Goodness! We had nearly 50 submissions for this month's sketch. And I want to thank each of you for pouring your love into the beautiful pages I saw. There were so many fabulous takes on the sketch, using a variety of the collections we've produced over the years. You guys went above and beyond and made it really hard to choose just ONE layout as the winner. But after careful consideration, using the criteria of creative and innovative, I chose this one by Justina Lu about her 21 month old son. She turned each of the squares into doors, behind which she stored sweet little bits of information. Such a great way to add the journaling, but keep the layout clean. She said each door is decorated to represent things he loves or does well at this stage. She even stored a letter to him behind his photograph!
Here's a close up:
Justina, please send your information to [email protected] and we'll get a sweet package of Crate Paper goodies out to you very soon!
And even though I can only pick one winner, there's nothing saying I show off some of the other gorgeous pages that you sent. Thank you again for all the hard work, I hope you'll keep playing along with our sketch!
Carol Monson's take just blew me away, instead of using paper or photos, she stitched the square in the grid, I love how that adds a beautiful subtle touch.
Megan Aaron made the grid all nice and cozy feeling, almost like a well loved quilt. I love how she made the photo much larger. She added lots of fun details as well.
Audrey Yeager created a fun, almost folk art feeling layout, that flower is just cute! And housing it all on the scalloped paper is perfect.
I loved how Juno (Michiko Kato) from Japan made the photos different sizes, but kept with the grid feeling.
And finally, Sheila Monteiro-Lim turned the sketch into a 4x4 get well canvas for her daughter, so cute!
Thank you again everyone for all your beautiful work this month. I'll see you again on the 19th of November!
Wow! Such great takes on the sketch! Each one that you shared has a unique twist.. Love that!
Posted by: Andi Sexton | October 25, 2010 at 10:48 AM
Felicidades! Son todos preciosos.
Posted by: Mariaje | October 25, 2010 at 10:50 AM
thanks for showing my page! congratulations to Justina - that page is AMAZING!
Posted by: Megan A | October 25, 2010 at 11:04 AM
congrats, ladies- and woohoo for Carol!
Posted by: Becky Williams | October 25, 2010 at 11:24 AM
Congrats ladies! It was a fun challenge! :)
Posted by: christy a | October 25, 2010 at 11:29 AM
My goodness! These are all gorgeous! Congrats ladies!
Posted by: nitasha | October 25, 2010 at 11:50 AM
Congrats!
Posted by: Erika M | October 25, 2010 at 12:08 PM
Congratulations to the winner and to all of the fabulous layouts that were listed here!
Posted by: Sandy L | October 25, 2010 at 12:12 PM
Wonderful layouts, everyone!! What gorgeous inspiration!!
Congrats, Justina! I love your creative journaling idea!!
Posted by: lucy edson | October 25, 2010 at 01:38 PM
So many talented women out there!! congrats to the winner and the mentions!
Posted by: Nancy Wyatt | October 25, 2010 at 01:39 PM
thanks for sharing my page....this was such a fun challenge! Congrats to everyone on their beautiful layouts.
Posted by: carol | October 25, 2010 at 02:19 PM
Gorgeous pages! Congratulations to the winner!!!
Posted by: MichelleGB | October 25, 2010 at 04:34 PM
oh gosh, the winner, what an incredible lo. Love all the ones you featured today!
Posted by: samantha sibbet | October 25, 2010 at 09:02 PM
Thanks everyone for the lovely comments! :) Those are gorgeous takes on the sketch!
Posted by: Justina | October 25, 2010 at 09:21 PM
Justina that LO is just beautiful!! All that journaling is fantastic!
Thanks for featuring my page!!
Posted by: Audrey Yeager | October 25, 2010 at 10:16 PM
Fantastic LOs all around! WTG Carol and Meg!
Posted by: Cassandra aka Scrap Savvy | October 26, 2010 at 06:20 PM