We've written in the past about How Fast They Grow, a digital scrapbooking website. I've been enjoying creating digital scrapbook pages with them so much that I jumped at the chance to run a contest when the company asked. Already a hit with "scrapbook dropout" moms who want to create beautiful baby books for their children but lack the time or patience, it's also great for moms who like the idea of scrapbooking but feel overwhelmed by all of the paper, sticker, rub-ons and other acoutrements that need to be purchased. It's also a good option to supplement your handmade scrapbook pages. Many busy celebrity moms including Isla Fisher, Marcia Cross, Salma Hayek, Keri Russell, Bridget Moynahan, Samantha Harris, and Mariska Hargitay have gotten into How Fast They Grow's time-saving scrapbooking website. Their newest fan, Dayna Devon, even told the company, "I just wanted to tell you how much I love your online scrapbooking.  I too am a scrapbook dropout... so this could not be more timely.  I have to say this is going to be a HUGE HIT!!!  Congratulations on a fantastic product."

Creating stylish and modern layouts on HowFastTheyGrow.com is easy and fast (each page should take less than 10 minutes), not to mention money-saving (each page is printed on high quality paper and retails for $7.50).

Together with How Fast They Grow, we are running an exclusive contest for Celebrity Baby Blog readers who create scrapbook pages via HowFastTheyGrow.com! The grand prize is a $300 gift certificate to their site and the album of your choice. There are also 3 runner-up prizes of a $100 gift certificate and an album. Click Continue Reading for how to enter and for CBB staff pages!

CBB Deal: Use coupon code CBB to save 15% off your order through March 1st, 2008.

Here's how to enter:

1. Become a member of HowFastTheyGrow.com (it's free!
2. Make your page in Digi-scrapbook™ by creating a project (like a folder), opening the project and creating a page.  Upload your photos and use the editing tools to create your page.
3. Once you've created and SAVED your page(s), exit to the Project area.  You will see a column on the left that has a selection “Enable Sharing.”  You need to click on this to activate sharing for any pages in your project.
4. Return to the page(s) you’d like to share.  In the page editor mode, select “Preview/Share” and a large preview image of your page will show up.  In this area, you will see a button with a heart and a plus on it that says “enable share.”  Once you select this, your page preview is saved in the version where you clicked this button.
5. Now you are ready to send a link to your pages.  Go back to the Project Area and enter the email addresses to which you’d like to send the link.  This is where you enter the email address: cbb@howfasttheygrow.com.  You can also share your page with friends and family!  Click "Send Now."
6. Within 24 Hours, You will receive an email confirmation from How Fast They Grow of your submission, along with a request to respond with approval to share your pages on CBB and in How Fast They Grow's Gallery.  How Fast They Grow and CBB will not post any pages without prior email approval from the entrant.

How Fast They Grow will select the ten best pages and Celebrity Baby Blog readers will vote on the winners!  The grand prize is a $300 gift certificate and album from How Fast They Grow.  3 runners up will receive a $100 gift certificate and an album of their choice.

The rules:

• Entries must be received by Monday, February 18, 2008 at 11:59 pm PST.
• Pages must be created with one of the 190 templates on HowFastTheyGrow.com.
• You may enter more than one page but the same page can only be entered once.
• Entries must be submit via the How Fast They Grow Digi-Scrapbook.
• The top ten pages will be posted for voting by Monday, February 25th, with voting closing on Friday, February 29th at 10 am EST.  Winners will be announced by Friday, March 7th.
• Entrant assumes responsibility for all authorization to use the images on the page, including any professional photography, subject matter and people. 
• Not all entries will be posted.
• Pages will be judged on the overall look of the page, originality, and photography.
• No purchase is required to enter.
• Have fun!!!!!

Need some inspiration?

• Valentine's day is coming up- take photos of your kids in red and use the Valentine's Day template.
• Show your Irish pride with the shamrock template.
• Document a birthday with this birthday party template.
• Do something with all of those photos of the kids opening their Christmas gifts!
• Create month by month pages (Month 1, Month 2, etc.)
• Visit the Gallery for other How Fast They Grow users' page.

Here are my recent pages.