2009 Spellbinders Paper Arts Design Team Contest
- Design Team 08
Stacey here: We are again searching nation-wide for talented paper crafters, scrapbookers, card makers and rubber stamping artists to become a part of our creative family! Unique experiences and opportunities await you! I do hope you’ll give it a whirl. We work hard and have a lot of fun! Check out our team who came on board last year…woohoo! Hugs, Stacey Caron.
To be eligible you must:
Contest Art Requirements:
- Is your style fresh and funky? Upscale and sophisticated? Simple and elegant…..show us your best in a 12×12 layout.
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- Using apertures, pop-ups, pull-outs or basic and simple, we want to see your magic happen when it comes to card making! Submit one card.
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- Show us your altered ego! Through creative altered ideas, whether its home decorative projects, calendars, journals, or jewelry, we want to see your best! Submit one altered project.
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- Submit one rubber stamped project, the choice of style is yours! There are no limitations, so make it fun!
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- An essay, about 500 words sharing a little about your personality and about yourself as a designer. Why is paper art your passion? Why do you want to be on the Spellbinders Design Team? Has your work been published (not required)? Do you have a blog (not required)? What do you want Spellbinders to know about you?
- Please include on the bottom, if you have or are involved in, the following (does not count for your 500 words) 1) Blog address 2) Creative Resume Address 3) Design Teams past and present (links to sites if there are any) again, not required, just want to know
Your ORIGINAL creative, innovative designs. Something that makes us go “WOW!” Something that says to us that you love what you do! We would like to know the story behind each item, told in journaling, in photographs, or by other means.
You are not required to use any Spellbinders products in your entries, but after all, we are a die cut company and it certainly couldn’t hurt. Spellbinders dies are universal and may be used in most leading die cut systems, please refer to the compatibility chart for instructions. Also, art does not have to be new for this contest. It just has to be your original artwork.
Design Team Tenure Requirements:
Monthly: one layout, one card and one altered project, one option style project.
Trade Shows: A minimum of six trade show projects per year, to be assigned.
Consumer Shows/Education: 2 Layouts, 2 cards for Education and/or Consumer booth, 1 technique board/year, other projects as assigned.
On Line Forums:Involved on a weekly basis with at least one on-line forum
Encouraged:Active with your own blog.
These are just minimums…you can submit as many projects as you want throughout your tenure.
Submission Schedule:
All entries must be received no later than 11:59 p.m. on February 1, 2009, Central Standard Time. We sincerely regret that we can only accept entries from residents of the United States.
Monday, February 9, 2009, Spellbinders will contact the top 20 entrants and invite them to continue to the final round of the Spellbinders 2009 Design Team Contest. These finalists will be sent product to create an assignment for the final round of the competition. Finalists will submit their special assignment entries on February 20, 2009, to Spellbinders.
On Wednesday, February 25, 2009, Stacey Caron, President of Spellbinders Paper Arts will be making personal phone calls to each one of the lucky winners of this contest! A minimum of eight Design Team members will be notified that day, so be sure to list every phone number you want us to try!!!
You must be available to fly to Phoenix on Wednesday April 15, 2009, and remain in Phoenix until Sunday, April 19. Spellbinders Paper Arts will pay for all expenses for this trip. Your Design Team assignment will officially start on 5/1/09 and last until 4/30/10. Your first projects will be due on 5/1/09.
How to enter:
- YourNameLayoutOut.jpg
- YourNameCard.jpg
- YourNameAltered.jpg
- YourNameStamped.jpg
- YourNameEssay.doc
- YourNameEntryform.doc
Please take clear, high quality photos or scans of your work.
Designers accepted as DT Members will receive:
- A Raspberry Wizard
- A $350 Die Starter Kit
- Numerous new dies throughout the year, with surprise gifts thrown in along the way!
- An all expense paid trip to sunny Phoenix, AZ, with a tour of the facility, a weekend of workshops and fun!
- The opportunity to go to one or more of the major Hobby trade shows.
- The chance to have your art displayed at major shows and in major magazine advertisements.
- Financial reimbursement for each piece of art that is published in one of Spellbinder’s catalogs, or used in an advertisement campaign.
- Numerous opportunities for product reimbursement throughout the year, and…
- A year-end bonus!!!
All questions should be submitted to designteam@spellbinders.us with a subject line of “Design Team Contest Question”.
Beautiful Details Inspire Creativity
- Name
- Address
- City, State, Zip
- Email Address
- Home telephone number
- Work telephone number
- Cell phone telephone number
- Any other possible numbers to try on Monday, February 9, 2009 if you are one of the lucky winners.
Tags: Announcement, Design Team
December 16th, 2008 at 4:24 am
My best wishes to all who apply! I had the pleasure of being on the team in 2006 & 2007 - it was truely a wonderful experience and I wouldn’t have traded it for anything! Good Luck and I can’t wait to see your creativity!!!!
Hugs - Linda Hofacker - aka Mommaho
December 16th, 2008 at 2:16 pm
Thanks, Linda, We sure did have a good time. I’m sure the next team will as well.
Just like she said. Good luck to all.
Eli, Community Communications Specialist
December 17th, 2008 at 11:48 am
This is a fabulous opportunity! Your new team will be treated very nicely! Sure makes me sad to be Canadian today…
Best of luck to everyone who participes and I’m looking forward to seeing what the new Design Team comes up with!
Cindy
December 17th, 2008 at 1:47 pm
I too was really looking forward to trying out, but am from Canada. Very sad indeed, but good luck to the Americans who apply.
Suzy
December 18th, 2008 at 3:48 am
I’m in the UK and am brimming with ideas, sadly I live in the wrong country.
December 18th, 2008 at 6:43 am
Wouldn’t this be awesome!! I have posted this on my blog!
http://mististamps4fun.typepad.com/my_weblog/2008/12/looking-for-a-design-team.html
December 18th, 2008 at 7:58 am
This would be awesome opportunity!!! I love what your team has been doing with the dies, and would so love to be a part of it. I’ve posted this on my blog too.
http://forum.scrapfriends.us/index.php?automodule=blog&blogid=62&
December 18th, 2008 at 8:33 am
Hey all, Please, if you want to be added to the blog candy list for possible winners, please add your link to your blog where you posted our call but add it to the other post. The one about the contest…thanks, Eli
December 18th, 2008 at 12:25 pm
Too bad I’m in Singapore, maybe next year they’ll include int’l participants?
Good luck to the participants
December 19th, 2008 at 4:16 am
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December 19th, 2008 at 6:40 am
This sounds like it would be soooo much fun, my husband just ordered me my first sets of dies. I cant wait to get them
Anyways I will have to post this later tonite on my blog to share this news with everyone, I will leave my link here tonight , im on my way out now 
Thanks !!!
Hugs,
Cheryl
December 20th, 2008 at 1:02 pm
I agree with the others who posted but sadly do not live in the United States.
A real shame not to be able to try out for the team, maybe some day there will be an international team as well!
December 22nd, 2008 at 2:56 pm
I am addicted to Spellbinders………am so thrilled to try out for this !!!!!
December 22nd, 2008 at 3:31 pm
Wow. Has it been a year already? I haven’t done a darn thing since spring LOL, maybe this is the kick in the pants I need to get my head unfogged.
I posted your call on my blog:
http://beckychabot.blogspot.com/
December 22nd, 2008 at 6:48 pm
soooooo. sad its for U.S. residents only maybe need to consider international forum next year to increase use of the wizard. i luuuv my machine but find it hard to get the dies. this is also such a cool opportunity for you guys good luck to all.
love kathy
December 28th, 2008 at 11:10 am
OH MY GOSH!! What an excellent opportunity!! WOW I am heading on into my studio and start working on some projects to submit!!
THANKS for posting this!!!
December 29th, 2008 at 6:23 pm
WHOA!!! This is just way too exciting! I am looking forward to submitting my projects in this contest. My wheels have been turning since I found out about it!! Not only would I love to get all those GREAT items, I TRULY enjoy crafting and card making!!! So, this is right up my alley!!
January 1st, 2009 at 2:03 pm
I just added a .com to the email address provided here, did I send it to the right place?? I *know* there will be lots of other applicants, you might want to update it with the email address! Thanks for this opportunity!
January 6th, 2009 at 11:55 am
Thanks for the AWESOME chance!
January 6th, 2009 at 2:16 pm
“Megan Lock Says:
January 1st, 2009 at 2:03 pm edit
I just added a .com to the email address provided here, did I send it to the right place?? I *know* there will be lots of other applicants, you might want to update it with the email address! Thanks for this opportunity! :)”
Megan,
Thanks for the notation but the address: designteam@spellbinders.us is in fact the correct one. Good luck with the contest.
Eli, Community Communications Specialist.
January 9th, 2009 at 5:47 pm
I’m so sad you’re not accepting applications from crafters outside the US…who DO buy your Nesties as well, and who anxiously await the release of all the new dies. I know the new team will showcase the product in wonderfully creative ways, so at least we “non Americans” will able to learn from their talents.
GOOD LUCK to everybody who applies!
“Still-happy-to-be-Canadian-Deborah”
January 10th, 2009 at 3:37 pm
Wow, this would be amazing! Hope you see a need for European designers too, later on
January 12th, 2009 at 3:54 pm
Hey all you outside the U.S. - don’t feel bad, I’m an American living in Canada! Guess I can’t enter either!!
January 13th, 2009 at 1:01 am
hi all, i’m from middle east ( Saudi Arabia) -very far i know. but i’m intersted with cardmaking and stamping.
January 22nd, 2009 at 3:04 pm
Wow, this looks like a great opportunity to play with my nesties! I am promoting this on my blog (http://craftynotions.blogspot.com/). Good luck to all those who enter!
January 23rd, 2009 at 7:01 pm
wow, sounds like a wonderful opportunity for some people, it’s too bad that us Canadians can’t be involved as well. Good luck all and looking forward to seeing what you come up with.
Cindy
January 26th, 2009 at 12:29 pm
For the requirements: altered project. Can it be a sewing project as well?
February 9th, 2009 at 8:46 am
What a fun contest! I got my entry in and hope I did a good enough job to make it onto the design team, as usual when I enter a contest I think of a million better ideas after I’ve entered, LOL. Anyway, good luck to everyone who entered! Thanks Spellbinders for the opportunity to contribute. Have a happy day!
February 9th, 2009 at 9:07 am
Oh the waiting kills ya !!!!!!!
February 9th, 2009 at 11:10 am
I know what you mean Barbara, it’s lunchtime here and I haven’t heard if the list is out yet! I am hoping to get on the team but there are so many talented artist out there, I only have a very small chance! But, good luck to those who made it!!!!!!!! I will be looking forward to seeing all the wonderful things they have and will make!!!
February 9th, 2009 at 12:21 pm
I was wondering if the top 20 were called yet either. I am dying to find out whose blogs to stalk….
If anyone hears the names, can you please post them here so we all know? 
Keri
February 9th, 2009 at 12:33 pm
I feel the same way! I know it said Tues the 9th so I dont know if they were going to contact Tues or the 9th, LOL. I’m dying to find out as well and not sure if they will announce the finalists. This is my first year trying out so I’m extremely hopeful but there are SO many talented artists so I know they are having a tough time choosing!
February 9th, 2009 at 12:34 pm
Oh I see they changed it to Mon the 9th so I’m guessing contact has been made or is being made.
Exciting!
February 9th, 2009 at 12:42 pm
You ladies are all wonderful, and I’m sure you all deserve to win, but if my wife doesn’t make it to the final round, I don’t think all the Valentines flowers in the world are going to make it better! The suspense is killing me!
B
February 9th, 2009 at 2:02 pm
Well ladies I received an email thanking me for my efforts and so on and so fourth, I am still rooting for the rest of you and you can check out my entry at inkyfingersrule.blogspot.com. I am glad for the opportunity or else I would have never made these creations… And B just give me a shopping spree to buy all the spellbinders I yearn for and that will make things better. B’s wife BR-T
February 9th, 2009 at 4:07 pm
Yes, the waiting is over, I too did not get chosen
Ya know ya gotta dream big once in a while even if you don’t win! But know I can post my submissions on my blog (tomorrows post). I would love to see others also, love to get a look at the competition! lol! Congratulations to those lucky winners! Good luck for the finals!