Ship to Ship

 

I made this layout for the Scrappy Friends Challenges.    I used the sketch from "ROCHELLE SPEARS" and the Tic-Tac-Toe challenge at "SCRAP WITH STACY"

I used the middle column Puffy Stickers, Florals and White Paper Base. 

Alaska

 I made this layout with the challenge at "LASTING MEMORIES"  in mind.   Challenge #814.

 LM #814  - On the 1's. Use the following on your layout:

1- photo

1- circle 

1- word title

1 - embellishment

Alaska Cruise

 

Super simple layout to make but I love how it turned out    We went on our 2nd Alaskan cruise the end of June.   We love cruising  but Alaska is a favorite destination.   I would love to go again but do a combo land and cruise trip and see more of this beautiful state.   When I saw the latest challenge at "LASTING MEMORIES"  I knew where my/our favorite place was so I made this layout.    I had bought some special themed Alaska scrapbook paper and this was one I hadn't used yet.    I didn't want to just add a regular 4x6 photo to it.   I looked through the photos we had taken on board ship and this one that was just against a white background was just what i needed.  I printed it out 8x10 size and then fussy cut around just us and that is all I added to the layout, no journaling and no embellishments, just let the picture and background paper tell the story.

LM #813 - Favorite Place: We all have a place that makes us smile just thinking about it, and yes, being at home counts. Show off your favorite place in this challenge. 

 

August Color

 

I used the Sunday scrap lift at Paper Issues for this layout and then all my embellishments are wood veneer and that is a favorite of mine so this works perfectly for the challenge at "LASTING MEMORIES' Challenged #812.

LM #812 - Jill's Favorite Things: Embellishments

Bonjour, mes amis! Oops, been studying French and that just slipped out; it means "hello, my friends." From whatever country in the world you are joining us, I hope you are having a fabulous weekend and making some memories to scrapbook later. This is Cheryl, here with the latest challenge from design team member Jill, based on her favorites.

LM #812 - Favorite embellishments: Are die cuts your go to or do you love enamel dots? Use whatever embellishments are your favorite in this challenge!

Having a Good Time

 I made this double page layout first thing this morning using everything from my favorite brand for the "LASTING MEMORIES" Challenge #811,  Favorite Things: Brands.   My favorite brand is Echo Park. the two patterned paper and the two house embellishments, one round sticker and one square chipboard piece all came from the Echo Park Farm House Summer Collection.      These pictures were of my daughter and family on their Spring Break vacation this March when they took a bucket list trip to New Zealand.

LM #811 - Favorite brand: We all have a favorite designer or company that we love every collection they release - show off your layout using your favorite brand.

OUR TRAVELS

  I made this layout today using the tic-tac-toe challenge for August at  "SCRAP WITH STACY "

I used the bottom line across  Twine/Ribbon,  Black (everything is matted with black card stock) and Fussy Cut,  I fussy cut the top part of a cut-apart in a travel collection. it was a 4.x6 cut apart but I cut out just what I needed to use a journal box, then I taped on black card stock and fussy cut it again.

VACATION

 I'm going to be working on vacation pages this week and this will probably be the first page to start our Alaska cruise in June.     I used the sketch at "ROCHELLE SPEARS BLOG" 

I'm also going to be using this layout for the first August prompt posted today at "LASTING MEMORIES"   Challenge #810.    My favorite tool is a good border punch and I used this punch twice on this layout.

LM #810 - Jill's Favorite Things: Tools

Greetings, everyone, and welcome to a wonderful new month of challenges here at Lasting Memories. Whether you are gearing up fmor school to start again or enjoying a relaxing vacation, we hope you take time to scrapbook those important memories. This month, Jill is hosting our challenges by sharing a few of her favorite things. Let's get right to her first challenge.

LM #810 - Favorite tool: Use your favorite die cutter, stencils, cutting device, pens/marker-whatever is your go to tool.

FLY AWAY

 

I got this made this morning using the mood board #4 for July and Challenge #809 at "LASTING MEMORIES.    Most of the colors are represented on the planes on the patterned paper.      But I have blue cardstock base, light blue chipboard plane and brown chipboard alpha title.

Pike Place Market

 

Here is my layout using the moodboard colors at "LASTING MEMORIES"  Challenge #808

Sunday, July 19, 2026

LM #808 - Mood Board #3

Hello, everyone. Hope you are having a great Sunday, whether you are planning to watch the World Cup Final, catch some waves at the beach, or even hole up in your scrappy place working on some layouts!  For those who are scrapping, we would love for you to include Lisa's latest mood board inspiration in your layout.

LM #808 - Be inspired by this mood board (colors, images. etc.)

I love Summer & a Treat

  I made this layout of my granddaughter and her friends enjoying so froyoo for the Scrappy Sisters challenges.    The sketch by "ROCHELLE SPEARS BLOGSPOT" 

Then the tic-tac toe board at "SCRAP WITH STACY"  I did diagonal Mixed Title, 4 or more patterned papers and Stickers.

GET ON THE ROAD

  Here's a layout from my Route 66 road trip back in April.    I love these road trips on Route 66.

I used some of the colors in the the 2nd Mood Board and Challenge #807 at  "LASTING MEMORIES"

LM #807 - Mood Board #2

Hi everyone, and thanks for stopping by today to check out our latest challenge here at Lasting Memories, where we inspire you to get those precious memories scrapped. This month, Design Team member Lisa is helping us get in a scrappy mood by finding inspiration in her mood boards.

LM #807 - Be inspired by this mood board (colors, images. etc.)

CRUISE

 Here is the layout for the welcome aboard photo from our recent cruise to Alaska.    I used the mood board  and challenge #806 at "LASTING MEMORIES"  on this layout.

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

Goodbye to this Cruise

 

Today I'm saying goodbye to the challenges at  "SCRAP  CHALLENGE YOURSELF" this month is their final challenge,and they will be missed by many, including me as they were what really pushed me to make more layouts that included pictures of myself.

The final challenge #150 is to do a layout about "Saying Goodbye" and this layout will be the final layout in the scrapbook that I am working on for our cruise to Hawaii this last March.    Then a last photo of our ship from the pier as we walked away and and finally a picture of hubby and me on the shuttle taking us to the airport for our flight home.

But no worries, I get to say hello to another cruise the end of this month as we start a week long cruise to Alaska.

Chess Tournament

 

I made this layout this morning of our grandson at the Missouri Chess Championship.    The challenge #802 at  "LASTING MEMORIES"  worked perfectly for me because the challenge was shapes and I chose to use squares as my shape and cut out black & white squares to make the look of a chess board as part of the background for my layout.    Gibson is a freshman in high school and he won 5th place for the state in his age group.   So very proud of him, he is self taught and loves the game so much.

LM #802 - Inspired by June: 6 Shapes

Happy Sunday to you all, and welcome back to Lasting Memories for our weekly challenge reveal. This is DT member Cheryl, and since it's halfway through 2026, we are going to be inspired by the month of June!

 LM #802 - June is the sixth month - use six of one of the f

Marathon Tradition

 

I made this layout today for the Scrappy Friends June challenges.    Used this sketch from  "ROCHELLE SPEARS SCRAPBOOKING BLOG"   and I did the Tic-Tac-Toe challenge at "SCRAP WITH STACY"    I did the diagonal Twine/Ribbon, Circle and Banner.

Let's Eat Breakfast

 

Going to be working hard this month on pictures from our Hawaii cruise we took in March.  This was my breakfast my first morning on board.  I order this breakfast several times every cruise.  I just love it.

I'm entering this at   "LASTING MEMORIES"     for challenge #801 - The Middle, everything is down the middle of my layout.

Bike to Work

 

My son-in-law never ceases to amaze me.    He sent these pictures to me one morning from work to show me his mode of travel to work that day.    He loves to ride his bike and does so most everyday to work at the University but I would have thought with the snow on the ground and snow coming down this morning, he would have taken his car, but no, he still decided for his bike.

I used the Tic-Tac-Toe challenge #798 at  "LASTING MEMORIES"  for this layout.   I used the top row across,   3 Word Title, Chipboard and Patterned Paper.

Peonies

 

I made this layout for two challenges with Scrappy Friends.   First the May sketch at  "ROCHELLE SPEARS SCRAPBOOKING"

Next the Tic-Tac-Toe May Challenge at "SCRAP WITH STACY"   I used the bottom row, Journaling, Tag and Flowers.

FALL DRIVE

 

I used Challenge #797 the first for May  at   "LASTING MEMORIES"   for this layout.     I did the bottom row, Stickers,  3+ Patterned Papers and 1 Punch.

1 Night till Home

 I made this layout yesterday using the challenge at "LASTING MEMORIES"   I did the "THIS" option and made my title out of letter stickers.

LM #794 - This or That: Stickers or Stamps/Die-cuts

Greetings, everyone, and thanks for dropping in to check out our latest challenge. This is design team member Cheryl, and all our challenges this month require you to make a choice between the two given options to inspire your layout. Are you ready to decide between This or That? Let's go!

LM#794 - THIS: Use alphabet stickers for your title OR

THAT: Create your own title using die-cuts or stamps.

Casada la Coca Waterfall

 I used the Scrappy Friends challenges for this layout.   Starting with the sketch by "ROCHELLE SPEARS"

And then the tic-tac-toe challenge at  "SCRAP WITH STACY"    I did the diagonal right top to left bottom,  Stitching (faux), Triangle and Stripes or Dots.

80's Party

 

I made this double page layout for the "LASTING MEMORIES"  April challenge #793.    This or That, use the sketch or scraplift one of the design teams layout.   I used the sketch given for this challenge.

It was great for using multiple photos, so I will be keeping it to use again.

Cheers to Cruising

 

I made this layout this morning and it works for today's "LASTING MEMORIES" Challenge # 786

LM #786 - The Power of Words: Word Stickers

Good morning, scrappy friends, and welcome back to another challenge here at Lasting  Memories. This is design team member Cheryl, and when I first wrote up this post, I had just finished reading The Hobbit with my daughter as part of her home school English class. One of the themes of the book is the power of words, which inspired me to see how we can use words to great effect on our layouts.

LM#786 - Use word or phrase stickers on your layout.

Mexico, MO library

 

When I find the right pictures I like to make layouts about my home town or other points of interest around Missouri.

Today I made this layout about the public library in my hometown and the history of when it was first started.

I'm entering this at "LASTING MEMORIES" for Challenge #785 - The Power of Words: 50+ Words.

Live Joyfully

 

I made this layout for the Scrappy Friends double challenge.   First the sketch from "ROCHELLE SPEARS BLOG"      and the Tic-Tac-Toe swap at "SCRAP WITH STACY"    I did the right column, any shade of red, Vellum (my title Live Joyfully) and ephemera.

Cheers to Us

 

This picture was taken on formal night at one of the photo screens.   I was really happy with how this one turned out.  We were on a pre-Christmas day cruise (Dec 7 - Dec. 22) but this was their early Happy New Year photo op.   I'm so glad I saw it set up back in a corner and went over to have our picture taken.

I pulled out my case of Valentine theme papers and embellishments to make this and loved this background paper that was there as all I had to do was add a few extras and I had a layout I was really happy with.    BTW, the corner triangle piece was the other half of what I cut from a 6x6 piece and used in another layout I made earlier today and when I saw it sitting off to the side of my desk I decided to use it and I think it added just enough of another element to the page.

I made this for the January challenge at "CHALLENGE YOURSELF"    I think it fits the theme perfectly.

Embark on a New Adventure

 

I'm starting to really work on layout from our December cruise we took.  This will be on of the first layouts for this cruise album.   I used the prompt for Challenge #784 at "LASTING MEMORIES"- Quotes.

My quote is "Embark on a New Adventure" and I'm using it for my title.    

SWING

 

I just finished this layout this morning use the "LASTING MEMORIES"   January challenge sketch 

#780 using one photo.

 

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