NEW CALL...

Call: Kaisercraft Contributing Design Team Call

It’s that exciting time of the year again when we are having our 2012-2013 Contributing Design Team Call Out!

Kaisercraft is a leading wholesaler and manufacturer, specialising in art, craft and scrapbooking. We are again looking for a dedicated Contributing Design Team to help promote our brand for the upcoming year. The successful applicants will need to work well with deadlines, direction within a team environment and always produce projects of a high standard.

Our Contributing Design Team will commence as of the 1st of July 2012 and run till the 30th of June 2013.

Being a part of the great Kaisercraft Contributing Design Team you will…

• Receive a surplus amount of Kaisercraft products including new collections.
• The opportunity to be featured regularly on the Kaisercraft blog.
• Receive endorsements for published layouts.

Being on the Kaisercraft Contributing Design Team you will have the following responsibilities:

• Create a card, layout and a beyond the page/mixed media project from each of the two collections released . These projects will be put on the Kaisercraft blog on a rotating roster.
• Be involved in our Saturday Sketches and Tuesday Tips when you are rostered on.
• Maintain your personal blog and link to the Kaisercraft website/blog.
• If requested, special projects for shows, catalogues, promotional items and trade shows

If the above description sounds perfect to you, we want you to apply!

Please forward the following information by the 27th April 2012 3pm EST via email > designteam@kaisercraft.com.au with ‘Kaisercraft Design Team Application’ in the subject line. **Please note that no late submissions will be accepted.

- Full name, address, daytime/evening phone number and email address.

- Short biography with a paragraph on why you want to be a part of the Contributing Design Team.

- Links to your online gallery or blog

- List of any other design teams you have been on or are still with.

- Three Photos of your work which include a card, layout and an off the page project. The projects are to show that a majority of Kaisercraft products have been used..

 ** Make sure your photos are no bigger than 500kb each.

At this point in time we are only accepting applications from Australia, USA and New Zealand.

The 2012 – 2013 Contributing Design Team will be announced by the 31st of May 2012.

GOOD LUCK!

Last Chance...

Call: Helmar Design Team Call

Deadline: Wednesday, April 18, 2012

Helmar is a recognized leader of adhesives and aerosols in the Arts and Crafts industry and we are looking for new design team members to promote our amazing products. If you’d like to be a part of one of the most creative and easy going design teams out there, while showcasing Helmar products and your talent, this call is for you!!!

We are looking for dedicated design team members that work well with deadlines, direction and preferred partner products. As a Helmar design team member, you will serve a 6 month term beginning May 1, 2012.

As a part of the Helmar Design Team you will…

• Receive a surplus amount of Helmar products and advance releases of new Helmar Products as well
• Endorsement fees for published layouts and tradeshow projects
• Amazing products from our generous Preferred Partners throughout your term

Now what does it take to be a part of the Helmar Team? Here are your responsibilities

• 3 projects per month consisting of (but not including all every month) blog posts on the Helmar blog and your personal blog, video tutorials, blog hop projects, Preferred Partner projects and Helmar challenge projects. These are on a rotating calendar basis that will be provided to you. Edited to add- Video tutorials are not a requirement. If you would rather do a Step out photo tutorial, we'd love that too!!!
• Keeping your personal blog up to date and linking Helmar at every opportunity. Using Preferred Partners product is also appreciated.
• Facebook, Twitter, Ustream and YouTube involvement. Social Media is big in the industry and we want you to be a part of it!!!
• Monthly submissions to magazines and publications
• Special projects as per requested for shows, catalogs, promotional items and trade shows

 If you are interested in being a part of a fantastic team, please send the following information in a single email

1)      Name, address, daytime/evening phone number and email address.

2)      Short biography

3)      Links to any online galleries, blogs, facebook, twitter pages and video streams ( youtube, ustream, vimeo)

4)      List or attached resume of other design teams you are or have previously been on.

5)      A brief paragraph letting us know why you would like to be a part of the Helmar Design Team

6)      3-5 examples of your work that will best showcase what you will bring to the Helmar table. (Layouts, cards, altered art, mixed media, sewing projects, crafts etc.) Make sure to list any special techniques you’ve used using adhesives. Please no photos bigger than 500kb each.

7)      Anything else you feel we need to know about you

Please submit your application to erikataylor@helmar.com.au by April 18^th, 2012 with "Helmar Design Team Application" as the subject. No late submissions will be accepted. The new Helmar Design Team will be announced by the 30th of April, 2012

Notes:

At this time we are only accepting applications from Australia, Canada and United States.

Helmar Adhesives do not need to be used on your submission samples but are appreciated.

NEW CALLS 4 THE WEEKEND...

New Call: Scrap Sanity April Cybercrop *On Now*

Head on over to Scrap Sanity this weekend for their Creative Colour Spectacular cybercrop.
Lots of great challenges and prizes to win.


New Call: Scraploot 6th Birthday Sale

Its our 6th Birthday on the 25th April, so its party time here at Scraploot

There is no better way to celebrate than having a Sale

  New Stock - Take a further 15% off our already reduced prices to give you around 25% off RRP!

All Other Stock - Take a further 20% off our already reduced prices to give at least 30% off RRP!

Clearance Stock - Bargains galore to be had here, with our Birthday Sale 20% offadded to our?already reduced clearance prices...thats going to give you some product at below cost!

And we have another surprise, for every $100 you spend in one transaction after discount and before postage, we will throw in a surprise birthday gift!

So grab some you time, a glass of something refreshing or a cuppa, and grab some bargains

Sale continues through til 30th April!

New Call: Scraploot April Sketch Challenge

Create a LO based on this sketch, and simply email it through to Scraploot or upload it on our Facebook page. Here's the sketch:

New Call: Dizzy Izzy Scrapbooking & Retreats

Our scrapbook retreats are held several times a year in beautiful Stanwell
Tops, just south of Sydney.

Come along to The Tops Conference Centre for a weekend of laughs,
relaxation and scrapping.

Retreats start on Friday night @ 7pm and finish on the Sunday afternoon @
2pm

Our next Retreat date is Friday 25th - Sunday 27 May 2012 | $200pp

Included in your registration:

   - Accommodation for two nights
   - All meals (ex Friday night dinner)
   - Free Make N Takes and Hands On product demo's
   - Goodie Bag
   - Games | loads of great prizes!
   - Free Wi-Fi (yes, you can get online for scrap ideas)
   - FREE Classes - technique based for all levels (just pay for kits)
   - Swaps Table
   - Hubby Helpers - help to get your stash to and from your car
   -

Retreats are open to all scrapping levels from beginner to super scrap
savvy.

The Dizzy Izzy Store will be open all weekend nearly 24 hours a day -
that's right - whenever you get your inspiration, one of the Dizzy Izzy
Girls will be there to help you out.

We stock beautiful ranges from Prima Marketing, Pink Paislee, American
Crafts, Studio Calico, and BoBunny, just to name a few.

We also have DIZigner Kits available to purchase to help cure your
scrappers block. These kits come with a photo of a sample layout for you to
scrap-lift, and enough papers & embellishment's to complete several pages!

Plus we have a sewing machine, cuttlebugs & dies and and AccuCut machine &
dies available for you to use!

Email us at dizzyizzy @ y7mail.com (remove the spaces - spam leads to bad
karma) for more info

www.dizzyizzyscrapbookretreats.blogspot.com.au
find us on facebook! 'Dizzy Izzy Scrapbooking' 

New Calls...

New Call: Prima Design Team Call

Prima is looking for a few TALENTED DESIGNERS to add to our team in the following categories:

1. Mixed Media Art
2. Layouts/Cards/Tags
3. Video and/or Live Classes

If you are interested in joining the most amazing team around (in our humble opinion!) feel free to apply. We will be looking through all of the entries, as well as checking online galleries and blogs for experienced and brand-new artists who have: a strong sense of style great photography skills a blog and/or gallery on popular scrap sites optional video and/or live class experience a desire to work with the VERY best product lines around! :)

Please send the following in your DT application to: sharon@primamarketinginc.com

1. Subject Line of email: Prima DT Call---Your Name---Country (EX: Prima DT Call--Sharon Laakkonen--USA)
2. Inside the email: Name, country of residence, phone number, and email address. Please tell us why you would love to join the Prima team. List your area(s) of expertise from the 3 categories above. EX: If you have experience with Mixed Media Art please write: 1. Mixed Media Art Blog link and/or gallery link on your favorite site Three samples of work showing your style. These files must be NO larger than 500kb each. (Please do not send high res files.) Projects do not have to use Prima products although we LOVE seeing how you work with them! Other Design Teams that you are on.

The DT call is open immediately for all countries and will end on May 15th, 2012, at midnight PST. Confirmation emails will not be sent out, however you may inquire to see if we have received your application.


New Call: Xyron Design Team Call

Xyron is having a design team call! Deadline to apply is April 15, 2012. International readers will be glad to see that this call is open to you as well. See details below!

Xyron is “looking for new team members with a positive attitude, love of crafting, and an interest in being part of one of the leading manufacturers in the industry.”

Benefits of being on the Xyron Design Team

1. Lots of Free Product – both from Xyron and from partner companies
2. Exclusive previews of any of our upcoming products
3. Payment for projects published in print and/or online magazines
4. Featured on our Facebook page and blog
5. Link to your own personal blog
6. Private FB group for DT members only
7. Payment for projects used at trade shows and on-air
8. Opportunity to have your projects displayed on the Home Shopping Network
9. Xyron DT blinkie for your email and/or blog
10. Purchase Xyron products at a deep discount for use in teaching classes

What’s interesting about this call is that their application process is housed completely on Facebook! To apply to be on the Xyron design team, fill out the Design Team Application on the Xyron Facebook page.

Best of luck to all!!

Sketch Challenge

Call: Scraploot April Sketch Challenge


For your chance to win, create a layout based on this sketch:

To enter this months challenge, email your layout to info@scraploot.com.au or upload it to our Facebook page. Good luck and I hope to see lots of entries this month !

Back in action... New Calls !

After a few months off to reassess my scrapping and priorities, I have decided that I will get the JC&C blog up and running again. Thank you to all those who currently follow...I hope you'll come back ?

Call: Kite Tails Designs DT Call
Deadline: Sunday, April 15, 2012

Details:
As one of the paper crafting industry’s newest manufacturers, we at Kite Tails Designs are finding our niche by creating collections with a geometric, modern flair. Each of our collections include a series of double-sided papers, along with a great variety of coordinating embellishments. We are looking for up-and-coming designers to join us in creating some fabulous paper crafting projects using our products. What we need are some new ‘Kite Flyers’ to:
-Commit to a 6-month term from May 1st- Oct 31st
-Complete 2 projects a month
-Complete additional projects during our trade show rush (June)
-Be able to take great photos of your work
-Participating in blog hops, swaps and or special events
-Using social media to help promote Kite Tails (personal blog, Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, etc.)

In return, from us:
-Lots of Kite Tails goodies to play with, including new products before they are ever released!
-Name, bio and photo featured on our blog
-Exposure on all of our social media sites

If you’d like to fly a kite with us, please send your application with the following information to admin@kitetailsdesigns.com by April 15th, 2012
-Subject line: Kite Tails DT Call
-Contact information (Name, address, phone number, email, blog/website address)
-4 samples of your best work highlighting your personal style, your skills and your creativity. Please no photos bigger than 500kb each

Answer the following questions
1. Why do you want to design for Kite Tails?
2. What other design teams (past and present) have you designed for?
3. Are you able to commit approximately 4-6 hours per month to our design team, with a heavier time commitment in June (pre trade show month)?
NO previous Design Team experience is required, so don’t be shy and send your samples in! The Design Team Call is open immediately, and will end on April 15th, 2012. We will announce the new team at the end of April.


Call: Scraps of Darkness & Scraps of Elegance DT Calls
Deadline: Sunday, April 15, 2012

Scraps of Darkness and Scraps of Elegance kit club are looking for designers to add to our talented Design Teams!
Commitment is important, so we want to be straighforward with what we are looking for. We want to see ambitious, outgoing, computer savvy scrappers that share in the same love as we do.
These DT positions will start with our May 2012 kits and end with our October 2012 kits.
This call is open to both the US and International submissions, although International DT Members will be required to share in the cost of shipping kits to them.
Our available positions are as follows:
One Designer for our Scraps of Darkness kits (responsibilities as shown below)
One Designer for our Scraps of Elegance kits (responsibilities as shown below)
One Designer for our Scraps of Elegance kits with alternate requirements- fewer layouts, no tutorials and some behind the scenes responsibilities.

Responsibilities
You must complete a minimum of (any combination) 5 layouts/ cards/altered items per month and have 4 of them ready to upload by reveal day, which is the 15th of the month for Scraps of Darkness and the 1st of the month for Scraps of Elegance. Additional layouts/projects should be uploaded prior to the release of the next kit. These projects need to be placed in SOD/ SOE galleries, blogs, scrapbook.com, and any other public galleries you participate in.
Daily participation in our forums and daily check in on our Design Team Forum, as well as keeping up in the galleries is a must. DT responsibilities such as posting Question of the Week and our Pandora’s Box Tutorial will be rotated among our Design Team. We also ask that you start new threads in the forum that encourage posting by our members.
You must complete at least 2 tutorials within your 6 month DT term in addition to your Pandora’s box tutorial. These may be step out photo or video tutorials.

In return for your commitment, you will receive the entire main kit as well as two kit add-ons free of charge each month. You will also have the option of purchasing any additional add ons featured throughout the month you are a Design Team member at a 50% discount. Design Team members also receive a 30% discount in our store.

How to apply:
Please forward all applications and attachments to dtcall@scrapsofdarkness.com
Please include the following:
Name, Address, Phone Number
Submit 3 layouts or 2 layouts and an altered item that clearly demonstrates your style. Scraps of Elegance and Scraps of Darkness pride themselves on having a diverse design team. We want you to be you! Show us your shabby chic, your elegant, your girly grunge. Whatever style you lean towards is how we want to get to know you.
Tell us why you think you would be a good addition to either the SOD or SOE team.
Provide links to blogs and galleries and any resume you may have.
List all of your current DT commitments. Please note our designers may not design for or in any way advertise another kit club. We have no problem with our DT members designing for manufacturers, sketch sites, local stores etc. It is counterproductive however to have them promote our competitors.
All submissions must be received by April 15, 2012 and we will have an official public announcement by April 20th.


Call: Global Scrappers Forum - Forum Manager Call
Deadline:  Sunday, April 15, 2012

Our forum, Global Scrappers, is looking for a new Forum Manager.

The compulsory duties of the Forum Manager are:
* approving new members
* choosing a DT every 6-12 months
* making sure DT put up challenges when due
* drawing the winner each month
* making sure there is a folder in the gallery for the appropriate month


Call: Helmar Design Team Call
Deadline: Wednesday, April 1, 2012

Helmar is a recognized leader of adhesives and aerosols in the Arts and Crafts industry and we are looking for new design team members to promote our amazing products. If you’d like to be a part of one of the most creative and easy going design teams out there, while showcasing Helmar products and your talent, this call is for you!!!

We are looking for dedicated design team members that work well with deadlines, direction and preferred partner products. As a Helmar design team member, you will serve a 6 month term beginning May 1, 2012.

As a part of the Helmar Design Team you will…

• Receive a surplus amount of Helmar products and advance releases of new Helmar Products as well
• Endorsement fees for published layouts and tradeshow projects
• Amazing products from our generous Preferred Partners throughout your term

Now what does it take to be a part of the Helmar Team? Here are your responsibilities

• 3 projects per month consisting of (but not including all every month) blog posts on the Helmar blog and your personal blog, video tutorials, blog hop projects, Preferred Partner projects and Helmar challenge projects. These are on a rotating calendar basis that will be provided to you. Edited to add- Video tutorials are not a requirement. If you would rather do a Step out photo tutorial, we'd love that too!!!
• Keeping your personal blog up to date and linking Helmar at every opportunity. Using Preferred Partners product is also appreciated.
• Facebook, Twitter, Ustream and YouTube involvement. Social Media is big in the industry and we want you to be a part of it!!!
• Monthly submissions to magazines and publications
• Special projects as per requested for shows, catalogs, promotional items and trade shows

 If you are interested in being a part of a fantastic team, please send the following information in a single email

1)      Name, address, daytime/evening phone number and email address.

2)      Short biography

3)      Links to any online galleries, blogs, facebook, twitter pages and video streams ( youtube, ustream, vimeo)

4)      List or attached resume of other design teams you are or have previously been on.

5)      A brief paragraph letting us know why you would like to be a part of the Helmar Design Team

6)      3-5 examples of your work that will best showcase what you will bring to the Helmar table. (Layouts, cards, altered art, mixed media, sewing projects, crafts etc.) Make sure to list any special techniques you’ve used using adhesives. Please no photos bigger than 500kb each.

7)      Anything else you feel we need to know about you

Please submit your application to erikataylor@helmar.com.au by April 18^th, 2012 with "Helmar Design Team Application" as the subject. No late submissions will be accepted. The new Helmar Design Team will be announced by the 30th of April, 2012

Notes:

At this time we are only accepting applications from Australia, Canada and United States.

Helmar Adhesives do not need to be used on your submission samples but are appreciated.

LATEST CALLS...

NEW CALL: 2Crafty DT Call

2012 Design Team Call


We are looking for Crafters who love to create with Chipboard whether it is Cards, Layouts or Off the Page items.

This position will be for an initial period of 6 months with the possibility of it being extended after this date.

If you’re interested in joining our team then we would love to hear from you, please email us at anthea8102@hotmail.com, include within your email;

· a link to your blog/gallery if you have one,

· 3 projects showcasing your abilities using chipboard

(It isn't essential that you use 2 Crafty on these items)

· A short bio on who you are, please include what you like to create and any current Design Teams you are on.

(we are after a mix of Designers and want to make a team that fits.)

What you will receive

Enough chipboard to create 4 projects per month with plenty left over for your own personal use. If you are asked to create for trade shows we will provide you with enough chipboard to help you to create for these events.

Design Team 'Duties'

We would like you to update the blog with your projects 4 times a month; you may be asked to help create projects for trade shows and will be supplied extra chipboard for this.

When updating the blog provide any hints and tips on your project and link back to the shop where ever possible.

Where ever possible help to promote 2 Crafty on your own blog and any forums/challenge blogs you may be a member of.

Help to keep the 2Crafty Facebook Page up to date.

Design Team term is for a period of 6 months with a possible extension after this date.

Submissions are due to the above email address by December 31st.
Successful applicants will be contacted by the January 15th 2012.
Your Design Team Term will start in February when you receive your first Design Team Kit


NEW CALL: Red Earth Scrapping Christmas Competition

The festive season is upon us, there's no more putting your head in the sand ... why not embrace it and ENJOY the Christmas spirit and share with us ...