I Am a Mom

Scrapbook Layout created for Simple Stories  - I AM A MOM -

Hello Simple Stories friends and fans!  Nathalie with you today with a new layout that speaks to my soul using the beautiful I AM collection. 

I don't know about you, but i can not get enough of all the florals in the I Am collection ( plus if you have seen my work before, then you know i am a sucker for florals!).  So what better way to showcase them than to fussy cut them and use them  as the focal point of a layout.

For this page, my idea was to have all the flowers as if they were wrapped around the picture.  So i cut a large strip of the 4x6 horizontal and 4x6 vertical elements and stitched them together, and then used a bit of cardstock to propped this on the center of the b side of the Walnut/Cream Dot paper from the Sn@p basics.

Then used some quality time with my detailing scissors just fussy cutting floral designs from a few of the papers from the collection and the 6x8 paper pad

Once i set the picture on the vertical strip of paper, a bit of foam adhesive was used to layer the florals and embellishments.  I tried my best to create the illusion of the flowers wrapping around the paper strip.

The butterflies help guide the eye across the layout which helped to add lots of small word stickers and ephemera that tell the story of the picture, "motherhood"

Finally the title was created using some of the Chipboard stickers, and the Sn@p Color Vibes Light letter stickers ( which match the tones in the florals).   A few stamped sentiments using the rotaty stamp complete this page.

I love this page, it tells the story of the past 18 years of my life.  Trust me, the I AM collection is perfect to create those unique stories about you, just the way you want to tell them.  So don't forget to check it at your scrapbooking store.

XOXO

Materials Used:
I AM collection:
10024 Collection kit
10036 4x6 horizontal elements
10037 4x6 vertical elements
10039  6x12 Chipboard stickers
10040  Bits and pieces
10041  Cardstock Stickers
10045 Roller Stamp

7059  Sn@p Color Vibe Lights Letter Stickers
2852  Sn@p Basics  Walnut /Cream dot 12x12 paper

I Am

Traveler's Notebook layout created for Simple Stories  - I AM   -

Hey there!

Today it is your chance to meet the new Simple Stories Creative Team for 2018.  We all be sharing a bit of inspiration over Instagram with a complete Insta Hop.

This time i am sharing one of this year Creativation samples using the new I Am collection.  Just love the colors and designs in this collection, and a used pieces of it to create this layout on my Doc It book from Simple Stories.

Did I mentioned the Rose Gold foiling in this collection!!!  It is so beautiful! and the perfect collection to document you!

Come join us over at Instagram, it all starts at 4 pm EST, and you can be a lucky winner at the end of the hop!

See you there

This is ME

Scrapbook Layout created for Simple Stories  - THIS IS ME -

Hello Simple Stories friends and fans!

Nathalie with you today.  I am so excited to be returning for a new term as a member of the Creative Team.  I love Simple Stories and the people behind it all.  Thank you Simple Stories for inviting me back!!!

Every time, I think i have finally picked my favorite Simple Stories collection; they top it with another more beautiful collection.  This is the case of  the new I AM collection.  When it arrived at my doorstep, I fell in love with all the papers and embellishments, and quickly pull a picture that mostly represent me to create a layout with it!   

We always document all those special moments in our lives, but some times forget to tell our story.  So what better way to keep a memory of you than to create a self affirmation page.   For this, I pulled a cut file from the Silhouette store, and cut the title for this page from the B side of the 3x4 journaling cards.   A bit of coordinating hand stitching just adds texture, and brings all the colors of the flowers forward.

A bit of white acrylic paint on the B side of the Bold and Beautiful paper make sure all the details in the title pop.   To emphasize the "ME" in the title, the word was cut form another paper from the collection and attach with foam adhesive to the title.

The icons and stickers from the collection are perfect to create clusters and embellish the page. The florals of this collection are so beautiful you will want to get a few of the sheets to fussy cut them, and add them to your projects.  But let's not  forget the beautiful roller stamp; the sentiments are just perfect to create a self-empowering page;  a must have!!!

You will fall in love with all the patterns and colors from the Simple Stories  I AM collection, and  it will help you to document your own story.

XO

Materials Used:
I AM collection
10024 Collection Kit
10027  Bold and Beautiful paper
10034 3x4 elements paper
10039  Chipboard Stickers
10040  Bits and Pieces
10041  4x6  Stickers
10042 Clear Stickers
10044  Dreaming Big Washi Tape
10045 Roller Stamp