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My pick for this week goes to Erica for her "Count to 5" layout. 
For me, this is what scrapbooking is all about; capturing the everyday moments that are so easy to forget as time goes by. Well done Erica, you will always have this sweet reminder of your little girl as she learns to count.
I love the soft look of the Scenic Route papers you chose. Great layout!
And here is another User Inspired Post - this week I picked this layout by Leigh:
I am a big fan of one picture layouts and this one popped right out at me from the Gallery. How adorable are those kids???? I loved the little borders underneath the picture and how the colours are soo perfect for the black and white photo.
Here is my version, hope you like it:
A few weeks ago as I was looking through the gallery, a digital layout by Jennifer (littlekiwi) caught my eye. This layout titled "Show" is a fabulous layout Jennifer! I was especially inspired by her use of the circle with photos tucked behind it!
Here is a layout I did completely inspired by Jennifer's circle. I challenge you all this week, to use this layout as an inspiration, and post your layout in THIS forum thread! 
Who loves Fall? I know I do! Autumn is my favourite season -- the crisp cool air, visiting the pumpkin patch, Halloween and Thanksgiving. I love the change in colour of the leaves as the landscape transforms to rich red, orange and brown hues. This layout was inspired by the colours of the season. Today, I challenge you to find inspiration from the seasons, whether it's colour, texture or theme. Have fun!
Hello everybody,
today I want to tell you about a fun technique called "Crayon Resist". You will need glossy paper, StazOn ink, a white crayon, little sponges and your choice of colour ink.
Use a piece of glossy paper (I used my photo paper) and stamp your image with StazOn ink. I find simple images work best for this. I used a flower stamp and stamped it randomly on my piece of glossy paper. Then, use a white crayon and colour in the parts of your image that you would like to keep white. If you have trouble seeing where you coloured in already, simply tilt your paper a bit to see where you have coloured in already and where not (notice on my card that I missed one pedal!)
With a little sponge (I use make-up wedges) dab ink all over your piece of glossy paper, even over your stamped and coloured in images. I used 2 colours, lighter one first and then added some darker shade randomly all over.
Let the ink dry for a couple of minutes and then wipe off your stamped images (I used a paper towel). The ink will not stick to the parts that have been coloured in with the crayon and the result is fabulous. 
After this last step, assemble and finish your card.
This is a fun technique and I hope you will give it a try one of these days. .
Hope you all have a turkey filled Thanksgiving weekend - I am sitting by the campfire typing this - doesn't get any better.
This week's Gallery Pick goes to Erica (MamaPod) for her two layouts
"Roots" and "Wings." What do I love about these two layouts?
~I LOVE that there's so much meaning and thought that went into these two layouts. They're precious!
~I LOVE to see all you 'Flower Girls' using your POTP kits!
~I LOVE that Erica was inspired by the tree from Sonja's layout. The design team puts a lot of work and effort into their kit uploads, and it's great to see others benefit from it!
Thank you Erica for sharing your scrapbooking talents with us!
The Pick of the Patch Gallery is just full of inspriration. I just love looking throught it. I decided it was time to do a "user inspired" layout. I found this amazing one byShannors. I was first attracted by her use of round photos. Cutting round photos is something I rarely do, so I decided to give it a try. I also used her idea of using thin strips of patterned paper and very few embellishments. When i was looking at Shannors page i immediatley thought of beads on a thick thread, and thats how I came up with my interpretation of this layout. It was also a great way to use up some of those not so perfect photos, and get lots of photos on one page. So here's my interpretation "Random Pender Memories" 
The next time you have scrappers block or are just kind of unfocused with your scrapping, try cruising through the POTP Gallery . You are sure to find something to inspire you. :)
