making memories is such an awesome manufacturer to work for. and i think it's so cool that three of their designers were chosen for the 2010 creating keepsakes dream team (maggie, wendy, and i). i'm so excited that we all get to experience these two great adventures together. making memories is generously donating each of our favorite collections to give away to one of our lucky blog readers. of course i had to pick the just chillin collection for my favorite. and i figured this layout goes perfectly with this giveaway.
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i've been wanting to share this layout for a while. it was featured in the october 2009 issue of creating keepsakes, in the becky higgins sketch column. when i saw her sketch posted, i knew that it would be perfect for this layout idea. the sketch had room for 16 photos. so i was able to include 15 of my most recent daycare kids, along with a photo of myself. although as soon as my girls saw this, they asked "where is so-and-so" for a bunch of the other kids that have been here over the past 8 years. i told them i could only do the kids that were here during my digital years. lol!
now if you saw this layout in the october issue, you might have noticed a different photo of me on there. i did change that out before sending it out (but forgot to take a picture), since this photo of me has been previously used for something in the magazine. i admit, i like this photo better. and i did change it back when i got the layout back. lol! then i found my favorite photos of 15 kids. took me a while to dig around the external hard drive, since these were all taken over the last 4-5 years or so. i've had some cute kids, haven't i 😉
i went with the mix of color photos and black and white photos for one main reason. all the boys photos looked great in color. but i had a little too much color going on. i loved all the colors in the girls photos, and knew that i wanted to use the just chillin girls collection on this. so i made the boys all black and white. i think it actually looks pretty cool. all the photos are 3×4 in size. such a great way to get a ton of photos on there.
so, what do you need to do? just leave me a comment. i know a lot of you already congratulated me on my other post, so don't feel like you have to do it all over again. lol! just a simple comment is all that's required, to get your name in there. then make sure to go over to maggie's blog and wendy's blog, and leave them some congrats too. we're each doing separate drawings for different collections. then monday, we'll randomly pick the winners, who will be announced on the making memories blog :)
comments now closed. look for the winner to be announced on the making memories blog later this morning.
Laura Vegas 
430 responses to “just chillin giveaway”
Laura,
I love this set too….just came back from a scrapbooking weekend and had lots of opportunity to use it. Would love more goodies!! 🙂
Thank you!
Lynn
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Congrats! Thanks for the giveaway!
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I saw that layout in CK and thought it was just so cute that you did a layout about all your daycare kids. You can truly see where you heart is and how wonderful that each of those children got to be a part of your life.
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Congrats on the dream team! I tore this layout of my Oct. Issue and have been saving it to scraplift. I just love the way you can include so many photos on one layout.
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Awesome! congratulations on the CK dream team 😀
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Wow! A give-away! Awesome!
What a great time to come back 🙂 You probably don’t remember me, but I’ve missed your blog. I followed it regularly until about two months ago when our house sold, we had to frantically move, our Internet was down, our computer crashed and my husband went overseas with the Army. It’s been busy, but I hope things are pretty well settled 🙂 Just in time for the holidays!
I can’t wait to see what you’ve been up to lately!
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Congrats on your Dream Team assignment, and thanks for sharing the great layout, too! These vintage findings inspire in so many wonderful ways!
Jan D.
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I am SOOO happy for you. and SOOO excited about your future creations. Looking forward to celebrating a fun year with you!
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Dream team – WOW! Congrats!
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Congratulations and I love the ayour with all 15 photos, I am going to do one just like thatnext year when my DD1 turns fifteen.
Have a great day
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Super excited to see this layout again! I loved the photos of the kids! Each one is so specail!
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Congratulations again Laura.
I would love to placed in the draw.
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What a fun giveaway! I love the font you used on that layout! 🙂
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I have no problem telling u congrats again cause u surely deserve it!
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great layout. it gives me an idea for agroup of photos i’ve been wanting to scrap. Awsome giveaway, thanks for the chance to win
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Congratulations! Can’t wait to see what you create!
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love your clean simple style
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Congrats on being a CK DT! yay!
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Fun! Thanks for the chance to win!
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Congrats on the dream team!
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Thank you for the inspiration! I love your layouts.
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Love the giveaway as the just chillin range rocks Love your work and congrats
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Congrats and thanks for picking a fabulously colorful line for the winner!! 🙂 hehehe~
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I love the fun colors of this line. Thanks for the chance to win.
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Laura
You are the queen to collage photo layouts!
Thanks for the chance to win.
Sandi N.
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Congratulations – love the LO!
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love the mix of black & white photos with the color ones!
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Such a wonderful layout. Very special way to remember the little ones who you helped nurture.
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Congrats on making the Dream Team! Your LO is awesome!
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Cute layout–i would agree the just chillin line is a favorite!!
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