Making Memories

What's New in May - Passport Collection

Your favorite scrapbook store will be packed with new Making Memories products this month. Check out the latest products below.

Making Memories Passport Collection

The Passport program includes double-sided and specialty paper, a 12" x 12" 3-ring binder, canvas brads, metal clips, an embellishment suitcase filled with die-cuts, buttons, and printed blossoms, a mini book and page kit, clear stamps, canvas and chipboard alphas, pebble stickers, canvas flowers, label fetti, boarder and tag stickers, well worn and jouranling tags, and trims.

To learn more about the collection and to see project ideas, visit Making Memories website.

Check back again to see what else is shipping this month.

Design Challenge - Month in Review

If you are anything like me you take more pictures than you have time to scrapbook. Sound familiar to anyone? I have been trying to take photos of the "everyday" things that happen in my life so I can remember - the result is lots of photos. Instead of trying to scrapbook all the photos and events separately, I created a little book that allowed me to have a month in review.

   

My challenge to you is to find your favorite photos and create a month in review book or page for yourself. I used the Making Memories 5th Avenue collection for my book.

Here is a closer look.

Keisha

It's Noteworthy Time!

Today we teamed up with Memory Makers Magazine for a giveaway. Check it out here.

Giveaway Day

Today we are doing a giveaway. Details will come shortly.

Stay tuned.

VBlogger - Sophia Allison

Today's guest designer, Sophia Allison, joins us from Durban, South Africa. She created a beautiful page that she adhered to acrylic. Sophia used Making Memories Noteworthy collection for this project.

Take a look.

If you would like to be featured as a VBlogger, email your submission to jweston@makingmemories.com

What's Shipping in May - Clear Stamps and Tools

Making Memories is shipping clear stamps at the end of this month. The clear stamps are made to use with Making Memories acrylic blocks. The acrylic blocks comes in two sizes (large 3" x 6" and small 3" x 3"). The clear stamps cling to the block with no adhesive making stamping a breeze.

The clear stamps come in the following styles: card making, flowers, journaling, ornaments, mixed alpha, classic mixed alpha, and travel. Each stamp package contains a clear folder that fits perfectly in the clear stamp binder.

Also look for your favorite Making Memories tools sold separately. The tweezers, craft knife, and paper piercer/stylus have been updated and repacked just for you.

To learn more about these products, visit Making Memories website.

Memorial Day Break

Today we are out of the office for the Memorial Day Holiday.  If you are off also, we hope you enjoy your day.  Check back tomorrow for everyday inspirational ideas.

Wilna Picked a Winner

Congrats to Paola Norman who the winner of a Making Memories Baby Love book.

Paola make sure to email Wilna (wilna71@gmail.com) so she can send your prize.

What's Shipping in May - Albums and Stickers

Making Memories canvas albums are shipping to a store near you at the end of this month. These 3-ring corduroy albums come with a label holder which is great for storage and organization. They include a protective cover and 10 sheet protectors. They are available in 12" x 12" and 8" x 8". Look for black, brown, green, red, beige, blue, pink and sea foam.

Also look for new Making Memories stickers including mini shimmer alphas, felt alphas, and my personal favorite puffy alphas. These stickers come in lots of different colors. You won't have a hard time finding the perfect color for your projects.

For more information about Making Memories new corduroy albums and stickers, visit Making Memories' website.

Design Challenge with Paper

This week I have a very interesting challenge for you with a technique that I haven't used very much myself. It's very simple though... printing your pictures on the patterned paper!   First of all, I positioned the pictures I want to print. I use Photoshop Elements, but any photo editing software will allow you to open a blank document the size of your paper (I used a 12x12 page - but I know most people only have a 8.5x11 printers). Now copy your picture to the page and position it where you want to print it. Remember that you can use a 12x12 paper just cut it to 8.5x11 so it will go through the printer. After you print the picture on the paper you can design your page so that a trim or a border cover the cut.

I just thought it would give an interesting twist on a page if the pictures were printed out on patterned paper. As you can see on my page, the girls have fishnet faces! :  ) I used Making Memories new Noteworthy papers, trims and embellishments. The pink paper is from Making Memories Garden Party collection.

Next you can use some Making Memories Magnetic stamps to stamp some words. I thought it would be cool just to see how many WORDS I can use and therefore the page is titled: "Words." I cheated a little on this page because I stamped the words on a page and scanned it into my computer and super imposed it on the photo. The good news is that you don't have to have Photoshop skills to get this look on your page.

So, after all this talk, my challenge to you is to create a page by printing your picture on the patterned paper.  Oh and surprise! I will be giving away a BABY LOVE book today... just leave a comment. If you want to participate in the challenge, link your page in the comment section.

To learn more about the products that I used on my page, visit Making Memories website.

Wilna