Being thankful with Bingo twist at Lasting Memories

It's time for another fun challenge at Lasting Memories.  This month the theme is about being thankful and for this week we have a Bingo board for you to use.  

Here is my layout using last years Doodlebug.  

I used 2 alphas, 3 patterned papers, stickers, and one photo.  

The pic is of my grandkids in a wheelbarrow at the pumpkin patch.  

Check out what the other designers created for you at Lasting Memories and join is the Scrapbook Bingo fun.  Happy Craftin.  

Thanksgiving Turkey banner

 Hello everyone- this is Suzanne from Cricutcraftingrammy here to share my Fall banner. 

I love the PCW cut file for the Turkey 1101 

 You can make this mighty fine turkey standing or sitting. 

I also had leaves and acorns left over 

 from my Wreath  Project I did earlier this month using the Fall Wreath Cut file.  

The turkey was cut, inked and glued together.  

The leaves and acorns were cut, inked and some were embossed.  

I found these Trick or Treat fabric doilies at Michaels for 70% off so used them 

as the base covering up the words with the turkeys and leaves.  

The Give Thanks ribbon is also from Michaels. 

Here is a closeup of  the turkey and leaves on the banner.  

I hope my banner has inspired you to join us for the November challenge.  Maybe you would like to create some decorations for Thanksgiving or create a layout or card.  It is up to you.  Check out all the awesome files at Paper Crafting World.  and link up on the PCW blogspot.  

Thankful challenge for Lasting Memories-My friend Beth

Are you ready for another great challenge at Lasting Memories?  The challenge this week is - Who Are You Thankful For?

Our challenge this week can be easy for some, tough for others. Some it will even bring a tear to your eye and a smile in your heart, or it could have you in a full out belly laugh (all by yourself!) as you recall that awesome thing you did with that special someone.
For my person that I am thankful for I chose my best friend Beth.   I first met Beth, about 5 years ago,  when I went to her store Scrapbook Blessings.    All the scrapbook stores near me had closed so I was on the hunt for new store.   I not only found a store but the best friend you could ever have.     Beth was so sweet to my husband and I that day and that was the beginning of our friendship.   Not long after that she encouraged me to start teaching classes and I have been ever since.   Her family has totally embraced me as one of their own.   She is always there for me, listening, encouraging and making me laugh.    Through the past few years there have been changes to the store but  if anything our friendship is stronger and stronger.   So for Beth I am thankful for This is a picture of us on a trip to the Apple Farm in San Luis Obispo.   We had great times visiting her daughter there while she was in college.   Now her daughter is at Harvard.  Hmmm maybe a trip to Boston?!

For the paper I used Adorn It  from a few years ago  

Please checkout the other designers projects at Lasting Memories.  Then check out each challenge on Sunday.  You have the entire month to complete any of the challenges you wish and link back to LM.  

Happy Craftin. 

Lasting Memories Challenge- Hot drink with stencils

This week at Lasting Memories the challenge is to "Grab a hot drink and dig out those stencils!"  Use your stencils on your layout and showcasing a hot drink. 

 Now for me I have never been a coffee drinker.  I love the smell of hot coffee but just never aquired the taste.  However after my eldest daughter bought me a Hot Chai Tea on a cold day I was hooked.  

I even named my two Ragdoll cats Chai Latte and Mocha Latte.  

I love Chai hot and cold.  So every morning my sweet hubby makes me a Hot Chai  to take with me when I go over to tend to two of my grandkids at 6:30 in the morning.  

When I get Kenzie and Micah can't wait until my drink cools off so they can each have a 

sip.  So of course Grammy always has to be careful to leave a little for them.  

For my layout I used the word Chai Tea from a Word Art I found on Silhouette America.  I picked the two word I needed out, enlarged and deleted all the rest. I also hand dot lined the edges to help them pop.  The cute cup was also from Silhouette America.  Then for my stencil I cut out the steam piece and used it as my stencil.  I placed  the square around my cut out on the page and added Pearl Pen to make  it look like the steam.  It looks much more realistic then the white cutout did.  

Please check out all the amazing projects all the Design Team has created for you at Lasting Memories.  Then join us for the Sunday challenges.  You have all month to create a layout for each of the challenges.  We would love to see your creations.  Happy craftin!

Let the Memories Begin

I am on break for 5 weeks from watching two of my grandkids because my daughter is on her Summer break.  However so far we have been to Disneyland for 4 days, gone to the zoo and I have been cleaning closets and cupboards.  I have done a little scrapbooking but not as much as I thought I would the past two weeks.  

I did create a Disney page using a sketch from Let's Get Sketchy Week 3 using recent photos. 

I used Simple Stories paper for this one.   

                                                            Let's Get Sketchy Week 3

Last SOUS challenge- Wings diecut

We have been having card exchanges the last few months at the scrapbook store where I teach.  First we did birthday cards and then now we are doing general cards like: Thinking of you, Get well, etc.  

For my cards I used the Silhouette America easel butterfly which was quick to cut out 20 of these.  I cut the base in black and then used paper I have had a long time in my stash.  I loved the colors of the paper and perfect for butterflies.  Then I mixed and matched and added pearls to the body.  

The stamp inside says to wonderfully you from thankful me.  There are tiny brads on each side to hold it in place when standing.  

So I am entering this for the last SOUS challenge which is a Wings diecut challenge,  

Thank you to Nanne, Leah and all the DT ladies for this great blog and their great challenges.  

Sad to see the blog stop but hope to see you all and your creations in crafty land.  

Lasting Memories Together theme

It's time for a new challenge theme at Lasting Memories and this month it is Together.  

For my layout I used some Selfies of me with two of my grandkids.  

Nothing better than spending time with grandkids.  

The grandma frames are cut from some old paper I had in my stash.  

The title from Silhouette America and the flowers from my stash.  

Please join us for the challenges this month.  Check out the blog for the Design Team inspiration layouts.  There will be a new challenge each week at Lasting Memories  beginning on Sunday but you have all month to complete the challenges.  

Also DT member Lori is offering up a prize this month.  

Isn't this the cutest paper by Lori Whitlock?  

Disney Naptime and On the Go for Let's Get Sketchy

I love doing challenges with sketches and Let's Get Sketchy  has great sketches every week.  

The first one here is from week 3 and I used a Disney theme.  For the circles I used a Mickey and Minnie cut out.  The Naptime title is using my Silhouette and Waltograph.  

I added flowers, washi, and slide frames.  

Here is the sketch I used Let's Get Sketchy week 3 

Next I did a layout of my grandson Micah zonked out in his car seat on the go.  

I used DCWV paper and cut out a car from Silhouette America.  

Let's Get Skettchy   Week 4 

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Many faces of Micah

Here is a page I created using the sketch from Let's Capture Our Memories  #126

Another great multiple picture sketch which is what I need to get my pile of pictures smaller.  

Actually I should say multiple picture piles.  Don't we all!  

I followed the sketch and cut the pictures into squares.  

 I used some letter stickers for Micah's name and some clear word stickers for the journaling.  

I also added some little dots to go with the sketch and the polka dot paper.  

Here is the sketch 

Sweet Dreams Baby

Plugging along doing some great challenges and getting more pics of my grandson Micah when he was a baby scrapbooked.   This was a great sketch for these pics of my sweet boy sleeping.  

I loved the soft colors of this old stack of paper I had. 

 I even found a few embellishments to add to it. 

The scalloped edge is a Martha Stewart punch.  

I used the June 15  from Stuck ?!  

My Little Boy

What better way to catch up with some pictures you need to scrap then participating in challenges-

especially multiple picture challenges.  I am trying to finish up a pile

 of pictures of my grandson Micah.  Isn't he such a cutie?!  

The paper is from a DCWV baby boy pad and the little metal Little Boy title was from my stash.  

For this one I used the sketch from Sketch N Scrap  sksetch 83 

I'm a guest designer at Stick it Down

Hi everyone- today I have some exciting news to share.  I was asked by the Stick it Down Challenge Blog to be a guest designer this month.  I am so excited they asked me as  I love doing the challenges at Stick it Down.  Each month they have a double layout sketch,

 a single layout sketch and a card sketch.  

For the double page sketch this month I decided to use some pictures from a recent trip to Disneyland with my grandkids and our visit to Pooh Corner.  

The sketch has room for 5 photos and I divided the two on the left side in 1/2 so was able to use 4 smaller 2 x 3 photos.  For the circles I cut out Mickey head balloons from PPBN designs.  I also used some random stickers and Disney words from my stash.  

So here is the awesome sketch.  Check out all the sketches at Stick it Down and all the great DT inspiration and join in.  

Thanks again Stick it Down for having me as a guest designer.  

Little Things Challenge at Lasting Memories

First of all I hope everyone has a wonderful Father's Day today.  It's always fun to spend time with those we love and honor them.  We will have all the grandkids here so it will be a fun time.  

Today for the Lasting Memories challenge "It's the Little Things".

 The little things that occupy the biggest part of my heart is my sweet little grandchildren.  

They are so full of joy and fun  

I created this layout of granddaughter Kenzie and grandson Micah in our downtown area.  Someone painted an old piano with wild colors and each day they unlock it and people can play it.  Of course the kids loved this.  They thought it was so fun!   

I cut the title and music notes from Silhouette America and matted my photos.  I added a few stickers to the corner of the photos and left it at that,  Nice and Simple.  

Please join us for our challenges posted each Sunday.  We would love to see your creations at 

Lasting Memories.  

Flower love layout

Check out the challenge this month at Blog Quick Quotes- Flowers for Summer, please use handmade paper flowers (stamped or cut) on your project 

and you can make any kind of project!!!

I went through some of my printed pictures and found these adorable pics of my granddaughter Brittany 3, planting seeds in a cup at her kids group.  

For the paper I used Blog Quick Quotes Summer Samba which is an older paper.  

 I love the bright turquoise and dark orange.  Such a fun tropical feel.  

I cut my Hibiscus in three sizes using a nesting pattern from Silhouette America.  

I then recut using the dark orange pattern paper without the cutouts edges.   

I added yellow paper to back for centers and then used yellow Stickles.   

I also added yellow Stickles to center of flowers on background paper.  

I used a vellum quote from Quick Quotes as well as cutting out some words from a tag to add the words Dream, Believe, Explore and Discover.  

The flowers and mats were inked with Red Hot Powder Puff Ink from Quick Quotes.  

For the pictures I matted one and cut the other one out for interest.  

I hope you like it.  

Also linking this up to the challenge at Use Your Stuff- Color Me Happy!

Blue is a color I gravitate to a lot when scrapping as it is my favorite color.  

The colors and contrast of this paper really made me feel happy even though 

I don't usually like oranges.  I just think the color combo goes so well together!

Let's ScrapChallenge- Disney Eggstravaganza

I am especially excited to share this layout for the Let's Scrap challenge for June 15th.  

I wan't sure what I would do for this sketch until I saw the photos my daughter took at the Disneyland and California Adventure Easter Egg hunts this year.  I knew right away I could print out small pics with my Picturemate printer for the small squares.  

On the left is pictures of the two maps you get at the parks.  As you find the eggs you get stickers and when you are done you get an egg.  The pictures in the middle are the castle, Goofy, the grandkids sleeping in the stroller and the Walt and Mickey statue.  

The eggs I printed out and the title I made using my Silhouette and a variety of fonts.  

All the Disney paper I used were scraps from other layouts so the patchwork pattern was perfect.  

Here is the amazing sketch.  I divided the left mat in two 

and the large mat in four getting even more pictures on the page.  

I hope you will join us for the challenge and check out what the other designers did at Let's Scrap.  We would love to see what you create with this sketch.  

Messy Duo-Sketch N Scrap #82 Challenge

I created this layout with a DCWV stack and some pictures of my grandkids tearing up the house.  

I used the sketch from Sketch N Scrap and am linking it up there.  

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Hello Ladies (checking out the ladybugs)

I created this layout using the sketch from Stuck on you Sketches for their June 5th Sketch Challenge. This is another awesome sketch by Nanne.  This is the last month for SOUS so make sure to stop by and thank everyone for all the challenges and inspiration  It is so sad to see one of my favorite challenge blogs shut down but I do understand it is a lot of hard work.  

The pictures for this layout are of granddaughters Katie 5 and Brittany 3 playing with ladybugs.  

The title and large  ladybugs are cut with the Silhouette from Silhouette America.

The border and smaller ladybugs are Martha Stewart punches.  The ladybug paper is old from my stash.  We always call Katie Katiebug so I always buy ladybug paper when I can find it  

Here is the sketch for this challenge which goes through the 18th.  

Sous Sketch  by Nanne

I Love that face

Here is a page of my grandson wearing his cool shades in the car.  

I used Mambi paper that is a chalkboard theme stack.  

The fun sketch is from Lets Get Sketchy for the Week 2 challenge.  

I love the large banner and the pennant in the center.  

Happiness layout with Sketches in Thyme

I thought this picture of my granddaughter Kenzie would be a great one picture page.  She is holding  her dolls and wearing a pair of their sunglasses. She is such a character and a ham for the camera. .  

I used the Sketch for week one from 

Sketches in Thyme  created by Bev Code.  

The title and sentiments came from the paper. 

Moments with Me & You for Frosted Design Challenge

I had so much fun creating this layout of my sweet granddaughters Katie and Brittany.  

No sketch for this one.  My challenge from  Frosted Design  was to Use Felt, Fabric, Material or Lace or your project.  

I started with the Out of the Blue Kit from Frosted Design. 

The paper is Kaisercraft Blue Bay and the flowers are Petaloo.  

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For the challenge I used lace from the kit, as well as lace from my stash.  I added burlap  and I used a Martha Stewart branch punch.  There are several metal pieces the Roman Numeral III and V I used for the girls ages and the sign Moments.  

I cut three slits to make little openings for the lace to show through.  These edges were distressed and inked with brown Quick Quotes Powder Puff Ink.  

Here is a closeup of the Petaloo flowers and punched branches.  

Another closeup  

Hope you enjoyed my layout and will check out the sale and challenge at Frosted Designs.