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.

 

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.

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.

 

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 piñata, 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.

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

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.

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.