I posted on the Noel Mignon blog yesterday about creating multiple layouts using the same layout design. I sometimes do this when I have multiple pages I want to create with the same theme, usually with my kids (school, sports, etc). It makes it much easier to use one layout design to create these. And you can make them look totally different by using different papers, embellishments, etc.
Here's what I mean. The first layout is for my oldest daughter's 1st day of school.
I used this layout I found on Pinterest as inspiration. I like the use of one 4x6 photo as the focal point, adding embellishments around it.
I found those great chalkboard printables on Pinterest, too! (found here)
And here is the layout I created for my son's 1st day of school...
You can see the design is the same but the layouts look quite different.
And doing it this way saves me a bit of time. Since the layouts are going to go in my kids' individual scrapbooks I don't really need to come up with totally different designs.
The great thing about these layouts is I was able to use the same Noel Mignon kit (Tea for Two) for both. At first this kit seems very feminine but you can see there are still many ways you can create a more masculine layout as well!
