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I know it's not officially summer but I grew up where the pools opened on Memorial Day weekend so forever, in my mind, Memorial Day weekend is the start to summer.

This first challenge is to create a layout that documents what you love about summer.
Of course I had NO photos that I wanted to use for summer, so I went with winter and spring for now. The challenge has given me some ideas for pictures to take over the next few weeks. You don't have to do a page about seasons! It can be "what I love about being at the lake...on the river...at the beach...in the mountains..." This challenge is more about the journaling.

Have fun with it!

Great challenge! And super examples! Looking forward to some scrapping time this weekend!!

I think everyone thinks of summer beginning with this weekend. We always have, especially since we've already had a week of triple digit temps last week! Super LOs and a great challenge.

Great challenge Pam and your layouts are wonderful as usual!


I'm anxious to get back to Az with all my scrapbook things so I can start to participate in these fun challenges! We pick the UHaul up on the 5th and head out on the 6th! House is nearly ready to list and I hope it sells quickly! Sorry about the hijack!

Debbie J wrote:Great challenge Pam and your layouts are wonderful as usual!


I'm anxious to get back to Az with all my scrapbook things so I can start to participate in these fun challenges! We pick the UHaul up on the 5th and head out on the 6th! House is nearly ready to list and I hope it sells quickly! Sorry about the hijack!

I hope it sells quickly and the move is smooth as "buttah"!

These are lovely layouts, Pam. Definitely they both rank above Summer in my favorite seasons list.

Our long weekend was last weekend - we celebrated Victoria Day on Monday - and that is traditionally considered the start of summer here. Ironic, as our weather is cooler than most of the US and it's certainly not been very summer-y this year yet. So Pam, I've been waiting for these challenges all week, LOL. Kathryn, what's the trigger in the UK?

When I was younger I'd have told you summer was my favourite season - I never minded the heat. But in recent years I have to say that Spring is now my favourite season. However I do love all the fun activities there are to do in summer.

paddlegal wrote:I think everyone thinks of summer beginning with this weekend. We always have, especially since we've already had a week of triple digit temps last week! Super LOs and a great challenge.

Yes - 90s Monday and Tuesday and since then dark, cloudy, overcast, wind, cold. WTH????

Summer in the UK is whenever you get a week of settled weather with warm sunny days and no rain , or three fine days and a thunderstorm! Our weather is so variable, especially here in the north. This weekend is a public holiday and the schools are closed all week for the Half Term break. ( They go on until the last week in July) Heavy showers are forecast!
Kathryn.

I hope folks are taking tons of great photos this weekend!

It's been so long since I've done a page that it took me 2 days to finish the thing.

This is scraplifted from a Maggie Holmes LO that Pam C and I both pinned. Strangely enough, we both used the same Maggie Holmes paper for this challenge. Go figure. Great minds run in the same track.

Oh Pam I love it! I really like how your journaling forms a border.

That paper is one I never thought I'd use but I've used it on three layouts already.

The black, white and pink is so elegant, Pam, and I like the touches of yellow in the paper and flower.

Great layouts

I should have mentioned the sewing - bonus points for that!