ELEMENTS CONTEST ANNOUNCEMENT - SBB Digital Scrapbooking Forums | Scrapbook-Bytes

leeandra · #1 (**permalink**) 09-24-2004

Here is a more thorough explanation of the Elements Contest for those with questions. YOU CAN START CREATING YOUR ELEMENTS FOR SUBMISSION WITH THE POSTING OF THIS MESSAGE.

Announcement of Elements Contest - ‘So You Want to Be an SBB DTM?’
So you want to be an SBB DTM? Do you have what it takes? Part of the daily lives of many of the SBB DTMs is creating elements for the Ezine and special projects like the Simple Scrapbooks digital issue.

No, we are not choosing DTMs from anyone who is submitting elements to this contest. This was just a 'hook' or 'slogan' for our contest as the DTMs often create elements for the various projects we have on site.

For this project, 3 designers created 3 special elements: an overlay by Rhonna Farrer, a page-byte by Alison Folendore, and a kit by Gina Cabrera. What we are challenging you to do is pick from these 3 categories and try your hand at creating one of them (or all of them!). You have until 11:59 pm Eastern on Saturday, September 25th to mail them to elementscontest@scrapbook-bytes.com.

There are three categories: Overlay, Pagebyte, and Kit. Choose one of these categories and create your own element within this category. You can see what they created in the Simple Scrapbooks issue as well as here: http://scrapbook-bytes.com/index.php?categoryid=31. You only need to create one element (or elements if you are making a kit) to enter this contest. You can submit more than one element in more than one category if you have the inclination or time. You cannot submit elements to this contest that do not fall within these three categories. You cannot submit elements to this contest that are already displayed in the SBB Elements gallery, shared on your personal or scrapping website, or have been shared through an email group (like Yahoo!) or on an FTP server.

No, they do not have to be similar to the DTMs' elements EXCEPT for the general category. No, they do not have to have a specific theme, color scheme, or otherwise. Yes, you can use scanned brushes or crumple/texture overlays in creating your elements to submit. No, you cannot submit any paper scrapbooking product whatsoever. No, you cannot submit any elements, even if they are completely digital, if they were made by someone other than you. No, you cannot submit elements that are created from paper product and tweaked by changing color, dimensions, texture, etc.

Entries must be 300 dpi and include your name as part of the filename(s) with no spaces. Please include a .JPG preview no larger than 500 pixels wide.

These are our regular rules for element submission and the guidelines for creating elements for sell or trade as well. We cannot accept elements to be posted in the SBB gallery without these requirements. Your submission cannot win this contest without YOUR FIRST AND LAST NAME in your element filename.

We will post these anonymously and open a poll for the members to vote all day Sunday. By entering this contest, you are agreeing to these elements being posted in the SBB Elements Gallery once the contest has ended. If you do NOT want your entry to be shared, you MUST indicate this in your entry email.

Everyone will have the chance to vote on Sunday, and this is how the winners will be determined. The Design Team is NOT choosing the winners of this contest unless there would happen to be a tie in any of the categories. The winners will be announced at 11 pm on Sunday night, or thereabouts, and will receive a prize TBD for winning. Winners do not need to be present in order to win. There will be one winner in each category. You cannot win more than one category.

All of the elements, winning or not, will be posted in the SBB Elements Gallery after the weekend unless you SPECIFICALLY state in your email with your attached element that you DO NOT want your element posted.

leeandra · #2 (**permalink**) 09-24-2004