{Love You} & {Daddy's Girl} Layouts with the "Home Sweet Home" Classic Kit

Hi friends!!!  If you are in the USA---Happy Thanksgiving Week!!!  It's Meridy here and I have a couple of 12x12 layouts that will face each other in my album, so the supplies coordinate across the 2 pages.  

The pictures are from 2015, and the colors in the "Home Sweet Home" Classic Kit match them so well! 

I started with my favorite papers in this month's kit and then added a few of the die cut pieces.  I decided I wanted to add a couple of flowers to the layout, so I pulled a few from my stash and added crystal gems from my October Noel Mignon kit.  

At this point I was ready to add my title, but the page still looked like it was missing something, I used one of the word stickers that said "love" and I used the Thickers to spell out "you".  I still wanted to add some texture to the layout, so I decided to pull out some embroidery floss and hand stitch around the word "love".  But the stitching kind of got lost with the sticker still attached, so I removed the original sticker and was left with the outline of "love".   This looked so much better to me, so I went with it!

I decided to create the facing layout in my album with the same supplies.  So I started with the same patterned papers and layering those up with my photos.

I wanted to mimic the title on this side of the layout too, but I didn't have any stickers that read "girl", so I made my own template.  After I cut the template from scratch paper, I used a pushpin to poke all of the stitching holes.  I removed the template, divided the 6 strand embroidery floss into 3-strand thickness and went to town stitching around the letters.  Once I began stitching, it took me about 15 minutes to stitch the entire word.   I was hesitant about hand stitching on a layout because of how time consuming I thought it would be, but 15 minutes wasn't bad!  

After this layout, I know I will be hand stitching on more layouts in the future.  I can sit and watch TV while I stitch.  It was relaxing to me!!!

Thank you for stopping by today!  Have a great week!!!

2 For 1 Monday - Part 2

HI everyone! Happy Monday!
I'm back this week with another episode of 2 for 1 Monday :D

Funny story - when I was creating this weekend, I grabbed the past 2
kits (Country Lane & Beach Blvd) to combine some things together.
I got up to let my pups out & just completely had a brain spasm because...
I started working on my layout and realizing...wait. this is the Country Lane
kit by itself! I was almost done. SO instead of combining like I planned...
you get 2 layouts for the price of 1. ha!

So here you go...here's the first layout I did using Country Lane:
"What A Hipster"

I just LOVE the Hipster line by Basic Grey. So much so that
part of the packaging went on my page. The chipboard packaging
behind my son's photo is the BG pkg. I LOVE it! I wanted to use
it as my title - so I incorporated it somewhat. I thought it was perfect
for my son's SR. photo's. I'm still scrapping them - I have SO many!
He graduated in 2010 - plus I had the BEST photographer ever.
(photo by:  Andie Smith of Andie Mae Photography)

here's some closer shots:

and for my 2nd layout  I used the Beach Blvd. kit:
"Like A Boss"

I about DIED (laughing) one day when I looked under my scrap
desk to see Bandit, our 13 year old mixed terrier in our pup's (Lilly Pulitzer's)
bed. Hilarious! I had to snap the picture.
I used the new app by Elsie #ABeautifulMess to create the words
on my photo, then printed it out and here it is on this page.
Bandit...he still acts like a puppy! I love that boy.

Here's some closer shots:

Hope you've enjoyed 2 For 1 Monday!

Have a great day,
~Leslie

I LOVE Savannah's Smile!

hi and happy Monday, y'all!

I'm stopping by to share a layout I did over the weekend about
my favorite girl - MY girl Savannah!
Contrary to popular belief - I didn't name my girl Savannah after
the movie "Savannah Smiles" - however:  I DID use some of that title
for my layout title :D

I hope you enjoy:
I LOVE Savannah's Smile:

here's a couple of closer shots:

I love this June Beach BLVD Kit. It's GORGEOUS.
Full of summer goodies - yet other goodies..in fact so much you can
create anything! Not just summer...

I took the Distress Paint & dabbed it a few places then took a pen
and drew around the circles. I LOVE that look. I've done that before
- it's a fun and easy technique.


Thanks for stopping by today - I hope you've enjoyed my bit of
Beach BLVD. Inspiration!

have a great day,
~Leslie

Inspired by the Alphabet....and SMILES!

Good morning everyone!
I am inspired by many things. Color, texture, photographs....
but I have to admit, my #1 inspiration (besides my family) - the alphabet.

Every Monday at Noel Mignon you'll see a thread about Inpsiration Monday.
This was my Monday and I chose what inspires me the most when it comes to
scrapbooking, decorating, etc...

the alphabet.
Here's the thread (with our Inspiration Monday Pinterest board!):  Inspiration Monday

Here's my layout I created:

I used typography as my title. I cut my title with my Silhouette Cameo & put it
together under my photo. I also used the small Studio Calico letters that came
in the "Soda Shoppe" kit as a "banner" on to my title. I love how it turned out!

Playing on the alphabet theme - I journaled under my title - as well as beside my photo.

You notice some fun signage (with blocked letters) IN my photo of my daughter.
THis photo is a couple of years old, but it's funny  how the style of the background never
changes (nor does she...she's the same beautiful girl today!)

Here's a couple of close up shots:

and...

Everything I used is from the January - Soda Shoppe kit.
Have a fabulous day!
xo.

 I'm so glad Noel started the challenge blog back up just in time for me to create a quick layout about our summer adventures! I tried to decide if I wanted to do a collage of photos from our summer, but decided upon this great pic of my littlest's ruffled bum of her swimsuit to represent "summertime."

If you're a Phineas and Ferb fan, then you'll recognize the beginning lyrics to the theme song as the title of my layout. I love using quote or lyrics for song titles because I'm NOT good at coming up with titles on my own! 

The little kraft pocket is stuffed with a couple of Pink Paislee Soiree Mini Notes (on sale for $4.79!) and has some of our summer activities listed on them. 

Created with the Salt Water Taffy kit. 

My faves!

Just wanted to share quickly with you one of my very favorite things to do right now - back your titles! This is a great way to make your title stand out, even if you make it from scratch!


This is the layout I made for the Double Trouble Challenge a while back, and I keep making titles like this - Thickers backed with some kind of solid. In this case I used corrugated chipboard, and I love it! It makes your title seem far more anchored to the page and seems a little more special than just slapping your letters to the page and hoping the connect well.



So give it a shot! Try two or three different layers and see how you like it - can't wait to see what you come up with!

Little Elfie

Titles are funny. They are sometimes the biggest obstacle in a page layout and sometimes the easiest thing in the world. Sometimes they are the basis of the layout, sometimes they come at the very end. Sometimes they are the major element on the page, and sometimes they are teeny tiny.


No matter what I seem to do lately to my title, if I use alpha stickers or thickers I just can't help backing them with something. In this case I used corrugated kraft paper and brown cardstock. This just seems to anchor the title. Makes it one element, instead of five different letters tossed onto the page.




I also am in love with the Pink Paisley alpha stickers! I love the way they look when you offset layer them together - it just gives them a little oomph!

So what do you do to your titles? Any great tips or tricks?

Title Tip!

Good morning to you! I have a LO to share with you today of my 13 year old son and Noel's Lemonade Stand kit. (sold out) I did lots of spritzing and layering on this page and added some fun elements like twine, rhinestones, and hardware. The butterflies were cut using my Spellbinder's die. A brad and twine were added to their bodies.

For my title I did a couple of things.....I used two different letters and used a white gel pen to add a few dots to the top letters. It makes them pop just a bit more than if they were left alone. For the second part of the title, I cut out the banner using Quickutz Dies, and strung it under the word, "new." I love the look of banners! (Almost as much as I love those butterflies! )

And remember when these little letter beads were all the rage a few years back? Well I am here to revive them and bring 'em back! They work well to create a subtitle on your LO. I placed mine on a stick pin. (Thank goodness Kyle has a short name! LOL) I tied the stick pin with twine and adhered it to the LO.

Don't forget to pick up Noel's newest kit, "Office Party," there are only 5 left!!

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Office Party

This week I used an advertisement to create this page with the Office Party Kit. (If you haven't picked one up yet, there are just a few still available in the store HERE.) I almost hesitate to show you the ad I used, because my page didn't end up looking much like it at all. LOL! But I figure that is okay. :) I really used it as a jumping off point and then let the elements of my page direct me as I put them together.

Here is the ad I started from.



See that swoop along the bottom. That is where I began . . . can you see it on my page? No?! LOL! I know. It sort of got hidden as I built my other elements. :) I actually was going to cradle my photo and journaling underneath that swoop, but decided along the way that I liked the look of the artisan label chipboard shape holding my photo more . . . so that became my focus. :)



I went to add the circle element on the top left and it just didn't feel right for my photo . . . like it was out of scale or something. So I decided to invert the circle and have it coming from behind the photo instead. Then . . . I just created from there. :)



I used Virginia's Tool Play article about the paint brush to add some depth to this page. I painted the edges of a lot of my elements with Walnut Ink. I love the rustic look! Thanks, V!



My title was inspired by the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band song "I Love Only You". I added a Zva Creative pearl flourish from my stash to add a decorative element to the title.

Thanks for stopping by today!
Happy Scrappin!
Jana

Office Party & a Couple of Tips

When I saw this project posted by Amber Packer on the My Mind's Eye blog yesterday, I knew I had to ask her if I could share it with you here on the Noel Mignon blog. Isn't it AMAZING?!!! This would be the perfect project to create with the NEW Office Party kit since it includes most of these papers. Instructions & a Template can be found on the My Mind's Eye Blog HERE or on Amber Packer's blog HERE .



A BIG THANK YOU to Amber, for letting us post her darling project! :D :D :D

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Speaking of the Office Party Kit, there are still a few left HERE in the Noel Mignon Shop.

I wanted to share with you today the first page I created with this gorgeous kit.

PHOTO TIP: No matter how hard I tried, I just could not get a good picture of the cave formations during our tour of Lehman Caves at Great Basin National Park. Soooo, my tip of the day?! Grab a few beautiful postcards instead! They are inexpensive and capture those scenic vacation spots perfectly!

Cave Dwellers by Jana Eubank

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Finally, I wanted to share a quick tip with you on how to ink smaller letter stickers or even smaller accents.

If you've ever tried to ink letter stickers with an ink pad or dauber, you know that it can be quite difficult and very frustrating.

Here is what I do. I stick the letter to a scrap piece of paper and trace around them with a permanent marker.



Peel up the letters and add them to your page. You will now have letters that have the edges defined by ink . . . even the middles of the vowels! Awesome! :D

Sink or Swim by Jana Eubank





Page created using Pink Paislee products. A few of these sheets are also included in the NEW Office Party kit!

Thanks for reading!
Jana