LM #528 - Mixed Bag - Anything Goes

Hello, everyone! Welcome back to Lasting Memories, we are so happy that you are here today. Before I get to this week's challenge, I just wanted to say thank you to all of you that have played along with us in 2020. We are so thankful that you choose to spend some time with us each week. In order to give our design team a little time off for the holidays, this will be our last challenge of the month. The linky for our December challenges will remain open until Saturday, January 2nd and we will be right back here on January 3rd with new challenges to kick-off 2021.

Since this is our last challenge for December, I would like to thank Rona and Barbara for being our guest designers. Their beautiful work is always a great source of inspiration.

Now for this week's challenge. Our theme for December is "Mixed Bag" and our challenges are a little bit of everything. To finish off 2020 our last challenge will be an easy one:

LM #528 - Anything Goes! Create a layout about anything you want!

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

December GDT - Rona

December GDT - Barbara

And the beautiful creations from the design team:

Deanna

Lauren

Lori K.

Maureen

Tracey

Now it's your turn! Link up your layouts to the linky below by Saturday, January 2nd at 6 PM for a chance to be our guest designer for an upcoming month and for a chance to win this months prize - a $15 gift certificate to an online store of choice:

Thanks so much for stopping by today. We will see you again in 2021!

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter

November's Top 3, GDT Picks, and Winner!!

Hello, everyone! Welcome back to Lasting Memories! Today we are sharing our Top 3, GDT Picks, and Winner for November. Before we get to that, we want to say a big thank you to everyone that played along with us last month! It is always so much fun to see everyone's beautiful creations for our challenges. 
First up are the Top 3 - in no particular order:

#12 - Ashley

#14 - Pinky

Congratulations Giorgia, Ashley, and Pinky! Be sure to grab your "Top 3" button from the left sidebar.

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Our pick for Guest Designer for an upcoming month is:
#18 Karen C

#30 - Cheryl

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

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Our winner - by random draw - for this month's prize of a $15 gift certificate to an online store of choice is:

#6 - Karen C

Congratulations, Karen! Email Lori at loristroup@yahoo.com to claim your prize!
Thanks again to everyone that played along with us in November!
Thanks so much for stopping by and hope you find time to create with us this week!

LM #527 - Mixed Bag - Word Play - "Lights"

Hello, everyone! Good Sunday morning to you! We are so happy that you have stopped by today!

It's time for our second challenge for December. Our theme for this month is "mixed bag" and our challenges will be a little bit of everything! This week we have a word play challenge for you.

LM #527 - Word Play Challenge - use a scrappy item, theme, or technique for every letter in the word - "LIGHTS". Your layout does not have to be Christmas related - it can be a layout about anything. 

If you need some ideas for the letters, here is a link to a post that DT member Lauren created with the scrapbook alphabet - https://lem-photography.blogspot.com/p/scrapbook-alphabet.html

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

December GDT - Barbara

December GDT - Rona

 L - letter stickers

 I - ink (i used distress oxides to color the wood veneer trees)

G - green

 H- hearts

 T - torn paper and tags

 S - sewing

And the rest of the design team:

Lauren

L - leaves (holly)

I - illustrated Santa

G - green

H - ho ho ho

T - tartan

S - snowman

Tracey B

L - Layers, Light bulb & "Light" in my title

I - Ink

G - Gold

H - Hearts

T - Teal, Turquoise & a Tiny Text stamp

S -Sequins, stamp & a Shaker (the light bulb)

Lori K

L ~ Leaf paper

I ~ Ink 

G ~ Green paper 

H ~ Hexagons

T ~ Torn paper

S ~ Sticker letters

Such beautiful examples from our design team! Now it's your turn - link up your layouts to the linky below by Saturday, January 2nd at 6 PM EST for a 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:

I will be posting November's Top 3, GDT picks, and the winner later this evening so stay tuned!

Thanks so much for stopping by the blog today! We can't wait to see your creations!

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter

LM #526 - Mixed Bag - Pick 3

Hello, hello! Welcome back to Lasting Memories. We are so happy that you are joining us today. I can't believe that it is (almost) December and time for a new theme and a new set of challenges.  

For December our theme will be "Mixed Bag" and the challenges will be a little bit of everything. Our first challenge of the month is:

 LM #526 - Pick 3 - Pick 3 items from the list below and add them to your layout. You can use more than 3 items and you can use items that are not on the list, but you must you at least 3 items from the list:

Doily

Heart

Flower

The color gold

The color green

Washi Tape

Tag

Circle

Chipboard

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

December GDT - Rona

I used heart, the color green, washi, tag, chipboard, and the color gold.

December GDT - Barbara

And the rest of the design team:

Maureen

Lauren

Heart, gold, chipboard

Deanna

Heart, Green, Circle

Such beautiful inspiration from the design team! Now it's your turn. Link up your layouts by Saturday, January 2nd at 6 PM EST for a 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 today! Have a great day!

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter

Introducing December's Guest Designers!!

Hello everyone and Happy Saturday! I do hope you are having a good weekend!

Just a quick reminder that the deadline to enter our November challenges is tonight, Saturday, November 28th at 6 PM EST so get those layouts linked up!

Today we are introducing our two fabulous guest designers for December! These two ladies have been our guest designers before and we love it when they join us here at Lasting Memories! Please help us to give a warm welcome to Rona and Barbara!

December GDT - Rona

 Hi, I am Rona and I have been scrapbooking for about 23 years and crafting probably for as long as I can remember. I am currently scrapbooking my three grandsons.  I love being inspired by challenges and am honored to be a guest designer here at Lasting Memories. 

December GDT - Barbara

I'm Barbara Greenberg from Lake of the Ozarks, Missouri, and I confess to being a scrap-a-holic for the past 11 years. I call this hobby/habit the best non-paying job ever. I have a blog where I post all of my layouts for challenges I have entered and I hope you will check it out and maybe become a follower - https://barbgreenberg.blogspot.com/.

Between me and my husband, we have 4 kids and 8 grandkids and they keep me busy with so many fun pictures of them to scrap. I also love to travel, whether somewhere fun to see 2 hours away, or across the country, road trips are the best so I love travel layouts. Then there are the holidays, I love scrapping those, too. Well, like I said, I'm a scrap-a-holic and I love scrapping everything!

I love challenges and that is why I am here today!

Welcome, Rona and Barbara! We look forward to seeing your beautiful layouts this month!

Be sure to join us tomorrow for our first December challenge!

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

LM #525 - Photo/Color Inspiration #4

 Hello, hello! Welcome back to Lasting Memories! We are so happy that you have stopped by today. 

Today is our last challenge for this month and we have another great photo/color inspiration challenge for you!

LM #525 - Use the photo and colors shown for inspiration on your layout. 

Here are the beautiful creations from the design team to inspire you:

Lauren

Deanna

Lori K.

Tracey B

Now it is your turn! Link up your layouts by Saturday, November 28th at 6 PM EST for a chance to be our guest designer for an upcoming month and for a chance to win this month's prize - a $15 gift certificate to an online store of choice:

We can't wait to see your creations!

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

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter

LM #524 - Photo/Color Inspiration #3

 

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

Are you ready for a new challenge? As a reminder, all of our challenges this month are photo/color inspiration challenges, and here is this week's challenge:

LM #524 - Use the photo and/or colors shown for inspiration on your layout. 

Here are the wonderful creations from the design team:

Deanna

Lori S

Now it's your turn! Link up your layouts to the linky below by Saturday, November 28th at 6 PM EST for a 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:

We can't wait to see what you create!

Thanks so much for stopping the blog today! I hope you have a great day!

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter

LM #523 - Photo/Color Inspiration #2

 Hello, everyone! Welcome back to Lasting Memories! We are so happy that you have stopped by today! 

It's time for a new challenge today and as a reminder, this month our challenges are all photo/color inspirations. Here's a look at this week's inspiration:

LM #523 - Use the photo and/or colors shown for inspiration on your layout. 

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

Lori K

Tracey 

Lori S

Now it's your turn! Link up your layouts to the linky below by Saturday, November 28th at 6 PM EST for a 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:

We can't wait to see what you create!

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

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter

September and October Top 3, Guest Design Team Picks, and Winners!

 Hello, everyone! Good Saturday morning to you all! I hope that your weekend is off to a good start. 

Today we are announcing our Top 3, Guest Design Team Picks, and Winners for September and October, so let's get started.

First, I want to thank everyone that has played along with us in the last couple of months. Your participation and support are what keeps this challenge blog going. Thank you!

Here is September's Top 3 - in numerical order:

#6 - Sandi P

#8 - Krystle

#19 - Julene

Congratulations, Sandi, Krystle, and Julene! Your layouts are beautiful! 

Our Guest Design Team picks from the September entries for an upcoming month - in numerical order are:

#13 - Barbara

#20 - Sharon B

#24 - Anna

Congrats, Barbara, Sharon, and Anna! Please email Lori at loristroup@yahoo.com for more information and to accept your guest design team spot.

Our September Winner for a $15 gift certificate to an online store of choice is:

#11 - Shannon Blinn

Congratulations, Shannon! Email Lori at loristroup@yahoo.com to claim your $15 gift certificate!

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Now for October's Top 3 - in numerical order:

#9 - Karen C

#16 - Bethany R

#27 - Celeste B

Congratulations to the Top 3 - Karen, Bethany, and Celeste! Beautiful work, ladies!

Now for our Guest Designer Picks from the October entries for an upcoming month - in numerical order:

#5 - Rona

#7 - Lucie

#29 - Cheryl E

Congratulations, Rona, Lucie, and Cheryl! Please email Lori at loristroup@yahoo.com for more information and to accept your guest design team spot.

October's Winner of a $15 gift certificate to an online store of choice is:

#21 - Donna C

Congratulations, Donna! Email Lori at loristroup@yahoo.com to claim your $15 gift certificate!

Thank you to everyone that played along with us in September and October and thanks for stopping by today! Have a great day!