Bloggy Giveaway Time! Get Donna Downey’s New Book!
By char on Apr 20, 2008 in Giveaway Day
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?)









I will definitely be back! Great giveaways!!
Tiffani | Apr 20, 2008 | Reply
I’d love to win a copy of this book, and I will definitely be back!
Lori - Queen of Dirty Laundry | Apr 20, 2008 | Reply
Hi, What a fantastic book giveaway! You have an interesting, informative site. Please enter me in your drawing. Thanks,Cindi
Cindi | Apr 21, 2008 | Reply
This is just awesome! Thanks Char!
AfriDigiDiva | Apr 21, 2008 | Reply
How cool! Sounds like you have a great week of stuff planned!
Eve | Apr 21, 2008 | Reply
This is wonderful.
Lesha | Apr 21, 2008 | Reply
excellent – i’ll be back!
Roxanna | Apr 21, 2008 | Reply
I want it!!! Thank you for the great giveaways!!!
patti | Apr 21, 2008 | Reply
First time here, thanks so much for opportunity to win the book! Great info. and inspiration!
Chris A. (Chreamps) | Apr 21, 2008 | Reply
Good luck with the carnival!
Barb | Apr 21, 2008 | Reply
Lovin the sound of this blogger carnival! Looking forward to the rest of your posts this week, too! HUGS
Shana a.k.a ScrapShana | Apr 21, 2008 | Reply
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!
Lor | Apr 21, 2008 | Reply
Ooh, great giveaway. I’d love to win this – thank you!
Smellyann | Apr 21, 2008 | Reply
I love Donna Downey, too, so choose me! LOL
Donna | Apr 21, 2008 | Reply
I love to scrapbook and this sounds like a great source for inspiration and design ideas. I would love to be entered.
Michelle | Apr 21, 2008 | Reply
Enter me in that giveaway! I love Donna Downey’s work!
Juliana | Apr 21, 2008 | Reply
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
Angela | Apr 21, 2008 | Reply
looks like an awesome book!
Amanda | Apr 21, 2008 | Reply
I have never seen that book. That looks awesome! Great giveaway!
Heather | Apr 21, 2008 | Reply
This is a great giveaway, please enter me. Thank you
Stephanie | Apr 21, 2008 | Reply
What an awesome giveaway! What a great source of inspiration.
Jaime | Apr 21, 2008 | Reply
Sounds like a great resource.
Christina | Apr 21, 2008 | Reply
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!
Carjazi | Apr 21, 2008 | Reply
Super book!! I am just getting into digi scrapping and would love some inspiration.
Thank you!!
Queen B | Apr 21, 2008 | Reply
Enter me, please!
Joanna | Apr 21, 2008 | Reply
ooh…pick me.
jen smith | Apr 21, 2008 | Reply
I’m a huge Donna fan, I’d love to win this!
Ginny | Apr 21, 2008 | Reply
Sounds like an awesome book!
Lydia | Apr 21, 2008 | Reply
Sounds wonderful! I can’t wait to see all the other wonderful prizes, too!
Qtpies7~ | Apr 21, 2008 | Reply
I’d love to have this, I have so much to learn!
Dawn | Apr 21, 2008 | Reply
I love Donna’s stuff. I would really love to win this book. Thanks for the chance to win!
Ashely Schultz | Apr 21, 2008 | Reply
I’d love this book! I enjoy digital scrapping, but struggle a lot with layout design!
Becky | Apr 21, 2008 | Reply
How lovely of you to give away such a great prize. I would love the chance to win it.
Jacinda | Apr 21, 2008 | Reply
Donna Downey is one of the most creative scrappers out there. I’d love to win her book. Thanks!
Alison | Apr 21, 2008 | Reply
Me me me me!! I would love to win!
((hugs)) to you!
Amy Bleser | Apr 21, 2008 | Reply
I love the entire blog carnival idea! Really enjoying your site as well!
Stacy | Apr 21, 2008 | Reply
wonderful
Noreen | Apr 21, 2008 | Reply
I love Donna! This would be awesome to win!
krista | Apr 21, 2008 | Reply
What a great giveaway! Please enter me in your drawing! Thanks!
Liz | Apr 21, 2008 | Reply
I’d love to win this!
princesslimey(at)gmail(dot)com
Emily | Apr 21, 2008 | Reply
I’d love to win!
Kyra | Apr 21, 2008 | Reply
I read Donna daily too (or however often she posts).
Crafttealady | Apr 21, 2008 | Reply
This would help me so much in my scrapbooking. Thanks for the giveaway. katie_mmartin (at) yahoo [dot] com
Katie | Apr 21, 2008 | Reply
Wonderful prize and it sounds like more fun coming this week.
Audra Marie | Apr 21, 2008 | Reply
Cool! I’d love to win this. Thank you so much for the chance
bunny | Apr 21, 2008 | Reply
This looks great!
Jamie | Apr 21, 2008 | Reply
I am always in need of new ideas for scrapping! thanks!
kelley | Apr 21, 2008 | Reply
A whole week of fun? Fantastic! I would love a chance to win this giveaway! Thank you!
Becky | Apr 21, 2008 | Reply
I haven’t seen this book. I would love it!
Heather G | Apr 21, 2008 | Reply
…and it is autographed! Wow, a great book.
Thank you for doing this giveaway.
Tiffany Rosson
Tiffany Rosson | Apr 21, 2008 | Reply
Would love to win this — it would be just the inspiration I need to get back to scrapping!
Michelle@Life with Three | Apr 21, 2008 | Reply
Oh cool… this is on my wishlist.
martha
mavans@scottsboro.org
martha | Apr 21, 2008 | Reply
looks wonderful
jen | Apr 21, 2008 | Reply
could definitely use this book! great giveaway
Laura | Apr 21, 2008 | Reply
oh my goodness…i LOVE her books…please enter me in the contest and thank you so much for an awesome giveaway!!!!!
faith | Apr 21, 2008 | Reply
Awesome!
Wendy | Apr 21, 2008 | Reply
This book would be so useful :nod:
Valerie | Apr 21, 2008 | Reply
I would love to win this! Please enter me.
taradawnrobertson[at]hotmail[dot]com
Tara R | Apr 21, 2008 | Reply
I’d REALLY love to win this book! Please???
Carolsue | Apr 21, 2008 | Reply
wow how generous of you,have a great day
karen | Apr 22, 2008 | Reply
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
Alyson @ 3 P's in a Pod | Apr 22, 2008 | Reply
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!
Michelle | Apr 22, 2008 | Reply
OMGosh! I would LOVE this book!!! I’m a huge Donna Downey fan! Read her blog every single day!!!!! Email: dsbntak@yahoo.com
Debbie | Apr 22, 2008 | Reply
Oooh, looks like someone I’d like to discover!
julie_ruhlman@hotmail.com
Julie | Apr 22, 2008 | Reply
I’m a beginner and need all the help I can get!
elkmeese (at) yahoo (dot) com
Lindsie | Apr 22, 2008 | Reply
Thanks for the giveaway! Sign me up! ( :
In Christ,
Mandi
Mandi | Apr 22, 2008 | Reply
I LOVE Donna Downey’s style, and I don’t have any of her books! I would LOVE this!
elizabeth wickland | Apr 22, 2008 | Reply
I read Donnas blog all the time too! I have one of her books but not the new one!
Stephanie | Apr 22, 2008 | Reply
Great giveaway! We are beginning scrappers…this looks helpful! Thanks!
Tamara (AK) | Apr 22, 2008 | Reply
I’m a beginner, so I’d love this.
Worlds Greatest Mommy | Apr 22, 2008 | Reply
I would love this. I am always in need of inspirations.
Sarah A. | Apr 22, 2008 | Reply
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.
Julie | Apr 22, 2008 | Reply
I LOVE to scrap! Thanks!
Leah | Apr 22, 2008 | Reply
This looks super cool and helpful. Thanks.
Heidi
sweet_soul_sistermi@yahoo.com
Miss Heidi | Apr 22, 2008 | Reply
This sounds like a great read and really helpful! Thanks!
Patti | Apr 22, 2008 | Reply
I could use all the help that book offers.
Knittinchick | Apr 22, 2008 | Reply
I love to scrap!
chanelireli | Apr 22, 2008 | Reply
I love Donna Downey & I would love to win this book!! Have a great day!!
Alyson
Alyson | Apr 22, 2008 | Reply
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!
Monique | Apr 22, 2008 | Reply
I love to scrapbook! Would love to win. Thanks so much!!!
Ashley BB | Apr 22, 2008 | Reply
I would love to learn scrapbook. I need a hobby (other than stalking blogs anyway!)
Natasha | Apr 22, 2008 | Reply
What a great prize. Thanks for the drawing!!
Rebecca | Apr 22, 2008 | Reply
I love me some scrapbooking!
Alison @ This Wasn't In The Plan | Apr 22, 2008 | Reply
Looks like a great book!
C Duran | Apr 22, 2008 | Reply
I am always looking for scrapbooking inspiration and ideas.
Erica G | Apr 22, 2008 | Reply
looks like a helpful resource!
Julie | Apr 23, 2008 | Reply
This sound great. I could use some inspiration right about now.
Shay | Apr 23, 2008 | Reply
Sounds great. Thanks
ktjrdn | Apr 23, 2008 | Reply
It does look like a great book. Thanks for the giveaway and for the review.
Adria Sha | Apr 23, 2008 | Reply
I love Donna, her website and her books. Don’t have this one but would love to add it to my collection. Thanks, Kathy
Kathy | Apr 23, 2008 | Reply
Looks like an awesome book! Please sign me up for your giveaway!
Beth | Apr 23, 2008 | Reply
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
Renee | Apr 23, 2008 | Reply
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!
Kim | Apr 23, 2008 | Reply
I’d love to win that! And I had no idea she was delving into digi!
Jennifer | Apr 23, 2008 | Reply
Donna is amazing! Enter me, please!
Mary Ellen | Apr 23, 2008 | Reply
OH! Count me in! I love Donna!
~Lolly
lollyb65(at)cs(dot)com
Lolly | Apr 23, 2008 | Reply
This sounds like a wonderful book
Michelle B | Apr 23, 2008 | Reply
Thanks so much. I am just getting into a scrapbooking “groove”.
Andrea | Apr 23, 2008 | Reply
This looks fabulous! Thanks for the giveaway
Anastasia | Apr 23, 2008 | Reply
This can get me finally start some scrapping, I hope!
Mary_Freebies | Apr 23, 2008 | Reply
What a great giveaway! I am just transitioning form paper to digital scrapbooking myself!
audj | Apr 23, 2008 | Reply
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
Ilissa H. | Apr 23, 2008 | Reply
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!
daisyaday | Apr 23, 2008 | Reply
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
Baikong | Apr 24, 2008 | Reply
I love to scrapbook and am always looking for new designs/layouts. This book would be helpful.
Terra Heck | Apr 24, 2008 | Reply
I love Donna’s style!
Thanks for the giveaway!
dburdenbates(at)gmail(dot)com
Dawn Bates | Apr 24, 2008 | Reply
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.
Alison | Apr 24, 2008 | Reply
Would love to have this and gain some nifty new ideas! Thanks! ( meg.wilson@gmail.com )
Megret | Apr 24, 2008 | Reply
Great book
Victoria Kondovski | Apr 25, 2008 | Reply
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.
Diane | Apr 25, 2008 | Reply
What a nice giveaway, I’ve just heard about donna and read her blog! Thanks – hoping to win in Idaho!
Diane | Apr 25, 2008 | Reply
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!
Suezque | Apr 25, 2008 | Reply
Cool! I would love to win a copy of this book! *crossing my fingers for luck*
ina | Apr 25, 2008 | Reply
It’s funny you should ask for popcorn. One of the giveaways was for gorumet popcorn. audreyoka at cox.net
Audrey | Apr 25, 2008 | Reply
This looks like a great book! Thanks for offering it!
Margaret
maggie965@yahoo.com
Margaret | Apr 25, 2008 | Reply
Wow!
Candace | Apr 25, 2008 | Reply
Awesome!
Caryn B | Apr 26, 2008 | Reply