Lasting Memories #324 - Little Baby Birdie

Hello, hello! I hope that you are all having a good weekend! It is COLD here today. I think our high is going to be 16 degrees. I know some of you in the northern US and beyond are much colder, but this is our coldest day so far this season. Brrr!

Sunday means we have a brand new challenge posted for you over on the Lasting Memories blog today. This is our final challenge of the year and it will run for the next 2 weeks. Then we will be back on Sunday, January 1st to start off the new year with a new theme and a new set of challenges.

December's theme has been "Best of 2016" and this week's challenge is a little different. Our challenge is Anything Goes, but you must use photos from 2016.

For my layout I used photos from May of this year. A little baby robin had fallen out of its nest, and Scott had rescued it and put it back in. We couldn't wait for Ada to come down and see it. We thought she would think it was pretty cute, but she was not impressed!

I was lucky enough to get a sweet gift in the mail from my good friend, Lisa, and in that gift was Crate Paper's "Cute Girl" 6x6 paper pad. I could not wait to get in and use some of it, and when I came across these photos, I knew they would go perfectly together. All of the papers are from the 6x6 paper pad, with the exception of the pink graph paper. I believe it is from American Crafts, but I am not certain. And I just now realized that I used the same background paper for this layout, that I used on last week's layout! I think I must like it!

I made my own title piece on this by typing up the title on a piece of the 6x6 paper and die cutting it into a circle. I then matted that onto a pinked circle, and then on another circle. I added some messy thread behind the title piece, and added in a puffy bird sticker and a couple of puffy hearts.

I used this month's sketch from My Creative Sketches. They have a great prize up for grabs, so check them out and play along!

Head on over to Lasting Memories to see the layouts from the rest of the design team. We would love it if you played along with us!

Thanks so much for stopping by today! I will be back soon with another project to share with you!

Hello Fall - Lasting Memories #313

Hi guys! I hope that you are having a good weekend! For all you card makers out there - did you get a lot of cards made yesterday for World Card Making Day? I did not get nearly as many done as I had hoped, but I do plan to do a few more today.

We have a new challenge up today at Lasting Memories. Since it's the start of a new month that means we have a new theme and a new set of challenges. For October our theme is - "All About Fall" and our first challenge of the month is - Fall Color Challenge - use browns, oranges, and reds on your layout. Neutrals are okay, too!

This is one of my favorite photos of Ada from last year. We had a little family get together at Scott's Mom and Dad's, and she just looked so cute in her boots, leggings, and denim shirt! She is definitely a fall time fashionista!

I used the beautiful Simple Stories Hello Fall collection. I think I could have multiple sheets of each paper in this collection and never get tired of it. I love the patterns, and the colors are just so pretty!

I used this sketch from My Creative Sketches - the perfect sketch to show off a lot of different paper!

Be sure to check out My Creative Sketches - they post a new sketch every month on the 16th, and they always have an awesome prize!

Head on over to Lasting Memories to see the beautiful layouts from the rest of the team. I hope you find some time to play along with us! I am offering up the prize for October:

Thanks so much for stopping by! Have a wonderful day!