FOOD FOR THOUGHT...

Hello!!  It's February and our Food for Thought themed challenges are going on now.  With our first one starting this last Sunday...   LMCB 227 "FAVORITE RECIPE or FOOD"
Lots of Yummy ways to take on this challenge!!  Food, Beverage, Meal, Cookbook, That recipe from Grandma... Who is the Chef of the household?  List goes on and on.  Hope you will join us and come see what the DT has done with this one!  You will sure to be inspired.
Some pretty FOODIE pictures to help jump start your thoughts.       
 

  Thanks so much for stopping by and hope you find time to create with us this week!

LM #227 "Favorite Recipe OR Food"

Hi everyone! Welcome to a new month of challenges here at LM! Before we get to the new theme and challenge, we'd like to say a HUGE thank you to Maja for joining us last month! We hope to see you join us when you can, thanks for inspiring us all month long! This months theme is "Food for Thought" which means that all our challenges this month will relate with food! As always, upcoming challenges are listed on the sidebar if you want to see what's coming up! Last month, you guys really amazed us. Every challenge you really brought your A game and we'll be taking this week to choose our TOP 3 and then we'll post our winner and TOP 3 on Saturday morning for you. Our challenge this week is "Favourite Recipe or Food" so we're looking for one or the other or hey, really challenge yourself and do both! Can't wait to see those layouts!  First off. our GDT for this month is Barbara Greenberg from Barb's Blab!! Super excited to have her on board this month! Please take a moment and pop by her blog to see her talent - she's got lots of it!

Here's her awesome take on our first Feb challenge!

And here's some more fabulous inspiration from our DT!
Beatrice

Paula

Chocoholic

Andrea

"Vanilla Cupcakes"

Renee

Green cupcakes!!!!

Tina

Christmas Cookies

Lori

Sweet Goodness

Lyne

Caffeinated

Thanks so much for stopping by and hope you find time to create with us this week!

An InLinkz Link-up

Beginner Scrapbooking Paper Layouts of Recipe Cookie Swap

Good morning! Karen here with today's video tutorial. Another one that I found on youtube and I love that it correspondes with our next challenge that goes live on Monday! If you haven't time to join us, or if this is your first time stopping by - you have till Friday, Feb 28th at 9pm EST to join the fun here at LM. You will find the links to all our challenges this month on the right. At the end of the month, we'll be choosing a GDT to join us for the month of March AND giving away a gift certificate to one lucky winner! Join 1 or all 4 challenges, it's up to you. Each challenge gets you an entry for the prize. One entry per challenge please .. so, lets get to today's video, which is all about recipe layouts for a cookie swap! Some awesome ideas and a huge thank you to Purple Lion Paper for this awesome video!

Reader's Submission - "Color My World"

 

Hi all!!  It's Friday... and it's Michele here with you today with the FEATURED pick.  Check out this layout from SUZANNE!! I just love it!!  Bright, bold and tells the story perfectly with her "Chicago" inspired song title about her granddaughter.  Suzanne... you followed our challenge to a TEE!!  Congratulations!  Grab your "Featured" badge once again! 

 

Still about 36 hours to join us for our CURRENT RECIPE CHALLENGE.  Take a chance!  We love to see what you show us!!  :-)

Happy Day Everyone!!

Reader's Submission - "Cooler than Me"

Hey all! Karen here with today's reader's submission!! I love this LO from Denise. It's a hoot, don't ya think?? That dog is too cute and so is the cat. Congrat's once again Denise!! Isn't it fun being on the winners side too?

Come on out and join us this week! Our current challenge is a recipe with a little twist, which by the way, was Denise's suggestion to me!! Love it! Have a good one and don't forget about my "Cards For Izzy" campaign on right now. Thanks again!

Reader's Submission - "Precious"

Hello!!  It's Michele here today to bring you this very "Precious" layout from TONYA.  Such beautiful colors for such a wonderful photo!!  Congratulations Tonya!  You've mastered our challenge this week!  Grab your "I was Featured" badge from our left side bar and display proudly!!

So fun to see some new faces join us!!

It's only Monday... which means you all have LOTS of time to join our Current Challenge.  Here is a reminder of our RECIPE with a "Twist."  ;-)

• (1) photo
• (2) embellishments of choice
• (3) colors of choice

AND .. we'd like to see SONG LYRICS of YOUR choice, somewhere on your layout!!!  

Happy Scrappin'!!!

LMCB #58 - Recipe Time With A Little "Twist"

Happy Sunday to you all!!  Before we get to today's challenge - here's your TOP 3 from last week's FRAMES and FLOWERS challenge #57!

1.   Sue S.
2.   Kacee
3.   Beth

Woo Hoo!! Congrats ladies! Be sure to grab your TOP 3 badge from the left sidebar for your blogs!!

Now onto this weeks challenge and it's another fun one!  

This week we're challenging you with a recipe:

• (1) photo
• (2) embellishments of choice
• (3) colors of choice

AND .. we'd like to see SONG LYRICS of YOUR choice, somewhere on your layout!!!  Journaling, Title.. where ever!  Can't wait to see what you choose!

I love what the Design Team has created for this challenge!  Be sure to visit their personal blogs (Listed on right sidebar or linked up below) to read more about their Recipe with Lyrics layouts!!

Charity

Marie

Vicki

Wendy

Brenda

Caryn

Amy

Joelle

Butterflies In Bloom

Today's LO comes to us from Karen! Butterflies In Bloom is from our current "recipe" challenge that you can view and play along with here. We hope you join us this week!!

Challenge #30 - Recipe Time and Winner Of Leisa's CTMH Giveaway!

Good morning friends! Thank you so much for joining us last week, what great LO's!! We're seeing more and more new faces and I LOVE that!! So, without further a-do ... the winner (chosen by RANDOM.ORG) of Leisa's CTMH giveaway is:

Theresa Neubaum

Congrats Theresa! Please contact Leisa at bigredscraps@hotmail.com with your mailing address!

AND this week's TOP 3 in no particular order is...

1. Joelle
2. Sharon
3. Theresa

Congrats ladies! Grab our TOP 3 badge code from the sidebar and display it proudly on your blogs!

Today's challenge is a recipe challenge! We're asking you to use (1) die cut, (2) brads and (3) layers! Have fun with this one and don't forget to link your layout below by Sat, Mar 26 @ 9pm EST to be considered for Top 3! Here's some DT inspiration to get you started!

Lauren

Denise

Tiffany

Alison

Leisa

Sue

Show us your layouts using the 1, 2, 3 recipe!

Challenge #21 - Recipe Time AND Your Top 3 for last week!

***EDITED ON MONDAY, JANUARY 17 - UNFORTUNATELY, NANCY HAS DECIDED TO STEP DOWN FOR THIS TERM, BUT WILL JOIN AGAIN IN APRIL - SO, WE ARE LOOKING FOR ONE MORE DT MEMBER! IF YOU'RE INTERESTED, PLS FOLLOW THE CHALLENGE BELOW AND ADD DT WITH YOUR NAME. MY DT AND I WILL CHOOSE ONE MORE MEMBER TO JOIN US!!!***

 
Good morning friends! Was super fun seeing everyone's style last week!! We hope you enjoyed getting to know our layout styles. I think we have a little of everything and a little something for everyone out there! So, without further a do .. your Top 3 winners, in no particular order are:

1. Brenda
2. Crafty Kitten
3. Caro

And I HAVE to give an honourable mention to the Dragonlette's!! You deserve this badge too!! Hope you can play along each week. We look forward to seeing you grow!

Congratulations! Grab your badge and display it proudly on your blog!

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Now onto this week's challenge...it's a 1, 2, 3 recipe!

• (1)RIBBON
• (2)BUTTONS
• (3)COLORS

Nice and simple huh? Here's some inspiration from the DT to get you going! Don't forget, to be considered for Top 3, just link your creation below before Saturday, January 22 @ 9pm EST! Have fun!

Denise

Lauren

Heather

Alison

Sue

Karen

Ashleigh

Leisa