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

Challenge YOUrself #145 . . . One Little Word!

Hi everyone!  Happy New Year!  

Are you ready for a new challenge?

We’re thrilled to announce Challenge YOUrself #145:

This month, we’re diving into Ali Edwards’ One Little Word. It’s a single word you pick to inspire you in 2026. Think of it as a daily mantra to guide you through life. If you’re new to this concept and want to explore it further, check out this link for more info. 

Now, let’s get creative! You can make projects using any size paper, digital layouts, mixed media, canvas, art journal pages, or even Project Life pages. The sky’s the limit.  We can’t wait to see what you come up with! 

Don’t forget to include a photo of you in your project!

For this month’s challenge, we’ll allow only one entry per participant to focus on a single word for 2026.

If you don’t have a blog, you can upload your projects using Pinterest, Facebook, Instagram, Scrapbook.com, or any online photo gallery using the link tool below.

- OR -

Visit our Facebook page and enter by uploading 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.

The deadline for this challenge is February 4th at midnight.

And if you haven't already done so, you can review our Challenge Rules.

Here's what our talented Design Team members created:

Monique

Tracy

Kim

Sherri

Lisa-Marie

Sharon

Cathy

Laurie

Carmen

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

FABULOUS Simple Stories 12 x 12 scrapbooking kit:

We can’t wait to see what you create this month! 

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter

Challenge YOUrself #144 . . . Top three and Random Winners!

Hi everyone!  It's time to announce the winners of Challenge YOUrself #144!

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

We absolutely adored all of your entries! Without your participation, this blog wouldn’t be possible. Thank you so much! ♥

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

5.  Nicole Lacoste 

10.  PaperPapier

16.  Kimberly Williams

And we would be remiss if we did not give an honorable mention to our first light-up entry:

1.  Catherine Foti:

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

And the random draw prize winner is:

20.  Rebecca Coombs

Congrats Rebecca!  You have 2 weeks to contact me at

sfritch@ptd.net to claim your prize.

We will be back tomorrow with our next challenge.