Bloggy Giveaway Time! Get Donna Downey’s New Book!
I’m SO excited, because the Bloggy Giveaway Carnival is back in town! I participated last time around and had a blast. It’s really a lot of fun to give away stuff, and this week? It’s all about giving away some good stuff, baby! (I live in Vegas, isn’t that how I’m supposed to talk? No? Ok, moving on).
Let’s get started! Today at DigiScrapChat, we have Bloggy Giveaway #1. I will be giving away a copy of Donna Downey’s new book, “A Photos-First Approach to Designing Layouts“.
I just ordered myself a copy AND an extra copy to send to the lucky winner of this giveaway. I’m a huge fan of Donna, and I read her blog regularly. She caters a lot to paper scrappers, but she is getting into the digi too with some great alpha and word brushes for sale over at Polka Dot Potato.
And seriously - regardless of the way you scrap - paper, digital, or both - Donna will have a lot to offer you in this book. Oh, and it’s autographed too! Extra cool!
So, what do you DO to win this giveaway prize? Simply leave me a comment on this post (don’t forget to post your email address), and I’ll do a random drawing on Saturday to determine the winner.
But wait - you don’t want to wait until Saturday to come back! This truly will be a week full of giveaways, and tomorrow (Tuesday) I’ll be posting our first Designer Showcase, with an interview from Juliana Gordon. She’s got a coupon for you, AND a giveaway too!
On Wednesday, I’ll post the second Bloggy Giveaway, and you don’t want to miss that one either, I promise!
Have fun with the carnival, and thanks for visiting! (Can you bring me back some popcorn? Surely someone has some popcorn around here in bloggy giveaway carnival land?)





April 20th, 2008 at 10:27 pm
I will definitely be back! Great giveaways!!
April 20th, 2008 at 11:23 pm
I’d love to win a copy of this book, and I will definitely be back!
April 21st, 2008 at 12:02 am
Hi, What a fantastic book giveaway! You have an interesting, informative site. Please enter me in your drawing. Thanks,Cindi
April 21st, 2008 at 12:35 am
This is just awesome! Thanks Char!
April 21st, 2008 at 1:43 am
How cool! Sounds like you have a great week of stuff planned!
April 21st, 2008 at 3:02 am
This is wonderful.
April 21st, 2008 at 3:35 am
excellent - i’ll be back!
April 21st, 2008 at 3:40 am
I want it!!! Thank you for the great giveaways!!!
April 21st, 2008 at 3:51 am
First time here, thanks so much for opportunity to win the book! Great info. and inspiration!
April 21st, 2008 at 3:54 am
Good luck with the carnival!
April 21st, 2008 at 4:38 am
Lovin the sound of this blogger carnival! Looking forward to the rest of your posts this week, too! HUGS
April 21st, 2008 at 5:28 am
Wow! This is the first I’ve heard about the carnival! It sounds like so much fun and I would luv to be included in this give away! I have one of Donna’s past books and just luv it!!! Thank you so much for all the fun!
April 21st, 2008 at 5:31 am
Ooh, great giveaway. I’d love to win this - thank you!
April 21st, 2008 at 5:44 am
I love Donna Downey, too, so choose me! LOL
April 21st, 2008 at 6:07 am
I love to scrapbook and this sounds like a great source for inspiration and design ideas. I would love to be entered.
April 21st, 2008 at 6:14 am
Enter me in that giveaway! I love Donna Downey’s work!
April 21st, 2008 at 6:34 am
OOO I could so use the help.. I am challeneged when it comes to scrapbooking
I am running a bloggy party right now too with tons of prizes! Come check us out!
http://www.sevendogsandababy.com
April 21st, 2008 at 7:27 am
looks like an awesome book!
April 21st, 2008 at 7:48 am
I have never seen that book. That looks awesome! Great giveaway!
April 21st, 2008 at 8:13 am
This is a great giveaway, please enter me. Thank you
April 21st, 2008 at 8:39 am
What an awesome giveaway! What a great source of inspiration.
April 21st, 2008 at 8:43 am
Sounds like a great resource.
April 21st, 2008 at 8:47 am
This is the second time I’ve heard about the givaway carnival today. It sounds like a great thing to do. I always find that whenever I give something away other than personal freebies, that good things happen back. Guess it’s Karma.
Hope you have a great day!
April 21st, 2008 at 9:10 am
Super book!! I am just getting into digi scrapping and would love some inspiration.
Thank you!!
April 21st, 2008 at 9:33 am
Enter me, please!
April 21st, 2008 at 9:48 am
ooh…pick me.
April 21st, 2008 at 10:21 am
I’m a huge Donna fan, I’d love to win this!
April 21st, 2008 at 10:52 am
Sounds like an awesome book!
April 21st, 2008 at 11:01 am
Sounds wonderful! I can’t wait to see all the other wonderful prizes, too!
April 21st, 2008 at 11:07 am
I’d love to have this, I have so much to learn!
April 21st, 2008 at 11:25 am
I love Donna’s stuff. I would really love to win this book. Thanks for the chance to win!
April 21st, 2008 at 11:43 am
I’d love this book! I enjoy digital scrapping, but struggle a lot with layout design!
April 21st, 2008 at 11:57 am
How lovely of you to give away such a great prize. I would love the chance to win it.
April 21st, 2008 at 12:05 pm
Donna Downey is one of the most creative scrappers out there. I’d love to win her book. Thanks!
April 21st, 2008 at 12:10 pm
Me me me me!! I would love to win!
((hugs)) to you!
April 21st, 2008 at 12:46 pm
I love the entire blog carnival idea! Really enjoying your site as well!
April 21st, 2008 at 12:46 pm
wonderful
April 21st, 2008 at 1:14 pm
I love Donna! This would be awesome to win!
April 21st, 2008 at 1:31 pm
What a great giveaway! Please enter me in your drawing! Thanks!
April 21st, 2008 at 1:51 pm
I’d love to win this!
princesslimey(at)gmail(dot)com
April 21st, 2008 at 2:07 pm
I’d love to win!
April 21st, 2008 at 2:55 pm
I read Donna daily too (or however often she posts).
April 21st, 2008 at 3:21 pm
This would help me so much in my scrapbooking. Thanks for the giveaway. katie_mmartin (at) yahoo [dot] com
April 21st, 2008 at 3:36 pm
Wonderful prize and it sounds like more fun coming this week.
April 21st, 2008 at 4:09 pm
Cool! I’d love to win this. Thank you so much for the chance
April 21st, 2008 at 4:21 pm
This looks great!
April 21st, 2008 at 4:23 pm
I am always in need of new ideas for scrapping! thanks!
April 21st, 2008 at 4:37 pm
A whole week of fun? Fantastic! I would love a chance to win this giveaway! Thank you!
April 21st, 2008 at 6:30 pm
I haven’t seen this book. I would love it!
April 21st, 2008 at 6:43 pm
…and it is autographed! Wow, a great book.
Thank you for doing this giveaway.
Tiffany Rosson
April 21st, 2008 at 7:07 pm
Would love to win this — it would be just the inspiration I need to get back to scrapping!
April 21st, 2008 at 7:26 pm
Oh cool… this is on my wishlist.
martha
mavans@scottsboro.org
April 21st, 2008 at 7:27 pm
looks wonderful
April 21st, 2008 at 7:32 pm
could definitely use this book! great giveaway
April 21st, 2008 at 7:34 pm
oh my goodness…i LOVE her books…please enter me in the contest and thank you so much for an awesome giveaway!!!!!
April 21st, 2008 at 7:51 pm
Awesome!
April 21st, 2008 at 8:28 pm
This book would be so useful :nod:
April 21st, 2008 at 8:59 pm
I would love to win this! Please enter me.
taradawnrobertson[at]hotmail[dot]com
April 21st, 2008 at 10:16 pm
I’d REALLY love to win this book! Please???
April 22nd, 2008 at 12:17 am
wow how generous of you,have a great day
April 22nd, 2008 at 1:17 am
Oh Scrapbooking!! I just LOVE it! And Donna Downey? Too cool! Great giveaway!
If you get a minute, stop by my blog and join in on my giveaway - http://threepsinapod.blogspot.com/2008/04/bloggy-giveaway-time.html
Thanks!
Alyson @ 3 P’s
3girlzmama at gmail dot com
April 22nd, 2008 at 3:39 am
Oh, sounds like a great book! I’m pretty squarely a traditional scrapper, but I’d love to start doing digital — would love this book!
April 22nd, 2008 at 5:33 am
OMGosh! I would LOVE this book!!! I’m a huge Donna Downey fan! Read her blog every single day!!!!! Email: dsbntak@yahoo.com
April 22nd, 2008 at 6:05 am
Oooh, looks like someone I’d like to discover!
julie_ruhlman@hotmail.com
April 22nd, 2008 at 6:44 am
I’m a beginner and need all the help I can get!
elkmeese (at) yahoo (dot) com
April 22nd, 2008 at 7:20 am
Thanks for the giveaway! Sign me up! ( :
In Christ,
Mandi
April 22nd, 2008 at 8:52 am
I LOVE Donna Downey’s style, and I don’t have any of her books! I would LOVE this!
April 22nd, 2008 at 9:03 am
I read Donnas blog all the time too! I have one of her books but not the new one!
April 22nd, 2008 at 10:37 am
Great giveaway! We are beginning scrappers…this looks helpful! Thanks!
April 22nd, 2008 at 12:01 pm
I’m a beginner, so I’d love this.
April 22nd, 2008 at 12:20 pm
I would love this. I am always in need of inspirations.
April 22nd, 2008 at 12:39 pm
I’m really trying to get started with digi-scrapping. I gave up all my paper supplies because it was causing me grief, not joy.
April 22nd, 2008 at 12:45 pm
I LOVE to scrap! Thanks!
April 22nd, 2008 at 12:48 pm
This looks super cool and helpful. Thanks.
Heidi
sweet_soul_sistermi@yahoo.com
April 22nd, 2008 at 2:08 pm
This sounds like a great read and really helpful! Thanks!
April 22nd, 2008 at 4:02 pm
I could use all the help that book offers.
April 22nd, 2008 at 4:10 pm
I love to scrap!
April 22nd, 2008 at 4:23 pm
I love Donna Downey & I would love to win this book!! Have a great day!!
Alyson
April 22nd, 2008 at 5:19 pm
Oooh a scrapbooking book! I’ll have to bookmark your blog to have a look around when I have more time too… good luck everyone!
April 22nd, 2008 at 6:49 pm
I love to scrapbook! Would love to win. Thanks so much!!!
April 22nd, 2008 at 7:19 pm
I would love to learn scrapbook. I need a hobby (other than stalking blogs anyway!)
April 22nd, 2008 at 8:24 pm
What a great prize. Thanks for the drawing!!
April 22nd, 2008 at 8:52 pm
I love me some scrapbooking!
April 22nd, 2008 at 9:09 pm
Looks like a great book!
April 22nd, 2008 at 11:22 pm
I am always looking for scrapbooking inspiration and ideas.
April 23rd, 2008 at 5:33 am
looks like a helpful resource!
April 23rd, 2008 at 5:53 am
This sound great. I could use some inspiration right about now.
April 23rd, 2008 at 6:42 am
Sounds great. Thanks
April 23rd, 2008 at 9:12 am
It does look like a great book. Thanks for the giveaway and for the review.
April 23rd, 2008 at 10:26 am
I love Donna, her website and her books. Don’t have this one but would love to add it to my collection. Thanks, Kathy
April 23rd, 2008 at 10:29 am
Looks like an awesome book! Please sign me up for your giveaway!
April 23rd, 2008 at 10:33 am
I haven’t see that book before, also didn’t know about her blog. I am heading over to her blog now to check it out. you have a great blog!
thanks
Renee
April 23rd, 2008 at 12:13 pm
What a wonderful giveaway. I’m just starting to get into scrapbooking and this would just be wonderful!
Have fun this week with your giveaway. Don’t forget to head on over to my site so that you can enter mine too!
April 23rd, 2008 at 1:02 pm
I’d love to win that! And I had no idea she was delving into digi!
April 23rd, 2008 at 1:17 pm
Donna is amazing! Enter me, please!
April 23rd, 2008 at 1:26 pm
OH! Count me in! I love Donna!
~Lolly
lollyb65(at)cs(dot)com
April 23rd, 2008 at 2:44 pm
This sounds like a wonderful book
April 23rd, 2008 at 3:14 pm
Thanks so much. I am just getting into a scrapbooking “groove”.
April 23rd, 2008 at 3:25 pm
This looks fabulous! Thanks for the giveaway
April 23rd, 2008 at 3:43 pm
This can get me finally start some scrapping, I hope!
April 23rd, 2008 at 4:57 pm
What a great giveaway! I am just transitioning form paper to digital scrapbooking myself!
April 23rd, 2008 at 9:41 pm
This looks like a wonderful book. I am always looking for other layouts to use. I tend to use the same ones over and over :S
ihchicky AT gmail DOT com
April 23rd, 2008 at 11:04 pm
My heart is beating ever so much more quickly after I read about your giveaway. I absolutely LOVE LOVE LOVE books about scrapping. This would be so cool. I go through these, over and over and over. I soak up the ideas, and when I start scrapping, the ideas just seem to come back out of nowhere. Thank you so much for the chance to win!
April 24th, 2008 at 4:15 am
I am always a lover of art - photography, creative arts, lay-outing, designing, handicrafts and all other arts. To have the book is really a great chance for me to improve my skills. I really hope that I have the chance to win. I will come back here always.
bmamid(at)gmail(dot)com
April 24th, 2008 at 2:08 pm
I love to scrapbook and am always looking for new designs/layouts. This book would be helpful.
April 24th, 2008 at 4:34 pm
I love Donna’s style!
Thanks for the giveaway!
dburdenbates(at)gmail(dot)com
April 24th, 2008 at 4:41 pm
This is my first Bloggy Giveaway Carnival and I’m having a blast! I’d love a copy of this book. Thanks for the great candy.
April 24th, 2008 at 6:50 pm
Would love to have this and gain some nifty new ideas! Thanks! ( meg.wilson@gmail.com )
April 25th, 2008 at 6:26 am
Great book
April 25th, 2008 at 8:04 am
I’d love to win a copy of this book - it’s actually on my wish list of books - which are numbering almost 30! Gotta start whittling this down. Thanks for the opportunity to win.
April 25th, 2008 at 8:07 am
What a nice giveaway, I’ve just heard about donna and read her blog! Thanks - hoping to win in Idaho!
April 25th, 2008 at 8:29 am
I think I would like to have a fresh view for my scrapbooking- I need some new ideas!
Thanks! Come see what I’m giving away! 
April 25th, 2008 at 8:36 am
Cool! I would love to win a copy of this book! *crossing my fingers for luck*
April 25th, 2008 at 11:07 am
It’s funny you should ask for popcorn. One of the giveaways was for gorumet popcorn. audreyoka at cox.net
April 25th, 2008 at 12:21 pm
This looks like a great book! Thanks for offering it!
Margaret
maggie965@yahoo.com
April 25th, 2008 at 12:27 pm
Wow!
April 26th, 2008 at 11:49 am
Awesome!