Simple Stories - I {heart} Summer - by Linda Eggleton

Hello again everyone, and welcome!   I'm back again today to share a layout & card using Simple Stories - I {heart} Summer....which is such a bright, fun collection to create with!  Perfect for all those summer holiday pics, but it is a very versatile range, that any type of layout could be created with it.   My layout is based on the January sketch over at Life.Paper.Scrapbook (an online digital scrap mag blog)   "Chillaxin"  

 

I have created a patchwork effect using squares of "Feel the Breeze" paper, with strips of the "Yellow Boardwalk" paper stitched in between them to help give them more definition.  I have added my journaling around the edge of the page as a border.

I backed my photo with one of the Sn@p cuts & places a piece of the "Yellow Boardwalk" paper in behind the hearts to help them stand out, plus I outlined them with my journaling pen.

 

 

A cluster of flowers, brads & one of the flair badges from the collection...plus a few of the stickers from the sticker sheet.

 

 

Here you can see a bit of a close up of the stitched strips between the squares...plus another flair badge & word/phrase stickers.

 

 

This cute little camera comes in the Decorative Brad pack....oh so cute!!

And there are soooo many brads in this pack that I've been able to add a few to each of my projects this month, and there are still quite a few left over!  <3

 

 

 

 

Now for my card

 

"With Love"

 

I've used a few layers of patterned paper, topped with a heart shaped Sn@p Cut. 

 And again, I've used the yellow alpha stickers from the Expressions sticker sheet to form my sentiment.

 

A close up of my cluster.....a few flowers, decorative brad & 2 Crafty chipboard butterfly, with a few punched leaves to finish it all off.

 

(See below for a full list of products used for both my layout & card)

 

 

 

Thanks so much for dropping by today to look at my work.....I hope you have been inspired :)

Until next time...happy scrapping!

 

Linda  xx

 

      Products Used: "Chillaxin" Layout Simple Stories - I {heart} Summer paper - Teal Boardwalk/Dotted Line Notebook Simple Stories - I {heart} Summer paper - Yellow Boardwalk/Newsprint Simple Stories - I {heart} Summer paper - Feel The Breeze Simple Stories - I {heart} Summer paper - Red Boardwalk/Ledger Simple Stories - I {heart} Summer paper - Hello Summer Simple Stories - I {heart} Summer - Expressions Cardstock Stickers Simple Stories - I {heart} Summer - Flair Badges Simple Stories - I {heart} Summer - Decorative Brads Simple Stories - I {heart} Summer - Sn@p Cuts Green Tara - Gardenias - Turquoise Manor House Creations - Romance - All my Heart Prima - Fluid Chalk Ink Edger - Black Coal Machine Stitching       "With Love" Card Simple Stories - I {heart} Summer paper - Hello Summer Simple Stories - I {heart} Summer paper - Red Boardwalk/Ledger Simple Stories - I {heart} Summer - Sn@p Cuts Simple Stories - I {heart} Summer - Decorative Brads Simple Stories - I {heart} Summer - Expressions Cardstock Stickers Green Tara - Gardenias - Turquoise Green Tara - Cherry Blossoms - Cream 2 Crafty - Chipboard - Butterflies Prima - Fluid Chalk Ink Edger - Black Coal Green Tara - Mini Rose Martha Stewart - Frond Punch Faber-Castell - Gelatos - Butterscotch