Express Kit - October 2013 Teresa Collins Masquerade Party

Welcome again to Express Kit Monday.  This is our last glimpse of the Express Kit for this month and it's so fun to see what our Design Team and Head Office have created for us.  Have you ever wondered how to make a clipboard album?  Or an memo board to put by the phone for the family?  How about a frame of a sweet little someone?  Well as I mentioned last week, you won't be disappointed at what the Design Team has created this week!

This would work by the phone so that you can keep notes for the family.

By Kelly Holbrook

How about loads of room for photos and journaling...

By Head Office

More pages of the album created by the Head Office

Such fun pockets of storage and journal space.

By Head Office

There is a lot of real estate in this album

By Head Office

Using the kit and the clipboard that came with the kit, I created this Frame of my youngest grandson.  We took him to his first pumpkin patch and with our big family he thought he had a fan club so he waved to everyone!  I also used inks on all the edges and my die-cut machine to enhance the kit.

Clipboard Frame - By Janey Pumphrey 

Here is a little added project.  Do you need a last minute goodie box for your child's classroom?  This is not an original idea, just something I saw on Pinterest.  I used a toilet paper roll and covered it with paper from the kit.  Then I used my die-cut machine to cut out the wings.  I further added the eyes to bring the bat to life.  It was quick and easy and can be done tonight!  I may have to make one for each of the 8 grandkids…lol!  They would love them with a little Halloween Treat inside.

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Thank you for joining me this month as we ventured out and created unique projects for your inspiration.  Come back soon to see what other funness the Design Team has in store for you.  Also, check out our inspiration projects that were created with this kit.

Keep on Scrappin'

Creative Friday

Welcome back to another Creative Friday with Gia! Today I am going to feature some 12 x 12 layouts using the NEW Maggie Holmes Flea Market collection available on Memory Works! Do you know my favorite thing about this line? GOLD! Here are the products used:

CP022 Crate Paper Maggie Holmes Theme Set

CP028 Crate Paper Maggie Holmes Ephemera Pack(currently out of stock)

CP023 Crate Paper Maggie Holmes Photo Overlays

CP029 Crate Paper Maggie Holmes Fabric Frames

CP027 Crate Paper Maggie Holmes Resin Flowers

 What do you think of all that yummy vintage goodness?

If you want more inspiration, make sure you stop by my blog and those of my friends fellow memory Works Consultants Jody (Team Works) and Erica (Recent Guest Designer). We posted a blog share using this collection yesterday and it's not too late to get in on the fun (and some prizes**)
**Blog candy offered is offered by the individual blog designers and is not affiliated with Memory Works corporate office. Thanks!

Cards and Tags Thursday

 

Cathie here for another round of Cards and Tags Thursday.  I'm so happy that you have joined us again this week.  Today I'd like to share a birthday card I made for my daughter-in-laws sister.  Melinda is a mom to two little boys and I thought I'd make her a card using dome pretty girly paper. The card is 5 1/2 x 5 1/2. I used my Cricut to cut the graphic and the shadow and I added some bling to girly it up a little more.  I hope Melinda likes it and I hope you all do too.

 

Be sure to stop by again soon and also, stop by the Memory Works website for all your scrapping goodness!

 

Express Kit - October 2013 Teresa Collins Masquerade Party

Welcome back to another fun Express Kit Monday.  As we approach Halloween I'm sure you will be capturing photos of the kids, grandkids, neighbors, Parties, Trick-Or-Treating...well, you get what I'm saying... Meanwhile the Head Office and our creative Design Team have been hard at work making projects that will help inspire you to use those photos with this month's Express Kit.  It is packed full of fun product that goes a long way.  Here are a few projects to inspire you...

Check out the embossing Kelly did on this card and the layering... yes please!

By Kelly Holbrook 

A card full of all kinds of pockets... lots of tags for journaling too!

By Head Office

By Head Office 

Sometimes you need to take a little goodies to school, church or neighbors.  It's always fun to embellish them for your own uniqueness.

By Janey Pumphrey

This card has so much appeal... look at that all that laying!

By Kelly Holbrook 

More embossing, layering and a binder clip for added dimension!

By Kelly Holbrook 

I'm loving the layering, tag and another binder clip.

By Kelly Holbrook

This could be a fun invite or a card to give to a friend.

By Head Office

Kelly created this layout to include the banner and a darling subject...so cute!

By Kelly Holbrook 

Trick or Treat layout...more laying, tags and labels...great use of product!

By Kelly Holbrook

Here is one last treat holder... a coffin full of candy corn for your next Halloween Party!  Using my die-cut machine, I cut the coffin, spider, spider web and skeleton for the top and inked everything.  I then embellished the rest using the kit products.

By Janey Pumphrey 

Even the bling came in the kit!  It adds to the eyes of the spider and other little tags.

By Janey Pumphrey

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Well, that's it for this week.  Come back next Monday as we have more in store to share with you so you can be inspired to use your kit this season!  You won't be disappointed.

Keep on Scrappin'

Creative Friday

Hostess Incentive Inspiration and Double Dipping with American Crafts

     Aloha! It's Gia here for Creative Friday...happy dance-- the weekend is coming! Party time! Speaking of parties--have you had one yet this month? This time of year is such a fun time of year to get together with your scrapbooking and paper crafting friends to share the excitement of the new catalog and inspiration for the upcoming season! Who wouldn't want to make 'n take a card or a treat bag and maybe drink a little hot tea, cocoa, or my favorite-spiced cider- with good friends? If you haven't seen this month's fabulous make 'n take by Megan Peacock-Team Works on the Memory Works Studio make sure you check it out!

     Today I thought I would demonstrate one way I have used the Amy Tangerine Yes Please Embroidery templates that are October's Hostess Incentive** for qualifying Memory Works party orders.

**Party orders of $150 (retail) minimum, WSL

     As some of you may know, I am sewing impaired. I need all the help I can get when it comes to hand stitching or machine stitching on my cards and layouts. I love the look of stitching but I was afraid I would totally mess up my design if I tried to stitch directly on my card front.  I used scraps to make my first attempts at embroidering some of Amy's fun designs and cut them out to use on my cards as embellishments.  The speech bubble was a little easier for me than the feather (which I pretty much messed up royally!) But I was so tickled with how it looked on some Maggie Holmes gold doily vellum that I used it anyway!

 

 

My cards are made from leftovers. I had some snips from my Maggie Holmes washi paper from the first Crate Paper Maggie Holmes signature collection. I combined these with some leftover frames and photo overlays from the latest Maggie Holmes Flea Market collection.

And this is why I am loving American Crafts! 

Many of their products including the Crate Paper collections (Maggie Holmes and their Christmas lines) the Amy Tangerine Lines, Dear Lizzy lines, and probably others I am forgetting- have color pallettes, patterns, and embellishments that coordinate from one collection to the next released collection. What do I mean by this? Let's say you loved and already have Amy Tangerine's Yes Please collection and are drooling over the new Cut &Paste line. You can stretch your supplies by using leftovers together with new stuff! And it just so happens that many of these coordinating lines (from Winter and Summer CHA releases) are still available on the Memory Works website- with the older ones on sale!  But once the clearance items are gone- they are gone forever. So don't wait- it's the perfect time of year to have what I call a double dipping party! You can buy awesome stuff on clearance that you can use in your projects together with some brand spanky new stuff!

 You can see more Maggie Holmes Inspiration next week right here. Don't forget to follow us here and  follow my blog so you can stay informed of upcoming events you will not want to miss!



Cards and Tags Thursday

 

 

 

Happy Thursday to you!  Cathie here again with a little tag I created using Echo Park Reflections.  I am so in love with this paper!  I broke down and ordered myself a new Cricut and I played around with it today to create this tag.  This tag will be used later in a 12 x 12 layout but for now it is on display in my "scraptuary" and I am enjoying looking at it.  I started with a plain kraft shipping tag and added paper and a curley little thing I cut with my Cricut. I used my sewing machine to add stitching around the edge and I also inked the edge with brown ink.  I also cut the letters for Family with my Cricut also.  I added a few brads and finished off with some twine.

 



 

Thanks you so much for stopping by today and I hope you come back next week when I will be sharing some cards.

 

 

Gettin' Sketchy with Jody

Hi paper crafters!  October is here in full force here in Wisconsin and I love it!  My fellow DT member Katie has a fantastic sketch challenge in the Memory Works Studio for our consultants.  Her challenge is to create a project based on this sketch, but there's a twist....  the project has to have a Fall theme.  It's a no brainer if you ask me!

If you're a Memory Works Consultant, head over to the Memory Works Studio and take the challenge today. We'd love to see some new faces over there.  And for our loyal Memory Works followers and fans, here's some inspiration to get your creative juices flowing this month!

{If you're an active consultant and not on the Studio, please email main office at support@memory-works.com to be added.}

Here's Katie's challenge example layout.  I love how she added her title slightly overlapping the photo spots and the clusters of embellishments that surround the photo grid.  This layout was also created from the September Express Kit. Super cute Katie! 

Thank you for stopping by today.  I hope you can put this sketch to use in your scrapping.

The Memory Works Design Team would love to hear about your favorite Fall activities.  So, where are you from & what are YOU up to this October?

Until next time, happy scrappin'!