{"id":5726,"date":"2012-10-03T00:29:04","date_gmt":"2012-10-03T05:29:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/scrappinstuff.com\/blog\/?p=5726"},"modified":"2014-11-21T11:55:23","modified_gmt":"2014-11-21T17:55:23","slug":"hello-friend-by-amy-wheeler","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/scrappinstuff.com\/blog\/2012\/10\/03\/hello-friend-by-amy-wheeler\/","title":{"rendered":"Hello Friend Layout"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>The fun patterns and colors in the &#8220;Awesome&#8221; line by Simple Stories are quite versatile! I used the line on a fun layout about a visit with an out of town friend.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\u00a0 <strong>Supplies:<\/strong><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.scrappinstuff.com\/store\/boys-c-432\/simple-stories-awesome-bingo-cards-p-14126\">Simple Stories &#8211; Awesome &#8211; Bingo Cards<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.scrappinstuff.com\/store\/boys-c-432\/simple-stories-awesome-extreme-paper-p-14128\">Simple Stories &#8211; Awesome &#8211; Extreme Paper<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.scrappinstuff.com\/store\/boys-c-432\/simple-stories-awesome-100-boy-paper-p-14132\">Simple Stories &#8211; Awesome &#8211; 100% Boy Paper\u00a0<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.scrappinstuff.com\/store\/boys-c-432\/simple-stories-awesome-stripe-tickets-paper-p-14230\">Simple Stories &#8211; Awesome &#8211; Stripe\/Tickets Paper<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.scrappinstuff.com\/store\/boys-c-432\/simple-stories-awesome-totally-cool-paper-p-14127\">Simple Stories &#8211; Awesome &#8211; Totally Cool Paper\u00a0<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.scrappinstuff.com\/store\/boys-c-432\/simple-stories-awesome-12-x12-fundamental-stickers-p-14133\">Simple Stories &#8211; Awesome &#8211; 12&#8243;x12&#8243; Fundamental Stickers<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.scrappinstuff.com\/store\/boys-c-432\/simple-stories-awesome-flash-cards-p-14140\">Simple Stories &#8211; Awesome &#8211; Flash Cards<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.scrappinstuff.com\/store\/boys-c-432\/simple-stories-awesome-12-x12-expression-stickers-p-14130\">Simple Stories &#8211; Aesome &#8211; 12&#8243;x12&#8243; Expression Stickers<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Brown cardstock<\/li>\n<li>Kraft cardstock<\/li>\n<li>Vanilla cardstock<\/li>\n<li>background stamp (optional)<\/li>\n<li>Brown ink (optional)<\/li>\n<li>Brown pen<\/li>\n<li>pop dots<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div>\u00a0<strong>Instructions:<\/strong><\/div>\n<div>\n<ol>\n<li>Start with sheet of brown cardstock for the base and top with 11-1\/2&#8243; square piece of kraft cardstock. (I stamped my kraft paper with a background stamp and brown ink to give a subtle pattern.)<\/li>\n<li>Add 1\/4&#8243;x11-1\/2&#8243; strip of\u00a0<strong>Simple Stories &#8211; Awesome &#8211; Bingo Cards<\/strong>\u00a0(chevron) 1\/2&#8243; from bottom of kraft paper.<\/li>\n<li>Moving up from the bottom, add the following strips cut to 11-1\/2&#8243; lengths:\n<ul>\n<li>1\/2&#8243; (houndstooth)\u00a0<strong>Simple Stories &#8211; Awesome &#8211; Extreme Paper<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>1&#8243; (stripe)\u00a0<strong>Simple Stories &#8211; Awesome &#8211; 100% Boy Paper<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>3\/4&#8243; (chevron)\u00a0<strong>Simple Stories &#8211; Awesome &#8211; Bingo Cards<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>1&#8243; (stars)\u00a0<strong>Simple Stories &#8211; Awesome &#8211; 100% Boy Paper<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>2-1\/2&#8243; (green diagonal)\u00a0<strong>Simple Stories &#8211; Awesome &#8211; Stripe\/Tickets Paper<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Add 1\/4&#8243; strip of (stripe)\u00a0<strong>Simple Stories &#8211; Awesome &#8211; Totally Cool Paper<\/strong>\u00a0about 1\/4&#8243; up from bottom of green diagonal strip.<\/li>\n<li>Also add license plate border sticker from\u00a0<strong>Simple Stories &#8211; Awesome &#8211; 12&#8243;x12&#8243; Fundamental Stickers<\/strong>\u00a0across green diagonal pattern, about 1\/4&#8243; from top. (Trim border to 11-1\/2&#8243; before adhering.)<\/li>\n<li>Double mat two 4&#215;6 photos on vanilla, then brown cardstock and adhere as shown in upper right corner of layout.<\/li>\n<li>In upper right corner of top photo, add &#8220;tape&#8221; sticker from\u00a0<strong>Simple Stories &#8211; Awesome &#8211; 12&#8243;x12&#8243; Fundamental Stickers<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>Select journaling card shown on layout from\u00a0<strong>Simple Stories &#8211; Awesome &#8211; Flash Cards<\/strong>, handcut as shown and adhere in lower left corner of photo.<\/li>\n<li>Add paint-sploth sticker from\u00a0<strong>Simple Stories &#8211; Awesome &#8211; 12&#8243;x12&#8243; Fundamental Stickers<\/strong>\u00a0in lower left corner of journaling spot. (I adhered with pop dots.)<\/li>\n<li>Add title using mix of alphas from\u00a0<strong>Simple Stories &#8211; Awesome &#8211; 12&#8243;x12&#8243; Expression Stickers<\/strong>\u00a0just above green diagonal paper strip.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><strong>HAPPY SCRAPPIN&#8217;!<\/strong><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The fun patterns and colors in the &#8220;Awesome&#8221; line by Simple Stories are quite versatile! I used the line on a fun layout about a visit with an out of town friend. \u00a0 Supplies: Simple Stories &#8211; Awesome &#8211; Bingo&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":5728,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[34,4],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/scrappinstuff.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5726"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/scrappinstuff.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/scrappinstuff.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/scrappinstuff.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/scrappinstuff.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5726"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"http:\/\/scrappinstuff.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5726\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6711,"href":"http:\/\/scrappinstuff.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5726\/revisions\/6711"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/scrappinstuff.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5728"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/scrappinstuff.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5726"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/scrappinstuff.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5726"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/scrappinstuff.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5726"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}