Our New Designers

We recently had a design team call here at Inspired Blueprints and many have been waiting for us to announce the new designers. We apologise for taking a bit longer than promised - we had so many more entries than we expected - over 100 applicants applied to be our paper and digi layout designers as well as card designers.

A big THANK YOU to all who submitted for the call. You have really indulged us with your creativity and we definitely know how it feels like putting yourself up for a call.  We really appreciate your effort. If we could, we would have had all of you on the team. For those who did not make the team this round, we hope we'll see you applying for our next DT call but more importantly, that you'll continue to be inspired at Inspired Blueprints.

So without further ado, here are our new designers:

 

Also, joining us on the permanent team of designers is Lynn Kopas. I'm sure you've seen Lynn around at IB and she is a wonderful talent. We're thrilled to welcome Lynn onboard!

 

From 1 July 2009, we will be introducing you to our new team and showcasing their layouts!  We can't wait to see what they create for you.

A Huge THANK YOU

Join us in thanking the departing DT girls for sharing their gorgeous work at Inspired Blueprints over the last 6 months.  Its been wonderful seeing their interpretations each fortnight.  So, with a bitter-sweet feeling, we bid farewell to our current designers:

• Christie Wildes
  
• Jennifer Yates
  
• Lynn Kopas
  
• Helen Salthouse
  
• Lynlee Rutter
  
• Nicole Martel
  
• Sarah Ward
  
• Yasu Kataoke

We wish you all the best for your future creative endeavours.  If you need a recommendation...you got it!  We hope you'll continue to play along each sketch and comeback to say hello every now and then.

On another note, we will be welcoming a new team of designers from July and their names will be announced very shortly.   You are going to love them!!  Do check back!

more Sketch #24 inspiration...

Our DT have totally rocked Sketch 24 and there's some great takes in the IB gallery already.  Here's the last of the layouts from our current DT.  We love the variety of styles they have displayed here and hope they inspire you too!!

8.5x11 Layout by Sarah


Card by Sarah


Layout by Lynlee


Layout by Nicole


Layout by Christie W.


8.5x11 Layout by Jennifer


Card by Jennifer

Remember, upload your layouts based on Sketches 23 and 24 into the Inspired Blueprints gallery by 11.59pm 30 June 2009 to go into the draw to win a prize from this month's sponsors Scrapbook Circle and Scrapbook Savvy!
Next post...we bid farewell our current design team and find out which designers have made it on the new team!  Stay tuned.

Sketch #24 - Guest Designer

Welcome Stephanie Howell to Inspired Blueprints for sketch 24!!  Stephanie is an incredibly talented scrapbooker and we're thrilled she's been able to join us.

Stephanie
lives in Central Texas where she raises two sweet girls and holds down
the home fort while her brave soldier is away. If she's not being
crafty, she can usually be found at the flea market. She designs for
Studio Calico and Lily Bee.

Here's Stephanie's gorgeous take on sketch 24!

 

You can check out more Stephanie's beautiful layouts on her blog here.

Sketch #24

Can you believe this is the last sketch our current design team will be revealing?!!  Sketch 24 has been designed by Lisa and here's her layout.

Sketch 24 showcases 2 standard sized photos as well as ample room for journaling.  To create a double layout, why not create a mirror image of the sketch.

and here's our design team's takes on the sketch...

Layout by Lynn


Layout by Yasu


Layout by Kim


Layout by Helen


8.5x11 layout by Christy D


Card by Christy D.

Upload your layouts to the Inspired Blueprints gallery by 11.59pm 30 June 2009 to go into the draw for a fabulous prize by this month's sponsors, Scrapbook Circle and Scrapbook Savvy.

Stayed tuned next week to see the rest of the team's versions of this sketch, and also to see who made the Inspired Blueprints DT for July-December!!  So many talented scrappers applied and its been a really hard decision (we're still going through them).

Have a great week everyone!

Sketch 23 and DT update

Our DT have created some gorgeous layouts this sketch!  Here's a few more for your inspiration...

Layout by Kim

 

Layout by Jennifer

 

Layout by Helen

Layout by Christie W

8.5"x11" Layout by Lynlee



Card by Lynlee

This month we have not one, but two sponsors!

Scrapbook Savvy is an online scrapbook store based in Australia.   Its also under new ownership by our very own DT member, Sarah Ward!  Come and check out the site...there's fantastic product at a great price, as well as a friendly forum and fun and inspiring challenges each month.  Sarah has very generously offered a $30 gift voucher for one lucky winner.   So now there are two chances to win a prize this month!
Don't forget to upload your entries into the gallery by 11.59pm 30 June 2009 to be in the running.
Design Team update
Applications have now closed, and now the tough job of selecting our new team begins.  There have been some absolutely gorgeous entries and its going to be difficult to narrow it down.   The successful applicants will be contacted by 20 June 2009, and our team will be revealed here on 1 July 2009.  Good luck to everyone who applied!

Announcing... the May winners!

Here are our two randomly chosen winners for the month of May that will each receive a great prize from our May sponsor, 3 Scrappy Boys:

Helen Hollinger

 and

Calia Yang!

Congrats, ladies, and thanks to everyone for playing along this past month.  Please email us your address so we can forward you your prize!

Here are some of our favorites from the May gallery:

Sketch #23

Can you believe its June already?  This year is just flying by!  Time for a new sketch.  This sketch features a single 4x6 photo.

The Inspired Blueprints DT have interpreted this sketch in so many ways!  Here they are...

Layout by Lisa

Layout by Nicole
 

Layout by Yasu
 

Layout by Lynn
 

Layout by Sar
 

8.5x11 layout by Christy D
 

Card by Christy D
 

With a new month, comes a new sponsor!  This month, Inspired Blueprints are sponsored by Scrapbook Circle!

Here's a little bit about our June sponsor:
We just celebrated our 3-year anniversary! We have enjoyed creating kits and serving our wonderful community each and every month for the past 3 years and look forward to the future. We love mixing and coordinating paper from several manufacturers and packing as many embellishments into each kit as possible each month. In addition to bringing you a carefully designed kit each month, we also have a friendly community where we welcome all scrapbook lovers. Stop by and see what we have to offer! www.scrapbookcircle.com

Scrapbook Circle are offering this fabulous kit to one lucky participant!

Upload your layouts to the gallery by 11.59pm 30 June 2009 to be in the running.  We can't wait to see what you create.