Design Team

Pumpkin Patch

It's that wonderful time of year again...the air is a little crisper, days are a little shorter (boo-hiss), the leaves are turning brilliant colors, and it's time to take that annual trek to the pumpkin patch!

Joy Madison made this great layout using papers and die cuts from the newest 3 Bugs in a Rug autumn collection.  She also cut a large pumpkin shape out of one of the papers and stitched it to give it dimension.  Then she added a stem and some curly "vines" to make the pumpkin complete....so cute!!  For her journaling, she used some brown vinyl Thickers number stickers to number each of her photos then used one of the 3 Bugs die cut cards as a key to describe each photo.  Pretty cool idea, huh??

 

Okay everybody...enjoy picking those pumpkins....and don't forget to stop in and get some cute fall papers to scrapbook the event before they're all gone!  Happy Fall!  ~Laurie

So thankful for...

Just look at how adorable this cute little chipboard house from Maya Road is!  This little house shaped box comes blank and ready to decorate however you like and inside is a little mini chipboard book that fits perfectly inside the box (it also comes with the chipboard door, windows, and a heart).  The possibilities are endless as to how you can decorate this....you could make a little haunted house for Halloween, a little Christmas village or gingerbread house, or a housewarming gift for a friend, just to name a few.  I chose to decorate this one in autumn colored papers from Melissa Frances and titled the little book inside "So thankful for...".  On each page of the little book there is enough room for a little photo (if you choose) or journaling.  I decorated each page using rub-ons from Melissa Frances that are quotes about being thankful.  How cute would this be for a Thanksgiving hostess gift, or for each person at a place setting....so many great ideas for this super cute little house!!

So don't miss out on the fun....let's start building houses y'all!!  Enjoy!  ~Laurie

For the love of peeps!

I am very proud and excited to announce our newest design team member Tina Chun-Mashimo!  Tina also works here at Lasting Memories and she is super talented and creative!  You've probably seen some of her wonderful creations in our Creative Cafe and on the Creative Cafe blog.  I am so happy to have her on the team!! YAY!! :)

For her first assignment Tina made this really cute Halloween page about her son dressed up as a marshmallow peep....he is for sure the cutest peep I've ever seen!!

For her page she used patterned paper from Creative Imaginations and the haunted house and spider webs are cut from a 12x12 die cut paper.  She also used Halloween title stickers from EK Success, American Crafts Thickers alphabet stickers, and her other font was cut from the Silhouette.  She then accented her page with a couple orange rhinestones for the bat's eyes and some cute little bat brads from Making Memories.  Such a cute page Tina....thank you and welcome to the team!! :)

Oh baby!

I decided to take a break from the Halloween projects I've been featuring to show y'all this cute baby layout designed by Carol Callaway.  Just look at her darling daughter...so cute!

For this layout Carol used the Sonoma collection from Scenic Route.  This collection has been so popular...it's so versatile, you could use it for any number of themes, and it worked great for this baby theme.  Along with the patterned papers she also used the printed chipboard sayings and the die cut journaling blocks from Scenic Route, and the large monogram "B" was made using the Mary Jane cookie cutter alphabet from Quickutz (which is totally AWESOME by the way! :)....then she accented her monogram with a cute little heart shaped button from Doodlebug.

Thank you for sharing such cuteness with us Carol!  You can never be surrounded by too much cute!!...I know this to be true....after all, I work at Lasting Memories!....definitely the place to come for cute!! :)   ~Laurie

Completely Spellbound

How could you not be "Spellbound" by this super cute layout by Heather Emans??  If this doesn't get you jazzed for autumn I'm not sure what will!  I love Heather's darling photos from Craven Farm, and this style of layout is great because you can include so many photos.  Or...if you don't have many photos of an event, this style still works because you can just use more squares of patterned paper instead...it's completely flexible - I love that!

If you haven't guessed by now...Heather used the Spellbound collection from Making Memories for her cards and layout.  There are so many different pieces to this collection and it's so nice how it all coordinates together....it makes for some quick & easy scrappin'!  Besides the patterned papers she also used the glittered die cuts, journaling die cuts, brads, and the black chipboard alphabet is from Scenic Route.  Thanks for the inspiring idea Heather!!  And here's to a Happy Autumn y'all!!  ~Laurie

Halloween Fun!

Here's a really fun layout created by Nancy Belvin using the new line of Halloween products from Making Memories.  This collection has so many fun, different pieces that all coordinate so you can mix 'n match to create all kinds of fun stuff!

For her layout she used different strips of the patterned papers including a black glittered polka-dot and the really cute jack-o-lantern paper that have the little faces cut out so whatever paper you have behind it shows through (in this case it's the black behind the faces that you see).  She also used some of the decorative glittered die cuts, journaling die cuts, brads, some really fun black fuzzy fiber, and black foam Thickers alphabet stickers.

Nancy used her leftover scraps to make a Halloween card, an invitation, and a bookmark.  Such great ideas!  Those are all great ways to use up those leftover pieces that  you typically have after creating a layout...and then your scraps don't take over your craft space and you can build up a stash of cards so that you have some on hand when the need arises!  Thanks Nancy!  ~Laurie

Whoo's the scariest?

Owls this year are hot, hot, hot in the scrapbooking world, so check out this cute page created by Heather Hinckley....

She used the new Enchanted Autumn Collection by Reminisce for her layout.  This new line features holographic type papers that you really have to see in person...they're so cool and something totally new and different.  She used the brown holographic wood grain paper and free hand cut her tree, then added leaf stickers and leaf shaped buttons from Doodlebug to embellish it.  She also used the 12x12 sticker sheet from this collection for her title and the owls.  I also love how she freehand cut her photos and mats for a different look.  Very creative Heather!  Thanks for your fun ideas for Halloween!  ~Laurie

School project idea

Our honorary design team member Janna Barnhart is back...HOORAY!!  She's done it again and made a really cute project board for the store.  For those of you that have school age children, this is a fabulous idea for a science project, or you could just tweak this idea to make any kind of school project board.

Most of the board she created on the computer with clip art,then she embellished the board using new rub-ons and epoxy stickers from Creative Imaginations.

These weather themed stickers are perfect for so many different themes...think about what the weather was like on your last vacation...day at the fair...day at the park...ANYTHING!   ~Laurie

#1 Teacher!

I really don't play favorites on my blog, but here's yet another great layout from Andrea Ancich...and just in time for back to school!

This is the new Scenic Route Appleton collection...and it is SUPER-CUTE stuff!!  All of the patterned papers are perfect for any kind of school layouts and a lot of them are non-school-specific patterns that could be used for ANYTHING!  I LOVE papers like that!  She also used my favorite Thickers alphabets in red felt, and for the rest of her title she cut out letters from a piece of the patterned paper...how cool is that??  Here's another one of her ideas that I love: notice on her title block that says Scenic Route...after she ran out of "e" stickers, she used backwards "3's" instead...pretty resourceful, huh?

Thanks my friend for another awesome layout...so inspiring you are!! :)  ~Laurie

CHOCOLATE (yes, please!)

And the winner for Best Title on a Layout is.....Andrea Ancich! :)   I just LOVE this page that she made documenting a simple moment shared by friends before the wedding....so fun!  And those chocolate strawberries look dee-licious!

For her layout Andrea used new patterned papers from Chatterbox....look how perfect the brown and blue look with the sepia colored wedding photo...so pretty!  She also used lettering from Making Memories and Creative Cafe, and some felt flower accents.  Thanks for the yummy ideas Andrea!  Bring on the chocolate!!! ;)