Congratulations to Susan Gray and her dog Maddy, our July design gallery contest winners!

This is a layout of my dog Maddy called ‘a model dog’.  We called her that because she always looked her best in photos - like a fashion model…

Susan used die cut paper from Making Memories, cardstock by Bazzill, decorative paper by My Minds Eye, a tag from Sizzix, chipboard alphabet by Li’l Davis and Paper Studio, chipboard shapes and paper from Memory Boutique and brads by Heidi Swapp.

As this months CropJunkie.com Design Contest winnder, Susan receives $10 in store credit at CropJunkie.com!  Yipeeeeeee! Free Stuff!

As most everyone I know can attest – summer presents us with a massive influx of birthday parties and baby showers. Some say it must be something in the water. I think our species just gets a little bored as winter sets in. The results of the ensuing ‘extracurricular activities’ often are the cause for both our greatest summer joys as well as our annual summer chaos. Yes, ladies – we’re talking about babies!

In my own quest to document the seemingly endless stream of new births occurring with friends and family I find it tremendously helpful when I stumble across embellishments that help make my scrapbooking time move along more productively. Hence my great love of some new products from the Heidi Grace Baby line we’ve added this month.

Our new chipboard prompts, dimensional baby word stickers and baby journal stickers are great! I especially love the dimensional baby word stickers – these are some of the cutest I have over seen. I like to use one on each spread and make it the focal point while rub-ons and other embellishments to create a soft background.

So if you’re in baby journaling or baby scrapbooking mode like I am, I highly recommend these new items from Heidi Grace.

Congratulations to Charlene McGowan of Arlington, TX - right here in our own backyard - and our June design gallery contest winner! Charlene says it best in her own words:

“To help motivate me to stick with my healthy plan for eating this year and to lose this excess weight, I created a journal to record my weight and measurements as well as my thoughts on a “Journey to a Brand New Me”. I also created some tags with encouraging words & quotes to go with it.”

Charlene used a notebook from Staples, paper is Fancy Pants Design “Abigail” and misc ribbons, chipboard, rub on letters and eyelets

As this months design contest winner, Charlene receives $10 in store credit from CropJunkie.com.

Hi there scrapbooking junkies - here’s a quick reminder that the CropJunkie.com Grand Opening Sale ends Thursday night, May 1st, 2008. Place your orders - buy the stuff on your wish list - save 10%. Just enter code “GO2008? during checkout and your discount will be applied.

Congratulations to Marcie Morgan of Danville, Illinois - our March design gallery contest winner! Marcie used paper, lettering and embellishments from Rusty Pickle, Making Memories, and Anna Griffin to create this beautiful winter design.

As this months design contest winner, Marcie receives $10 in store credit from CropJunkie.com.

Save 15% storewide - Sale ends April 4th!
Use promo code “SPRINGFLING” at checkout.

Photojojo.com, photo-related online store and fun newsletter, is hosting a Book Idea Contest. They’re looking for great photo projects along these lines…

1. Projects for doing more with your photos: Make stuff! Build stuff! Get crafty and show off those snapshots!
2. Anything that makes it more fun to use your camera: new ways to take pictures, projects to do with your friends, anything that gives you a new perspective.
3. Surprise us! We bet you’ve got tricks we’ve never even dreamed of.

Submissions due by 2/29/08.

Free Photo Scanning for Facebook(R), MySpace(R), Blogger(R) and Flickr(R) Members From ScanMyPhotos.com Wednesday February 13, 6:53 pm ET

IRVINE, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–It’s a wrap. During the walkout, members of the Writers Guild of America received free photo scanning from ScanMyPhotos.com as part of the business communities’ support for their efforts. Now, the super-fast nationwide photo scanning service is redirecting its free campaign to a much larger group - members of four leading social networking sites.

“If you subscribe to Facebook, MySpace, Blogger or Flickr, a problem is there are 3.5 trillion treasured analog photo snapshots stashed in shoeboxes. These generations of charmed photo memories need to be digitized and shared too”, advised Mitch Goldstone, president and CEO of ScanMyPhotos.com.

“We selected Facebook, MySpace, Blogger and Flickr social networking members to receive this $49.95 value because they represent the most cutting-edge and innovative group of consumers. In exchange, we ask people to post reviews on their experience with our scanning and digital imaging photo center”, said Goldstone.

HOW TO GET YOUR PHOTOS SCANNED FOR FREE

1) Free scanning applies only to current members of Facebook, MySpace, Blogger and Flickr to scan up to 1,000 4×6″ non-copyrighted photo snapshots, plus pay standard shipping and handing fee of $19.95. Additional paid services are available, including custom photo albums, photo enhancements and extra DVDs.

2) Valid only for direct mail customers in the U.S. Limited to one complimentary scanning service per person / address. Cannot be combined with other orders. Expires on February 29, 2008 extended to March 15, 2008.

3) Click here for complete packing instructions: http://scanmyphotos.com/requirements.html

4) Photographs must comply with ordering requirements and be loose, out of envelopes and albums.

5) Access ScanMyPhotos.com 24/7 Live Support help desk anytime.

6) See blog for more info: Tales from the World of Photo Scanning.

7) Click here to download order form: http://scanmyphotos.com/orderformfree.html.

And, a favor: afterwards, please post a review about your experience with ScanMyPhotos.com

ScanMyPhotos.com pioneered a new way to affordably and quickly digitize millions of analog pictures by commercializing KODAK’s document imaging scanners.

See also PhotoPreservation.org: the Voice of Photo Scanning.

SOURCE: Yahoo! Finance, via Genealogy Insider

Via the Scrap-A-Latte Message Board, a list of links to manufacturers’ product releases for the Craft & Hobby Association (CHA) trade show, recently wrapped up in Anaheim, CA.

• Maya Road
• Crate Paper (click the links at the bottom)
• Coredinations
• KI Memories: Bloom, Lace Cardstock, La Di Dah Courtyard, KI Idea Planner
• Love, Elsie (by KI Memories)
• Diecuts with a View
• Rendezvous-at-CHA.com (takes a while to load)
• Tim Holtz by Cropper Hopper/Advantus
• Magistical Memories
• Creative Imaginations (PDF)
• Heidi Swapp
• Scribble Scrabble
• 7 Gypsies (PDF)
• Piggy Tales
• Karen Russell Narratives - Rub-On Swatchbooks, Antique Cream Collection, and Bloom Collection
• Karen Russell stamps for FontWerks
• Cosmo Cricket
• video tour of Imaginisce booth
• video tour of Basic Grey booth
• video tour of new storage products from Creative Options by Plano
• (see all CreativexPress’s video tours starting here)
• American Crafts

See also LifetimeMoments’ comprehensive listing of product releases (in alphabetical order by manufacturer)