lasting Memories #813 Favorite Place

 This month's challenges at Lasting Memories are some of Jill's Favorite Things, and this week we are focusing on favorite places. We all have a place that makes us smile just thinking about it, and yes, being at home counts. Show off your favorite place in this challenge.

My happy place is on a trail with my adventure buddies.  This past June, my friend Tami and I camped in the Sand Dunes National Park on the Oregon coast.  On the last night of our stay, my husband joined us for a pre-Father's Day dinner (which I have previously posted), and he also joined us for our final hike of the trip. We did a four-mile out-and-back on the Siltcos Lake trail.

Thanks for stopping by, and I can't wait to see your favorite place.

Summer Challenge

 I signed up for a summer challenge with Meggan and Tessa from Creative Memories.  I didn't get all of the layouts done within the class time, so I'm working away at what I have left.  I'm not going to share the original sketch, as it was a paid class, but I wanted you all to see what I've been up to.

The papers are  AC ( Amy Tangerine- Late Afternoon), not CM.  I did nine other layouts with the challenge; still have nine more to go.  Summer stuff just got in the way of what I thought I'd get done.

Random March moments

I haven't done a combination of random things in a long time, so I thought I'd smash together my time at REI grand opening and my new car.  I used the throwback sketch from the scraproom as inspiration

I only had four photos, so I filled in the open block with journaling.  Also added some circles to the bottom, as it felt blank with the journaling moved.

Thanks for stopping by to take a peek

 

Lasting Memories #812

This month's challenges at Lasting Memories are some of Jill's Favorite Things, and this week we are focusing on embellishments.
 Use whatever embellishments you like in this challenge!

I'm not partial to any particular embellishment, as I let the paper and theme drive my decisions; however,  I do tend to lean towards enamel dots

I toook my inspiration from  Rochelle's August sketch 

Stacy's scrapy friends Tic-tac-toe

I used the top row with black foam (sweet and heart), red enamel dots, and two photos.

I did get in a few more squares by using a black photo mat and fussy-cutting flower leaves.

Thanks for stopping by, and make sure to share your favorites with us at Lasting Memories

 

lasting Memories #810 Favorite tool

 Favorite tool: Use your favorite die cutter, stencils, cutting device, pens/marker-whatever is your go-to tool.

I don't have a favorite go-to tool, but I have been using my border punches more.  I have managed to get two back-to-back layouts that used my CM punches.

Same punch, just two different colors of daisy chain

Another CM border punch.  I'll try to get a few more done with the punches I have, but in the meantime, make sure to swing by Lasting Memories to share your favorite tool.

Lasting Memories Mood board #808

DT  Lisa from Lasting Memories is hosting July's challenges.  

To get us in a scrappy mood, we are using inspiration from the following mood board.

July 19 - LM #808 - Team A - Be inspired by this mood board (colors, images, etc.)

I knew I had the perfect Gingham-print paper for my layout of our gourmet camp food.

The rest of the colors are similar, but not an exact match for the inspiration board, which is okay. 

To me, the inspiration is all about the food.

My husband joined my girlfriend and me on the last night of our camping trip at the Oregon National Sand Dunes.  He brought a fresh-baked sourdough loaf, ghee, and a Dutch oven dinner.  The following morning, he whipped up French toast ( with the remainder of the sourdough) on the oven lid over a fire.  We topped it with garden-fresh berries and a maple bourbon syrup.

I can't wait to see what delicious ideas you come up with, and as always, make sure to share them with us at Lasting Memories

 

Lasting Memories #807 mood board

DT  Lisa from Lasting Memories is hosting July's challenges.  

To get us in a scrappy mood, we are using inspiration from the following mood board.

 LM #807 -Be inspired by this mood board (colors, images, etc.)

I'm a little late getting this one out, as the new challenge went live on Sunday.  Good thing I'm on Team A and have a bit of time till the next challenge

For this layout, I used CM Boat Life and Summer Days paper.  The colors are very close to the inspiration board.  I did sprinkle in a bit of red because it's part of the collection, and I thought I might use more of it with the photo mats

I added extra photos on each side of the layout with peek-a-boo pockets.

Thanks for stopping by, and make sure to share your creation with us at Lasting Memories