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October 27, 2009

I Can't Decide! Please Help!

Posted by: Ella
After agonizing over 60+ fantastic layout submissions based on last week's sketch, we could only narrow it down to ten. (Hence the late-night blog post.) So, we decided to share all the finalists and allow YOU to vote for our winning layouts. Thanks for the suggestion, ScrapperAnn! I'll keep the designers' names secret for now so that you can vote solely on the merits of the layouts. But please don't place your vote based on the quality of the layout scan. We're sure they're all straight and perfect in real life.

To vote, leave a comment that lists nothing more than the number of your vote, and please only vote for one layout. Example: I vote for #11! (Except that there's NOT a #11, so don't vote for it. We didn't want to bias anyone by including a real number in our example.) Deadline for voting: Thursday, October 29 by midnight Eastern time. We'll count them up and pick our eBook contributors based on your votes.

Here's the sketch:


Finalist #1: Sports Day (a very literal version of the sketch)


Finalist #2: Hay Time (very literal translation, two tiny extra photos added)


Finalist #3: Sugar on Snow (four small horizontal photos replaced with four vertical photos, patterned paper added to fill the gap)


Finalist #4: Granddaughters (large vertical photo replaced with horizontal photo and title)


Finalist #5: Pony Boy (four-photo block adapted to fit five photos)


Finalist #6: All-Star Slugger (four-photo block adapted to fit six photos)


Finalist #7: Love Life (two of the small photos replaced by colorful journaling blocks)


Finalist #8: Makin' a Splash (design expanded to an 8½ x 11 spread)


Finalist #9: Sweet Pumpkin (sketch rotated to use one horizontal and four vertical photos)


Finalist #10: KaleidoScoops (sketch rotated to fit one horizontal and four vertical photos)


(Important note: winners, you'll only have one week to complete your eBook assignment after you're chosen, so if that's not enough time for you, we'll pick the layout with the next most votes! In the event of a 10-way tie, the winners will be chosen by the Ella editors, and then we'll wonder why we allowed reader voting in the first place!)

Posted at 09:19 PM
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#7 gets my vote. :)
Posted by: rsheedy on Tue, 10/27/2009 - 21:58
# 1 Very creative!
Posted by: elise on Thu, 10/29/2009 - 06:40
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#9 - Love her take on the sketch. And that's just so darling!
http://kathleensummers.wordpress.com/
Posted by: Kathleen on Tue, 10/27/2009 - 22:00
Number 9!
Ann Everett, WA
Posted by: scrapperann on Tue, 10/27/2009 - 22:09
4 gets my vote
Posted by: hcatt on Tue, 10/27/2009 - 22:25
Number 2 for me :)
Posted by: majic on Tue, 10/27/2009 - 22:32
LOVE # 5 - but great job to everyone :)
Posted by: icecheeks on Tue, 10/27/2009 - 22:34
my vote is #2 - love the tag
Posted by: Misha on Tue, 10/27/2009 - 22:37
#5
Posted by: KimWarner on Tue, 10/27/2009 - 22:39
My vote is goes to #3.
Posted by: Cammy on Tue, 10/27/2009 - 22:42
Noel Culbertson's picture
wow! great pages i like #7
Posted by: Noel Culbertson on Tue, 10/27/2009 - 22:43
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#3 (it was still a hard decision!!)
Molly McCarthy
Posted by: molly on Tue, 10/27/2009 - 22:49
Number #1 for me! But it was very very hard! Dayna Western Australia
Posted by: Chatterboxgirl on Tue, 10/27/2009 - 22:59
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#9 is really adorable!! Love the photos and her take on the sketch.:)
Posted by: makita on Tue, 10/27/2009 - 23:32
I vote for #3
Posted by: SeverineDG on Tue, 10/27/2009 - 23:41
Ooh, so hard. My vote is #7. Congrats to all who made it this far!
Posted by: diney on Tue, 10/27/2009 - 23:57
#9 - the colour scheme is gorgeous :)
Posted by: ceruleanblue on Wed, 10/28/2009 - 01:02
#7 Love life - beautiful, clean, uncluttered, stylish and graphic.
Posted by: olbas on Wed, 10/28/2009 - 01:16
#2 for me well done all! :)
Posted by: dollydaydream84 on Wed, 10/28/2009 - 01:45
#1
Posted by: Ohmarggie on Wed, 10/28/2009 - 02:29
#1 - great photos
Posted by: scrappy1 on Wed, 10/28/2009 - 03:03
They were all fantastic =) Number 7 is beautiful. Love the colored words. Still clean and sweet and simple. So my vote is for number 7.
Posted by: fritzfamily1 on Wed, 10/28/2009 - 03:37
All of the layouts are very nice! I see why this is such a hard choice to make. I vote for #7.
Posted by: caprimom on Wed, 10/28/2009 - 04:12
#7 gets my vote, love the colour!
Posted by: tmom on Wed, 10/28/2009 - 04:13
#5
Valerie
Posted by: valerie_am on Wed, 10/28/2009 - 04:15
I vote for #2!
Posted by: buenvsh on Wed, 10/28/2009 - 04:24
#2 They are all GREAT, of course!
Leora
Posted by: lhenkin on Wed, 10/28/2009 - 04:28
#7
wickysticket.blogspot.com
Posted by: Lonely Scrapbooker on Wed, 10/28/2009 - 04:29
#1, they are all great but #1 is my favourite by far. Beverley xx
Posted by: Beverley Winning on Wed, 10/28/2009 - 04:54
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My totally favorite, is Finalist #7: Love Life (two of the small photos replaced by colorful journaling blocks)
Jackie Torres ---- Http://jackietorres.blogspot.com
Posted by: jackietorres on Wed, 10/28/2009 - 04:59