LM #478 - Anything Goes

Hello, everyone! Welcome back to Lasting Memories! We do hope that you had a Merry Christmas and that you are all ready for the new year. We've been working hard on planning the challenges for you in the new year. I will be going through our December entries this week and post our Top 3, GDT picks, and winner after the new year.

 Since we are still in the middle of the holidays we are going to do things a little different before we jump into our regular theme and monthly challenges for January. To help get us all back into the swing of things, this week's challenge is Anything Goes.

LM #478 - Anything Goes - Create a layout about anything that you want!

Here's a look at the beautiful creations from the design team:

Toni

Lauren

Deanna

Lori K


Connie

Now it's your turn! Link up your layouts below by Saturday, February 1st at 6:00 PM EST for your chance to be our guest designer for an upcoming month and for a chance at our monthly prize - 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!

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LM #477 - Wacky Holidays - Roots Day

Hello, everyone! Happy Sunday to you! Welcome back to Lasting Memories - we are so happy you are here today. We hope you are all ready for the holidays!

Today is our last challenge of the month - and year! We always take the last week off to give the design team a little time off for the holidays. We will be back on December 29th to kick off the new year with a new challenge.

We also want to say a big thank you to our guest designer, Melissa. We have so enjoyed having her join us for this month's challenges.

Now, on to the last challenge of the month. The theme for December is December - Daily Holidays, Special & Wacky Days - a fun spin for this holiday season and our last challenge is:

LM #477 - Roots Day is celebrated on Dec 23 - Your challenge is to scrap an older photo of you and your family 

Celebrate your genealogy, as today is Roots Day.  It's a great day to celebrate your heritage. Many of us are returning to our roots today, as we head home for Christmas. Returning to our roots is a warm, cozy and comfortable feeling, a sense of belonging. Celebrate this day, by learning more about your family tree, and exploring your roots.

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

December GDT - Melissa

And the design team:

Toni
Unfortunately, I am unable to find any photos of myself on Christmas day. As a Mum, I'm always taking photos of my own kids. But sadly, I wasn't even able to find any photos of myself as a child either. So for this challenge, I used a throwback photo from Christmas 2010.

Denise

Connie

Deanna
This is me with my daughters and sweet little granddaughter from 2004.

Lori K
This is my very first Christmas.



Now it's your turn. Link up your layouts by Saturday, December 28th at 6:00 PM EST for your chance to be our guest designer for an upcoming month and for a chance at this month's prize - 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!

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter

LM #476 - Wacky Holidays - National Poinsettia Day

Hello, everyone! Happy Sunday to you! We do hope you are having a good weekend!

Before we get to today's challenge we have a new design team member to introduce. Lori Kobular is joining the Lasting Memories Design Team! Lori was our guest designer in October and we are happy to have her join us full time. Welcome to the team, Lori!

Now, for this week's challenge. The theme for December is - December - Daily Holidays, Special & Wacky Days - a fun spin for this holiday season - and this week's challenge:

LM #476 - Team B - National Poinsettia Day is celebrated on Dec 12 - Your challenge is to use poinsettias on your layout in some form.

These beautiful flowers are a well-recognized symbol of Christmas. Poinsettia Day was officially declared by an Act of Congress. It is in honor of  Joel Roberts Poinsett, who died on December 12, 1851. Poinsett was the first Ambassador to Mexico. Poinsett brought this colorful plant back to his plantation in the U.S.  He grew the plants in his Greenville, S.C plantation and gave them out as gifts to friends.

Here is a look at the design team creations, starting with our guest designer, Melissa:

December GDT - Melissa

And the design team creations:

Toni

Deanna

Lori K

Lauren

Now it's your turn. Link up your layouts by Saturday, December 28th at 6:00 PM EST for your chance to be our guest designer for an upcoming month and for a chance at this month's prize - 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!

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter

November Top 3, Guest Design Team Picks, and Winner

Hello, everyone! First of all, we want to say a big thank you to everyone that played along with us last month! We had 37 beautiful entries. It is always so much fun to see everyone's creations for our challenges and I wish I could feature every single one!
Today we are sharing our Top 3, GDT Picks, and Winner for November.
First up are the Top 3 - in no particular order: #37 - Rainny

#25 - Sherri

#30 Jackie

Congratulations to the Top 3! Such beautiful work!
Our pick for Guest Designer for an upcoming month is:
#34 - Bethany R

#23 - Karen C

#2 - Heidi

Congratulations, Bethany, Karen C, and Heidi! Please email Lori at loristroup@yahoo.com to accept your guest design team spot and for more information.

Our winner - by random draw - for this month's prize of a$15 gift certificate to A Cherry On Top, courtesy of DT member Deanna is:

#17 - Cheryl E

Congratulations, Cheryl! Email Lori at loristroup@yahoo.com to claim your prize!
Thank you so much to everyone that played along with us in November! I enjoyed seeing each and every one of your layouts. I will be featuring a few more layouts from November over on the Lasting Memories Facebook page, so keep an eye out - it may be you!! I hope to see you playing along with us in December!
Thanks so much for stopping by and hope you find time to create with us this week!

LM #475 - Wacky Holidays - Mitten Tree Day

Hello, everyone! Happy December 1st! Can you believe that 2019 is almost completely in the books?! It is crazy how fast this year has gone by! We hope that all of you in the US had a good Thanksgiving holiday.

It's time for our last set of challenges for 2019. Our theme for December is 'Daily Holidays, Special & Wacky Days' - a fun spin for this holiday season. Our first challenge for December is:

 LM #475 - Team A - Mitten Tree Day is celebrated on Dec 6- Your challenge is to either scrapbook a Christmas Tree or about Mittens 

 Mitten Tree Day was likely created by a grade school teacher. It's the perfect grade school craft project or story hour. And, the timing of this holiday in early December is perfect.

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

December GDT - Melissa

The design team:

Connie

Deanna

Lauren

Now it's your turn. Link up your layouts by Saturday, December 28th at 6:00 PM EST for your chance to be our guest designer for an upcoming month and for a chance at this month's prize - 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!

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter

Introducing December's Guest Designer

Hello, everyone! I do hope that all of you in the US are having a wonderful Thanksgiving holiday weekend.
Today we are here to announce our December Guest Designer. Before we get to that we would like to say a big "Thank You" to November's Guest Designers, Deanne, Rona, Barbara, and Jill. I know we all enjoyed seeing their beautiful layouts each week this month. 
Now, please help us welcome December's Guest Designer, Melissa:

Hi!  I’m a stay at home mom to three kiddos ages 8, 10 and 13.  I also volunteer with my church’s cancer ministry.  When I’m not running around with soccer practices or scouting meetings, I enjoy scrapbooking.  I like learning new techniques that make me think outside the box.  If I’m not scrapping, I’m watching Netflix documentaries or planning my next shopping trip to my favorite store, Target.  Thanks for the opportunity to be GD again.

You can see more of Melissa's beautiful work here.

Be sure to stop back by tomorrow when we kick off December with a new theme and a new set of challenges.

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

LM #474 - Patterned Paper Prints - Florals

Hello, everyone! Happy Sunday to you! We are so happy that you have stopped by today! I can't believe that today we are sharing our last challenge for November with you. Before we get to that I want to say a big thank you to our guest designers for November. Deanne, Rona, Barbara, and Jill have done an amazing job with our challenges this month and I have really enjoyed getting to see their beautiful work each week.

Our theme for November has been 'Patterned Paper Prints' and we are focusing on using our patterned paper. Our last challenge of the month is:

LM #474 - Floral - use a floral patterned paper on your layout.

Here are the beautiful creations from the design team, starting with our guest designers:

November GDT - Jill

November GDT - Deanne

November GDT - Barbara

And the beautiful creations from the design team:

Deanna

Lauren

Toni 

Denise

Now it's your turn - link up your layouts by Saturday, November 30th at 6:00 pm EST for your chance to be our guest designer for an upcoming month and for a chance to win this month's prize, courtesy of DT member Deanna:

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

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter

LM #473 - Patterned Paper Prints - Plaid

Hello, everyone! We are so happy that you are here today! We hope that you are having a good weekend so far. Let's get to this week's challenge.

For our challenges this month we are focusing on using Patterned Paper and this week's pattern is:

LM #473 - Plaid - use a plaid patterned paper on your layout

Here are the beautiful creations from the design team, starting with our guest designers:

November GDT - Barbara

November GDT - Jill

November GDT - Deanne

November GDT - Rona

And the design team:

Deanna

Lauren

Connie 

Denise

Such lovely layouts to inspire you this week! Now it's your turn - link up your layouts by Saturday, November 30th at 6:00 pm EST for your chance to be our guest designer for an upcoming month and for a chance to win this month's prize, courtesy of DT member Deanna:

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

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter