Lasting Memories #329 - Use Your Stuff - L-O-V-E

Hello everyone! Happy Sunday to you! I hope that you are having a good weekend. We have had a busy one around here with birthday celebrations.

It's almost a new month, and that means we have a new theme and a new set of challenges over at Lasting Memories today. Our theme for February is "All In The Name Of LOVE", and our first challenge is - Use your stuff - use an item from your stash that begins with each letter in the word LOVE.

For my layout I have used - L- layers, O - orange, V - Vellum, E - Enamel Dots.

This layout is of Matthew and Ada from back in August. I think the realization that he was getting ready to head off to college was sinking in, and he was soaking up all the time with his little buddy that he could. Of course Ada was loving every minute of it! I found them one day in Shane's room, playing Mario Kart on his DS. He is so good and patient with Ada, and was more than happy to play with her for as long as she wanted.

Here's a couple of close ups of the clusters so you can see the vellum stars.

I based my layout off of this sketch from January 15 at Stuck?! Sketches. I always love a sketch where the elements are a bit on a diagonal.

Head on over to Lasting Memories to see the beautiful layouts from the rest of the design team. We hope to see you playing along with us this month!

Lasting Memories #297 - "Let Me Take A Selfie"

Hello again! I am back with my second post of the day. If you are looking for my Sketches In Thyme Project Life Style reveal, please keep scrolling or go here.

We have another fun challenge over at Lasting Memories for you today. In keeping with the "All About Me" theme for this month, our challenge for you today is - "Let Me Take A Selfie".  That's right, this week we want to see your selfies on a layout.

I am not much of a selfie taker, and on the random chance that I do, I usually have someone (mostly my granddaughter) in the photo with me. Let's face it - that's about the only time I will get my photo taken unless I just ask someone to take one of me - and then I usually hear moaning and groaning about them having to take a picture! My selfies may not be the best, but at least I'm getting me in some of my albums!

For my layout I used the June 1st sketch from Stuck?! Sketches:

I used papers from the Maggie Holmes Open Book collection. Such pretty papers in this collection! I also was able to use some older product from my stash - the flowers were from a RAK that I received several years ago (yeah, not much of a flower person here!) and the charms/brads I have had for at least 4 or 5 years. This was a half used package, so I just about got them all used up!

Head on over to the Lasting Memories blog to see the layouts from the other design team members for this week. I hope that you have a chance to play along with us!

Thanks so much for stopping by today and have a wonderful day!

Lasting Memories #241 - Beautiful Bride

Good Sunday morning and Happy Mother's Day to all the Moms out there! We have had a wonderful Mother's Day weekend filled with lots of family and memory making.

I am back today with the new challenge from Lasting Memories. The theme for May is Life Affirmations and this week's challenge is - Beautiful - make a layout about someone or something that is beautiful.

I snapped this photo of my beautiful daughter on her wedding day after the ceremony. She had found a few minutes to just relax after all of the excitement. She looks absolutely beautiful and so happy in this photo - and I'm sure just a little bit relieved that it was all over!

I used the April 1st sketch from Stuck?! Sketches. (One of these days I'll actually get around to using the sketch in the month it is posted!)

 

 

I stayed pretty true to the sketch - just adding a little cluster at the top for my journaling tag. I definitely wanted to keep the focus on the photo.

 

Be sure to stop by the Lasting Memories blog and see the rest of the beautiful creations from the design team. I hope you can find some time this week to get scrappy!

 

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

Time for an adventure

Good Monday morning! Christmas break is in full swing around here and I am lovin' it! I can't believe that Christmas is only 3 days away. I still have a few things that I would like to get and I haven't even started any baking. Nothing like waiting until the last minute - it's all I know!

I have a snowy layout to share with you today. We haven't had much snow yet this winter, but last December we did! The boys got out of school early on Thursday, December 5th due to bad weather and then they were out on Friday the 6th and all but one day the next week. Those were the earliest snow days that I can remember. Ada was still in the hospital but was due to go home at any time and we were wondering if the roads were going to be safe enough to travel.

Matthew didn't waste any time - he braved the cold and the snow and took the dogs for an adventure!

supplies used - Patterned paper - DCWV - The Christmas Combo Stack - Stamps - Fiskars - Alphas - Doodlebug Designs, EK Success, Punches - large snowflake - EK Success, small snowflake - Marvy Uchida, Scallop Circle die - Sizzix, Bling - Studio G.

 

I am entering this in Lasting Memories #220 - Snowflakes Galore challenge from December 7th. The challenge is to have snowflakes on your layout - either in your paper/embellishments, or in your photos.

 

I also used the December 1st sketch from Stuck?! Sketches.

Thanks so much for stopping by! See you soon!