Beautiful - Homecoming 2024

 Hello there!  Today I would like to share a page I made for the Lasting Memories Design Team - April challenge #746. 

We were tasked with sharing one of our favorite sketches to work with - I have had this sketch saved on Pinterest for years and always come back to it.

                                        

I love the "girly" feel of this sketch - using the swirls and the different flowers.

It certainly reminds me of the HUGE stash of flowers and bling that I have!  I really need to use more of it and this sketch is a great incentive.  

This sketch has been used for many homecoming and prom pictures for my daughters, and now I can use it for my son and his girlfriend.

I  die cut a couple of small frames to add some flowers.

The larger pink flowers are all from 49 and Market and the smaller ones are from Recollections.

Here are some close up pictures of the bling and the flower clusters:

I am sure everyone has had a sketch that they have used multiple times.

Be sure to share your sketches and ideas at the Lasting Memories blog this month!

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APPLES!!

 Happy Saturday!  I am anxiously waiting for the Spring weather that we were promised!!  One day it's int he 70's....and the next day it's in the 30's and snowing!  Gotta love living in the Midwest....not!!

While I'm waiting for the family to get moving, I finished up a page for the Scrappy Friends Challenge from Stacy and Rochelle:

Here is my page:

I used up lots of scraps and older stash.

LOVE these Big Brads!

Here is Rochelle's sketch that got me started:

And this is Stacy's Tic Tac Toe board:

I went across the middle:

washi tape

circle

brads

GREAT inspiration to use that stash!

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Lasting Memories #742

 Good morning!  So happy that's it's almost Spring!  The weather is getting warmer, the days are getting longer and I am a new member of the Lasting Memories Design Team!!

I have been playing along with their challenges for years and I love them all.  The challenges help you think outside the box and certainly help bash some stash.

My first Design Team challenge is #742 - to create a project using a circle divided into pie shapes.

I chose to use a compass as my circle, divided by the different directions and multiple pictures.

I cut 2 large circles, inked the edges and then using a black marker, marked all the tiny orienting lines found on a compass.

I dug through the stash and found some wooden arrows and a giant brad for the center.

I tried to cut my pictures down to fit into each sector, but they were just too awesome and I would have lost a lot of detail.

These pictures are part of my daughter's adventures in Colorado.

I then had to add some Nuvo drops just for an added touch....and I like playing with them...lol.

I am so excited to be part of a great team and I can't wait to see what's in store for the rest of the year!

Stop by the Lasting Memories blog to see the great ideas that the Design Team has come up with for this challenge!

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Toon Lagoon

 I am sticking with my goal to get more projects completed this year.  Right now I am still focused on Universal Studios from 2022.  I don't have much to do, so my goal is by the end of February - moved up from the end of March.

Here is a fun page I did today:

I crossed over Universal pics with a Disney collection.

The colors were perfect for the fun, colorful look I wanted.

The sketch I used is from Rochelle Spears and the Scrappy Friends challenge:

I need to learn how to cross over more collections like this!

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Every day is a chance to find magic

 Happy New Year to all!! 

I am so happy to have been able to finish up 2 separate trips over this holiday break!  New Orleans and Punta Cana are officially done, and put into proper albums.  Such a daunting task, but I am so glad it's done.  

On to the next adventure!  We spent a few days in Universal Studios.  Luckily, I do not have stacks of pictures to work on.  I am going to set a goal of March 31st to have this project completed.  

Lasting Memories challenge #731 is to use a sketch as your starting point.  I LOVE sketches!!

Here is my page:

I sure hope I use up a lot of the Harry Potter stuff that I over bought!

Here is my sketch inspiration - the January 2025 sketch from Creative Scrapbooker Magazine:

On to the next!

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Merry and Bright

 Hello again!  Wrapping up some Christmas pictures from last year:

This was from our trip to see the zoo lights.

Tonight we are heading out for the 2024 trip!

This is for challenge #730 from Lasting Memories - Second chance challenge.

I chose challenge # 717 - color challenge:

I think I am now done with 2023 Christmas and I can safely get 2024 pics printed.

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Baby, it's cold outside!

 This is one of my favorite pages this year!  I LOVE how this turned out!

I used stencils, stencil butters and Nuvo Drops to create my background.

I added some stickers on pop dots, and some snowflake buttons.

This is for the #730 challenge from Lasting Memories which is the Second Chance challenge.

I chose challenge # 691 as my second chance - to use circles, buttons, brads or bling.

I used some large circles, a die cut circle, and snowflake buttons.  

And I adore this picture of my granddaughter!

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