Bunny Hop Day 3

The Easter Bunny has hopped by the brand new NoelMignon website a little early this year, so get out your Easter baskets, because we have some fun planned!  There are 5 eggs hidden around our site, and if you are able to find all of them this week, then you can qualify to win a May kit for free!  

Here are the rules:
1)  Come to the blog each day to find your clue, and then hop over to the website to find your egg
2) Copy and paste the egg, each day, for a total of 5 eggs.
3) Each day paste the egg that you found in your Facebook, or Instagram feed, and tag us #noelmignon
4) One random bunny hop player who collects all 5 eggs (one each day), and shares each day, will win the upcoming May kit, "Carousel"!
GOOD LUCK!

Here is today's hint:

Today's egg can be found in a new product.  Not one, but 2!?!  They are delivered to your door.    Start your hunt here... http://www.noelmignon.com/ and be sure to copy and paste the egg (or screenshot it) and share on your facebook or instagram (or both) feed with the #noelmignon, so we can spy your find.  Good luck! 

In addition I also have a new Easter layout to share!  I used the NM kit West Coast because it has some wonderful pastel colors that went really nicely with my Easter theme.  I love how versatile these kits are!  

 Don't forget to either renew your subscription or sign up for a brand new subscription on the all-new website :) There are now great kit options for every budget!  Hurry, hurry- they're filling up FAST!

-Cassie

Travel Notes

We've been having lots of fun and inspiration this week over at the Back to School Crop on the message board.  IF you haven't had a chance to come play with us, there's still time over the weekend to qualify for prizes! 

For my "Advanced Art" class earlier this week, I created this layout. Can you spot the technique?

If you want to know more about it, come check out this thread! 

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If you are not a subscriber, here's some big news for you! 

First- you will want to snap this awesome kit up on Tuesday! 

Secondly, there's some good news for those of you on the waiting list for subscriptions coming soon! Look for more info on October 1st! ;) 

My cutie pie!

Hello everyone! Yesterday I sent the kids off for their first day of school. After taking a photo and sending them on their way I realized I only have one more year to send them off together and then my son will be going to college. sniff. sniff.

One of the reason I love scrapbooking so much is that I can pull out old photos and reminisce about days gone by and things that were significant at that time, like this photo of my daughter when she was in 5th grade sporting her braces and the ever popular lip gloss. She started 10th grade yesterday, but I had fun putting this layout together!

All supplies for this layout are from the August West Coast kit. For the background, I cut apart the Studio Calico journaling paper, layered them and then stitched them down with my sewing machine.

The pink doily was the perfect backdrop for the MME die cut title, accented with the layered butterfly.

Using my Silhouette Cameo I cut a small butterfly in the center of one of the journaling cards and layered the pink washi tape behind it.

To complete the layout I added my journaling to one of the journal cards and embellished it with a couple butterflies and flower for the finishing touch.

The colors and mix of products in the West Coast kit are amazing. If you missed out on the kit you can get a West Coast Limited kit in the shop!

Click * Click * Click

Hi everyone! Happy Monday!

hope you've had a fantastic weekend!

I'm here to share a quick layout I made this weekend of my 2 kiddo's using
the gorgeous August West Coast kit:

That kit is now totally sold out but Noel packed a limited edition West Coast kit

you'll want to get your hands on fast!

Noel sure knows how to pack a huge, delicious, amazing kit!
I've only made 4 layouts with this kit this month & could go on and on making

so many more!

 

Here's a few close ups of my layout:

 

 



I also used some elements from the July Boardwalk kit such as the mask, ink & rub ons.

I loved Echo Parks Everyday Eclectic by Allison Kreft. Especially the hot air balloons.
I thought they were perfect examples of my kiddo's heading off to college again for their 2nd

and 3rd years.

 

My title represents the one sound they could recognize from miles away. Me clicking

my camera. They're so used to it, they automatically know what to do. Well most of the time.

ha!

 

I hope you've enjoyed the examples from this kit.
It's such a great one & I sure hope you were able to get your hands on it!

Just wait until you see next month's kit. I just got mine & am already diving into it.

It's DIVINE!!

 

Have a great week everyone!

~Leslie

 

Ana

Our baby girl is not so "baby" these days... she's almost 3 and I don't know if it's because she's the baby or what, but she just delights the heck out of me. She's got her own spunky little personality and I want to make sure to be able to capture the details of her at this age. 

I played around with the West Coast kit  for this layout. (did you know this is my fourth layout from this kit? And I also made two cards? And STILL have a ton left?! Noel's kits have SOOO much in them, I love it!) For the background, I just ran that paper through my Silhouette machine and cut out a stencil font. I really like the peekaboo look it gives! 

I asked Noel a while back if she would include a "kraft" colored marker or pen in a kit, and I love this one she chose. It's a great color, so if you handwrite your journaling like I do, it is like another design element. 

It's also a stamp marker, which I haven't experimented a ton with yet, but is really handy to have!

 Keep your eyes peeled this weekend for a kit video of our new kit, "Evening Stroll!" 

Simple cards with flair...

If you are like me, you are always needing a card. It always seems that I need one when I'm short on time too. I thought I would fix that problem and whip up some quick & easy cards using the same design for each one.

The Retro Flair in the shop has a greeting/saying on each one so I decided to use those as my focal point for the coordinate set.

Each card has a combination of 3 strips of paper/washi tape/fabrips with the flair as the focal point and greeting. Most of the supplies are from the West Coast kit, with the exception of some of the washi tapes and the flair.

The first is an all occasion card using the adorable typewriter flair.

For this next card I flipped the orientation to vertical and included a greeting on the inside, drawn using the sketch feature on my Silhouette Cameo.

I like to recognize people for a job "well done" so I included a congratulations card in my set. Once again, I drew the greeting on the inside with my Cameo.

With the sewing machine flair I created a card that can be used as a general greeting or congratulations/best wishes card. I left the inside blank so I can customize it for the recipient.

Last, but not least, a belated Birthday Card. I'm sorry to say, I need this type of card far too often.

If you need some cards in a hurry, give this design a try. You'll be able to make up several in just one sitting.

Have a great day everyone...make it a crafty one!

Serenity Now

Good Monday morning!

It's Leslie here with another Monday post for you!

Ever have those moments of needing "serenity now?"

I know I do!
For me it's one of several things. A nice long bubble bath,

a trip to Hobby Lobby AND Starbucks,

a chat with a good friend on the phone (who am I kidding...texting is more like it, ha!)

or my number one:

escaping with a GOOD book. Along with a cup of coffee or something yummy to drink.

That's my "serenity now...."

For this layout I used the August kit: West Coast.

I added some ink & rub ons from July's Boardwalk kit.
**West Coast IS sold out but Noel made some LIMITED  West Coast kits
They'll go FAST so go get yours now!

Here's some closer shots:

What's your way of escaping today for a few?

Scrap about it...

enjoy it!

have a great day, friends.

~Leslie



Jewelry Time....Wait! What??

Happy Thursday again everyone!!
Hope y'all are having a fabulous week :)

I'm dropping in today to share how I love to use Noel's kits for more than just documenting my family's history in a fun, creative way.

I love to make jewelry with all the fun embellishments that come in the kit. 

When I first received August's West Coast Kit one of the first things that popped out to me was the My Minds Eye Miss Caroline decorative brads.  I ooooh'd and ahhhh'd over all the lil designs and I couldn't wait to create something with them but knew that I wanted to use them for more than just a layout that I wouldn't see on a regular basis.

So I decided to make a bracelet with them.

The only thing you need are the brads, a bracelet blank (which you can pick up at any craft store or online), some E6000, and pliers (not pictured above).

The first thing I did after taking the brads out of the packaging was to remove the metal fastener part. 

It's a lil blurry in this picture but all you need to do is hold the fastener part with the pliers and just wiggle it back and forth and they will pop right off.  there is no need to cut them at all.

After getting all the fasteners removed, I decided where I wanted each brad to go and laid that out so I had an idea before I glued them down.



Prior to adhering the brads with the E6000, I gave the blanks on the bracelet a lil sanding to make sure that the glue sticks really well.



After the blanks were sanded, I glued them all down and voila!!

A pretty lil bracelet that I can wear with absolutely anything!

I def plan to do more jewelry posts in the near future!

xo