{Wander} Layout with the "Enjoy the Journey" Classic Kit

Good morning, it's Meridy with you today, sharing my first layout using the May "Enjoy the Journey" Classic Kit.  There are so many great pieces in this month's kit, lots of colors to work with, and fun embellishments.  I decided to go somewhat monochromatic with this layout, using wood grains, black, white, and blue. 

I used the "B" side of one of the Jillibean Soup papers to mat my whole layout.  Next, the wood grain paper in this kit was to die for, so I wanted it to be the background of this layout.  Then I added layers, starting with the vellum paper, my photos, and lots of embellishments.

I mixed a few pieces from my stash in with the embellishments from this month's kit to create this embellishment cluster.  I started with a wooden frame to frame the "tourist" ephemera, then I layered that up with the blue polka dot heart, the palm tree rub ons, and black enamel heart from the kit.

I really liked mixing up embellishments, phrases, and stamping to make this cluster.  Everything seemed to nestle right together along side of my photo.  Finally, I added a strip of the woodgrain paper down the left side of the layout, I added a little color to it with the mini pom pom trim I had in my stash.  I added my journaling to the framed area on the lower right of the layout, and with that the layout was complete.

Thank you for stopping by today!!!

Looking back with the Delightful Classic Kit

Hello!

Our design team has done a beautiful job sharing projects with layering this week.

Today, I, Becky, have another project to share.

Layering is really one of my favorite things to do on projects, and since I typically do a lot of it anyway because I love layers and lots of dimension on my pages, this wasn't too much of a stretch for me.

It has been almost a year since my father in law passed away and when I found this picture of him and my youngest daughter kind of by accident while looking through old photos, I knew it would work perfectly with this month's beautiful kit.

Here is the page that I created with the Delightful Classic kit (still available here):

Instead of starting with a white cardstock base like I typically do, I used this pretty striped paper as my background. I started my layers by adhering stripes of the satin ribbon to the patterned paper. From there I added some gold spray mist droplets and then added two of the doilies from the kit. I used the reverse side of the doilies because I wanted a softer tone for my page. My photo was layered on top of that. So far we have 4 layers on this page (patterned paper, ribbon, doilies and photo). 

I then hand cut the beautiful flowers from the bottom of the Pink Paislee #10 patterned paper. I layered those over the bottom of my photograph, adhering some flat and adding foam adhesive to others. I then took a strip of the pretty tea-stained ribbon and triple folded it and then made a bow. Voila- a layered ribbon bow. I used liquid adhesive to adhere the bow to the center of the paper flower spray. 

I layered my chipboard alphas over the doiles at the top of my photo and then tucked the extra handcut flowers under the top right corner of my photo. I also added some chipboard, phrase stickers and some gold liquid pearls included in the kit. I layered some chipboard pieces below my photo along with that beautfiful jeweled flower by Prima. 

Here is another close-up of the layering at the bottom of my page. 

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We'd love to see what kinds of crafty things you are up to. 

Stay tuned tomorrow for more inspiration from our design team. 

{Adorably Dopey} Layout with the "Delightful" Daily Diary Kit

Hello NM fans, it's Meridy here!  Welcome to a week of "Delightful Layers" in honor of the "Delightful" Kits this month.  This week the design team is going to wow you with lots and lots of layering in our projects.  Before I share my project, I wanted to share a link to my unboxing video of the Daily Diary "Delightful" Kit.

As you can see, there are amazing products in this month's Daily Diary kit (as always).  There are still a couple of more kits in the store today too.

I have been working with this kit all weekend, and have created so much!  When I work with the Daily Diary kit, I usually order a paper add on kit, and this way I get the 20 12x12 papers that come in the Classic Kit as well.  I love creating 12x12 layouts with the Daily Diary kit. My favorite layout that I created with the "Delightful" Daily Diary Kit  is called "Adorably Dopey".  The photos I used are from a trip we took to Disneyland last month.

I started this layout by choosing papers and project life cards that coordinated with my son's Dopey outfit.  The bright greenish yellow, light blue, purple, and grey colors in the kit matched the photos perfectly!  

Next, I started building up my layers.  To make the 3x4 and 4x6 cards stretch a little more, I often trim off the portion that is layered under something else.  Then I can use that trimmed off piece on another area of the layout.  Although it looks like I used 10 different 3x4 cards, I actually only used 4 and trimmed them into small pieces.

After I got the main pieces in place, I needed to embellish. I fussy cut a few of the Pebbles cut apart 3x4 cards.  There were 2 cards with great cross sections of a tree and cute flowers and sayings, so I KNEW I had to use them with these photos with the tree in the background.  One of the cards read "together is my favorite place to be", but that quote didn't really go with my layout, so I altered it!  I cut the words "TO BE" off of the bottom, I covered the "together" with some mini alphas from my stash to spell out "Disneyland".  So now, that embellishment reads "Disneyland is my favorite place".  What a perfect subtitle to my main title "Adorably Dopey" that I created with a few letter stickers from my stash as well.  

3x4 card "Before" I altered it.

Next, I used the bottom half of that fussy cut tree cross section to embellish the top right hand side of my layout, I made sure to cover the "To Be" that was printed on it with some other embellishments---it's hiding under the blue cardstock flag.

I inked the edges of all of the layers with grey ink, to make them pop a little.  I used some foam tape to raise a few of the embellishments up and add some more dimension.  I also fussy cut another 3x4 Pebbles tag to place at the bottom of my layout, but I left this sentiment alone and didn't alter it. 

That wraps up my layout full of layers for this week.  I hope you got some ideas about how to alter something to make it work for what you need, and some tips on making smaller pieces stretch even further.  I do both of these things pretty often in my scrapbooking.

  Stop by all week to see more "Delightful Layers" on projects.  Bye!

Honoring Mother's Day with the "Pure Bliss" Classic Kit

Hello Everyone! Lynn here and I'm soooo glad to be back! Today I'm sharing my first layout using this month's "Pure Bliss" Classic Kit. Our theme this week is to create a project honoring our Mother, Aunt or Grandmother for Mother's Day. I found an awesome picture of my Mom AND Gram together and knew it was perfect for this week's theme! I used a few papers from this month's Classic kit and layered embellishments around the photo. Here's my layout

I love the smiles on my Mom and Gram's faces!! So sweet!! Here's a closeup of the dimensional layers around the photo

I added some adhesive sequins and pink glitter dots around the photo.

I used my vintage typewriter to add my journaling.

We'd love to have you participate with this week's challenge and honor the Mother figure in your life.

Thanks for stopping by and enjoy the inspiration from the Design Team this week!!! See you next week.

Let's Get Sketchy with the Trailblazer Classic Kit

Hello Tuesday and Welcome Bloggers. All this month the Noel Mignon Design Team is teaming up with Let's Get Sketchy, a fun sketch site with TONS of inspiration. I am a huge fan of sketches and have been on several sketch Design Teams. Sketches are a great foundation to build a page on. We are designing with two of Let's Get Sketchy sketches this month and here's the sketch I worked with.

Isn't this a fun sketch?! I can see myself using this one again! I used the last bits of my Picture Perfect Classic Kit for my page. I stayed true to the sketch except I substituted the sequins for the ink blotches. Here's my version of the sketch.

I filled the Maya Road Resin Frame with sequins and used it as a large embellishment.

I die cut two vellum circles and tucked them under the photo and patterned papers. I love the soft look of vellum and how the papers still show through.

Noel Mignon is the sponsor this month on the Lets Get Sketchy site. Noel is offering the "Trailblazer" Classic Kit as a prize ...

 ...so head on over to the Let's Get Sketchy blog for details on how to win this gorgeous kit!!

Thanks for stopping by today and I hope I've inspired you to try this sketch and enter in for a chance to win!!! Have a great week!!!! 

Pot of Gold Challenge- "Picture Perfect" Classic Kit

Wrapping up this week's design team "Pot of Gold" challenge, and using some gold in my layout, here is what I came up with using the "Picture Perfect" Classic Kit...

This paper from Pinkfresh Studios was super cute, and I really wanted to use it, it seemed a little challenging, so I got creative and started working with the paper as a whole background.

I decided to try to lay out my pictures and embellishments to strategically cover some of the phrases, while letting the rest of the phrases completely show.  I started by loosely placing the photos, then kept adding layers, scraps of paper, stickers, and chipboard until I was satisfied with the composition. This is another reason that I love using Noel Mignon kits---I get to try new products & paper lines that I never even knew existed!

As for using gold on my layout, I pulled a few bits and pieces that I had left over from last month's "Heart of Gold" Classic Kit and used them.  These pieces included the gold alphabet stickers I used for the title "Fourth Grade", the washi tape strips, and the gold paperclip acetate I stapled across the bottom of the page.

 Thank you for joining me today!  Have a great weekend!  

Frames and Photos - A Perfect Pair!

Hello and Happy Tuesday to ya!! Lynn here to share my first layout using February's oh so pretty "Heart of Gold" Classic Kit! This week, with Valentine's Day right around the corner, we are creating projects using elements that are "perfectly paired". I LOVE using frames on my pages. Frames and photos got together like coffee and cream. I layered a few frames from this month's kit over and under my photo. I love the layered look and my placing the frames at an angle gives the page more interest. Here's my page featuring my sweet kitty Lilly ...

I tucked my photo into the larger frame and the smaller frame was slipped under the photo and larger frame - perfectly paired!!

I painted the wood veneer LOVE and open heart with Titanium white paint. I then used gold thread to dangle the heart from the love wood veneer.

Come join us in our Perfectly Paired theme this week using the gorgeous Heart of Gold Kits. We'd love to see what you create! Stay tuned for more inspiration from the team! Have a great Tuesday!!

Heart of Gold Classic Kit: XOXO

Happy Wednesday, Friends! Jana Eubank here with my first page using the swoon-worth February Heart of Gold Classic Kit. This kit contains all of my very favorite colors for scrapbooking Valentine's day, so you know I just couldn't wait to dig into it!

XOXO

This week the design team has been inspired by "Bundling Up" for the cold this time of year by using lots of layers on our projects. My favorite ways to layer on a project include combining several patterned papers together and also using lots of handcut elements.

I began my page by clustering my three photos together, layering them slightly over one another and then anchoring them on a band of layered paper strips and a large patterned paper circle.

As I built my page from there, I tried to keep the "layering" concept at the forefront of my thought process. I handcut several flowers from the My Mind's Eye Hello Gorgeous floral paper and tucked them around my photos. For the journaling, I layered two labels on top of one another and then added the title on top of those ... layering it over my main photo.

Machine stitching in pink thread around the circle and edge of the page, help to define things a bit.

I handcut several doilies from the Echo Park Paper Blowing Kisses paper and tucked them in with the flowers around the photos, layering them together for more impact.

The bottom right corner of the photo grouping is finished off with a label phrase sticker from the We R Memory Keepers Crust sticker sheet. I layered two of the gold Prima flowers over the right edge.

I love how the flowers and doilies add a sweetness to this Valentine page of my daughter! And I had so much fun layering all the different patterns and handcut elements together.

How do you like to layer on your projects?

Loving Layers

Hi Bloggers! Happy Tuesday. Lynn here to start off this weeks theme: "Layers". I LOVE this theme - layering papers or embellishments gives a page so much depth and interest! Layering is a breeze with Noel's kits and this month's "Sweet Charlotte" Classic Kit is no exception. There is so much product in these kits and everything is coordinated so perfectly! For my layout I started with a large circle which I created with the tube from the Heidi Swapp Color Shine. I took off the cap and scribbled a circle with the spray tube - I was purposely messy! The circle became the base for all my layers. This is one of my FAV photos of my sweet Simba.

I layered several pieces of patterned papers and my photo was the final layer.

I fussy cut a bow and layered it on the "O" in LOVE. I layered some of the pom pom ribbon over a scalloped cut piece of paper. How seriously cute is the pom pom ribbon?!?! I think I have some in every color!

I also clustered some flowers and a flair button together.

Let's see how you add layers to your pages! Please share your projects with us on the Noel Mignon Members Group on Facebook! Thanks for stopping by today and we'll see you tomorrow with more layering inspiration!

 

Stamping Through the Snow with Sweet Charlotte

Hello Noel Mignon Peeps! How are you all doing? Lynn here to share this week's theme: "Stamping Through the Snow". This week we are showcasing how we used the adorable stamps and Heidi Swapp Color Shine included in this month's

Sweet Charlotte Classic Kit. Included in the kit is a wood veneer frame which I "painted" with the color shine - remember to shake the mist well before using to mix the mica that settles to the bottom (there is a mixing ball in the bottle.) I grabbed a paint brush and painted the color shine onto the frame. Once dry I used one of the stamps on the frame. Here's my page - it's an 8.5 x 11 in size.

Here's a few closeups ...

 

 I roughly laid out the papers on my page and penciled in where the typing would go. I then typed out my journaling on my typewriter and then adhered my papers. I also added some splatters of Color Shine in a few corners of the page.

How cool is the American Crafts cork bow! They are so fun! Here's a peek at some more misting ...

We would love to see how you use stamping and/or misting on your projects! Stay tuned for more projects from the team using these techniques! Have a great week everyone!!!