Arlo

Hey all, Michelle here. I'm sharing a layout today about our new dog. We stopped in Petsmart last week...and that was our first mistake! You see, we already have 2 dogs. Two big dogs - a lab and a golden. So we really didn't need another dog. And my husband was out of town on the other side of the world. In other words, I had no one at home that was going to give me the stink eye when I came home with another furry creature ;) And the kids said 'let's go look at the dogs'. Oh yeah, big mistake! This little guy just looked at us so sweetly and it was all over. 

I gotta say, I'm not a little dog person. I mean, they're sweet and all. But I've always been a big dog gal at heart. I love their big faces that you can squish in your hands. But this little guy, he had to some home with us. So we named him Arlo. And if you're a Disney fan, yes we got the name from The Good Dinosaur :) My oldest actually came up with it and it just fit.

So this is Arlo. And we now have 3 dogs in the house. Let the games begin!

I used papers from the Pure Bliss Classic kit and added to my page with elements from previous kits, mostly the Sweet Charlotte Classic kit. I used a 2" circle punch to cut out the circles from the Pink Paislee paper.

And that chipboard dog sticker...that was the perfect finish! 

Sweet Charlotte: Goodbye Glasses

Hello! It's Jana Eubank here to share with you my "Take a Leap" page for this week.

I don't know about you, but I have a really hard time scrapbooking myself ... heck! I have a hard time taking pictures of myself! Recently, I had corrective vision eye surgery and decided that I better get some pictures of myself wearing glasses, since I would no longer have to. The resulting page followed.

GOODBYE GLASSES

Lavender is one of my favorite colors to wear ... so, when I received the Sweet Charlotte Classic kit back in January, I was excited to see a few sheets of patterned paper in there featuring this color. At the time, I wasn't quite brave enough to use them for a page about myself yet, so I set them aside.

When this week's challenge came along, it gave me a good reason to put them to use! And I'm so glad I did.

The floral stickers, heart stickers, camera sticker, and Happy Day die cut all came from the kit and look great accenting my photos. I added in the chipboard Thickers and pink dimensional flower stickers from my stash.

I added my journaling to a older Dear Lizzy chipboard shape (5th and Frolic collection) I found in my stash. I kept things light and airy by writing in a gray ink. This helps to keep my photos the center of attention on the page. 

Even though taking selfies is a little awkward for me, I'm so glad that I took the time to record this moment in my life and to record my feelings about it. I definitely won't miss having those glasses on my face all the time!

Do you get squeamish taking selfies and doing pages about yourself? I challenge YOU to "Take A Leap" with me this week and record a personal memory. It's time we put more of ourselves in our albums!

Happy Day to You!

dream today banner

Hey all!!! Are you all as glad it's Friday as I am?? I so neeeed to sleep in tomorrow morning (let's just hope my family lets me!)

The challenge this week is to use flowers in our projects so I decided to go 'off the page' so to speak and create a little banner with those lovely flowers in the past couple kits. I used the Heart of Gold and Sweet Charlotte classic kits for this project along with some corrugated cardboard from my stash that I found at Joanns on clearance a while back. When I bought it I wasn't sure what I'd use it for (although I did have a banner in mind) but at $2 for pack of 16-6x6 pieces of patterned corrugated cardboard I just couldn't pass that up! Truth be told I grabbed a couple packs ;)

I also grabbed some kraft doilies from my stash since I didn't have any left from the kits - those are some of the first items I use up because I love them so much!

I attached that pom pom fringe with my tiny attacher and added accents here and there. Originally I did 5 pennants thinking I was going to cut out the word 'bloom' from the patterned papers. Then I pulled out that 'dream today' wood veneer and once I set that on the center pennant I knew I needed to switch directions a bit. I thought about adding some glitter or paint but quite honestly I loved the look of the wood veneer on the cardboard. 

No rhyme or reason, just a fun little project that I can hang on the chalkboard in my family room as we dream of spring!

Playing with layers x 2

Happy end of the week!

This week we've been sharing projects that feature the art of layering.

This is one thing that I do on each and every layout and card. It is a great way to give dimension and variety to your projects.

For this post I created two layouts- I wanted to do just one more before I break into my February kit.

For this page I started as I tend to do- I layered a piece of cardstock over patterned paper to make the foundation of my layout. I added spray mist and from there started adding paper, stickers and my pictures. 

I like to create layers of different heights on my projects. Here I clustered sets of little hearts and added them to my page with foam adhesive. I added some detailing to the cork alphabet stickers, too.  

For this layout I wanted to find a fun way to use some of the tags in the Sweet Charlotte Classic Kit. I used four on this page, creating a little tag with pictures, stickers and other embellishments before adding them to my layout. 

I added some embellishments flat on the page (rub-ons, stickers) and others I adhered with foam adhesive to give more dimension to the page. I layered my title stickers on a piece of wood veneer. 

How do you use layers on your projects? 

We'd love to see! 

Have a great weekend and come back to see us on Monday!

Chillin'

Hey guys! We're coming to the end of our week that has been all about layers. I love using layers on my pages to create depth and dimension! The easiest way of course is to do that with patterned paper. 

On my layout last week I created layers by using different sizes of patterned paper layered behind my photo. This week I went with more of a white space layout (that might be a sign that my brain is feeling cluttered this week!). 

So the way I created a bit of layering while still keeping the layout clean & simple is to add strips of paper to the top and bottom of my page. It adds some dimension and helps ground the page so that my photo doesn't feel like it's just floating in the center.

To further add some layering I layered a few embellishments, rub-ons & stitching. One further way to add layers without making your page seem bulky or busy is to add layers that are the same color but have different textures - like I did with the white doily on the white cardstock.

So don't be afraid to layer it up!!! 

 

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!

 

Fun with stamps and mist

Hello! I hope you've enjoyed all of the fun projects this week showcasing the stamps and spray mist in this month's kit. Our team has done a beautiful job. 

To tell you the truth, it took me a little while to jump on the misting bandwagon after it started a few years back. I liked clean pages and didn't want to make a mistake on my layout that I couldn't correct. Finally I ventured out into the world of misting and now use it on just about every page that I make. 

Before sharing my layout for this week I wanted to show you three ways that I tend to use spray mist on my projects. 

First of all, I use it as intended- simply spraying it out of the bottle on my page: 

Second, and probably the method that I use most-  removing the nozzle from the bottle and shaking it over my page to create a splatter effect. I tend to use more than one color but wanted to showcase the beautiful Heidi Swapp Patina Color Shine mist from the Sweet Charlotte classic kit. 

Thirdly, I like to use the mist to "paint" the edges of a project, to create journaling lines or other shapes. You can use a paintbrush or even the straw of the spray nozzle to add some color to your project. 

Here is my project for this week. As you can see, I've "painted" the edges of my page, did some splattering with the mist and also drew some lines upon which I added my journaling. 

I incorporated the stamps by adding a hyphenated line border under my title and also with the little heart stamp from the kit. I jazzed up my title by mixing the two alphas from the kit with a phrase sticker. I tucked a rub-on under my bottom photo and then layered two tags before adding the other elements. 

I continued the heart theme on my page with these cute heart stickers adhered with dimensional foam.  

I finished off the page with some sweet phrase stickers, a cork bow and flower elements. The "XO" is another rub-on from the Sweet Charlotte Classic Kit. 

How have you used the stamps and mist from this month's kit? 

Please feel free to share your tips and ideas on our Noel Mignon kit club member's page. 

Join us again next week for more great inspiration!

fourteen

This week is all about using that awesome mist & stamp set that came with the Sweet Charlotte classic kit! I don't know about anyone else but that stamp set has quickly become one of my favorites and I've used it in some way on every project I've created with this kit so far! 

My layout this week has lots of layers of patterned paper. This is usually how I get around the busyness of some the patterned papers. I find that if I pair them up with more neutral papers they add a nice accent to my page without being overwhelming. 

After I placed my patterned papers in the background I used the mist by unscrewing the cap and flicking the paint on my page. I like the look of droplets so very rarely will I actually spray on the page (unless I'm making a background for a card).

Hard to believe my oldest daughter just turned 14...I started scrapbooking when she was just 3 weeks old! I did a little stamping with the #today stamp by stamping it a couple times without re-inking to make some of the stamped images look a little more faded.

I also added some ribbon at the bottom of my photos by putting a strip of adhesive & then wrinkling the ribbon as I adhered it. Then I ran it through my sewing machine both for the look and to help keep it adhered. That wooden banner was perfect for my 'fourteen' spelled out in the Elle's Studio alphas in the kit!

Be sure to share how you're using the mist & stamp set over in the Noel Mignon facebook group!!

 

Sweet Charlotte Classic Kit: Happiness

Happy Wednesday, friends! It's Jana Eubank, back with another layout using the completely lovely Sweet Charlotte Classic Kit (pick one up for yourself HERE).

This week the design team's theme is "Stamping Through the Snow" and we are focusing on ways to use the stamps and mist that was included in January's kit.

I selected a few photos of my daughter playing in the snow for my page today and as I was holding the photos up to the papers in the kit this ombre woodgrain was calling my name! I love the way the pink wash fades into the woodgrain. It has such an etereal feel and complimented the pink in my daughter's snow suit perfectly!

The first thing I decided to do was to create some large washi tape snowflakes on the background of my page to surround my photos. For the medium and small snowflakes, I simply cut the washi tape in half length-wise. I left the edges sticking up slightly so that they would have more of a dimensional look to them. I then sprinkled the Heidi Swapp mist and a few sequins around them for an icy feeling! I love it!

I didn't want to detract from the awesome ombre happening in the background, so I decided to keep my embellishments simple and tone-on-tone. I used the brown cork letters for the title on the top half of the page where the background was woodgrain ... and then on the bottom of the page I used the pink Heidi Swapp "favorite" word where the background was pink! Brown-on-brown, and pink-on-pink! Kind of a fun thing to try out!

The lighter pink on the kraft tag and the neutral wood veneer and kraft colored die cut pick up the mid-tones in the middle of the page.

Finally, I decided that my page still needed "something."  I pulled out the stamps and decided to use the dashed line as "stitched" accents throughout the page. I'm sure it is meant to add journaling lines to the typewriter stamp, but I thought it looked like stitching. I stamped a few clusters at the bottom of the page, to the left of the journal spot, and then again to the right of the title. It was the perfect finishing touch, and I really love how this page came together!

How are you incorporating the stamps and mist into your projects this month? We would love to see! Come share them with us on the Noel Mignon Facebook page, or leave us a link in the comments of this post.

Happy Winter!

P.S. Don't forget! Tonight is the February Kit Reveal Night on Noel's Kit Reveal Party Facebook Page!!! I can't wait to see all the goodies we will get to play with next month. Hope to see you there!

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!!!

Snowmageddon 2015

Hello again!

I love the theme for this week! I live in west Texas and while we don't get a LOT of snow every winter we do get some from time to time and when we do, we CELEBRATE!

The funny thing about snow where I live is that it is here for a day or so and then it's usually gone.

We go from 30 degrees one day to 65 the next.

Not this time.

Right after Christmas we got a snowstorm that the weather people named "Goliath," and for our little part of the world, it was a lot of snow. Granted it was only about a foot of snow, but that is more than we've had in about twenty years. We got so much that the town shut down. We live in a place of more than 100,000 that has only two snow plows. Since we got a couple of inches of ice before the snow arrived the roads were a mess. Businesses closed, government leaders told us to stay home unless we absolutely had to go somewhere.

People were calling it "Snowmageddon" and the "snowpocalypse."

We spent many hours trying to clear the snow from our driveway and sidewalk.

It was fun to stay home and relax. The kids built snowmen and forts and threw lots of snowballs at each other. We made snow ice cream. After a while, though, the cabin fever set in. On that particular day we decided to get out of the house and made our way over to the park in our neighborhood. It was so fun! We found hills to slide on and lots and lots more snow that had yet to be touched. It was great fun! Of course I had my camera along with me to capture our adventure.

To carry out the "winter blues" theme for this week I chose this diagonally striped patterned paper from the Sweet Charlotte Classic Kit to go on my base. I added droplets of aqua, navy and white mist. I painted the wooden frame and cork letters with acrylic paint. I also used a marker to change the pink alpha stickers to a turquoise blue. The pompom trim added a fun element to the page. 

There were lots of fun blue accents in the kit. I chose some tags, stickers, this little blue wooden button, a brad and some rub-ons to add more details to the layout. I also added some little star sequins to the background. 

What do you do to beat the winter blues? 

We'd sure love to hear about it!