"Lasting Memories" Scrapbook Layout Challenges: May 2023

Welcome!

Hello fellow scrapbookers!!! Welcome to "Lasting Memories" which is all about LAYOUTS!! Yes, JUST layouts! There are no cards allowed here. We have weekly themed challenges, but you have the whole month to get in on the fun! Our challenges begin each Sunday at 8am EST and all 4 challenges will end on the date listed on the sidebar at 6pm EST. At month's end, we will choose a GDT to join us for a month! Only one entry per challenge, and no back-linking is allowed since we would love to know that we "challenged" you. We look forward to challenging you and helping you get your pages completed!

Sunday, May 28, 2023

LM #652 - Summer Words - Warmer

Hi everyone, it's Cheryl here with a new challenge for the month of June. This month, let’s use some of the words associated with summer to inspire our scrapbooking. Your layout doesn’t have to use the theme, just the wordplay!

LM #652 - Summer signals the beginning of hotter weather, so please use an item or technique that starts with the letters of this summer word: WARMER.

Brandi

Washi / Alphas / Reminisce / Matted Photos / Enamel Dots / Rounded Corners

Maureen Wood

White Card stock + Words / Arrows / Rectangle Photo + Rhinestones / Mats (photo), /Enamel Dots + Ephemera / Ripped Papers + Ric Rak Braid.

Cheryl

Washi tape / Arrow / Red patterned paper / Mixed media / Enamel stars / Rub-on

Such lovely inspiration from the design team! Now it's your turn - link up your layouts to the linky below by Saturday, July 1st at 6 PM EDT for a chance to be our guest designer for an upcoming month.

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!

Sunday, May 21, 2023

LM #651 - Tic Tac Toe #4

Hello and welcome back to Lasting Memories! We are so happy that you have stopped by today. For those who may have missed it, our long time challenge coordinator Lori S. is stepping down from the blog due to some life happenings, so I (Cheryl) will be taking over and keeping those great challenges coming your way. Thanks to Lori for her awesome contributions to the blog over the past eight years. We are also losing DT member Lauren, although we hope to lure her back at a later date when life isn't so crazy for her. We wish both of these wonderful ladies our best. Now on to our fourth challenge of the month!

Our theme for May is Tic-Tac-Toe and each week DT member Maureen is providing us with a tic-tac-toe board to use to complete your layout.

For those who have never played before, you can go left to right along a row or up and down on a column or from the top left to the bottom right crossing the center word.

Why not come and join us this month and have some fun? Here is this week's challenge:

LM #648 - Tic-Tac-Toe board #1 - use the board below to create your layout.

Sandy

(Pearls, Pattern Paper and Circle)

Brandi

(Border Punch, 1 Photo, Circle)

Lori

(Border Punch, 1 Photo, Circle)

Such lovely inspiration from the design team! Now it's your turn - link up your layouts to the linky below by Saturday, May 27th at 6 PM EDT for a chance to be our guest designer for an upcoming month.

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!

Saturday, May 20, 2023

Saying Goodbye is Always Hard

Hello, everyone! I hope that your weekend is off to a good start.

I just wanted to pop in here today to let you know that I (Lori) am stepping down from the Lasting Memories design team. It has been a hard decision to make but life outside of Lasting Memories has gotten too busy for me to keep up. I have been a part of the Lasting Memories family for the past 8 years and the design team coordinator for the past 6 years. I have met so many wonderful scrapbookers over the years, both as fellow design team members, and guest designers, and you, our loyal and wonderful readers.

I feel like I know each and every one of you through your beautiful layouts - visiting your blogs, Instagram pages, and Pinterest boards over the years. I truly believe that you - our followers - are the most talented scrappers around!

Even though I am stepping down, Lasting Memories is not going anywhere! I am leaving you all in very capable hands. DT member Cheryl is taking over the blog! Cheryl just recently joined the team but she has been a loyal follower for as long as I can remember and our guest designer a number of times over the years.

It has been a pleasure being a part of the Lasting Memories family these past 8 years and even though I won't be on the team, I will still be seeing you around the scrapping community!

Take care and Happy Scrapping!

Lori

Sunday, May 14, 2023

LM #650 - Tic Tac Toe #3

Good morning, everyone, and Happy Mother's Day to all the moms out there! Hopefully you can take time to pamper yourself today, including sneaking away to your scrapping space and playing along with the latest tic tac toe challenge.

Our theme for May is Tic-Tac-Toe and each week DT member Maureen is providing us with a tic-tac-toe board to use to complete your layout.

For those who have never played before, you can go left to right along a row or up and down on a column or from the top left to the bottom right crossing the center word.

Here is this week's board:

And here are the lovely layouts from our design team.

Brandi

(Chipboard, Arrows, Twine)

Sandy

(Faux stitching, 2 Patterned paper, Twine)

Maureen

(Faux stitching, 2 Patterned papers, Twine)

Cheryl

(Washi tape, 3 Buttons, Chipboard)

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!

Sunday, May 7, 2023

LM #649 - Tic Tac Toe #2

Hello, everyone! Happy Sunday to you! I hope that you are all enjoying a scrappy weekend. Did you get a chance to partake in the iNSD fun that was all over the internet yesterday? If you didn't get enough scrappy fun yesterday - you are in luck! We have a new tic-tac-toe challenge for you today!

Our theme for May is Tic-Tac-Toe and each week DT member Maureen is providing us with a tic-tac-toe board to use to complete your layout.

For those who have never played before, you can go left to right along a row or up and down on a column or from the top left to the bottom right crossing the center word.

Here is this week's board:

Here are the beautiful layouts from the design team:

Brandi

Green / 2 Pattern Papers / Bird (Owl)

Sandy

( Left Row-Green, 2x Pattern Paper, and bird)

Lori K

I went with the right column - Flowers, Torn paper, and one photo)

In case you missed it - our February, March, and April Top 3 and Guest Designer Picks were posted earlier this week. Be sure to check it out!

Thanks so much for stopping by the blog today! We can't wait to see what you create!

Thursday, May 4, 2023

February, March, and April's Top 3 and Guest Designer Picks

Hello, everyone! I hope that you are having a good week. Today I am here with a long overdue Top 3 and Guest Designer picks post for February, March, and April. It has been a long time coming so let's get to it.

In February we had the fun mood boards/color palettes, courtesy of design team member Brandi. We had 11 beautiful entries and we want to thank each and every one of you that played along with us!

Here are our Top 3 for February - in numerical order:

#1 - Sherri

#6 - Barbara

#9 - My Little Orts

Beautiful layouts, ladies! Congratulations for being in the Top 3!

Our pick for Guest Designer from February is:

#7 - Alicia O'Bryant

Congratulatons, Alicia! Email Lori at loristroup@yahoo.com to accept your guest designer spot and for more information.

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Now, onto March! We had 42 amazing entries for our "March Happenings" challenges! That is fantastic! Thank you so much to everyone that played along with us in March.

Our Top 3 picks for March are - in numerical order:

#7 - Jamie