{First Day of Jr. High} with the "Study Guide" Kit

Hello friends, it's Meridy here today with my first layout using the "Study Guide" Daily Diary Kit and paper add-on.  In 1 1/2 weeks my kids will already be done with their first quarter of this school year!  We started school in mid-July, so I already have my "back to school" photos from this year printed.  They worked great with this month's kit, and I decided to make a double page layout...

I started by choosing some pictures of my daughter and some of my favorite Daily Diary cards from the kit, and built my layout around those.  I choose papers that pulled in colors from both the photos and the cards.  

After I got the base of the layout in place, I decided to add some "notebook" punched navy strips of paper and washi from the kit across the bottom of the layout to ground it.

I started pulling embellishments that worked with the daily diary cards, and that's when I KNEW I would use the great multicolored Thickers on the layout for my title.  

I stamped some red triangles near the title and used the mini alpha stickers that came in last month's kit to spell "first day of" on my title.  I added a cute paper clip tag and a die cut to finish off the title area.

Next, I embellished the other card, added the date, added a journaling card, and one of the flowers from the kit.

I thought the layout still needed something to draw your eye towards the top, so that's when I pulled out my star punch and grabbed scraps in various colors.  I decided to line the stars up right across the top of the pink cardstock background layer.  But there was still something missing, so that's when I pulled out the sewing machine and machine stitched right across the row of stars.  I also sewed around the entire layout with a subtle light mint green thread.  It added just a little bit of texture, without overwhelming the layout.

And that wrapped up my layout for this week.  Thank you for stopping by!

A Recipe Challenge with the "All Fall" Classic Kit

Hello all!  Today I will be sharing another layout I made with the "All Fall" Classic Kit.  I'm happy to say, I got quite a few double page layouts out of this month's kit, and a couple of single pagers too!   

This week's Design Team's Challenge...it is a recipe challenge, and I think these types of challenges are so fun. The recipe we are following this week is: 

1 sheet of cardstock

2 alphas

3 photos

4 patterned papers

5 embellishments

Well, I kept finding things that I needed to add to my layout in this month's kit, so some of these things I used "at least" that many.  For example, I used more than one piece of cardstock.  

Here is the layout I created...

1 sheet of cardstock---check!  Well, actually 3 sheets.  Both the maroon and the yellow cardstock came from this month's kit, the cream cardstock was a scrap from a past kit that I punched with a border punch.

2 alphas---check!  The word "just" is from a set of Thickers from my stash, the word "us" came from the Pretty Little Studio Mini Alphas in this month's kit.

3 photos---check!  These photos were some maternity photos from last November, just 4 weeks before the baby was born.  I knew this would be my last pregnancy, so these pictures are really special to me.

4 patterned papers---check!  I just love the hounds tooth and wood chevron papers in this month's kit.  I added another woodgrain branding strip from the "All Fall" kit and a scrap of brown patterned paper from October's kit.

5 embellishments---check!  And then some... I started with a few rub ons, a wooden chip, a couple of brads, some enamel dots, a label sticker, a printed chipboard sticker, and finally a punched heart.

Here are a few close ups of my layout.

Thank you for stopping by today!  I can't wait to break into my December "Oh What Fun" Classic Kit.  Stop by all week to see the rest of our design team's recipe challenges.  Have a great week!!!

Inspired by balloons

Good morning to you! 

It's Becky here once again to share another layout using the super cute Happy Days kit. 

For this week we were supposed to share how we were inspired to create our project. 

My inspiration comes from this happy, colorful picture of one of my kids. 

I loved the colorful balloons in the background so I copied that by using a variety of sizes of circle punches to cut patterned paper circles and scattered them around my background after adding spray mist droplets and my photo. Some I tucked under, others I added foam adhesive to, giving more dimension to my page.

I also added a piece of flair, some sequins and enamel dots to further the circle theme going on with my page.The green glittery Thickers were the perfect addition to my already colorful page. 

I also used some of the cute brads (I love they don't have the prongs on the back! What a great idea!) and a few chipboard pieces to finish off my page. 

Thank you for stopping by today. 

I hope that my page has inspired you to create something fun of your own this weekend. 

It has truly been a pleasure to design for Noel Mignon. 

♥♥

Shaping things up with the Happy Days Classic Kit

Hello!

It's Becky here with you today and I am really excited to share a new page with you that I created with the brand new Happy Days Classic kit. I believe we still have some of these kits left so if you like what you see head on over to the store and get one before they sell out!

When I saw this kit my eye was immediately drawn to the beautiful blue and white striped pattered paper. Yes, this is June, but I knew I would probably use it for a patriotic layout. Instead of making it a patriotic-themed page, though, I created an everyday page with the good ol' red, white and blue to go with my pictures from a past 9/11 flag display in my town. 

I started by cutting the middle of the blue/white paper out leaving about a 1 1/2 inch border all the way around. I then mounted that frame on white cardstock and added droplets of spray mist. 

There was some packing paper in the box with my kit, as I am sure you all received as well. I tore a piece of one sheet of this paper, crumpled it up and glued it to my page, then mounted the pictures with foam adhesive. I wrapped the photos with red and white twine from my craft supply and then cut some stars from patterned paper with a small star-shaped punch. I tucked the stars under the photos and placed a few others around the page. 

I added some bits of chipboard, a wooden heart, some adhesive sequins and some rub-ons as embellishments to finish off the layout. 

Have a wonderful weekend and come back to see us next week for a new challenge. 

♥♥

Cutting it out with the Trailblazer Daily Diary kit

Hello once again!

The weeks are flying by so quickly, aren't they?

Before we know it summer time will be here!

I hope you're enjoying the great projects shared by our team this week.

For my "Cut it out" feature I have created the following layout with the Trailblazer Daily Diary Kit.

Noel surprised me with the Daily Diary kit this month and I set forth to do the kit justice, but in a different way than you are used to seeing the Daily Diary kit used. Instead of creating pocket pages I will be using the cards and other product on traditional pages and other projects. 

So, if you get only the Daily Diary kit, you can still create traditional scrapbook pages with it if you'd like!

I actually really like using the pocket card for quick layouts. 

There are so many fun embellishments in this kit and I used quite a few of them on this page. The flowers gave the brown/blue/orange color palette a more feminine feel. 

To go with the "cut it out" challenge for this week I used a circle punch on this pocket card and added the heart and enamel dot detailing. It is simple but adds a fun detail to my page. 

As always, there is a variety of alphabet stickers in this kit. I used a mixture of those as well as lots of hearts to convey the love felt by my daughter for her sweet grandparents. We treasure the memories we have with those we love so much. 

I hope you have a great weekend. 

Thanks, as always, for stopping by the Noel Mignon blog today. 

Stay tuned next week for our new challenge. 

lots of love for the Heart of Gold kit

Hey there!

It's Becky and I am back to share another project with you today.

Our challenge for the week was to create some kind of interactive element on my page.

I love to use punches and decided to use  lots of them on my layout and then use them to add a little bit of hidden journaling on my layout.

I interviewed my oldest daughter, included those bits in the journaling at the bottom of the page and then added some of her personality characteristics under many of the hearts, revealed by lifting up the side of the heart.

The floral washi is from my scrappy stash, all else is from the Heart of Gold Classic Kit. 

I love all of the tiny elements (enamel dots, little heart stickers) in the kit and used lots of those to balance out the larger elements on my page. 

Thanks so much for stopping by today!

resolutions documented with daily diary.

happy happy new years eve everyone!

wow! just like that 2015 is over.

i cannot believe that 2016 is only hours away.

a fresh NEW year. sounds exciting doesn't it?

so, for my last and final instalment for 2015....and the december daily diary kit i created a fun 'resolution' spread in my album.  how perfect are those foil numbers?  

true to my style, and how i love to change it up, you will notice again i used a lot of the elements both inside and outside my pocket pages. it's fun to change it up.

i added some simple typed journaling about my resolution and thoughts regarding the new year onto a 4x6 piece of white card stock.

i then added a scrap of 6x6 paper i had from the kit onto the edge to create  fun border.  i absolutely LOVED this star paper from this months kit.  so i used it not only as a 3x4 pocket card, but i also used my star punch to create some star embellishments from it.  i used my sewing machine to adhere them to the side. love the dimension.

i also loved using the sequin embellishments from the kit onto my spreads this month. how EASY are they to use first off....and second, they look so cute on pages.  a little bit of sparkle, added texture. such a great embellishment.  again, another favourite this month.

i am so happy i took some time to document this special time of year.  it is always neat to look back and reflect once the year has passed.  it is also nice to write down a focus, or intention you want to bring forward.  i really pray 2016 is a really good year.  

happiest new year to all of you. may it be a year of blessings!

punches of color with the South Shore kit

Hello again!

I have one last South Shore project to share with you before I dig into my "Tea For Two" kit that arrived yesterday! It is even more gorgeous in real life than it is in the pictures! There are only a few more of these kits left in the shop so hurry to the shop and get yours if you haven't already and check out the other new items while you are there.

I love the bright colors in the South Shore kit and thought they would go well with this summery picture of one of my girls.

I started with white cardstock on the polka dot background and added some spray mist. 

I then added some layers of different patterned papers in the kit, lots of punched butterflies which I stapled to the page and tucked a journaling card under my photo. 

I like using punches of color and I think it turned out cute with the butterflies on this page. 

Thanks for stopping by Noel Mignon today!

Have a great day!

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