Sunday, October 4, 2026

Lasting Memories #819 Triangles

 



 Maureen at Lasting Memories has challenged us to use shapes this month.
For this week, we are to use three or more triangles.


This layout is similar to LM#818 except that I flipped some of the photo locations and the title journal box.  I used the same sketch from a CM idea book for both variations.  I love how versatile a sketch can be.  As for the challenge, I went small and subtle with three triangle pennants.   
 

Thanks for stopping by, and I hope you share your triangles with us at Lasting Memories


Thursday, October 1, 2026

Off on an adventure

I'm heading out on an adventure this weekend. 
 My husband and I will be staying in Klamath Falls, Oregon
Can't wait to share those adventures with you in a future layout; till then, here's a sneak peek of this Sunday's Lasting Memories challenge.


 

Sunday, September 27, 2026

Gimme a high Five -Lasting Memories #818

 

This month, Wendy is our hostess and will be challenging us to have fun with number play.
 For the current challenge, use the following:

5- photos
5 - stars
5- word title
5 - embellishments


I used a little more than five stars with the border, 
although I do have 5 single stars scattered in the embellishment clusters.
I fussy-cut around the cast-offs of leftover stars.

The title was cut from the graduation program; I do have one in my son's school album too.



Thanks for stopping by to take a peek, and make sure to share your creation at Lasting Memories.



Saturday, September 26, 2026

Creative memories virtual crop



I got one layout done with the Creative Memories Virtual Crop
September 2026 #2


The layout actually calls for four photos, but I used the space to journal and add my title.
I need to get back into scrapbooking more.  I enjoy it, but I never seem to have enough time to get it done.

 

Sunday, September 13, 2026

Laasting Memories #816 3 is a crowd

This month, Wendy is our hostess and will be challenging us to have fun with number play.
 For the current challenge, use the following:
3- photos
3 - triangles
3- word title
3 - embellishments


I did two different takes on the challenge.  
One with just the triangles and embellishments, which was meant to look like party hats.  Personally, I think they look more like fake Christmas trees than hats.

Second
Same photos and cupcake, but the triangles are smaller, and the orientation is askew.  (Feels more like a piƱata, plus I added some paper stripes to fill the space and add color and texture.)

I was going to keep just the cupcake with words as my title, but ended up adding the "Hip, Hip, Hooray" stripe, which I then repeated in my journaling.  

All the pieces on the second layout are from my birthday scraps from a couple of different collections, but all seem to work together.


Sunday, August 30, 2026

LM #814 - On the ONE's (number play)

 This month, Wendy is our hostess, and we will be having fun with number play.

 Use the following:
1- photo
1- circle 
1- word title
1 - embellishment 

For my layout, I used an 8 1/2 x 11 page in my son's Senior year album.


A single photo on this page works so well because I went larger and used a 5x7 photo.  The one giant circle behind the photo adds a pop of color that ties into the title and his letterman's jacket.  I mounted Eric's photo in a 6x8ish peek- a- boo pocket.  I cut down the 6x 12 and resealed the end, so that his graduation announcement could have its own space on the back side of his photo

 
For the embellishment, I used a single-style banner, but it is actually two pieces glued together to make a tab for the photo pocket.  If I had another black banner, you would never know it wasn't one element.


The circle tells the story of the photo's use on multiple sports senior recognition posters




Friday, August 28, 2026

CM summer challenge with M&T

 I finished another summer scrapbooking challenge with Meggan and Tessa.  I wanted to share what I created, as I'm on a roll.  All of the challenges have a layout guide, but since it was a paid class, I won't share the actual layout here, just my interpretation

I used photo play "Oh beautiful day" collection to document our successful hatching of chicks this spring.  I used the CM CCS oval to represent the eggs in the incubator.