Introducing our June Guest Designer

Hello, everyone! Hope you all are gearing up for your summer and are getting ready for some hot weather, or maybe you are down under and winter is about to hit. Either way, we’re glad you popped in today to check out our newest guest designer. She is no stranger to our blog, so without further ado, here’s Heidi in her own words. 

June GDT Heidi

Heidi

Hi everyone! My name is Heidi and I live in Orange County in sunny Southern California. I live with my husband and 2 kitties Jupiter and Europa. I started scrapbooking almost 20 years ago when it was offered as an elective at my high school (can you believe it?!) and I haven’t stopped since. My favorite way to create a page is to start with a sketch and a color palette and then pull everything from my stash in those colors. I never know what I’ll end up using on a layout. I have lots of hobbies like yoga, reading books and video games, but I love the creative outlet that scrapbooking provides me. It allows me to connect with my memories on a more meaningful level than just scrolling through my phone. Thank you so much for having me at Lasting Memories as this month’s guest designer. You can see more of my work at my blog - The Scrap Attack

Thanks so much for stopping by the blog today. Don’t forget, today is the last day to play along with our May challenges for the chance to win a $15 gift card in our random drawing! Then we will be back tomorrow with a new theme and the first of four challenges for June.

LM #752 - Tic Tac Toe: Board 4

Hello, hello! Welcome back to Lasting Memories for our final challenge of the month. Remember, you can still play along with all the challenges from this month until the link closes on May 31st, and you may even be the randomly-drawn winner of our $15 gift card prize!

Our theme for May is Tic-Tac-Toe, and each week DT member Maureen is providing 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 diagonally from the top left (or right) to the bottom right (or left) crossing the center word.

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

 LM #752 - use a row, column, or diagonal from the tic-tac-toe board on your layout.

Here are the great layouts from the design team, starting with our guest designer, Jessica. Thanks so much for sharing your lovely layouts with us this month, Jessica.

Jessica chose the diagonal with 2+ Papers, Circles, and Blue.

Maureen

I chose the top row with 2+ Papers, Twine or Ribbon, and Tag.

Sandy

I chose the top row with 2 + papers, Twine or Ribbon, and Tag.

Lisa

I chose the top row with 2+ papers, Twine, Tag.

Jill

I chose the diagonal with 2+ Papers, Circles, and Blue.

Thanks to the Design Team for sharing your lovely layouts this week! Now it's your turn - link up your layouts to the linky below by Saturday, May 31st at 10 PM EST for a chance to be our guest designer for an upcoming month, or maybe win that gift certificate prize!

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 the link-up description. Only one link-up per challenge, please.

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter

LM #751 - Tic Tac Toe: Board 3

Greetings, everyone! May is half over but the challenges keep rolling here at Lasting Memories, where it is all about creating layouts and thus preserving our memories.

Our theme for May is Tic-Tac-Toe, and each week DT member Maureen is providing 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 diagonally from the top left (or right) to the bottom right (or left) crossing the center word.

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

LM #751 - use a row, column, or diagonal from the tic-tac-toe board on your layout.

Here are the gorgeous layouts from the design team, starting with our guest designer.

May GDT Jessica

She chose the right column - Enamel Dots, Stars, and Washi Tape.

Sandy

I used the center column - Stripes, Flowers, and Stickers.

Maureen

I used the middle column - Stripes, Flowers, and Stickers.

Wendy

I used the middle column - Stripes, Flowers, and Stickers.

Lisa

I used the bottom row - Hexagons, Stickers, and Washi tape.

Cheryl

I used the middle column - Stripes, Flowers, and Stickers.

Thanks to the Design Team for sharing your lovely layouts this week! Now it's your turn - link up your layouts to the linky below by Saturday, May 31st at 10 PM EST for a chance to be our guest designer for an upcoming month.

We are offering a special prize this month to one lucky scrapper - a $15 gift certificate to the online scrapping site of your choice! However, the only way to participate in the random draw for the prize is to play along with our challenges. One layout = one entry in the drawing, with a limit of one layout per challenge.

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 the link-up description. Only one link-up per challenge, please.

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter

LM #750 - Tic Tac Toe: Board 2

Welcome, and happy Mother's Day to all the moms out there. Whether you are celebrating your own mom, your kids are honoring you, or you are hanging out with a woman who has influenced you, we're glad you took the time to stop by and check out our latest challenge.

Our theme for May is Tic-Tac-Toe, and each week DT member Maureen is providing 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 diagonally from the top left (or right) to the bottom right (or left) crossing the center word.

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

 LM #750 - use a row, column, or diagonal from the tic-tac-toe board on your layout.

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

GDT Jessica

She chose  the middle column - 3+ Photos, Feminine, 2 Patterned papers.

Maureen

I chose the left column - Lace, Sequins, Circle. 

Cheryl

I chose the top row - Lace, 3+ Photos, Flowers.

Sandy

I chose the bottom row - Circle, 2 Pattern papers, Border punch.

Lisa

I chose the middle column - 3+ Photos, Feminine, 2 Patterned papers.

Thanks to the Design Team for sharing your lovely layouts this week! Now it's your turn - link up your layouts to the linky below by Saturday, May 31st at 10 PM EST for a chance to be our guest designer for an upcoming month.

We are offering a special prize this month to one lucky scrapper - a $15 gift certificate to the online scrapping site of your choice! However, the only way to participate in the random draw for the prize is to play along with our challenges. One layout = one entry in the drawing, with a limit of one layout per challenge.

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 the link-up description. Only one link-up per challenge, please.

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter

April Top 3 and Guest Designer Picks

Happy Saturday! Today we are announcing our Top 3 and Guest Design Team picks for April. The design team pitched in to share their favorite sketches, and we enjoyed seeing a bunch of scrappers rise to the challenge! Thanks, gals, for playing along.

Here are our Top 3 for April in numerical order:

#3 - Barbara

#8 - Heidi

#9 - Jessica 

Our picks for guest designer from April are:

#2 - Jackie

#13 - Jen

Congratulations to Jackie and Jen! 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 April! Be sure to check back on Sunday for another tic-tac-toe challenge.

LM #749 - Tic Tac Toe: Board 1

Hello and happy Sunday to you all! Is anyone scrapping today in honor of National Scrapbook Day? We hope so, and we also hope you decide to incorporate our challenge into one of your layouts. We are offering a special prize this month - a $15 gift certificate to the online scrapping site of your choice!

But remember, the only way to participate in the random draw for the prize is to play along with our challenges. One layout = one entry in the drawing, with a limit of one layout per challenge. We will also choose two May participants as guest designers for future blog challenges. Now on to our first challenge for the month!

Our theme for May is Tic-Tac-Toe, and each week DT member Maureen is providing 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 diagonally from the top left (or right) to the bottom right (or left) crossing the center word.

Why not come and join us this month and have some fun?

LM #749 - use a row, column, or diagonal from the tic-tac-toe board on your  layout.

Here are the creative layouts from the design team, starting with our guest designer.

GDT Jessica

She chose the top row with Metal, 2 Photos, Banner.

Maureen  

I chose the center column - 2 Photos, Doily, Fussy cut.

Sandy

I chose the center column - 2 Photos, Doily & Fussy cut.

Lisa

I chose the top row across - Metal, 2 Photos, Banner.

Cheryl

I choose the top row across - Metal, 2 Photos, Banner.

Thanks to the Design Team for inspiring us with your lovely layouts this week! Now it's your turn - link up your layouts to the linky below by Saturday, May 31st 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 the link-up description. Only one link-up per challenge, please.

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter

Introducing our May Guest Designer

Hello everyone, and happy National Scrapbook Day! I hope that you are all having a great weekend and getting those memories scrapped.

I just wanted to pop in really quickly to introduce our guest designer for May! Please give a warm welcome to the super talented Jessica.

Hello, my name is Jessica Shurts. I live in Minnesota with my husband and 5 kids ages 18, 16, 14, 12, and 7 (this month!). I started scrapbooking when I was in high school. Between cooking meals, driving my kids to all their activities (lots of soccer and dance), and being a family and senior photographer, I love using fun papers and products to tell my family's stories and using my Cricut to make unique embellishments and titles for my layouts.

You can find more of Jessica's beautiful artwork at her blog - Create and Share.

We will be back tomorrow with a new theme and a fun set of new challenges for you to play along with, and we even have a special prize this month, so be sure to stop back by!