And our winner is: @echoes Congratulations - thank you for playing along with us and enjoy your gift certificate!!

I wanted to share a picture of a connection that scrapping gave me! Cheryl and I met finally after years of talking online. Her daughter was coming to Vegas and she tagged along and stayed with me for a few days!! True connection can really happen when you start out as online friends!!

Thank you everyone, for playing along!!! This was so fun to host and play!!! Thread is now locked.

I feel an amazing sense of peace looking at your layout! The colors are relaxing, and the blending is wonderful! It feels like a painting!

I resemble your journaling in that my mind never shuts up! I love all the books and the warm browns of your color palette.

So much to see here!! I love how you kept everything black (grey) and white, and kept the photo a bright orange! The arches are a perfect way to highlight the photo!

Love the soft calming feelings your page evokes! Your blended photo is wonderful and the color palette is so soothing!

Tracy is so right - it has such a dreamcatcher feel!

I love that song!!!!

Placing yourself among the forest is a perfect way to scrap your quote!

I love how emotional your page feels, and your extraction is really good!!

Your blending is absolutely fantastic!! I love the face at the bottom and all the wonderful quotes you used to give a sense of peace!

Your photo is amazing, and I love the fact that you left it large and used just the perfect amount of elements to make the photo shine! Standing O, My Dear

Your contrast between dark and light is so striking!!! Your journaling is so impactful! Standing O, My Dear!

I was really drawn to the dark background and the candle!! Standing O, My Dear!

Such beautiful photos!! It's really hard to do a clean/graphic style - and you NAILED it!!! Standing O, My dear!