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October 28, 2009
October 26, 2009
Halloween Layouts
Halloween is this Saturday. Hopefully you have your costume already picked out and you are excited for some fun parties. Make sure to take a lot of photos. When you are ready to start scrapbooking your photos, here are some layouts to use as your inspiration.
These projects were created using Making Memories' Spook Alley collection.
October 22, 2009
Halloween Cards
It is not too late to make some fun Halloween cards to give with your yummy Halloween treats. These cards were made with Making Memories Spook Alley collection and the Slice Cordless Digital Designer.
Enjoy the eye candy.
October 19, 2009
Halloween Wreath
This beautiful Halloween wreath was
created by Making Memories' designer Leah
Fung. This is a fun project to help you jump into the spooky season.
October 12, 2009
Creative Halloween Treats
Donna Polley created these adorable Halloween treats using Making Memories' Slice Cordless Digital Designer. Donna used the Spellbound design card to create embellishments that she added to various candy containers. For an extra touch she added glitter and used a dimensional adhesive.
Donna also used bat die-cuts from the Spellbound design card to cover a lamp. The Slice makes Halloween prep easy.
October 05, 2009
Throw a Halloween Party
This project was made for a Making Memories print ad. We used the Making Memories Spook Alley collection for this party setting. Over the next few days I will show you each party item and provide instructions so you can make them.
August 21, 2009
July 02, 2009
Scrapbooking Tip from Cindy
Today Cindy wanted to share her scrapbooking tip with you.
I love pop dots. I love the way that a little dimension can add so much to your page. They add subtle shadows and you can layer things better as well as slide ribbons underneath and around.
Don’t be afraid to freehand draw something. I laid out the title word on my page and penciled out an arrow around it. It doesn’t have to be perfect and it adds a little bit of your own style to the layout.
Also, don’t be afraid to have white space. White space is the blank area between type, pictures and graphic regions. If you use it properly, it will draw the eye to the areas you most want people to look at.
June 23, 2009
Meal Planner from Wendy
Wendy Anderson, one of Making Memories' designers, created this menu planner.
I'm SO excited to put this into use in my house - I hate deciding what to make for dinner every night and my kids are so picky -- this will help all of us. I've been letting each of the kids take a week and decide what they want for dinners, but this will make the process easier for all of us - and so much more organized!
For my meal planner, I used Making Memories' kraft/black 3-ring album (8 1/2 x 11").
The cover is self-explanatory. I used the Vinyl Sticker Black Dot (Slice Cordless Design Cutter Specialty paper), along with the Just Chillin' Slice design card to cut out the word "meal." The other words are Making Memories' black shimmer alpha stickers.
To create the divider pages, I simply cut patterned paper from Making Memories 5th Avenue collection, to 9 1/4" x 11" and punched holes to fit in the binder. Next, I cut tabs out of black cardstock with the Studio Essentials Slice design card. I labeled each tab by placing tiny alpha stickers (white on black) along the edge. I staggered the tabs so they are all readable from the front.
In the MENU section, I created a weekly meal planner on my computer. I printed out several sheets to keep in the binder. At the beginning of each week I'll fill out the meal plan (hopefully with the help of my family). I'll keep "old" meal plans saved in the back of this section for future reference.
In the SHOPPING section, I created a shopping list on my computer. Again, I printed several sheets to keep in the binder. As we're deciding on the meals we'd like to eat, we'll create a shopping list to go along with it. It'll be easy to take this list to the grocery store and buy everything we need for the entire week in one trip - a dream come true! :) If you are interested in seeing my shopping list, visit my blog so you can download my template.
The FAVES section has a page for each family member. I asked each person to create a list of things they like to eat. This will help in the planning process as well. I'll jot down items as we go - new things we try that someone likes, meals that are a hit with ALL of the family members, etc.
The RECIPES section will be a new home to the recipes I use over and over - and also a place to save new recipes I am anxious to try.
The COUPONS section will be a place where I can keep all of those random coupons - hopefully keeping them organized will help me remember to use them before they expire. This can also help with meal planning - matching up items I can buy for less with meals we like.
I'm excited to start a new routine of meal planning with my family, and this binder is the perfect way to stay organized and streamline the entire process!
I hope you like it. Post a comment and let me know if your family has a good system for organizing meal time.
June 15, 2009
Recycled Project from Ivy
Say hello to Ivy. She created a recycles project that we are sharing with you today.
This is her supply list and then we will show you how she created her layout:
Making Memories Items:
Great Escape, double-sided papers, Word Fetti stickers, index tab combo stickers, and All About Alpha stickers.
Recycled Items:
Great Escape Alpha Fetti (the journal tag on the back of package)
Starbuck's coffee cup sleeve (punched circles for title 'FUN')
Other Supplies:
Cardstock
Sharpie
Flowers
Baubles
This is the process Ivy followed to create this layout.
My first step was to pick the photo that I wanted to use. From there I picked my paper and embellishments. I always look at what I have and see if I can somehow reuse part of the packaging.
Making Memories is great because you can reuse many of the new product packaging (such as Great Escape) because the inside or backside is designed to be reused! I even reuse older Making Memories packaging. The yellow and butter cream can be cut into tags for journaling. It’s great for projects, the planet, and my budget.
Thanks Ivy!
Do you have great ideas for reusing product? Email us at blog@makingmemories.com or upload them to our idea gallery.
