Lasting Memories Challenge-Sketch

Hello paper crafting friends! It's a new week at Lasting Memories. I so enjoyed seeing all of your banners last week! This week we have a sketch by Stacey Lokovic at Inspired to Scrap.

Stacey has an online scrapping group called Weekend Warriors that meets online every 2 months. The sketches are awesome and allow you to get a ton of pictures into her sketches.  This month Stacey has graciously donated a spot in the next Weekend Warrior Class.  So be sure to get entered by completing at least one of the challenges this month. Remember you have the entire month to get the challenges done!


When Scott was young we often traveled out of state for his gymnastics competitions. One of his favorite competitions was the Cereal City Classic in Battle Creek, Michigan. (He scored a perfect 10 on the vault one time, so I am sure that was part of the reason.)

Kellogg's has a factory there that allows visitors. So these pictures are from there.

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Honey Bee Non Stick Scissors	*Crate Paper FANTASTIC ROSE Thickers Alphabet Stickers Fourteen 683110

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Lasting Memories- Celebrate Nature (Abe Martin Lodge)

Hello! Our theme this week at Lasting Memories  is to "Celebrate Nature"  When I taught kids with emotional handicaps we spent hours a tour local river.My curriculum centered around it and we used real world experiences instead of textbooks to learn. We had so much fun!

One of my favorite places to go in Indiana is Brown County.  It's an easy drive from our home, so it makes an easy overnight trip. This layout is about the Abe Martin Lodge at the State Park. Abe Martin is a cartoon figure from the 30's. The lodge itself gives you a feel that you are lost in time and has artwork that celebrates it's history, while the waterpark celebrates it's current place in time.  We love it there:)

Supplies:

Cardstock: Bazzil Admiral, Keeping Memories Alive, Inc. Blue & Green True Plaid, Karen Foster Fern Crinkle, Neenah Kraft, Hero Arts Mandarin

Silhouette Files: Cute Owl on a Tree Branch with Leaves, Indiana

Google Eyes: Hobby Lobby

Alphabet Stickers: Making Memories

Field Notes Sticker: October Afternoon Campfire Label Stickers

Nature License Plate: Karen Foster

Brads: American Crafts

Ink: Hero Arts Latte Shadow Ink

Challenges:

Looking forward to seeing your nature layouts!

Lasting Memories Challenge- The Shades of Green

Happy St. Paddy's Day tomorrow:)  In honor of the day Lasting Memories DT member Claire wants us to do a layout in shades of green.

I have to be honest this was a bit of challenge especially since I was trying to do it without buying any paper.  So do you think I pulled it off?

Journaling Note: I left the journaling label empty so that James could fill it in since I wasn't there.

The Sketch that inspired this layout was from Inspired to Scrap October 2013 Weekend Warrior's Class

Supplies:

Paper and Cardstock: Mulberry paper (This was a trend about 10 years ago. Maybe I can restart it, so that I can use my stash?) Stash and scraps

Label Die: Lifestyle Crafts-sorry I don't know the name, it was given to me out of the package)

Alphabet: American Craft Dear Lizzie Fantastic Foam stickers

Tape: American Craft Glitter Tape

Looking forward to seeing your green! Happy St. Patrick's Day!

Lasting Memories - 2nd Alpha Wars and Blog Hop winner

Time to use those alphabet stickers! It's time for our 2nd Alpha Wars at Lasting Memories. We want you to:use as many different alpha stickers (or die cuts) as possible (2+ alphas). This is a great way to use up some sets that have a lot of missing letters.

Our home is a Big Ten divided home. James attends Purdue. My undergrad was done at University of Michigan and my Masters at Indiana University. I have taught for Indiana University and Purdue. And Scott is an Indiana University fan.. (Largely because his brother goes to Purdue and he just loves to be antagonistic.)

So last summer when we went to Brown County for a few days we made a trip to Bloomington so that James could see the campus. While we couldn't go into the stadium, he did get to peek in.

Supplies:
Alphabet:3 different American Crafts Thicker sets.
Cardstock: Bazzill, scraps
Washi Tape: stash




Challenges
Suzy Bee's Bloomin' Challenge:: Make it Masculine
Paulaholified Crafts Are We There Yet? Travel layout
Delightful Challenges: Keep it Simple
Paper Crafting Journey: Make it Manly/Boyish
Crafty Creations Challenge: Keep It Simply




The Winner of the A2z Scrapbooking Blog Hop $25 Gift Certificate  is Karen Kirkling. Congratulations! Karen we've sent you an email!

Looking forward to seeing how you use your alphas!

Mr. Mustache- Masuculine Scrapbook Layout

So Scott is a ham. He has been since he was a toddler. At the age of 2 he was purposely POSING for pictures. Nothing has changed now that he is an adult. He is still a ham. This time he found a pair of eyeglasses with a mustache in a toy store  in Nashville, Indiana.

Journaling: Ever since you were a toddler you have been a ham in front of a camera!

Tip: The photo was busy and the mustache paper is too. I used the Mind's Eye Chalkboard Frame to draw attention to my son and his antics.

Supplies:
Cardstock and Paper: My Mind's Eye Find Your Wings & Fly, Bazzill black, Bazzill High Heel B side
Frame: My Mind's Eye Chalk Studio Decorative Frames
Alphabets: Doodlebug Teensy Type
Gel Pen: Signio Uniball White (MY FAVORITE WHITE PEN)
Punch: EK Success 3/4" Circle Punch
Buttons: Stash
Twine: Doodlebug
Dew Drops: Robin's Nest

Challenges

My Mind's Eye October Challenge: Sketch

Handmade Harbour Mid Week Throwdown: Having Fun-What could be more fun than playing in a Toy Store?

Penny's Paper Crafty Challenge: Add Black or Bling

Pile it On: Embellishment Crazy: Buttons, Made a Mustache Face Button, Robin's Nest Dew Drops, Banners, Chipboard Frame, Twine, Tag


Happy Halloween!

Lasting Memories Challenge: Journal, Journal, Journal

Welcome Back! This week at Lasting Memories it's all about journaling! This is an area I struggle with. First I hate my handwriting. Second the Behcets causes so many language issues it frustrates me, because I used to be a wonderful writer and won many speech and essay contests as a teenager. So I recognize the problem, but can't always access the written language part of my brain.

Supplies:
Cardstock and Paper: Bazzill Admiral, Best Creation, Bazzill White
Alphabet: American Craft Thickers

Journal:
Gateway Arch
St. Louis Missouri
June 2007

At the end of our trip to Branson, MO we stopped in St. Louis so that the boys could see the Gateway Arch and ride on a Riverboat on the Mississippi.

We had a beautiful day! The river was low enough that we parked the Aztec on the flood walls.

The boys were enthralled with the river taxis that took people to businesses on the Mississippi. Definitely not a sight you see in Indiana!





Looking forward to all of your wonderful journaling!

Lasting Memories Black Background

I love working with black paper. It adds such a simple elegance or just a solid no nonsense touch to a layout. Needless to say I was thrilled when the challenge for this week at Lasting Memories is to use a black background.

And I decided that not only did I want to use a black background but I also wanted to do a CAS Layout. I don't know about you, but I have a tendency to lean towards the bulky embellishments and that can cause a problem when trying to put too many of them in album.

This picture was taken in Nashville, Indiana. It's a small artistic Colony that is well worth the visit!

Supplies:
Paper and Cardstock: Studio Calico Valley High Kit
Adhesive: Glue Glider Pro

OWH Blog Candy Winner:

Number 63 is:

Ruza Rebel

Lovely CAS Card! The DP is perfectly matched!

 

Congratulations Ruza! please contact me  with your email:) If I don't hear from you within a week, I will draw another number.

Challenges:

Crafts 4 Eternity: CAS
Handmade Harbour : Male Oreintated Papercraft
The Male Room: Transportation and or Travel. I choose travel:)

Looking forward to seeing your black background creations!

Lasting Memories Look How I Have Grown! Challenge

Did you have fun on blog hop last week?  I so loved seeing everyone's creative ideas!

The winner of the Hero Arts Butterfly Die is Carmen Mitchell. Carmen would you please contact me through my contact button? You have one week to do so. If I don't hear from Carmen, I will pick another winner next week.

 And now for this week's challenge! How have you grown as a scrapbooker? This week at Lasting Memories we want to take a peek at your past and present!

One of my first Layouts:

    OK time for true confessions:  When I started scrapbooking there were few supplies. A Circle punch was a scraper's best friend. And stickers were the answer to everything!, LOL. I rarely use them now. And horrors of horrors I used Rubber Cement before there was acid free rubber cement. Oh the messes I have been cleaning up!

And a little info on the photos. That's Scott at 6 months wearing newborn clothes! That Michigan bib was almost bigger than him! His small stature was due to his birth mother drinking. It took until his adult years to catch up in size. He is now 5' 4". Scott's Fetal Alcohol Syndrome presents daily challenges for him even in his adult years. Please if you are pregnant, don't drink. Your baby will pay the price of your drinking for it's entire life.

And here is the latest layout-just a little different....what do you think?

Supplies:
Paper and Cardstock: Doodlebug, Bazzil
Ribbon: The Robert Stanley Collection
Washi Tape: Stash-I need to find a way to mark this stuff
Decorative Tape: stash
Flowers: Petaloo
Ink: Colorbox Navy Limited Edition
Dies: Avery Elle Chevron Bits
Pearls: Kaisercraft
Button Stars: Doodlebug
Red Brooch in Flower: Stash-I picked it up at a garage sale
Alphabet: American Crafts Marine Foil
Stamp: Studio Calico Scrapbook Kit
Chipboard: Stash


Challenges: 
Crafts 4 Eternity: Summer Fun
Inspire Me Fridays Anything Goes
Jo's Scrap Shack Anything Goes
Heck of a Challenge  Summer Holidays
Just for Fun: Anything Goes
Frosted Designs: Chipboard (arrow and title)




Looking forward to seeing how YOU have grown!

Digitally Sweet Challenges #49 Numbers

It's all about numbers this week at Digitally Sweet Challenges.And what better way to use numbers than a trip to the Indy 500!

This was done using Template Dreams Let's Go! And this week you can win a $5 gift certificate to template dreams!

And how do you use numbers in a layout?

Lasting Memories Challenge Stars and Stripes

Well you would have thought that this weeks challenge at Lasting Memories would have been easy for me. I mean star and stripes, how difficult can that be? BUT I took Studio Calico's Inked Class. And as a result I decided to use gesso, with a striped stamp and paint from water color paper. (No that is not a typo there really is watercolor paper paints.) Well it is was a freaking disaster. When the red paint dried it looked like brown paint. So then I thought why not cover the red with  Tim Holtz  Distressed Red Barn Paint daubers? It turned into a frigging mess.  The DT deadline was fast approaching so I decided to pull out the tried and true Doodlebug paper. And I will try the gesso at a later date when I have time to practice!

So here is attempt Two:

Journal: Charlie's Angels was one of my favorite shows when I was a kid. In particular I loved Kate Jackson. The show returned as a movie during the boy's teens years. I didn't see it but the boys did. The car is from the movie version and can be seen at the Stars" Cars Museum in Gatlinburg TN.



Supplies:

Cardstock and Paper: Bazzil Wax Lips Card Shoppe, Bazzil Marshmallow Card Shoppe, Doodlebug Red, White and Blue
Pen:  Zig Marker
Dies: Lawn Fawn Puffy Stars
Tools: Perfect Layers, Making Memories Eyelet Punch, Vagabond

Challenges:
Lawn Fawn Flickr Group
The Crafter's Cafe Challenge Anything Goes
Craftin' Boutique Challengee

Be sure to join us next week we're celebrating Karen's birthday with a blog hop! There are a ton of prizes:)

Have a star filled week!

Lasting Memories Challenge Birds & Bees

It's all about the Birds and the Bees at Lasting Memories this week! Did that get your attention? LOL

My layout is from a local apple orchard and the live Bee Hive they have in the store for education purposes.

Supplies:



Cardstock and Paper: Nikki Sivils Willow Bee
Embellishments: Nikki Sivils, Robin Nest Dew Drops ( center of the flowers)

Also, guess what! We have a hop coming up in August so mark those crafty calendars for August 11 because we'll be having a Birthday Blog Hop in honor of Karen's 40th birthday!! What an awesome way to celebrate with awesome DT and my friends in blogland! We're super excited about it and plans are underway!!


Challenges:
Pumpkin Spice: Summer And what says summer more than Bees? LOL
Crafty Calendar: Colors

Brown Sugar Challenge: Anything Goes
Crafts and Me Challenges Anything Goes



Have a BEE-utiful week!

Lasting Memories- Country Charm

How was your week? Did you get a chance to enjoy the countryside?

This week at Lasting Memories we are celebrating Country Charm! Use Country Colors and a Charm!
I  used pictures of the boys at Gatlinburg and even incorporated the theme into my title.

Tip: I had a hard time getting papers to coordinate because the white seemed to harsh. So I inked all the white with Antique Linen Distress Ink and it solved the problem. I also purposely did not sew the border straight because I wanted to give it more of a country look.

Supplies:
Cardstock and Paper: My Mind's Eye Lost & Found 3, Bazzill Cinder, Bo Bunny Country Garden, Nikki Sivils Hiking Trails, Nikki Sivils Summer Lemonade

Embellishments: My Mind's Eye love Enamel Dots, Maya Road Little Birdies Clip, Maya Road Vintage Wood Butterfly,Freckled Fawn Mustache Washi Tape
Stickers; Fancy Pants Hopscotch

Ink: Antique Linen Distress Ink

Adhesive: Glue Glider Pro, Zots

Challenges:
One Stop Craft Challenges: Summer Colors
Our Creative Corner: Captured Memories
Rhedd and Rosie Challenge: Here Comes Summer
Simon Says Stamp Challenge: Pin It



Have a week filled with Country Charm!

Buzzz...Bee Hive Layout

We've been taking day vacations instead of a big vacation. It's helped the boys appreciate their home state of Indiana and certainly has allowed us to do more because we have cut out the cost of hotels and long trips. One of the please Scott wanted to go to last fall was to Stuckey's Orchard to see the real life bee hive in the store.  He was fascinated with being able to be up close to a hive:) And bringing home

some honey from the hive finished off the day!

Supplies:
Cardstock: Bazzill Black Orange Peel and Yellow, Nikki Sivils Queen Bee
Die Cuts: Nikki Sivils Queen Bee I add some Doodlebug Black Flock to the bees

I obtained this paper in a Nikki Sivils Warehouse Sale. I have to admit I initially was not happy that it was most paper, BUT the paper is cute and different than what I typically buy-so it forced me to do something different. And this paper was perfect for the bee photos.You'll be seeing a couple of more layouts using it in future posts.



Challenges:
My Creative Moments: June Challenge: Summertime (Bees are everywhere in the summer.)
Country View Crafts' Challenge- Diecuts (bees,arrows, Journal Card)
Creatalicious Challenge- All about Summer
Ladybug Crafts- June Challenge for the Men in Your Life- This layout is about my son learning about bee hives.

Have a wonderful week making BEE-UTIFUL Crafts!

Digitally Sweet Challenge- Celebrations

"It's time to celebrate, celebrate, Dance with the music." OK so I have had this song in my head all week:)
We are celebrating this week at Digitally Sweet Challenges along with our sponsor Template Dreams. 

I took a bit of a different approach to the theme, "Celebration". Instead of focusing on the traditional sense of the word, I decided to use a "Winner's Circle".  And this year instead of doing a big vacation our family is doing day trips throughout the year. And amazingly we have a world renowned attraction here in Central Indiana...The Indy 500 and the Brickyard. 

We did a "Background Tour" of the Indianapolis Speedway which was a bit pricey but because we don't have the expense of hotels we decided to splurge. It was well worth it. We had a ride on a tour bus on the track, took our pictures on the finish line, and explored the race tower. And we finished at the winner's circle!

I used My Memories Suite 4 with Template Dreams "Go to the Races."

Just a reminder we have changed the rules of the challenge and it no longer has to be 100% digital, it just needs to include a digital image. If it is 100% digital you will get two entries into the give away.

Have a wonderful week! I am looking forward to seeing your celebrations:)

Lasting Memories Challenge-Childhood Memories BLOG CANDY

This week at Lasting Memories also showcasing some awesome new talent from our new DT members too!!  In honor of our new members, we're going to have 2 giveaways this week! Prize #1 $20 gift certificate from .. 

Prize #2 Punch Prize Donated from Charity .. thank you so much! Guess what! You had better be sure to visit our blogs as some of us have MORE candy to giveaway!!! You'll have to visit to see who has candy - all winners will be announced next Sunday with our next challenge, good luck!!!

! am giving away a $15 gift certificate to a2z Scrapbooking to one of one of my lucky blog readers! Just leave a comment to be eligible for the drawing. I will announce the winner next Sunday April 11.

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The challenge this week at Lasting Memories is to share a Childhood Memory. It can be of your own childhood, your children's childhood or even your college years!

Childhood Memories....hmmm isn't it fun when we can watch our children enjoying the same activities we enjoyed as children? Bumper Boats are loved by my kids as much as I loved them as a kid.  I did it once or twice because my parents couldn't afford to pay for three kids to ride them, but I loved them when I had the opportunity!


So I chose to do a layout of the boys playing bumper boats while also sharing my personal childhood memory!

Journal I loved bumper cars and boats as a kid. Watching the boys ride them is also fun!



I used scattered hexagons to continue the theme of bumper boats around the water.

Supplies:

Scrapbook Kit: Studio Calico Neverland March 2013
Teal Velvet Paper: Stash
Notebook paper: Stash
Die: Spellbinders Hexagons

Challenges:
Stuck On U Sketches; Diecut challenge Are you Seaworthy? I used hexagon dies to represent the bumper boats in the water

Don't forget to leave a comment to be in the drawing.

Looking forward to seeing your Childhood Memories:)

Lasting Memories Challenge-Playful Pockets

What's in your pocket? This week at Lasting Memories we want to see your pocket layouts! I put a zoo in my pocket!

I made the animals out of mulberry paper except for the zebra and giraffe which were embellishments I found in the button section at Joanne's.


Here's the pocket:

And the tag inside the pocket (there's journaling on the back) :

Supplies:
Cardstock and Paper: Stash
Dies: Sizzix Train Set
Zebra and Giraffe Embellishment: Joanne's

So what are you putting in your pocket's this week?