Groove Newsletter Contest February 2008: The Four Seasons (FREEBIES HERE!)

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Groove Newsletter Contest February 2008: The Four Seasons (FREEBIES HERE!)

The seasons are sensational with The Groove!

The February 2008 issue of The Groove is here, and we're celebrating winter, spring, summer and fall! Check out our tips, tricks, and inspirations to help you make a dazzling layout that celebrates the seasons. Plus, find our special profiled scrapper, and last month's contest winners!

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

CONTEST DETAILS

This month's contest is called "The Four Seasons". We want to see layouts that center upon your favorite season, be it winter, spring, summer or fall (or maybe all four...?). The contest is not limited to "landscape" or nature layouts...feel free to include pictures of people and pets enjoying the weather and all it brings!

We will be honoring 3 winning layouts. The 1st place winner of the "The Four Seasons" contest will receive a $20 gift certificate to the Scrapbook MAX! Booster Pack Store. 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. (http://www.scrapbookmax.com/gallery/showgallery.php?cat=2166)

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, courtesy our "very own" Diana Carmichael! This christening-themed kit includes: 2 backgrounds, 1 mat, 2 jeweled accents, and 3 jeweled wordart.

Here's what Diana says about her work:

"I've never been one to follow the crowd, but rather "to do my own thing." (You should have seen me in high school!) Oh, sure, I may incorporate an idea here and there, but most of the time I like to create from a different viewpoint to capture interest. And I tend to pour a lot of my own feelings into the creation of my designs, making them right from my heart."

Want to see more of Diana's creations? Find her section of the Scrapbook MAX! Booster Pack Store here:

http://www.scrapbookmax.com/store/manufacturers.php?manufacturerid=47

Love the mini-kit and want more? Find the full kit here (it's only $2.95!):

http://www.scrapbookmax.com/store/product.php?productid=1463&cat=0&page=6


Happy Scrappin' from The Groove!

Karin and Marnie

P.S. Not yet signed up for The Groove? Subscribe today! (http://www.scrapbookmax.com/thegroove/)

[candjdemi]

OK, I still new to digital scrapbooking and brand new to the Groove Newsletter freebies. Once I download it, what do I do? I saved it to my desktop. Should I have saved it some other way?

[ryansmom66]

Thank you! Love this Freebie! :)

[sacannon]

OK, I still new to digital scrapbooking and brand new to the Groove Newsletter freebies. Once I download it, what do I do? I saved it to my desktop. Should I have saved it some other way?

If you click on the icon on your desktop it will download the items to the embellishment folder in SBM. It is located under the red heart in the creation work area. If you click "open" rather than "save" when you open the link, it will do the same thing, it just won't put the icon on the desktop. After you click on the icon you can delete the icon from the desk top.

I hope that made sense.

[sacannon]

Thanks for the freebies Diana! and congrats to all the winners and great profile!

[candjdemi]

I should have known it was that easy!! Thank you!!

[fourfoxes]

Congrats to the winners! Loved the freebie Diana, thanks.

Your profile was great Tina. How wonderful for you and your sister to have found your father after so long. The photo of the three of you is something I'm sure you will treasure.

Thanks for another great edition of The Groove! :)

[terrym0391]

I love being near the ocean and going out to Montauk is always a favorite spot, for me and this bird. :p
http://www.scrapbookmax.com/gallery/data/2166/My-Scrapbook-001-Page-2.jpg

[mortmomof2]

My five year old after/during our first blizzard in Kansas! :) Fun! Fun!
C:\Users\Rebecca\Documents\Scrapbook MAX!\Published Files\Jess\HTML\page3.html

[wolvsie35]

:DCongrats to everyone mentioned in the Groove...Tina, great interview...and thanks Diana for the freebie...

[lcourtney]

Thanks for the great freebies. I am new. If I want to enter a layout in the contest, I know how to save it as a jpg file, but I how do I get it in the contest - upload it back to the site?

[Aggie Girl]

Hi,

I'm new also. I have no idea how to reply to these posts so hope this goes through. I just uploaded a layout that I did for my favorite season, fall. I love the Autumn colors and the fun we had in the pumpkin patch!

[scrappyaggie48]

Thank u so much for the freebie

kindest regards:):)

[knzus]

Ya'll are welocme! Now go BUY the whole kit and make me rich! LOL!

Congratulations to Tina for her GREAT INTERVIEW!

Congratulations to Winnie49, Wickel, Sue C., spanielmom, TNLori, O2BNgHope, Johana M. and Julie C. for their SHOWCASED LAYOUTS! All were oh-so-EXCELLENT!

And THANK YOU to The Groove, Karin and Marnie for the wonderfully sweet Valentine's tags template!

[O2BNGdHope]

My congratulations to all the winners of the Jan challenge. Thanks Knzus for the freebie. Love it. Here's the link to my layout for the Feb challenge.

http://www.scrapbookmax.com/gallery/data/2166/DSO-challenges-002-Feb-08-Ad-Challenge.jpg

[Karin]

Hi lcourtney!

To post to the contest, click here:

http://www.scrapbookmax.com/gallery/showgallery.php?cat=2166

Then, click on Upload photos in the right hand corner. Next, scroll down to where it says Select the photos you wish to upload from your computer - browse to the layout you want to upload (i.e., browse to where the .jpeg image is saved on your computer), then choose Upload/Submit at the bottom of the page.

Hope that helps!

Karin :)

[pkdoll]

Thanks for the freebie Diana!! Everyone your LO's in The Groove are so well deserving. And I want to welcome all the newbies who have joined the challenge this month. Welcome Aboard and it is sooo good to see you getting involved. Have fun!

[rosana brito]

Thanks Sharing Diana, i loved freebie !
congratulations Knzus for the interview of the month!
kisses

[omajo]

Congratulations to all Jan Challenge winners, great layouts !!
And the fantastic profile of Tina,..

[Liyie]

Congrats for all the winners in the Groove, great profile Tina! and thank you so much Diana for these freebies, I luv its!

[spanielmom]

My kids had a ball playing one afternoon in a terrential downpour. I had a great Scrapbooking moment.

http://www.scrapbookmax.com/gallery/data/2166/Rain_Fun-A.jpg

[O2BNGdHope]

That's great! I'm humming "singing in the rain" to this. Can't help it. Love those photos. Great layout!

[angelwithin]

each season has a unique beauty of it's own

http://www.scrapbookmax.com/gallery/data/1585/4-seasons-000-Page-2.jpg

[wolvsie35]

More info in gallery...((HUGS)) :D
http://www.scrapbookmax.com/gallery/data/2166/challenge15.jpg
http://www.scrapbookmax.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=20435&cat=500&ppuser=5259

[fourfoxes]

Here is a layout of a snowy day in Michigan. My two daughters were smaller then. (:( I really miss those days!)

I used Jessica Dixon's Shiver Collection and Crafty Scraps, Snowlovies by Wolvsie35. :)

[fourfoxes]

Love your layout Wolvsie! Beautiful photos!

[fcfirecat]

http://www.scrapbookmax.com/gallery/data/2166/Snow-2006-000-Page-1.jpg
http://www.scrapbookmax.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=20448&limit=recent

My Florida born kids couldn't wait for it to snow when we moved to the NC mountains. They used every bit of snow they could find to build a snowman.

(Used papers & embellishments from wolvsie35's snowlovies. Thanks again for all your help Michelle!):p

[wolvsie35]

Chris, glad it worked for ya..<wink> Yours and Debby's Lo's are great...Thanks for using my stuff on them...((HUGS)) :D

[fourfoxes]

Here is another page I created for this contest. :) It is also posted in the Look at My Layout! section. I used the Groove January 2008 Autumn Kit, Dirt and Mud Kit, and Retro Fall Kit from SBM. Also leaves that I made from an image and an embellishment about friends from the embellishment section on SBM (sorry don't remember who shared them), and bows from Granny. I had fun with this layout!

http://www.scrapbookmax.com/gallery/data/1463/fall-friends-000-kids-in-leaves.jpg

[fourfoxes]

fcfirecat ~ great page! love it! :)

[Leslie S]

Thanks for the freebie, Diana!

[ryansmom66]

I was encouraged to enter this layout in the Fall 08 Contest:
Fall has always been my favorite season since I was a kid. I love the beautiful colors, and the cool weather. My fondest memory as a child, was my Dad raking up all the leaves and us kids jumping in them. I had always wanted a outside fall wedding and this past October my wish came true.


items used for this layout: background paper and mat from Love is in the Air Page Kit Created by Meryl Bartho
©2007 Digital Scrapbook Place, Inc.



heart elements from Love & Romance by Jessica Dixon and font is CalliGravity

http://www.scrapbookmax.com/gallery/data/2166/My-Scrapbook-001-Kiss.jpg

[makeyesup]

Was hoping to make a 4 page season scrapbook; however, as usual I'm behind, so I thought that I would at least put in the winter one. Since the snow is plentiful in the midwest this year, this seemed to be the appropriate one to do.

http://www.scrapbookmax.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=20876&limit=recent

Thanks Michelle for the Icy Blue elements.

[makeyesup]

Ok, finished another season. Title tells it all - Autumn Beauty.

http://www.scrapbookmax.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=20934&cat=2166

[makeyesup]

Well my goal was to do one for each season. Being a midwesterner, I do get to experience all of them and love it.

http://www.scrapbookmax.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=21171&cat=2166

http://www.scrapbookmax.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=21173&cat=2166

So, 2 with people and 2 with nature. Loved this contest.

[angelwithin]

another one from me

http://www.scrapbookmax.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=21148&cat=2166

http://www.scrapbookmax.com/gallery/data/1585/4-seasons-000-Page-1.jpg

[grannywin]

Fiona, I really like your last layout. I added it to my favorites.

With a few days left, I finally got some inspiration. Here is a layout I did for my son and daughter-in-law focusing on their fall wedding. This was my favorite but it will only be viewed in this forum. They liked the maroon layout instead.
The paper was from Scrapbook Flair, called Thanksgiving 2007.

http://www.scrapbookmax.com/gallery/data/2166/wcw-Fall_wedding-challenge_0208l.jpg

[Moonfairy]

I just came across the thread for the newsletter and saw that there was the fabulous contest for this month.As it is I made this layout a few days ago and just realised that it would be suitable for this contest as well.So here goes:I just love all things fantasy (fairies,elfs,angels etc.) but I also love everything that glitter and "bling" so I decided to incorporate my love for these two and make a layout.And this is what I ended up with!
http://www.scrapbookmax.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=21244&cat=2166
http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/hh82/Scrapbrats/Scrapbooking/MagicalWinterWonderland.jpg

[fourfoxes]

I just came across the thread for the newsletter and saw that there was the fabulous contest for this month.As it is I made this layout a few days ago and just realised that it would be suitable for this contest as well.So here goes:I just love all things fantasy (fairies,elfs,angels etc.) but I also love everything that glitter and "bling" so I decided to incorporate my love for these two and make a layout.And this is what I ended up with!
http://www.scrapbookmax.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=21244&cat=2166
http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/hh82/Scrapbrats/Scrapbooking/MagicalWinterWonderland.jpg

Beautiful layout! I too love the bling and sparkle! :)

[O2BNGdHope]

And I love fairies and angels! Love this! It's just beautiful!