After All These Years

Simple Stories Winner + Layout

I'm finally back to announce the winner of my Simple Stories giveaway but first I would love to share my latest project that is up on the Simple Stories blog here.

We were lucky to have a product swap with Thermo Web adhesives and being the adhesive junkie that I am, I loved playing with them! I'm always on the hunt for good adhesives!

 

I've created another boy layout using the 24/7 collection. The colours and graphics are just so perfect for boy projects! I took inspiration from the collection name for my title as my boy is quite a handful! You can read the journaling below . . .

 

 

I really loved using the Thermo Web iCraft Dots (like really big glue dots) for making my rosettes. It was so easy to just stick them onto the dot rather than use glue and wait for glue to dry!

 

I tell you . . . it's lucky he's so cute as this boy runs me ragged most days! Lol!

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Now onto my giveaway winner and a HUGE thanks to all those that left comments! I tried to return the comments (if your blog was linked to your name). So the random winner was:

Congratulations Geli! If you can email me with your address, I'll get your prize out to you!

Be back soon! 


 

Simple Stories Giveaway!

*** Giveaway is now closed 

Thank you all so much for your comments and sharing my excitement regarding my new disign team opportunity! I feel so incredibly lucky to receive these opportunities. I truly am so grateful so today I want to give something back.

Simple Stories has been so generous with their product and they've allowed me to offer some of my excess items as a giveaway from some of my Aussie readers! Wahoo!

I've put together a selection of goodies from their latest lines Vintage Bliss, 24/7 and Urban Traveler as well as a Sn@p stamp set. I may even throw in some papers from some older lines. 

If you want to be in the running to win this prize, simply leave a comment on this post. I'd also love if you visited the Simple Stories blog and told them how awesome their products are - tell them that I sent you! 

* This giveaway is only open to Australian readers - sorry - due to postage costs.

I'll close the giveaway and randomly choose a winner next Wednesday May 1st (AEST).

 

Thank you! 

Scrapping Simply

Hello! Well, I've come out the other side of my big scraproom clean out! And I'm here to share my next Simple Stories project with you all! 

I've got quite the stash of divided page protectors that I've been hoarding. Lol! This was the perfect opportunity to use a couple. 

Amelia recently celebrated her 5th birthday and, of course, I ended up with way too many photos that I wanted to include. Hence, the following "Project Life" style layout that I can include right into her album with the "regular" layouts.

Simple Stories makes it so very easy to create layouts in this style with all the coordinating bits and pieces and journaling cards. Of course, I spent waaaay to long doing it as I'm so indecisive . . . 

For more details, please visit the Simple Stories blog here.  

Simple Stories: Easter Banner

Easter is almost here and I've decided to add a few little decorations to my home to help get the kids excited for the upcoming Easter Bunny visit. The Vintage Bliss collection from Simple Stories is PERFECT for Easter so I've created a little banner to hang.

The banner pieces themselves are chipboard (actually pages from a chipboard mini album) that I covered in a gorgeous dictionary patterned paper. 

 

 

For the dimensional eggs I've traced and cut three eggs out of the same patterned paper and folded and stitched them down the centre before adhering them to the banner.

 

 

Be sure to keep your eye on the Simple Stories blog as there is delicious inspiration posted every day!

Now to make an Easter Bonnet for the school parade . . . 

Thanks for visiting!

Simple Stories: Vintage Bliss

So I fell in love with this line the moment I saw a sneak of it online and finally this week my box of goodies arrived from Simple Stories! Happy dance! And perfect timing as Amelia started ballet last week and I had some very pink and girly photos to scrap!

Vintage Bliss is divine. It's pink, aqua, yellow and grey. All my favourites together!

 

And you've just got to check out the patchwork background I created, inspired by a quilt I saw on one of my favourite blogs recently. 

For more info, check out my post on the Simple Stories blog here. 

 

Oh so true, she has been dancing ballet since she could walk! My beautiful girl is still settling in to big school and is having a bit of a tough time of it. So I thought it was the perfect time to start ballet lessons one afternoon after school to give her something special to break up the week. 

Thanks for visiting and for your comments, they really make my day! 

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"Moments" Mini Album

I'm up on the Simple Stories blog today, sharing a 6x8 Sn@p Binder.

It seems Project Life is everywhere these days in the scrapbook industry. I am so hopeless at keeping up with and committing to something like that so this is my smaller, no pressure version!

I do record snippets of everyday life such as funny things Amelia says or new discoveries of Noah. It's impossible for me to do a scrapbook layout on each of these so now I'll just simply add them to this mini album, handwrite my story and it's recorded! 

I'm not going to do a specific number of photos or stories each month, just as inspiration strikes. 

For more details on the cover details, go to the Simple Stories blog here.

Thanks for visiting!

Cool Shades

Oh it's the simple things that keep my boy amused! On Christmas Eve, he had so much fun trying on these sunglasses! I just love his cheeky grin with a glimpse of a cracker in his mouth too!

For this layout I used the Take A Hike line from Simple Stories. Now, I'm not much of a camping or outdoor person but I knew that the colours and patterns in this line would be perfect for a boyish project.

I lightly misted the grid patterned background paper with the chevron mask. I just wanted to give it a hint more blue.

Lots of little sticker accents with the edges sanded slightly and raised on foam dots. Love adding that extra bit of dimension to stickers.

And below is a photo of the title, with journaling popped in the pocket.

Thanks for visiting!

 

Simple Stories + Helmar Adhesive

Hi everyone! I'm back today to share a layout I created for a Simple Stories and Helmar Adhesive blog swap! I've always kept a huge variety of adhesives in my scrapbook stash as they all seem to have different purposes! I tried to really utilise them for this project.

Of course you can't go past the 3D foam squares for adding dimension - I especially love using then with the Simple Stories stickers! I even cut some squares smaller to use with the smaller Typeset letters. The Quick Dry Adhesive was perfect for adhering my fabric accents and buttons  and lastly, the Dodz Adhesive Dots inspired me to try something different. I simply adhered them to my layout and added crystal glitter over the top for a subtle effect. They are the perfect size also to fit into the dots on the Sn@p Bubbles patterned paper! 

Thanks for visiting today and don't forget to check out the Simple Stories blog for more adhesive-inspired ideas!

 

Simple Stories + December Daily!

Hello and welcome to my stop on the Simple Stories December Daily blog hop! You should have arrived here from Emily Lanham's blog. 

I'm so excited to share my December Daily plan with you all! I say plan, because it's still a work-in-progress, but I've completed a lot of the foundation to this project that will hopefully make it a breeze to finish, come December!

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Firstly, the cover! I love embellishing mini album covers! Of course I've used a Sn@p 6"x8" binder and the Handmade Holiday collection.

I've layered it all up, in my usual style, raising some elements on foam dots and adding in some twine and chipboard for texture.

My album will consist of one page and one divided page protector per day. I've simply alternated one of the Handmade Holiday Sn@p pages and page protectors ensuring I have enough. 

I haven't added to these pages yet as I intend to do it as I go throughout December. I think my album will be photo + story heavy, rather than lots of embellishing.

Here's something I have prepared ahead of time:

I've created my numbers for each day! I'll add them to my album as I go. Here's a closer look at the layered designs I've created for my numbers. 

I've used the numbers from the Countdown Stickers sheet, the ones shaped like a banner and simply trimmed the top and punched a hole in them so they were like tags. Cute??

In order to have just one side of each page/protector per day, I added an extra protector to the front of the album and have embellished the very front as a title page of sorts.

And those little pockets in the divided page protectors are so much fun to fill up with bits and pieces!

Up the top left, I've added some confetti (mix of punched circles, sequins and tiny stickers stuck front and back). I've stitched the top of that pocket closed. On the right hand side, I've popped in a bingo card that I've splattered lightly, and a glittered star over the top.

 

And down the bottom, I've added some typed journaling to the left hand pocket and part of a doily to the right.

Of course, we all know that one of the best things about a blog hop (apart from all the inspiration of course) is that there's usually some fabulous prizes up for grabs along the way! Leave a comment on this post, and as many other blog hop stops along the way as one lucky commenter will receive a December Daily Sn@p prize! And there will be other random prizes given as well!

Your next stop on the blog hop is Guiseppa Gubler's blog.

There is full blog hop list on the Simple Stories blog here if you get lost along the way! 

Thanks for hopping on by today!

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And for all the Aussie readers, don't forget that Anna's Craft Cupboard stocks the entire Simple Stories range INCLUDING the new Sn@p, 6x8 binders and Handmade Holiday collection!

Easy Christmas Advent Calendar

Hello! It's all systems go for Christmas in the Lindner household! 

I have my Advent Calendar up on the Greatest View blog today. I created it in one afternoon using the small bags from the shop as my pockets for each day. 

I've used some label stickers and number stickers from the new Sn@p Collection (Simple Stories).

So head on over to the Greatest View blog to take a closer look!

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I'll be back later for a fun blog hop - it's December Daily time!