Mar 29, 2014
Partnership: Taylored Expressions + Simple Stories Day 6
It’s the last day of our partnership with Simple Stories and I have to admit I’m a bit sad. It’s been so much fun seeing the inspiration that each of our design teams have shared throughout the week. The good news is that we’re one day closer to choosing a winner for the awesome giveaway that Simple Stories is offering. There’s still time to enter the drawing and here are the
details of our
prize
giveaway:
GIVEAWAY:
Simply comment on any (or all!) of our blog posts during our
partnership with Simple Stories from March 24th – 29th. For each comment
we will enter your name into a drawing to win a Simple Stories 12×12
Faux Leather Album, a 12×12 Pocket Page Variety Pack, and a DIY Boutique
Collection Pack from Simple Stories! Leave your comments by March 29th
at 8pm PST. The winner will be announced here on Sunday, March 30th.
For your chance to win Taylored Expressions products, head over to the Simple Stories blog for those giveaway details!
Today Kendra Wietstock is giving us a peek into her scrapbook to share several layouts featuring her beautiful daughter:
Kendra’s Notes: Each time there is an important event, my daughter and her two best friends are always up for having a photo or two taken. These precious girls are amazing together and it’s been fun to watch them grow into beautiful young women. When I saw the Simple Stories “A Charmed Life” collection, I immediately thought of gathering photos of this special trio.
Kendra’s Notes: All of the SN@P elements that come in this collection makes it easy to put pocket pages together. Included on this page are some SN@P Pockets, SN@P Cards, Bits & Pieces, Expressions Cardstock Stickers, and pattern papers from the 6”x 6” paper pack that are all from the collection. Then I added several dies from Taylored Expressions that coordinated perfectly to make this page go together very quickly.
Top Left: Inside the little pocket, I cut out the “Sweet” from the Pockets & Pages Circle Words die and added it to a tag from the Simple Stories Bits & Pieces pack.
Top Right: Scraps of paper from the paper pack make a perfect photo border & then an added sticker brings it all together.
Bottom: Using a SN@P card as my base, I used the Pages & Pockets Fab Frames set for the “Smile” frame. Then added a quick border to the photo using the Small Scallop Border die. I always like to add a date of some kind for my photos, so I used the Pockets & Pages Calendar stamp set to add the month and used letter stickers from the Expressions Cardstock Sticker sheet for the title and year.
Kendra’s Notes:
Top Left: Pattern papers from the collection make a great mat and border. Then trimmed I used a few other patterns and solids with the TE Chevron Boarders & the Label It Dies to add some additional embellishments.
Top Right: As the base, I used a SN@P card and attached the photo with a tab from the Pockets & Pages 4×6 Essentials & a few little flower stickers and Kaiser Silver Gems to finish off the pocket piece.
Bottom: I love this little insert! The base is from the SN@P cards. Then I added the title using a combination of TE Chunky Alpha dies and Simple Stories letter stickers. The arrow is from the Pockets & Pages 3×4 Essentials & I added another Small Scallop Border edge to my photo. They all work so perfectly together!
Kendra’s Notes: I started with one of the preprinted pages in the SN@P Pages. Then when I saw the big “ampersand” on the Fundamentals Cardstock Sticker sheet, I knew I wanted to use it. I added the girls names around it.
The photo is framed with the Pockets & Pages 3×4 Essentials Die and the “Love” is the Pockets & Pages Circle Word trimmed out from pattern papers in the collection. I also added the date with the P&P Calendar stamp set on a TE Simple Tabs die cut.
I really enjoyed how well the Simple Stories & Taylored Expressions products coordinated and worked so easily together. I plan on making several more pages with this collection!
Thanks for joining us for our partnership with Simple Stories! Make sure you hop on over to the Simple Stories Blog to check out the inspiration that Andrea Corriveau is sharing today! And don’t forget… last call to enter your name in the drawing for the prize!