LM #482 - Anything But a Traditional 12x12

Hello, everyone! Happy Sunday to you. I hope that you have had a good week. I can't believe that it is already time for our last challenge of the month. Before we get to that, we want to say a big thank you to our guest designer for January, Mandy! It has been a pleasure working with Mandy and seeing her beautiful creations this month. 

As a reminder, our theme for January is "Out of your comfort zone" and this month we want to challenge you to create layouts you may usually pass over as it may not be within your normal comfort zone. The last challenge of January is:

 LM #482 - Anything but a traditional 12x12

* create an 8x11 / 8x8 / pocket page layout/traveler's notebook, etc.

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

January GDT - Mandy
I created a 6.5x12 layout

And the design team's creations:

Toni
I have created a layout 11" x 8 & 1/2 " to fit into a flip pocket album.

Denise

I created a 8x8 page for a small album about a trip to the North sea.

Lori K.

I created 2 - 8 x 10 pages for my daughter's 12 x 12 School Album

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. 

We hope you are inspired to play along with us this week!

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

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LM #481 - Only You

Hello, everyone!  Good Sunday morning to you! Welcome back to Lasting Memories - we are so happy you stopped by today.

It's time for a new challenge today. As a reminder, our theme for January is "Out of your comfort zone" and this month we want to challenge you to create layouts you may usually pass over as it may not be within your normal comfort zone. This week's challenge is"

LM #481 -  Only YOU!

* we tend to scrap about others and forget to take photos of ourselves, so this week we want a photo and layout featuring just you. Don't forget to journal too, so the page tells a story.

Here is a look at the beautiful design team creations:

Toni

Deanna

Connie

Lauren

Such beautiful inspiration from the design team! 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. 

I hope you are inspired to play along with us this month!

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

December Top 3, GDT Picks, and Winner

Hello, everyone! Happy Saturday to you! First of all, we want to thank everyone that played along with us in December! We love to see everyone's creations for our challenges. Today we are sharing our Top 3, GDT Picks, and Winner for December. Now for our Top 3 - by order of link up: #3 - Julene

#8 - Barbara

#11 - Tone

Congratulations to the Top 3! Your layouts are beautiful! Our pick for Guest Designer for an upcoming month is: #10 Cass

#14 - Alicia

Congratulations, Cass and Alicia! 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 an online store of choice is: #12 - Cheryl E
Congratulations, Cheryl! Email Lori at loristroup@yahoo.com to claim your prize! Thanks again to everyone that played along with us! We will be back tomorrow with a new challenge for you!

LM #480 - White Space

Hello, hello! Happy Sunday! We are so happy that you are here today. It's time for a new challenge, so let's get started.

Our theme for January is "Out of your comfort zone" and this month we want to challenge you to create layouts you may usually pass over as it may not be within your normal comfort zone.

LM #480 - White Space

* If you're anything like me, I struggle with the idea of true white space. I would love to be reminded that we can create beautiful layouts with simplicity.

Here is a look at how the design team tackled this challenge - and I think they all did a wonderful job!

January GDT - Mandy

Toni

Denise

This really challenged me! I thought it is easy to create CAS. But.... it wasn't that easy. I have tons of papers and embellishments (who not?) and it was really difficult to choose only a few of them...

Deanna

Lori K

We can't wait to see your creations! 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. I hope you are inspired to play along with us this month!

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 #479 - New Technique, Tool, or Product

Hello, everyone! Welcome back to Lasting Memories - we are so happy you are here today! I hope that our Anything Goes challenge from last week has gotten you back into scrapping mode! Today we are sharing our first challenge for January following our theme for the month.

Our theme for January is 'Out of Your Comfort Zone' and this month we want to challenge you to create layouts you may usually pass over as it may not be within your normal comfort zone.

 LM #479 - Use a new technique, tool or product.

* This is the perfect opportunity to pull out all of those "to do one-day" inspiration screenshots we all have saved on the phone, computer or magazine. I tend to see something I really want to try, but easily get intimidated or too lazy to learn how to use that very expensive new tool/product I just bought, so it sits there unopened for years. Now is the time!

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

January GDT - Mandy

For my new technique, I tried drawing an entire background page with marker. I had never drawn on my pages before...

And the beautiful creations from the design team:

Connie
 This is a brand new kit I received from Fancy Pants Designs Called Joy Parade and I used it to create this mini album full of layout for my son's gf's birthday.

Deanna
I used my new Martha Stewart 'Eyelet Lace' Border Punch that I got last month along with a wonderful sketch by Brenshevia that I found at Pinterest. Sketch will be posted on my blog.

Denise
I used my new 3-D-embossing Folder and tried a new technique: acrylic paint on black paper….

Aren't these layouts fantastic? I love each one of them. 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. I hope you are inspired to play along with us this month!

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 January's Guest Designer

Hello, hello! Happy Saturday to you! I hope you all have survived the hustle and bustle of the holiday season and are getting back into the daily routine.  Today we are introducing our guest designer for January. Please help us welcome Mandy:

"Hi! I work full time at the local hospital as a Medical Technologist, and am a mother of three grown girls, ages 24, 22 and 18. I only have one still at home, but she will be starting college this coming fall. I have been scrapbooking since my oldest two were babies, about 1998. I still love the craft and plan on shifting my focus to travel pages and mini-albums in my coming years as an empty-nester. I love a good challenge, so I am grateful for the opportunity to play along here at Lasting Memories. I love how we all inspire each other in this craft. "

You can find more of Mandy's beautiful work on her blog - One Unorganized Mess of a Woman.

Here is Mandy's layout for our Anything Goes challenge:

Welcome, Mandy! We are so happy to have you as our guest designer this month at Lasting Memories! We will be back tomorrow with our first challenge for January following our January theme! Thanks so much for stopping by and hope you find time to create with us this week!