Ever hear the phrase, "Out with the Old, in with the New"?? Well, that's what we're doing here at
Cookin' up Creations! With the new year, comes a new Design Team....and it's that time again, time to bring in a new Design Team.
We are looking for very enthusiastic, chatty, and committed scrappers. We are looking for design team members who will fit into our new community and are interested in helping us GROW! Participation on the message board and in the gallery is highly encouraged along with your submission. We would definitely love every opportunity to get to know each person that applies on a more personal level.
Submissions will be taken from: December 10, 2009 - thru January 10, 2010.
Design Team members will be notified no later than January 12th, 2010 via email. Your position will begin immidiately after your acceptance.
You will be required to upload layouts/cards/projects with items provided to you on a rotation schedule. The Design Team will work on a weekly schedule, with each member taking a week throughout the month.
This will be a 6 month term beginning February 1, 2010 and ending July 31, 2010.
Please include in your email the following:
Name
Address
Phone #
Link to your Blog (if you have one)
and a short paragraph or two on why you are interested in joining our team.
Please submit Three (3) layouts, any size and One (1) altered project to tammy072469 @ yahoo .com. Please put "Design Team Entry" in the subject line. We politely request that you refrain from publishing your entires elsewhere until you hear back from us whether or not you are invited to join our team.
Design Team Requirements:
The Design Team will be required to complete at least Four (4) layouts and either One (1) altered item or Two (2) cards each month. All layouts, cards and projects must include a materials list of items provided by our sponsors.
Participation on our Message Board and in our Gallery is required. This includes daily posting on the boards, leaving comments in the gallery, posting challenges/questions, participating in the challenges, and most importantly, inspiring others as well as encouraging them.
Design Team members will also be asked to help with the
Cookin' up Creations Blog DT members are required to proudly promote
Cookin' up Creations and show their DT Blinkie in their signature wherever and whenever allowed without breaking rules on other sites. DT members will also update and showcase their items on their blog, if they have one. It's a wonderful way to not only promote Cookin' up Creations but you as a designer. If you are not yet a blogger, there is lots of help available!
Benefits:
You will have immediate access to the DT forum so that you can get to know the other members and learn all about your responsibilities and plans for upcoming events.
Kits and/or products will be mailed to you upon availibilty for you to work with.
Please note that due to the high shipping costs this is only open to US residents.
If you are a new scrapper or you've never been on a Design Team before, don't let that stop you from applying. We want to see everyone's work! Show us what you're made of. We would love to have you apply and look forward to hearing from you! And all current DT members are encouraged to reapply as well!
You'll find step-by-step directions HERE
Here is the layout I made featuring our Godson. I took the top picture on Thanksgiving and wasn't sure what I was going to do with it. About the same time I stumbled onto the smaller one taken when he was in elementary school. When I saw the ad, I knew what I wanted to do.
kept this page simple. The Camping Adventures Still Blue Splatters and Light Sage Green went to perfectly with these pool pictures that I just couldn't resist using them. I just added a little ink and some stickles and got a wet and wonderful page.
I liked the western themed paper , Outback Country, and I knew exactly the pictures to use. My daughter had a western theme night and these papers were perfect. I did distress the edges of the papaers and ink them giving it a more weathered look
I just loved the 2 Charms flip book! I had pictures of my daughters birthday party that were not of the best quality, but I did want to include them. This was the perfect answer! Whever came up with this idea should get the Nobel prize for scrapbooking
Then all you do is take the actual calendar out of the plastic covering....use that as a guide in cutting your patterned paper....adhere it to the outside cover & then decorate as you wish. These are just a couple that I've done so far for my mom & sis. I'd love to see what you guys come up with! Enjoy!!
And it came about while they were there, the days were complete for her to give birth. And she gave birth to her first-born son; and laid Him in a manger, because there was no room in the inn. Luke 2:6
to this.......
in no time flat for a wonderfully cute & inexpensive gift idea? Then come check it out HERE
I loved the angle of her photos, the striped piece of paper & the little grouping of embellishments & also that cute little journaling block.
Here's my spin-off of Patti's LO.......would love to see what the rest of you might come up with!!
These two layouts used the Adornit - Nancy Jane collection. The black made for a nice dramatic background with little pops of color here & there. Fun! fun!
The Adornit- Gone Fishing Collection was just perfect for these pics of my little man on his 4th birthday when he got a new fishing rod, tackle box, goggles & flippers. And I loved using the little 2 Charm flip book (on the bottom LO).....attached with two brads it was the perfect way to include ALL the party pics on one page.
And last but not least, this card was super simple with a leftover piece of paper used for my layouts.....all I did was fold it & add a few of the complimentary stickers for a wonderfully masculine card......which, BTW, will be heading off to my father-in-law here in just a few days to wish him a Happy Birthday.
We made these adorable woven heart ornaments on a site I belonged to a couple of years ago. The woven hearts create a little basket of sorts, perfect for hanging on the Christmas tree and filling with candy or toys. I can also see them as cute gift tags, something the recipient could later hang on their own tree! Come check out our Countdown to Christmas challenges for complete instructions.
This LO is done using ADORNit Nancy Jane paper and 2 CHARM flipbooks. The flipbook allows me to put 8 4 x 6 pictures on the LO with the ease of a hole punch and ribbon. These little books are so much fun to use. Be sure to check out their website and order some to use on your LOs! The ADORNit papers are such fun and quick papers to create with. The heart and large flowers with flourish were cut from another sheet to add the finishing touches to the journaling block but all the other words and flowers are part of the pp.
This little bird was cut out of the same pp that the heart and flower in the first LO were cut from. I added a photo turn to him for a wing and heat embossed using UTEE. Be watching for him to reappear later this month on another fun project 
Today's challenge--JOURNALING. As the New Year and the BOM challenge start it is a good time to focus on journaling. A picture tells a great story but is it the true one? As the years go by will you remember how you were feeling at that moment or the special things you wanted to say to your loved ones or the funny story.....Your words are as important as the pics and far more important than all the embellishments. So my challenge is this, create a page of journaling--pics included--and get ready to join us as Amy leads us through some wonderful challenges over the next months doing a Book of Me. Happy journaling!
