Monday, December 28, 2015

A Wonderful Family Photo With Mary!

Good Morning everyone!  All of us here at Challenge YOUrself hope you all had a very Merry Christmas!  

Today I would like to give you some inspiration by sharing an awesome layout made my Mary.  We loved her fun take on the sketch and wonderful family photo:


Here's this month's challenge# 24:


YOU have a chance to win this prize:


Don't forget to read the challenge rules before you link up your layout hereAnd remember to include YOU in the photo!

We know that you are getting ready to celebrate the new year coming in,  but there's still plenty of time to participate - you have until January 4th!

We are really looking forward to to seeing what YOU make!

Monday, December 21, 2015

A Precious Family Photo with Karrie!

Good Morning everyone and welcome to Monday and the third week of December!  Today Challenge YOUrself would like to share a wonderful layout made by Karrie:


Isn't it beautiful?  We loved this precious family moment and wanted to share it with all of you . . .

Here's this month's challenge:


Don't forget to read the challenge rules before you link up your layout hereAnd remember to include YOU in the photo!

While you are enjoying the hustle and bustle of the holiday season, there is still plenty of time to participate - you have until January 4th!

We cannot wait to see what YOU create . . .

Monday, December 14, 2015

A Favorite Family Photo with Tracy

Good Morning everyone!  Today we would like to share a beautiful layout made by one of our talented design team members,Tracy!  


We loved her take on the sketch and her amazing and very touching family photo.

The challenge is a wonderful one with the sketch being created by Lynn Lefebvre:



And you also have the chance to win this prize by Heidi Swapp:


We know it is a busy time of the year, but there is still plenty of time to participate in this month's challenge.  We cannot wait to see what you create with your favorite family photo!  Don't forget to include YOU in it!!

Please read the challenge rules, then link up your layout here!

Good luck!  YOU have until January 4th.

Monday, December 7, 2015

CY# 24: Sketch & Favorite Family Photo

Hi everyone!
It's time for another challenge :D  Yay!!

We would like you to create a layout using this beautiful sketch, made by Lynn Lefebvre, with your favorite family photo.  Don't forget to include YOU in the photo!


Here's what our talented Design Team has created:

Taru


Cindy


Sherri


Asa


Tracy


Gemma


Jess


Susanne


Kate


Sharon



And . . . if you play along and link up a new layout below, you get a chance to win this:



*Please read the challenge rules before linking up*


Good luck and have fun!  We can't wait to see what you create!



Sunday, December 6, 2015

CY# 23 Winners!

Happy Sunday everyone!

We are all super excited about the awesome turnout on last month's challenge. We'd like to take a minute to thank all those who have joined in on the fun :)  We know this is such a busy time of the year and are happy that you had some time to play along.

Because we had a tie this month, here are the DT Top 4 favorites:


 13. Lizzy Hill


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



We will be back tomorrow with our next challenge :)

Tuesday, December 1, 2015

A Challenge YOUrself Announcement!

Today marks the beginning of December and it will be time to say good-bye to some very special people at Challenge YOUrself.  

First of all, we are saying good-bye to one of our long-standing design team members, Lisa Haiss.  We can't thank you enough for your wonderful contribution to this team!  We will miss you!

Secondly, our blog owner, Lynn Lefebvre has decided to step down.  She feels in her heart that she needs to spend more time with her family and less time in front of the computer.  We will miss her so much and wish her all the best in her future endeavors!  Thank you, Lynn, for giving me the opportunity to keep this challenge blog going!  I feel it is really important to keep YOU in the photos, and this is such a great way to do it!  

So . . . without further ado, I would like to introduce the design team for January, 2016 through June, 2016!











I feel very blessed to have such a talented group of ladies on this design team and look forward to 2016!  

Welcome!

You still have a few more days to link up your pages for the current challenge - you have untill December 4th!


  
Don't forget to read the challenge rules before you link up your layout here. Make sure that YOU in are the photo!

Our schedule will remain the same! We will announce the winners of the current challenge on December 6th and reveal the new challenge on December 7th!

We look forward to seeing all kinds of new creations using YOU in your photos!

Sunday, November 29, 2015

Tic Tac Toe with Monia!

Hi everyone . . . Today I would like to share one more featured layout for the Tic Tac Toe challenge!  This one is a real beauty - Monia's version caught our eye and held it:


We loved the way she incorporated the photo of HER in her creative layout.
  
Hope this beautiful page inspires you to check out this month's challenge!  You still have a few more days to link up your pages - you have till December 4th!
  
Don't forget to read the challenge rules before you link up your layout here. Make sure that YOU in are the photo!  We can't wait to see what you create.  

Friday, November 27, 2015

More Tic Tac Toe Inspiration: This time with Lizzy!

Good Morning Everyone and welcome Friday!  Sharon here today to show you a wonderful layout!  We loved Lizzy's amazing take on our Tic Tac Toe challenge and wanted to share it with all of you:


Wow!  It's so beautiful!  We hope it inspires you to stop by and check out our latest challenge:


You still have plenty of time to join in on the fun!  You have until December 4th to link up your layouts.

Don't forget to read the challenge rules before you link up your layout here. Make sure that YOU in are the photo!

We love what we have seen so far!!  We cannot wait to see what you create.

Friday, November 20, 2015

Tic Tac Toe with Christel

Good Morning everyone!  Welcome Friday!  Sharon here today to share a beautiful layout made my Christel.  We love her take on this month's Tic-Tac-Toe challenge.  Here's her layout:


We hope her layout inspires you to join in on our challenge!  You have until December 4th to participate in CY# 23:


Don't forget to read the challenge rules before you link up your layout here And a friendly reminder:   make sure that YOU in are the photo!

We can't wait to see your entries!

Sunday, November 15, 2015

Tic Tac Toe with Susanne

Good Morning everyone!  Sharon here today sharing a featured layout by one of our talented designers, Susanne!  We love her interpretation of the current Tic Tac Toe challenge!


She used the diagonal row and incorporated &, YOU, and a doily into her beautiful layout:


We also really like the story it tells about the love between a brother & sister!

You still have lots of time to participate in our challenge - till December 4th! 

Please read the challenge rules before you link up your layout here!  And don't forget to include YOU in the photo!

We can't wait to see what you create!

Saturday, November 7, 2015

Challenge YOUrself# 23: Inspired by Tic Tac Toe

Hello everyone!

We are back again with Challenge YOUrself# 23!
Let's get right to it.

Choose any three items in a row and add to your layout.
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Here is some Tic Tac Toe inspiration from our designers :)

Asa: {&, YOU, doily}

Gemma: {Friends, YOU, bling}

Jess: {&, YOU, doily}

Sharon: {&, YOU,  doily}

Susanne: {&, YOU,  doily}



Tracy: {friends, you, bling}

Sherri: {Friends, You, Bling}


Cindy: {&, YOU, doily}

Fabulous!  We can't wait to see what you create!




Wednesday, November 4, 2015

ScraptoberFest Winners

Today we are excited to announce the winners of the ScraptoberFest event!

But first, we want to let each of our challenge participants know that we appreciate you playing along with us and sharing the projects you created inspired by the challenges.


Also, a special thanks to our
ScraptoberFest Sponsors....

so much for your generosity and support!

And now for the random drawn winners....

Challenge YOUrself 
Photo Challenge
Sharon Stevenson Shaw
Congratulations Sharon!  
Please contact me at scrap-challenge-yourself@hotmail.com to claim your prize!

Scrap Our Stash 
Washi Tape Challenge
 Monia Fiocchi

Monia, please visit The Scrap Our Stash blog for
details to claim your prize.


The Memory Nest
Sketch Challenge
Julene Matthews

Julene, please visit The Memory Nest blog for
details to claim your prize.

Color Challenge
Jean, please visit the My Scraps & More blog 
for details on claiming your prize.

And...the 
BONUS PRIZE WINNER is....
Asa J
Congrats Asa, please visit The Scrap Our Stash blog for
details to claim your prize.

We would like to thank Scrap Our Stash for inviting us to join them, along with The Memory Nest and My Scraps & More in the ScraptoberFest challenge!  

It was a pleasure working with all of you !!!

Have a great day everyone!!!!