Blog Hop Winner

Hi guys! I wanted to pop on and announce the winner of the blog hop! It's MaryAnn! Congrats friend!

Hi V - I think the word from the blog hop is "costume."

That was fun!

MaryAnn

I also wanted to remind you all that the new kit, Hudson Valley, goes up for pre-order in the morning.

I have spent today bagging this one up and it is just so pretty and cozy. I am waiting on my October Afternoon box, which will complete this one, so we will have a few days to wait on that, but as a gift for your patience I am offering up 2 free gifts with all pre-orders. These 2 goodies! So don't delay, get yours ordered, and just as soon as that box arrives I will begin shipping out!
Free Gift #1

Free Gift #2

Sketch challenge!

There is a new challenge up today!

And this is an easy one!

It's a sketch challenge!

Here's the sketch:

I stayed pretty close to the sketch when I made my layout, but I did change a couple of things.

I only used 1 picture instead of 3.

And I really tried to use stars but I couldn't make the stars look right on a "nature-y" layout!

But the sketch was a good jumping off point for me and this layout only ended up taking me about an hour.

{and that is really good for me!}

I used the Study Hall kit for this layout.

{once again, not just for school pages!}

Now come play along with us!
Make something using the sketch and share it with us in the challenge forum.
:)
Happy Monday yall!

Blog Hopping Time

Welcome to the first stop on the Noel Mignon Spooktacular Blog Hop! This will be a two day event, so be sure to join us both Saturday and Sunday to join in on all the fun.

Each member of the design team has created a fabulous tag with a letter featured prominently on it; collect a letter from each blog and unscramble them to discover a word.

Be sure to leave comments along the way.... once you've collected all the letters and think you've unscrambled the word, email Virginia at 2blackflipflops at gmail dot com with your entry. We'll draw one random name from the correct entries for a fun My Mind's Eye Halloween prize pack!

The Hudson Valley kit goes up for sale bright and early Tuesday morning! Get your order in early, as this one has the lines that have been getting a lot of attention since they debuted at CHA, and it won't last long!



Your next stop is with Jill Cornell! Head on over to her blog and collect another letter.

Have a great weekend!

Displaying Halloween Memories of the Past

We've been having a great time at Spooktacular Week on the message boards... come join us if you haven't had a chance to pop in yet! 

I wanted to be able to display Halloween pictures from the past years in my home during the month of October, but because this ends up being an insanely busy month for us (as I imagine it is for you too!), I needed to make something simple and that perhaps could be used for other projects down the road. 

I had a couple of old wooden frames in my trunk (what-- isn't that where you store random stuff?!). These are actually supposed to be canvas stretchers, but I just used what I had on hand. You could use old thrift store frames or whatever works for you! 

I spray painted them with this paint- it was just a couple of bucks at Walmart and I still have plenty left for other projects. 

Then I hot glued on some twine & buttons from the Something Wicked kit. Make sure to lay these flat to do that and to hold the twine taut as the glue dries. 

I used odds and ends of stickers, brads, and patterned paper from the kit to lightly embellish photos of Halloween from the past 6 years. I found all of the photos by going through my blog and just downloading the pictures straight from there, rather than going through all my backed up photos on cds. It was a lot easier since I know my blog is archived and I can just click on the month of October! I turned all the photos black & white and upped the contrast a bit in Picasa to make them bolder. Next time I go home I plan to get some old photos of myself from Halloween to add to our display. 

Tiny clothespins from the craft section hold the photos up. You can stack the frames like this....

Or do them side by side! Whichever way appeals to you more....

The great thing with this project is that I can change it out for Christmas time as well! :)

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Don't forget to join me tonight!!

Happy Halloween Memories!

Hello friends! I hope you are enjoying Spooktacular Week on the message boards and all the great projects from the design team! I LOVE scrapbooking Halloween and something I've done every year now is to create a recap layout with my favorite photos. 

First I'll show you my recap layout for 2010 and then what I did the previous year. I used the "Something Wicked" kit for this layout. I printed out 14 photos that are 1.5" squares and then printed a larger photo (about a 3" square) but when I cut it, I left about an inch border on the bottom to make it look like a Polaroid. This larger photo is THE costume photo I sent to family, etc. I decided to place all the photos on black cardstock because I wanted them to just pop off the page. The rub-on in the corner is by Fancy Pants.

I embellished several of the photos with the Authentique Paper word stickers and a Fancy Pants button (with twine) and an American Crafts rosette.

 

The filter circle is by Fancy Pants, American Crafts dimensional felt sticker and Authentique Paper alphabet and word stickers.

 

And here is the Halloween recap layout I did for 2009 using Noel's Halloween kit from last year. You can see I repeated the square grid design but changed it up a little bit. 

 

This type of design would work well for any event or holiday you have a lot of photos from and would be fun to look back on as well from year to year!

See you all next week!

Jill

Haunting Treat Boxes

Welcome to the Wednesday edition of Spooktacular week! Are you feeling inspired by all the fun crafty items you have seen so far? I am! I look forward to crafting more Halloween items this weekend.

I am hosting a Halloween party this year. I will have all sorts of fun ghoulish treats and maybe some tricks. I want to give my guests a little treat to take home. I found a cute template to create owl treat bags. They are a perfect addition to my party.

For those of you who want a little inspiration in the layout world, I have also created a fun layout to share. I am still working on Halloween layouts from the past few years and I am almost caught up! Yay me!

Both the owls treat boxes and the layout were created with the Something Wicked kit. It's not too late to get a kit of your own so hurry over to the store! Also make sure you stop by the message board for more Halloween ideas.

Happy Haunting!

-Diana

Mini Madness is Coming!!

How about another post from me for today, hmmmmm??

I am so excited to be teaching my second class here at NoelMignon.com!!

We are going to have so much fun learning all kinds of different techniques to make your own mini albums - bindings, materials, long-term and event-focused, project types, and just general awesomeness!!

I am going to be using lots of different materials - many from the upcoming Hudson Valley kit that Noel will be releasing for November, and believe me, you're not going to want to miss it!!

There's nothing I find more satisfying to make than minis, whether they are completely made by hand or start with a pre-fab book. I'll be covering both types, but of course, you will always put your unique spin on it. We'll be doing a little mixed-media, a little stitching, a little padding, a little of everything!!

This will be a great opportunity to make some fun albums for yourself or gifts for friends and family.

I'll be giving out some awesome printables for not only theme albums, but also address books and calendars - you won't want to miss it!!

To register, just email me at brittnykvilhaug@yahoo.com and I'll get you all set up with access to our own private classroom at the NoelMignon.com message boards. Once there you will find everything you need to get started - shopping list, printables, and prep info, so you will be ready to go on November 7th!!

Class fee is only $15

aaaaaannnnndddd

Noel will be giving away a $10 shop credit to one lucky student!

Be sure to sign up soon, and pre-order your Hudson Valley kit as soon as possible - go to the message board to see sneaks you won't want to miss!!