Making Memories

Giveaway - We like to Party, we like to Party!

Every girl loves to be fancy, so today we are giving away some kits from our beautiful Fancy Nancy kids crafts line!  This product is beautiful and soooo fun for little girls to craft with and can I say makes for the PERFECT gift!

Prize includes

Pink Feather Boa - would it be Fancy without it?

Scrapbook Starter Kit

Butterfly Garland

Fancy Ribbon Cuffs

 

Enter by

Leaving a comment

Second entry by

liking us on our facebook page!

 

All winners will be announced next week!

Facebook Party - Making Memories teams up with Xyron

We are excited to celebrate all week with a "facebook" party!  Making Memories LOVES their fanbase and wants to do giveaways all week!  Not only will we be doing giveaways on Xyron's facebook page [Tuesday and Friday], but also here on the blog! Making Memories will have giveaways Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday... ok I think you catch my drift ---- that is EVERYDAY this week!  I know, I know... we are getting a little crazy around here, but would it be a party if we didn't get a little crazy?

Find Making Memories on facebook and like our page!

Find Xyron on facebook and like our page!

And of course to increase your odds on winning become a FAN of both pages!  Get ready to PARTY!

Exciting changes at Making Memories!

You may have noticed that it has been a little quiet on the blog the past few weeks.  We have had a lot going on around here and we are excited to announce that Making Memories has formed a new partnership with Colorbok!  Colorbok has been in the craft and hobby industry since 1984, so as you can imagine...there is a lot of smart business and creative power backing our brand!

Needless to say, this new opportunity for Making Memories is fantastic and we can’t wait to rejuvenate the brand so that you will continue to be inspired! Making Memories has always been recognized for its trend-setting products and craft innovation. You can expect nothing less from us moving forward!  Thank you so much to all of our loyal customers and brand followers.  Your passion for the craft is what keeps these wheels turning and as always we love and listen to your feedback.  As the industry has changed over the past few years, one thing has remained intact and that is the desire to create.  Whether you create to preserve memories, decorate your home, embellish your fashions or design the perfect gifts for loved ones, it is our desire to provide you with the ideas and product solutions to make your experience that much more enjoyable.   We will continue to update you on new product releases, company news and lots of ideas and inspiration!

As we move through the transition phase of the business over the next few months, we would love to hear even more from you! It has been made clear to us that consumers have wanted to see much more of Making Memories and that is our #1 goal.  What have been your favorite MM products over the past 15 years (that's right....15 years!) What is it that you are dying to see more of from Making Memories?  Leave us your comments...we will be giving away a couple of large MM product bundles to several fans!  We will do a random drawing from the commenters and will pick and announce three winners on Friday, May 4th!

Sarah Jane Scrapbook Layout - all about circles

Crafting is one of your opportunities to be creative, but we have our arch enemy... TIME. When do we have time to sit down and scrapbook? I'm sure we all wish we had more time... so ladies this layout is for those of you who don't have a lot of time to scrapbook.  All you need is awesome paper, die-cuts and some photos and you can make this gem below!

Supplies 

Sarah Jane 12 x 12 Double Sided Paper On the go

Sarah Jane 12 x 12 Double Sided Paper Rocket launch

Sarah Jane 12 x 12 Double Sided Paper Chasing Planes

Sarah Jane Die-cuts

Mini Brads

12 x 12 Orange Paper

Instructions

Use the 12 x 12 Orange paper as the base of the layout

Cut 3" to 4" circles out of pattern paper of your choice

Distress edges of the base paper and circles with a sanding block

Create a fun pattern with the circles and die-cuts

Finish up with photos

Have fun scrapbooking!

Vintage Groove III by Jill Schwartz

We have been showing you a lot of amazing projects you can make with Vintage Groove III by Jill Schwartz.  How about today I show you some of the amazing product included in the line!  You can find all of this product at your local Michaels, it is to die for!  I hope you love it as much as we do... I can't wait to make myself some more jewelry from these pieces.

Gorgeous Millinery Layout - elegant and beautiful

Today we have the most amazing layout for you! It is using one of Making Memories newest scrapbook lines, Modern Millinery.  This layout would be perfect for wedding, birthday, family photos, ...ok so pretty much anything beautiful!

Supplies

Modern Millinery 12 x 12 Double Sided Paper

Modern Millinery 12 x 12 Fabric Paper

Modern Millinery Trims

Modern Millinery Flowers

Modern Millinery Die-Cuts

Modern Millinery Word Fetti Stickers

Paper Doily

Instructions

Lay the 12 x 12 fabric paper as the base of your layout

Cut strips from the 12 x 12 double sided paper [cut a variety of lengths and styles to give the variety]

Cut strips of the trims

Layer cut strips of paper, trim and some of the word fetti stickers on the left side of the layout

Add photo to the right side of the layout

Fold doily in half and glue at the top on the right side of layout

Add flower embellishments, die-cuts and letter stickers to complete the layout

 

To see more Modern Millinery product check out Making Memories website!

Sarah Jane Scrapbook Layout - Paper Block Technique

Paper blocking is one of the oldest tricks in the book when it comes to scrapbook layouts, but boy does it pack a big punch!  Add a little stitching and you have yourself an amazing layout.  

Supplies

Sarah Jane 12 x 12 Double Sided Paper

Sarah Jane Mini Pennant Kit

Instructions

Cut photos and paper to create the perfect block look 

Glue photos and paper blocks down and stitch with sewing machine

Last put together you mini pennant kit [the kit comes with a ton of alpha stickers to choose from]

For more Sarah Jane product check out Making Memories website!

Herringbone Pattern Technique - via Pinterest!

We have found an awesome technique for you to try out!  Creating your own herringbone paper pattern! This is a great way to use all of your paper scraps and be able to combine your own colors to get the exact look you want.

We were inspired by this pin from pinterest on how to create a herringbone block for quiliting. Of course since we are working with paper and wanted to keep a 12" x 12" paper size we altered the instructions.  However, wouldn't it be amazing to create a herringbone block quilt? 

The FINISHED look - Modern Millinery Double-Sided Paper

1. Pick 2 to 6 different patterns

2. Cut paper into 2" x 12" strips [could go down to 9"]

3. Layout strips in the order that you want them in the pattern

4. Tape 2 strips together by flipping the papers over and using clear tape on the both ends 

5. Choose a base paper - note the pattern will show a little at the bottom so make sure it is one you like.

6. Draw a line down the middle [6" mark]

7. Now to the fun part - line up the first set of two strips at the angle you want.  We lined ours up with the bottom corner of the strip, with your ruler draw a line so you know where to cut. Repeat this step for the next two sets of two strips.

8. Ok this is kind of the tricky part, but a nice short cut.  Now that you have cut lines drawn on the three sets for the the leftside of the paper we can match them up with the right side papers and just make one cut.

9. You will the tape sides together and then make the cut that you have drawn. Then they are both at the same angle and ready to go.  Way better then measuring again.

10. Add adhesive [we used double sided tape, anything will be fine] to the base paper.  Remember that some of the base will show so don't put adhesive on the very bottom.

11. Place papers in desired order. Repeat this step for the other side.

12. Flip the paper over and trim off excess with exacto knife.

13. You are DONE!  Yay, now you have your own personalized herringbone paper.