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

Project Life with Beach Blvd.

Last week I showed y'all the beginning of my Project Life album, and I wanted to show you my "first week" in it. Because I'm starting it in the summer time, my first week is all about the beach trip my husband and I chaperoned with the youth group from church. That means a LOT of pictures and notes! I didn't worry about limiting it to a certain amount of pages- I just wanted to make sure I documented what I wanted to from that week. 

I am really loving doing a mix of page sizes, especially because of the actual size of my album making it feel almost like a "mini album" project. 

I also don't really feel hemmed in by making sure that I have all the pictures oriented the same way. If I don't have the right protector/pocket at the time, just make it work! 

I was really pleased with this little card below and how it turned out. It's a layer of a card, stamping, vellum, and the top of another card. Just fun, simple layering. 

I included my notes from our Bible study sessions inside of the pocket on the top right. 

One of the traditions from the youth beach trip is this big wall of envelopes... everyone writes notes throughout the weeks and puts them in the envelopes. On the way home, you get to read all your notes and it's a sweet way to end the week. Leaders are not excluded from this, so I popped all of our special notes into a pocket page. 

Another thing I'm loving about this size is the ability to customize it- and put things on the outside of the page protectors! Y'all know I love texture and dimension, and this is a great way to add it in without making it over-complicated. 

I loved how perfect this kit was for documenting this week! And now Noel is offering Project Life kits, made just for your Project Life albums! I'll be sharing more about that with you guys very soon! 

Love her

Hi there!

It's Gretchen here with another layout using the fabulous Beach Blvd kit!

This one is all about our sweet dog who {unfortunately} we are watching get older and more fragile on what seems like a weekly basis. 

But we love her and will continue to enjoy her as long as she is around!

:)

Don't you just love the hearted paper in this kit??!

I used the blue sheet on my first layout {here} and I couldn't wait to use this pink/yellow sheet too!

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Here are a couple of close ups of the layout.

I cut the stitched-heart border in half to embellish one of the pictures. 

And the scalloped border here I actually cut off of the bottom of one of the sheets of Crate Paper!

That's all I've got!

Thanks for stopping by today!

And be sure to check out the Noel Mignon Members Facebook page for all kinds of inspiration and come chat with us!

:)

Have a great day!

gretchen

Happy Memories

Hello all!!! I'm back this week with more Beach Blvd. kit goodness :)  Because my picture was a bit on the muted side, I decided to stick with some of the lighter, softer elements within the kit.



For my title work, I combined the adorable tall, skinny Thickers from the kit and a "memories" sticker.  I also added that fabulous pinwheel to the corner of the photo with a small chipboard banner on top.  An easy way to add some fun dimension to the page!!



Above and below the photo, I added these small punched circles with a heart layered over top.  A bit of quick stitching added some fun detail to the page :)  I loved the stitched banners from the kit, but decided to use them in a more subtle way.  Here I tucked the circle banner behind the patterned paper to create a circle border  :)



Have you picked up a Beach Blvd. kit??  If not, head on over to the store and snag one of the few left before they are gone!!

Love this girl...

It's true...she does puts the "Shine" in sunshine!

For this layout, I paper pieced a sunburst and then placed my photo layered with a tab from the mini album and some embellishments all from the June Beach Blvd kit.

I love this photo of my daughter and I. She is a pro at taking selfies so I just smiled and let her snap a few photos with my iPhone.

Here are a couple close-ups.

All supplies are from the June Beach Blvd kit. It is the perfect summer kit and is available in the shop.

Thanks for stopping by. Have a fabulous day!

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

Project Life- My Way

Who says you have to start Project Life in January, right?! Ha! I've been trying to wrap my brain around a way to make Project Life work for me for the last year and a half. I love the concept, but the actual chore of printing off that many pictures each week is where I always get frazzled and stop. 

So I've finally arrived at the conclusion that I simply cannot make it work that way. It's got to fit ME and how I work. So here is my album starting off! It probably won't look like most PL albums out there but that's ok. It's for me. :) 

I'm using a 6"x9" SN@P album. I love the size. It's small, but not too small. And they have a ton of different sizes of page protectors that will work for me. 

I made a simple intro page using the Beach Blvd. kit (still a couple available in the shop!)  and a pre-made base from Simple Stories. The background was pretty plain, and I wanted to add to it without making it super busy, so I just used the distress paint dauber from the kit to make polka dots. 

The first page is just a simple layout. I wanted to scrap this recent pic of the hubs and I on a regular 12x12 layout, but then I thought- why not do a small layout that can just fit in this album? It works perfectly for my new system and then everything will be in one place. 

I still can't get enough of the gold thickers from the Melrose kit. ;) They go perfectly with the Beach Blvd. kit! 

I know it's really simple, but I can't wait to show you guys more. I just printed off a bunch of beach pics to add in here later today and will share more with you guys next week. I'm loving this!