It's NOT too late to submit your application for the 2011 Design Team. We're added some new talent and hope you'll take a moment to apply. You have until 11:59pm tonight to email us your application. See our Try-Out page for more information about applying.

I am very excited (in case you cannot tell) to be the guest blogger over on Roberts' Blog today. I focused on how to add a little bling to your holiday projects featuring of course the darling Cottage Christmas product and i-rock collection! A huge THANKS to my awesome design team girls that provide me with tons of great projects to feature!! Be sure to check out the post, we're giving away two of these i-rock collection totes...








Check out this darling DinoRoar layout I spotted over on Michelle Unruh's blog. Don't you love all the layers and that yummy sticker board strip is my favorite!!



We had a fun Turkey Trot Blog Hop last week and the winner of the Gypsy from Provo Craft is:

AmandaB from Oklahoma!! Congrats!!

We asked our fans which of you would be able to ROCK OUT an i-rock apron if you were to win one...and we picked Christy to show us her stuff! And we think she totally rocked out our apron.

We challenged Christy to show us what she would do if we sent her an i-rock apron and i-rock tool assortment and this is what she did with it!

If you'd like to see close-ups of the beautiful detail Christy added to her apron on her own blog. Be sure to leave her some comment love so she knows you stopped by!

Thanks Christy!!

We are so thankful to be part of a company that gives us the opportunity to work with such great fans like you! Our thoughts and prayers go out to you and your family during this Thanksgiving holiday.

Happy Thanksgiving to all from the team at Imaginisce!

How about a little gobble wobble turkey hobble to get this holiday started?

Some of us girls have been working on Thanksgiving Projects with the amazing Apple Cider collection and we have a bit of a challenge for you!

Remember this song from Sesame Street?


Well... we have been working with the Limited Edition Cricut Thanksgiving cartridge on a few of the projects, but one of the designers did not use it for her project.

Your mission, should you choose it, is to hop to each blog and look closely at what was created and try to decide which projects used this cartridge and which one did not (you can always Google the full image of the cartridge if you think you need some help).  Make sure you leave each of the designers a comment on their blogs.  Then, come back here and tell us who did NOT use the AWESOME Cricut Thanksgiving cartridge and you could be eligible to win your very own Provo Craft Gypsy.  Everyone needs one of these!

Listed below are the names of the design team members who participated in the hop.  Cannot wait to hear what you found out and who was not like the others.  Gobble, Gobble...


Happy Thanksgiving!

We are so excited to introduce you to Wanda Guess. I don't recall how we came to meet, but I'm thinking she won one of our giveaways and I happened upon her blog. Wow! She's an amazing card designer and I couldn't wait to ask her to design some cards to show all of you on our blog. Be sure to scroll through her amazing cards and find out how you can win today!


About Wanda: "I have been rubber stamping and paper crafting for 17 years and can't imagine a life without my creative outlet and all the wonderful people I've met through stamping. My first creative love is photography and I am never without my camera. I am married to a wonderful and supportive hubs who is my best friend. I am mom to Buddy, the wonder cat, who is always in my craft studio with me. I have a serious issue with paper hoarding, and I'm okay with it! I love to blog and share my passion for seeing the beauty in every day life."

The majority of these prize winners have been from posts starting back at the begging of this month. We are so busy working on new products we never found the time to round up the winners until now. Please read carefully to see if you were one of our lucky winners!!

ENCHANTED LAUNCH PARTY
We had so many winners from last week's launch party and finally figured out who those winners were...so here you go. Hope you're a winner (although everyone that reads our blog is a winner)!

Day 1 Layout Inspiration winner of an Enchanted Collection is: Victoria's Place

Day 2 Enchanted with Roly Rosies winner of an i-bond took, Enchanted Collection, Roly Rosies/pop-up Posies & Petal Roller Tool is: Jayne


Day 3 3D Project Tutorial by Adia winner of an Enchanted Collection is: Jessica


Day 4 Card Inspiration winner of a big box of PINK product is: Kim Thompson

Day 5 Melinda's Jewelry Holder Tutorial winner of an i-top tool, rings & snap daddies is: CraftyGirl (barb)

Day 6 Layout Inspiration winner of an i-rock tool is: Lesabe


OH MY CRAFTS TOOL POST
Thanks for playing along....Last week OMC posted on their blog that they wanted to know which tools were your favorite, so we of course asked our FB fans to help us out and let them know how much you loved Imaginisce tools. So here's the winner from that giveaway: AMANDA KNIGHT-BODINE


SCRAPBOOK & CARDS TODAY 
We were fortunate enough to have Kimber feature us on the Scrapbook & Cards Today blog a little over a week ago and they gave us the opportunity to giveaway a subscription to their BEAUTIFUL publication. The lucky winner is: isay
AUTUMN SPLENDOR CLASS KIT
Our very talented Cari Locken posted a great blog post about her beautiful class kit she created with the Apple Cider Collection. She offered to giveaway one of these kits and the lucky winner from her blog is: #63 Jennifer Reynard said...
Absolutely love the beautiful fall colours and enjoy the Indian Summers that we are sometimes blessed with. Love taking walks in the fall as the
air smells so wonderful.
NOVEMBER 13, 2010 11:50 AM

DINO-ROAR WALL DECOR
Winner of the Dino-Roar Wall Decor Blog Post: Staci from New Jersey
NORTHRIDGE PUBLISHING CreaTV Giveaway
This one was a big giveaway and included prizes for 3 lucky winners, but since I barely remember creating the post, I figured you all wouldn't remember what it was we were giving away. So here's the list of prizes and the lucky winners:

1. Watch (all or part) of the i-rock video & leave a comment for entry 1...you'll win an i-rock tool & some bling AND some of the Northridge publications! The winner is: EileenMV
   
2. Watch (all or part) of the i-top video & leave a comment for entry 2...you'll win an i-top tool & some of the new i-top innovations AND some of the Northridge publications.  The winner is: Cindy
   
   
3. Tell your friends to come check out this blog post....we'll pick a winner to get some great Northridge publications and paper products from Imaginisce!! The winner is: Jennifer Reynard

QUILTING WINNERS
Monday we offered up TWO giveaways on our blog past about the Quilt Market show Imaginisce attended. We'll be shipping out the i-bond tool to the winner of the first giveaway of "which tool are you the most excited about and why" was:  Anna Fearer

And the second question we asked about was do you do anything with sewing, fabric or quilting. The winner will receive an i-top tool and a ton of button daddies. Congrats goes out to: Mandi P


MY PINK STAMPER POST
We were excited to have Robyn create a fun video featuring again the fun Dino-roar collection. So the lucky winner of a Dino-roar product set is: DebC

We also picked a winner from our Facebook page as well. Congrats to: Michelle Ann Green

Whew! I think we posted ALL the winners we could find from November. If we haven't already gotten in touch with you (thank you people with emails on their profiles) then be sure to send us an email with your shipping information. Note the contest you won in your subject line too!

Now today I couldn't wait to share some beautiful layouts from our design team using the new Enchanted Collection. We still have more ideas coming in and we'll start posting them all in our online gallery soon.

Hello and happy Friday from Down Under! It's Melinda here and today I am going to share with you a fun and simple method of using a chipboard mini-album and turning it into a sweet gift that any young girl with lots of jewellery would love to own!

I have had a Kaisercraft Fairy Castle mini album in my stash for a few months now and as soon as I saw the Enchanted collection I knew they would compliment each other and be perfect for my daughters new Jewellery holder.

First step is to take a black permanent marker and cover the raw edges of the album. You could use any colour to suit your project, however I chose black as it gives a slight whimsical, almost cartoon like appearance to the project.
Cover both sides of the chipboard pieces in patterned paper of your choice and sand back any rough edges which not only gives you a neater finish but also creates a slight shabby look to the project. The new Imaginsice d-stress tool is perfect for getting into all the tight corners and areas that a sanding block simply won't get to, especially the castle windows, doors and scalloped edges.



I've also used the Imaginsice i-rock to add a few rows of hot rocks giving the castle that touch of sparkle that every girl loves!




Using a pencil mark out where you would like to have the holes for the earings and the hooks for hanging objects. Place your chipboard onto a raised surface so that you don't drill into your cutting mat and drill right through to the other side for the earing holes and drill half way for the hanging hooks, once you are finished you may need to lightly sand any rough edges before screwing in your hooks.

Add rings and ribbons to bind your pages together and then it is time to hand over your project and let that special someone hang her jewellery so that she never has to worry about missing pieces again! This is an ideal gift for a young girl who is just that little bit older and not really into the fairies and princesses but still likes all things pretty and has a growing jewellery collection that needs somewhere to live!
 So that's my fairy castle with a twist.

(Now from Lori...) Isn't Melinda wonderful...and what a fun idea. As you know here at Imaginisce we love jewelry too and recently released the new i-top rings and snap daddies. So we thought in honor of this awesome tutorial that we'd giveaway an i-top tool, the rings and snap daddies in medium and large to a lucky winner...that way you'll have some cute jewelry to hang on your castle!!

HOW TO WIN:
To be entered to win, post a link to this blog post on your Facebook Wall, Tweet about it or email it to a few friends. Also, for a second chance to win jump on over to Melinda's blog and let us know which idea/post you liked the most! If you have a chance, be sure to leave her some comment love on her blog too!

Come back tomorrow...only one more day of Enchanted and we start announcing the winners from this past week!

Sorry we're running a little late today, but we haven't forgotten about our blog followers!

We've had a ball showing off our wonderful designers this week and the new Enchanted Collection. We also have loved giving away samples of this new collection and more. And we're not stopping yet. Tomorrow we have the pleasure of having our Melinda Spinks give us a fun tutorial, so be sure to stop by and then the last day of our Enchanted Release Party will be this Saturday. So if you haven't won, or been inspired yet, then you still have time.

Today we want to inspire you with cards made from the Enchanted Collection.

by Amy Mitchell

by Amy Mitchell

by Amy Mitchell

Next we want to inspire you with some crafty 3D projects....

by Shemaine Smith

by Tammy Wark

by Penny Smith (check out the princess coming out the open castle door)

by Cindy Stevens

by Amy Mitchell by Robyn Schaub

by Shemain Smith

Today we'd like to celebrate ALL THINGS PINK...so you will win a box full of yummy Imaginisce PINK products. All you need to do is leave a comment on our Facebook wall about your favorite Enchanted project you've seen this week on our blog! We'll pick the winner off FACEBOOK for today!

Hi there Imaginisce fans ! I'm Aida Haron and would like to share with you a 3-D project I created which is perfect for Enchanted. It's really easy to get this right, and makes a pretty gift or for a wall in a girl's room.

Here's the finished project :


Are you ready ? Let's start !

1) @font-face { font-family: "Cambria"; }p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal { margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman"; }div.Section1 { page: Section1; }Papers used are are both sides of Enchanted Fairy Trails and If The Crown Fits.


@font-face { font-family: "Cambria"; }p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal { margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman"; }div.Section1 { page: Section1; 2) 22) Cut a petal shape using a thin chipboard as a template - the petal is 3inches tall and 2 inches at the widest


@font-face { font-family: "Cambria"; }p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal { margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman"; }div.Section1 { page: Section1; 3)3) Trace and cut 8 petals from each side of the pattern paper Fairy Trails.

4) @font-face { font-family: "Cambria"; }p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal { margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman"; }div.Section1 { page: Section1; }Ink the edges of each petal, crease the tips and curl it slightly.

5) @font-face { font-family: "Cambria"; }p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal { margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman"; }div.Section1 { page: Section1; }Cover a coaster or a die-cut 4.5 inch scallop circle with paper and ink the edges.


6) @font-face { font-family: "Cambria"; }p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal { margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman"; }div.Section1 { page: Section1; }Cover a 6X6 inches chipboard with paper as a base for the 3-D flower.

7) @font-face { font-family: "Cambria"; }p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal { margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman"; }div.Section1 { page: Section1; }Build the flower on the base in 2 layers.

8) @font-face { font-family: "Cambria"; }p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal { margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman"; }div.Section1 { page: Section1; }I stacked a couple of small carton pieces to raise the center.

9) @font-face { font-family: "Cambria"; }p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal { margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman"; }div.Section1 { page: Section1; }Top the center with the circular chipboard piece. I’ve added an additional backing with a plain green pattern paper to frame the flower better.


@font-face { font-family: "Cambria"; }p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal { margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman"; }div.Section1 { page: Section1; }To finish, add your favorite photo, embellish with a paper i-Top brad and enchanted ribbons. That’s all there is to this 3-D project ! This is really fun to make, it does not take a lot of time and makes a wonderful gift especially when presented in a shadow box.

We're giving away another Enchanted Collection today! Entering to win is easy, just hop on over to Aida's blog and scroll through her fun projects and come back here and leave her some love in a comment.

The new Enchanted Collection is so versitle and we noticed that the design team liked putting our new Roly Rosies, Pop-up Posies with this collection. So we thought we'd focus on those products today and offer up a prize package that included all the products shown here!!

Check out how perfectly the Pink Roly Rosies coordinate with Enchanted on these first two project by Amy Mitchell.

Frame with Roly Rosies, Enchanted & i-rock Bling!

by Akiko Kuroki

by Cari Locken

Close-up of Cari's layout....love the butterflies!

by Cindy Stevens

by Renata Moni Bidin

by Erin Bassett

by Heather Carpenter

by Renata Moni Bidin

by Sarah de Guzman

close-up of Pop-up Posies

by Shemaine Smith

I just have to point out really quick that Tomomi's cute girls are wearing headbands that she created with the the new i-top Innovations!

by Tomomi Hiramaru

These fun little Snag 'em Stamps are a great value at only $1.00 each. But I had to show off the cute dragon. We requested that a dragon be incorporated into this collection because we are all huge fans of the movie "How to Train Your Dragon."
Another new product that I LOVE about this collection are the new die cuts. These fun die cut embellishments are the perfect accent to just about any project. I'll show you some cute projects below so you can see them in use.

by Cari Locken

by Cari Locken

by Robyn Schaub

Hello All . . . this is design team member Tammy Wark here with you today to share some festive goodness.

I know most of you are not ready to hear this yet, but Christmas is just around the corner!  With that in mind I thought I would take a visit back to my Cottage Christmas Collection and make a fun altered gift to share with you all today.

Sometime ago I purchased these tall square tubes for altering and I have been waiting to use them, seeing as I love to make good neighbour gifts for friends in the area during the holidays I thought they would come in handy.  Here is what I came up with:

We are excited today to have the fun Dino-roar Collection featured in a video by Robyn of My Pink Stamper. If you've never been to Robyn's site before, she is a fun girl from Oklahoma that loves to scrapbook and loves to use her Cricut. Check it out!! In fact, scroll down to find out how you could win today!
A little bit about our Guest Designer: Robyn Cardon, founder of mypinkstamper.com , is a busy mother of 5 who loves to spend time in her Pink Loft crafting.  She started scrapbooking over 15 years ago when she returned home from her honeymoon and has not stopped since.  Robyn is known for her "you can do it, too, attitude" and likes to help others get involved in paper crafting.  She has been published online as well as in past editions of Stampin' Success and On Stage magazine.  Robyn also has her own product line out on the market which includes 4 scrapbooking and card making DVDs.


How to WIN today!! Take a moment to jump over to Robyn's blog post and check out her fun video. Come back and leave a comment and we'll enter you to win the fun Dino-Roar Collection. If you'd like to leave a comment about My Pink Stamper on our Facebook page instead of here, you can do that as well. THANKS!!

Imaginisce featured the popular i-rock tool collection.

And of course we showed all those great crafting and quilt retailers the i-top tool program and all the wonderful accessories now available.

In preparation of the Quilt Show we had our resident video gal Erin Bassett create us a fun video showing how easy it is to cover our i-top daddies with FABRIC.


International Quilt Market is now on Facebook and Twitter! Follow us for important show information, industry news and trends, and to connect with fellow Market exhibitors and attendees.


Now for the BIG NEWS...at the quilt show Imaginisce announced two new tools.


i-bond Cordless Glue Gun

The new i-bond is the perfect crafting tool for all sorts of projects. We especially like them with our new Roly Rosies and Pop-up Posies. 

- Cordless
- Uses 4 AA Batteries
- Lighted Nozzle for Easy Application
- Ergonomic Design
- Uses Standard Mini Glue Sticks
- Comes with 3 Glue Sticks

MSRP $15.99




DOUBLE CHANCE TO WIN:
1. Tell us which tool you're the most excited about and why or what you'd use these for. Answer this question and you could win one of the FIRST to receive one of these new tools (when they arrive)!! 


2. We're curious how many of you are quilters, sew, stitch or do anything that would require you to shop at a fabric store. Tell us what you love to do and what your favorite fabric related tool you use is (needles, cutting mat, sewing machine, etc).  The winner of this will receive an i-top tool and a tons of Button Daddies !! 

We first met Megan when she volunteered to help us at Summer CHA. Our class was rather large and the more i-top tool users we could add to help out the students the better. She has since won one of our month sketch challenges and caught our attention again. We asked her to tell us a little bit about herself and create a layout featuring Imaginisce products.
 Hi...I'm Megan Klauer from Aledo, IL. I'm married to Aaron, mommy to Coe {8}, Chase {6}, and Ella Mae {7months}. I spend my days as the secretary of our family business & doing on-location photography on the weekends. I have a crazy addiction to letter stickers and patterned paper. I am the most creative late in the evening after the kiddos are all asleep and usually have to make myself go to bed once the creative bug hits. I love to record the everyday moments and am striving to focus more on my journaling.

I currently design for Xyron, GCD Studios, Shabby Chic Crafts, The Story Matters kit club, and my LSS Scrapaganza.

Do you recognize the To Love & Cherish & Bday Bash on her layout?

 Check out Megan's Crafty Blog or Megan's Photography Blog today!

Have you been thinking about ways to decorate your child's room without breaking the bank? Is it sometimes tough to find just the right accents, in just the right size, at just the right price???  Well...there may be a solution!
As you can see, my son is obsessed with Dinosaurs at the moment and when I saw the Imaginisce Dino-Roar collection, I knew exactly what I was going to do with it to add some decor to his room. 
I was also lucky enough to come across the amazing Cricut Dinosuar Tracks cartridge.  Together, these crafting materials are an unstoppable locomotion of creativity.  I had a blast making these two pieces of art for my son's bedroom.

You can use the layer and shadow features on your Cricut to bring a "flat" image to life.  I love the contrasting colors of the brown cardstock with the Imaginisce Primordial Ooze paper.  And, the Petrified Wood paper is the perfect compliment to these Prehistoric Pals.
Doesn't this T-Rex look fierce?  My son goes crazy for this one and thinks it is the coolest dinosaur.  He even sleeps with his little T-Rex toy at night.  Guess he must get a lot of comfort knowing he sleeps under the watch of this fierce creature.
I added a few gems with my i-rock to decorate these little guys and then I used an old font folder of rub-ons to add the name of each of the dinosaurs.  Attractive and educational... doesn't get much better than that!





Voila - you have created a very personalized room theme for your special little one and you didn't even break the bank.  How's that for a good thing???

And...to make it even more of a good thing, just leave a comment about a home decor idea you have been cooking up and you might be the lucky winner of your very own collection of Dino-Roar!  We'll announce a winner early next week...

Thank you so much for stopping by - Liz

ADDED BONUS PROJECT (from Lori): 
The awesome Brett Lund recently did a local television segment using the new Dino-Roar Collection and created a darling collage frame with it. We wanted to share the video and link you back the step-by-step instructions on the GTU website.

Yesterday we had a different sort of giveaway with the help of our friends from Scarlet Lime Bead Art. The lucky winner of that giveaway was: Jordanbev5

Then earlier in the week we partnered with our good friends at Echo Park and offered a combined giveaway from both companies. The lucky winners will receive an i-rock and i-top tool from Imaginisce and a couple great paper collections from Echo Park!! So we picked a few winners for this awesome giveaway...two from our blog and one from our Facebook pages. Here's the list of winners: Jeanne, Christy Harris and Jennifer Holdaway Hansen (from Facebook)!!


Please email us your shipping information as soon as you can. You'll receive two different shipments, one from Imaginisce and a separate one from Echo Park. Please indicate in the subject line of your email that you were an Echo Park winner. Thanks everyone for participating!!

We posted other winners on Monday too...so if you missed those, check them out!

Hi everyone! It's me, Robyn, here with a fun and easy project idea. If you've been to my blog, you know that I'm a big -- okay, HUGE -- fan of the Apple Cider collection! So I was really excited to see products from this awesome collection featured in the Festive Feast kit at Coordinates Collections this month. Check it out!


If you're not familiar with Coordinates Collections, it's a monthly kit club that offers members a choice of two kits each month (but I seem to always end up ordering both...oops!) There's also a message board that's pretty fun to chat on and a gallery that's full of inspiring ideas.

And speaking of ideas...let's get to the project!

With Thanksgiving coming up here in the U.S., my mind is on food -- specifically, what am I going to cook for the holidays?! There will certainly be recipes involved, and the Apple Cider collection is perfect for the kitchen. So I created this magnetic recipe holder to stand on the counter and hold my recipes in style!


I used Mod Podge to adhere the papers to the backboard that I painted around the edges with acrylic paint. Then I adhered the sheet of metal to the top and embellished the square magnet with letter stickers and the denim pumpkin sticker. Finally, I created some i-top magnets with the Medium Magnet Daddies for a finishing touch.


Wouldn't you love to win a Festive Feast kit of your own??? Well, you can!! Simply post to today's entry on the Coordinates Collection blog by Wed, Nov. 10th saying why you would like to win the Festive Feast kit . You can receive a second entry into the random drawing if you are currently a Fan or become a CC Fan on Facebook! Simply indicate in the post that you are a CC FB Fan. The lucky winner will be announced on Fri, Nov. 12th on the Coordinates Collections blog.

Happy Fall, y'all!

What I love about Scarlet Lime watch bands is they are super easy to put together (aside from being very cost friendly). You simply visit their download page and print off the watch band you have purchased. Here’s some tips that I’ve learned from the many bands I’ve put together.

One of my favorite watch bands! 1. Spread your pieces out on a piece of felt. This will help keep them from rolling off your table, but if you’re in a bind I have found a hotel bed works just a good.  2. It is really easy to build the watch from one “end” up, building both sides of the band.  3. When you’re ready to finish off your band, don’t tie it off at the very top near the clasp. String it around about a ½” and end it on the side. Trust me on this one…other side the end piece will drive you crazy.  4. After you tie off the end with about three knots, simply drop a small dot of super glue on the stretching string…this will keep the string from accidentally coming undone.

WATCH BAND GIVEAWAY!! 
So after my last scrapbooking event I contact my cute friend Christy of Scarlet Lime telling her many of our Imaginisce fans really love the watchbands she offers whenever I wear them. She was flattered and offered to send me some of her newer and more popular bands to giveaway. Sorry I didn’t give this away before Halloween since that band is here too, but hey, I hear black and orange looks good other times of the year too.

Here’s what you need to do to win (you’ll be entered to win for each thing you complete):

Visit the Scarlet Lime website and tell us what product you love the most, come back and tell us by leaving a comment.

We’ll announce the winner on Thursday Morning, Nov. 4th.

It's hard to let our go of our 2010 team, but it's time to move forward to 2011. So if you LOVE Imaginisce products, then you might want to try-out for our 2011 team. How would you like to receive all the latest and greatest products from Imaginisce? Would you like to be featured on our blog and website? Do you love to scrapbook and create and can meet a monthly assignment, then have you considered applying for the Imaginisce Design Team.

HOW TO APPLY
First start out by introducing yourself (send us a picture and bio). Then continue on by copy & pasting the following to an email: 

1. Submit images from a total of 3 projects:
- 1 newly create layout that best showcases your scrapping style
- 1 card
- 1 item of your choice (all using 75% Imaginisce products).

The item of your choice can be an altered item, mini book, home decor or if your a layout scrapper...one more of those.

2. Please include a link to your blog. If you do not have a blog, would you consider starting one?

3. What other type of crafts do you enjoy doing in addition to scrapbooking?

4. Please tell us of any scrapbook design teams you are part of for 2011. 

5. What teams have you served on in the past?

6. Do you post your layouts to any online galleries? If so...please share those link(s).

7. Not required, but we’re curious if you are active on any message boards? If so...which ones?

8. Have you been published? Are you open to submitting your work? (Don't worry, you do not need to be published, we're just curious.)

9. Do you stamp? Layouts? Cards? All? Level of comfort? (We'd love to see your best stamping work if you have something to show off.)

10. Why do you want to be part of the Imaginisce team?

11. Share any other information you feel is important for us to know about you.







12. Do you Twitter? 

13. If selected are you willing to blog at least once a week on your own blog about Imaginisce products? And on occasion, will you blog on the Imaginisce blog?  


14. What creative ideas do you have for contests, blog hops, blog posts and more? 


15. Do you typically teach at local stores or consumer events? If so, tell us about it. 


16. Do you plan to attend any major trade or consumers shows this year? If so, which ones?

*Design Team Try-Outs are open to everyone...not just US applicants!


DEADLINE
Please photograph/scan your projects and attach to email. Then copy and paste the questionnaire into an email and send these items on to our BLOG EMAIL ADDRESS (click here). Please keep the image sizes under 500 pixels each. All samples and applications must arrive by end of business on Tuesday, November 30th. The Design Team members selected will be notified before the end of the year (we'll try to hurry). 

ABOUT OUR DESIGN TEAM
Aside from receiving all the wonderful products from Imaginisce, our designers will serve a minimum period of one year on the team, but you may be asked to say on longer. We do compensate generously with our products (just ask last year's girls). Also, we do compensate for published work, catalog work and any other special projects we might request.

MONTHLY ASSIGNMENTS
1. You will be required to create 4-6 projects using a minimum of 75% Imaginisce current products each month.

2. Promote the Imaginisce site/blog on your blog by posting any Imaginisce contests, news, announcements, new collection sneak peeks, etc.

3. Post your projects to your blog and at least 1-2 additional online galleries (ie. twopeasinabucket.com, scrapbook.com, scrapjazz.com, etc.)

4. You may be asked to submit assignments for specific types of projects using specific collections.

5. On occasion we may select a project to be made in to class instructions and request from you step-by-step instructions, which you will receive compensation. Also, there are times that we may request specific product samples for events, trade shows or sale calls--this is completely voluntary and you will be compensated.

Questions: Please contact us via email.

Our friends at Echo Park Paper challenged our Design Team to see what they could create with the Echo Park papers, combined with our popular i-top tool and i-rock tool. And our team happily accepted the challenge and you will be amazed at what they created for you and the Echo Park fans to check out. Scroll down and see how you can win a combined prize package from both Imaginisce & Echo Park.

Winner #1: Spooky Card Challenge
We had quite a few GREAT submissions for our Spooky Card Challenge post last week! It's was a little EERIE to try and pick just one, but our winner is: ASHLEY of Scrappin' Pink Pigley blog. She created this darling haunted house using some great Imaginisce products. How creative!!

Oops forgot we said we'd pick TWO winners for this challenge, so the second winner that was selected was Pam Bray...congrats! She created this cute Witch card!

Winner #2: Storage Ideas & Pink Package Giveaway
Once again our fans did NOT disappoint. We asked for some great Storage Ideas from all of you and 177 comments later and a lot of reading I could NOT pick a winner...too many GREAT ideas, so I chickened out and went with random.org. The lucky winner is: Terriavidreader from Indiana.

 Winner #3: Creepy Crawly Blog Hop
We hosted a Creepy Crawly Blog hop last Thursday and you had the chance to hop over to a few of our very talented Design Team member blogs, Aphra's, Liz's and Melinda's blogs. After leaving a comment on all three qualified you as a winner and the winner is:

XXOO AMY, DC area

NOW all of our winners need to email us your shipping information and be sure to put "which" blog post you WON in the subject line!!

We are very excited to feature our November Sketch created by Melinda Spinks. Our design team created some amazing layouts for today's BLOG HOP! So hop on over to each of the team members listed below and leave a comment at each stop. You'll be entered to win a great prize package.

Would you like to win now? Just HOP ON OVER to the following Design Team blogs to see what they did with the sketch. Remember, leave one comment on as many of the blogs (and ours) as you like and you'll have multiple chances to win a prize package of Imaginisce goodies. We'll announce the winner on October 11th. Enjoy!

Last week we were fortunate enough to feature Silhouette on our blog and they offered our fans a great giveaway. Once again, random.org was my helper in picking the winner and a big CONGRATS goes out to IrisGoddess from Mooresville, North Carolina.

We just need you to send us your shipping address to our blog email!!

Be sure to check back...we'll have MORE WINNERS from our blog posts last week!