Making Memories

Flower Patch Bouquet

If you check out your favorite scrapbook magazines, you will see this project featured in Making Memories print advertisements. This beautiful Making Memories Flower Patch bouquet was created by the talented Jennifer Pebbles.

To create this paper craft, follow these steps.

1. Cover a Styrofoam cone with Making Memories' Flower Patch paper (Jennifer used the die-cut scallop paper).
2. Attach a ribbon loop, using your favorite Making Memories ribbon, to the back of the cone.
3. Cut various sizes of craft wire (approximately 6" to 8").
4. Adhere a Flower Patch Layered Flowers and/or Flower Patch Dimensional Flowers to one side of the craft wire. Jennifer added two flower stickers on each piece of wire (front and back). 
5. Stick craft wire (with Flower Patch flowers) in Styrofoam cone. 

TIP: You may want to use an additional adhesive (besides the self-adhesive that comes with each flower sticker) when adhering flowers to ribbon to ensure the flowers are secure.

NOEL

Here is another great holiday decor idea for you to enjoy.

 

1. Purchase wood letters from your local craft store or cut your own. I chose a chunky font, printed out large letters, traced them onto my wood and then used a scroll saw to cut them out.)
2. Prepare and paint wood. I painted the wood on both sides to make it look nice.
3. Place wood letter on wrong side of paper, trace and cut out. I used Making Memories Fa La La paper.
4. Modgepodge the top of wood letter and then place cut paper on it. Allow to dry.
5. Lightly sand the edges.
6. Antique the edges using a small sponge and a brown stamp pad.
7. Add rub-ons. Paint each letter with Modgepodge for a nice finish.
8. Add desired embellishments.

Decorate Your Tree with the Slice

The Slice is a GREAT tool to use when trimming your tree. These ornaments are easy to make and very affordable. We used Making Memories Fa La La paper and Slice Fa La La Design Card. 

To create these ornaments for your own tree, follow these simple instructions:

1. Choose a design from the Fa La La design card.

2.Cut your design three times (same size and same shape). 

    TIP: Cut the designs from multiple pieces of patterned paper

3. Lightly fold the shape in half.

4. Glue two shapes together (glue from the outside only until the fold) to make ornament.

5. Apply adhesive to the third shape and apply to the ornament.

6. Use a jump ring or wire to create loop to hang ornament.

7. Embellish with ribbon.

Holiday Count Down

Thanksgiving is this Thursday, which means the holiday season is officially upon us.

Jennifer Pebbles created this festive home decor project that will help you count down to the big day.

Jennifer used Making Memories number paper from the Fa La La collection. She painted an old wood container, cut out each number from the paper and attached it for each day. To decorate, she used Making Memories' puffy alpha stickers.

The Making Memories number paper is great for any advent calendar that you make this season. Don't forget to email us so we can see your creations.

 

Thanksgiving Place Card Holders

Thanksgiving is just around the corner - next week! Laura created some easy Thanksgiving place card holders for your guests.

Laura used the Slice and the fall/back to school design card to create this place card setting. This project is easy to duplicate and great for this kids to get involved in.

All Hallows Eve Book

Along with your invitations, treat bags, baskets and tags, how about adding a little dimensional décor to your Halloween collection? 

This idea comes from Keisha Campbell, who shows us how a plain box can be transformed into a holiday treasure.  With a touch of Making Memories Scrapbook Color paint in black, Making Memories’ Spellbound paper, glitter clears and pebble stickers, you can create your own “All Hallows Eve Book” for your haunted house this season.

Spellbound Halloween Houses

Today's design comes from Laura.  Using the Making Memories’ Spellbound collection, Laura put together these Halloween Houses that are perfect décor for your home during the haunting season.

Start by purchasing chipboard houses from your local craft store then fill the bottom with sand or something to weigh them down.  Decorate the outside of your chipboard house by tracing Spellbound paper and gluing it to the sides.  Use the die-cut journaling stickers and glitter clears to garnish your Halloween House then adorn it with one of the trims.  You can dip into the garland kits for the spooky lettering on the front.

For more great ideas using the Spellbound line, visit the Making Memories website.

A Vacation to Remember

Did you do something this summer that you want to remember throughout the year? Maybe you went on a fantastic vacation, or maybe you were able to enjoy the long summer days by the pool. Why not create a project that helps you remember those memories throughout the year. Wilna created this beautiful clock to help her remember her trip to Africa using Making Memories' Passport collection.

   

To create this project, Wilna first used strips of Passport paper and mod podge to cover the frame of the clock. She also added an extra coat of mod podge when she was done to help seal the paper.

While the mod podge is drying, you can work on the inside of your clock. Wilna covered the face of the clock with Passport paper, canvas alpha stickers, and pebble stickers. She also added her photos.

Photo Frame

Have you ever used your scrapbooking supplies to decorate a photo frame? Maggie made this project and we wanted to share. She used the Paperie paper and Making Memories' Flower Shop Blossoms. This project is great for yourself or as a gift.

May Day Baskets

After a long winter, it is great to see flowers blooming and the grass getting greener.  This project, created by Suzonne Stirling, is a perfect way to celebrate a nice spring day. May Day is just around the corner. Take a few minutes to create this project to display the beautiful flowers around you. Suzonne used Making Memories Noteworthy collection for her project.

1. Attach a piece of double-sided tape to the corner of a sheet of embellishment paper (the reverse side of Noteworthy "Polka Dot Stripe"), secure it to the middle of a papier-mache cone (found at stores like Jo-Ann and Michaels) and wrap it around the cone diagonally, until covered.

2. Using the top of your cone as a guide, trim the excess paper from the top. Then trim the edge on the front (so that it forms a point). Remove the paper from the cone and set aside.

3. Cut strips from the border of a sheet of Ric Rac Ledger paper and punch small holes along the edges.

Attach one strip around the top edge of the papier-mache cone form. (Tip: To make the border run evenly around the top of the cone, cut small slits in the bottom of the border. This will allow you to shape the paper to the cone.) Attach the other strips of the Ledger paper underneath what will be the front edge of the embellishment paper.

4. Wrap the embellishment paper around the cone (and over the Ric Rac Ledger border at the top), matching the edges, with the bordered edge of the embellishment paper ending in the front of the cone. Secure it in place with glue or double-sided tape.

5. For the handle: Make small holes in the sides of the cone, then punch a small hole in two ends of a piece of trim. Push a Noteworthy Jumbo Circle brad through the hole in the ribbon and the cone and secure inside the cone. Repeat on the other side.

6. To embellish: Make a tag using Green Floral paper and stamp or write "Happy Spring" on it. Tie an additional piece of trim to the tag and knot it. Trim the ends of the ribbon. Glue it onto the top edge of the cone.

Fill your cone with vintage millinery flowers or fresh flowers (just keep them somewhat small in size and be sure to put them in floral tubes to keep them fresh).

Hang on the doorknob for May Day.

To see the entire Noteworthy collection, visit Making Memories website.