TN Time With Lisa & Lori - June Challenge

Hello, everyone! Happy Wednesday to you! I hope that you are all having a good week. 

It is time for TN Time With Lisa & Lori's June challenge today! Here's how it works - this is a monthly challenge that starts on the 10th of each month and ends on the 9th of the following month at midnight CST. If you complete my random challenge for the month - link your TN, bullet journal, or planner spread below. If you combine my challenge with Lisa's sketch challenge - link up here and on Lisa's blog  - My Creative Endeavors - and you will have two chances to win a prize. You can find the full list of rules here. 

Here is my challenge for June:

(June 10th - July 9th)

I've made it an easy one for this month - Anything Goes! Create a TN, Bullet Journal, or Planner spread about anything you want!

Here is the fabulous sketch that Lisa has created for us:

I just loved the sketch this month and so my layout is, of course, using both challenges!

I finally was able to dig into my Great Stash Bash kit for June that Lisa sent to me, and I am happy to say that everything, well, almost everything, that I used on this layout is the scraps that she sent me! I did cut into the reddish-pink paper for the paper behind my photo, but even the black cardstock was in my scrap box. I also used a few stickers from the sticker sheet that she sent me. 

If this photo looks familiar that is because I shared a 12x12 layout earlier this week using this sketch! It is one of my favorite photos of Ada that I have taken recently and wanted to scrap it in my May TN as well. On this particular day, I think it is safe to say that Ada wasn't really feeling the summer vibes! She had gotten in the pool for just a few minutes, but that water was still on the cool side! She needs more sunshine and warmer temperatures for it to feel like summer!

Here are a couple of close-ups:

I clustered several of the circle stickers from the sticker sheet to mimic the look of the paper on the right side of the spread. I added in a few phrase stickers that say - Keep Smiling, Whose Ready For Summer, and Come On Summer - I thought they were fitting for this spread. On the right side, I added a die-cut piece from this same collection.

Now, on to the prize! I have a winner from the last few months' worths of entries! Before I get to the winner, I want to let you know that Lisa and I have decided to continue to do prizes in this way - quarterly - sort of - at least we will be drawing a winner every 3 months! We're not quite lined up right to be exactly quarterly for the rest of the year, but we'll get it straightened out eventually!

Now for my winner! A big thank you to Anna, Sandi, and Becca for playing along with us these last few months! Each of your layouts was just beautiful! By random draw my winner is:

#4 - Sandi

Congrats, Sandi! Email your address to me at loristroup@yahoo.com and I will get your prize out to you!

Be sure to stop by Lisa's blog and check out her TN spread. I hope you have a chance to play along with us!

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TN Time With Lisa & Lori April 2020

Hello, everyone! Happy Friday to you! The weather has turned a bit cooler for a few days. I was sure liking those 80 degree days, but it is a little early to be that hot around here. 

It is time for the April 2020 TN Time With Lisa & Lori Challenge today! Are you ready for it? Here's how it works - this is a monthly challenge that starts on the 10th of each month and ends on the 9th of the following month at midnight CST. If you complete my random challenge for the month - link your TN, bullet journal, or planner spread below. If you combine my challenge with Lisa's sketch challenge - link up here and on Lisa's blog  - My Creative Endeavors - and you will have two chances to win a prize. You can find the full list of rules here. 

Here is my challenge for April:

(April 10th - May 9th)

Just use your favorite color combo AND your favorite embellishment on your TN, Bullet Journal, or Planner Spread.

Here is the great sketch that Lisa has created for April:

And here is my spread:

For my favorite color combo, I have used an oldie but a goodie - red, white, and turquoise. This used to be a popular color combo a few years ago, but it's kind of fallen by the wayside lately. I just used this color combo for this layout here earlier this week and remembered how much I liked it, so while I had the red/pink polka dot paper scrap still on my desk, I thought I would use it again as my favorite color combo here. I went in search of a turquoise paper and found a scrap in my February Great Stash Bash kit that I have not put away yet! So this Traveler's Notebook Spread helped me to use up two scraps without them ever going into my scrap box!

My favorite embellishment - right now - are these cute - tiny - enamel hearts from Doodlebug Designs! I got a few of these in a kit from The ScrapRoom a few months ago and fell in love with them. I may have bought a few different packs to have on hand since then! 

So, here we are already on Week 15 of 2020 and I only have two weeks done in my 52 Favorites of 2020 so far. I'd better get it in gear so I am not so far behind! This photo was taken last week when we had to watch Ada while Abby went to the school to get homework packets made for her students for the rest of the month. We just found out today that they have canceled school for the rest of the year and will do virtual learning until their last day in May. I don't know what this is going to mean for Ada's Kindergarten graduation...it makes me so sad to think she's going to miss that, but they may do something at a later date. Here's hoping! 

Anyway, when she came in I told how much I liked her unicorn shirt and she was all ready to strike a pose for me to take her picture! It was so good to get to spend some time with Ada and Abby - just the little distraction that we were needing in this crazy time. 

Here are a couple of close-ups:

I love the Elle's Studio metal heart dies and the coordinating stamp set. I finally ordered them and I am so happy that I did - they will pay for themselves in no time at all!

Now, on to the prize - first of all, thank you to Anna and Sandi for playing along with us in March. With everything that is going on in the world, we are going to suspend prizes for right now so we don't have to get out any more than we have to. So, what I am going to do is carry over the linky from last month and combine the entries with this month's entries. Hopefully, things will be returning to somewhat of a normal situation by May 9th and I will draw a prize from our March and April entries. If things are still crazy, we will roll it over for the May challenge, too, we will just wait and see. So be sure to link up - I will be giving away a prize - regardless of how many different participants I have - when things settle down!

Be sure to stop by Lisa's blog to see her take on this month's challenge. I do hope you play along, too!

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