About Kringle & Co.
Kringle & Co. is a premium Christmas collection from Simple Stories—one of the most respected names in scrapbooking and memory keeping. Known for their comprehensive kit formats and commitment to coordinated design, Simple Stories delivers the Kringle & Co. collection as a complete creative system—papers, cut-apart elements, sticker sheets, journal bits and page pieces working together as a unified Christmas crafting toolkit.
The collection celebrates the timeless magic of Christmas through the lens of Kris Kringle—workshop warmth, festive characters, classic holiday imagery and the nostalgic charm of Christmas tradition. Vintage-inspired design meets modern crafting sensibility, creating a Christmas aesthetic that works beautifully across scrapbook layouts, pocket pages, memory keeping albums, handmade cards and mixed media projects alike.
Simple Stories' signature approach—comprehensive kit formats with cut-apart elements and multiple embellishment types built in—means you spend less time sourcing matching products and more time creating. From first layout to final embellishment, every Kringle & Co. component is designed to work together seamlessly from the moment you open the kit.
Choose the Right Kringle & Co. Format
If you're making focused Christmas projects & cards | Collection Kit (SKU 27500 — 87 pieces) If you're building multi-page albums & extended projects | Collector's Essential Kit (SKU 27501 — 248 pieces) If you want one sticker sheet & cut-apart elements | Collection Kit (SKU 27500) If you want two sticker sheets, journal bits & page pieces | Collector's Essential Kit (SKU 27501) If you want the complete Kringle & Co. toolkit | Collector's Essential Kit (SKU 27501)
What Makes Simple Stories Different
Simple Stories Collection Kits go beyond standard paper pads by including cut-apart journal cards, tags, element sheets and dedicated embellishment components within a single kit. This means:
- Papers and embellishments are designed together and coordinated from the start
- Cut-apart elements provide ready-to-use project pieces without die-cutting
- Cardstock sticker sheets add immediate embellishment coverage across all projects
- Journal Bits and Page Pieces (Collector's Essential Kit) provide dimensional and accent elements at different scales
This comprehensive approach is particularly valuable for pocket scrapbooking and project life layouts, where coordinated journal cards and embellishments are as important as the papers themselves.
Project Inspiration
Christmas Scrapbook Layouts
Use Kringle & Co. designer cardstock as full-page backgrounds for Christmas photo layouts. Layer coordinating designs, mat photographs with complementary papers, and apply sticker sheet elements as festive embellishment. The rich Kringle & Co. Christmas aesthetic provides immediate visual impact—warm, vintage-inspired designs that frame every holiday memory beautifully.
Pocket Scrapbooking & Project Life
Cut apart journal card sheets into individual cards sized for pocket page inserts. Combine with photographs, handwritten memories and sticker embellishments across pocket page protectors for quickly assembled, beautifully coordinated Christmas project life layouts. The Collector's Essential Kit's Journal Bits add further variety at smaller scales for filling pocket slots with coordinated detail.
Christmas Card Collections
Cut 12×12 sheets to card base sizes and layer trimmed papers as matting and accent panels. Apply Icons sticker sheet elements as focal toppers—Kringle & Co. Christmas characters and seasonal motifs—and Basics sticker elements as supporting detail. Create a full coordinated Christmas card collection for the season using the generous material across both kit formats.
Multi-Page Christmas Albums
Build comprehensive Christmas memory albums using Kringle & Co. papers as page backgrounds, cut-apart journal cards as inserts and page pieces as dimensional focal embellishments (Collector's Essential Kit). The 248-piece Collector's Essential Kit is specifically suited to extended album builds, providing enough variety and material for a complete Christmas album from cover to final page without running short.
Mixed Media Christmas Artwork
Combine Kringle & Co. papers with stamps, inks and mixed media elements for layered Christmas artwork. Use cut-apart elements as collage components, apply page pieces as dimensional focal points, and add sticker sheet elements as finishing details. The vintage-inspired Kringle & Co. aesthetic integrates beautifully with ink washes and mixed media layering techniques.
Tips & Techniques
Choosing Between the Two Kits
The Collection Kit suits focused projects—a card collection, a single album spread, a set of pocket pages. The Collector's Essential Kit suits extended builds—multi-page albums, mixed project types, or crafters who want the widest range of components available. If you're unsure, the Collector's Essential Kit provides significantly more material and component variety for only a modest additional investment.
Using Cut-Apart Elements Efficiently
Cut-apart sheets contain multiple designs arranged for efficient trimming. Before cutting, plan which elements you need for each project to avoid wasting pieces. Keep trimmed offcuts—even small pieces add detail as accent layers, journal card borders and tag embellishments throughout your projects.
Combining Icons and Basics Stickers
In the Collector's Essential Kit, use Icons stickers as primary focal embellishments—key characters and design highlights—and Basics stickers as supporting detail. This hierarchy creates visual depth: the Icons draw the eye, the Basics support without competing. Avoid mixing both sticker types at equal visual weight on the same project.
Maximising Journal Bits
Journal Bits (Collector's Essential Kit — 73 pieces) are ideal for layering at small scale. Use as accent details within pocket page slots, label and word strip additions to layouts, and small embellishment clusters on card fronts. Their smaller size makes them versatile across all project formats without overwhelming compositions.
Applying Page Pieces Dimensionally
The 13 Page Pieces (Collector's Essential Kit) work best with foam adhesive for raised, dimensional effects on scrapbook pages. Apply to completed layouts as the final embellishment layer—their size and design make them natural focal points that anchor each page composition.
Frequently Asked Questions
Q: What's the difference between the Collection Kit and the Collector's Essential Kit?
The Collection Kit (SKU 27500) contains 87 pieces—12 double-sided 12×12 sheets with cut-apart elements and one 75-piece sticker sheet. The Collector's Essential Kit (SKU 27501) contains 248 pieces—the same 12 sheets and cut-apart elements, plus a second sticker sheet (Icons 75 + Basics 75 = 150 stickers total), 73 Journal Bits and 13 Page Pieces. The Collector's Essential Kit is the comprehensive option for extended projects.
Q: What are cut-apart journal cards and element sheets?
Cut-apart sheets are designer cardstock pages printed with multiple smaller designs—journal cards, tags and decorative elements—specifically designed to be trimmed apart. They provide ready-designed project elements without requiring dies or stamps, ideal for pocket scrapbooking, layout embellishment and card-making toppers.
Q: What are Journal Bits and Page Pieces?
Journal Bits (73 pieces, Collector's Essential Kit) are smaller die-cut accent pieces—labels, word strips and small decorative elements—for journaling detail and small-scale embellishment. Page Pieces (13 pieces, Collector's Essential Kit) are larger decorative elements designed as statement embellishments on scrapbook pages, working particularly well with foam adhesive for dimensional raised effects.
Q: Is Kringle & Co. suitable for pocket scrapbooking?
Yes. Simple Stories is a leading brand for pocket scrapbooking and project life formats. The cut-apart journal cards, Journal Bits and coordinating sticker elements are specifically suited to pocket page layouts. Trim journal cards to standard pocket sizes and combine with photographs for quickly assembled, beautifully coordinated Christmas memory pages.
Q: Can I use both kits together for larger projects?
Yes. Both kits share the same Kringle & Co. aesthetic and coordinated palette. Combining the Collection Kit and Collector's Essential Kit gives you the maximum range of Kringle & Co. papers, embellishments and components for the most ambitious Christmas album or creative project builds.
Q: Is the Collector's Essential Kit better value?
For crafters planning extended Christmas projects, multi-page albums or wanting the complete component range, yes. The significantly larger piece count (248 vs 87) and additional component types (second sticker sheet, Journal Bits, Page Pieces) offer considerably more creative scope per purchase than the Collection Kit alone
