LM #750 - Tic Tac Toe: Board 2

Welcome, and happy Mother's Day to all the moms out there. Whether you are celebrating your own mom, your kids are honoring you, or you are hanging out with a woman who has influenced you, we're glad you took the time to stop by and check out our latest challenge.

Our theme for May is Tic-Tac-Toe, and each week DT member Maureen is providing a tic-tac-toe board to use to complete your layout. For those who have never played before, you can go left to right along a row or up and down on a column or diagonally from the top left (or right) to the bottom right (or left) crossing the center word.

Why not come and join us this month and have some fun? Here is this week's challenge:

 LM #750 - use a row, column, or diagonal from the tic-tac-toe board on your layout.

Here are the wonderful layouts from the design team, starting with our guest designer:

GDT Jessica

She chose  the middle column - 3+ Photos, Feminine, 2 Patterned papers.

Maureen

I chose the left column - Lace, Sequins, Circle. 

Cheryl

I chose the top row - Lace, 3+ Photos, Flowers.

Sandy

I chose the bottom row - Circle, 2 Pattern papers, Border punch.

Lisa

I chose the middle column - 3+ Photos, Feminine, 2 Patterned papers.

Thanks to the Design Team for sharing your lovely layouts this week! Now it's your turn - link up your layouts to the linky below by Saturday, May 31st at 10 PM EST for a chance to be our guest designer for an upcoming month.

We are offering a special prize this month to one lucky scrapper - a $15 gift certificate to the online scrapping site of your choice! However, the only way to participate in the random draw for the prize is to play along with our challenges. One layout = one entry in the drawing, with a limit of one layout per challenge.

Thanks so much for stopping by the blog today. We can't wait to see what you create!

Please include your name and the challenge number in the link-up description. Only one link-up per challenge, please.

April Top 3 and Guest Designer Picks

Happy Saturday! Today we are announcing our Top 3 and Guest Design Team picks for April. The design team pitched in to share their favorite sketches, and we enjoyed seeing a bunch of scrappers rise to the challenge! Thanks, gals, for playing along.

Here are our Top 3 for April in numerical order:

#3 - Barbara

#8 - Heidi

#9 - Jessica 

Our picks for guest designer from April are:

#2 - Jackie

#13 - Jen

Congratulations to Jackie and Jen! Email Cheryl at chereven26@gmail.com to accept your guest designer spot and for more information.

Thanks again to everyone who played along with us in April! Be sure to check back on Sunday for another tic-tac-toe challenge.

LM #749 - Tic Tac Toe: Board 1

Hello and happy Sunday to you all! Is anyone scrapping today in honor of National Scrapbook Day? We hope so, and we also hope you decide to incorporate our challenge into one of your layouts. We are offering a special prize this month - a $15 gift certificate to the online scrapping site of your choice!

But remember, the only way to participate in the random draw for the prize is to play along with our challenges. One layout = one entry in the drawing, with a limit of one layout per challenge. We will also choose two May participants as guest designers for future blog challenges. Now on to our first challenge for the month!

Our theme for May is Tic-Tac-Toe, and each week DT member Maureen is providing a tic-tac-toe board to use to complete your layout. For those who have never played before, you can go left to right along a row or up and down on a column or diagonally from the top left (or right) to the bottom right (or left) crossing the center word.

Why not come and join us this month and have some fun?

LM #749 - use a row, column, or diagonal from the tic-tac-toe board on your  layout.

Here are the creative layouts from the design team, starting with our guest designer.

GDT Jessica

She chose the top row with Metal, 2 Photos, Banner.

Maureen  

I chose the center column - 2 Photos, Doily, Fussy cut.

Sandy

I chose the center column - 2 Photos, Doily & Fussy cut.

Lisa

I chose the top row across - Metal, 2 Photos, Banner.

Cheryl

I choose the top row across - Metal, 2 Photos, Banner.

Thanks to the Design Team for inspiring us with your lovely layouts this week! Now it's your turn - link up your layouts to the linky below by Saturday, May 31st at 10 PM EST for a chance to be our guest designer for an upcoming month.

Thanks so much for stopping by the blog today. We can't wait to see what you create!

Please include your name and the challenge number in the link-up description. Only one link-up per challenge, please.

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Introducing our May Guest Designer

Hello everyone, and happy National Scrapbook Day! I hope that you are all having a great weekend and getting those memories scrapped.

I just wanted to pop in really quickly to introduce our guest designer for May! Please give a warm welcome to the super talented Jessica.

Hello, my name is Jessica Shurts. I live in Minnesota with my husband and 5 kids ages 18, 16, 14, 12, and 7 (this month!). I started scrapbooking when I was in high school. Between cooking meals, driving my kids to all their activities (lots of soccer and dance), and being a family and senior photographer, I love using fun papers and products to tell my family's stories and using my Cricut to make unique embellishments and titles for my layouts.

You can find more of Jessica's beautiful artwork at her blog - Create and Share.

We will be back tomorrow with a new theme and a fun set of new challenges for you to play along with, and we even have a special prize this month, so be sure to stop back by!

LM #748 - Favorite Sketch: Jill

Greetings, all you scrappy people out in Blogland. Can you believe April is almost over? Hopefully you got a few April showers that will lead to some lovely May flowers! And now, it's time for the final challenge of the month.

 

This month, our design team is sharing favorite sketches with you! Feel free to change the sketch up a little to fit your photos (use more or fewer photos, flip the sketch, only use one side, etc.) as long as we can see the original sketch in your layout.

LM#748 - Use the following sketch chosen by Jill to inspire your layout.

Here is what Jill had to say about the sketch: I am part of the Sketches in Thyme design team, which is a Facebook group, and I loved this sketch from 2019. My photos are usually vertical and I love making layouts that have multiple photos. 

Let's check out the sweet layouts the design team created using this sketch, starting with our guest designer.

April GDT Haven

Jill

Sandy

Lisa

Cheryl

What gorgeous inspiration from the design team! And now it's your turn - link up your layouts to the linky below by Saturday, May 3rd at 10 PM EST for a chance to be our guest designer for an upcoming month.

Thanks so much for stopping by the blog today. We can't wait to see what you create!

Please include your name and the challenge number in your link-up description. Only one link-up per challenge.

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

LM #747 - Favorite Sketch: Lisa

Hello everyone. I hope you all are having a great Easter weekend and enjoying some scrappy time. We're back with our fourth challenge of the month today.

Our theme this month is favorite sketches picked out by our design team! Feel free to change the sketch up a little to fit your photos (use more or fewer photos, flip the sketch, only use one side, etc.) as long as we can see the original sketch in your layout.

LM#747 - use the following sketch chosen by Lisa to inspire your layout.

Here is what Lisa had to say about the sketch: I like the balance in the design, the fact that it is asymmetrical and the use of 2 vertical photos which could also be replaced by a horizontal photo.

Here are the wonderful creations from the design team, starting with our guest designer.

April GDT Haven

Lisa

Sandy

Jill

Thanks to the Design Team for inspiring us with your lovely layouts this week! Now it's your turn - link up your layouts to the linky below by Saturday, May 3rd at 10 PM EST for a chance to be our guest designer for an upcoming month.

Thanks so much for stopping by the blog today. We can't wait to see what you create!

Please include your name and the challenge number in the link-up description. Only one link-up per challenge, please.

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

LM #746 - Favorite Sketch: Wendy

Good morning, everyone, and thanks for checking in for our latest challenge here at Lasting Memories, where it's all about the layouts! 

This month, our design team is sharing their favorite sketches with you. Feel free to change the sketch up a little to fit your photos (use more or fewer photos, flip the sketch, only use one side, etc.) as long as we can see the original sketch in your layout.

LM#746 - use the following sketch chosen by Wendy to inspire your layout.

Here's what Wendy had to say about the sketch: I chose this sketch because I love the Springy feel it gives, and I need to bash some flower stash - LOL!

Here is the great inspiration from the design team, starting with our guest designer.

April GDT Haven:

Wendy

Sandy

Lisa

Don't you love the design team's great inspiration? Now it's your turn - link up your layouts to the linky below by Saturday, May 3rd at 10 PM EST for a chance to be our guest designer for an upcoming month.

Thanks so much for stopping by the blog today. We can't wait to see what you create!

Please include your name and the challenge number in your link-up description. Only one link-up per challenge.

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

March Top 3 and Guest Designer Picks

Happy Saturday! Today we are announcing our Top 3 and Guest Design Team picks for March. We had nine lovely entries for Cheryl's Going in Circles challenges, and we really enjoyed all the submission! Thanks, gals, for playing along.

Here are our Top 3 for March in numerical order:

#4 - Stinker

#5 - Julene

#8 - Nelya

Our picks for guest designer from March are:

#7 - Alicia

#9 - Heidi

Congratulations to Alicia and Heidi! Email Cheryl at chereven26@gmail.com to accept your guest designer spot and for more information.

Thanks again to everyone who played along with us in March! Be sure to check back on Sunday for another favorite sketch challenge.

LM #745 - Favorite Sketch: Cheryl

Hello, everyone, and we are glad to see you back for another challenge here at Lasting Memories, where it is all about layouts! Let's get right to our challenge for this week.

This month, our design team is sharing favorite sketches with you! Feel free to change the sketch up a little to fit your photos (use more or fewer photos, flip the sketch, only use one side, etc.) as long as we can see the original sketch in your layout.

LM#745 - use the following sketch chosen by Cheryl to inspire your layout.

Here's what Cheryl had to say about the sketch: I created this sketch and have since used it on eight layouts, sometimes the whole thing or sometimes just one side, sometimes exactly as shown or sometimes adapting it to showcase just a few photos.

Here are the creatively interpreted layouts from the design team, starting with our guest designer.

April GDT Haven

Sandy

Cheryl 

I used the right side, rotated left and with photos centered.

Lisa

I used the middle of the double page sketch and turned two 3 x 3 photos on the left into one 4 1/4 x 6.

Many thanks to the design team for their wonderful inspiration! Now it's your turn - link up your layouts to the linky below by Saturday, May 3rd at 10 PM EST for a chance to be our guest designer for an upcoming month.

Thanks so much for stopping by the blog today. We can't wait to see what you create!

Please include your name and the challenge number in your link-up description. Only one link-up per challenge.

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

LM #744 - Favorite Sketch: Sandy

Greeting, fellow scrappers. Thank you for joining us for another month of fun challenges. We are getting started a little early with the April challenges, but we're guessing you don't mind!

This month, our design team is going to share favorite sketches with you. Feel free to change the sketch up a little to fit your photos (use more or fewer photos, flip the sketch, only use one side, etc.) as long as we can see the original sketch in your layout.

 

LM#744 - use the following sketch chosen by Sandy to inspire your layout.

Here's what Sandy had to say about the sketch: I chose this sketch from Scrapbook Generation designed by Allison Davis. I love this sketch because of how many photos can be documented.

Here are the layouts from the design team, starting with our guest designer.

April GDT Haven:

Sandy

Cheryl

Cheers to the design team for their wonderful inspiration! Now it's your turn - link up your layouts to the linky below by Saturday, May 3rd at 10 PM EST for a chance to be our guest designer for an upcoming month.

Thanks so much for stopping by the blog today. We can't wait to see what you create!

Please include your name and the challenge number in your link-up description. Only one link-up per challenge.