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We have finally announced the dates for Making Memories semi-annual spring warehouse sale.
The dates are as follows:
This sale only takes place at our warehouse located in Centerville, Utah (1168 West 500 North - Centerville, west of 1-15).You must be present in order to take advantage of this sale.
Learn more about the warehouse sale here.
Today we are happy to have Caryl Balsomo as the guest designer. Caryl used her Slice to create some spring decor. She will explain how to create this beautiful project.
I started the project by wrapping a lavender tulle around the wreath. I decided to use tulle to capture the lightness of Spring. Then, I cut flowers and butterflies of various sizes & designs from the Slice Basic 2 design card. I layered the flowers and added a button at the center. I then glued it on the tulle that goes around the wreath covering the outer part, thus to emphasize the tulle I made a bow on two opposite sides using a light pink tulle.
For the butterflies, some are stacked in graduated layers with gem/rhinestones at the center, others are just single layers and there are some that have tulle at the center. For this I made 2 parallel horizontal cuts at the center of the die cut, glued the tule between the cuts and looped a ribbon through tying it at the front.
For the drop strings on the inside of the wreath, I used Pom ribbon and Jute string and just followed the path of the tulle. I then glued the flowers+butterflies on the ribbon/string. To finish off, I glued a ribbon-tied tule on the reverse side. It also gives it a 3-D effect (ribbon-tied tule, die-cut, string, ribbon-tied tule). I have to keep in mind that the project can be seen from all angles so the back of the die-cuts has to look presentable too.
To balance the center drop strings, I hanged the letters that spell SPRING on the "underside" of the wreath. The frame and letters were cut using the Slice Think Pink Designs. To add dimension and interest on the letters, I used Martha Stewart's Metallic Glass Microbeads.
Finally, I used nylon strings to hang the project to our dining room light fixture. This wreath would also look great hanging at the entry way or in a girl's bedroom.
Here is the complete list of materials:
Wreath: Peacock & Suede (Michaels)
Tulle Fabric: Celebrate It (Michaels)
Jute: Everbilt (Home Depot)
Ribbons: Bazzill Basics Pink Poms, Craft Ribbons
Gems/Rhinestones & Microbeads: Recollections (Michaels), Martha Stewart
Buttons: Bag-O-Buttons
Paper:
Cocoa Daisy kits (AC Straw + Letterbox- Cheers, BoBunny Ocean Dot,Lily Bee Market + Delightful, Pink Paislee Bow & Arrow, Basic Grey Indian Summer- Maple Sugar, Far Flung Craft Peranakan- Nonya)
Making Memories' Chloe's Closet collection
Making Memories Love Notes collection
Slice Design Cards: Basic 2 + Think Pink
Adhesive: Glossy accents (for the microbeads) + Beacon Adhesicves' Fabri-Tac (for everything else)
Happy Spring, everyone! Here’s a little Slice project that I think you might enjoy. For invitations that are hand delivered, I sometimes like to skip the standard white envelope and make a pretty pocket for the invitation instead. For this simple Spring-themed invitation, I’ll show you how to create a pocket and add a window to it using the Slice.
First, place the Slice at the center of a 12x12 sheet of cardstock about 1 ½” to 2” from the bottom. Don’t forget to place the glass mat underneath first then Slice the figure of your choice. I Sliced a 3 1/2" rabbit.
After Slicing, place your invitation underneath the negative space and with a pencil, mark about 1/8” to the left and right of the invitation. Draw the lines long enough so they are each 1” tall. Note: if your invitation will be thick because of embellishment, mark 1/4" on each side instead of 1/8” for a larger pocket.
Now lay your invitation on top of the negative space, centered between and slightly above the markings as seen in the photo. With your pencil, mark where you want the top of your pocket. I marked and cut mine so that once it’s done, the invitation will stick out of the top.
Set aside the invitation and fold the left and right sides in – right where you marked. Unfold the sides then fold the bottom next, folding up 1”. With your scissors cut out the bottom left and right corners, cutting right along the folds.
Along the top, punch a half circle then trace the half circle on a strip of cardstock and punch again. I used a 1 1/2" circle punch but other sizes work well too. Adhere the strip to the top. As an option, fold the pocket closed and round the bottom corners on the bottom flap.
Adhere one flap on top of the other to close the back. I trimmed the left flap first but you don’t have to. After adhering the side flaps, adhere the bottom flap up.
Add mini pebble brads and/or any other
embellishments you like. For this invitation, I used patterned papers and felt
stickers from the very pretty Making
Memories’ Flutter collection. Well that’s it – have fun making your springtime
invitations and pockets!
Heidi Stock is Making Memories' guest designer for today. These cards require very little product, so it's easy to use scraps from here and there to create beautiful cards. It's almost too hard to give them away. :)
Thanks Heidi for sharing your talents with us.
If you follow my blog at all you know that I love
using mists on my layouts and projects. I just love the possibilities and the
fact that you never quite know exactly what you are going to get. I also love
that it gives my layouts some added character and a bit of that unique factor.
One of my favorite things to do with mists is to use them with masks to create a custom background for my layout. In this case I cut three shapes using the Studio Essentials design card and the Slice Digital Designer. Once I had the images cut I chose a plain background and placed them on my layout in my misting box.
Then I used the Maya Road mists in Lemon and Pink
Grapefruit. First I sprayed the lemon color and then I lightly sprayed the pink
color over the top. After I was done misting I went ahead and removed the
shapes I had cut with the Slice Digital
Designer to reveal the white "negative" areas you see on my layout.
I used those areas as spots to house my embellishments and some captions -- giving my layout a more organized feel than if I had just randomly scattered those things around.
An added bonus to this technique is that I can use the shapes that I misted over on another layout or on some cards. Now I have three die cut shapes that are all misted and beautiful just waiting for my next project!!
Once you get a few Slice
design cards and a few different colors of mists added to your stash you
will realize that the sky is the limit when it comes to this technique! Have
fun and just remember that less is more when it comes to misting! I like to
start with light sprays (holding the mist further back from the paper) and then
layer the sprays until I get the look I want.
One of Making Memories' designers - Jennifer Pebbles - had a baby a few days ago. We are so excited for her and her husband. Help us congratulate her on her new addition!
I was flipping through a Pottery Barn magazine and came across this image. I asked Leah Fung and Wendy Anderson to use this image as their source of inspiration. I thought it would be fun to see how each designer interprets the same image.
This is what Leah Fung came up with.
The first thing that caught my eye when I saw this photo was the beautiful
cotton texture of the couch and pillows. I have always loved the subtle look of
layering like on like, such as the cream-colored pillows on top of the
same colored couch in this photo. I wanted to incorporate that idea into my
page using textured cream cardstock. To add texture and give definition between
the layers of the cream cardstock, I added a scallop border and some machine
stitching then lifted the scalloped edge a bit to add some depth.
I also loved the white script font layered onto the photo in the upper left
corner of the inspiration piece, so I did the same using Adobe Photoshop before
printing out my photo strip. Another thing that caught my eye was the pretty
branch images on the pillows, so I add a Spring-themed branch sticker to my
page.
Papers: PitterPatter
Embellishments: Flutter
Photos by: Johanna Peterson
This is what Wendy Anderson came up with.
I was inspired by several elements of the inspiration photo. To begin with, the theme of "home" inspired me to create a page about our home...more specifically the remodeling of our kitchen last year. I was inspired by the branches and birds. I was also inspired by the color scheme - lots of white, with browns, blues, and greens. I cut the branch from patterned paper (from Making Memories' Flutter collection). It was kind of tedious, but I actually enjoy detail cutting, so it wasn't bad. I loved the branch, but didn't want the pink background. Also, by cutting it out, I was able to add lots of dimension - most of the leaves are attached with foam squares. I cut the bird as well as the title and subtitle from brown cardstock with the Slice (Vintage Findings design card for the bird, Words & Expressions design card for the subtitle, and Home Sweet Home design card for the title font). Of course, I had to add a bit of stitching, not only because I LOVE machine stitching on my projects, but because the photo inspired it...all of those gorgeous pillows have lots of detail stitching on them!
