LM #823 - Flavors of Fall: Layers

Welcome back to another month of fun challenges here at Lasting Memories, where we are all about layouts. Fall has arrived in the northern hemisphere, so design team member Lisa is challenging us to be inspired by the flavors of fall. For our first challenge, Lisa says, "Fall brings cooler temperatures (at least here in Iowa) and layers of clothing to stay warm."

LM #823 - Layer lots of elements on your layout.

Here are the gorgeous layouts from the design team.

Haven

Wendy - I layered my patterned papers and die cut balloons:

Lisa

What great inspiration from the design team. Now it's your turn to join us to show off your layers! Link up your layouts to the linky below by Saturday, November 28th at 10 PM EST for a chance to show off your layout.

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 #822 - Shapely: Happy Hexagons

Another Sunday has rolled around, so that means it's time for the reveal of the latest Lasting Memories challenge. Thanks for joining us for the challenge this month, hosted by Maureen! Maureen hasn't been able to join us with her lovely layouts due to health issues, but she did think up some fun shapes to incorporate into our layouts. Let's get right to this week's challenge.

LM #822 - use at least 3 hexagons on your layout.

Here are the design team's inspiration.

Lisa

Cheryl

Now didn't those hexagons make you happy? Please join us to show off your hexagons! Link up your layouts to the linky below by Saturday, October 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 your link-up description. Only one link-up per challenge.

Notice: I was unable to connect to the Inlinkz site when writing up this post, so please either scroll down to the previous post for the link up or check back later.

LM #821 - Shapely: Satisfying Circles

Hello, and welcome back to another fun challenge here at Lasting Memories, where it's all about layouts! Our challenges this month are hosted by Maureen, who wants us to use shapes on our layouts. Here is this week's challenge.

 LM #821 - use at least 3 circles on your layout.

Easy peasy, right? So without further ado, let's get around to showcasing the design team's layouts.

Haven

Cheryl

We hope you are inspired to join us in creating a layout using circles. Please link up your layouts to the linky below by Saturday, October 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 your link-up description. Only one link-up per challenge.

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter

LM #820 -Shapely: Rad Rectangles

Greetings, fellow scrappers! Hope you are having an enjoyable weekend and are looking for a challenge to play along with. Our current shape challenges are hosted by design team member Maureen. Here's the second challenge of the month. 

LM #820 - use at least 3 rectangles on your layout.

Here are the fabulous layouts from our design team.

Wendy

Haven

Cheryl

Lisa

Thanks for the great inspiration, design team. Now it is everybody else's turn to show off their rectangles. Please link up your layouts to the linky below by Saturday, October 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 your link-up description. Only one link-up per challenge.

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter

LM #819 - Shapely: Totally Triangular

Hi everyone. Thanks for joining us again for a new set of challenges. Throughout the month of October, Maureen will be challenging us to get shapely! Let's get right to it. 

LM #819 - Use at least 3 triangles on your layout.

Here are the design team's fun layouts.

Haven -small and subtle triangle pennants

Cheryl - Triangular banner

Didn't you love the great inspiration from the design team? Now it is your turn to show off your triangles. Please link up your layouts to the linky below by Saturday, October 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 your link-up description. Only one link-up per challenge.

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter

LM #818 - Number Play - Gimme a High Five!

It's Sunday, and we are back with another exciting challenge here at Lasting Memories, where we encourage you to get those pages scrapped, because it's layouts only! This month, Design Team member Wendy challenged us to have some fun with number play. Here is our final challenge for September.

LM #818 - Gimme a High 5! Use the following on your layout:

5- photos

5 - stars

5- word title

5 - embellishments

Here are the design team's wonderful layouts, starting with our guest designer.

September GDT Deanne

Haven

Cheryl

What fun inspiration from the design team! Now it's your turn to see how the challenge inspires you. Please link up your layouts to the linky below by Saturday, October 3rd 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 #817 - Number Play: Just 4 Laughs

Greetings, everyone, and thanks for stopping by today to check out our latest challenge. FYI: I noticed the Linky for this month was accidentally set to end September 5th, so I created a new linkup that goes through the current end date of the challenges. For anyone who tried to link up but couldn't, I'm sorry for the inconvenience. Now on to this week's challenge.

Hostess Wendy has been challenging us to have some fun with number play, so here is her latest challenge.

LM #817 - Just 4 laughs. Use the following on your layout:

4 photos

4 squares

4-word title

4 embellishments

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

September GDT Deanne

Wendy

Cheryl

Lisa

The goat's name is Popcorn!

What diverse inspiration from the design team! Now it's your turn to see how the challenge inspires you. Please link up your layouts to the linky below by Saturday, October 3rd 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

August Top 3 and Guest Designer Picks

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

In August, Jill challenged us with some of her favorite things, and it seemed you scrappers enjoyed showing off your favorite things! We had 12 beautiful entries. Thanks to all our participants for sharing your lovely artwork with us.

Here are the Top 3 for August in numerical order:

#6 - Julene

#9 - Margaret

#12 - Deanne

Our picks for guest designer from August are:

#5 - Cindy

I couldn't copy and paste her layout from Instagram, but trust, me, it was cute!

#7 - Barbara

Congratulations, Cindy and Barbara! 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 August! We really enjoyed the challenges, and we are glad you did, too. Be sure to check back on Sunday for another fun challenge.

LM #816 - Number Play: 3 is a Crowd

Hello, everyone, and welcome back to Lasting Memories. Design Team member Wendy has been posing a challenge every week based on numbers, so here is her recipe for some number play this week!

LM #816 - 3 is a crowd. Use the following on your layout:

3- photos

3 - triangles

3- word title

3 - embellishments

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

September GDT Deanne

Haven (same assignment, two different looks)

Party hats or piñata

Wendy

I used leaves, stickers and buttons as my 3 embellishments 

Cheryl

What great inspiration from the design team! Now it's your turn to see how the challenge inspires you. Please link up your layouts to the linky below by Saturday, October 3rd 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 #815 - Number Play: 2 for Two

It's another Sunday, so that means another challenge here at Lasting Memories. For the second time, Design Team member Wendy is challenging us to have some fun with number play. Let's see what's in store this week!

 LM #815 - 2 for Two. Use the following on your layout:

2- photos

2 - hexagons

2- word title

2 - embellishments

The design team members each came up with very unique layouts based on this same formula, so here they are, starting with our guest designer.

September GDT Deanne

Wendy

Cheryl

Lisa

See, told you they were unique! Now it's your turn to see how the challenge inspires you. Please link up your layouts to the linky below by Saturday, October 3rd 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 #814 - Number Play: On the Ones

Hello, fellow scrappers, and welcome back to Lasting Memories. Just a quick reminder that the linky for our August challenges will be open for a few more days, so please feel free to add a layout for the last challenge that I forgot to post until midweek! And now on to our new challenge information.

The year is speeding by, and it is already time for our September Challenges. Our hostess, design team member Wendy, wants us to have some fun with number play, so let's get straight to it! 

 LM #814  - On the 1's. Use the following on your layout:

1- photo

1- circle 

1- word title

1 - embellishment

Here are the design team's singular layout, starting with our guest designer.

September GDT Deanne

Haven

Wendy

Great job on the inspiration, design team. Now it is everybody else's turn to show off their favorite embellishment. Please link up your layouts to the linky below by Saturday, October 3rd 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 #813 - Jill's Favorite Things: Places

Oops, I was away this weekend and thought I scheduled this post in advance, but I just noticed it was never published. Sorry about that! I updated the linky so you can add your layout until Tuesday, September 1st. Apologies again.

Welcome back to Lasting Memories, where it's all about layouts. Thanks to everyone who has joined us so far this month for our challenges featuring Jill's favorites. Jill's life is making it difficult for her to participate in our challenges, so she has decided to step down from the design team right now. Thanks for all the great inspiration, Jill. We will miss you! In her honor, here is the final challenge of August.

LM #813 - Favorite Place: We all have a place that makes us smile just thinking about it, and yes, being at home counts. Show off your favorite place in this challenge.

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

August GDT Heidi

Heidi said: my favorite place is my house because my cats and my video games are there!

Lisa

My favorite place is a conservation pond near my home where I feel calm. I can usually see the swans, sandhill cranes, painted turtles and different species of ducks when I am there.

Now that you've gotten a few ideas from the design team, it's your turn to get creative! Link up your layouts to the linkup below by Saturday, August 29 at 10PM EST for a chance to be our guest designer for an upcoming month.

Thanks so much for stopping by the block today. We can’t wait to see what you create!

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

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter

LM #812 - Jill's Favorite Things: Embellishments

Bonjour, mes amis! Oops, been studying French and that just slipped out; it means "hello, my friends." From whatever country in the world you are joining us, I hope you are having a fabulous weekend and making some memories to scrapbook later. This is Cheryl, here with the latest challenge from design team member Jill, based on her favorites.

LM #812 - Favorite embellishments: Are die cuts your go to or do you love enamel dots? Use whatever embellishments are your favorite in this challenge!

Here are the design team's inspirational layouts, starting with our guest designer.

August GDT Heidi

Her favorite embellishments are enamel dots.

Haven - Enamel dots

Wendy

LOTS of flowers are my favorite embellishments.

Great job on the inspiration, design team. Now it is everybody else's turn to show off their favorite embellishment. Please link up your layouts to the linky below by Saturday, August 29th 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

July Top 3 and Guest Designer Pick

It's time for some awards from our July entries, so let's get right to it. In July, Lisa challenged us with some fun moods boards, and we enjoyed seeing what inspired you from the boards! We had 8 beautiful entries. Thanks to all our participants for sharing your lovely artwork with us.

Here are the Top 3 for July in numerical order:

#2 - Barbara

#4 - Julene

#5 - Caro

Our pick for guest designer from July is:

#7 - Julene!

Congratulations, Julene! 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 July! We really enjoyed the challenges, and we are glad you did, too. Be sure to check back next Sunday for another fun challenge.

LM #811 - Jills' Favorite Things: Brands

Hi everyone, and thanks for stopping by today. This is Cheryl, reporting from a hotel room where my family is staying, not to have a nice vacation, but because we had to leave our house due to some work being done! It will look great when completed, but for now, it's a bit of a pain. Can anyone relate? Anyway, it's time for another of Jills Favorite Things challenge, so let's get to it.

 LM #811 - Favorite brand: We all have a favorite designer or company that we love every collection they release - show off your layout using your favorite brand.

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

August GDT Heidi

She used her favorite brand - 49 and Market.

Cheryl

Vicki Boutin is one of my favorite designers! I used a mixed media background, some patterned paper, and a puffy sticker designed by her.

Lisa

My favorite designer is also Vicki Boutin. I used papers from Artful Moments (her collaboration with 49 and Market) & ephemera/stickers from Discover & Create.

Thanks for the fantastic inspiration from the design team. Now it's your turn! Please link up your layouts to the linky below by Saturday, August 29th 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 #810 - Jill's Favorite Things: Tools

Greetings, everyone, and welcome to a wonderful new month of challenges here at Lasting Memories. Whether you are gearing up fmor school to start again or enjoying a relaxing vacation, we hope you take time to scrapbook those important memories. This month, Jill is hosting our challenges by sharing a few of her favorite things. Let's get right to her first challenge.

LM #810 - Favorite tool: Use your favorite die cutter, stencils, cutting device, pens/marker-whatever is your go to tool.

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

August GDT Heidi

Heidi's favorite tool is her Sizzix Big Shot, which she uses to make die-cuts.

Wendy

My favorite tool is my Big Shot die cutter. I made all the flowers and the leaves using my die cutters and some fun dies.

Haven

My current favorite is my border punches, as I'm trying to make myself use them more.

Thanks for the great inspiration from the design team. Now it's your turn! Please link up your layouts to the linky below by Saturday, August 29th 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