LM #415 - October Events - Harvest

Hello, everyone! Happy Sunday to you! I hope that you are all having a good weekend. 

Thank you to everyone that joined our challenges in September! - and in August! Yes, I just realized that I never announced the GDT pick, Top 3, and prize winner for August, so I will announce the winners from August and September in a blog post tomorrow.

I can't believe that it is the last day of September and that a new month is upon us. Are you ready for a new theme and challenge? Before we get to the challenge, we would like to welcome our guest designer for October - Karla:

Hi, I’m Karla Yungwirth and I’m so excited to be a Guest Designer with the Lasting Memories Challenge Blog this month!! I love scrapbooking as well as making cards, doing mixed media, sewing, and crochet, and I love being able to share crafting, especially the importance of memory keeping, with my three girls. I currently live in Alberta, Canada, with my husband and children, but I grew up on the East Coast in Nova Scotia. I started scrapbooking in 2001, and I’m so blessed to have met so many wonderful and creative people along the way!

You can find me on my blog - http://creative-love-affair.blogspot.ca/ 

Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/karla_yungwirth/ 

And YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC82lYCDvp27wsoFAiY2RbpA 

Welcome, Karla! We are so happy that you are joining us in October!

Now on to the challenge. Our theme for October is - October Events - and our first challenge is:

LM # 415 - October Events - Harvest - Today's challenge is all about the harvest.  In Canada, October is the end of the growing season and time to harvest the crops.  Show us a layout about your harvest or your favorite plants, flowers, etc.

Here are the beautiful layouts that the design team has created for this challenge - starting with our guest designer:

October GDT - Karla

Denise

Deanna

Natalie

Sandy

A big thank you to the design team for bringing us such beautiful inspiration this week!

Link up your layouts by Saturday, October 27th for your chance to be our guest designer and for the chance to win a $15 gift certificate to an online store of choice.

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

LM #414 - Mixed Bag - Color Challenge

Hello, everyone! Good Sunday morning to you! It is officially fall here in the Northern Hemisphere and here in the middle of the US, it is definitely feeling like it!

I can't believe that it is already time for our last challenge of September! This month has flown by. Since it is our last challenge, I want to say a big "Thank You" to our guest designer Gloria. I know I have really enjoyed seeing her beautiful creations each week.

Now, on to the challenge. This month our theme has been - Mixed Bag- meaning our challenges have been a little bit of everything, and we are finishing off the month with a color challenge.

LM #414 - color challenge - you must use at least 3 of the colors below on your layout. You can use more, but you must use at least 3.

Feel free to use any neutrals you would like, too!

Here is a look at what the design team has created - starting with our guest designer, Gloria:

September GDT - Gloria

Lauren

Deanna

Sandy

Denise

Be sure to link up your layouts by Saturday, September 29th for your chance to be our guest designer and for a chance at a little something from me!

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

LM #413 - Mixed Bag - Three's

Hello, everyone! We are so happy that you stopped by today!

We are back with our third challenge of the month. This month our theme has been "Mixed Bag" and since it is the third week of the month our challenge is all about three's.

LM #413 - Good things come in three's - use 3 pattern papers, 3 embellishments - can be all the same or all different, and 3 photos.

Here is a look at the design team's creations - starting with our guest designer, Gloria.

September GDT - Gloria

Lauren

Deanna

Denise

Natalie

Sandy

Be sure to link up your layouts by Saturday, September 29th for your chance to be our guest designer and for a chance at a little something from me!

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

LM #412 - Mixed Bag - Either/Or

Happy Sunday! I hope that you are all having a good weekend.

We are back with our second challenge of September. Our theme for the month is - Mixed Bag - meaning our challenges will be a little bit of everything. This week's challenge is:

LM #412 - Either/Or Challenge - listed below are 5 sets of 2 items. You must pick one of the items from each set - not both (for a total of 5 items) and include it on your layout:

stripes or polka dots

circles or squares

wood veneer or washi tape

enamel dots or sequins

hearts or stars

Here is a look at the beautiful creations from our design team, starting with our guest designer.

September GDT - Gloria
stripes
square
washi tape
sequins
heart

Deanna
  stripes

circles (buttons)

 washi tape

 sequins

hearts

Lauren

Stripes

Circles

Wood Veneer

Enamel Dots

Stars

Denise
polka dots
circles
washi tape
sequins
stars

Lori

stripes

circles

wood veneer

enamel dots

stars

Great inspiration for you from our wonderful design team!

Be sure to link up your layouts by Saturday, September 29th for your chance to be our guest designer and for a chance at a little something from me!

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

LM #411 - Mixed Bag - End of Summer

Hello, everyone! Good Sunday morning to you! We are right in the middle of a long weekend here in the US and I am enjoying every minute of it.

It's the start of a new month and that means a new theme and a new set of challenges for you. We also have a guest designer joining us in September. Please help us welcome Gloria Lee. Here is a little bit about Gloria:

Hello, I'm Gloria Hayoung Lee.

I was born and raised in South Korea. 

I moved to Canada with my husband in 2004 and I currently live in Ontario Canada with my wonderful husband and two boys.

My biggest hobby is card making. I love to make cards and always try to make various types of cards. 

I recently started scrapbooking and it is very interesting to me.

It is really fun to pick pictures of children and make layouts. 

I am very excited to be a guest designer with Lasting Memories this month!

You can see more of Gloria's beautiful work on her blog - Gloria's Craft Room.

Now, on to this month's challenges.

Our theme for September is - Mixed Bag - meaning our challenges are going to be a little bit of this and a little bit of that! Our first challenge of the month is:

LM #411 -  Since Labor Day is tomorrow here in the US, and it is the "unofficial" end to summer, create a summer themed layout and include the word "fun" on your layout - this can be in the title, in your journaling, or on your embellishments.

Here's a look at what the design team has created, starting with our guest designer:

September GDT - Gloria

Deanna 

Beach Fun

Lauren

Denise

Sandy

Natalie

I love all of these summer fun layouts from the design team! We can't wait to see what you create!

Link up your layouts by Saturday, September 29th for your chance to win a little something from me!

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