Somebunny Special-"Picture Perfect" Classic Kit

Today's layout is honoring "Somebunny Special" using the March 2016 "Picture Perfect" Classic Kit.  (I think there are just 2 more of these kits in the store, so if you are thinking about purchasing one, you may be in luck!)

I live in the desert where we don't have many lush green landscapes or wildflowers.  But last year for some reason, the wildflowers were AMAZING, more than I ever remember seeing in the 30 years I have lived here.  Naturally, I had to take pictures of my kids in them.

Well, my son fell asleep in the car on the ONE mile long car ride to the flowers (he must have been really tired).  This set of pictures is showing how my 8 year old daughter is trying to wake him up, cheer him up, and help him feel better about taking pictures when he would rather be sleeping.  She even kisses his forehead, trying to make him feel better.  She is a very special and caring little girl to her brother (most of the time).  My son---well he is just eating up her attention.  I'm really glad I was able to capture this moment.

To create this layout, I used a piece of Pinkfresh Studio patterned paper as a base for the layout.  The paper already had a perfect combination of geometric shapes and flowers in a color scheme that coordinates with the photos.  The rows of yellow triangles along the bottom of the paper brought out the yellow flowers in my photos.  I built up the photo by layering multiple scraps and some "Carpe Diem" washi strips behind it.

How could I resist the yellow Maya Road resin frame!?!  I used a 1" circle punch to punch an image of a little bird from another piece of Pinkfresh Studio paper from the kit, and added that to the middle of the resin frame.

A little velvet ric rac, a few enamel dots,  and a puffy sticker rounded out this small embellishment cluster.

My journaling is accompanied by a stamped sentiment from the Pinkfresh stamp set included in this month's kit, a few more enamel dots, and 3 puffy stickers.  To keep the layout looking coherent, I try to use the same types of embellishments in all of the small embellishment clusters around the page.

The cluster at the top of the page also includes puffy stickers and enamel dots, I added a small sentiment label from the Elle's Studio Little Moments cutouts to round out this cluster.

And that wraps it up for my layout about "Somebunny Special" this week.  I would love to see some of your creations using the "Picture Perfect" Classic Kit.  You can share them on the Noel Mignon Members Facebook page. 

Somebunny Special

Hey Everyone, Lynn here with my second layout using this month's Picture Perfect" Classic Kit. This kit is springy and fresh and you will love it - there are a few Classic kits still available so grab one before they're gone! 

Our challenge this week is "Somebunny Special". The challenge is to create a page about someone special in our life and tell why in our journaling. I chose to feature my Dad. I used Carpe Diem papers from Simple Stories from our kit for my page. Here's my page.

I fussy cut clouds and added the chipboard title to them. 

The journaling about my Dad is on a card tucked behind the layers of patterned papers

Here's my journaling

We would love for you to join us in this week's challenge. It's a great way to highlight someone special in your life! 

Thanks for stopping by today and I hope you have a great week! 

Documenting WK 12 with Picture Perfect & a Process Video

Happy Monday! Danielle here today to share with you my Week 12 of Project Life using the Noel Mignon Picture Perfect Daily Diary Kit.

I am going to keep my words to a minimum because this is a photo heavy post. 

The Design Team challenge this week is "Somebunny Special" and we are to do some journaling explaining why they are special. I chose to write a note on my boys art work that I included this week.

Here is the week including an insert of my boys artwork.

I also used up the yellow pom pom ribbon from a previous kit.

Here are some close up photos.

Thanks for stopping by!

Pot of Gold Challenge- "Picture Perfect" Classic Kit

Wrapping up this week's design team "Pot of Gold" challenge, and using some gold in my layout, here is what I came up with using the "Picture Perfect" Classic Kit...

This paper from Pinkfresh Studios was super cute, and I really wanted to use it, it seemed a little challenging, so I got creative and started working with the paper as a whole background.

I decided to try to lay out my pictures and embellishments to strategically cover some of the phrases, while letting the rest of the phrases completely show.  I started by loosely placing the photos, then kept adding layers, scraps of paper, stickers, and chipboard until I was satisfied with the composition. This is another reason that I love using Noel Mignon kits---I get to try new products & paper lines that I never even knew existed!

As for using gold on my layout, I pulled a few bits and pieces that I had left over from last month's "Heart of Gold" Classic Kit and used them.  These pieces included the gold alphabet stickers I used for the title "Fourth Grade", the washi tape strips, and the gold paperclip acetate I stapled across the bottom of the page.

 Thank you for joining me today!  Have a great weekend!  

Today // Pot of Gold challenge

Hey guys, Michelle here!! I have a new layout for this week's Pot of Gold challenge with the Picture Perfect classic kit. I decided to use a photo from St. Patrick's Day last year since I was kind of a slacker this year and the only green thing I made was some mint chocolate chip ice cream (with some store bought shamrock cookies). At least it was homemade, right?!

Anyway, last year my youngest thought it was pretty cool that I made green pancakes and green milk for breakfast :)

I used that gold cardstock in the kit backed with some striped patterned paper. I also pulled some gold accents like the gold hearts from the Heart of Gold kit. I also cut up more of those journaling 'tags' from that same kit.

I love that you can easily pull elements from different kits and they will mix so perfectly!! 

Happy Friday everyone!!!

Picture Perfect Daily Diary Kit: The Little Things

Happy Thursday, Crafty Friends! Jana Eubank here. This month I purchased the Picture Perfect Daily Diary kit and have my first spread to share with you today!

THE LITTLE THINGS

For this page, I chose to mostly work with the Becky Higgins "Inspire" elements. I love the soft colors and watercolor feel of these items with the beautiful brush script. They add a nice calm, continuous feel to my photos.

I really loved the coordinating chipboard elements included in the kit. They were the perfect little touch to add dimension here-and-there. 

I also added silver paperclips to several of the cards for a bit of shine. The silver color of the clips picks up on the gray tones of the brush lettering, but adds just enough dimension to make things a little more interesting.

I love layering, and how cool is it that several of the "Inspire" cards in our kits already came with layers and stitching! That really makes putting together a spread quick and easy! 

I used the color aqua as an accent color throughout the spread to lead your eye across the design. On the left page, I used the numbered Pretty Little Studio stickers to number my photos and label the correlating story on the journal card.

The right page has more aqua ric rac and washi tape phrases to lead your eye from card to card.

I love layering elements in little clusters on each card. Here I used washi tape phrases, die cuts, cut aparts, and embellishments. I especially love the little Maya Road white flowers with their sparkly centers.

I love the different textures included in this kit, too! The fuzzy, velvet ric rac looks awesome added to the bottom of a few photos. The shiny brads and flair are a nice contrast to the flat paper!

I found this peach clip in my stash to add to the top of another card ... it tied in perfectly!

I hope you enjoyed my design today. Thank you so much for coming by to take a look!

Happy Scrapping!

Picture Perfect Classic Kit: Favorite

Happy Wednesday! It's Jana Eubank here. I'm back with another layout using the gorgeous March Picture Perfect Classic Kit. This week, for the design team "Pot of Gold" challenge, we were to include gold somewhere on our project. Here is what I came up with!

First, I figured out my page composition using the gorgeous Carpe Diem papers by Simple Stories. I loved the way the floral spray was coming off of my photo grouping in the lower right corner of the background paper. I fussy-cut a few more flower bunches from the "Brand New Day" Simple Stories paper to create a visual triangle of flowers, moving your eye through the page design.

Do you want to know a secret? I haven't always been a fan of gold ... in fact, when it first started making its way into scrapbook products, I kind of snubbed my nose at it. I used to always wear silver jewelry and I just didn't like gold. I think it reminded me of the brass we saw so much of during the 80s. However, over time, I have completely made the switch to the "gold" side. I LOVE IT!!! I love the warmth and sunny-ness it brings to a project.

At the top of my page, I pulled two gold paperclips (Staples Office Supply store) from my stash and created decorative clips to adorn my main photo. I simply added two Pinkfresh flower puffy stickers to the tops. They look so cute!

Next, I pulled out a few items from the February Heart of Gold kit. It's hard to tell, but that "Hugs and Kisses" flag stickers is actually a shiny gold foil. I adorned it with a couple of chipboard stars from the Simple Stories chipboard stickers included in the Picture Perfect kit.

I also added a couple of the gem stickers (one of them shiny gold foil) from the  February Heart of Gold kit to the bottom of the main photo.

At the bottom of the page, I "underlined" my composition with a bit of adhesive Maya Road Ric Rac and a My Mind's Eye "Hello Gorgeous" wood tag.

Not only does the gold add a bit of sunshine to this page, it matches my daughter's warm personality. It was the perfect accent for this page about her!

Have you challenged yourself to include gold on a layout yet? Join us this week with the "Pot of Gold" challenge in honor of St. Patrick's Day and come share your result with us in the Noel Mignon Members Facebook Group! We would LOVE to see what you make!

Happy St. Paddy's Day to you Tomorrow!