A Couple of Shares

Hi Noel Mignon Fans!

I have a couple of scrapbook pages to share with you today. One page using the Jack & Jill kit and the other page uses the Primrose Lane kit.

This first one was created for the Got Sketch #143 challenge currently posted on their site HERE. Be sure to come and play along for your chance to win a $20.00 gift certificate to the NoelMignon.com store!

I immediately fell in love with this house die cut included in my Jack & Jill kit and knew that I wanted to use it to scrapbook these photos of my kids and their cardboard houses they built in our basement last summer. Originally, I tried to follow the sketch more precisely with smaller photos and my layout design hugging the left edge of the page. The pictures are dark and just didn't show up very well in the smaller wallet size. So I decided to stretch the sketch across the width of my page, and use larger photos. Don't be afraid to change up a sketch to meet your needs. :)

I used a punch by EK Success to create the "grass" going across the bottom of my photos, then added lots of Crate Paper Border stickers from the kit to decorate the top and bottom of each "section" of the design.

I trimmed a length of washi tape from the kit with pinking shears and added a few stitches to help frame out my title.

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On this next page, I created a collage of photos from Easter last year on my computer using the free Scrapbooks Etc. collage templates found on their website. I love using templates like these when I have a lot of event photos that I want to cram on a page. :)

I wrapped a length of blue fabric ribbon that I had in my stash and then stitched on one of the crystal Bazzill buttons from the Primrose Lane Kit. Next, I matted it with a couple of layers of cardstock and patterned paper before adding it to the colorblocked background.

I LOVE the Crate Paper border stickers and find that they are the perfect thing to add when you need a little "something". I tucked a few underneath the edges of my photo collage and also added one to the upper right hand corner as a single hanging pennant.

I purchased the Neighborhood Phrase stickers from the shop to go along with my Primrose Lane kit and used the "Easter" sticker for a quick title on top of my photo collage. I also added the "Kindness" sticker to the lower left corner of my photos. LOVE how the colors work so well with this kit!

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Thanks for stopping by and taking a peek at my pages today!

And don't forget to come play along with us at the Got Sketch #143 Challenge! See you there!