March 6, 2010
Six Weeks of Sketches Grand Prize Winner!
Posted by: Ella
Congratulations to Leah Larson of Washington, the random winner in our grand prize drawing for a Cricut Expression (from our Six Weeks of Sketches contest)!

We had a total of 159 entries in our 6-week challenge, and we added each entry to a handy-dandy spreadsheet in order of entry. And random.org gave us the random number 117!

Lucky Leah happens to already have an older Cricut model that she takes VERY good care of, but that doesn't mean she can't win this one too! And guess what her plan is? She's going to raffle off her old Cricut through her local scrapbook store,
Paper Pals, where she's a design team member. The proceeds from the raffle will go to the Red Cross for Haiti relief. Way to go, Leah!
Now for a quick Q&A with our winner:1. What did you like most about the sketch challenge?"It allowed me to be more creative. I usually scraplift and had never followed a sketch before this challenge. With the sketches, I had to create the page around the sketch. It was challenging and fun."
2. Did you have a favorite sketch?
"My favorite sketch was the 4x6, 4x4, and 4x4 arranged in a line across the middle of the page. I love the layout I did for that sketch. I have copied all the sketches in my journal and will use them again and again."
3. What's your favorite treat?"Light butter microwave popcorn. I am on weight watchers. If you're asking about a non-food treat, then I would say scrapbooking pictures of my daughter."
4. What was your favorite layout created during the challenge?"My favorite layout was the star layout titled Yogurt for WEEK 4. Made with my favorite sketch!"
5. Did you use your Cricut to create any of your layouts for the challenge?"Yes. Visit
my blog to read about how I created this dimensional duck accent (see below) for WEEK 2."
Here are the rest of the layouts Leah entered during the challenge. See all of these (and more) on Leah's blog: Confessions of a Scraplifter.
WEEK 1
WEEK 3
WEEK 5
WEEK 6
Congratulations to Leah!
And thanks to everyone who participated. We had a blast, and we hope you did too!