TODAY WE CELEBRATE YOU/SIMPLE STORIES

Good morning! Calling all Pooh fans! Have you seen Simple Stories' Pooh Birthday collection? It's absolutely adorable and it's not just for birthdays...this collection can be used for everyday celebrations such as special moments between siblings. 

My sister just had a photo shoot of her littles and gosh, they are so cute! This collection totally worked with the photos, too.

I used the border sticker to embellish the back of the cover and the last page. Isn't it adorable? LOVE IT!

I struggled a little bit with this album because all of the photos were vertical. I am used to using a mixture of horizontal and vertical photos...but in the end, I made it work!

I love that pooh die cut with the large balloon. Everything in this collection is so pretty, and fun! 

I included lots of layers between these two pages. They are super cute and one can never have too many embellishments in my book.

The sky blue embellishment are super pretty, too with the touch of yellow and red. I just love everything about this collection. 

I especially love the number die cuts! They are super fun and the perfect size for these flip book pages.

More fun embellishments and lots of layers...I like to pile them on, can't you tell? The more, the merrier. What do you think about the Pooh Birthday collection? What are your favorite elements? Click here, to shop through my affiliate link. Thank you so much for visiting today!

Nicole

BOOKS SNAP BINDER/SIMPLE STORIES

Hello, friends! Nicole here with a fun SNAP Binder I put together using the Book Fair collection. I love to read and this collection is perfect for documenting my other hobby aside from scrapbooking.

This cover makes me super happy...I just love that "Books" foam sticker with all the fun elements... and I especially adore the owl! So cute!

The book patterned paper really caught my eye. I thought it would make a fun insert page by adding a few stickers, die cuts and decorative brads. Isn't this such a fun collection?

Next, I decorated the insert page with a few stickers, chipboard and die cuts and then I used the notebook insert page to add my own rules... READ them, carefully. And yes...I always want my books back, giggles. 

After that, I decorated the chipboard pages using some embellishments. I LOVE that little apple with the worm. Seriously, there are so many fun elements in this collection. One thing I love about the Book Fair collection is that it doesn't need to be used for school memories, it totally works for book lovers! And there are enough embellishments for both themes to go around.

Yes, there's a lot going on with this spread, but I love it...the cluster of embellishments at the bottom is so fun, and perfect.

Toby is my reading buddy. He sleeps like this as I read most nights. It's our bonding time. For this spread, I cut two journaling cards out so they were connected and used them as frames for the photo and journaling. Next, I added a few embellishments. I love the paper plane and was determined to find a way to include it in this album. 

I mounted the 6x8 patterned paper to the chipboard frame and then added a few stickers, die cuts, and chipboard to decorate the paper to add dimension. I plan on going back to add some of my favorite books, etc.

Here is another chipboard page I decorated using stickers and enamel dots. LOVE he typewriter and flowers. They are so pretty.

Since I am a book lover, I thought it would be cute to add a handmade book marker. I created this book marker by folding the blue and white insert page in half and punching the holes through the page. Next, I added the tag, die cuts, decorative brads and enamel does. 

This pocket page spread was super simple to put together. I cut a few tags from the cut-apart sheet and added them to 3x4 journaling cards. After that, I added the embellishments and photos. I hope you found this SNAP Binder inspiring. I had so much fun creating it. Click here, to shop for this collection through my affiliate link. Thank you so much for visiting today.

Nicole Martel

Products Used:

Simple Stories SNAP Binder in Teal

Simple Stories Book Fair Collection Kit

Simple Stories Book Fair 6x8 Paper Pad

Simple Stories Book Fair Journal Bits

Simple Stories Book Fair Decorative Brads

Simple Stories Book Fair Bits & Pieces

Simple Stories Book Fair Big Bits

Simple Stories Book Fair Floral Bits

Simple Stories Book Fair Page Pieces

Simple Stories Book Fair Glossy Enamel Dots

Simple Stories Book Fair Foam Stickers

Simple Stories Book Fair Chipboard Stickers

BE TRUE TO WHO YOU ARE/A CHERRY ON TOP

Good morning, friends. Nicole here with another handmade card I created using Pinkfresh Studio's Be Fearless stamps, stencils, and metal dies. I have been in the mood to play with my layered stencils...and I have so many beautiful stamps and stencils that I have yet to play with...they were just sitting on my shelf... I tend to buy pretty stamps and stencils and not use them... I'm just waiting for the right time, you know?

To begin, I stamped the flowers using black ink onto white cardstock using my Misti. Next, I used the Be Fearless layered stencils to color in the images. I used Peach Fuzz, Coral Reef, Passion Fruit, Grassy Knolls, and Key Lime ink. After that, I used the metal die to cut out the flowers using my Big Shot machine.

I used the Stitched Circle metal panel to create a fun background and inked around the edges using the Grassy knoll ink. Next, I mounted down the flowers using foam and layered the "Be true to who you are" sentiment onto the card using foam strips.

To complete the card, I added a few gold glitter drops and ribbon. This card was so much fun to make. I totally enjoyed the process...I just love playing with layered stencils! Shop for products through my affiliate link, here. Click here to watch the full process video for more tips and techniques and thank you for visiting today!

Nicole