Adventure with Simple Stories' Travel Notes

Hello and happy Friday! I'm so glad its the weekend!  Today I'm sharing a layout I created for 

Simple Stories using the new Travel Notes collection!  It reminds me a lot of Urban Traveler that was released quite a few years ago!  I  love the bright, bold, colorful patterns! 

I  am always a big fan of ledger paper and knew I  had to use the Travelogue print as my background!  I   layered a few fun patterns under my photos and used the navy/cream cabana stripe of 

See the World as the focal point.  The Bits and Pieces have lots of great accents such as this stacked "adventure" die cut. Using some pop dots, I  adhered it between my photos.  

 I  used a few of my circle hand punches to cut out different patterns from the collection. I  layered them diagonally across my page.  I  even used some of the small circle stickers from the

 4x6 Sticker Sheets to accent.  

 I   stitched the outside edges of a few of the circles as well as added in chipboard and journaling spots from the Bits and Pieces pack. 

 One of my favorite embellishments is the sentiments sheet in the 4x6 Stickers! They are a great way to add a little more to your page!

Thanks for stopping by! Check out the entire collection by clicking HERE! Have a great day!

Simple Stories Bliss

I can't believe the weekend is almost over! They always seem to go too fast and I  never get as much done as I want.  Didn't help that I wasn't feeling well yesterday. At least The Walking Dead starts back up tonight!

 I'm sharing a layout I  created using the new Simple Stories Bliss collection! I  was lucky to be able to play with some of the new lines for the Simple Stories' booth at Creativation in January!  

I  absolutely love the colors of this line with its pastels mixed in with black and white!  I  used the wood grain with watercolor drops as my background mounted onto white card stock.  Like all Simple Stories collections, Bliss has many embellishments to choose from!  I   used the gorgeous "bliss" script from the 6x12 Chipboard for my title. You can also see coordinating stickers as well as washi tape! 

I  am a big fan of banners so I  always love when one is included on the chipboard or sticker sheet!  They make such a great accent! 

More of the die cuts and stickers! I used pop dots on a few to give some dimension to my page. 

Thanks for stopping by! Check out all of the wonderful new collections by going to the Products page at Simple Stories!  

Simple Stories Romance: Adore

It's finally Friday! We are supposed to get between 5-8 inches of snow over the weekend. I'm so over it! LOL Good thing February is halfway over!  Speaking of February that means Valentines Day is coming up next week!  Today I'm sharing a layout I  created using Simple Stories' Romance collection! 

I    used the XOXO cut file (#187135) from Simple Stories found in the Silhouette shop with white card stock and cut it down to 11x11 inches.  I    backed each row of with different patterns from Romance and then adhered the entire piece onto the woodgrain print. Of course, I  had to stitch around the edge with my sewing machine! 

I  love all of the coordinating stickers and die cut pieces found in the collection! I  layered a few around my title along with the beautiful floral washi tape!

 I    always love when Simple Stories includes a banner piece on the sticker or chipboard sheet! Here, I    used pop dots to affix the banner under my photo. 

I    clustered some of coordinating stickers at the top of my photo. I    love the mix of pinks and greens...so non-traditional for Valentines day!  

Thank you for reading!  You can see the collection in its entirety by going to the Simple Stories products page. Also check out all of the NEW upcoming collections!