LIFE IS SO VERY GOOD/SIMPLE STORIES

Good morning, friends. I'm excited to share my latest flipbook I created using Simple Stories' Color Me Happy collection. I love how bright, and fun this collection is! It's perfect for a girls weekend away! I used this collection to document my sister's 30th birthday bash! 

I covered the flipbook with patterned paper and then aded the stickers and chipboard. I used foam squares to pop up the sticker title for dimension.

Throughout the album, I have a few simple pages and a variety of flips and interactive pages. Sometimes, a tag with a photo and just a few embellishments is enough! Not every page needs to be filled with a lot of embellishments. Although, I must admit...that's hard for me because I always want to use all the things. lol

I cut a 3x4 journaling card from the cut-apart sheet and folded the top about 1/4" and added double sided red tape to add it at the top of the photo to create a flip.

I love that the die cut pack comes with little pockets! I used string to loop through the die cut tags to hold them all in place and tucked them inside the pocket.

I just love all the little details of this album! I'm slightly bummed that this album does not have a YouTube tutorial because I created this in March during my weekend CROP with my friends! We had such a great time together.

My sister took so many fun photos during her weekend birthday bash, which made this album come to life! I just love how happy she is with her close friends.

I glued the chipboard frame to the photo to zoom in on the water. I love playing with embellishments, and finding fun ways to use them.

LOVE the "COLOR" title with the decorative brads. Isn't this such a fun page!? The colors make me happy. I cut three 3x4 journaling cards so they were attached horizontally and then folded the right side towards the center to create the flip.

Katie had so many photos, which was hard to include in this album due to the limited pages...I got creative and printed a variety of photos in a small print and then used my metal tag die to cut them into tags to add them to the pocket! This was my first time doing this in my flipbook and I absolutely loved how this turned out! Also, rather than include some of these pages in the pocket sleeves, I mount them right onto the sleeve using a strong double sided adhesive tape.

LOVE that circle pattern paper with the "LOVE" sticker that I popped up using foam squares. I added the decorative brad for fun.
 

For this spread, I printed two 3x4 photos onto a 4x6 photo paper and mounted it to a 4x6 piece of patterned paper. Next, I added a few embellishments and created the flip. Super simple!

I love this photo with the butterfly! The colors just pop. I kept this page pretty simple to focus on the photo.

I traced the die cut journaling card onto the photo so the photo fit perfectly at the front to create the flip. This was super fun! I was impressed with myself for thinking to do this!

And that's a wrap! I can't wait to give this to my sister!! It turned out so cute and it's just perfect...this is  one of my favorite albums I've made in the past year. Thank you so much for visiting today! If you love this album, check out my other flipbooks on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/@nicolemartel1978/playlists

Nicole

My Creative Scrapbook Layouts for April

Hello, friends! I just wanted to take a minute to pop in here to share my projects I created in April for My Creative Scrapbook! One of the things I love about this kit club is that you can just purchase a kit without subscribing...to get a feel of the kits before you decide to commit! The April kit featured products from 49 & Market's Artful Moments collection and I had so much fun using it to make these layouts.

This is my favorite layout out of the four that I made with the kit. I love all the embellishments! At first glance, it looks like too many...but after awhile...it just grew on me. loving the butterflies and rainbow color scheme.

The laser cut die cuts are so pretty...they are so intricate and beautiful. I just can't get enough of them.

How many butterflies is too many? I always feel you need 2-3 because having just one butterfly seems so lonely.

I used photos from my sister's maternity shoot a few years ago to create this layout. she loves purple and this was the perfect layout for these adorable photos. This layout isn't as busy as the first, and I feel it has just the right amount of embellishments.

More layers...using the gorgeous laser cut die cuts. They really do help with filling in the white space, nicely.

This cluster of embellishments make my heart happy, and I'm not a big fan of PURPLE...LOL. That laced butterfly is so pretty.

For this layout, I decided to use the hexagon patterned paper to frame the photos. I think this turned out so pretty with the butterflies and little birdie along with the small flowers framing the photos.

Honestly, you can never have too many embellishments in my book...I LOVE to play with all the things. 

It's the little details that really make this layout beautiful. From the beautiful flowers, and sentiments to the scattered buttons. It's so lovely.

Click here, to check out this month's kits at My Creative Scrapbook! Thanks so much for visiting!

Nicole

GOOD TIMES FLIPBOOK/SIMPLE STORIES

Hello, friends! It's Nicole here with a  bit of fresh air! Today, I'm excited to share this adorable 4x6 Flipbook I created using the Pink Lemonade Collection. It's perfect for Spring or Summer! The color palette is pretty and fresh, and I'm all for it! I decided to document my walks with my fur-babies. My favorite time of the year is Spring and I always enjoy looking at the pretty flowers during my walks...I often at times will stop just to snap a photo or two. Nature is so beautiful!

One thing that drew my eye is the lemons! I think they are super fun and I used bits and pieces of lemon elements throughout the mini album. Actually, I used it all...but I especially love the lemons. The yellow makes me happy! Hence, the album is yellow...

I incorporated a variety of hidden pockets and flip elements throughout the album to make it fun! There will be a Youtube process video at the end so you can see how this came together! 

The clustered embellishments are so pretty. I always struggle with how many to use... what's too much? Or maybe...you can never have too many. It's one of my favorite things to do... looking through all the embellishments to determine what to use in my albums. And they  are what really brings this album to life.

I cut four 3x4 journaling cards so they were attached in a strip and folded both ends to the center to create a fun flip page. Next, I mounted the card directly to the page protector sleeve. 

I used a variety of stickers from the collection kit. Those label stickers are my favorite! And the butterflies are so pretty!

I mounted this page to the page protector so that the tag pulls in and out from the side! This is a great way to include hidden journaling inside your albums.

The patterns in this collection is so fresh and pretty. I tried to use most of them throughout the album. 

Here is another flip page I created using the 3x4 journaling cards. Isn't this the cutest album ever? 

I hope you found this album inspiring! Are you ready to grab your spring photos and make one of your own? Be sure to check out my process video for tips on techniques on how to create a variety of interactive pages for your next mini!

Nicole

Products Used:

Simple Stories 4x6 Flipbook in Yellow

Simple Stories Pink Lemonade Collection Kit

Simple Stories  Pink Lemonade Stickers

Simple Stories Pink Lemonade Chipboard

Simple Stories Pink Lemonade Foam Stickers

Simple Stories Pink Lemonade 6x8 Paper Pad

Simple Stories Pink Lemonade Decorative Brads

Simple Stories Pink Lemonade Enamel Dots

Simple Stories Pink Lemonade Bits & Pieces

Simple Stories Pink Lemonade Journal Bits