LM #739 - Back to Basics: Band Design

Happy Sunday, everyone, and thanks for stopping by at Lasting Memories for our newest challenge. This month, Sandy asked us to get back to basics with our designs. It is all about our base pages this month, so let's see what she is asking us to do this week!

LM #739 - create a layout using a band design.

Band Design is a clean vertical band foundation, a wide and centered band foundation, a curving band foundation or a band along the page edge. Here is an example.

And here are the design team's layouts, starting with our guest designers.

GDT Wendy

GDT Ella

Sandy

Here is what I created with the band base example…

Lisa

Jill

Cheryl

Don't you love seeing the great inspiration from the design team? Now it's your turn - link up your layouts to the linky below by Saturday, March 1st at 10 PM EST 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!

Please include your name and the challenge number in your link-up description. Only one link-up per challenge.

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter

LM #738 - Back to Basics: Petite Papers

Hello everyone, and welcome back to Lasting Memories for another challenge. We celebrated Valentine's Day on Friday, but it never too late to tell you we love having you play along with our challenges! This month, Sandy has asked us to get back to basics with our designs. It's all about our base pages, so let's check out her latest challenge.

 LM #738 - create a 12" x 12" layout incorporating a 6" x 6" paper pad.

Here are the design team's pint size layouts, starting with our guest designers.

February GDT Ella

February GDT Wendy

Sandy

Lisa

Cheryl

Don't you love seeing what the design team has done with those smaller papers? Now it's your turn - link up your layouts to the linky below by Saturday, March 1st at 10 PM EST 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!

Please include your name and the challenge number in your link-up description. Only one link-up per challenge.

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter

LM #737 - Back to Basics: Happy Horizontal

Hello, everyone, and happy Sunday to you. We hope you are having a good weekend. This month is speeding by, but we still have challenges to share! Sandy is our hostess for February, and she is asking us to get back to basics with our designs. It is all about our base pages this month!

LM #737 - create a layout using a Happy Horizontal base.

What is a Happy Horizontal design? Simply use several scraps of paper to form a horizontal base for your layout. Here is an example; make it your own!

Here are the inspiring layouts from the design team, starting with our guest designers:

February GDT Wendy

February GDT Ella

Sandy

Cheryl

Lisa

Jill

Thanks to the Design Team for sharing your creative variations on the Happy Horizontal design this week! Now it's your turn - link up your layouts to the linky below by Saturday, March 1st at 10 PM EST 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!

Please include your name and the challenge number in your link-up description. Only one link-up per challenge.

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter

January Top 3 and Guest Designer Picks

Greeting, everyone, and welcome back to Lasting Memories. This is Cheryl, and I am excited to share with you our favorites from the artwork that scrapbookers submitted for our challenges last month.

In January, we made some deliberate design choices that focused on specific aspects of our layouts. We had 10 wonderful entries, and it was challenging to pick among them, so thanks to all our participants for sharing your gorgeous artwork with us.

Here are the Top 3 for January in numerical order:

#4 - Jessica

#5 - Julene

#8 - Nelya

Our picks for guest designer from January are:

#1 - Haven 

#10 - Rainny

Congratulations, Haven and Rainny! Email Cheryl at chereven26@gmail.com to accept your guest designer spot and for more information.

Thanks again to everyone who played along with us in January! Be sure to check back tomorrow for another fun challenge.

LM #736 - Back to Basics: Grid

Hello everyone. It's the start of a new week and a new month, so let's get excited over some new challenges! Sandy is our hostess for February, and she is asking us to get back to basics with our designs. It is all about our base pages this month!

LM #736 - create a layout using a grid design. 

Here are the super structured layouts from the design team, starting with our guest designers.

February GDT Ella

February GDT Wendy

Sandy

Cheryl

Lisa

Thanks to the Design Team for inspiring us with your wonderful layouts this week! Now it's your turn - link up your layouts to the linky below by Saturday, March 1st at 10 PM EST 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!

Please include your name and the challenge number in your link-up description. Only one link-up per challenge.

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter

Introducing Our February Guest Designers

Hello, everyone! Happy Saturday to you!

Today we are announcing our guest designers for August. We have two lovely ladies joining us for our August challenges, and I know they are going to inspire you with their beautiful work! Please help us welcome super scrappers Ella and Wendy!

February GDT Ella

Hello everyone!

I'm Ella, which is a polish diminutive from Elisabeth. I come from Poland but have lived near to Ratisbon, Bawaria, Germany with my family since 2006. I have two sons (11 and 16 years old). I love to crochet and knit, and I also draw and paint. I've been interested in scrapbooking and cardmaking since 2016. I think it's some kind of art, too and my painting experience can be helpful in scrapbooking. For me, it's a wonderful way to spend my free time. I invite you to my blog Moje Craftowe Przygody, which means My Crafting Adventures.

February GDT Wendy

Hello there - my name is Wendy Crowe and I am so excited to be Guest Designer again here at Lasting Memories. I always love the fun mix of challenges - every month they come up with great ideas to create creative pages. I have been scrapping for over 20 years and have amassed quite the “collection” of goodies and these challenges certainly make me dig deep to use my stash. I have recently become a grandmother, so now I can start all over again scrapping fun pages for my granddaughter. My 3 kids love my hobby and are always willing to make sure I have lots of pictures to work with. I also have 2 kitties that like to “help” me with my pages. My style is simple, but I love trying new ideas and techniques. Lasting Memories sure helps me with that! I’m looking forward to sharing more fun pages and ideas with you all!

You can see more of Wendy's work on her blog.

Thanks so much for stopping by the blog today. We will be back tomorrow with a new theme and the first of four fun challenges for February!