LM #496 - 3 Things - Week 1

Hello, hello! Happy day after National Scrapbook Day! Are you making it a scrappy weekend? I sure hope that you are finding a little time to get scrappy this weekend! It's time for a new theme and a new set of challenges here at Lasting Memories. For the month of May, we will be giving you a list of 3 things that must be included on your layout. How much or how little you use of each item is up to you. You can also use other things that are not on the list, but you must include the required 3 things. Our first challenge is:

LM #496 - 3 Things - 

Polka dot/dotted patterned paper

flowers (can be a paper or an embellishment)

stickers

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

May GDT - Sandi

May GDT - Jessica 

May GDT - Karen B

I adore spots and dots, so it was no hardship to feature some dotty paper on this page.  I used a few different sizes of flowers and some sweet Basic Grey alphabet stickers.

May GDT - Anna

And the beautiful layouts from the rest of the design team:

Lauren

Denise

Connie

Deanna

Such beautiful inspiration from the design team! Now it's your turn - link up your layouts by Saturday, May 30th 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 have a chance to play along with us!

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Introducing's May's Guest Designers

Hello and Happy Saturday! It's a new month and that means it's time to say hello to our May Guest Designers! Before we get to that I want to thank Sherri and Jamie for being our guest designers in April. It was a pleasure having them on the team for the month of April!

We have four amazingly talented Guest Designers joining us in May! Please give a warm welcome to Sandi, Jessica, Karen B, and Anna! 

May GDT - Sandi

I am Sandi Pressley, a recently retired, transplanted Midwesterner living on the northeast coast of Florida. I have been scrapbooking for over 10 years and added card making to the mix a few years ago. I am the mom of two grown sons, grandma to 4, and dog mom to a wild and crazy French bulldog. My hubby still works and fully supports my paper crafting hobby. I love to eat my husband’s cooking, travel (we recently returned from a trip to Hawaii), and see my family. I love anything Disney, anything with flamingos, and anything that is the color aqua. I am excited and honored to be a guest on the Lasting Memories Design Team this month.

May GDT - Jessica

Hello, my name is Jessica Shurts and I live in Minnesota. I have 5 kids, ages 2 to13, and a wonderful husband of almost 16 years. I have been scrapbooking for about 20 years. I am also a child and family photographer, so I take lots of photos! Most of my layouts have 3 or more photos and I frequently do two page layouts. Right before Thanksgiving of last year, my youngest was diagnosed with leukemia so we have spent the last several months with him in the hospital. During my days at home, I have found scrapbooking and cardmaking to be a great creative, therapeutic outlet for me. You can see more of my work on my blog: Create and Share. I am excited to share my layouts this month with you!

 May GDT - Karen B

I'm married with a teenage daughter, and I work full-time.  We live on 14 acres in a semi-rural area in Southeast Queensland, Australia - with eucalyptus trees, koalas, kangaroos, native birds, chickens, and a dog. When not "safe at home" I enjoy country drives, hiking and camping, and visiting local markets and cafes.  I've been scrapbooking for around 20 years, and I still love traditional layouts best of all.  Fun trivia piece - I was on the LM design team back in 2014!  I've dabbled in all kinds of techniques and styles, and I enjoy trying new things, but my go-to, happy-place style is simple and linear.  On most of my layouts you'll see strong colour combos, old stash (!) with personal touches such as machine stitching, doodling or fussy cutting.  

May GDT - Anna

Hello, I'm Anna and I've been scrapping since my daughter was born in 2006.

Boy has scrapbooking changed over the years!! I have grown tremendously throughout these years and want to thank all of you for all the inspiration that is currently out there!! Love me some youtube videos, pretty much everyday!!

Thanks so much, Lasting Memories for having me on as the guest designer this month!! Look forward to joining all the fun you provide for many years to come!!

There is sure to be a lot of wonderful inspiration here at Lasting Memories this month!

Be sure to stop by tomorrow for our first challenge of the month!

Have a great day!

LM #495 - Word Play - RAIN

Hello, everyone! Good Sunday morning to you all! We are so happy that you are here today.

It is time for the last challenge of the month and with over 60 entries already - I would say you guys are enjoying the challenges this month! Before we get to the challenge, we want to say a huge "Thank You" to our guest designers, Sherri and Jamie! I have so enjoyed seeing their beautiful layouts each and every week.

Now to the challenge - as a reminder, our theme for April is - "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 word is:

LM #495 - RAIN

Here is a look at the wonderful creations from the design team, starting with our guest designers:

April GDT - Sherri

R - Rectangle photos

A - Adventure

I - inking

N - Nature

April GDT - Jamie
R - Red
A - Arrows
I - Illustrated Faith
N - New Coat of Paint (Title)

And now the beautiful creations from the design team:

Lauren

R - Red

A - American Flag

I - Independence Day

N - Navy

Connie
R- Rub Ons
A- Alphabet letters
I- Ink Pen for Dots and faux stitching
N- Nine square paper blocks on each page

Denise
R - red, rhinestone
A- anchor
I - icon paper
N - nautical, navy

Deanna
R - Rubons
A - American Crafts line
I - Ink
N - Nautical Theme

Lori K

R ~ Robins

A ~ Aqua Paper

I ~ Inked Stitches on border

N ~ Nest

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 this week to play along with us! Have a great day!

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

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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!

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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!

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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!

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