Thanks for participating. We at Ella had so much fun doing this that we have another Friday series of challenges for you that starts in March.

This first layout is a landscape version. The stamped title and muted colors work really well together. Great page!

The simple lines and cheerful colors complement the photos perfectly in this layout by Di_Turner.

And finally, a winning cat layout! The photos and journaling speak to Mr. Darcy's personality, and the product choices support the theme.

These three winners will receive a coupon code for a free eBook. And after all the entries from every week of the contest have been gathered, we'll draw one random winner who will receive a Cricut Expression (a value of $349)!
The grand prize winner will be posted the first week of March!!
Important note: grand prize winner will pay shipping, whether domestic or international. If grand prize winner chooses to decline the prize, we'll pick another random winner to win the Cricut Expression. And we hope the winner will agree to create a project or two with the Cricut to be featured on our blog!

I am knee deep in layouts and albums, from the past 14 years, oh my! I have thoroughly enjoyed reminiscing about the memories attached to making these layouts as well as the actual memories captured.
I found one layout that I want to share (it was featured in Simple Scrapbooks magazine)  because the journaling is so real. The layout was based on a book called 52 Projects and one of the projects was to write a one-minute autobiography. I highly recommend giving this a try.

Project #45

Write a one-minute autobiography.

Don’t necessarily start at the beginning, and don’t worry about the
ending. Indeed, do not let any kind of chronological order hinder your
effort. A good place to start is the first thing that comes to mind.
Once you start writing, other memories will pop into your head. Go with
them. The interruptions enhance the flow.

Once the minute is up, read over what you have written, and then
immediately repeat the exercise. Keep going for as long as you can.

Thanks again for playing along. This week was another stellar one full of color, kids, fire stations, and even some pool shots.

Leah Larsen has the sweetest little girl. (It seems as if she is handing flowers to us!) You get a visual story because or her excellent photo placement. Another great layout!

The colors and use of rub-ons on this page grabbed my attention as well as the excellent use of consistent margins. Outstanding page, famille1999.

This single page layout by Cynthia made me laugh, and the circular title works well to balance out the angular lines.

These three winners will receive a coupon code for a free eBook. And after all the entries from every week of the contest have been gathered, we'll draw one random winner who will receive a Cricut Expression (a value of $349)! Important note: grand prize winner will pay shipping, whether domestic or international. If grand prize winner chooses to decline the prize, we'll pick another random winner to win the Cricut Expression. And we hope the winner will agree to create a project or two with the Cricut to be featured on our blog!

Hope everyone is enjoying their week, so far mine has been eventful, in a good way.
The prize for this week is a packed box of CHA goodies including

• assortment of new release products from Karen Foster and My Little Yellow Bicycle
• tote and apron from Making Memories
• class kit from Quick and Easy Quizzes class that Angie and I taught
  at CHA

To enter leave a comment with your name and the where your name came from, for example

My name is Wendy and I was born in the late 60's when the play Peter Pan was very popular. My dad saw it and loved the Wendy character so much, he wanted to name his first daughter Wendy. (and for a few years in junior high I believed I was destined to marry someone named Peter)
Easy enough??
You have until Friday, February 19th at midnight, MST to enter.

winner of last week's contest, uptown cat who said her favorite season was

"I love summer. The flowers are blooming. Everything is green.
Afternoons/evenings at the pool or in the back yard. Open windows. Love
it all."

Thanks for playing along everyone.

Week 4 had the most layout entries yet. Great job everyone, and thanks so much for being willing to share your talent and inspire others with your layouts!

The layout winners this week are:

Agata who lives in Switzerland. We love the colors, photos, and the little accents on this layout.

The use of product and simple layering caught my eye on this layout by Ella user thehodgees. Great job!

Young college student Jess showcases her scrapbooking talent with this layout.

These three winners will receive a coupon code for a free eBook. And after all the entries from every week of the contest have been gathered, we'll draw one random winner who will receive a Cricut Expression (a value of $349)! Important note: grand prize winner will pay shipping, whether domestic or international. If grand prize winner chooses to decline the prize, we'll pick another random winner to win the Cricut Expression. And we hope the winner will agree to create a project or two with the Cricut to be featured on our blog!

We are sharing the love that Ella received at CHA. This week's giveaway is an assortment of new product from Nikki Sivils.
The second giveaway includes:
 

• assortment of new release products from Nikki Sivils
• tote and apron from Making Memories
• class kit from Quick and Easy Quizzes class that Angie and I taught at CHA

To enter, leave a comment below and answer the following question
What is your favorite season?

Contest ends @ Midnight Friday February 12 MST
(winner announced on next week's CHA giveaway)

Week 1 CHA goody giveaway winner is
Javajennie

Thanks giving the Ella Friends some blog love and thanks for playing!

Thanks to everyone who is participating, this is so energizing to see how you talented ladies interpret Donna's sketches and I know she finds it inspiring.

One of the benefits of sketches is how each pages is so different depending on style, products, orientation, etc.
These first two winning layouts illustrate how the diverse the approach on the sketch can be.

Thanks Jennifer Larsen for sharing this layout that showcases family outings
(click on the photo to see layout enlarged)

Don't you just get cold looking at this simple layout by Lisa Olsen? Great job!

and this last winning layout caused me to do a double take, not just because of the cute toddler, but because I thought it was digital, and upon reading more, discovered that it isn't, how cool from reader lbpost
(read more on her blog to learn about how she created the page)

The winner of the CHA giveaway will be posted tomorrow, Sunday. These three winners will receive a coupon code for a free eBook. And after all the entries from every week of the contest have been gathered, we'll draw one random winner who will receive a Cricut Expression (a value of $349)! Important note: grand prize winner will pay shipping, whether domestic or international. If grand prize winner chooses to decline the prize, we'll pick another random winner to win the Cricut Expression. And we hope the winner will agree to create a project or two with the Cricut to be featured on our blog!

Yes, you read that correctly. We have some goodies to give away for the next three weeks. The first giveaway includes:

• new release from Studio Calico
• tote and apron from Making Memories
• class kit from Quick and Easy Quizzes class that Angie and I taught at CHA

Sound fun?
To enter, visit one of our Ella friends blogs (listed below) and leave a comment, then come back and leave a comment with a link and you are entered automatically.

Noel
Moon
Barb
Katie
Tami
Katrina
Monica
Jodie

Contest ends @ midnight MST Feb 5.

(Oh, don't hate us but we have to limit this to U.S. and Canada residents only.)

Thanks for playing!

Wow, what an awesome batch of layouts. We have people participating from all over the world. Even kids have joined in. Check out the weekly winners below:

Bright colors and cheery circle accents draw the eye right in. We wanted to pull out the play doh to play with after we saw this layout by Ann Costen.

This is a digital layout that Mandy whipped up in no time; can't you just feel the sand between your toes? 

This 8.5 x 11 version is delightful, and how about that creative tree? So fun Tiffany!
We can't wait to see what you do next week.

These three winners will receive a coupon code for a free eBook. And after all the entries from every week of the contest have been gathered, we'll draw one random winner who will receive a Cricut Expression (a value of $349)! Important note: grand prize winner will pay shipping, whether domestic or international. If grand prize winner chooses to decline the prize, we'll pick another random winner to win the Cricut Expression. And we hope the winner will agree to create a project or two with the Cricut to be featured on our blog!

Congrats and thanks for participating. Check out the weekly winners below:

The innovative use of the journaling block caught our eye, and we like the decorative elements behind the photos. Great job Maya from Wisconsin!

This was a great way to customize the sketch to work for the designer's photos, since she had one horizontal and four square pics. Congratulations to Valerie from New Jersey!

And this happy yellow layout caught our eye with the minimal products and innovative use of paper. Designed by Donna H., Perth, Australia.

Each of these winners will receive a coupon code for a free eBook! Many thanks for participating; we can't wait to see what the next five weeks have in store.

(Click on each layout to view where it was originally posted.)