LM #494 - Word Play - CROCUS

Hello, hello! Good Sunday morning to you! Welcome back to Lasting Memories - we hope you are all doing well. 

It's time for our 4th challenge of the month. Our theme for April has been - Word Play - and you are to use an item or technique for every letter of these spring words:

(e.g. S-sun, stamp, silver, stars... P- pink, paint, polka dots....)

This week's challenge is:

LM #494 - CROCUS

Here are the beautiful creations, starting with our guest designers:

April GDT - Jamie

C - Crate Paper Diecuts/Ephemera 

R - Rhinestones

O - Orange

C - Cricut Cut

U - Uhaul truck photo

S -Stampin Up paper

April GDT - Sherri

C - "Cute" title and cute birthday girl

R - Round dots as embellishments from letter sticker package

O - one journal box and one piece of washi tape

C - cardstock

U - U in the word Cute

S - Sparkly letter stickers and seven photos

And here are the beautiful layouts from the design team:

Lauren

C - Christmas

R - Red

O - Ornament

C - Chipboard

U - Ugly Sweater

S - Snowflake/Santa

Denise
C- clouds
R- red
O- overlay
C- children
U- underlined journaling
S-sea shells

Deanna
C - Christmas Theme
R - Red
O - Ornament
C - Cardstock
U - Uniball White Gel Pen
S - Splatters

Lori K

C ~ Christmas Tree
R ~ Raja
O ~ Ornaments
C ~ Couch
U ~ Underwear
S ~ Star

Such beautiful inspiration from the design team - and great and unique ideas for some of the letters in this week's word! Now it's your turn! Link up your layouts by Saturday, May 2nd at 6:00 PM EST for your chance to be our guest designer for an upcoming month and for a chance to win a $15 gift certificate to an online store of choice.

We hope you have some time to play along with us. We would love to see your creations! 

Thanks so much for stopping by today! Have a great day!

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

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March Top 3, GDT Picks, and Winner

Hello, everyone and Happy Monday! Today we are here to share our Top 3, GDT Picks, and our winner for March! Before we get to all of that, I want to say thank you to everyone that played along with us last month! We had 51 gorgeous layouts linked up to our March challenges.
Since we had so many great layouts shared, instead of a Top 3  we are going to have a Top 5! Here they are in numerical order:
#10 -Heidi

#12 Karen C

#20 - Stacy

#44 - Melissa

#47 - Giorgia

Such beautiful work! Congratulations to the Top 5! 

Our picks for Guest Designer for an upcoming month are:
#39 - Karen B

#51 - Anna

#7 - Jessica

Congratulations, Karen, Anna, and Jessica! Please email Lori at loristroup@yahoo.com to accept your guest design team spot and for more information.

Our winner - by random draw - for this month's prize of a $15 gift card from an online store of choice is:

#48 - Laura G

Congratulations, Laura! Email Lori at loristroup@yahoo.com to claim your prize!
Thanks again to everyone that played along with us in March! We hope you join us in April, too!

LM #493 - Word Play - TULIP

Happy Easter and welcome back to Lasting Memories! I hope that this post finds you all doing well. 

We are back with our third challenge of the month. Our theme for April is "Word Play" and you are to use an item or technique for every letter of these spring words on your layout.

(e.g. S-sun, stamp, silver, stars... P- pink, paint, polka dots....)

The word for our challenge this week is:

LM #493 - TULIP

Here's a look at the design team's creations, starting with our guest designers:

April GDT - Sherri

T - Train

U - Under a blanket the baby is

L - Leaving the hospital

I - Individual journal box 

P - Pink Patterned paper

April GDT - Jamie

T - Two photos

U - "Us" sticker

L - Love

I - Inking

P - Pattern Paper

And the rest of the design team:

Lauren

T - Tiger 

U - Unisex baby shower

L - Leopard print

I - Indigo 

P - Palm

Connie
T- Tacos
U- USA in journaling
L- Layered Diecuts
I- Inked Edges
P- Pepper

Denise
T - texture paste
U - us in the photos
L -leaves
I - ink splatters
P - patterned paper, phrase

Deanna
T - Tag
U - Uniball Gel Pen
L - Lacy Doily
I - Ink
P - Pink Paislee 'Indigo & Ivy' line

Such great inspiration from the design team - and great and unique ideas for some of the letters in this week's word! Now it's your turn! Link up your layouts by Saturday, May 2nd at 6:00 PM EST for your chance to be our guest designer for an upcoming month and for a chance to win a $15 gift certificate to an online store of choice.

Thanks so much for stopping by today! I hope you find some time to play along with us!

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter

LM #492 - Word Play - FLOWER

Hello, hello! Happy Sunday to you! I hope that everyone is doing well and getting some scrapping done!

It's time for our second challenge of the month! As a reminder, our theme for April is - Word Play - and you are to use an item or technique for every letter of the chosen spring word for this week:

(e.g. S-sun, stamp, silver, stars... P- pink, paint, polka dots....)

This week's challenge is:

LM #492 - FLOWER

Here's a look at the fabulous layouts from the design team, starting with our guest designers, Jamie and Sherri:

April GDT -Jamie

F - Flowers

L- Lost and Found paper from the My Mind's Eye company

O - Orange title, flowers, and bling

W - Wave Searcher chipboard stickers from Fancy Pants 

E - Echo Park sticker from their The Story of My Family sticker sheet

R - Red bling and flowers

April GDT - Sherri

F - Flowers and floral paper

L - Lovely couple and word Love

O -  the O in xoxo and Love

W - White flower and white cardstock

E - Embellishments (brads, buttons); Letter E in Heart and other words

R - red, ribbon

And the rest of the design team:

Lauren

F - Fall

L - Las Vegas

O - Orange

W - Wreath

E - Elephant (in photos)

R - Red

Deanna
F - Faber-Castell Gelato (Blue)
L - Lined Journal Paper
O - October Afternoon Red Alphas
W - Wooden Veneers
E - Enamel Dot
R - Ranger Texture Paste

Denise
F - fly
L - layering
O - olive gold gilding polish
W - wind
E - enamel accents
R - Ranger, red

Lori K

F ~ feather

L ~ love

O ~ oval pictures, orange paper

W ~ water splash stickers

E ~ earthworm

R ~ robin die cut

Such lovely layouts from the design team! Now it's your turn! Link up your layouts by Saturday, May 2nd at 6:00 PM EST for your chance to be our guest designer for an upcoming month and for a chance to win a $15 gift certificate to an online store of choice.

Thank you so much for stopping by today! We hope you find some time to play along with us this week!

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter

LM #491 - Word Play - "SPRING"

Hello, everyone! Happy Sunday to you! I hope that you are all doing well and having a good weekend. 

 Today kicks off our April challenges and they are going to be fun! DT Member Denise has picked our theme and set our challenges for April. Are you ready? Let's get started!

For April our theme is going to be - Word Play - and you are to use an item or technique for every letter of these spring words:

(e.g. S-sun, stamp, silver, stars... P- pink, paint, polka dots....) Our first word is:

LM #491 - SPRING

Here's a look at the beautiful creations from the design team, starting with our guest designers:

April GDT - Sherri

S - Santa's List Patterned Paper by Teresa Collins and stickers
P - Patterned Paper and Poinsettias
R - Red
I - Ink
N - Nine letters in the word Christmas
G - gold heart and gold washi

April GDT - Jamie

S- Simple Stories: "Awesome" sticker - title

P - Pattern Paper: Paper Studio: Murphy's Square paper stack

R - Ripped paper

I - Ink: inked edges of the pattern papers

N - Navy: patter paper

G - Gray: patter paper and Basic Grey chipboard stickers

And now the creations from our talented design team:

Lauren

S - Snowmen

P - Pink

R - Ripped Paper

I - Ice Skates

N - Navy

G - Green

Connie

S- Santa Sticker
P- Plaid Paper
R- Red Cardstock
I- Inking
N- Night before Christmas
G- Glitter Ribbon

Denise

S- sequins
P- phrase
R- rub on
I- ink
N-nautical
G- green

Deanna

S - Stamping
P - Pinkfresh Studios Line
R - Recollections Flowers
I - Ink
N - Nautical Theme
G - Green Gems

Such beautiful inspiration from the design team. Now it's your turn! Link up your layouts by Saturday, May 2nd at 6:00 PM EST for your chance to be our guest designer for an upcoming month and for a chance to win a $15 gift certificate to an online store of choice.

Thanks so much for stopping by today! We hope you find some time to play along with us!

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter

Introducing April's Guest Designers

Hello, everyone! I hope you are having a good Saturday.

Today we are so excited to be announcing our Guest Designers for April, but before we get to that, I want to say a big "Thank You" to our March Guest Designer - Alicia! Alicia has shared such great inspiration with us this month and I have so enjoyed seeing what she has created each week. Thank you, Alicia!

Now, on to our April Guest Designers. Please give a warm welcome to Sherri and Jamie!

April GDT - Sherri

Hi, I am Sherri Priest, a retired CPA who lives in Whitehouse, Texas.  I have been scrapping for more than 15 years.  I take lots of photos so I rarely do single photo pages and usually do two page layouts.  I have two grown sons who are both Eagle Scouts and married.  I have three precious grandkids who are the subject of many of my layouts.  I also scrap a lot of travel pages.  I scrap very simply.  I want the photos to stand out.  I don’t like anything too thick or messy! I love patterned paper, brads and enamel dots.

You can see more of Sherri's beautiful work on her blog - Sherri's Creative Outlet Blog.

April GDT - Jamie

My name is Jamie Arthur and I'm so excited to be a guest designer at Lasting Memories this month. I love scrapbooking and really love working with challenges. I have been scrapbooking for over 20 years at this point. I have two children, a Golden-doodle, and I'm married to the best man a girl could ask for. And when I say the best I mean it! This man puts up with my scrapbooking obsession as well as my coffee addiction and my love of books (which are everywhere)!  I enjoy spending time in my craft room creating layouts for our family scrapbook albums. It is so fun to be able to open our family albums and not just look at pictures but relive the memories through the layouts themselves. I put my albums in the order in which things happened and I go year by year. The only problem with this method is that I end up with a lot of albums! I tend to scrap everything, however I find that it is so worth it when I look at my children enjoying them.

Most of my layouts can be found on my blog and Instagram. On my blog I try to share what materials I used to create my layouts. Usually, I am using my Cricut Explore and Design Space, although occasionally I like to challenge myself to not use it. I also love using lots of pattern papers and embellishments.

Welcome, Sherri and Jamie! We are looking forward to seeing your creations this month!

Be sure to stop back in tomorrow for a new challenge!

Thanks so much for stopping by today! Have a great day!

LM #490 - Techniques - Texture

Hello, everyone! Good Sunday morning to you. I hope you are all doing well and staying safe.

Today we are sharing our last challenge for March. As a reminder, our theme for March has been "Techniques" - let's use some different techniques on our pages - and this week's challenge is:

 LM #490 - Include texture - use something with texture on your page, yarn, string, bakers twine, etc.

Here's a look at the design team creations, starting with our guest designer, Alicia:

March GDT - Alicia

And the rest of the design team:

Lauren

I used bakers twine, brads, vellum, acetate, chipboard, 3D lollies and pop dots on some elements.

Toni

Deanna

I used baker's twine, stencil work with mixed media, and popped my stickers. 

Lori K

I used Bakers Twine and Chipboard letters and hearts.

Such beautiful inspiration from the design team. Now it's your turn! Link up your layouts by Saturday, March 28th at 6:00 PM EST for your chance to be our guest designer for an upcoming month and for a chance to win a $15 gift certificate to an online store of choice.

Thanks so much for stopping by today! We hope you find some time to play along with us this week! Have a great day!

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter

February Top 3, GDT Picks, and Winner

Hello, everyone! We want to say a big thank you to everyone that played along with us last month! We had 57 beautiful entries in February. We always love to see everyone's beautiful creations for our challenges. Just a quick reminder - we are a "layouts only" challenge blog. While we do love to see cards, we ask that you only enter layouts in our challenges.
Today we are sharing our Top 3, GDT Picks, and Winner for February. 
First up are the Top 3 - in no particular order:
#2 Stacy

#39 Brenda B

#40 - Anna

Congratulations to the Top 3! Beautiful work, ladies!

Our picks for Guest Designer for an upcoming month are:
#27 - Scrap Queen

#46 - Sandi

Congratulations, Jamie and Sandi! Please email Lori at loristroup@yahoo.com to accept your guest design team spot and for more information.

Our winner - by random draw - for this month's prize of a $15 gift certificate to an online store of choice is:

#32 - Nasa (Sherri P) 
Congratulations, Sherri! Email Lori at loristroup@yahoo.com to claim your prize!
Thank you again to everyone that played along with us! We will be back Sunday with another challenge for you!
Thanks so much for stopping by today! We hope you have a great day!