Welcome to our third live class for International Scrapbook Day! In this hour, we will join Andrea Lake to celebrate International Scrapbooking Day with a colorful and creative layout
Using the Color Me Happy collection by Simple Stories, Andrea will show you how to confidently mix bold patterns and contrasting colors while still creating a cohesive, balanced design. We’ll build a layered background from patterned papers and bring it all together with thoughtful placement and embellishing techniques.
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Supplies | Simple Stories: Color Me Happy collection, Simple Stories Page Template Design 4; Adhesive: Liquid glue and precision glue gun, Tape runner by Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L, Crafty Foam Tape, 3D Foam Squares, 3D Foam Strips; Other: Fussy Cutting Scissors, All in One by We R Makers Paper Trimmer
Color Me Happy from Simple Stories
It’s a happy day of creating when you can use our bright and cheerful Color Me Happy collection and we’ve got a fun prize full of goodies for one lucky winner! You’ll love this one for all of the happy memories you have to document!
To enter to win, leave a comment on this post by midnight EDT on Wednesday, May 13th, sharing your favourite scrapbooking collection or brand! Which products do you have a hard time cutting into? All INSD winners will be selected at random and announced here on the blog on Friday, May 15th! Good luck!
We hope you are enjoying INSD, and don’t miss what we have planned for the rest of the day!
TODAY’S SCHEDULE (all times in Eastern Daylight time)
Click the links below to head to today’s blog posts. Live video posts will go live 15 minutes before the posted time.
- 10 am: Welcome & Sketch Challenge LIVE with Meghann Andrew
- 11 am: Masculine Made Easy with Karlla Dauer
- Noon: Die Cut, Stitch & Layer LIVE with Becki Adams
- 1 pm: Bold Patterns, Balanced Design LIVE with Andrea Lake <<< YOU ARE HERE
- 2 pm: Building with Bold Colors with Brianna Estrella
- 3 pm: Patterned Paper Play LIVE with Paige Evans
We can’t wait to chat with you at 3 pm in our final livestream with Paige Evans! Until then, don’t miss Brianna Estrella’s latest short video!
I love Simple Stores Such a variety
I’ve not used Simple Stories before so excited to see this live presentation. I have a hard time cutting into the beautiful patterned paper or covering it up with photos/embellishments
I still haven’t cut into my Simple Stories Simple Vintage Life in Bloom collection. It’s just too pretty!
My favorite is Simple stories. I am finding it so easy to make scrapbook pages I love when I use Simple stories collections.
I love Echo Park !
Love Simple Stories and these papers are so pretty! Thank you for sharing your creativity!
I love Doodlebug!
Pick one???? I love Simple Stories, Echo Park and Doodlebug! None of which I knew before SCT! You are one of my favourite ‘bad’ influences!!!!!
I’ve been using up some of my old stash of paper collections and found some My Mind’s Eye, they had some really gorgeous papers! I love Paige Evans collections too.
I love Creative Memories. I love kits that are coordinated. It is hard to cut up very pretty paper.
There are so many amazing companies. Lately I have been drawn to 49 and Market and Vicki Boutin. I also Love simple Stories. They have collections which have everything I need to complete the perfect project!
Echo Park, Simple Stories, and Doodlebug are my favorites!
What a FAB Collection! Not sure I could narrow it down to only one Company–but for today, right now, at the top of my List is Simple Stories–their Collections are magnificent!
I love Doodlebug Designs!
Simple Stories is definately one of my faves.
Tough question! Lately my favorites have included 49 and Market, Pinkfresh, Simple Stories. I guess you can say that I pick and choose depending on my pics/story.
I think Simple Stories is my fave right now! I have a hard time chopping up the florals 😆
I love Simple Stories collections. The colors and patterns are so useable no matter the layout subject matter.
I like them all, but I am partial to Doodlebug and Echo Park.
I love Simple Stories. Such a great selection!
I am absolutely loving Simple Stories lately – it seems that is all I am buying – they have so many different themes – love it!
Such fun colors!
My favorite brand is Simple Stories or whoever is printing Vicki Boutin
One of my favorite collections is Paige Evans’ Bloom Street and I hoard what I have left because it’s an older collection.
I love simple stories and have a hard time cutting into all of the pretty papers!
The vibrant colors and patterns make me smile!
I’m a huge fan of Simple Stories!
My favorite brand is Simple Stories. While they have a strong recognizable style, every collection they release is unique and they do more than one style very well. I also never struggle to use their products.
Oh wow how do you pick a favorite brand!? I was a Close to My Heart consultant for many years, right until they closed. Since they are gone I am branching out to many different brands and loving them all.
Love Simple stories!
oh that’s NOT FAIR!!! My favorite scrapbook collection or brand?! ALL of THEM!!! Having a fabulous day! Thanks!!
I Love this collection! I used it to scrap lift megs layout.
My favourite scrapbooking brands are 49 & Market, Graphic 45 and Doodlebug. Thanks for the great demo Andrea!
My favourite brand is Simple Stories, and has been for years. The hardest part of any collection is the cut-apart pages where there is a great pattern on the back. When the 3×4 and 4×6 was matched with the same on the back it was easy. ;) Now it’s determining which set of cutaparts I’m giving up to get a 6×8 from that gorgeous back paper. LOL!!
I just LOVE anything from Simple Stories and have many collections that I’m terrified to cut into because I just love them so much. Would love to win this collection and scraplift this layout! Love it! ♥️
I’v been hoarding October Afternoon…. it’s so hard to cut into those knowing I can’t get them anymore!
My favourite collections are anything Paige Taylor Evans, Doodlebug, or Vicki Boutin because I love bright colours.
That was so fun!!
Double sided paper for sure! Never fails you really like both sides and only have one piece of it. Then the delima of which side do you use :)
I love so many, but I guess Stamperia and K&Co. This is my favorite Simple Stories set. I have a couple pieces already.
Loved watching Andrea’s video and love her layout! I cannot get enough of everything that Simple Stories comes out with! Their collections make it so easy to put a layout together in no time.
I started with Simple Stories life documented many years ago. So I have lots of their collections. I have Pink fresh for card making. My latest addition is Vicki Boutin and 49 and Market. Because of paige evans I’m learning to fussy cut so I’m using what I have. I have some of her collections. If I had to pick one I would still go with Simple Stories. Good variety.
Simple stories is a great product line. They make creating so easy. Loved your layout. Thank you for the inspiration.
I love these bright colours and patterns! So I would have to say that I would have a hard time cutting into this Simple Stories Collection! However, I would use it and gut as many pages as I could so that I would have more to use on another layout!
Lately I’ve been using more Echo Park but I really love Paper Rose too.
It’s so hard to pick a favorite but at the moment I really love Bella Blvd! I only have a few collections but am finding them very versatile.
Love Simple Stories!
I love the Simple Stories brand. I have a hard time cutting into most papers. They are just so pretty.
I’m a big fan of all collections with colors and primarily use VIcki Boutin’s collections. But Simple Stories always has a collection that works for special projects and family memory books especially with the wonderful coordinating ephemera. Love this collection and will have to add it to my stash.
It’s hard to choose one line, as I’m drawn to cool color palettes, rather than a style. 49 & Market and Simple Stories are two that I really enjoy.