Update: Out of the two brave souls who entered, #1, Amber is the winner of this giveaway!

In a couple of week I’ll be embarking on a journey to a place where no (wo)man has gone before. Ok, just kidding about that last bit.

But I am accepting a challenge from my new online friend and scrappy guru, Lain Ehmann. Along with Tami from Bcr8tuv, she is doing the 4th annual LOAD challenge starting Feb 1.

LOAD stands for Lay Out A Day and just as the name implies, the challenge is to create one layout per day, capture it, and share it with the other members via a Flickr group.

What You’ll Get:

• A challenge!
• Daily inspirational emails from Lain with tips, challenges and techniques
• The chance to win the grand price (by uploading a layout each day for the entire month) and other cool scrap loot
• Weekly tutorials
• Inspiration from other bloggers
• and much more!

Cost: $25

What You Need To Do:

• Sign up by sending a PayPal payment to lainehmann <at> comcast <dot> net. (select “personal” when sending to avoid processing fee)
• Create a Flickr account, if you don’t already have one
• Grab the blinkie code: <a href=” http://knitandpurlgrrl.blogs.com/five_things/2009/12/its-that-time-of-year.html”><img src=”http://i657.photobucket.com/albums/uu293/LainEhmann/loadad.gif” border=”0″ alt=”LOAD 2/10″></a>

I fully expect to get overwhelmed and probably feel a little intimidated in the company of some great scrappers (and somehow stowing some scrap tools in my suitcase to Blissdom so I can be eligible for that grand prize!)

And I can’t wait.

Win It! Ready to join me? One person will receive a free registration for LOAD Version 2.10! Here’s how to enter:

1. Comment on this post telling me whether or not you expect to be totally challenged or think this will be a cake walk
2. For extra entries, tweet about this giveaway up to once a day and/or subscribe to this blog (and if you don’t know about Twitter, check it out!)
3. Entries must be made by Friday, January 29 at 11:59 p.m. MST. (the winner will be announced in time for you to sign up if you don’t win!)

This year, in contrast to years past, we’ve had a rather relaxing Christmas vacation. I’ve enjoyed spending the better part of the day in my jammies and pink frog slippers, renting and watching movies with my kiddos, and getting in some therapy scrap time.

I’ve also been able to do a lot of planning for this here blog. And I want to let you in on some sneak peaks for the upcoming year.

You can look forward to…

• More Photoshop Elements Video Tutorials
• More Great Giveaways (Including one that rhymes with “Flipsy”. Ohhhh yeahhhh!)
• “Best In Class” (Product Comparisons)
• A New “List your Scrapping Blog” Page
• More Product Reviews
• Contests
• Opinion Polls

Thank you for making 2009 such a great start for Confessions of a Cropaholic! Stay tuned!