As promised, here's more inspiration for how to make the most of your scrapbooking supplies...

Congratulations to Marie Pilgrim, our December winner in the 8 is Enough contest!

It was a gentle reminder email from Marie that reminded us we needed to get back in gear with our "8 is Enough" winners! And she even submitted twice herself. We chose her second submission partly because we loved the assortment of supplies she chose--so classic and elegant. But we also couldn't get enough of her layouts, which are diverse and eclectic while remaining simple and meaningful.

Marie says: "This is one of my favorite challenges and I love to see what everyone is doing with 8 supplies on 4 layouts. I had already submitted once, but I was suffering from scrapper's block (or scrapper's disinterest) and I started paging through my notebook of Ella e-books and found myself inspired to try four pages with eight supplies again. It was just the impetus I needed to get some pages done!"

That's what we love to hear!

Marie's Eight Supplies
1 package of die-cuts (K&Company)
2 sheets of letter stickers (one large and one small)
1 sheet label stickers
1 package doilies (BasicGrey)
3 sheets double-sided patterned paper (by Fancy Pants, Collage Press, and Crate Paper)

Layout #1
 

Layout #2

Layout #3

Layout #4

Yesterday we shared double-page layouts. Today it's single-page 8 1/2 x 11 pages. We DO love variety around here!

Marie has won...

A complete monthly kit from Studio Calico and a $15 gift certificate to Ella Publishing Co.

Now it's Your Turn

We hereby challenge you to come up with your own list of eight items from your stash of supplies and to stretch your list into four great layouts. (Absolutely no shopping allowed.) Make sure you include a mix of papers, accents, tools, and alphabets—whether stamps, die-cuts, or stickers. You can only use the items on your list, but cardstock, fonts, and standard tools (such as trimmers, journaling pens, or a sewing machine) are freebies.

When you’re done, e-mail us pictures of all four of your layouts (each sized to 800 pixels tall maximum), plus a picture of your eight original supplies, and an explanation of how you stretched each layout, and we’ll pick one winner each month through March 2011!  E-mail questions and entries to submissions@ellapublishing.com, with “Eight is Enough” in the subject line.