Making Memories

Free Product Friday

It's FREE Product Friday. You know that what means. One lucky winner will soon be playing with a sample of Making Memories new Paper Reverie collection that ships this month. This week we are sharing the Brun Antique pallet.

You know the drill. If you want to win this beautiful collection post a comment and then let your friends know so they can enter also. The winner will be announced on Monday.

Best of luck and happy Friday.

The Perfect Teacher Gift

Did you know that your Slice will cut vinyl? Well it can. Now just think of all the fun things that you can create. :)

Making Memories designer Wendy Anderson created this perfect teacher gift using the Slice, the Fall/Back to School designer card, and vinyl sticker paper.

Watch this video to learn how to create this project.

Making Memories Warehouse SALE

ATTN: Utah Scrapbookers! If you haven't already heard, Making Memories warehouse sale dates have been announced.

The excitement begins when the doors open on Thursday, September 30th at 5 PM. As always, we are offering great paper crafting products from Making Memories.

 

Come see a sneak preview of exciting NEW products. We have limited quantities of these items so when it's gone it's gone.

Also check out our HUGE assortment of papers, embellishments, and tools from your favorite collections such as Making Memories' Pitter Patter baby collection, Panorama travel collection, Flutter spring collection, Love Struck Valentines collection, and Spook Alley Halloween collection. Shop early to get the best selection. You don't want to miss this event!

 

Shop early to get the best selection. You don't want to miss this event!

 

Location, Dates, and Hours

 

Location: 1168 West 500 North Centerville, Utah 84014 (Centerville Exit, West of I-15)

 

Dates and Hours:

 

    * Thursday, September 30: 5 PM  8 PM

    * Friday, October 1: 10:00 AM - 6:00 PM

    * Saturday, October 2: 9:00 AM - 1:00 PM

Learn more here.

Paper Reverie Design Challenge by Laura

I love the Paper Reverie collection from Making Memories. I love using the four color pallets separate but I also love mixing them. That’s what I did for this layout.

 

Instructions:

 

1. Cut a 7" x 12" piece of Kraft lined pattern paper, and adhere to bottom portion of white cardstock.

 

2. Cut two 2" x 12" strips of Paper Reverie pattern paper. Use a decorative punch along one side of each strip, and layer above the kraft pattern paper.

 

3. Adhere a 12" piece of Paper Reverie trim along top of the kraft pattern paper, and add a few brads to each end of the trim.

 

4. Adhere a 5x7 photo on the right side of the kraft paper. Add cardstock alphabet stickers for your title, next to the photo.

 

5. Using your Slice and the Basic Elements design card, cut out one 2.5" circle, one 3" inch circle, and one 4" circle, all from Paper Reverie pattern paper. 

 

6. Adhere the 2.5" circle and the 3" circle to white cardstock using pop dots, and trim around them using scallop scissors. Adhere to layout. Wrap cream string around 4" circle, and then adhere to top of layout.

 

7. Using your Slice and the Vintage Findings design card, cut a 3 inch butterfly from white cardstock. Ink lightly with brown distressing ink, and adhere to large circle using pop dots. Add gems to the body of the butterfly.

 

8. Using your Slice and the Vintage Findings design card, cut the word "remember" at 4" from solid red Paper Reverie paper. Adhere to layout, above title.

 

9. Add a label sticker from the Paper Reverie Ephemera Sticker sheet to the side of the photo, and handwrite date on it.

 

Laura

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Help us congratulate our Free Product Friday winner from last week.

Molly please email me at jweston@makingmemories.com so we can send your prize. :) 

 
 
 

Housekeeping and Free Product Friday

I have a lot of random things to share with you so today so it will be a housekeeping day and a Free Product Friday giveaway day.

First things first. Have you filled out our September survey yet? If not, we would love to have your feedback. It will only take 3 – 5 minutes of your time. Take the survey here.

Next we have some Making Memories' Paper Reverie winners. 

The Making Memories' newsletter went out this week. We had FIVE lucky winners from that day. If you haven't signed up for our newsletter, do so today. Sign up here. Our newsletter winners are..................


 

 

I also forgot to post the winner from last Friday's Paper Reverie giveaway. Help me congratulate the following:

If you are a winner please email me at jweston@makingmemories.com so I can send your prize.

Now it's time for another giveaway. Today we are going to share a Paper Reverie Noir sample with one lucky winner. Post a comment and you will be entered into the drawing. Good luck.

Guest Designer Shemaine Smith

Today we are excited to have Shemaine Smith as Making Memories’ guest designer. Shemaine created this frame using her Slice. She describes how she created it below.

I really enjoy saving the negative images from my Slice projects to create other projects. Here's a home decor project using the Slice and Glimmer Mist to create negative images from the Vintage Findings Design Card.

First I chose the butterfly image from Vintage Findings with the Slice and used heavy white cardstock.

Then I cut a piece of linen fabric to fit the wood wall hanging.

Next lay the negative image over the fabric and mist heavily with Glimmer Mist. I chose Dragonfly to coordinate with the Making Memories Panorama Foil paper. Lift the image and then position it again over the fabric and mist again. Let it dry. Then stamp your images with Staz On ink. I used brown.

Cut patterned paper to fit wall hanging and spray adhesive and rub the paper onto the wood.

Stamp images or nice sentiment onto the fabric and back with white cardstock and layer over the Making Memories patterned paper. Adhere with spray adhesive. Add ribbon and embellish.

Now it's ready to hang on your wall!

 

We're in the Giving Mood

This month we are releasing the new Paper Reverie collection. Paper Reverie has an elegant, vintage look with four distinct color collections: Brun Antique, Noir, Sienne, and Metalique. The distinct color families make Paper Reverie an extremely versatile collection to craft with. Paper Reverie ships to your favorite retailer this month. Visit makingmemories.com to find a retailer near you.

Now we've talked a lot about the new Paper Reverie collection and we are excited to get it into your hands. So we are giving away a sample of Paper Reverie to five lucky winners. To enter, post a comment on the Making Memories blog. Tell us what your favorite part of fall is. Your comment will enter you into this drawing. The winners will be announced on Friday.

Making Memories at the Spark Event

Making Memories will be at the Spark Event this weekend (in Lindon Utah) for two days of classes with scrapbooking and crafting. Making Memories' designer Jayme Shepherd will be hosting a make 'n take using our Vintage Groove jewelry on Friday night from 7:45  9:45 PM. 

Stop by if you are in the area for lots of fun.

Here is a sample of the projects we will be making.

Learn more about Spark here.

Glitter Bling

Making Memories designer Wendy Anderson created this layout using the Glitter Bling stickers. These stickers make creating layout easy. You can use these stickers alone or you can layer them as shown below. Wendy layered this flower sticker with a paper blossom.

See the entire Glitter Bling collection on Making Memories website.

 

 

Happy Labor Day

To me Labor Day weekend is a bittersweet holiday. It's sad because it means the joys of summer are coming to an end. It means it's time to move my flip flops and summer dresses to the back of the closet to gear up for colder weather.

On the other hand it's sweet because it means the leaves will soon burst with color. It means cozy nights with a warm cup of hot chocolate and a good book.
 

I hope today is a good day for you however you spend it. We'll be back tomorrow with more inspiration, more prizes, and more fun.

Happy Labor Day