Hello friends! If you're seeing this on our Typepad blog, we invite you to head on over to our new blog at www.simplestories.com to join us for our Spring Release Week and National Scrapbook Day Celebration! Today we're revealing a fabulous new summer collection - Good Day Sunshine! Come join the party and enter to win a prize package before you can buy it! We'll be showcasing a new release each day this week followed by a fabulous National Scrapbook Day celebration on Saturday, so come on over! P.S. - we've heard from many of you that you miss the... Continue reading

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Howdy! Layle here with you again today with some fun news. We're super excited to introduce Project Idea Sheets - free, downloadable project idea sheets with step by step instructions. Beginning with our most recent releases, you can now look forward to Project Idea Sheets with each of our new collections! Project Idea Sheets include 2 projects - a 12x12 layout & a Pocket Page Spread - as well as a list of tools and products needed to create the project along with step by step instructions. Today brings you the first of our new Project Idea Sheets - Homespun;... Continue reading

Hello All! Alissa here today with another week of my life documented! Yay!!! The Simple Stories collections make it so easy to get these weeks done! Weeks from the middle of 2013, even. :) Today, I've got one of the new collections from the 2014 Winter CHA show, A Charmed Life. I LOVE the greens, blues and yellows of this line. It's not only for spring and St Patrick's Day. I love it for everyday! It's such a pretty collection. I used 2 different designs of the 12x12 Pocket Pages (Design 3 and Design 5) and 2 different designs of... Continue reading

Hi there! Layle here with you today :) Today I'm back with another Fan Focus Friday! We have so many great Simple Stories fans out there that we thought it would be fun to showcase some of the work shared with us. So, here goes! This month, let me introduce you to Amber Boren - Hi! My name is Amber Boren. I grew up in California, but now live in sunny Arizona with my husband and four children. Yes, I love warm weather!! Life is so precious. That is why I believe we should document all the wonderful moments, and... Continue reading

Hi everyone ! It's Mindi here and I am super excited to share with you today a Pocket Page using the Summer Sn@p Set. I used a Page maps sketch as a starting point in making my Beach day layout. The first thing I did for my title card was cut out the middle of the doilie from the Homespun Collection. Now it was ready for the title, the date and then the patterned paper on the bottom. I am in love with the honeycomb paper on one of the Summer Sn@p Cards. I cut up the paper to make... Continue reading

Hi Everyone, Angella here today with a spash of Colour using the new Summer Paradise simple set for a SUMMER mini album ! for some of you out there, i promise the hot weather is coming. I loved Summer paradise as soon as i saw it ! The Colours are great for those summer projects and best of all it is a FUN collection! I have created a mini album using a chipboard beach pail album, and the summer paradise 12x12 simple set. the summer paradise collection comes complete to create great projects. 1. cover your chipboard pages with pattern... Continue reading

Hello Simple Stories fans, Layle here with you today :) If you haven't changed your clocks to 'spring forward', here's your reminder :) You may remember last year back in June and then again in January when I introduced you to a super talented designer - Julie Johnson. Well, I've invited Julie back again this month and I'm absolutely thrilled to share another one of her amazing mini albums she created for one of her March kits, this time with our A Charmed Life collection! A Charmed Life is the perfect collection to 'spring forward' with it's fresh, springy pallette!... Continue reading

Hi everyone, so glad to be back with you today! Wendy here to inspire you to get even more use out of those wonderful Insta Square pieces from the Homespun line. As I was looking through the pack of Insta Squares I was thrilled with all of the colors and designs and knew that I wanted to create a page to showcase these beauties. I began by choosing my favorite pieces and arranging them in a grid using the navy dot as my background to really make them pop. I could have easily stopped there and even framed the piece... Continue reading

Hi Simple Stories friends. It's Heather and I'm here to share a couple of projects I made using A Charmed Life and DIY Boutique collections. Happy. Go. Lucky. | A Charmed Life I absolutely LOVE to stitch on my layouts and this one (and the one below) are no exception. To create this layout, grab your A Charmed Life supplies and do the following: Cut the 6x12 Page Elements (Hearts) Paper in half to use on the right side of the page Cut the Navy Stripe Paper at 8"x12". Machine stitch in different places along the stripes with navy thread... Continue reading

Hello Everyone! It's Kristine Davidson here today with a Life Documented post using the NEW Homespun Collection. I have to admit that I LOVE this collection. I will be using it until I have little scraps of paper left and then I'll create something using those scraps! I love the colors, the elements of spring, the hearts, and oh so much more! If you haven't had a chance to purchase this collection yet I'm sure you LSS will be adding it to their list of must haves shortly! Alright, here is my story for this Life Documented post. In early... Continue reading

Hi there Simple Stories fans, Nancy here with a SN@P! Birthday Set layout and pocket page example. I began with a Page Maps sketch to lay out photos from my niece's birthday celebration. I love the variety of shapes and sizes in this sketch. It was so easy to include all of my favorite photos from this event. To customize the page, I added a ruffle of white tissue paper and some stitching to one of the 4x6 cards. The 3x4 typewriter card was dressed up with some stamping. The birthday girl's age was emphasized with a countdown right in... Continue reading

Hello Simple Stories fans, Layle here with you today :) I'm excited to introduce you to our March guest designer, Ashley Horton - Here's a little bit about Ashley - Hi! My name is Ashley Horton and I live in the Southern US with my husband Tyler and our three children. I started scrapbooking about 8 years ago, and have been in love with it ever since. Scrapbooking has always been a fun creative outlet for me and I also set goals that I wanted to achieve, and have been very fortunate in recent years to be published in several... Continue reading

Hey everyone...Andrea here with a cool project I made using the Daily Grind collection. It's a mini book/album that doubles as a planner for 2014! The Daily Grind line is in my top five of favorite lines from Simple Stories, and it was PERFECT to use for a planner. This is kind of a "perpetual" project, as I will get to add to it throughout the year. I can't wait for you to see this! The base of the book is a SN@P! Binder from My Mind's Eye - it's virtually the same SN@P! binder you've come to love from... Continue reading

Hi everyone! Allison Davis here with a Life Documented layout using Homespun and I have another new sketch that combines traditional scrapbooking with the Sn@p! Pocket Pages. You can download the full sketch with measurements and placements here: Life Documented Sketch #9 The left side of the sketch is designed as just a normal/traditional style scrapbook page while the right side of the sketch uses a combination of photos and cards to fit the Sn@p! Pocket Page, Design 7. Here's what I put together based on the sketch above: After we finished taking our annual Christmas card photos last year... Continue reading

Hi there, Layle with you today for another round of Pick a Card, Any Card! Each month, 5 of our design team members and I will be picking one of our favorite Simple Stories or SN@P! 3x4 or 4x6 cards and sharing them with you - in more ways than one! We've introduced so many GREAT cards over the last few years that I thought it would be fun to share some of our favorite cards each month, tell you why they're our favorites and then give you a chance to win not only the specific cards that we picked,... Continue reading

Kim here coming back at you with a few more cards. This time, I am working with the 4 X 6 SN@P! Baby Cards. At the risk of sounding really cliche, using this amazing product makes card making a...snap! (Hee, hee, couldn't resist that one). Here's my first one: I literally used the entire SN@P! Baby Girl Card for the body of my Love You a Ton Card. I added an additional sticker, one brad from the DIY Boutique Collection and a bit of pink twine. The rounded edges on the bottom of the card add some extra softness. My... Continue reading

Hello, Simple Stories fans! Melissa here to share another week in my Life Documented album as I continue on with catching up some weeks from previous years that are still left to scrap. This week finds the Homespun collection being used to document some Independence Day fun! Last time I hosted the blog, you may recall that I talked about using non-seasonal collections to scrap seasonal events, and I'm doing the same thing with this layout. Homespun isn't a 4th of July themed collection, but the family motifs and home-y accents definitely work for all of the bold colors in... Continue reading

Howdy! Layle here with you again today with some fun news. We're super excited to introduce Simple Inspiration eBooks - free, downloadable idea books. Beginning with our most recent releases, you can now look forward to an eBook with each of our new collections! Simple Inspiration eBooks include beautiful photography, project ideas, design tips and inspiration on how you can create with our fabulous Simple Stories collections! The new Simple Inspiration eBooks include a little something for everyone - layouts, SN@P! Binders, pocket page spreads, home decor items and cards. Today brings you the first of our new eBooks -... Continue reading