Flying through the Girl Scout pages

I've been working since 8 am this morning trying to finish up the last of this years Girl scout picture.  We have a big back to school BBQ tomorrow and I'll be manning the recruitment table and thought it would be nice to have a current show and tell of troop activities.  The pages aren't super pretty or elaborate, but they are done

So there you have it.  The last few pages for 2011-2012

UIT-Ribbon

It's all about Ribbon at Use it Tuesday

 If you're not familiar with Use it Tuesday, their mission is to get crafty people using what they already have. So show us your layouts, cards, and altered art for this fun challenge 

at  Use it Tuesday.

Here's what I did with ribbon from my stash

My best friends daughter just turned one and I made this layout as a present for Eloise.

I wish I could say the paper is from my stash, but it's not.

Picked up this cute Bo Bunny Birthday paper at an old scrap shop in a new location. 

If you are ever in Eugene be sure to stop by Paiges in time

Left side of layout.

  I used ribbon under my border punch to help it pop out from the background and I also used the same ribbon on the photo mat.  

Cut the one using plantain Schoolbook at 4.25 inches.

Distressed the edges with my scissors and hand drew the black outline

I tacked the ribbon down on the back side of the mat so that my good friend Sandra can just slide in the pictures of her daughters birthday party

Right side

I created a matching title plate with stickers from my stash and some hand drew asterisks to match

I hope I've inspired you to use some of your stash and would love to see what you come up with.

Please link your creation using Inlinkz by Friday  Sept 7th. No blog? No problem! Just use keyword USE038 when uploading to an online gallery and leave us a direct link so we can find your creation.

Please make sure to mention you are playing along with us at Use It Tuesday  (a link is great too!)

End of Summer

Can you believe summer is almost over. 

The team here at lasting memories would love to see how you wind down before the kids head back to school and the cooler weather moves in.  Do you take a family vacation, spend time poolside or at the lake?

For me summer is officially over when I don't have to have girl scout meetings in the backyard.  We had our last meeting and summer hike on Thursday and will be heading back to the school gym in  September.

Here's a peak at our July meeting with Lane Rural Fire and Rescue

The girls learned a lot about fire safety and had a blast climbing in and out of the engine

and of course we took a lot of photos to document the event

Left side of layout

Instead of a title I just have the LRFR badge and lots of journaling

This is a decal from the plastic firefighter hats that the girls all recieved. 

Who knew that the older girls would go crazy for them.

Right side

I'm glad I left a space to add more journaling instead of one more photo because

you wouldn't know it was the middle of the summer with all of us bundled up against the lovely late afternoon mist. It definately made it bareable around the fire pit.  Can't image teaching girls to light fires in 90 plus weather that we had a few days earlier

close up of my latest CM border punch. 

I backed it with white paper that I fussy cut to give it another layer

Now it's your turn to share your end of summer fun with us at lasting memories for a chance to win our monthly prize and if you'd like to join us as a guest designer don't forget to add GDT after yor name.

First Date

20 years ago I  met my soul mate, my true love and my best friend. 

Today we celebrate our 17th Anniversary

Cooling off on a hot summer day

Lasting memories would like to know how you cool off on a hot summer day.  Hanging in the pool downing some ice cream, lying low in the shade or like my family head for the hills.

Here's how we kept cool the last time the mercury climbed in the Williamette Valley

Doesn't it look like our canoe is hoovering over the water.  My husband thought it would be cool to have a pic of the shadow of our canoe on the bottom of the lake. Little did we know how good the photo would be.  Yes, the water is that clear that you can see almost a 100ft down on a sunny day.  And talk about cold.

I used the June sketch from my scraps and more for my inspiration and used the color scheme and elements from case #31 over at CSI

Share with us how you cool of for a chance to win our monthly prize and if you'd like to join us as a guest designer don't forget to add GDT after yor name.

Step card

I'm not a card maker extraordinaire like some of my fellow Dt sisters, but I thought I'd share the birthday card I made for my husband.  He's a August baby and a Leo, so that's why I have the create a critter Lion pasted to my first ever step card.  Found an easy to follow template on line.  So many good ones out there.

Spirograph at child's play

I need to apologize to all my followers and fellow DT members at Child's play challenge.  I have really fallen down on keeping up.  Literally.  I was unexpectedly called to service at the Northwest centennial Girl scout roundup last week and managed to fall and severally bruise my leg.  I haven't been able to move much and  have spent  the last few days  flat on my back with my leg elevated and ice on it.

 I'm  so sorry.

Now on to the current challenge

It's time  for August challenge #3! Today we're playing with a classic art toy- the Spirograph

 

here's what I did:

 

 

I used this  Creative memories template as a poor mans spirograph

 All I did was give it a little twist after every pass  to get the criss crossing lines like the spirograph

The smaller circles are juct freehand doodles

Keeping it simple so I can get off my feet and back to elevating.  Hope to be back to normal soon

Please join us for this fun challenge

and there is still time to enter the ,beach ball and "oh the places you'll go" challenge

It's all about School at Use it Tuesday

It's all about School at Use it Tuesday

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at  Use it Tuesday.

School starts after labor day here, so this layout is from the start of school back in 2010.

Hugh day in our house as all four kids were in some sort of school program.

The background paper is CTMH school day paper pack from back when my oldest daughter was in preschool, she starts 7th grade this year so it's about time I use more of the paper.  The books, scirrors and star stickers are from a school kit I got at a garage sale 4 years ago and the title strips are from a kit I got at big lots last fall.  The only newish thing is the CM border punch that I did on hoarded cardstock  

So on Sept 7th 2010 I had a 5th grader and  3rd grader at Irving elementary

and a pre K and playschooler at River Road Park

This year we span from pre-k to second year of middle school

I hope I've inspired you to use some of your stash and would love to see what you come up with.

Please link your creation using Inlinkz by Friday  Aug 24th. No blog? No problem! Just use keyword USE037 when uploading to an online gallery and leave us a direct link so we can find your creation.

Please make sure to mention you are playing along with us at Use It Tuesday  (a link is great too!)

A special celebration at lasting memories

 

 It's all about "A Special Celebration" this week. 

Any celebration will do.

 

Here at lasting Memories we have a little extra celebrating to do for Karen's birthday today.

I did this layout  when I was on retreat and thought I'd show you what I did for my friends 40th birthday.

Barb's favorite color is purple so I did everything in purple

Here's a close up of the upper left photo on the layout

  the photo banner  has forty photos of Barb

from 1996 to 2010.

Each of the panels are 12X12 that are tied together with purple and gold ribbon.

Added some suction cup hooks to the top and turned it into a window hanging/ party decoration.

 

GIVEAWAY REMINDER:

Don't forget about our giveaway this month.  We would also like to start having a monthly Guest DT here at Lasting Memories.  As you know, each month we're now offering up a grand prize - the more you play, the more chances to win - and we'd like to add the GDT to that! So, if you'd like the chance to be GDT for the month of Sept, join us this month and be sure to add GDT with your name so we know you'd like a chance to join us.

Bingo at lasting memories

This week we're playing

Real simple just use 5 elements in a row to create your Bingo layout

Here's what I did:

I used case #30 over at CSI for my inspiration

Along with Creative scrapper  Sketch #218

For CSI you have to use the color palette

plus two elements from the evidence and one from testimony

  I used four pieces of evidence ( Bricks, Distressing,Metal/Hinge, Ribbon)

I did  walnut ink distressing around the paper tab under the hinge

and also roughed the edges of the photo mats with my scissors

 for the testimony I used a die cut frame to surround my journaling

 The ribbon and buttons are from the same die cut kit, but I altered the ribbon to fit the layout.
The bow had the ribbon hanging down so I cut them off repositioned and added foam square to give it the dimension of a real ribbon.

And there you have it my Bingo going diagonal Ribbon to letters.
 For the free space I used the metal element and the card stock is the striped paper just under the photos

Hope you'll join us at Lasting memories this week

remember this?

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