Card Swap

Put together these for an upcoming Christmas card swap and quite pleased with the end result. I think they’re lovely….. and easy to do.  I’ve very little experience with embossing but these were whipped up in no time - perfect,  as I have to do thirty.  I used the StampinÚp Elegant Eggplant from the Rich Regals family and the brushed gold cardstock as a matte for Dasher, stamped and embossed on Vanilla White. The gold is a little pricey at just over a dollar a sheet (8-1/2 x 11) but I’m using only a 3 x 3-1/2 gold matte for each card so I’m getting six cards per sheet.

Peace on Earth

Dasher

With Labour Day fast approaching, Back to School signs and sales are everywhere you turn. How could I not be tempted to do a school layout? The pattern for the schoolhouse featured in this particular layout will be available at www.paperandpiecings.com in just a couple days. Hope to get a few more patterns uploaded within the next week.

Check at the right for more pictures of this particular layout.

Paper and Piecings is looking for guest designers for the months of September, October, November and December. Our designers will create pages using patterns created and sold by paperandpiecings.com. We expect our designers to use our patterns to create generic pages that inspire customers and convince them that they too can create beautiful layouts. We will be accepting applications from now until August 31st, 2009. If you enjoy scrapbooking and are eager to try the craft of paper piecing, please apply.
As our designer, you will be asked to:
1. Create two double-page scrapbook layouts per month using patterns from paperandpiecings.com.
2. Create one paper craft per month using our free “Chip” downloads.
3. Provide quality scans/photographs of your work to be showcased in the paperandpiecings.com gallery. Photographs of layouts should also include detailed shots of our paper pieced embellishments and include a brief write-up on your project that can be used in our blog.
4. Help promote paperandpiecings.com on message boards, facebook, etc. by posting your
creations in online scrapbooking galleries to help increase exposure to our site.
5. Link to paperandpiecings.com from your personal blog.
6. Design for us for a four month period beginning on September 1, 2009.
As our designer, you will receive:
1. A minimum of four free patterns per month while you are designing for paperandpiecings.com.
2. A great opportunity to showcase your design abilities and build your portfolio for other design opportunities.
To apply:
Please send an email containing the following information to justscraps.ca@gmail.com
1. Name
2. Address
3. Email
4. Blog or website address
5. Links to any online galleries you have
6. List of related forums/message boards that you participate in
7. Please tell us if you are on any other design teams
8. Please tell us a little about yourself, what you like about scrapbooking and why you would
like to be a Paper and Piecings design team member.
While we ask for links to online galleries and forums you participate in, you need not have any prior experience to design for Paper and Piecings . What we are really looking for is someone who loves to scrap and loves to play with paper!
Look forward to hearing from you!
Jackie and Jean