Monday, June 8, 2026

Our Blog Creator, Lynn Lefebvre!

Today, we’re kicking off the celebration of our 150th challenge by spotlighting our amazing design team! But it wouldn’t be complete without starting with our founder, Lynn Lefebvre.

 

 Lynn established Challenge YOUrself in November, 2013.

When asked how she came up with the idea for Challenge YOUrself,  she said the following:  
"I got the concept for this type of scrapbooking challenge blog because I found that most people scrap about everyone else and forgot to leave a little bit of themselves in their layoutsI thought about the idea of a challenge blog for a long time, and thanks to some encouragement from a good friend, I decided to give it a try."
 
In December 2015, Lynn decided to prioritize spending more quality time with her family and stepped down from her role.  Lynn wants to express her immense pride in Challenge YOUrself and its remarkable milestone of 150 challenges!  

We'd like to share two of Lynn's incredible layouts that she made for 
Challenge YOUrself:

She made this lovely page for CY#17:


And this beauty for CY#37:



Wow, Lynn! These are absolutely stunning!!  Thank you so much for founding Challenge YOUrself and helping us to celebrate 150 challenges!! We could not have done this without YOU! 

 
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Now it's YOUR turn!  

What does Saying Goodbye mean to you?  

To participate in our 150th challenge, you can enter 2 ways:

1) Upload your layouts using Pinterest, Instagram, Scrapbook.com, etc, on the link tool  

OR   

2) Visit our Facebook page and enter by uploading a photo of your layout by commenting on the challenge photo.  

Either way will work!

 
 We have more fun things in store for this month, so check back often!
 
We cannot wait to see what YOU create for our 150th and final challenge! 

Sunday, June 7, 2026

Challenge YOUrself #150 . . . Saying Goodbye!

Hi everyone!

It's time for a new challenge, and it will be our final challenge.  

Yes, Challenge YOUrself will close after our 150th challenge on July 6th, 2026. 


This month’s challenge is all about saying goodbye.

Because we are closing Challenge YOUrself, we’d love to hear your thoughts on what saying goodbye means to you. Whether it’s a heartfelt emotional farewell, a funny or unique way to say goodbye, or anything related to saying goodbye and its significance, we’re all ears!  

PLEASE  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 July 4th at midnight to submit your projects for this challenge.


Here's what our talented Design Team members created:



Wow!  Aren't they incredible?  Thank you, design team!

And check back often this month!  We will be featuring our talented design team members and our participants all month long!



THIS MONTH'S PRIZE:
For our last challenge, you have a random chance to win this 
incredible 49 and Market Ultimate Page kit this month:

 
We are looking forward to seeing what you create for our last challenge!

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter

Saturday, June 6, 2026

Challenge YOUrself #149 . . . Top Three and Random Winners!

Hi everyone!  It's time to announce the winners for Challenge YOUrself #149!


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


We want you to know how much we loved seeing all your amazing, creative, and beautiful entries—you’re the reason we kept this blog going for so many challenges! Thank you all so much. ♥

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

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

And the random draw prize winner is:



Congrats Marcie!  You have 2 weeks to contact me at
sfritch@ptd.net to claim your prize.

We will be back tomorrow with our final challenge.

Thursday, May 7, 2026

Challenge YOUrself #149 - Use a Black and White Photo!


 Hi everyone!

It’s time to announce the 5th of our final 6 challenges!  
As you know, Challenge YOUrself will officially close after our 150th challenge.

We are very excited about Challenge YOUrself #149:

This month, we’d like you to create a layout that includes at least one black-and-white photo!  Additionally, please remember that one photo needs to include YOU!! 

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 June 4th at midnight to submit your projects for this challenge.

You can review our Challenge Rules here.

Need some inspiration?  

Here's what our talented Design Team members created:

THIS MONTH'S PRIZE:
Play along and link up a new layout below for a chance to win this 
FABULOUS 12 x 12 Simple Stories scrapbooking kit:

We cannot wait to see what you create this month.

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter

Wednesday, May 6, 2026

Challenge YOUrself #148 . . . Top Three and Random Winners!


Hi everyone!
It's time to announce the winners for Challenge YOUrself #148!

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


We want to express our sincere appreciation for all your amazing entries. Your participation is invaluable to us, and we couldn’t run this blog without it! Thank you all so much.♥

Next, we'd like to announce the Top 3 favorites, as voted on by the design team:

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

And the random draw prize winner is:

Congrats Deanne!  You have 2 weeks to contact me at
sfritch@ptd.net to claim your prize.

We will be back tomorrow with our next challenge!