Making Memories

Guest Designer Megan Aaron

We are so happy to have Megan Aaron as Making Memories' guest designer!

Megan created this adorable gift box and card - perfect for this spooky season. She explains how she created this project.

I created this spooky gift set using the Making Memories' Toil and Trouble collection. My daughter's birthday is right near Halloween, so I am always looking for fun party favors and little treats. The favor box is just plain black cardstock, so, it is easy to duplicate. Then I dressed it up with some Toil and Trouble papers, a little tag and a bow on top. The bow is 1 inch wide strips of paper rolled into sort of cones, to make the petals with the ends of each petal stapled. Then glue dots hold the first layer and second layer (3/4 inch strips) petals to each other. The second layer is attached with foam tape for dimension. Finally, a simple loop finishes off the top.

More Halloween Decor by Keisha Campbell

Too many fun ideas.....

--------------------------------------------------*---Too many fun ideas-I can't seem to stop! I bought this black wreath last year for an idea I thought would work-it didn't!! Now that I am on this accordion flower kick, this year I had an idea-that worked. I used all Making Memories papers for the wreath & garland-most of  the papers are from Toil & Trouble line. I just love decorating for holidays-I even have 8 more accordion flowers on my studio room floor I have to figure out what to do with. I might need a bigger house! Enjoy...

 

Halloween Decorations

Today Keisha Campbell shares some homemade Halloween decor. You will love how her style take Halloween decor to an entirely different level.

------------------------------------------*Over the weekend I made these boxes & the witch hat, using Making Memories papers & stickers...and my Slice to cut the masks! I love Wendy Addison & Nicol Sayre's work so much, and they were in my head as I did these.

Guest Designer Stasia Sloma

Hi. My name is Stasia Sloma. I’m excited to be Making Memories’ guest designer today.

Who knew Halloween would become one of my favorite holidays. I am not a big fan of dressing up for the holiday myself, but I do love dressing up the house and of course scrapbooking photos of little ones in their Halloween costumes. I decided to make a wall hanging to hang up in my home to add to my Halloween home decor.  

The wall hanging was made with two Slice Design Cards - Basic Elements and Vintage Findings. I used cardstock to fill in the negative spaces of the owl and pumpkins. I added each piece to the wall hanging with Stampin' Dimensionals to add dimension to the project. I die-cut the trim and embossed the spider web background. Stamped sentiments and embellishments finish the project off.
 

Products to make the wall hanging:

• Slice Cordless Design Cutter
• Design Cards: Basic Elements and Vintage Findings
• Full Calendar, Black Ink, Cardstock, Designer paper, accessories, tools: Stampin’ Up!
• Accessories: Queen & Co. Accessories

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

To celebrate the day of GREEN, we will be giving away a load of green Making Memories' scrapbooking product!  For a chance to win, leave a comment telling us what green item you are wearing today to avoid all those pesky pinches. 

 

We also have a fun and easy project for you today.  Joli made this simple shirt for her daughter by simply purchasing a $5 basic t-shirt and $3 worth of fabric (which she only used about 1/10 of).  She used Making Memories Slice Fabrique Design Cutter to cut the shamrock shapes and letters in the fabric using the shadow feature.  She used the Greetings Design Card.  What a fun idea! 

Thanks for sharing Joli!

 

 

Happy Valentines Day

Making Memories' designer Wilna Furstenberg created this Valentines card set using Making Memories' Jet'Adore collection. Valentines is all about candy so I hope you enjoy this calorie free eye candy!

Happy Valentines Day!

Adorable Jet'Adore Album

Sarah Bargo sent me this Jet'Adore album and I fell in love. I wanted to share it with all of you to help you get inspired. Check out Sarah's blog for more informaiton about this project.

 

Hey there, it's Sarah here! The first time I caught a glimpse of the amazing new Je' t Adore collection, it was so beautiful I knew immediately that I wanted to create a mini album about all of the Love in my life. Since this will always be a continual topic, (hopefully, wink wink),  I wanted to make it fairly easy to keep adding to it. Altering envelopes is a great way to do this! They are so easy to embellish and when you are done you have instant little pockets to stuff with journaling tags, love notes, and any ephemera you may collect along the way! Making Memories always has these great envelope packs with so much variety, I just love them! They work so perfectly!
 
 I really enjoy making keepsakes like this because if something happens to me, I never want my kids & family to wonder about how much I truly adore & appreciate them! After all, that's why we scrapbook, right? Thank you Making Memories for having me today!!

Jet'Adore Gift Box

Create a beautiful Valentines Gift Box with Making Memories' Jet'Adore collection. This is perfect to display in your home or to give as a gift.

Guest Designer Alicia Mashtare-Garrett

We are happy to have Alicia Mashtare-Garrett as Making Memories' Guest Designer for the day. Alicia used her Slice Cordless Digital Designer to get a head start on her Valentines home decor decorations.

Alicia used the following Slice Design Cards for her project:

-Basics 1 (for the hearts at 1" and 1 1/2")

-Noel (for the word 'love' at 2 1/2" and the frames with shadows at 3")

-Words & Expressions (for all the remaining words at 3")

Other supplies: Pearl stickers, ribbon, buttons, treat bags, mini tins,Sizzix texture boutique with diamond folder, Cuttle bug D'vine Swirl folder, & M&Ms.

 

Thank you Alicia for sharing your talents with us.

Christmas Layout by Leah

This layout was created by Leah Fung using Making Memories' Noel collection.

She created a ruffle on the bottom of the page by folding pattern paper and stitching the top.