Thankful Together

Good morning! 

Today I have a project to share using the Home Sweet Home Classic kit. There are still a few of these left in the shop so head over to get yours today. 

I mixed bits of a lot of patterned papers from the kit to create this fall-themed page. 

Each Noel Mignon kit has a fun mix of different types of embellishments. I used quite a few on this page. Some of my favorites were the Elle's Studio tags and puffy stickers.

With Thanksgiving coming next week I hope that we will always remember to count our blessings. 

Have a wonderful day! 

Run!

Hey guys! I'm back from a quick weekend trip to Disneyland. My son and I did the 5K, our first run ever. Now I am not a runner. I actually don't really like it too much. But I've always wanted to do a Disney run so we did it. And you know what? I get why people run now. I so want to sign up for another one now!!

So I wanted to do a quick and simple layout. I'm planning on making a small mini-album of the trip, probably from a travelers notebook, so I didn't feel like I needed to include a ton of photos on this page.

You'll also notice that I didn't pick Disney themed papes & embellishments and I did this for 2 reasons: 1) As I stated, I'm going to be creating a mini-album all about the trip and I'll probably go all Disney for that, and 2) I wanted to show that you don't have to stick to the theme of a kit. I took a very fall themed kit using papers from the Apple Crisp Classic Kit and embellishments from the Home Sweet Home Daily Diary kit and created a page that has nothing to do with fall (other than the fact that my even took place in the fall). And there you have it!

Grandpa a layout made with the Home Sweet Home Classic Kit

Hey all!  I hope you are all having a wonderful Tuesday.  I bring you another layout this week using the Home Sweet Home Classic Kit.

Last week as the leaves in my yard started falling my sweet grandpa stopped for a minute with my uncle to drop off some furniture to my house.  He has dementia and is beginning to slowly go down hill. He still gets around pretty well, but his memory is going.  Before I knew it he started raking the leaves in my yard.  This is such a classic example of my hard working grandpa and I knew it needed to be documented.

I began with a the die cut leaves background that was cut with my Silhouette machine.  I played a bit with the placement and even cut it apart.  I then backed to of the leaves with pattern paper before adhering it to the cardstock.  

I then cut several strips of pattern paper and placed them along the left side of my layout.  I liked that it broke up the layout a bit.  I then placed down my photos, ribbon, and title.  I then found several of the Elle's studio tags and a chipboard tree to cluster next to my photos.  

I finished my layout off with a some chipboard leaves and a brad.

I am sure loving this months kit.  It's perfect for documenting all sorts of fall/thanksgiving/thankful type moments in our lives.  How are you using yours?  We would love to see your projects!  Be sure to share on the Noel Mignon Members Facebook group.

Thanks for stopping by the blog today!

{41 and Blessed} Layout with the "Home Sweet Home" Classic Kit

Happy Monday!  It's Meridy again.  I have a layout to share with the "Home Sweet Home" Classic Kit and it's rich autumn colors.  Today I'm sharing a layout of my birthday 2016.

The colors in my photos are really rich and deep, so the colors in this month's kit complimented them wonderfully!  I started with a neutral cream background since the photos are so colorful, and just added patterned paper in small amounts.  I really like the way the dark maroon paper grounds the photos. 

I LOVE pumpkin spice lattes, so I was drying to use the stamp set in this month's kit, and since they got me a PSL for my birthday, it was the perfect embellishment for this layout!  I added a chipboard circle and gemstone brad to dress up my stamped, paper pieced image.

Next, I went to work on the title.  I mixed and matched Thickers from this month's kit with the word "blessed" fussy cut from a patterned paper, along with an alphabet stamp and a couple of word stickers from my stash.  I dressed it up with a couple of rub ons and some chipboard stickers.

Next, I added the little "pumpkin spice" coffee cup chipboard sticker towards the bottom of the layout, another gemstone brad, and a couple of stamped sentiments.  And that waps up my layout for today!!!  Thank you for stopping by!

Spaghetti Queen: November Home Sweet Home DD Kit

Hi!  Sarah here with my "Mad About Plaid" challenge this week.  It was fun digging through the kit and finding the plaid papers to use.  

I used the Simple Stories squared paper to kind of mimic a plaid pattern as my background.  Then I used the 6x6 red plaid paper and pulled a multicolored piece of plaid from a Jen Hadfield paper pack from my stash.  

The Thickers gave this layout a nice homey feel as well with the texture on them.  I also cut the pink heart from one of the Project Life cards from the kit.

The tag isn't plaid, but it does echo the squares in the background paper so I was able to tie that in nicely.  I also pulled some Elle's Studio die cuts that are food themed in to help with the overall theme of the layout.  The grey ties in nicely.

The house and sentiment are both cut from Project Life cards from the kit and I used another Elle's Studio die cut here to help tie in the blue from the tag.  I used some Prima gems from last month's kit and also the Carta Bella epoxy stickers to finish it all off.

Thanks so much for joining me this week!  We'd love to see you use your plaid elements from the kits and share your layouts in the members Facebook group!

Mad about Plaid

It's a cold day here in west Texas, a perfect day to cuddle up under a warm blanket in front of a toasty fire. But, since that isn't on the agenda for today I might settle for some hot chocolate and catching up on the blog here ☺

Today I am sharing my first project created with the Home Sweet Home Classic kit, and since it's Plaid week here at Noel Mignon, I have a plaid layout to share with you. This kit is still available in the shop so head on over to purchase yours!

I started out with a corner piece of this fantastic plaid paper. This sheet is one that caught my eye when I first went through my kit. I know it might seem weird but when I go through the papers I stack together the ones that I like the most and make sure to use those on my projects. This was one of my favorites. I then added some strips of other patterned papers and a piece of the ribbon from the kit. 

Can I share a tip? Since the patterned paper isn't wide enough for the paper strips to go all the way across the paper diagonally I simply cut them in half since the middle would be hidden by the photo anyway.

I added lots of chipboard pieces and some of those cute rub-ons along with a mix of the alphas and word stickers in the kit. 

Have a fantastic day!

All about plaid

Hey everyone! This week we're incorporating plaids into our projects and so decided to pair up some patterned papers from the Apple Crisp Classic Kit with embellishments with the Home Sweet Home Daily Diary Kit.