LM #495 - Word Play - RAIN

Hello, everyone! Good Sunday morning to you all! We are so happy that you are here today.

It is time for the last challenge of the month and with over 60 entries already - I would say you guys are enjoying the challenges this month! Before we get to the challenge, we want to say a huge "Thank You" to our guest designers, Sherri and Jamie! I have so enjoyed seeing their beautiful layouts each and every week.

Now to the challenge - as a reminder, our theme for April is - "Word Play" - and you are to use an item or technique for every letter of these spring words:

(e.g. S-sun, stamp, silver, stars... P- pink, paint, polka dots....)

This week's word is:

LM #495 - RAIN

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

April GDT - Sherri

R - Rectangle photos

A - Adventure

I - inking

N - Nature

April GDT - Jamie
R - Red
A - Arrows
I - Illustrated Faith
N - New Coat of Paint (Title)

And now the beautiful creations from the design team:

Lauren

R - Red

A - American Flag

I - Independence Day

N - Navy

Connie
R- Rub Ons
A- Alphabet letters
I- Ink Pen for Dots and faux stitching
N- Nine square paper blocks on each page

Denise
R - red, rhinestone
A- anchor
I - icon paper
N - nautical, navy

Deanna
R - Rubons
A - American Crafts line
I - Ink
N - Nautical Theme

Lori K

R ~ Robins

A ~ Aqua Paper

I ~ Inked Stitches on border

N ~ Nest

Now it's your turn! Link up your layouts by Saturday, May 2nd at 6:00 PM EST for your chance to be our guest designer for an upcoming month and for a chance to win a $15 gift certificate to an online store of choice.

Thanks so much for stopping by today! We hope you find some time this week to play along with us! Have a great day!

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LM #494 - Word Play - CROCUS

Hello, hello! Good Sunday morning to you! Welcome back to Lasting Memories - we hope you are all doing well. 

It's time for our 4th challenge of the month. Our theme for April has been - Word Play - and you are to use an item or technique for every letter of these spring words:

(e.g. S-sun, stamp, silver, stars... P- pink, paint, polka dots....)

This week's challenge is:

LM #494 - CROCUS

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

April GDT - Jamie

C - Crate Paper Diecuts/Ephemera 

R - Rhinestones

O - Orange

C - Cricut Cut

U - Uhaul truck photo

S -Stampin Up paper

April GDT - Sherri

C - "Cute" title and cute birthday girl

R - Round dots as embellishments from letter sticker package

O - one journal box and one piece of washi tape

C - cardstock

U - U in the word Cute

S - Sparkly letter stickers and seven photos

And here are the beautiful layouts from the design team:

Lauren

C - Christmas

R - Red

O - Ornament

C - Chipboard

U - Ugly Sweater

S - Snowflake/Santa

Denise
C- clouds
R- red
O- overlay
C- children
U- underlined journaling
S-sea shells

Deanna
C - Christmas Theme
R - Red
O - Ornament
C - Cardstock
U - Uniball White Gel Pen
S - Splatters

Lori K

C ~ Christmas Tree
R ~ Raja
O ~ Ornaments
C ~ Couch
U ~ Underwear
S ~ Star

Such beautiful inspiration from the design team - and great and unique ideas for some of the letters in this week's word! Now it's your turn! Link up your layouts by Saturday, May 2nd at 6:00 PM EST for your chance to be our guest designer for an upcoming month and for a chance to win a $15 gift certificate to an online store of choice.

We hope you have some time to play along with us. We would love to see your creations! 

Thanks so much for stopping by today! Have a great day!

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

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March Top 3, GDT Picks, and Winner

Hello, everyone and Happy Monday! Today we are here to share our Top 3, GDT Picks, and our winner for March! Before we get to all of that, I want to say thank you to everyone that played along with us last month! We had 51 gorgeous layouts linked up to our March challenges.
Since we had so many great layouts shared, instead of a Top 3  we are going to have a Top 5! Here they are in numerical order:
#10 -Heidi

#12 Karen C

#20 - Stacy

#44 - Melissa

#47 - Giorgia

Such beautiful work! Congratulations to the Top 5! 

Our picks for Guest Designer for an upcoming month are:
#39 - Karen B

#51 - Anna

#7 - Jessica

Congratulations, Karen, Anna, and Jessica! 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 card from an online store of choice is:

#48 - Laura G

Congratulations, Laura! Email Lori at loristroup@yahoo.com to claim your prize!
Thanks again to everyone that played along with us in March! We hope you join us in April, too!

LM #493 - Word Play - TULIP

Happy Easter and welcome back to Lasting Memories! I hope that this post finds you all doing well. 

We are back with our third challenge of the month. Our theme for April is "Word Play" and you are to use an item or technique for every letter of these spring words on your layout.

(e.g. S-sun, stamp, silver, stars... P- pink, paint, polka dots....)

The word for our challenge this week is:

LM #493 - TULIP

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

April GDT - Sherri

T - Train

U - Under a blanket the baby is

L - Leaving the hospital

I - Individual journal box 

P - Pink Patterned paper

April GDT - Jamie

T - Two photos

U - "Us" sticker

L - Love

I - Inking

P - Pattern Paper

And the rest of the design team:

Lauren

T - Tiger 

U - Unisex baby shower

L - Leopard print

I - Indigo 

P - Palm

Connie
T- Tacos
U- USA in journaling
L- Layered Diecuts
I- Inked Edges
P- Pepper

Denise
T - texture paste
U - us in the photos
L -leaves
I - ink splatters
P - patterned paper, phrase

Deanna
T - Tag
U - Uniball Gel Pen
L - Lacy Doily
I - Ink
P - Pink Paislee 'Indigo & Ivy' line

Such great inspiration from the design team - and great and unique ideas for some of the letters in this week's word! Now it's your turn! Link up your layouts by Saturday, May 2nd at 6:00 PM EST for your chance to be our guest designer for an upcoming month and for a chance to win a $15 gift certificate to an online store of choice.

Thanks so much for stopping by today! I hope you find some time to play along with us!

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

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LM #492 - Word Play - FLOWER

Hello, hello! Happy Sunday to you! I hope that everyone is doing well and getting some scrapping done!

It's time for our second challenge of the month! As a reminder, our theme for April is - Word Play - and you are to use an item or technique for every letter of the chosen spring word for this week:

(e.g. S-sun, stamp, silver, stars... P- pink, paint, polka dots....)

This week's challenge is:

LM #492 - FLOWER

Here's a look at the fabulous layouts from the design team, starting with our guest designers, Jamie and Sherri:

April GDT -Jamie

F - Flowers

L- Lost and Found paper from the My Mind's Eye company

O - Orange title, flowers, and bling

W - Wave Searcher chipboard stickers from Fancy Pants 

E - Echo Park sticker from their The Story of My Family sticker sheet

R - Red bling and flowers

April GDT - Sherri

F - Flowers and floral paper

L - Lovely couple and word Love

O -  the O in xoxo and Love

W - White flower and white cardstock

E - Embellishments (brads, buttons); Letter E in Heart and other words

R - red, ribbon

And the rest of the design team:

Lauren

F - Fall

L - Las Vegas

O - Orange

W - Wreath

E - Elephant (in photos)

R - Red

Deanna
F - Faber-Castell Gelato (Blue)
L - Lined Journal Paper
O - October Afternoon Red Alphas
W - Wooden Veneers
E - Enamel Dot
R - Ranger Texture Paste

Denise
F - fly
L - layering
O - olive gold gilding polish
W - wind
E - enamel accents
R - Ranger, red

Lori K

F ~ feather

L ~ love

O ~ oval pictures, orange paper

W ~ water splash stickers

E ~ earthworm

R ~ robin die cut

Such lovely layouts from the design team! Now it's your turn! Link up your layouts by Saturday, May 2nd at 6:00 PM EST for your chance to be our guest designer for an upcoming month and for a chance to win a $15 gift certificate to an online store of choice.

Thank you so much for stopping by today! We hope you find some time to play along with us this week!

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

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