Making Memories

Guest Designer Shelley May

Shelley May here on the Making Memories blog - honored to be featured in December!!! I have been a fan of Making Memories products since I first started scrapbooking back in 2005. I love the coordinating items that come out with every line and this newest Christmas line from Making Memories called TWINKLE is no disappointment! Each package of embellishments has so many little bits and pieces to choose from - you really are getting a great deal of product for your dollar. 
 

When I was approached for a feature, I wanted to take a thrifty approach for my project, as this holiday season is going to be a very creative one for my family. We are down to one income and looking for every way possible we can be thrifty, creative, and maybe even recycle as much as possible! With all of the food containers I toss into the recycle bin each week - I got an idea... what if I use some of them for packaging for little homemade goodies at Christmastime? Sweets, cookies, all different little bits of goodness? So I began setting the recyclables aside... in my studio! I had a nice little stockpile and decided to use this for this project! For this project I used a Laughing Cow Cheese container, a frosting container, and a paper bag that our apples came in (hello cute little new and upcycled gift bag!!!)

I then got to work with my Twinkle line of Making Memories products. These items went together so quickly and simply. I made all three items in under an hour! First up is the Laughing Cow container - turned into an ornament! I covered the top and bottom with paper, inked the edges, used ribbon for the loop, and used embellishments to - well - embellish. And of course, used pop dots for dimension. I love dimension on all my projects! And are you kidding me with this cuteness? I just love it if I do say so myself!

 

Next, is just a frosting container. I simply wrapped it with paper, then another layer, some ribbon, "pop-dotted" (yes, I made a verb out of pop-dot) a sentiment embellishment sticker, covered the lid with paper, and added some buttons, and it's ready to be filled with cookies or candies and given to a special someone, because as it says, It's better to give than to receive!

Last, is my easy as Apple Pie Gift bag - made from an Apple Bag! Yep - that's right! The bag my apples came in.. I loved! I kept it, added a square of paper, some ribbon, a sentiment sticker, and some die cut embellishments, "pop-dotted", and a tag, "To: Mommy, From: Santa", and it's done! YES! You can do it too... it's THAT easy!

I hope you are finding many ways to recycle and be creative this holiday season! I encourage you to look around and pay attention to all the things you throw away or recycle. Chances are you have projects waiting to happen right in your recycle bin and garbage cans! Follow me on my journey while I do the same this holiday season! We will be crafting and making most of our gifts this year. Follow me at ScrappingGoodness.

 

Christmas Cards by Keisha

Check out these easy Christmas card ideas from Keisha. 

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I did these quickie cards 2 weeks ago using Making Memories new Twinkle collection...

 

Guest Designer AnnaMarie Mondro

Hi, my name is AnnaMarie Mondro, and I am so honored to be featured as a Guest Designer on the Making Memories blog!

Christmas is truly my *favorite* holiday, so when I was asked to showcase a layout featuring the new Twinkle line, I was in LOVE and knew exactly what photos I was going to use! I’ve been saving these photos for awhile now, waiting on the perfect line and feel of colors. These photos of my son’s first Christmas were just perfect for the range of beautiful reds and greens offered within this festive line. And one of the things I love most about Making Memories products are the double-sided papers which offer such a range in gorgeous patterns and colors, and for a scrapper like me, who loves to play with layers and bits and pieces of patterned paper, it is a perfect combination!

 

Another thing that I love about Making Memories is the choice of embellishments that color-coordinate so nicely with the papers, and which offer such nice options in terms of texture, dimensionality, and details. Not to mention the bling factor – oh MY! And yes, even though it is a *boy* layout, I still love to add some bling and shimmer to my pages. J Between the sparkly baubles and glittery buttons, shimmer die-cuts, and bling alpha, there are so many options for really enhancing the beautiful colors in this line and making my page POP!

And cannot forget to point out the *awesome* glitter boarder tape! The tape is so versatile, allowing you to trim it to a variety of desired sizes, or you can simply trim out the “pieces” you want for your layout!

  

Thank you Making Memories for allowing me this opportunity!

 

Guest Designer Michelle La Grue

Today we are excited to have Michelle La Grue as Making Memories’ guest designer. Michelle created TWO holiday projects that you will love. Both of these project use Making Memories' new Twinkle collection.

These Christmas Lanterns were created using 3oz Dixie cups!

1. De-constructed a cup to make a paper template of the sides.
2. Trace the template on the 12x12 paper and you can easily get 5 in a row down one side. 
3. Cut each of these out and using a wet glue, I applied the patterned paper to the sides of the cups and tucked the edges under the lip of the cup.
4. Use a variety of border punches,  to create a punched edge and glue them to the rounded lip of the cup.
5. To fit the small led lights, mark a small dot on the bottom of each cup with a pencil, and then using a hole punch. I punched a small hole on the bottom of the cup.
6. Embellish the lanterns with embellishments.

This star garland will take pride of place on my door this year.  I cut a circle template using a cardboard box that some scrapbooking papers arrived in, and I used some batting (padding) to wrap around the cardboard to provide a nice base for the garland.  The circle was then wrapped in red satin ribbon, to give it a bit of a luxurious texture and look.

I used my star shaped Nestabilities to cut 4 different size stars.  Each star was scored lightly from tip to base and then folded into the 3D star shape.  I adhered them to the circle garland with my glue gun and topped some of them with some lovely festive red matt gems.  A bow was all that was needed to finish the project.