Making Memories

Guest Designer: Candice Reszko Advent Calendar

We have a special treat for you today!  Guest designer Candice has created an amazing Advent Calendar project for us, and WOW we are in love.  The title of this project is "The Gifts".

 

From Candice

I titled this advent calendar The Gifts. For each day there is a little pocket to slide

in the gifts in which we are thankful for each day except for five days. I call those drop days

in which there is a certain message to reflect upon for that certain day. This year I am

going to have every family member participate and on Christmas day we are just going

to go through them all and to really truly see how blessed we are.

The calender measures 12x18 1/2 in with each rectangle swatch measuring 2x3 in. With these measurements the calender was evenly spaced out to fit on entire O-Wire from Zutter

Bind-It-All. I punched 24 holes for the title portion and 4 for the rectangle swatches on top

and bottom. Then I just spaces them out evenly skipping a loop after every four loops. I

did this for each row until I had all rows binded together and my advent calender was 

complete!

Isn't it beautiful! 

Thanks Candice!

 

CHA Fave's - our Top Picks!

CHA Making Memories FAVE's!  We love the collections and wanted to share with you some of our top picks from each of them!  What do you think? 

 

Believe Collection - We love the Garland, Chevron and Word papers!  They are perfect on trend and would be so fun to use in your next craft project.  And those Tiny Alphas... seriously talk about taking a great product and making it even better!

 

Modern Millinery Collection - we love all the small treasures in this line from the gorgeous flower bouquets to the adorable cabachons!  Perfection.  The bold papers with this line, create the perfect base for any project.

 

Sarah Jane Collection - We love the fabric albums with the Sarah Jane illustrations.  Can you imagine using this album for your child!  We also love that you can mix the boy and girl papers because of the perfect coordinating colors.  

Do you have some fave's from CHA?

Giveaway! Stacy Cohen's Blog!

It is the LAST day of the show and we are exhausted... but we are never too tired to do a giveaway!  We would love to share some Modern Millinery product with you! Go check out Stacy Cohen's Blog to learn how you can enter for a chance to WIN this new Modern Millinery product.

Seriously... How gorgeous is this product?

Good Luck!

Giveaway! Wendy Bretz's Blog

We LOVE giveaways and want to share some awesome Sarah Jane product with you! Go check out Wendy Bretz's Blog to learn how you can enter for a chance to WIN this new Sarah Jane Product.

We love Wednesdays!

Giveaway! Wendy Sue Anderson's Blog

It is the FIRST day of the show and we can't wait to share some of the new product with YOU! Go check out Wendy Sue Anderson's Blog to learn how you can enter for a chance to WIN this new Modern Millinery Product.

Good Luck and have a great Tuesday!

Our Mission Statement

We are EXCITED to be going to CHA with Colorbok and our new TEAM!  Making Memories is over the moon about the new acquistion to say the least and wanted to share our new collaborative Mission Statement.  What do you think?  

Happy CHA - can you believe it is one day away!  Remember you can find us at booth#1913.

Design Team: Stacy Cohen

I used the beautiful Modern Millinery "Net Mini Dot Black" Textile paper as the background for this layout.  I created two separate photo circles, then I handcut the flowers and leaves out of the Statement Floral paper and used them to embellish the circles.  I added the Modern Millinery black rhinestone trim around the circles for a little extra pizazz.  One of the die-cuts served as the place card for my page title.  

Product List

Modern Millinery 12" x 12" Textile Papers

Modern Millinery 12" x 12" Double-sided Papers

Modern Millinery Flowers

Modern Millinery Die-cuts

Modern Millinery Trims

I hope you enjoyed the Modern Millinery program as much as me!  I love the gorgeous flowers and bold papers!  Keep checking back for more inspiration and giveaways.

Thanks,

Stacy

Design Team: Wendy Bretz

Wendy Bretz is here to share an awesome 12"x12" Sarah Jane Layout.  Her layout is perfect to say the least - do you what we love most about it?  The way she takes a line that is targeted to a younger girl and makes it perfect for her "Tweens".  I LOVE IT!

Products Used

Sarah Jane 12" x 12" Double-sided Paper

Sarah Jane Die-cuts

Sarah Jane Alpha Stickers

This layout out is so clean and polished - we love the variety it adds to the Sarah Jane projects!

Happy Weekend!

Design Team: Wendy Sue Anderson

I was so excited to get this brand new Making Memories Christmas line to work with.  I love the true reds and greens, along with the lighter shades mixed throughout the papers and embellishments.  And do you know what else I like?  I like the pops of black and gold - kind of traditional, but kind of unexpected at the same time.  The colors and designs are so easy to mix and match- and the embellishments are just plain fun to work with!

Product List

The Paper Company 12" x 12" Black Cardstock

Making Memories Believe Findings Kit

Making Memories Believe Die-cuts

Making Memories Believe 12" x 12" Double-sided Papers

I hope you enjoy the Making Memories new Believe collection!  Keep checking back for more inspiration and updates.

Thanks!

Wendy

 

CHA Summer Sneak Peek

The "Believe" collection includes eight, double-sided, 12x12 papers and a 6x6 paper pad.  The patterns are a mix of traditional and modern designs, great for any layout. Making Memories stirves to create the perfect mix of classic and trend, and this new collection is exactly that!

With banners and chevron patterns - how can you not fall in love with this new program!

Making Memories Booth#1913