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.

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.