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.

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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.

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Lasting Memories #806

 

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

I am one of those people who document the painful along with the not-so-painful moments in life.

I thought the mood board was perfect inspiration, as my thumb was definitely pulsing like exploding fireworks.  Also, the color scheme was perfect, too, as it complements my bandage. For the red, I dove into my stash for washi tape to create the background. I also used the dark blue to mat the photos, but pulled in a little craft to work with the bandage sticker/ embellishments

Make sure to join us at Lasting Memories for more inspiration all month long.  New mood boards will be posted every Sunday throughout the month.  

Yikes it's been awhile

 Yikes, it's been a while since I last posted anything.  Life has been busy.  
The last of my children has graduated from high school.

We started a busy week off with double ceremonies 

Eric participated in a program through Lane School District and St. Vincent DePaul, (Hope Factory), where he learned trade skills specifically for building tiny homes for low-income families.

 

Above is the bedroom that he taped and textured

For the second ceremony of the night, we headed to JCHS for a senior dessert, where Eric received his cords and certificates. (Goldenrod-honor society, White-GPA 3.5+, Gold+silver-CTE "career trade education)

Spirit of a Champion and the Presidential Academic Award.

Love this guy and so proud of him.  Already has a full-time job working on Cabinetry for Marathon Coach 

After all the craziness of graduation, I escaped to the coast with my girlfriend to camp

sweet little spot in the Oregon National Sand Dunes/Siuslaw National Forest

Gourmet lunch of fire-grilled and smoked baby bells, salami, and crackers

Tami and I at Waxmyrtle Beach.

The adventures continue next week with a scout camp at Camp Baker.  After that, I plan to post regularly as I'm back on the design team with Lasting Memories, starting in July.

Hope you are enjoying your summer as much as I am.

 

Lasting Memories Tic- Tac Toe Board #798

 This month's challenge at Lasting Memories is Tic-Tac-Toe Boards

I recently finished a scrap-your-stash challenge with Noreen Smith, which got me to pull out this Creative Memories Boat Life paper.  It's a collection I won at a scrap event and thought I'd never use.   The B sides of the designer paper were a perfect fit as the colors worked well with my layout.  

For the tic-tac-toe, I did the diagonal (3-word title, die-cut, and 3+photos)

I layered three die cuts to create the cluster

Thanks for stopping by to take a look