LM #791 - Stash Busters Word Play - SPRING

We are moving swiftly through March, and it's already time for another of our fun layout challenges! This is Jill, and this month, we're clearing some items out of our stash by using word play. I will give you a word, and you need to use an item from your stash for each letter in the word on your layout.

LM #791 - Use an item from your stash for each letter in the word SPRING.

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

March GDT Vivi

S - Sequins, P - Pearls, R - Rhinestones, I -Inspirational quote, N -Nested dies, G -Glitter

Wendy

S- Stencil, P - Polka dot paper, R - Ribbon, I - Inks, N - Nuvo drops, G - Glitter paper

Lisa

S - Stamps, P - Paw Prints & Puppy, R - Ribbon & Ralphie, I - Ink, N - Navy, new supplies, nap, G - Grosgrain (ribbon), gray and gems

Maureen

S - Stripes, P - Polka dots, pattern paper, R - Rhinestones,  I - Indoor photo, N - Numbers,  G -  Gemstones, grid paper

Cheryl

S - Simple Stories Butterfly Bits, P - Painted Illusions patterned paper (SU), R - Rose ephemera, I - Ink, N - Nuvo Dots (black); G - Graph paper journaling card and gingham paper.

Don't you love the design team's layouts?  And now it's your turn to show us your layouts inspired by the word play. Link up your layouts to the linky below by Saturday, April 4th 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!

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LM #790 - Stash Busters Word Play - LUCKY

Good morning, everyone, and thanks for stopping by to check out this week's challenge. We feel so lucky to be a part of  your scrappy world! This is Jill, and this month we're working on clearing some items out of our stash by using some word play. I will give you a word, and you need to use an item from your stash for each letter in the word on your layout. Today's word has some hard letters, so we will be in awe if you find something other than yellow for "Y!"

LM #790 - Use an item from your stash for each letter in the word LUCKY.

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

March GDT Vivi

L - Letters, U - Umbrella die cut, C - Chipboard, K - Knitting pattern paper, Y - Yellow pearls, sequins and cardstock

Wendy

L - liquid pearls, U - uniball pen to outline papers, C - cardstock, K - key, Y - yellow paper

Maureen

L - Lace flowers, U - Uniquely Creative January Kit, C - Chipboard Circles , K - Kraft Cardstock for Board's, Y - Yellow papers

Jill

L - Layers, U - Unforgettable memories, C - Cardstock, K - Kit (Paper Wizard), Y - Yellow paper

Lisa

L - Layers, U - Umbrella stamp (on tab), C - Circles, K - Knotted twine (on tag), Y - Yellow rain boots

What fabulous work by the design team! Now it's your turn to show us your layouts inspired by the word play. Link up your layouts to the linky below by Saturday, April 4th 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!

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February Top 3 and Guest Designer Picks

Greeting, everyone, and welcome back to Lasting Memories. This is Cheryl, and I am excited to share with you our favorites from the gorgeous artwork that scrapbookers submitted for our challenges last month.

In February, Design Team member Cheryl (that’s me) challenged everyone to get creative with words, and we had 11 beautiful entries, which made it hard to pick our favorites! Thanks to all our participants for sharing your lovely artwork with us.

Here are the Top 3 for February in numerical order:

#4 - Ela

#9 - Arnaldo

#11 - Lori

Our picks for guest designer from February are:

#3 - Julene

#6 - Barbara

Congratulations, Julene and Barbara! 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 February! We are so glad you enjoyed the challenges and made us a lasting part of your memories. Be sure to check back every Sunday for more fun challenges.

LM #789 - Stash Busters Word Play - GREEN

Greetings everyone, and thanks for stopping by to see our latest challenge. This is Jill, and this month, we're going to clear some items out of our stash by using some word play! I will give you a word, and you need to use an item from your stash for each letter in the word on your layout.

LM #789 - Use an item from your stash for each letter in the word GREEN.

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

March GDT Vivi

G - gems, R - ribbon, E - eyelet, N - number stickers

Cheryl

G - gingham paper and Great Lengths word stickers, R - rub-on, E - ephemera, E - enamel hearts, N - nature theme

Maureen

G - green cardstock and photo mats, R - ripped paper,  E - egg, E - ephemera,  N - numbers

Wendy

G - gold papers, coins and Stickles, R - Reminisce stickers, E - ephemera, E - enamel dots, N - Nuvo Drops

Lisa

G - grid, green, R - root beer float Thickers, E- enamel dots, E- ephemera (2 cork pieces), N - notebook edge punch

Now it's your turn to show us your layouts inspired by the word play. Link up your layouts to the linky below by Saturday, April 4th 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!

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LM #788 - Stash Busters Word Play - CHARM

Good morning, scrappy friends, and welcome to our first challenge for March. This is Jill, and this month, we're going to clear some items out of our stash by using some word play! I will give you a word, and you need to use an item from your stash for each letter in the word on your layout.

LM #788 - Use an item from your stash for each letter in the word CHARM.

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

March GDT Vivi

C-clip, H-heart, A-accent: brad, R-rhinestones, M-masking tape

Wendy

C-camera, H-hearts, A-arrows, R-ricrac ribbon, M-multiple mats

Lisa

C- circles, chipboard alphas, H- heart puffies, A- Art Ephemera (crayons, paint). R- Rainbow colors, M- March Pagemaps Sketch 2026

Maureen

C - Cardstock,  H - Hat, A - Arrows, R - Ripped Paper, M - Matted Photo.

Now it's your turn to show us your layouts inspired by the word play. Link up your layouts to the linky below by Saturday, April 4th 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!

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Introducing Our March Guest Designer

Hello everyone, and thanks for visiting us here at Lasting Memories, where it is always about layouts! Can you believer it's already the last day of February? That month flew by for me, with two weeks of torrential rain followed by two weeks of sunshine, but I got some scrapping done in the midst of it all. Hope you all got some memories scrapped in February, too. 

Are you ready for some new inspiration yet? Well, you will have to wait until tomorrow, but in the meantime, here's a treat for you, an introduction to our guest designer for March. Please help us welcome Vivi!

March GDT Vivi

I`m Vivi Casale, 58 yo, married to the love of my life, and live in Sao Paulo, Brazil. I have worked as a Secretary for over 30 years now, and since 2009 when I found out about card making and scrapbooking, I  have being enjoying my free time with those. I love to scrapbook the photos that I take during my travels; at this moment, I`m working with photos from my trip to Italy, France and Egypt. I also love to read  novels, can`t to go sleep without reading a little bit! LOL. You can see more of my work in my blog: Handmade by Vivi Casale.

Thanks for stopping by today. This is the final day to play along with our February challenges, so please check out the sketches and go get creative! Then be sure to come back tomorrow to discover our  March theme.

LM #787 - The Power of Words: Emojis

Good morning, and welcome back to another Lasting Memories challenge. This is design team member Cheryl with our final words-related challenge. I recently read The Hobbit with my daughter as part of her home school English class, and one of the themes of the book is the power of words, which inspired me to see how we can use words to great effect on our layouts. This week's challenge turned out to be pretty challenging for our design team, so I can't wait to see what you all come up with!

LM #787 - Use at least 2 emojis in place of words in your journaling.

Here are the design team's layouts, starting with our guest desinger.

February GDT Amanda

Cheryl

The journaling is hard to read in the photo of my layout, so here's a close-up.

Now it's your turn to show us your layouts inspired by words. Link up your layouts to the linky below by Saturday, February 28th 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!

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LM #786 - The Power of Words: Word Stickers

Good morning, scrappy friends, and welcome back to another challenge here at Lasting  Memories. This is design team member Cheryl, and when I first wrote up this post, I had just finished reading The Hobbit with my daughter as part of her home school English class. One of the themes of the book is the power of words, which inspired me to see how we can use words to great effect on our layouts.

LM#786 - Use word or phrase stickers on your layout.

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

February GDT Amanda

Wendy

Maureen

Lisa

Now it's your turn to show us your layouts inspired by the sketch. Link up your layouts to the linky below by Saturday, February 28th 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.

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LM #785 - The Power of Words: 50+ Words

Hello everyone, or perhaps I should say "Ciao!" The Winter Olympics is off to a flying start in Milan, and today is the Superbowl here in the USA, so there's plenty to keep everyone busy, but hopefully you still have a chance to sit down and get creative this month.

This is design team member Cheryl. I just finished reading The Hobbit with my daughter as part of her home school English class, and one of the themes of the book is the power of words, which inspired me to see how we can use words to great effect on our layouts.

LM #785 - Use 50+ words in your journaling.

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

GDT Amanda

Cheryl

I went a little crazy writing about a wonderful hotel my hubby and I stayed in, so I ended up with about 175 words!

Maureen

Now it's your turn to show us your layouts inspired by the sketch. Link up your layouts to the linky below by Saturday, February 28th 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!

Click here to enter

January Top 3 and Guest Designer Picks

Greeting, everyone, and welcome back to Lasting Memories. This is Cheryl, and I am excited to share with you our favorites from the artwork that scrapbookers submitted for our challenges last month.

In January, Design Team member Wendy shared a few favorite sketches for us to use, and we had 10 amazing entries! Thanks to all our participants for sharing your lovely artwork with us.

Here are the Top 3 for January in numerical order:

#3 - Barbara

#4 - Amanda

#10 - Nelya

Our picks for guest designer from January are:

#5 - Vivi

#8 - Jessica 

Congratulations, Vivi and Jessica! 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 January! We really enjoyed the challenges, and we are glad you did, too. Be sure to check back tomorrow for another fun challenge.