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Did you create an original project that you just can’t wait to share? Paper Crafts magazine is always on the lookout for innovative ideas and fresh new talent. Upload your ”Send Us Your Best Work” submissions here and you, too could be a published designer! DEADLINE: Ongoing

Call for Submissions: March/April 2011 Issue

Baby Projects in Non-Traditional Palettes

Forget pink and blue. Nix navy and fuchsia. We’re looking for baby projects of all types and varieties (cards, nursery décor, gift bags and tags, gift card holders, paper crafted gifts, creative gift wrap, mini-album covers, etc.) that use color combinations beyond the expected gender-specific colors. Whether classy and elegant, fun and cute, clean and graphic, shabby chic or vintage, we can’t wait to see your out-of-the-cradle approaches to color combinations that exclude all shades of pink and blue.

Wedding

That’s just it. Wedding. We’re looking for cards, gift card holders, gift bags and tags, gift boxes, frames, mini-album covers, shower ensembles, etc. for the happy couple. The sky is the limit, so dig in and rock your style!

Hot Air Balloons

One of the “hot”-test trends around, hot air balloons are taking flight! Please submit your paper crafted projects for Easter, wedding, baby, and other occasions such as birthday, thank you, hello, friendship, sympathy, get well, encouragement, congratulations, etc. in which hot air balloons are a key part of the design. Projects can include but are not limited to cards, gift bags, home décor, mini-album covers, tags, and gift card holders.

March/April Color Play

Create cards, gift bags, tags, mini-album covers, treat containers, etc. that utilize just these 4 colors. We’re looking for Easter projects as well as projects for other occasions such as birthday, thank you, hello, friendship, sympathy, get well soon, encouragement, baby, wedding, congratulations, etc.

Stick as closely as possible to these Bazzill equivalents: Chocolate Cream, French Vanilla, Hazard, and Granny Smith.

March/April Go-to Sketches

Create cards, gift bags, tags, mini-album covers, treat containers, etc. that utilize these fun sketches. We’re looking for Easter projects as well as projects for other occasions such as birthday, thank you, hello, friendship, sympathy, get well soon, encouragement, congratulations, etc. Remember, flowers represent any kind of embellishment.

Sketch #1

Sketch #2

We will not intentionally publish any projects that have appeared anywhere online (which includes but is not limited to blogs of any kind, galleries, or contest/challenge entry or winner). Submissions must not contain a watermark and should be photographed straight-on against a neutral background.

MARCH/APRIL 2011 ISSUE DEADLINES 

Idea/digital picture deadline: Monday, September 13, 2010

Project acceptance from Paper Crafts editor: No later than Friday, September 17, 2010 (Please do not submit your project(s) to any other publications until after this date.)

Completed project deadline: Friday, October 8, 2010

Upload your submissions using our submissions tool by clicking the “Submit” tab on our web site at www.papercraftsmag.com or click here for a direct link. If you have any problems with the submission section of our web site, email Susan Opel at sopel@PaperCraftsMag.com for troubleshooting. 

Call for Submissions: Stamp It! Techniques

We are over-the-moon excited to announce our next special issue, Stamp It! Techniques. Much like our Stamp It! Cards issues, this one will feature stamping—but with a focus on six hot techniques that are rocking the stamping world today.

How do you join in on the fun? Create paper crafted projects (cards, gift bags, tags, home décor, mini-album covers, treat containers, layouts, gifts, card sets, gift card holders, etc.) that feature creative approaches to the following techniques:

1. Paper piecing with stamped images
2. Using spray-ink mists on stamped projects
3. Masking
4. Using markers in stamped projects
5. Gradient/spectrum stamping
6. Heat embossing

When creating your submissions, please consider the following:

• Please be sure that the technique is either the focal point or that it is featured prominently in your submissions. While you will certainly include some stamped sentiments, it will not be enough if that is all that is stamped on your projects.
• We are looking for a variety of skill levels—beginning, intermediate, and advanced.
•  Please vary the products that you use so we have a wide representation of manufacturers.
• Please use product that is as current as possible and will still be available to our readers through 2011.
• Please stamp on a variety of surfaces: cardstock, patterned paper, fabric, metal, glass, transparencies, acetate, felt, ribbon, chipboard, canvas, burlap, etc.
• Create a variety of types of projects as mentioned above. This is not a “cards” edition. We would like to show a variety of project types to show the versatility and dimension that stamped projects can encompass.
• You may be asked to create step-outs for your project(s) after they have been accepted. It is therefore advantageous that you save the products that you use for future reference. We will also ask you to send in the stamps/inks that you use, so please be sure that you use products with which you are willing to part while we prepare for photography. Your supplies will be returned to you once we are finished, but it may take a few months.

Submit projects for the following occasions: 

All Occasion—hello, thinking of you, etc.

Anniversary

Baby

Birthday—kids, adults, milestone ages, and teens

Congratulations—generic or for specific occasions such as a promotion, new home, etc.

Easter

Encouragement—good luck, I believe in you, good for you, you can do it, etc. 

Father’s Day—like a dad to me, new dads, military dads, grandfathers, etc.

Friendship

Get Well

Graduation

Halloween

Love

Miss You

Mother’s Day—expectant moms, moms in the military, moms with kids in the military, working moms, stay-at-home moms, new moms, like a mom to me, grandmothers, etc.

Season’s Greetings—Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, New Year’s

Sympathy

Thank You

Thanksgiving

Valentine’s Day

Wedding

We will not intentionally publish any projects that have appeared anywhere online (which includes but is not limited to blogs of any kind, galleries, or contest/challenge entry or winner). Submissions must not contain a watermark and should be photographed straight-on against a neutral background.

DEADLINES 

Idea/digital picture deadline: Monday, August 30, 2010

Project acceptance from Paper Crafts editor: No later than Friday, September 3, 2010 (Please do not submit your project(s) to any other publications until after this date.)

Completed project deadline: Friday, September 10, 2010

Upload your submissions using our submissions tool by clicking the “Submit” tab on our web site at www.papercraftsmag.com or click here for a direct link. If you have any problems with the submission section of our web site, email Susan Opel at sopel@PaperCraftsMag.com for troubleshooting.