Simple Stories Book Fair- School Days Scrapbook Layout-Rebecca Bee

Hello everyone! Rebecca Bee here today aka Scrap Paper Uk and today I have a layout using Simple Stories Book Fair.

 With the new school year looming next week, this collection is absolutely perfect for documenting back to school photographs.  

I have documented two of 2024's back to school photographs in this layout. The vivid colours in the Way to Go paper were perfect for my photos and for cutting apart & rearranging as colourful striped panels on a piece of Bazzil Blue Oasis cardstock. I have punched the edge of one of the panels using a notebook edge punch to add a scholastic feel to the page.

A little foam adhesive adds some simple dimension, and some white acrylic splatters add a little contrast and texture to the deep background cardstock. For my next layout using the collection and as a self confessed book worm, I am excited to use the book imagery in this collection to track some of the great books I have read so far this year...until next time! 

I've added a perspex piece from my stash to form a title, and some twine threaded through one of the cut apart tags in the Tag Elements paper to add a layer in the clusterb to the right hand side of the page.

I hope you join me to see what I make next with this lovely colourful collection! Rebecca XOXO

Shimelle ~ Main Character Energy #1 ☀️

Hi, it’s Anna back with you today!

For my next few blog posts I will be working with American Crafts collaboration with Shimelle - Main Character Energy. 

You can find the collection in the shop here. 

I used the ‘Right on Target’ paper and trimmed it down to achieve various sized wedges. I cut each section out and distressed the edges before adhering to white bazzill cardstock. 

My layout features a photo from Disney last year with me meeting Olaf! We were given the circular cards with his autograph on and this card just happened to fit perfectly into the pre determined circle lines on this paper. So I chose to centre this card in the middle and place my photo to the left side. 

I fussy cut some florals from the Prettiest Pink paper and placed them above and below my photograph which I mounted onto some orange bazzill cardstock from the Matchmaker Pack. 

I selected various stickers from the Cardstock Stickers, I placed some of the phrase stickers around the circle and used others to embellish around my photo. 

For my title, I used some phrase stickers by Vicki Boutin and the smaller yellow alphas are by Simple Stories - alpha sticker books. 

Thanks so much for looking! I’ll be back with another layout with this collection in September! 

See you then! 

Anna 

@acraftylifewithanna

Doodlebug Designs - My Happy Place - Colour Me Happy

Hi everyone!

Claire here today, sharing my second layout using the My Happy Place collection from Doodlebug Designs.

Last week, I was on holiday in Venice, Italy, and took a trip to Burano - Its full of bright coloured houses - each one painted a different colour. It's so vibrant and reminded me immediately of the cute coloured houses included in this collection.

I started with a piece of Premium White Cardstock  and the b side of the Garden Girl paper - it's full of bold colourful stripes. I tore different length strips, laying some flat and some on foam in an alternate pattern.

Under each side, I added a strip of Homeward Bound paper to help ground the colour.

I decided to print my photos twice. It's the same picture, just once in colour and once in black and white. I double mounted them on some green Bazzill cardstock and Cozy Spot paper. 

I created some small floral embellishments around the photos using flowers fussy cut from the Garden Girl paper.

I also added in some stickers from the Icon Stickers and This & That sticker sheet.

For my title, I used some small tile stickers from the Simple Stories Color Vibe Alpha Sticker Book and the word Happy from the Odds & Ends Chit Chat Pack.

At the bottom of this vertical design, I just had to use those gorgeous coloured houses from the stickers sheets - they represent the coloured houses in the photograph perfectly!

As a finishing touch, i added a few small clusters of Nuvo Drops across the design to bring in a touch more black, and that was the page complete!

I've thoroughly enjoyed this beautiful collection and hope my layouts have inspired you to create.

You can check out the full collection here.

Until next time, take care.

Claire xx

@scrappysoulmate

Pebbles ~ Kid at Heart ❤️ #2

 Hi all! 

We’re nearly at the end of February already!? This means it’s time for my second blog post with the Pebbles Kid at Heart collection. I have loved using this collection, it’s so bright, cheerful and great for any theme of layout!

Take a look at the whole range in the shop here. 

Here is my second layout…

So, to create this page I started by using a sheet of blue bazzill cardstock from the matchmaker pack. I then used my cameo to cut out a ‘my boy’ title cutfile by Paige Evans.

I backed the cutfile using patterned papers from the collection - ‘party time’, ‘chasing rainbows’ ‘playful’and ‘scatter happiness’

I then printed my photograph and double mounted it, using Bazzill whirlpool cardstock and ‘party time’

I then had a look at my packet of phrase ephemera and chose a few pieces that worked with my layout. I adhered these pieces either side of my photo. The ephemera in this collection are gorgeous, some pieces have a lovely shimmer to them too, there’s also lots in a pack and they are great quality too!

 I fussy cut a few of the florals from the ‘scatter happiness’ paper and punched out some stars from my scraps of patterned paper and cardstock. To finish I added two strips of scalloped boarder from the ‘playful’ paper.

Thanks so much for looking, I’ll see you in March with some more layouts!

x Anna x

Pebbles ~ Kid at Heart 💜 #1

Hello! 

It’s Anna back with you today and this month I’ve been working with the bright and colourful Pebbles collection -Kid at Heart collection. 

I love colourful collections, so I was so pleased to be working with these beautifully bright papers!

So, as I looked through the papers Hi, Friend really stood out at me. All the little squares were calling out to me to be cut out and made into a grid layout. 

I decided to document our staycation last year. I always create a separate album or mini book for a holiday. But I like to have one page like this in my regular yearly albums to document a holiday. 

I began by printing out 2 or 3 small square photos from each day of the holiday. I then cut out some of the Hi, Friend 2x2 squares and selected a few pieces from the phrase ephemera pack.

I assembled each element on a sheet of white 12x12 bazzill cardstock, laying them out in chronological order. Once I was happy with the layout, I began to adhere all of the elements to my layout. 

I then added in a few more pieces from the phrase ephemera. I particularly loved the days of the week words, which went perfectly with this layout, enabling me to define each day. 

I added a strip of the scalloped paper from the Playful patterned paper along the top edge of the layout. 

Finally, I added a title using Simple Stories colour vibe alpha stickers. 

See you soon with another layout using this collection! 

Thanks for looking! 

Anna

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My Candy Girl - 'Sugar and Spice' by Meg

Hello everyone, it's Meg here sharing my latest layout using the delicious My Candy Girl collection by Bella Blvd!

My previous page with this collection was super pink and girly, so I knew this time I wanted to use a photo of my baby boy and I picked out my photo of him in his baby blue dressing gown. I thought it went really well with the bright colours! 

I knew I wanted to make the page full of colour so I decided I would layer paper in a central square with a wide white border around the page to really frame the colour and balance it out. I measured and drew a 6x6 square on white Marshmallow Bazzill cardstock in pencil and cut strips from yellow Lemonade Bazzill cardstock. I then cut the striped turquoise border from the My Candy Girl Borders paper, cut it in half, arranged my strips in the square and trimmed them to fit. 

I glued in place, distressed the edges and handstitched across the strips and around the 6x6 square using a ruler and a pokey tool to poke holes in the paper every quarter inch, then I stitched in a dark pink glittery thread I had in my stash already. I fussy cut elements from the Borders paper, Sweet as Sugar paper and I cut out the 'Sugar and Spice' journaling element, 'S is for Sweet' plus a turquoise frame from the Daily Details paper. 

I splattered some pink acrylic around the edges of my 6x6 square and began tucking in my fussy-cut photo and the other fussy-cut elements in between the paper layers, in a triangle shape around my photo to draw attention to it. I finished with the Sugar Coating Puffy Stickers, flat back gems and a diamond shaped charm from my stash. 

And thats it! A colour-packed, sweet layout that came together quickly using My Candy Girl. I really loved how this turned out as I find bold colours a challenge sometimes, but these pieces are so cute and fun they feel like they don't need to be put together 'perfectly' to look good! 

Hope you enjoyed this page today and take care, 

Meg x