Groove Newsletter Contest January 2008: Celebrate Good Times!(FREEBIES HERE!)

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Groove Newsletter Contest January 2008: Celebrate Good Times!(FREEBIES HERE!)

Celebrate your "Celebrations" with The Groove!

The January 2008 issue of The Groove is here, and we're celebrating celebrations! Scrapbooking and celebrating naturally go hand in hand. After all, what are our layouts other than celebrations of life's special moments, great and small!

Speaking of celebrating...we're kicking off the New Year with an AMAZING sale in the Scrapbook MAX! Booster Pack Store. Read the January 2008 Issue of The Groove to find all the details about a coupon code for 20% off kits purchased in the Booster Pack Store!

Read The Groove online today at www.scrapbookmax.com/newsletter!

CONTEST DETAILS

This month's contest is called "Celebrate Good Times". We want to see layouts that focus on - well...good times! Birthdays, Christmas, Weddings, Blowing Bubbles with your niece - they all count as a celebration of life!

We will be honoring 3 winning layouts. The 1st place winner of the "Celebrate Good Times" contest will receive a $20 gift certificate to the Scrapbook MAX! Booster Pack Store (http://www.scrapbookmax.com/store/home.php). Two runners-up will each receive an official Scrapbook MAX! mousepad.

To enter, publish your layout as a JPEG image at High Quality and Web/Email size, and upload it to the contest page (link coming soon!)
We encourage you to reply to this thread after you enter the contest. Post a link to your entry and tell us a bit about it so we can all get in on the fun!

MONTHLY FREEBIE
And now for everyone's favorite – THE MONTHLY FREEBIE, generously supplied by our "very own" Steve Russell!

Here's what "sensational Steve" has to say about his signature style (whew! that's a lot of "s"-s!):

"My niche is creating close-to-photo-realistic elements "with a twist" using Adobe Photoshop. I also to build templates and kits using "out-of-the-box" thinking, yet are very familiar to everyone. There's always another idea in the pipe!"

And here's how Steve describes the great mini-kit he's sharing with you here, for free!:

"Autumn Leaves contains background papers, leaf elements, twigs, buttons, titles, swatches and more. Individual elements in .PNG format. Swatches in .JPG format. These are extremely detailed pieces great for use in any size scrapbook page."

Love the mini-kit and want to see more? Below are links to Steve's various autumn-themed kits that go together oh-so-well!

Template
http://www.scrapbookmax.com/store/product.php?productid=1370&cat=0&page=2

Kit
http://www.scrapbookmax.com/store/product.php?productid=1369&cat=0&page=2

Background Papers
http://www.scrapbookmax.com/store/product.php?productid=1368&cat=0&page=2

Alphabet
http://www.scrapbookmax.com/store/product.php?productid=1367&cat=0&page=2


Happy Scrappin' from The Groove!

Karin and Marnie :cool:

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[sacannon]

Thanks Steve for the freebie, and congrats to all the winners and those profiled in the groove!

[Ladybug]

Thanks so much Steve.

Beautiful job on the winners Vintage Memories pages. Congratulations!

[fourfoxes]

Thanks Steve! Beautiful!

Congrats also to the Vintage Winners! Wonderful l.o.'s.
:)

[angelwithin]

thanks steve :D

congrats to Gotart, Tina, Onie and Wiz...well done :D

[O2BNGdHope]

Thank you, Steve. Congrats to the winners. And thanks to all those who contributed vintage pages. Loved all of them! Gave me some great ideas for my heritage scrapbooks.

[Gotart]

Thanks Steve for the wonderful freebie..

I am honored to have my LO chosen & thank you everyone for the comments. I want to tell everyone how wonderful all the entries were..

[sacannon]

Yes, thank you SBM for choosing mine as a runner up! There were so many great layouts to choose from. I am looking forward to getting a mousepad!

[pkdoll]

Thank you Steve for the freebie. Congrats on all the winners and runner ups. Everyone did a great job. Especially being able to create LO's during the busy holidays!! Sue you will love the mousepad-it is cute.

[makeyesup]

Congrats to all the winners, well done, gang. And thanks Stevie for the freebie.

[KPierce]

Thanks Steve for the freebie.

I was going to upload a contest page but I can't figure out how and/or where. Is there a link somewhere I am missing.

Thanks
Karen

[KPierce]

I figured out how/where to upload all by myself. Yippee...starting to make some sense to all of this.

My page is not 12 x 12. Does that matter for the contest?

[O2BNGdHope]

My parents celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary. Although they were married 54 years before Dad passed away, they were high school sweethearts for years, too. Mom's school had been closed and Dad and a few other older boys were watching the new girls get off the bus. He saw her and the rest is history. Dad said he asked her over and over if he could carry her books before one day she finally handed them over and he knew he'd never give her up.

See gallery for credits.
http://www.scrapbookmax.com/gallery/data/2123/Scrapbook-Max-Challenges-004-Jan-08-Groove.jpg

[TNLori]

I designed this one on my own in PSE6. It's the first thing I've designed bigger than a checkmark. Somewhat simple, hopefully elegant, much like the wedding it portrays.

When our daughter got married, it was easily one of the most gorgeous weddings ever seen in our little town. Jessica was asked for quite awhile after that to help other young ladies with their weddings for the simple fact that hers was so beautiful.

http://www.scrapbookmax.com/gallery/data/2123/Jessica_s-Wedding-000-Lance-and-Jessica_s-Wedding.jpg

Thanks for looking!

[wolvsie35]

Here is my Lo for the contest..More info in the gallery...((HUGS))
http://www.scrapbookmax.com/gallery/data/2123/new_years.jpg
http://www.scrapbookmax.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=19178&cat=2123

[CrystalInMinn]

Here is my entry

We get together with my neighbors and I grab the blender! What a summer! They have all moved away and I miss them but with this page I now have a commemorative piece. :)

link click here (http://www.scrapbookmax.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=19222&cat=500&ppuser=6004)

http://www.scrapbookmax.com/gallery/data/2123/celebrate-000-Page-1.jpg

[Smile]

Thankyou Steve: I have lost all my things just before Christmas so it is great to get new ones......xo....Smile

[pkdoll]

Here is my entry for the month.

This is something we all celebrate daily. The celebration of life itself. My granddaughter was diagnosed with a form of brain cancer on her first birthday and wasn't given much hope. As you can see here she is a survivor!! Today she is 12 years old and has been cancer free for just over 7 years.


I used a QP by rina at treasures to scrap.

http://www.scrapbookmax.com/gallery/data/2123/Celebrate-Life-000-Page-1.jpg

[sacannon]

That is defineately something to celabrate Paula! Great layout!

Love all of these so far. Don't know if I will get a chance to do this one or not.

[womanw/anedge]

great LO all and paula what a wonderful celabration..what a great gift....smiles to you..:)

[The Groove]

Layouts are looking gorgeous, ladies and gents! A friendly reminder that there is only about a week left in the contest - so get those celebratory layouts posted post haste! :D

Karin and Marnie :cool:
The Groove Editors

[mortmomof2]

i'm brand new to scrapbookmax! What a fun program! One of my first attemps is posted here. :)

http://www.scrapbookmax.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=19913&cat=2123

Rebecca

[omajo]

Here is mine,...

http://www.scrapbookmax.com/gallery/data/2123/Jan-2008-challenges-000-Page-1.jpg

[scrappyaggie48]

Congrats to all the winners - well done.

and thanks Steve for your freebie

[cazbald]

Thank you for the freebie. Congrats to all the winning LayOuts :)