breaking news- SSS DT contest

I just found out that Angela from RubberStampMadness will be a guest judge along with myself and the rest of the SunSpirit Studio team! Good luck to everyone! We're looking forward to seeing your designs.

SunSpirit Studio Design Team Call Join the SunSpirit Studio Design Team! SunSpirit Studio (www.sunspiritstudio.com) is looking for a design team member and guest designers from the United States. We love to see what you do with SSS products. However, no purchase is necessary to submit. Submit 3 projects (cards, scrapbook layouts, paper crafts, altered projects). Your use of embellishments and rubber stamping will be judged as well as overall composition, design and use of color. Please, traditional paper crafts only. No digital compositions. Entries are now being accepted until midnight (PST), March 30, 2006 via email. Please email your submissions to drawings@sunspiritstudio.com. Please limit your file size to 2MB. Please include with your submission this short questionnaire. * Name * Address * Phone * Email address * Online gallery and/or website * Current/ prior design teams, if any * Your favorite online posting communities * Favorite materials to work with * Brief description of yourself * Please also tell us why you’re interested in SunSpirit Studio If you prefer to mail your entry, you may do so to: SunSpirit Studio 7289 N Wilderness Trail Douglas, AZ 85607 No projects will be returned. By sending SSS your projects, you grant permission the projects may be displayed at craft and trade conventions, store locations or use in SSS advertising. When mailing, please write your name, address, telephone number and email address on each project. Digital pictures will be taken of the projects and uploaded to the SSS gallery at the end of the contest. By sending SSS your projects via a digital medium, it is understood SSS may use the pictures in future online advertising (if the projects uses SSS products). Digital pictures of the projects will be uploaded to the SSS gallery at the end of the contest. Winners will be announced on or after April 15th. SunSpirit Studio provides: * Materials for projects (within reason) approximately 3 weeks before projects are due * Appropriate compensation per project * Project space in the SSS gallery (instructions will be provided) * Design Team Queen (coordinator) to help with questions and lead the team * Publication compensation or product for your project (with SSS original handmade embellishments or rubber stamps) when published in a national print magazine. Tear sheets must be submitted for compensation. * DT page on SSS when available (picture and bio to be provided by designer) * Discount on SSS products. Designers must complete the first project to receive the information for discounts. Designer provides: * Original projects as needed to be uploaded to the SSS gallery. * Projects must contain at least one, but preferably more, SSS products as provided in the design package. Other materials may be used at the designer’s discretion * Designer must be able to scan or take a digital picture of projects * Projects must be completed within three weeks after receiving SSS materials * Designers are given free reign over their projects but SSS may request projects based on themes * Designers must write short tutorials for uploaded projects * Designers retain artistic copyright to their projects and may feel free to post them on other sites or for publication (SSS retain the copyright for original embellishments and rubber stamp designs) * Posting in online galleries is encouraged by SSS when allowed (please check the website’s TOS or TOU) * Posting in online message boards is encouraged by SSS when allowed (please check the website’s TOS or TOU) * Promotion of SSS in signature lines, online communities, websites, blogs, etc when allowed * Designers may be asked to write short tutorials for online communities, SSS’s newsletter and website * Designers may be asked to contribute towards marketing efforts; i.e. making samples for craft/trade conventions (appropriate compensation to be determined) Team details: * 3-month trial basis—SSS reserves the right to dissolve the contract at the end of the trial * The contract will be reviewed after expiration for renewal. The contract may be dissolved on one-month notice * Guest designers are contracted on a month-to-month basis * SunSpirit Studio agrees design team members may work on other design teams * Projects are to be used by SunSpirit Studio to promote business. SunSpirit Studio may request the physical project after the electronic upload. * Projects will remain in the SSS gallery unless requested by the designer because of publication conflicts Judging: The SSS team will conduct judging from April 1 until April 14. Winners will be announced on or after April 15, 2006. One winner will be announced. In the event the winner decides they cannot join the SSS design team, a runner-up will be chosen. Guest designers will be also selected from the finalists (up to 5 finalists). All contest entries will be placed in the SSS gallery for an indefinite amount of time. Questions? Please email: shauna@sunspiritstudio.com