Marching Band Mini Album part 2 with the Apple Crisp Daily Diary Kit

Hey all!  Happy Halloween or if Halloween isn't your thing Happy Tuesday.  ;)

Nicole here on the blog today to share one more look at the Apple Crisp Daily Diary Kit.  Can you believe tomorrow is November?!  A couple of weeks ago I shared a mini album I started putting together for my band geek teenager.

I am back today to share more:

I added a few embellishments to the top of the photo with a 3x4 card and Jenni Bowlin date sticker.  This page is a pocket page so I included more photos on a pull out tag and used a piece of the Maya Road twine on the top.

I printed off more 4x6 photos from both tournaments on this spread and stuck them in the pockets. 

This tournament the band scored 3rd place and an award for visual.

I decided to cut apart one of the 3x4 cards and placed the puffy words between the card.

And with that my Daily Diary kit is pretty much finished.  Such a fun kit this month and I'm so excited to break into next months.  Thanks for stopping by the blog today!

Happy Scrapping!

Marching Band Mini Album with the Apple Crisp Daily Dairy

Hello all!  As I have been weeding through my scrapbook stash trying to decide what to pack and what to purge I ran across an old Making Memories mini album.  I'm not sure how old it is but decided to pair it with the daily diary kit and document my sons marching band season.

I started with the cover.  I love the large alphas in the kit, but the letters I needed to spell RHS weren't in the right colors.   I traced around pattern paper and a 4x6 card for the black/gold school colors.

I then embellished with enamel dots, cork stickers, and a date stamp.

On the inside cover I printed out the season calendar.  On the opposite page I printed a photo that features my piccolo player from a recent competition.  I used pattern paper for the photo corners.  

This album contains a few pockets on the sides and some in the top.  The next spread contains a few more large photos of the band during the summer parade season.  I took one of the folding 6x4 cards and tucked it into the pocket.  

I am going to have the boy do the journaling for this mini.  I think it's important to get his voice for this project.

The next spread includes snaps form drill camp and a page protector that I ended up adhering cards and stickers to the outside.

The last photo is from the homecoming game and halftime field show.  I am still working on this mini and will share the rest in next weeks post.  Hope you come back next week to see how I am documenting the rest of the bands busy competition season. 

Thanks for stopping by!

Red Maple Trees with the Apple Crisp Daily Diary

Fall is here and it so happens that it is my very favorite season.  Here in Utah we get a beautiful change in the leaves and the slight nip in the air as the weather begins to cool down.  This months kit is perfect for documenting this season.  I decided to make a full page spread with the Apple Crisp Daily Diary kit and document my love of the red maple and the glorious color it turns in the fall.

I started with the Jillibean Soup pattern paper for my background. I used the large die cut letters for my main title and then added the 3x4 cards around it.  I chose to use two of them for embellishing, one for journaling, and one for my picture.

I then took the 6x6 Echo Park pattern papers and added a few strips among the 3x4 cards and added more across the top.

Noel combined some of my favorite embellishments this month:  letter stickers, enamel dots, and cork stickers.  I picked from the Tim Holtz word phrases and paired them with the heart cork and a couple of enamel dots.

Once I had placed everything down I went back and outlined the title letters with the AC Marker from last months kit and a few staples along the top.  Another very simple page put entirely together using the kit and a few must haves that are in my moving scrapbook tool kit.  At this rate I might need to get rid of all my stash and go back to all the basics . . . nah, that is probably too extreme, but it's nice to know that all I need is a few tools and Noel's kits and I am set.  :)

Happy Scrapping!

10 mile hike with the Weekend in Paris Daily Diary Kit

Hello everyone!  Can you believe it is August?!  My husband and I have been helping our oldest son get some of his merit badges done over the summer.  The merit badge we have been pushing to get finished up before school starts is hiking.  We planned one of the 10 mile hikes for this past Saturday and when we arrived home I found my kit on the doorstep.  I sacked out on the couch and as I was going through the kit I knew that many of the elements would work great to tell the story of the day.  This might be a record of taking pictures and almost immediately documenting the story.

All the papers and embellishments are from the kit except the pattern paper circled below.  I picked up the paper pack for this month and cut a few of the patterned strips from the Maggie Holmes paper.  

I cut the polaroid type frames from the Maggie Holmes Carnival paper and placed my smaller pictures behind them.  

I love the mix of embellishments in this months kit.  I used on top of my smaller photos:  cork flower, button, tickets, washi tape, and the resin butterfly.

I added color to the resin butterfly with gelatos.  I rubbed placed a bit of color on and then rubbed it into the resin.  I finished by adding journaling to one of the Project Life cards and stapled the "Love This" to the bottom corner.

I'm excited to work more with this kit this month.  It really has such versatility.
Till next week, Happy Scrapping!

Cardmaking with the "Delightful" Daily Diary Kit

Happy Monday!  I'm here today to share a few cards I made with the "Delightful" Daily Dairy Kit.  The kit is so versatile, not only can it be used to make project life pages, but I used it to make a few 12x12 scrapbook layouts, and some cards.

I mainly used the Echo Park "Flora" alphabet sticker sheet and a few of the Becky Higgins 3x4 project life cards from this month's kit to create these greeting cards.  I used a little bit of cardstock from my stash, and a few enamel dots and silk ribbon from a previous Noel Mignon kit.

The cards went together pretty easily, I concentrated on adding layers with stickers and pop dots to create some dimension.  But I kept them pretty clean and simple.

I added some handwriting to the "you are my sunshine" sentiment on the front of this last card.  

Thank you for stopping by today!  I can't wait to see what other projects our design team posts this week.

Weeks 50 & 51 | Buttons and Bows Daily Diary Kit

Good Morning, Noel Mignon friends!  Wendy here today to share another Project Life page I created using the gorgeous Buttons and Bows Daily Diary kit.  I have so enjoyed this kit and while a new kit is always fun, I'm enjoying squeezing all the stories I can out of this one!

To unite my 2 weeks of very different activities, I chose to use black and the colored heart as my uniting pieces.  I then chose the pink/salmon color to bring in a pop of color throughout the pages.  You can see the details below of the separate weeks.  I have gotten behind as you can see, these are some weeks in July, but I use the Collect app that allows me to load a picture and journaling each day so I don't forget anything and to assemble my pages takes minutes now days.

This week your challenge is the "Pumpkin Pie" challenge - use orange and a pie/wedge/triangle shape on your project.  I have a salmon type color that I have used on my layouts and the hearts have the pie/wedge shape in their design.  I guess here in FL where fall is no where to be seen salmon is the new orange, lol!

Have a great week, I will be back next week with a planner page I created from this amazing kit!

Week 44 & 45 | Buttons and Bows Daily Diary kit

Welcome to the last week of the month, this year (again) is moving so fast!  Wendy here today to share your new challenge for the week, Siblings!  This week your challenge is to create a layout (or other crafty project) about brothers, sisters, siblings, etc...  In a family of 8, we have 5 boys and 1 girl ranging from 14-3, everyday is about siblings because there are so many of them, lol, so I documented an everyday week for us.

Here is a better look at each side...

So enjoy the rest of your weekend and have fun documenting a sibling type memory!

I'll see you next week, with some fall inspiration (if I can find it here in FL).

Weeks 42 & 43 | Buttons and Bows Daily Diary kit

Wendy here this morning with a new challenge to inspire you with, this week we are going to be Magical!  You challenge this week is to use "Magical" as the inspiration for your layout (or other project) this week.

I found the Becky Higgins PL cards to be so fun and light, almost magical, so I chose to limit my products to keep my layout consistent and magical.  I also created a shaker pocket card with the fun sequins included in the daily details kit for a magical feel, course it would have been nice if I had put the right week number on it!

I hope you have a magical week as you are inspired to be creative in all you do!