Design Team Call for 2010 & National Scrapbook Day...

Hi all its Nikki! I'm blogging from the very Sunny State of Florida!! Dan and I are finally on a REAL vacation, not work then 1 day to play, NO this is real vacation.... like several day in a row!! I know you are thinking "if you're on vacation why on earth are you blogging?" that's a great question. Well besides the fact its May Day and National Scrapbook Day its also the first day of our awesome Design Team call for "Willie-Bee's Doghouse Diva's"!! I can't believe its been a year all ready! I've had the best year with my DT girls... they all rocked! I'm having trouble letting them go b/c they all will always be my "first" group of DT girls... and hopefully some of them will reapply and we'll have some old & new faces designing with "Nikki Sivils" papers and embellishments! Thank to all the girls that started with me, supported me, and had faith in my products, its b/c of you ALL that we've had such a FANTASTIC first year!! Thank you from the bottom of my heart!

Well without further a do here we go again... (don't forget to check the bottom of this post for my National Scrapbook giveaway)

NIKKI SIVILS SCRAPBOOKER 2010 DESIGN TEAM CALL

I’m looking for at least 20 talented lovely ladies or gentlemen. I will be looking to fill 8 Domestic (US) positions and 8 International positions. (Every 4 months the design team will be reevaluated) Previous publication and design team experience is not required; we’ll be looking at your style and compatibility with our products.

*Submissions will start now May 1^st through May 31^st. There are no restrictions regarding you serving other design teams, publications, kit clubs etc. The announcement will be made Monday June 7^th.

REQUIREMENTS FOR JOINING WILLIE-B’S DESIGN TEAM: YOU WILL BE SENT A PACKAGE OF OUR LATEST PAPERS AND PRODUCTS EVERY 3 MONTHS TO DESIGN LAYOUTS, CARDS AND PAPER PROJECTS AND SUBMIT GOOD QUALITY DIGITAL IMAGES OF THE FOLLOWING MONTHLY:

1. Any size, one or two page layouts;

2. A card; and/or

3. A paper project.

Each month you will be asked to submit:

1. To submit a blog entry at the Nikki Sivils Scrapbooker website. There will be a schedule set up for the design team;

2. Leave comments and have active community participation on Nikki Sivils Scrapbooker gallery and blog;

3. Each design team member will be asked to post at least one full post a month on their own blog and have a link from their blog to nikkisivils.com;

4. Design team member will also need to be active on the gallery at nikkisivils.com, by uploading new layouts, cards, or projects monthly; and

5. You must agree that some of your Layouts, cards, projects etc will be sent to Nikki Sivils Scrapbooker for display at CHA and or photography. (It may take up to 6 months for them to be returned to you.)

Your designs are your property and you will receive credit for them; we retain all rights to use your design as well as your picture in any name we choose, and any submitted writings in any name we choose.

Willie-Bee’s designers will be compensated with a complete bio and picture on Nikki Sivils Scrapbooker website and blog; you will receive paper and products we will want you to use for samples on our website, blog and other social media’s with full credit to you.

To submit, email the following information to nikkisivilsdtcall@yahoo.com. Please write your name and “Willie-Bee’s DT Call” in the subject line.

**Please note that at this time I request that ONLY Nikki Sivils Scrapbooker paper be used – you may use 20% other manufacturers product for alphabets, embellishments etc…

1. In a single paragraph tell us about yourself- send a recent photo of yourself and a link to your blog and any online galleries in which you participate (include your user name or screen name).

2. Please only send 3 attachments in total, of the following:

*A single or double page layout about yourself;

*A card or paper project;

*Along with any layout that shows your true style that you love and want us to see.

3. Include your name and contact information, including phone number.

We can’t wait to see your submissions!! -Nikki, Susan & Hilde

Now for the really fun stuff...  ****EDIT***** drawing our winner now! :):):):):):):):):):):)

I've decided that for this fun "National Scrapbook Day" that I'd offer each of my Design Team girls to host a giveaway if they wanted to... of which most of them are participating in! So go check out their blogs, leave a comment and one lucky lady from each DT girls blog (that are participating) will get a complete line of "Nikki Sivils, Scrapbooker" paper collection of your choice! I'll be doing the same thing here on my blog too... except I'm going to giveaway 2 complete collections (including stamps and embellishments) to one lucky winner!! Leave me a comment along with 2 of your favorite "Nikki Sivils" collections and I'll randomly draw a name Sunday morning. Don't forget to visit each DT Diva's blog for more chances to win!!

Have a wonderful day! Good luck to all of you and I'm off to the beach!! -Nikki