Introducing May's Guest Designers

Hello, hello! Happy Saturday to you! I hope that your weekend is off to a great start.

Today we are introducing our talented guest designers for May! Please help us give a warm welcome to Amy Jo and Cheryl!

 May GDT - Amy Jo

Hi there! I’m Amy Jo Johnston and I live with my husband and 10-year-old daughter in Arvada, Colorado. I’m originally from small town Minnesota but moved to Arizona when I was in elementary school. I earned my BA in Secondary Education with an emphasis in mathematics at ASU and went on to teach high school math for 6 years. In 2008 I moved to Denver, changed careers, and starting coaching dance full time in the NBA. My passion for scrapbooking starting when I was in elementary school and really took off when my twin nieces were born in 2004. Family gatherings are my favorite things to document, but I also love showcasing highlights from my NBA career. I discovered the online scrapbooking community during the pandemic and have thoroughly enjoyed "meeting" and being inspired by so many scrappers from across the country. When I’m not scrapbooking, I love to spend time antiquing, taking yoga classes, and camping. Thank you for allowing me to be guest designer this month; I am honored!

You can see more of Amy Jo's beautiful work at A Cherry On Top here.

Next up is Cheryl! Cheryl is no stranger here at Lasting Memories and it is always a pleasure to have her be our guest!

May GDT - Cheryl

Hi everyone! My name is Cheryl Even and I’m very excited to be a guest designer for Lasting Memories this month.  A Southern California native, I have been married to my college sweetheart Greg for 30 years and am a stay-at-home mom/chauffeur for my kids. I am a voracious reader and also love playing Scrabble on my Kindle. I have been scrapbooking since I went to my first scrapbooking party and decided to try it for a month to see if I liked it. 24 years later, I think you could say I stuck with it and loved it! I started creating scrapbook sketches in 2010 and am now up to 100 sketches. I usually find time every week to hide away in my craft room so I can scrapbook, and then I post my completed work on my blog, https://evenmorescrapping.blogspot.com/.

 

Welcome, Amy Jo and Cheryl! We look forward to seeing your beautiful creations each week!

We will be back tomorrow with our theme for May and our first challenge of the month so be sure to stop back by!

LM #596 - Shape Challenge - Hexagons

 Hello, everyone! Welcome back to Lasting Memories! I can't believe that it is already time for our last challenge of April! This month has gone by so quickly.

Since it is our last challenge of the month, I want to take time to thank our guest designer for April - Beverly. I have enjoyed seeing Beverly's fun layouts each and every week. Thank you, Beverly, for being our guest designer here at Lasting Memories.

For the month of April our theme has been - Shape Challenges - and each week you are to use a particular shape on your layout. Our last shape challenge of the month is:

LM #596 - Hexagons - Use some hexagons on your layout.

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

April GDT - Beverly

And the lovely creations from the design team:

Lauren

Sandy

Deanna

Tracey

Lori K.

 

Now it's your turn! Link up your layouts to the linky below by Saturday, April 30th 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 the blog today! I hope you have a wonderful day!

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter

LM #595 - Shape Challenge - Hearts

 Hello, everyone! Happy Easter to each and every one of you! 

We are back today with our third challenge of the month. Our theme for April has been - Shapes - and all of our challenges this month are to use a particular shape on your layouts. This week's challenge is:

LM #595 - Hearts - Use hearts on your layout.

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

April GDT - Beverly

Here's a closer look at Beverly's beautiful hearts:

And the layouts from the rest of the design team:

Lauren

Sandy

Deanna

Maureen 

Lori S

Now it's your turn! Link up your layouts to the linky below by Saturday, April 30th 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 the blog today! I hope you have a wonderful day!

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter

LM #594 - Shape Challenges - Circles

 Happy Sunday! Welcome back to Lasting Memories - we are so happy that you have stopped by today! Are you ready for our second challenge of the month? Let's get to it!

For the month of April, our theme is - Shapes - and all of our challenges are to use a particular shape. This week's challenge is:

 LM #594 - Circles - Use circles in some way on your layout.

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

April GDT - Beverly

And the rest of the design team:

Sandy

Deanna

Tracey

Lori K.

Such beautiful inspiration from the design team! Now it's your turn - link up your layouts to the linky below by Saturday, April 30th 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 the blog today! I hope you have a great day!

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter

LM #593 - Shape Challenges - Triangles

Hello, everyone, and Happy April! We are finally starting to see more warm days than cold here in the middle of the US and that makes me so happy!

The new month means that we have a new theme and a new set of challenges for you to play along with. This month DT member Maureen is challenging us to use a particular shape on our layouts each week. Our first shape challenge for April is:

 LM #593 - Triangles - Use triangles in some way on your layout.

Here are the beautiful layouts from the design team, starting with our guest designer:

April GDT - Beverly

And the beautiful layouts from the design team:

Sandy

Deanna

Maureen 

Such wonderful inspiration to get you started! Now it's your turn - link up your layouts to the linky below by Saturday, April 30th at 5 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 the blog today! We can't wait to see what you create!

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter

Introducing April's Guest Designer

 Hello, hello!  I hope that you are all having a great weekend!

I just wanted to pop in here really quickly and introduce our guest designer for April! Please give a warm welcome to the super talented Beverly Jordan:

My name is Beverly Jordan and I am an avid scrapbooker with a love for scoping out antique markets and fabulous restaurants, creating Christmas cards 10 months ahead of time, and baking delicious original desserts for my family. 

Scrapbooking, cooking, and traveling are just a few of my passions that I look forward to sharing with you on my blog!

Please visit Beverly's Blog - Beverly Jordan - to see more of her beautiful work!

We will be back tomorrow with a new theme and a fun set of new challenges for you to play along with, so be sure to stop back by!