Hello! Welcome to our latest ESAD Blog Hop. We’re celebrating the start of the Stampin’ Up! 2017 Holiday Catalogue.
I may be a little biased since SU! is my favourite card making supply company, but they have hit another winner with this catalogue!
Be prepared for your wishlist to grow as you visit each of the talented ESAD members participating in this blog hop! A full list in available at the end of this post – just in case there’s any broken links!
If you haven’t yet seen a copy of the Holiday Catalogue, you can download the digital version here.
Hard copies are available from your local Stampin’ Up! demonstrator. If you don’t yet have a demonstrator to supply you with all your stamping needs, you have plenty of choice along this hop!!!
I have added some lovely new items to my Stampin’ Up! collection of late, but one particular area I have been stocking up in, is the Memories & More card kits.
There are 4 kits available in the Annual Catalogue and a Christmas collection in the Holiday Catalogue.
I’m not a large scrapbooker or memory keeper, but I throughout the year I’ll make one-off pages for the girls as posters for their room. Eventually there will be enough of these to make an album!!!
But, while the cards are handy for these pages, the main reason I buy them is they are the perfect size for cards! It’s like gaining a whole new pack of DSP (which we know I love!).
Each Memories and More card kit contains 72 double sided cards (20 of the large size and 52 of the smaller size), sticker sheets and acetate overlays (numbers vary based on the kit).
Today I’m sharing creations I’ve made using the Merry Little Christmas card kit from the Holiday Catalogue.
First up, I’m sharing a scrapbook page I’ve made…
By simply layering the Memories & More cards onto a page from the Merry Little Christmas DSP (yes, we love a coordinating suite!), this page is ready to go with our family memories from Christmas 2017.
The full page lined card leaves plenty of room for journalling and I’ve left the Old Olive cardstock ready to layer a photo on!
Check out the ‘family’ sticker on the top right card. How cute are those stickers for adding extra detail!?!
The second project I’m sharing with you today is 4 cards that I whipped up really quickly using a sheet each of Cherry Cobbler & Old Olive cardstock (cut in half to make 2 cards per sheet). There’s also some Basic Black cardstock too in the mix to keep within the colour theme of the card kit.
Here are the first two….
All the large size cards are just slightly bigger than our card fronts here in Australia, so I trimmed them down to 3-7/8″ x 5-5/8″.
The small cards are already 3-7/8″ tall, so those fit just fine and meant I could display the whole gorgeous card on each of these designs.
I added some silver snowflakes from the sticker sheet to the card on the left and the silver ‘merry’ sentiment to the card on the right.
Here’s the other two…
For the card on the left, the sentiment comes from a small card – I just cut it out with my paper snips.
The card on the right has a sticker from the cardstock sticker sheet. The Kraft coloured cards have a beautiful ‘pearl white’ print on them.
To make the scrapbook page and the four cards, I only used a fraction of the cards in my kit. There’s 36 unique designs (with two sides, so really 72 options), which gives you plenty of creative leeway if you like that freedom, but lots of direction if you just want to whip up some ready to go cards this festive season!
My last share for today is a project I’ve been meaning to make happen for some time, but this blog hop has given me the kick up the bum to do it!
The card kits come in cute little cardboard boxes, but it means every time you want to play with your cards you’ve got to get them all out (and then put them away).
Like so many of our stamping supplies, the clear cases are a perfect solution for storage.
These kits fit best in the full size wood cases. These little gems accidentally got missed from print run of the Annual Catalogue, but they are very much still available.
{Looks like a washi tape insert is next on my list!}
You can download the free printable inserts for your Merry Little Christmas Memories & More card kit here….
And the other four Memories & More card kits from the Annual Catalogue here…
Well, that’s all from me. It seems I’m a little excited to return to blogging. So good to see you all!!!
Next up on the hop is the totally gorgeous Josie Dean – you’re going to love what she’s made.
Thanks for joining us! We love hearing from you if you have time to leave a comment.
Blog Hop Participant List
- Lou Kitzelman
- Megan Lenske
- Amity Knight
- Courtenay Heuston
- Kelly Kent {you are here!}
- Josie Dean
- Cheryl Algie
- Maree McIntosh
- Kristel Rimmer
- Chloe Evans
- Sharon Dalton
- Carly Middleton
- Nicole Wilson
- Peta Stephen
- Angela Meiritz-Reid
- Rachael Lewsley
- Kim Oliver
- Monique Fielder
- Sandra Mastello
- Cathy Pinchbeck
- Rose Packer
- Barbara Williams
- Jessie Holton
- Rosalie Desmond
- Liv Ingle
- Ellen Woodbridge
- Rebecca Scurr
- Mandy Depiazzi
- Samantha White
- Libby Dyson
- Lisa Gibson
- Delys Cram
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Great cards and scrapbook page. Amazing idea for storing your memories and more..
Wow what a great idea – love the page Kelly – but love the inserts for the cases the most – thanks heaps
WOW Kelly, I’m blown away by your inspiration. Great ways to use Memories & More and thanks for the free printables too. Thanks also for participating in the hop.
I love the Memories & More sets, not just for scrapbooking and memory keeping but also for cards too! I always love your ideas! Mandy x
Lovely projects Kelly. I really love how quick and simple, yet so effective the scrapbook page is. Memories and More make creating a page so easy.
WOW How did I miss the card pack to this suite 😮 in shock and now must get…I adore this suite and have been even more inspired by seeing what you ahev done so quickly and simply with the cards xx
Thanks for sharing your ideas using the memories and more.
Great project Kelly and use of extra pieces. Great for a class
Beautiful Kel loving the cute scrapping page and beautiful cards xx
Great projects as always!! Oh and I never thought about the wood boxes for the memories and more kits. Guess what is on my next order!!
Welcome back Kelly! Love the use of the memories and more cards on greeting cards. Shows just how versatile they are.
Great Scrapbook layout, Memories and More make it so much easier to create quick and simple pages.. Love LOVE Love your cards ❤ Cheers Shaz
Great blog hop, got some wonderful ideas to case, thank you!
Fabulous ideas for Memories & More cards, thank you
I love these! xx
Great projects as always Kelly, thank you so much for sharing. As for the case inserts, I’m pretty sure now that I love you and you are amazing. Shine on lovely lady xox cheers Adele xox
Great projects Kelly ! I hadn’t noticed that set in the catalogue and it will come in handy for quick scrapbook pages ! Thanks for the inspiration!
Love this pack so glad I got it can’t wait to try it out. Thanks so much for sharing such a great way to store the memories and more.
Fantastic creations as always – I’m glad you’re back xx
And …. she’s back! Thank you, thank you, thank you for the case inserts. Very much appreciated. I love all your creations with this card pack and can’t wait for mine to arrive.
Lovely projects showcasing the Merry little Christmas Memories and More range…your girls will love your LOs. THANK YOU for the case inserts! you rock!
Wow Kelly I love your scrap page layout but those cards are amazing. Such an awesome way to make some quick, yet stunning cards in no time at all. Genius as always!! Chlo x
Thanks so much for creating and sharing the inserts… really appreciated… and lovely projects too….
I love your cards and layout Kelly. Thanks for the tip for storing the Memories and More and the printable inserts.
Great Layouts Kelly! And great minds think alike, I have done inserts for My Memories and More too!
Great showcase of the Memories and More cards Kelly.
Nice page layout, and great ideas for cards using Memories and More.
Love that layout! It will look even more amazing once you add the photos. The cards look awesome too, excellent use of the cards.
Awesome project Kelly. I just bought this card set. Thanks for sharing these great ideas for alternative uses. Just gorgeous.
Great ideas Kelly
I love our memories and more kits!