LM #372 - Winter/December Holiday Traditions - Color Challenge

Hello, hello scrappy friends! Happy Sunday to you! We just celebrated our Thanksgiving holiday here in the states and for me, it has meant lots of good food and lots of fun times making memories with the family! 

We are back today with our last theme and our last set of challenges for 2017. Can you believe it is (almost) December?! This year has gone by incredibly fast it seems. Before we get to all of that we would like to give a warm welcome to our fabulous guest designers for December - Laurie and Denise!

December GDT - Laurie

Hi, my name is Laurie! I'm a Midwest transplant on the East Coast. By day, I review toys, but by night (and every other hour I'm not at work), I'm a blogger and scrapbooker. I've been scrapbooking since high school, but my scrapbooking style has definitely evolved over 15+ years. I am also a first-time mom to a little girl, so I always have a lot of pictures to scrap! And I am always behind on scrapping them!

December GDT - Denise A

Hello, I’m Denise from Germany. I have been a scrapbooker since I got my first camera when I was sixteen. I decorated my albums long time before I ever heard the word “scrapbooking”. Ten years ago, I was infected with all the possibilities of die cutters, papers, stamps, and embellishments. Last year, I started with mixed media and up to now, I like this style: a little bit neat, a little bit messy.

Now, on to our theme and challenge. DT Sandy is providing our challenges this month and they are going to be lots of fun! Our theme for December is - Winter/December Holiday Traditions and our first challenge of the month is:

LM #372 - Create a winter/December holiday traditions layout inspired by these colors:

You don't have to use all of the colors in your layout,  but use as many as you can.

Here's a look at what the design team has created starting with our guest designers:

December GDT - Laurie 

December GDT - Denise A

Sandy

Tina (coming soon)

Lori (coming soon)

I will be offering up a prize this month - just not had a chance to get it rounded up so stay tuned for that. You will have until Saturday, December 30th to play along with us for your chance to win the prize and for a chance to be a guest designer in February.

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

LM #371 - Scrapbook Cooking Time - Recipe #4

Hello, hello! Good Sunday morning to all of you! We are just days away from the Thanksgiving Day holiday here in the US. Do you have any travel plans or are you staying close to home?

We are back today with our last challenge of the month. DT Tina has challenged us all month long with some great scrapbooking recipes. Recipe #4 is our challenge for this week:

LM#371 -  2 photos, 2 different fonts for title, 4 patterned papers, 5 buttons, 1 ribbon/trim/twine, 4 die cuts and sprinkle with mist.

Before we get to the beautiful inspiration from the design team, we want to say a big "Thank You" to our Guest Designers for November, Alicia and Karrie! I know I have enjoyed seeing their layouts every week.

Now here is a look at what the design team has created using the recipe - starting with  our Guest Designers:

November GDT - Alicia

November GDT - Karrie

Lauren

Haven

Wendy

Tina

Tina is offering up a $20 gift card to an online store to one lucky winner, so get your layouts linked up by Saturday, November 25th for your chance to win!

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

LM #370 - Scrapbook Cooking Time - Recipe #3

Good Sunday morning everyone! I hope you are having a good weekend.

Are you ready for a new "recipe" this week? Tina has created another great challenge for us and we can't wait to see what you create!

LM #370 - create a layout using the following - 1 large photo, 3 patterned papers, a pinch of wood veneer, a dash of chipboard pieces, and sprinkle with enamel dots.

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

November GDT - Alicia

November GDT - Karrie

Lauren

 Haven

Wendy

Sandy

Tina

Wow! Such beautiful inspiration from the design team! 

Tina is offering up a $20 gift certificate to an online store to one lucky winner, so get your entries in by November 25th for your chance to win!

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

LM #369 - Scrapbook Cooking Time - Recipe #2

Happy Sunday scrappy friends! We hope that you have had a good week!

We are back today with a new challenge for you to try. Our theme for November is "Scrapbook Cooking Time" and today we are back with our second recipe challenge for you.

LM #369 - Create a layout and use the following "ingredients" on it - twine/thread, sequins, labels, die cuts, solid cardstock, and vellum.

You can always use other items, as well, but we must be able to see the items in the recipe on your layout.

Here's a look at the beautiful layouts from the design team, starting with our Guest Designers:

November GDT - Alicia

November GDT - Karrie

I used all of the items from the recipe and added in a patterned paper background.

Sandy

Lauren

Tina is offering up a $20 gift certificate to an online store to one lucky winner! Link up your layouts by Saturday, November 25th for your chance to win!

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

October Features, GDT Picks, and Our Winner

Hello, everyone! Happy Friday to you! Are you ready for the weekend? I know I am! We didn't have a lot of entries in October, but the ones we did have were fantastic! Here are our top picks  - in no particular order: Crissi

Candace

Denise

Laurie

Julene

Beautiful layouts, ladies!
Since all 5 of you did such a wonderful job on your layouts, I am extending an invite to all of you to be a guest designer for us in December. So, Crissi, Candace, Denise, Laurie, and Julene - if any  - or all -of you are interested in being our guest designer for December email Lori at loristroup@yahoo.com to accept! Now, the winner, by random draw, for the PhotoPlay paper pack is: Laurie! Laurie - contact Lori at loristroup@yahoo.com to claim your prize! Thank you all so much for playing along with us in October! We hope to see more of your beautiful work in November!

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

LM #368 - Scrapbook Cooking Time - Recipe #1

Hello, scrappy friends! Good Sunday morning to you! I hope that you are having a good weekend. We got our first taste of winter this weekend with cold temperatures. We went from almost 80 degrees on Thursday to about 40 degrees on Friday. Ugh! I don't think I'm ready for that cold of weather just yet!

It will soon be November and we have a new theme and a new set of challenges for you today. DT Tina is providing our challenges this month and I think you're going to like them! 

Our theme for November is -  Scrapbook Cooking Time - having fun creating with some scrapbook recipes - and our first challenge is:

LM #368 - create a layout using 3 patterned papers, background stamping, a punched shape, puffy stickers, and your handwriting.

We have two fantastic guest designers joining us in November! Please help us welcome Alicia and Karrie!

November GDT - Alicia

Hi, I am Alicia O'Bryant, a mother, and wife who also works full time as an office manager.   I am also mom to two fur babies.  I have been crafty since childhood.  I owned a jewelry crafting business for over 20 years and have been paper crafting for almost as long.  I enjoy the city of life of Cincinnati, Ohio where I have lived for 20 years.   I love to scrapbook as well as create cards and mixed media projects.  I am currently working on my wedding album from 2013.  

Here is Alicia's beautiful layout for this week's challenge:

Next, we have November GDT - Karrie

Hi, I’m Karrie, I live in Ontario, Canada, and am a full-time receptionist.  My hubby and I enjoy traveling,  motorbikes, camping/boating, and I play beach and indoor volleyball.   

I started scrapping in 2001, and am lucky enough to have a space packed tight with goodies and freedom to create almost every weekend! I am so happy and honored to be chosen as a GD at Lasting Memories!

Here is Karrie's beautiful layout for this week's challenge:

I used only the recipe, just adding a few droplets of ink.

Here is a look at what the rest of the design team has created:

Sandy

Tina

3 pattern papers, stamping: part of the title and the little notebook page, stars are the punched shape, Heidi Swapp puffy stickers, and my own handwriting:) a fun recipe for the layout.

Tina is offering up a $20 gift certificate to an online store to one lucky winner.  Be sure to link up your layouts by Saturday, November 25th for your chance to win!

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

LM #367 - Around The House - Stamping With Something Other Than A Stamp

Hello, scrappy friends! Good Sunday morning to you! I hope that you are all having a good weekend.

We are back today with our final challenge for October. Before we get to that I want to say a big thank you to our guest designers for October. It has been a pleasure working with both Asa and June and I have really enjoyed seeing their beautiful work this month.

Our theme for October has been "Around the house" and this week's challenge is:

LM #367 - Stamp with something other than a stamp on your layout.

Get creative and see what you can come up with. Think bubble wrap, pencil eraser, toy cars, etc. We can't wait to see what you come up with!

Here's a look at the design team's fabulous layouts, starting with our guest designer, Asa:

October GDT - Asa

I stamped with bubble wrap on my page.

Lauren

I used the wheels of a toy truck to stamp on my page

Sandy

I used a Hydrangea leaf and a Maple leaf to stamp on my layout.

Lori

I used a jar lid and a pencil eraser to stamp my circles and dots.

Wow - such beautiful examples from the design team!

We are offering up a prize this month, so link up your layouts by October 28 for your chance to win this:

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

LM #366 - Around The House - Use a Book Page Or Sheet Music

Hello, everyone! Good Sunday morning to you! I hope that you are all having a good weekend!

We are back today with our third challenge of the month. Our theme for October has been "Around the House" and this week our challenge is:

LM #366 - Use a book page or a piece of sheet music on your layout.

Here is a look at the beautiful layouts from the design team - starting with our guest designers:

October GDT - Asa

I've used a book page on my layout. This is a photo of my grandfather who should have turned 100 years old this Friday if he was still alive. So Happy Birthday Grandpa wherever you are! Me and my cousin are also in the photo.

October GDT - June

I used a piece of sheet music as background in this layout, which was perfect for scrapbooking my trumpet-playing son's summer concert.

Sandy

I used old dictionary pages on my layout...with corresponding words...dress and bride.

Wendy

I punched an old dictionary page for flower embellishments and for the date.  I also added a strip as another element to the page.

Such beautiful layouts from our talented design team. I hope you have a chance to play along with us this month! Link up your layouts by October 28th for your chance to win this:

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