Merry Christmas

I am excited to be the GD again for Cut it up challenges and the last challenge of the year is anything goes! I used the die cuts from paper wizard to accentuate the photos of my son decorating the tree. I hope you join in this fun challenge!

 

Sunflower

 For the last challenge in October at Lasting Memories we have a new mood board. I loved the fall colors of the mood board and used it with the photos of my family in the sunflower maze. Can't wait to see what you create!

Poolside Paradise

 This month's challenge on Lasting Memories is to use a mood board and let the colors inspire you. The pool photos of my family worked great with the mood board below. Hope you join in this great challenge!

Splash into Summer

 I am the GD for the Cut It Up blog and the new challenge is More Than One Die Cut. These photos of my grandson at the pool went perfect with all the fun penguin die cuts. I hope you join in this fun challenge and don't forget the die cut!

New River Gorge

 This month at Lasting Memories the theme is- Let’s use up that stash of paper! This week we are challenged to use striped patterned paper. I love the new National Park collection from Carta Bella, and I have been using it to catch up on our vacation photos. I really like the green striped paper with the blue dots. Can't wait to see how you use striped paper on your layout!

Eat more hole food

I am the GD for the Cut it Up blog this month and the new challenge is LOL/That’s Funny. I thought this title was a great pun that went perfect with the photos of my dad and son wearing the krispy kreme doughnut hats. I can't wait to see everyone's take on this theme and don't forget to include a die cut!

 

License to Drive

This month on the Lasting Memories blog we are stash bashing. This week's challenge is to create your layout using one, two or all of these items: Wood ,Chipboard or Acrylic. I love using wood embellishments on my layout and I had purchased these ones specifically for these photos when my son got his license a year ago-so I am happy to bash some of my stash! 

 

Enjoy the Journey

 I am the GD for Cut It Up again this week and the theme is anything goes! This layout was from our vacation to Tennessee, while we were there we went the Island in Pigeon Forge and rode the skyfly. As the person who always takes the pictures it was nice to purchase a photo that included me LOL.I hope you join in the fun this month and don't forget to include a die cut. 

World is Yours

 This month I am hosting the challenges at Lasting Memories and I thought it would be fun to focus on our favorite things. This week the challenge is to use your favorite embellishments. In this layout I used die cuts, chipboards and even snuck in an enamel dot! Can't wait to see your favorite embellishment!

Santa-I can explain

I am back on the Cut It Up Blog with the fun new challenge-Christmas in July. I used a die cut title which went great with the photos of my grandson eating and drinking the snacks we were leaving for Santa. Can't wait to see your Christmas projects and don't forget the die cut!

 

Easter time

 This was my month to choose the theme at Lasting Memories and I thought it would be fun to focus on our favorite things. This week is favorite holiday. I am not sure Easter is my favorite holiday, but I do love taking my grandson to Easter egg hunts. Hope you enjoy this theme and join in the fun!

Let it slide

This month Lasting Memories is  having fun with papers by incorporate one of each size paper onto your layout: 4 - 2.5 x 10    4 - .5 x 12    4 - 3 x 4 (could use journal cards) I used the ,5 x 12 to make the blue border around the page, the 2.5 x 10 were cut out of the camera paper to create the background, and the 3 x 4 size was used as photo mats. Hope you join in on this fun challenge!

Take A Hike

 I am so excited to be back again as a GD for the Cut It Up blog and the new challenge theme is Masculine. My husband and I just went to the Great Smoky Mountains National Park and did some hiking, this is another great die cut title I got from Paper Wizard that went perfect with my photos.  I hope you join in this fun challenge. 

Fall is in the air

 I am so glad to be the GD again for Cut it Up! The new challenge is anything goes. I used a great die cut title and embellishments from paper wizard, that worked perfect with my fall photos. I hope you join in this easy challenge and don't forget the die cut!

Summer in the Backyard

 Our theme for May on the Lasting Memories Blog is Tic-Tac-Toe, and each week DT member Maureen is providing a tic-tac-toe board to use to complete your layout. For those who have never played before, you can go left to right along a row or up and down on a column or diagonally from the top left (or right) to the bottom right (or left) crossing the center word. 

I went diagonal use 2+ paper, circles and the color blue. Hope you join in these great challenges!

Happy Birthday

 Not only am I sharing my take on the challenge today from Lasting Memories, but it was my turn to choose the sketch!  I am also part of the Sketches in Thyme design team, which is a Facebook group, and I loved this sketch from 2019. My photos are usually vertical and I love making layouts that have multiple photos. I hope you enjoy this sketch too and decide to play along!

Wild Encounters

 

Happy Easter everyone! This month on the Lasting Memories Blog is a sketch challenge. I used the new sketch this week, I included it below, for my layout. I did change it up some to work with my title and photos, but that's the great thing about sketches! Hope you get to play along with this fun challenge.

Sweet but Twisted

 The new challenge today on the Cut It Up Blog is anything that starts with the letter C. I did a Christmas layout about Candy Canes. We take my grandson on the Santa Train every year and this year my sister and grandson both got candy canes from Santa for being on the nice list-yes I got coal and was on the naughty list LOL! I can't wait to see what everyone makes for this challenge and don't forget the die cut!

Totally excited

 

I am the GD again on the cut it up blog and the new challenge is anything but a card, This is right up my alley and I was excited to create a layout about the solar eclipse-I even included a pair of the special glasses on my layout. Hope you join this fun challenge and don't forget to use a die cut!

Full Moon

 

Do you ever feel like you are going around in circles? This month at Lasting Memories they want to turn that feeling into a benefit by exploring fun ways to use circles on our layouts. This week's challenge is to use circular ephemera or stamped images to embellish your layout. I actually cut a circle out of the middle of the paper and used the inner circles to create the design, then I used moon ephemera to highlight my photos about our full moon hike at Bryce Canyon National Park. Hope you join this month's fun challenges. 

So Very Happy

 The new challenge today on the cut it up challenge blog is colors of spring. Who would have thought that spring paper would work great for a layout about my grandson and frogs-but it really did work. Hope you join in this fun challenge and don't forget to add a die cut!

Picture Perfect

 The new  challenge this week at Lasting Memories is create a layout using a band design. Band Design is a clean vertical band foundation, a wide and centered band foundation, a curving band foundation or a band along the page edge. I used several bands in this layout to keep the continuity for the double layout.  Hope you plan along with this month's fun challenge!

Arches

I am excited to be back on the cut it up blog! The newest challenge is Tie it up-use string, ribbon or twine. I used navy ribbon in the tags and of course I have my die cut title. Hope you join in this fun challenge!

Hello Sunshine

 The new challenge this week at Lasting Memories is create a layout using a Happy Horizontal base. Use several scraps of paper to form a horizontal base for your layout. I decided to use my horizontal base to create a double page layout. I loved how I was able to get so many photos on one layout and still have room for journaling. Can't wait to see what you make!

Adventure

 The newest challenge on the Lasting Memories Blog is Focus on Your Finishes - create visual triangles by adding three groups of embellishments. Being this is a double layout I have several visual triangles. I have three groups of enamel dots, three groups of embellishments, and I also focus on have a visual triangle with my colors. Hope you join in this bonus challenge!

Love you to the Moon

 I am the GD again for the Cut it Up Blog and the new challenge is Have a Heart. I had this great die cut title for our stargazing night at Zion National Park. It was cloudy and we didn't see many stars, but the moon was full and looked amazing. It was so dark there the photographer had to show us where to stand using a flashlight and then told us to look at the moon. The photo looks like it was taken during the day-so cool! Hope you check out this blog and join in the heart challenge!

Tinsel Time

 I am back as a guest designer again this year for the cut it up challenges blog and am excited to participate in the something new challenge. I recently found the paper wizard site and they have wonderful die cut titles and was excited to play with my new die cuts and paper. Hope you join in this fun challenge!

Here Comes Santa

 This month at Lasting Memories we will deliberately focus on different aspects of our design in order to give some pizzazz to the finished product. This week we are going to focus on the title. It can be an extra large or long title, get creative with multiple fonts, replace a couple of letters in your title with pictures, etc. I purchased some great titles from paper wizard and love how it went with the papers and photo of us meeting Santa. Can't wait to see you title!