Winter: Gingerbread and Peppermint Classic Kit

Hi!  Sarah here with a layout from our Christmas card photo session.  I decided to use these pictures to talk about how crazy the weather here in New Mexico is.  It actually snows here!!!  We were shocked when we first moved here and it snowed in the winter.  It still blows my mind.

I knew I needed to use some of these gorgeous papers for this layout.  The plaid paper just plays perfectly with the plaid in the picture of my girls.  

The puffy sticker pack had the perfect title for the topic I was documenting, so I used a few stickers to create the title.  The little snowman was just too adorable!

The large flower was the perfect color to accent around the photos and help bring them together.  

The little bird with the scarf is just the cutest and my journaling on the bottom helped to finish it off.

Thanks so much for joining me today!  How is the winter weather where you live?  Have you taken a chance to document it?

{Love You} & {Daddy's Girl} Layouts with the "Home Sweet Home" Classic Kit

Hi friends!!!  If you are in the USA---Happy Thanksgiving Week!!!  It's Meridy here and I have a couple of 12x12 layouts that will face each other in my album, so the supplies coordinate across the 2 pages.  

The pictures are from 2015, and the colors in the "Home Sweet Home" Classic Kit match them so well! 

I started with my favorite papers in this month's kit and then added a few of the die cut pieces.  I decided I wanted to add a couple of flowers to the layout, so I pulled a few from my stash and added crystal gems from my October Noel Mignon kit.  

At this point I was ready to add my title, but the page still looked like it was missing something, I used one of the word stickers that said "love" and I used the Thickers to spell out "you".  I still wanted to add some texture to the layout, so I decided to pull out some embroidery floss and hand stitch around the word "love".  But the stitching kind of got lost with the sticker still attached, so I removed the original sticker and was left with the outline of "love".   This looked so much better to me, so I went with it!

I decided to create the facing layout in my album with the same supplies.  So I started with the same patterned papers and layering those up with my photos.

I wanted to mimic the title on this side of the layout too, but I didn't have any stickers that read "girl", so I made my own template.  After I cut the template from scratch paper, I used a pushpin to poke all of the stitching holes.  I removed the template, divided the 6 strand embroidery floss into 3-strand thickness and went to town stitching around the letters.  Once I began stitching, it took me about 15 minutes to stitch the entire word.   I was hesitant about hand stitching on a layout because of how time consuming I thought it would be, but 15 minutes wasn't bad!  

After this layout, I know I will be hand stitching on more layouts in the future.  I can sit and watch TV while I stitch.  It was relaxing to me!!!

Thank you for stopping by today!  Have a great week!!!

2 months with the Spring Fling Classic Kit

Nicole here on the blog today.  I was going through photos in my pile of "want to scrap" photos and found this one of my cute little niece.  The colors in her cute little outfit were perfect to pair with the kit. 

Whenever I get stumped I usually go back through some of my previously made layouts and scraplift myself.  I decided to pull inspiration from a layout I made in January when my picture and embellishments were housed in a heart shape.  I started by cutting a large heart with my Silhouette and used a pencil to trace the outline.

I have a few label stamps and used these to stamp on the quilted pattern paper to bring in different prints and colors.  I also used a tag to cut tag shapes into pattern paper.  I placed these around my creating a visual triangle. 

The title is a combination of a number sticker from the Dear Lizzy sticker sheet and a cut from my Silhouette from the orange cardstock.  

I used the stamp from the kit with StazOn and stamped the flowers onto vellum.  I used watercolors and after it dried I cut them out and they became delicate flower embellishments.  I placed these along with the Prima flowers on top of another tag I cut from pattern paper and an actual shipping tag from my stash. 

Once I had placed my embellishments I measured and printed out my journaling and cut my background cardstock and slide it into place adhering it all together on the back.  To make the outline of my heart stand out I used yellow embroidery floss to hand sew the heart. 

As a finishing touch I trimmed the edges and used a pattern paper on the back to tie in my color scheme.  I enjoyed putting together all the little embellishments from the kit onto this layout.  They were the perfect way to record my sweet niece at only two months old. 

Thanks so much for stopping by the blog today!  Be sure to head over to the store and snag your Spring Fling kit there are still a few left in the store. 

{Girl Scouts} Layout with the "Spring Fling" Daily Diary Kit

Happy May!!! I can't believe it's already May!  This year has just flown by, and with spring in full swing, I'm so excited to be working the the May Daily Diary "Spring Fling" kit .  The kit is just filled with bright colors and cute embellishments.  Perfect for all types of layouts and photos.

Here is what is included in the kit.

I used the paper add on in addition to the Daily Diary kit, since I LOVE working with 12x12 layouts.  This week I'm sharing a layout of my daughter on her first day of Gril Scouts for the 2016-2017 school year.  I take a photo of her in her uniform at the beginning of each school year. 

I loved the water colored patterned paper that came in the paper add on, and used it as my background paper.  It had so many pretty colors, and coordinated well with all of the 3x4 and 4x6 cards I wanted to use on the layout.

After loosely placing my photos, I started adding the 3x4 and 4x6 cards.  I left the cards sticking out from under the photos to create lots of layers.  Once all of that was in place, I adhered it to the page.   I don't put tape all the way to the edges of the layers, this way I can slip bits and pieces of tags and embellishments under the layers easily.  

I started building up embellishments on the bottom right and bottom left of the layout.  The title area of my layout is my favorite part.  I did have to pull some green Thickers from my stash to spell "Girl Scouts", and paired that with a chipboard sticker, a few puffy stickers, and a cut apart quote, all of which are from the kit.  

I really liked the sprig of flowers that came in the kit, so I disassembled the sprig and rearranged three flowers into a "bouquet" for this layout.  I used some baker's twine from an old Noel Mignon kit to keep the bouquet in place and glued it to my layout with Eileen's Tacky Glue.  I like using Tacky Glue to adhere fabrics, silk flowers, wood veneer, and baker's twine to my layouts.  It dries quickly and holds great!  

Next, I added a few puffy stickers around the bouquet, and that finished off the layout.

Thank you so much for stopping by today!  I hope you are having fun with your "Spring Fling" Kits this month!  I would love to see what you make on Instagram #NoelMignon.

  

Every book is an Adventure with the Let's Get Lost Daily Diary and Classic Kits

Hello!  Nicole here today to share a layout that takes the adventure theme to the kits in a different direction.  I recently found these photos of my grandma reading to my little guy.  I knew the colors would play off the colors in the kits perfectly.   For those that have both kits the colors and embellishments really work so well together. 

I started with the black cardstock and pattern papers from the classic kit.  I cut strips of pattern paper and layered them behind my photos.  I then grabbed a few of the journaling cards from the daily diary kit and layered them under the top of my photos.  Using my Silhouette I cut part of my title from the red cardstock in the kit and paired it with one of the glittered thickers to form the title. 

Once the foundation was built I got to work placing the simple embellishments:  flowers, stickers, washi tape, and ribbon. 

I added a "frame" of sorts with a simple white gel pen and a pattern paper.  I kept the overall look to the layout simple and let the pictures and simple embellishments shine. 

Thanks for stopping by the blog!

Inspired by Flowers-"Heart of Gold" Classic Kit

This week in honor of "Budding Romance", the design team is using flowers as inspiration on our layouts.  I'm using the "Heart of Gold" Classic Kit for my double page layout today. 

Noel puts her kits together to mesh with the current season, trends, and holidays, but they are also versatile.  So although this month's kit was a more "love" theme---it worked for my Halloween layout---complete with flowers!

I did pull quite a few flowers from my own stash here, but I also used one of the Prima yellow ones that came in this month's kit. I used some of the My Mind's Eye enamel dots as centers for some of the flowers.  

I needed to have a few "pops" of black on the layout to bring out the darker colors of the Mad Hatter's costume, so I thought that the "Halloween" title would work well on the left side of the layout, while the "you + me" black sticker worked on the right side of the layout.

I really stretched the use of the gold doily in the kit.  I cut it into pieces and used a couple of pieces on some previous layouts, part of it near the "Halloween" title on this layout, and the final piece I used by cutting away some of the exterior of the doily leaving some of the interior in a half circle to anchor the "You + Me" embellishment cluster.

I used the gold ribbon to finish off and ground the bottom portion of the layout, and I really like the way it turned out with the little faux knot pictured below.

Finally, I used the ampersand sticker from the Crate Paper sticker sheet that came in this month's kit on the sub title of the layout.  I really like mixing fonts and lettering on my layouts and titles.

Thank you for joining me today...check back all week to see how the rest of the design team has been inspired by flowers.  Have a great week!!!

A Budding Romance with the Heart of Gold Classic Kit

Hello Bloggers, Lynn here to start off our "Budding Romance" design challenge this week. Simply use a flower(s) as a major element on your project. You can make your own flower, fussy cut flowers from patterned paper or add flower embellishments to your page. This challenge was easy using this month's Heart of Gold Classic Kit. I used the gold doily as a base for my page and added my photo, flower stickers and lots of other elements to build up my layout. Here's my page

 

I popped up both flower stickers for added dimension. I added lots of puffy stickers and used the small heart in the stamp set with the Lawn Fawn ink to add some stamped hearts here and there.

I typed on the layered tag and used the yummy gold dipped thickers included in our kit.

 

So, let's see how you use flowers on your projects to create a Budding Romance! Stay tuned for more inspiration from the design team using this week's challenge.

Have a great week!

Flowers and Flair. Who could ask for anything more?

Hiya! Last weekend I made this fun little banner using the Sun Kissed kit and I am in love with this little flower!! I used the Pink Paislee tape in the kit and I'll show you how below in my very first online video. I'm ready for my closeup, Mr. Demille!

Okay guys, so for some reason it is playing super wonky now that it's actually posted. WEIRD! Watch it at youtube for the best resolution!



Well, hopefully the audio matches the video for you! Happy scrapping and see you next week!



Oh and a quick ps: If you're looking for a different way to use that beyond gorgeous Jenni Bowlin butterfly rubon, here's an idea! Rub it on, cut it out, pop those wings and voyohlay!!!