Traveler's Notebook Simple Set Up with Little Bird Classic Kit

Have you heard of Traveler's Notebooks? They have been increasing in popularity over the last few years in the planning community, and of course, the scrapbooking community saw what a fantastic way it is to have memory journaling and pretty papers on-the-go and it's being adapted by all sorts of creative folks! I've spotted several new product sneak peeks with a Traveler's Notebook influence this week at CHA, and I'll be excited to see what else comes out for us scrapbookers! 

I am leaving tomorrow for a trip to Colorado with my family. It's been ages since I've flown and I am trying to be wise with my packing space... but I knew I'd want a place to journal and record our adventures. I decided I'd use the Little Bird Classic Kit to make some beauty to travel with me. This little Traveler's Notebook cover came from Amazon about a year ago, and it was around $20. 

I made a paper "cover" to slide in and encase everything inside. I folded over an edge to create a small pocket right inside the cover. 

The elements in this kit were perfect for adding special, easy touches throughout. This section is for a blank book, where I can sketch, practice hand lettering, write out quotes and memories from our week. 

This little plastic pocket is perfect for adding post it notes and little cards with washi tape to,, because it's easily removeable!

The other side has these small pockets that I was able to slide some extra sequins and a card with washi tape in. Those vellum bags from the kit slid in as if they were made for it and it made me so happy!

A section with lined paper for me to journal and make lists in is covered with another sheet of paper, with the back side including a slant pocket I made to slide in additional notes or photos. 

I hope you enjoyed my little notebook! You can follow me on Instagram to keep up with our adventures this week if you'd like!

If you liked this kit, just wait 'til you see the February kit! Come join us on facebook for the kit reveal tomorrow night! 

{Pumpkin Patch Challenge} with the "All Fall" Classic Kit

It's Meridy here today sharing my first layout using the beautiful "All Fall" Classic Kit.  There are still 4 more of these kits available in the store, and they are JAM PACKED with goodies...

This week the design team is working with the "Pumpkin Patch Challenge".  This challenge is to create a page with "patches" of paper as the background, and incorporate stitching somewhere on the page. 

I started the layout using the orange cardstock as the background.  Then I pulled a few pieces of patterned paper that coordinated with the colors in my photo and cut them into 1 1/2 squares.  Next, I began arranging them on the orange cardstock on the diagonal.  I didn't use any particular pattern, I  randomly placed them so that no two of the same were next to one another.  After I adhered the squares, I machine stitched down the space between each row.

After I got the patchwork looking the way I wanted, I placed my photo where I wanted it to go and added the title and a sprinkling of embellishments on the top right corner of the 5x7 photo.  

Next, I added a piece of the packaging of the Pretty Little Studio stickers to serve as my journal block.  It was printed to look like lined notebook paper, so it lended itself to be used on a layout, rather than be thrown away.

I finished off the layout with a few more Simple Stories printed chipboard shapes and some beautiful Echo Park brads from the kit.  I used the Tim Holtz brown distress marker included in the kit to do my journaling. 

Thank you for stopping by today, come back all week to see how the rest of the design team uses "patchwork" and "stitching" on their layouts!  Have a great week!!!

Happy Halloween...and a "3-1" Challenge using the "Falloween" Classic Kit

Happy Halloween fellow Noel Mignon friends!!!  Today I'm going to be showcasing the "Falloween" Classic Kit.  This week the Design Team is doing a "3-1" Challenge in honor of October 31st!  Our goal is to use "3" of something and "1" of something on our layout.  I have lots of sets of "3" & "1" in the layout I am sharing today...

This layout features some of our family portraits from November 2015.  I choose these photos because they matched the papers and embellishments in the "Falloween" kit so well.  The most obvious set of "3" & "1" is that I used 3 landscape orientation photos, and 1 portrait orientation photo. 

There are many other sets of "3" on this layout that include the following...

3 wood veneers

3 sets of 3 enamel dots

3 pieces of woodgrain paper

3 other patterned papers

3 "subtitles" or phrases

3 photos of full body shots

There are also quite a few "1"s on the layout too...

1 strip of acorn paper on each side of the layout
1 fringed heart
1 main title
1 chipboard frame
1 fabric ribbon
1 heart button
1 journaling spot
1 photo close up of our feet

1 color of mist splatters

Here are a few close up shots depicting these "3" & "1" details.

Although this "Falloween" kit is sold out in the store, there are 4 more November "All Fall" Classic Kits.  These kits are perfect for fall and Thanksgiving photos!!!  Thank you for checking out my layout today.  Have a fun and safe Halloween. Stop back all week to see how the other designers use groups of "3" & "1" on their layouts.

{Apples & Peaches} with the "Falloween" Classic Kit

Happy Monday!  It's Meridy here this morning and today I will be sharing a double page spread using the "Falloween" Classic Kit.  I love the bright colors in the Pebbles "Woodland Forest" line of papers that pop up in this month's kit.  I decided to match the colors in these papers to the photos of my family picking apples and peaches last fall.

I really wanted to use the cute gnome paper on a layout, so I decided to use it in moderation, and place it like a border across the top of both sides of the layout.

Next, I took the wooden apple and painted it red to help it blend in with my layout a little better.  I also fussy cut a few butterflies out of the B side of one of the "Woodland Forest" papers. I added one of the epoxy buttons and a few enamel dots to these items and created a little sprinkling of embellishments along side of the main photo on my layout.

Again, I had fun with the title of this layout.  I was all out of "A"s by now, so I turned a couple of "V"s upside down and I think it reads easily.  The subtitle "Fall is in the Air" is actually part of an Echo Park branding strip.  I think my favorite part of the layout is the little chipboard tree.  I added 3 enamel dots to represent apples in the tree.  So fun!!!

As for the right side of the layout, I used an 8x10 collage print to fit lots of photos.  I do this from time to time because I cannot narrow down my photos sometimes and I want to include them all. 

Since the collage takes center stage on this side of the layout, I just layered a few simple papers and created a small embellishment cluster with some enamel dots, epoxy buttons, and a fussy cut butterfly.  Now I feel like these photos shine, yet coordinate with the papers on the layout.

And that wraps it up for today's layout.  Thank you so much for stopping by!  See you soon!

{Falling Leaves} Challenge with the "Falloween" Classic Kit

Hello!  It's Meridy here and I have a double page layout to share with you today using the "Falloween" Classic Kit.  The design team has been challenged to use leaves on our layouts this week for the Falling Leaves Challenge.  I live in the desert, so there are not many opportunities to get pictures of fall colored leaves, but I was able to include a few leaf embellishments on my layout!

I started by choosing some pictures that matched the papers and color scheme in the kit.  I found these photos of my daughter from last November, and knew immediately I had to use them!

I laid out the overall layout and layers, including where I wanted to add fringed paper that I created.  Maddy's favorite animal is an owl, so when I got my kit I knew I wanted to use the owl on a page about Maddy right away.  

My favorite part of this layout is my title using a mixture of different Thickers fonts.  Some are from previous Noel Mignon kits, and some are from my stash.  I laid the title out a few different ways until I got everything tucked in nicely.  Then I adhered the Thickers to the layout.

Once I began adhering the layers and photos to the layout, I was able to work on placing the embellishments around the layout.

I liked the way the fringe came out.  It was so simple to do, and really makes an impact on the layout.  I used fringe scissors to create the fringe.

Since the fringe is such a big party of this layout, I decided to keep the embellishments on the simple side.  I started with the "So sweet & Happy".

I finished off the page with a fussy cut mini owl and a strip of washi tape to seperate the fringe from the rest of the layout.

Thank you so much for stopping by to see my layout!  See you next week :)

{Scraplift Challenge} with the "Falloween" Classic Kit

Happy Monday!  It's Meridy here with a layout to share with you using the October 2016 "Falloween" Classic Kit.  This week the Design Team is scraplifting either another design team member, or a current Noel Mignon subscriber.  I choose to scraplift one of our designers, Jana Eubank.  Her layouts are lovely and she works in a style similar to mine.  

I created this double page layout using her single page layout as inspiration.  

This is the layout that I choose to scraplift, I really liked the diagonal line across the top portion.

I took my main inspiration from the diagonal line, and recreated the layout using the photos that I had.  They were not the same sizes and orientation, but I was able to use what I had and not worry about it looking exactly the same.

I also mimicked the design on the right side of the layout.  I didn't want to make the right side identical to the left side, so I changed it up a bit.  

I kept the title placement the same as it was in my inspiration piece and added a few embellishment clusters.  I got rid of the journaling on the left side of my layout, and included it on the right side of the layout instead.  

I also included a "secondary" title on the right hand side.  I replaced one of the "o"'s in "Spooky" with  chipboard spider web embellishment.  I thought it would be a cute touch on the layout. 

I created small embellishment clusters, just like Jana's inspiration layout.  And when I was just about done, I decided I wanted to add a few ink splatters for the finishing touch.

Thank you for stopping by the blog today.  Come back all week and see if the Design Team scraplifted YOU!!!

{Pumpkin Pie Challenge} with the "Falloween" Classic Kit

Happy Monday!!!  Not just any Monday, but the 1st Monday in OCTOBER!!!  Which means Halloween is on the way!  It's Meridy here and I'm working with the "Falloween" Classic Kit today.  I love this kit, and apparently so did a lot of you, because it's already sold out.  

This week the design team is working with the "Pumpkin Pie Challenge", which is to use either orange or a triangle/wedge shape on our layout.  I decided to use both on this layout about one of our Halloween traditions.

I only had two photos, so I decided to make a rare (for me) single page layout.  I started with the black star background paper and then began cutting triangles from 3 of the patterned papers.  After I cut them, I arranged (and rearranged) the triangles a couple of times until I got them how I wanted them.

I created a little Halloween scene with a few of the Bella Blvd. die cuts that came in this month's kit.  To add some dimension and interest, I used pop dots to pop a few of these die cuts up.

Making my title was my favorite part.  I have already journaled about this tradition on other layouts from previous years, but I still wanted to scrap these pictures.  So I decided I didn't need to journal on this layout.  The title and date stamp are telling all of the information that I feel like I need.  I was able to use one of the Pretty Little Studio cut apart phrases, a Bella Blvd. tag, the Heidi Swapp glitter alphabet, and some of the American Crafts Halloween chipboard stickers in my title.  I pulled the green Tiny Type alphas from my stash.

And that wraps up my layout for the "Pumpkin Pie Challenge".  Check back all week to be inspired by the design team.  I'm excited to see everyone's pages!  I would love to see you share some of your work on the Noel Mignon Member Facebook Page!!!