August Challenges begin!! LM 304 - ROYGBIV - Include all 7 colors of a rainbow or actual rainbow on your layouts.

Hello everyone!  Forgive us for our tardiness... summer vacations abound which put a damper on the scrapping accomplishments.  At least I will speak for myself.  Just returned from 8 days in the SUN.  Want to get this post out so you can all start playing along.   Also... THANK YOU to all that played along with us in July!  Super Fun layouts you all are doing.   We will pick the TOP 3, GDT for October and Winner of the prize very soon. Until then... check this out. AUGUST Challenge Theme -  Who is into the new hot Adult Coloring Trend??    All of August challenges have to do with COLOR or COLORING. Have fun!! LM 304 - ROYGBIV -  Include all 7 colors of the rainbow or an actual rainbow on your layouts.
We would like to welcome our most ever talented Guest Designer for August...

DESIRE 

August GDT

“{Doing Life} in beautiful sunny South Africa. Loving wife for 31+ years. Keen Photographer. Energetic Hiker/Backpacker. Ad hoc Race Walker. Addicted to Spinning. Scrapaholic. Committed Scrapbook/Card Teacher. Card creator. Mosaic Enthusiast. PA/Secretary/Bookkeeper. Chocoholic. And the crochet bug has bitten lately. Right now I would love to be outdoors blending with nature. And last, but not least, addicted to Blogging where I have made such wonderful creative friends in cyber space www.desiref.blogspot.com .”

You will be able to check out Desire's work on our next challenge Sunday the 7th.

Until then... thank you to our DT Lori and Tina for giving us some inspiration.  :)

Lori

Tina
Rainbow in the pictures :) and I just may have all 7 colors of the rainbow on my layout

Okay everyone... get those "colorful" layouts linked up!  Have fun!!

All weekly challenges will be due SEPTEMBER 2nd.

Thanks so much for stopping by and hope you find time to create with us this week!

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Friday Features - "Childhood Games"

Hello everyone! Just a little reminder that today is the last day for you to link up to our challenges this month! We have a great prize being offered up, and you will also have a chance to be a Top 3, and a chance at being a guest designer.
Here are some fantastic layouts from our readers:
From our "Marbles" challenge:
 Crafty Effusions
"Snakes and Ladders" Mei-Chen Lo

"Candy Land: Karen B

"Scrabble" Busy Bee Stamping

Be sure to grab your "Featured" button  from the left sidebar! Thank you to all of our readers for playing along with us! We love to see your beautiful creations!

Thanks so much for stopping by and hope you find time to create with us this week!

LMCB #303 - Scrabble

Hello everyone! Happy Sunday to you! Welcome to our fourth and final challenge for July. Our theme for July has been - "Childhood Games" - and our last challenge of the month is
LM#303 - Scrabble
Again...anything goes for inspiration!

We would like to say a big "thank you" to Lauren for being our guest designer this month! We have really enjoyed having her as part of the team and seeing her beautiful work each week. Be sure to stop by her blog and leave her some love!
Lauren - GDT
Haven Sandy Just a reminder - our challenges end on July 29, so get your layouts linked up for a chance to win this:


Thanks so much for stopping by and hope you find time to create with us this week!

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LMCB # 302 CandyLand

 Happy Summer to you! Maybe a little scrapping in your forecast for the week! We got the next challenge ready for you all to create :)
In keeping with our theme of childhood games... use the below photo for inspiration.   Absolutely anything can be used!!
LMCB # 302
CandyLand

Again... anything for inspiration.    

  Let's see what our awesome DT has done with this challenge ...
   July GDT

  Lauren

The colors of candy land made me think of a painter's palette and this is what I came up with.

Sandy

I was inspired by the bright, fun colours and the closest I had to candy was freezies!!!

Barbara

I also went with all the colors on the game board

  Lori  I went with the candy theme and some of the colors found on the game board.

  Tina I went with the colors and something along the blocks with a photo then a block

Fantastic layouts :) Now it's your turn to be inspired by CandyLand   Thanks so much for stopping by and hope you find time to create with us this week!

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LMCB # 301 - "SNAKES & LADDERS" - + Winners for JUNE!!

Happy Summer... Happy Sunday... and possibly a Happy Scrappin' Day?? Stick with me through this post... taking care of a few things at once.

First off... announcing the TOP 3, WINNER and GDT for September! We decided to have our very own DT vote on everything since it's almost the middle of July.  Time gets away sometimes... so thank you for being patient and understanding.

In no particular order... our TOP 3 for JUNE are...
LAURA P.
CHRISS
RAINNY
Congrats Ladies!!  Grab your Top 3 badge and display proudly.  You may view their layouts on the left sidebar for the next month!!

Next up is our chosen GDT for September!! RITA - aka SCRAPPERITA
Please contact Michele or Karen for challenge information for September! Woo Hoo!

And finally... our WINNER of the prize chosen randomly is...
TRACEY GORDON CONGRATS!!

Please contact our DT Wendy to claim your prize. ________________________________________________________________________

AND NOW IT's TIME for our NEXT CHALLENGE for JULY!! Don't forget to go back through the blog hop gals to see if you are a winner for those that offered!! Some may be announced, while others are still happening. In keeping with our theme of childhood games... use the below photo for inspiration.   Absolutely anything can be used!!

LMCB # 301
SNAKES AND LADDERS

Again... anything for inspiration.  

And to see what our awesome DT has for you...

 July GDT
 LAUREN

Love that she went literal with the snake!!

Lori
Squares and Colors... and those blocks.  Perfect.

Haven
Squares!!

Sandy

Squares and Colors!

 Tina
I used the squares for inspiration

Thanks so much for stopping by and hope you find time to create with us this week!

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LMCB # 300!! It's a Blog Hop to celebrate!!

It's a BLOG HOP!!  

To celebrate Lasting Memories 300th challenge!!

Welcome to Lasting Memories 300th Challenge blog hop! Several of our design team members are playing along and offering up some blog candy, so be sure to stop by each of their blogs.

Our theme for July is "Childhood Games". Each week you will make your layout based on the photo/game provided. Our first challenge is "Marbles". Here is your inspiration photo:

LMCB #300

Are you ready to get started with the hop? First up is our guest designer for July - Lauren.

First a little about Lauren...

Hi, I'm Lauren and I'm from Philadelphia, PA. I've been married to my husband Mike for 8 years and we have two furbabies. I work at a yearbook publishing company, so I am always looking at yearbook layouts for scrapbooking ideas. I started scrapbooking 14 years ago and I am absolutely obsessed. My other hobbies include photography, reading, gardening, and cooking/baking. I love to travel, and that provides so many scrapportunities for layouts. You can find my blog at http://lem-photography.blogspot.com/.

Here is "Snippet" of Lauren's layout and the rest of the DT

... Hop along all the way through to see the rest!!

LAUREN

MICHELE

LORI

HAVEN

TINA

SANDY

BARBARA

Here is the order of the blog hop in case you get lost along the way:

Lauren

Michele

Lori

Haven

Tina

Sandy

Barbara

Lasting Memories

And we can't have a whole month of challenges without a PRIZE??

So check this out!

Thank you DT Sandy for offering this wonderful prize gift!!

**  A few things to remember...  The above prize is for the whole month of challenges (new challenge starts each Sunday)   Hop along to each DT member for a chance to win their prize.  They may have their own rules... so follow accordingly. And of course HAVE FUN!!

Thanks so much for stopping by and hope you find time to create with us this week!

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Stay tuned for a "SPECIAL" challenge that starts tomorrow! You don't want to miss!!

Hey all!  Happy 4th of July weekend for our US readers! Happy Canada Day (yesterday) for our Canadian readers! And Happy Day to everyone else just because!!   Thank you to everyone that played along with us in our JUNE challenges.  Some fabulous layouts indeed.  Winners announced soon!! But in the mean time...  I want you all to join us tomorrow morning at 8am for our first JULY challenge where we are doing something a little special!!  You don't want to miss out!!


Thanks so much for stopping by and hope you find time to create with us this week!