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Modern Millinery Projects - All Pink

The two projects we want to show you today would be perfect for a baby shower and decor for her room after.  We have a cute card that you could customize to your needs and an adorable frame!

Card

Supplies

12" x 12" Modern Millinery Lace Stripe Double-Sided Paper

Modern Millinery Die-Cuts

Modern Millinery Pink/Black Cabochons

Modern Millinery Pink/Purple Trims

1. Cut A6 card size, 4.5" x 6.25" [or desired card size]

2. Add trim to card

3. Embellish with die-cuts and cabochons

 

Frame

Supplies

12" x 12" Modern Millinery Lace Stripe Double-Sided Paper

Modern Millinery Die-Cuts

Modern Millinery Teal/Green Trims

Frame of your choice

1. Pick a frame to cover, we chose a cute artisan shaped frame

2. Cover frame in double sided paper

3. Embellish with gem trim and die-cut sentiment

4. Add the perfect photo!

 

Wouldn't this be adorable for a baby shower?  I can picture cute treat bags, cupcake toppers and more!  

 

Guest Designer: Stephanie Johnson

Hi there! My name is Stephanie Johnson & I'm so happy to be a guest here at Making Memories! My main paper crafting love is card making so I made a card to share using one my favorite collection kits that I've been hoarding for quite some time!

For this card, I wanted to incorporate a paper pieced star burst design- I love this trend! I'm sure there's many ways to make star burst designs, but here's how I made mine:

1. Gather your favorite Making Memories papers (I used 4 patterns on this card)

2. Cut a plain piece of cardstock slightly smaller than the card itself. Using a pencil, make a center point & draw lines radiating across the card. Cut 2 pieces of cardstock from scraps, layer on top of each other, & combine at one end using a brad.

3. Using the new cutting guide you just made, place on to card to measure the sections of your star burst one at a time.

4. Move your cutting guide to the patterned paper, trace with pencil, & cut out your slice out.

5. Adhere all the slices of your star burst in their place. Tip: To adhere my pieces, I used my adhesive runner around all 4 edges & a line in the center.

6. Trim the excess using a paper cutter & adhere to the main card. Embellish & enjoy!

Thanks for stopping by today!

Stephanie Johnson

For more inspiration and great ideas check out Stephanie's blog! 

www.parkersprints.blogspot.com

Throw a Halloween Party

Halloween is quickly approaching, so here is an idea for throwing a great spooky party.

Making party decor for your Halloween party can be easy.

To create these napkin rings start by cutting a 2 1/2" to 3" by 5" strip of patterned paper. You can vary this depending on how big your napkin is. Fold the napkin neatly and adhere the strip of paper around it. Adhere the paper with clear tape or glue. Use a dimensional adhesive to attach some embellishments. 

For this treat box, wrap some embellishment paper around the box and adhere it to the back of the box with clear tape or a glue stick. Create a tag and add an embellishment on the top.  

To create this menu card our designer used Exmouth and American Typewriter fonts. She printed her spooky menu on cardstock and attached some embellishmemt paper. Then add some ribbon and a label for that extra little touch.

Every Halloween party needs spooky treats. What fun treats have you made to make your party fun?

Halloween Cards

Are you planning a Halloween party or do you just need a card for some Halloween goodies that you will drop off at your neighbors? Create your own festive cards with the Slice.

 

Guest Designer Melissa Thiede

How about some card inspiration for today? Melissa Thiede is Making Memories' guest designer for today. Pull out your favorite papers to create this card for yourself (or for someone you love). Meslissa explains how she created this card.

I love thinking outside the box, and so using the Making Memories packaging tape and turning into patterned paper was exactly what I did.

I started with a white standard A2 size card base, and adhered a piece of pink card stock (1 3/4 x 4 1/4) to the bottom half.

Next I added the blue card stock (2 3/4 x 4 1/4) to the center portion and added some zig zag stitching with my sewing machine.

The chipboard flourish is from Making Memories jigsaw shapes and flowers which I painted in a chocolate color.

To make the flowers I used the packaging tape and covered two 3 x 3 pieces of scrap cardstock which I then die cut with my die cutting machine.

I finished this card off by adding the brown buttons, ribbon and sentiment.

 

It's All in the Details

"Wedding season" came quickly this year as the sun began shining brighter and the temperatures began to rise. I don't know if it's just a coincedence, but I've been to a wedding reception almost every weekend this month. With that being said, it gets expensive to purchase a gift and a card for every bride and groom. An alternative to that is to create your own card to show your love.

I used Making Memories' Jet'Adore collection to create the cards, shown below. It's the details of a card that make it unique. But you don't have to stress over them. I added some simple embellishments like die-cuts, brads, and dimensional stickers to a simple cardbase. Another option is to create your own embellishments using the Slice and a dimensional adhesive. 

Guest Designer Stephanie Muzzulin

 

Help me welcome Stephanie Muzzulin as Making Memories' guest designer. Stephanie created some card sets and a card storage box using Making Memories' Dilly Dally collection.

 

Supplies:

Dilly Dally12x12 papers

Dilly Dally perforated Word Block Specialty paper

Dilly Dally 8x8 Specialty Papers

Dilly Dally Stickers and Rubons

Dilly Dally Brad Combo

Dilly Dally Diecuts

Dilly Dally Ribbon- Green Rose

Cardstock

Ribbon

White Box

Label Die

To Make Box:

Measure sides and top of box.

Cut Various DP to cover Box and adhere.

Add score Tape around box and add Green Rose ribbon.

 

Top Of Box:

Diecut Label die and Dp with same label die.

Adhere Dp to Label Die.

Punch Out perforated Label Block and add  Sentiment Sticker.

Add Brads to both sides of Label Die and Adhere to top of Box.

 

You Are My Sunshine Card:

Make card from cardstock.

Add Green Dp along bottom of card for grass.

Add rubon add gem to center of little flower.

Pierce holes for Butterfly.

Sew Butterfly Die Cuts together and adhere to card.

Round Corners Of card.

 

Dream A Little Dream Card:

Make card from cardstock.

Cut layer and adhere DP to card Base.

Cut sentiment Block from Dp and mat with Green Dp sewing along the edges and Adhere to card Base.

Tie a Bow around card base.

Cut three rose lengths fro rose ribbon and form into a flower and adhere brad to center of flower.

Adhere flower to bow.

 

Spring Has Sprung Card:

Make Card from cardstock.

Layer a couple pieces of Dp and then sew along edges.

Punch out label frame from Dp and adhere sentiment sticker to the center and adhere to card base.

Layer butterfly diecuts sewing down the middle of butterfly and adhere to card.

 

Spring Is in the Air Card:

Make card from cardstock.

Adhere Dp to cardbase.

Cut and adhere specialty circle Dp to card.

Cut sentiment  from Dp and adhere to card.

Add Brad.

Cut and Adhere Green rose ribbon along top of card.

Thanks Stephanie for sharing your cards with us. :)

Guest Designer Mandy Koeppen

Today we are excited to have Mandy Koeppen as Making Memories’ guest designer. Mandy created lots of different projects with Making Memories' Tie the Knot collection, which I'm so happy to share.

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When I first got the Tie the Knot items I didn’t know what I was going to do with them because we only have a few photos from our big day. As I was flipping through the products it hit me use them with the Father Daughter Dance photos. After that the layout I created came together really quick. I blew the black and white photo of my husband and daughter up to 8x10 then trimmed it down one I had it in the position I wanted it. I love using oversized photos to make sure the photo remains the main focus of the layout. I used the Tie the Knot Tulle flowers packaging for the pattern paper at the bottom of the page. I wanted to give a little added pop so I punched out the pinked circles out of the same packaging then added pop dots and the Making Memories metal flowers. I also used Tie the Knot journaling book, borders, and mixed flowers on this page. I raided my stash for the Making Memories rub-on title, the numeral rub-ons, and the woven letter K.

After I was done with the layout I wanted to create something wedding related so I pushed a few ideas around a couple ideas didn’t work but these 2 cards did.

The cake card was so easy to make. I cut 2 pieces of the Tie the Knot paper that I wanted to use then I rounded the top corners. I layered the pieces and adhered them to the folded side of the card. I had the Tie the Knot journaling page cut out for another project and didn’t use it and to me it looks like a fancy cake top so that’s what it turned into. I had the 2 little ring embellishments and congratulations sticker in my stash. After everything is adhered down cut around the cake til you meet the folded side of the card on the bottom tier of the cake make sure you STOP cutting here otherwise you won’t have a card when your done. I added a tulle ribbon and the Tie the Knot gems to finish the card.

Card #2 was a quick throw together of scraps. The 2 journal pages are cut down, layered, and adhered to the card. I added a tag dangling from twine to the top. On the tag is a vintage doily flower, a Tie the Knot brad, and a flower that I made by scrunching up paper and shaping it into a flower. A few pearls and the card is finished.

Last and certainly not least when my girls saw the tulle flowers they wanted them as headbands and barrettes. That is just what I wanted to use them for too. They are really easy to make too! This one used a clip barrette, adhesive, and the tulle flower. Easy peasy and oh so cute!

 

Cards using Metal Embellishments

Learn how to create a simple card using Making Memories' metal embellishments.

Write. Click. Scrapbook is doing a giveaway on its blog as a birthday celebration. Check it out if you want a chance to win Vintage Groove jewelry.

Guest Designer Cris Cunningham

Today I wanted to feature Cris Cunningham as Making Memories' guest designer. Cris considers herself a novice, but I really loved the cards that she made with Making Memories' Flutter collection.

They are simple yet so beautiful. Don't you love them?