Tuesday Delight: SpellBinders Design Team Call

Spellbinders‘ Design Team Call is due on 1 February 2009. If you get selected, the “prizes” and the perks are awesome!

Good luck!

To be eligible you must:

• Submit four art pieces as assigned below.
• Be available to travel to Phoenix, AZ, (expenses paid by Spellbinders) Wednesday, April 15, 2009, and remain in Phoenix until Sunday, April 19. There are no exceptions to this requirement.
• Be available to serve a term as a designer from May 1, 2009, through April 30, 2010.
• Capable of completing all requirements on time for the team during the 12 month placement.
• If you make the finals round, you will need to complete an assigned project by February 20, 2009, to Spellbinders.
• Be able to submit art electronically by scanning or photographing it.
• You may not currently work for another manufacturer of any Die Cutting Products.

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 personally 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 Requirments:

• 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.

Tuesday, 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 Thursday, 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 14, 2009, and remain in Phoenix until Sunday, April 18. 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:

• All entries should be submitted electronically to designteam@spellbinders.us.
• The subject line should be “Design Team Entry: your name”
• Each project must be attached to this email as a separate file. Please label your files as such:

• YourNameLayoutOut.jpg
• YourNameCard.jpg
• YourNameAltered.jpg
• YourNameStamped.jpg
• YourNameEssay.doc
• YourNameEntryform.doc

Please take clear, high quality photos or scans of your work.

• Please submit at 300 DPI, 3”x 3”.
• Please insure that no individual attachment is over 200 KB.
• Create a document in word that includes the questions below and email it with your entry.

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”.

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# Please attach the following information as your official Entry Form, use a word document and simply list the items and attach it with your other information:

• Name
• Address
• City, State, Zip
• Email Address
• Home telephone number
• Work telephone number
• Cell phone telephone number
• Any other possible numbers to try on Tuesday, February 9, 2009 if you are one of the lucky winners.