Guest Design Team Call!

So Flamingo Scraps has decided it's time to grow its flock again...  If you love to scrap and paper craft, and enjoy inspiring others, then we are looking for you!!

We are looking for eight people to be our next Guest Design Team members.  For a term of four months, we will feature two different artists each month -- one on Tuesdays, the other on Thursdays -- and here are all the details!!

The Requirements:

1. Answer a short Q&A biography we will send an outline and questions to our Guest Design Team members, so we can feature you on the blog for your first post. We will also include a picture of you, links to your blog, gallery, facebook and/or twitter, as well as 3-5 of your favorite projects to date that best showcase your style and use products from manufacturers we currently carry in the store (i.e. Prima, Pink Paislee, Websters, Tattered Angels, Fancy Pants, etcetera) in your introductory post.*
2. Provide two blog posts relevant to our readers. Required to use products from manufacturers we currently carry in the store (i.e. Prima, Pink Paislee, Maya Road, Websters, Tattered Angels, Fancy Pants, etcetera)*... but other than that, the door is wide open! Share your fabulous layout or your favorite mini album... your altered art... the sky is the limit. We look forward to working with you to develop your creative ideas for our readers!
3. Participate in our exciting new feature... Flamingo Four. Flamingo Four is a  feature on our blog that has been really popular. We will mail our guest design team members for the month a kit with four fabulous products from the store... you will create something with your kit using all four products for us to share on the blog!! Once posted on our blog, you can share it anywhere you want!! 
4. Promote Flamingo Scraps on message boards you frequent and your personal blog (if you have one) – we will give you a special blinkie to add to your blog and/or message board signature!!
5. Commit for a one month term.  Each guest design team member will be assigned a month between April and July, where they will be featured and participate in the Flamingo Four mentioned above.
6. Open to residents of the USA and Canada only.  At this time, due to shipping costs and time deadlines, we will only be able to accomodate residents of the US and Canada.  We apologize to our friends, customers and followers who live outside of that area.  We hope you understand and will reconsider in future calls.

*Please note that we are requiring use of products by manufacturers we carry in the store, not necessarily items we are currently selling in the store. This means you can use Primas from your stash that we no longer have in stock or older lines from Pink Paislee such as Hocus Pocus.*

So what will you get in return?

• A fabulous kit of four products from the store to participate in Flamingo Four for the month you are a featured Guest Design Team member.
• A one-time 20% discount at Flamingo Scraps on your next purchase made between the time you provide your blog posts and August 31, 2011.  Please note this discount cannot be combined with any other offers such as free shipping, but we welcome you to shop during sales!!!
• Exposure here on our blog, and by extension our Facebook Page, including special recognition on a separate page on our blog!

So if you are interested... Please send us an application!

To apply, please send an e-mail flamingoscraps@gmail.com, subject line "Guest DT Call", with the answers to the following questions and attach 3-5 photos of your favorite altered art, mini albums, cards or layouts that best showcase your current style (these will be used in your introduction post, so please make sure they meet the requirements for posts on our blog above!).

1. Tell us about yourself. Are you a kid at heart? Known for your witty jokes or amazing chocolate chip cookies? Please let us know a few of the basics and let us know why you would like to join our Guest Design Team. 
2. Are you (or have you been) on any other design teams? Please note that no previous design team experience is necessary!
3. If picked, what do you think you would like to share with our readers? Examples would be tutorials, layouts, altered art, cards, sketches... tell us what you got!
4. What message boards do you frequent, if any?
5. Link your blog (if you have one)?
6. Link to an online gallery? Please tell us where we can see more of your fabulous work!

***APPLICATIONS are due Sunday, February 20th, 2011 at 11:59pm EST ***

Acceptance e-mails will be sent before the announcement of the new Guest Design Team members. 
Our Guest Design Team for April - July 2011 will be announced Monday, February 28th.

Questions about the Guest Design Team?  Please send them to flamingoscraps@gmail.com and we will do our best to answer them as soon as we can.  General questions about the store and questions about store discounts, etc. should be directed to flamingoscraps@yahoo.com.

Now with all that said, we are SO excited and cannot wait to add some amazing designers to our Guest Design Team.... so please send us those applications!!!  We can hardly wait to see what ya got!!