Challenge YOUrself #147 . . . Celebrating Friendship!

 Hi everyone!

It’s time for a new challenge! 

We are thrilled to introduce Challenge YOUrself #147:

The theme for this month’s challenge is “Celebrating Friendship!” Feel free to interpret the theme however you like, as long as it clearly conveys the message of friendship. Additionally, please remember to include a photo of YOU on your project.   

You can enter in 2 ways:

• Upload your projects using your Blog, Pinterest, Facebook, Instagram, Scrapbook.com, or any online photo gallery using the link tool below. 
• Visit our Facebook page and upload a photo of your layout by commenting on the FEATURED challenge photo at the top right-hand side of our page.  

Either way will work!

You have until April 4th at midnight to get your projects in for this challenge.

You can check out our Challenge Rules here.

Need some inspiration?  

Here's what our talented Design Team members created:

Monique

Tracy

Cathy

Nancy

Sherri

Sharon

Lisa-Marie

Kim

THIS MONTH'S PRIZE:
Play along and link up a new layout below for a chance to win this 

FABULOUS Cocoa Vanilla Studio Collection Kit:

We cannot wait to see what you create this month.

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter

Challenge YOUrself #146 . . . Top 3 and Random Winners!

 Hi everyone.  It's time to announce the winners for

 Challenge YOUrself #146!

But first and foremost, we'd like to thank all those who played 

along with us last month!

We genuinely appreciate and adore all the stunning entries we received! Your valuable participation is crucial in making this blog a success, and we can’t express our gratitude enough to all of you who participated. Thank you all so much!

Next, we'd like to announce the DT's Top 3 favorites:

1.  Petra Jennings

4.  Katherine (Kate) Boddy Blue

7.  Cynthia Baldwin

Well done, ladies!  Congrats!!! Here is a button for your blog :)

Drumroll Please...

And the random draw prize winner is:

15.  Phillis Walrath

Congrats, Phillis!  Your layout is beautiful! You have 2 weeks to contact me at

sfritch@ptd.net to claim your prize.

We will be back tomorrow with our next challenge.  

Challenge YOUrself #146 . . . LOVE!

Hi everyone!

It's that time again...time for a new challenge.  We are very excited about Challenge YOUrself #146! It's the first of our final 5 challenges.

In honor of Heart Month and Valentine’s Day, we’re excited to host a “LOVE theme" for this month’s challenge! Let your imagination run wild and tell us what love means to you! 

DON'T FORGET TO INCLUDE A PHOTO OF YOU IN YOUR PROJECT! 

You can enter in 2 ways:

• Upload your projects using your Blog, Pinterest, Facebook, Instagram, Scrapbook.com, or any online photo gallery using the link tool below. 
• Visit our Facebook page and upload a photo of your layout by commenting on the FEATURED challenge photo at the top right-hand side of our page.  

Either way will work.

  

You have until March 4th at midnight to get your projects in for this challenge.

And if you haven't already, check out our Challenge Rules.

Here's what our talented Design Team members created:

Monique

Monique (#2)

Tracy

Sharon

Nancy

Lisa-Marie

Cathy

Carmen

Kim

Sherri

THIS MONTH'S PRIZE:
Play along and link up a new layout below for a chance to win this incredible 

49 and Market scrapbooking kit:

We cannot wait to see what you create this month.

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter

Challenge YOUrself #145 . . . Top 3 and Random Winners!

 Hi everyone.  It's time to announce the winners for

 Challenge YOUrself #145!

But first, we'd like to take a minute to thank all those who joined
in on the fun last month :)

We really appreciate and love all the wonderful entries we had! YOUR input is super important to making this blog a success, and we’re so grateful for all of you who participated.  Thank you all so much!

Next, we'd like to announce the DT's Top 3 favorites:

3.  Nicole Lacoste

7.  Laurie Winiarski

2.  Rebecca Coombs

Well done, ladies!  Here is a button for your blog :)

And the random draw prize winner is:

1.  Barbara Greenberg

Congrats, Barb!  Your layout is beautiful! You have 2 weeks to contact me at
sfritch@ptd.net to claim your prize.

We will be back tomorrow with our next challenge.  

Saying Goodbye With Gratitude: Announcing Our Final 5 Challenges!

If you are looking for our current challenge, CY#145, our One Little Word challenge, you can find it here.

Dear Readers and Participants,

Since November 6, 2013, the Challenge YOUrself blog has been my favorite place to share my scrapbooking journeys with photos of me. But lately, I’ve noticed that my biggest challenges—and happiest moments—are happening outside of this blog with my family and friends.

So, I’ve decided to close this blog to spend more time with them and soak up all the wonderful moments.

We, the Design Team and I, really appreciate all of your support and encouragement through the years. Your participation has been so important to our challenge blog and has meant the world to us.

We’re excited to announce that we’ll be doing five more monthly challenges this year. Our journey will wrap up in June with Challenge YOUrself #150, which will be the official end of our challenge blog. We’re really looking forward to having Lynn Lefebvre, the amazing founder of Challenge YOUrself, join us as a guest designer in June.

After Challenge YOUrself closes,  we’d love for you to keep creating your own scrapbook pages and finding joy in adding photos with YOU to your projects.

With heartfelt appreciation,

Sharon Fritchman and the DT of Challenge YOUrself