Christmas recipe book updated

Hey all, Michelle here! I can't believe this is my last post for 2016!! But I'm ready for 2017. And in getting ready for what next year holds I thought I would update my Christmas recipe book (you can check it out here). 

I created this book 2 yrs ago with, of course, a Noel Mignon kit! Each year I add to it - new recipes I've found, old favorites, etc. This year is no exception, so I used what I had left of the Oh What Fun Daily Diary kit to make a few recipe cards.

So this year I set to creating some new recipe cards. A couple recipes were a bit longer so I printed them out on 6x8 cardstock, others I used one of the 4x6 cards I had left from the kit. I also write out recipes when they're not as detailed. I think it's nice to include handwriting in the book instead of just typing everything out. I embellished just a bit and that's it! Easy peasy!!

Now, just so you don't think "there's no way I have time to do that with all of my recipes", not every card in my book looks like this. Some cards are simply printed recipes that I slip into the pockets. And some that are my favorites get a bit more attention :) 

I also changed the front 4x6 card because I just loved those Christmas trees on the pink background! I also add a photo or 2 here and there like this one from Christmas Eve this year. I think it adds a nice touch to my recipe book along with that 3x4 card from the kit. I also embellished a recipe card from last year with some of the stars from this year's kit.

I love this book and how it has evolved over the last 2 yrs. Every year I look forward to adding to my album!

Documenting Christmas with Oh What Fun Daily Diary Kit & a Video

Happy Thursday!! Danielle here, and I am up with my last Design Team project with Noel Mignon. I was blessed to be on Noel's team for the past 18 month, and work with some talented, amazing ladies.

First up is my process 

This weeks Design Team Challenge is "Decem-Brr" - use something icy - a snowflake, vellum, glitter etc. I chose too use my stickles for a touch of icy glitter.

Because this was Christmas week, I had so many photos that I wanted to document. I decided that this week needed an extra page. I chose a Design F page protector from Becky Higgins, and cut off the 3x4 pockets on right side of the page. I then stitched on some of the gorgeous ribbon included in this months kit

Here is a picture of this week, without the insert

and here are some close ups

I used some of the ends of this months ribbon, and stapled to the tops of a few cards.

Here is a close up of the insert

I added a few tags from my gifts to this pocket page. Its always fun too look back on the kids handwriting!

Thanks Noel for having me on the team for the past year and a half! I am so thankful to be a part of such an awesome kit and community!

Oh What Fun: JOY

Hi, Everyone! Jana Eubank here. I hope you are enjoying a wonderful holiday with your family and friends. It's been so nice to cozy up here at home with the family ... no school schedules to contend with ... and do a little relaxing ... and scrapping.

I have one last holiday-themed December Oh What Fun page to share with you today before we switch over to the New Year.

JOY

This page documents my favorite part of Christmas ... just being together in our own little family unit instead of rushing out the door to extended family events. This is where we are making memories.

I grouped together Elle's Studio cut aparts and a tag to look like a present and letters to Sants. The bow was cut using a Stampin' Up die from my stash.

The confetti sprinkles here and at the top left corner of the page repeat the dots in the blue patterned paper at the bottom of the page and remind me of cookie sprinkles left on Santa's cookie plate after he takes a few bites of his treat.

I used the photo overlays from the Daily Diary kit on these two photos. I love the way they add color and make the photos feel that much more important in the design.

I couldn't resist using those two, big, gorgeous, red poinsettia blooms together on this page. I added several die cut pine sprigs created by using a Stampin' Up die from my stash. Isn't the texture delicious?!

Thanks for coming by! Wishing you a very Happy New Year!

Week 20 | Oh What Fun Daily Diary

Merry Christmas!  Wendy here today to inspire you for one last week, I have enjoyed creating here at Noel Mignon for the last 6 months, thank you so much for the opportunity!  Today's challenge is the Decem-brrrr challenge - use something "icy" on your page; a snowflake shape, vellum, something clear, or something sparkly.

I chose to add a few sparkly red gems to match my page from last week and I also used an overlay to draw attention to my kids under the Christmas tree.

Lots of reds pull my page together and tie them into Week 19, which I shared last week, here is another peek at that page.

Thank you for joining me today, have a blessed Christmas!

elf antics

Merry Christmas Eve-Eve all, Michelle here! I thought today since there's just 2 days until Christmas it would be fun to do a page or 2 about our Elf of the Shelf - Buddy. So I went through some photos from 2 yrs ago and pulled out the Oh What Fun Daily Diary kit along with one of my page protectors that has all 3x4 photos.

It was fun going through all of these memories...I had forgotten some of the cute little things Buddy had done that year ;) 

The design team was challenged this week to use 3 different types of embellishments which wasn't too hard at all! There are always lots of choices with the kits each month. On some of the journaling cards I added an embellishment like a 3D sticker or wood piece, on other I simply left them as is.

Btw, right after I finished this page my 5 yr old had lots of fun looking at all of the photos :) 

Merry Christmas everyone!!! 

Oh, What Fun: Christmas Cookies

I can't believe that Christmas is just a few days away! Are you ready for Santa? Have you made him some delicious cookies?

My page today is about our tradition of making cookies. Every Christmas my kids and I make gingerbread cookies. The kids each have to have their own ball of dough to roll out ... where they exercise their culinary creativity.

CHRISTMAS COOKIES

I combined both the Oh What Fun Classic Kit and Oh What Fun Daily Diary Kit on this page with it's cheerful color scheme of red, green, pink, white, and tan.

The two little gingerbread people were cut from one of the 3x4 cut apart journaling cards by Pebbles. Aren't they so cute?!

I used the brown color of the gingerbread people as an accent color, making sure to put it in a visual triangle around my page. The two other spots of brown are the reindeer die cut accenting the journal block, and the brown wood veneer accenting the top border strip.

The texture of the puffy stickers reminds me of icing decorating a Christmas cookie. I had lots of fun adding the puffy stickers all around the page.

Merry Christmas!

Week 19 | Oh What Fun Daily Diary kit

One week until Christmas!  How is everyone doing today?  Wendy here to share a new challenge and some inspiration for the week.  I'm going to be baking cookies so in between the batches I hope to be crafting (and resting).  This week your challenge is the "All the Trimmings" challenge - Use three different types of embellishments.

I printed these pictures out and decided to scrap them right away, I am scrapping out of order, but at least I am working in my PL album!

How about 3 different types of embellishments on one card?  I've used the Echo Park layered stickers, wood veneer, and some tiny red gems I had in my stash.  I've also used stickers and an overlay on other parts of my page.

So take a minute from your hectic Christmas schedule and do a little scrapping, just don't forget to share what you have created on the FB page!

Heading to the tree farm!

Hey guys, Michelle here! It's been pretty cold here in eastern WA which is perfect for spending some time indoors and doing some scrapbooking! Last week my family went to the tree farm to pick out our Christmas tree. We have wonderful farms here and it's so much fun to head out & pick out the perfect one. Normally we go Thanksgiving weekend or the 1st weekend in December. But between school activities and my husband being out of town a lot we were a bit later than normal. And because of that the entire farm was covered in a blanket of snow which was so pretty...and cold!

So I pulled out my Oh What Fun Daily Diary kit to document these memories! 

Everything came together so easily since there were so many journaling cards to choose from. How lucky was it that we went to the farm on the 10th and I had a gold '10' in my kit?! 

And all of the sticker phrases were the perfect accent to my photos. I also grabbed some enamel dots from my stash.

I decided to emboss the wood tree that was in the kit with some green embossing powder. I simply placed the wood piece on my Versamark pad trying to cover it as much as I could. Then I added some embossing powder and used my heat tool to emboss. It didn't quite emboss as well as I'd hoped (maybe because the wood piece was so thin?) so to compensate for that I added some glitter Stickles on the top. It's ok if it's not perfect :) 

This week the design team is using washi & ribbon on our pages so I added washi to my top left card along with that cute ribbon to the bottom of my 'Joy' card, stapled to keep it secure.

Happy Holidays!!!

Documenting Wk 50 with the "Oh What Fun!" kit and a Video

Happy Thursday!!! Danielle here and today I am up with a new Project Life Spread with a Process Video using the new Oh What Fun! Daily Diary Kit.

This weeks Design Teams challenge is "Wrap it Up" - use both Washi Tape and Ribbon on your project.

I used Washi on my christmas tree photo, and I used ribbon along the edge of my page, that I machine stitched on. I love the texture it adds to my project!

I love all the bits and pieces in this months kit! The gold numbers are my favourite! I also loved the snowflake acetate overlay, that I placed over my weather radar photo!

Here are some close ups

Thanks for stopping by!

Oh, What Fun: Holiday Party

Hello! Jana Eubank here with my take on this week's "Wrap It Up" design team challenge.

Can you spot where I added the ribbon and washi tape to this page created with the December Oh What Fun Kits?

HOLIDAY PARTY

The ribbon is easy ... it's tied around the photo.

The washi tape is the border along the top of the plaid center strip of paper.

I was having so much fun adding fussy-cut flowers to this page, that I decided to make my journaling a hidden element on my page. I cut two tabbed cards from cream cardstock using my Silhouette Cameo 3 machine, added journaling to one of them with my typewriter, and then tucked them behind the layers on my page. 

A couple of Echo Park stickers dress up the tabs.

I used the red dots from the Red Glitter Thickers to accent the center of my fussy-cut flowers for added dimension. 

The title words get layered right on top of the photos.

And here is a closer look at that gorgeous, green, shimmery ribbon tied around the photo.

Don't forget to take photos of your holiday celebrations this year!

See you again soon!