Making Memories

Valentine Garland

Here’s a way to have some fun with the Slice and the Making Memories’ Love Notes collection: Maggie Holmes created this Valentine’s Day garland by cutting out the letters “l-o-v-e” and linking them together with binder rings. To make sure the letters show through, put a different pattern of Love Notes paper behind the letters. Add Love Notes trim to both sides of your garland for easy hanging. You can choose to decorate the individual letters with tags, dimensional stickers and other embellishments to achieve your desired look.

Day Fourteen

I cut a rectangle of Kraft Heart Brocade paper (from Making Memories' Love Notes collection) and layered it over red cardstock.  I glued a Love Notes Ticket and numbers from the Paperie Shimmer Alphas to the front of a Love Notes Die-Cut Tag and attached it to the card with a piece of Love Notes Trim.

Love Notes is such a great collection!  I hope you find these ideas inspiring and that they unlock your own personal creativity. 

 

Happy Valentines Day!

Suzonne

Day Thirteen

I covered the exterior of a matchbook with Sampler paper (from Making Memories' Love Notes collections) and red cardstock trimmed with scallop edge scissors.  I embellished with Paperie Shimmer Alphas and a Shimmer Heart brad.  On the interior, I lined the matchbook with Words paper and wrote out my sentiment.

 

Suzoone

Day Twelve

I covered two different sized tags with Making Memories' Love Notes paper in Kraft Pillow Ticking, Kraft Cherry Blossom, and Sampler.  I embellished with Love Notes Trim, a Title Alpha Sticker, and a Ribbon Slide.  Numbers were created from the Paperie Shimmer Alphas.

 

Suzoone

Day Eleven

I purchased a small oval paper-mache box from Michaels and covered it with a band of paper from the Making Memories' Love Notes paper in Sampler.  I glued a piece of Love Notes Trim around the top edge.  I made a rosette from a ½-inch x 8-inch strip of Kraft Heart Brocade paper accordion folded, glued together at the edges, and glued together in the center.  I added a Paperie Dimensional Sticker to the front of the rosette and glued it onto the front of the box. 

 

Suzoone

Day Ten

I painted a small peat pot (found in the gardening section at Home Depot) with Making Memories Scrapbook Colors then glittered it with clear glitter.  The front is embellished with Love Notes Shimmer Hearts.  To make the interior, I used two foil cupcake liners, interiors facing, and rested them inside the peat cup, which was then filled with a little Kraft paper shred and some candies.  To make the tag, I cut a circle from the Sampler paper, glued it onto red cardstock, and trimmed it with scallop edge scissors.  The number is from the Love Notes Title Alpha Stickers (from Making Memories' Paperie collection).

 

Suzoone

Day Nine

I wrote out my sentiment on Making Memories' Love Notes paper in red  and slipped it inside a glassine envelope.  I trimmed a piece of Lace paper with pinking shears and attached it to the front of the envelope, allowing a border of red paper to show around the edges.  I added a length of ribbon, secured with a Love Notes Ribbon Slide, then tucked a folded, numbered heart into the ribbon strip.

 

Suzoone

Day Eight

I made a folded heart card using Making Memories Love Notes paper in Stitched Heart and Hearts Doily, embellished with Die-Cut Tags and Love Notes Trim.  For the interior, I cut a heart shape from the other side of the Hearts Doily paper, and cut out the interior.  I glued that over a sheet of vellum with a sugar cookie recipe printed on it and glued it to the interior of the card.

 

Suzoone

Day Seven

Using a combination of Making Memories Love Notes Lace and Patterned Heart papers, I created a flower from 9 heart shapes folded (for dimension, layer some hearts with the fold facing up and some with the fold facing down) and held together with a Vintage Brad.  The surprise – a magnet was glued to the back of the flower and the floral wire stem attached with a glue dot.  Remove the stem and your recipient can use the flower magnet all through the year. 

Suzoone

Day Six

I wrapped a small gift box with Making Memories Kraft Heart Brocade paper, tied trims so that the bow rests in the front, and embellished it with a Felt Clip and a Love Notes Ticket that also serves as a tag for the number.

 

Suzoone