Simple Stories ~ For the Record ❤️

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

I have one final layout to share with you using Simple Stories For the Record, which you can find in the shop here. 

I like to create a ‘project life’ style page in my album each month. I do this to document all of the little bits of life, things you wouldn’t necessarily create a whole page for. 

I used to always use pocket pages to create this kind of page. But sometimes, I now create them on a 12x12 sheet of bazzill, just dividing various subjects into sections on the page.

I used a sheet of white 12x12 bazzill cardstock as my base and printed a selection of pictures that I wanted to use. I started to arrange them around the page to get an idea of spacing and what might fit where. 

I cut out a few elements from the collection including the January 4x6 and some journal elements. 

I mounted my photos on to patterned paper from the collection or coordinating cardstock.

I arranged all of the components on the layout and filled in any gaps with cardstock stickers. 

I added a couple of stickers from other collections to fit in with a particular theme or picture. For example I added a tree next to my frosty scene from the Vintage Fresh Snow Cardstock Stickers. 

I added some alpha stickers to create some mini titles. 

Thanks so much for looking.

I’ll be back with a new collection soon. See you then!

Anna

@acraftylifewithanna

Simple Stories ~ For the Record #2 💛

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

I’m here to share my second layout I’ve created using Simple Stories For the Record. 

You can find the collection in the shop - here. 

For my second layout I am creating a title page for my 2025 album. I like to use a photo from around the start of the year and create a page to have at the front of my album. There are lots of yearly themed cutfiles which will help you document this, alternatively you could create your own large title with alpha stickers. 

I used the b side of ‘Don’t forget this’ as my base. I then tore two pieces of ‘It’s all good’ and adhered a piece to each side of my layout. 

I used a cutfile ‘Happy New Year 2025’ by Paige Evans. I backed all of the letters using ‘the best part’ and ‘Just the Details’ as well as some coordinating cardstock. 

I adhered it to the centre of the page and mounted my photo in coordinating cardstock. 

I added cardstock stickers in three clusters to balance the layout. 

Thanks so much for looking. See you again next month!

Anna 

@acraftylifewithanna 

Simple Stories ~ For the Record 🗒️ #1

Hello everyone - it’s Anna back with you today. 

I am working with Simple Stories For the Record for my blog posts this month. You can find the whole collection in the shop here.

I love to create an end of year page for my albums each year to highlight some of the memorable moments of the year. So this is my version for the end of 2024…

I used an app on my phone to create a collage of photos, I did one collage for each month of the year. I then printed these out and adhered in month order on to ‘Keep Looking Up’. 

I used various patterned papers and some coordinating cardstock from the matchmaker pack to back a cutfile by Paige Evans. I then adhered this to the top left of my layout. 

In the top right corner I used Bella Blvd Luna Alpha stickers to add the year and then I clustered some cardstock stickers around it. 

I added the monthly tab stickers from the ‘Monthly Cardstock Stickers’ to each photo, just tucking them in. 

I added a cluster of cardstock stickers in the bottom right corner and that was my layout complete! 

Thanks so much for looking! See you later on in the month with a second layout using this collection. 

Anna

@acraftylifewithanna