuletide collection is no exception.  They are exquisite!! 

I was so taken with them, that this month I wanted to make a feature of them and so decided to make a tag book.

I typically have lots of photos over the festive season, but not all of them warrant a full 12x12 scrapbook page. So, I decided to make this tag book to capture some of the smaller, more intimate moments that all help to build that wonderful Christmas spirit during the holiday season.

Selecting several tags from the Tag Elements paper, I made sure to include some blank space for journaling, and some more graphical tags, as well as some that I could add extra embellishments to. As it's a festive project, I've added gold and red eyelets from my stash to each tag.

For my front cover, I kept it fairly simple. opting for one of the sentiments from the Bits & Pieces pack, offset against some small gold Nuvo Drops to add that extra touch of festive magic and sparkle. 

On the reverse, I added a small photo and a sentiment from the Foam Stickers and a small star from the Sentiment Bits & Pieces.

Next, I added pockets to two tags, using a small piece of the 2x2/4x4 Elements Paper.

This was really easy to do, adhering each piece in place with strong red line tape along each outer edge. These pockets are great for holding little journaling notes, photos or gift messages from the big day. Again I embellished with some Foam Stickers and Bits & Pieces, adding red Nuvo Drops around the edge of each pocket to bring in an extra pop of colour.

The Joy and Ticket inserts are from the Bits & Pieces and Sentiments Bits & Pieces packs.

I was enjoying the interactive elements of these tags, so after making the pockets, I added a small flap to the next, enabling it to open like a book by adhering in place with red line tape. I created the flap with a strip of paper from the 4x6 Elements paper, embellishing with a fussy cut Santa from the 2x2/4x4 Elements paper and Yuletide Bits & Pieces.

Inside, you can slot extra photographs, held in place by the edge of the striped paper that folds around the tag.

To make sure I had space for journaling, I chose two plain tags, adding just a few Nuvo Drops to create a framed border and banners from the Bits & Pieces and Sentiment Bits & Pieces packs.

On the back of the 25 tag, I created a feature photo from the big day itself - tracing around the tag and adhering my photo to it - trimming the edge to make sure it fit exactly to the tag.

A few Foam Stickers was all that was needed to finish this tag as I wanted the photo to shine.

I hope you've enjoyed this blog post and it's given you some extra inspiration for how you may document those precious little moments and smaller stories that make up the joy of the season.

I'll be back later this month with some more projects with this stunning collection. In the meantime you can check it out in full here.

Until then, happy scrapping!

Claire x

@scrappysoulmate

Vicki Boutin's Bold & Bright for American Crafts - Capture it All

Hello, How are you doing? I hope you've had a great summer. Karen here, and today I have a new collection to share with you - Bold & Bright by Vicki Boutin for American Crafts. As the name suggests, the colour palette of this collection is wonderfully colourful and vibrant. It is perfect for so many scrapbook layouts. The layout I have to show you today is a multi photo layout inspired by the Mixed Tags sheet of paper.

For the base of the layout I chose to use a sheet of paper from one of Vicki's older Painted Backgrounds Paper Pads but you could also create your own mixed media background or use a plain sheet of cardstock or tone-on-tone patterned paper. I trimmed 1cm from one edge of the background paper and stuck a piece of black cardstock behind to add a bit of interest,

The 5 largest tags on the Mixed Tags paper were cut out and cascaded down the centre of the layout. Onto each tag I mounted a 3" x 1.5" photo. 3D foam was placed beneath each photo for dimension. 

Some of the tags were threaded with black and white twine.

From the Bunches of Fun paper I fussy cut two huge flower clusters and tucked these behind the top and bottom tags.

From the Spinning Wheels paper I cut lots of the wheels and also tucked these behind the tags, making sure that the colours were evenly distributed throughout the layout.

On each tag, beside the photo, I added a word strip printed on the computer and a butterfly from the sheet of Mini Puffy Stickers. This pack of puffy stickers contains 110 tiny stickers which are so versatile and great for scattering on layouts. I think they're great value for money.

In the bottom right corner I added my title. I used one of the Puffy Title Thickers and some Mini Foam Thickers and beside the title I added a cute puffy sticker camera from my stash.

Finally, a few enamel dots were added and I doodled a line round all the paper elements using a black gel pen.

Thank you for dropping by today, I'll be back again next month with another project.

Take Care

Karen x x

Sunkissed - Simple Stories - Summer Snapshots Collection

Hi everyone, it's Rebecca with you today sharing my first layout for August all the way from the Isle of Wight! This month I'm working with the colourful Summer Snapshots collection from Simple Stories. It's a fabulous collection for documenting all those summer memories from holidays on the beach, to eating ice creams in the park. You can find the full collection in the shop here. 

I started this layout by cutting a 5 inch wide strip from the 'B' side of the Journal Elements patterned paper and sticking it vertically on a sheet of white cardstock. I loved all the stripes on this paper, and found it really fun that they were all different widths and lengths. Either side of this strip, I tucked in the long lemon slice border sticker from the Cardstock Stickers (luckily for me, I had 2 sheets of stickers so I had enough to run a strip along both sides!).

Using some tags which I'd fussy-cut from the Tag Elements patterned paper, I created 2 tag clusters. I added 3 tags to the top left and 3 to the bottom right of my patterned paper strip. I added a metal eyelet to all the tags and then to the tags which stuck out the furthest, I threaded some wax twine through the holes.

To the right hand side of the page, I placed my photo with the large tag from the Big Bits & Pieces behind it. To add a big of texture, I added some orange ribbon through the hole at the top of the tag.

I've turned to my favourite Simple Stories product for my title - the Foam Stickers. I chose the word 'Sunkissed' because the orange echoed my son's shorts in the photo. I placed the title underneath my photo, overlapping the tag cluster.

With all the main elements in place, I turned my attention to embellishing. I've used several die-cuts from the Bits & Pieces and built a couple of clusters on the page. I've created a little picnic scene underneath my title, and added a couple of summery bits to the tag cluster at the top left.

To the top of my paper strip, I added another Foam Sticker. This time a colourful banner which reads 'Sweet Summertime'. 

To finish the layout, I've added some of the little phrase stickers from the Cardstock Stickers, along with some Glossy Enamel Dots.

Thank you so much for reading. I hope you've enjoyed this layout as much as I enjoyed making it. I'll be back at the end of the month with another Summer Snapshots layout.

Take care

Rebecca x

@preciouspagespapercraft