Winners!! & Facebook Giveaway! :)

What an awesome dual challenge with our friends at ScrapFIT!! It was so wonderful to team up and bring you all a doubly great challenge :) Our entries have closed but you can still link up to ScrapFIT until the 31st! If you didn't link up or win here at TPV, you still have a few days to try and win a great prize at ScrapFIT :)

Let's get right to our challenge winner! :)

This lucky gal will be receiving this super cute Bo Bunny collection kit, Alora!

Random.org has chosen this entry...

..a beautiful layout by Mel! Mel was also one of our Top 5 - so double congrats to her!

Congrats Mel!!

Here is a winner badge for your blog :)

Next up,
we announce our comment giveaway winner! :)
This random gal will receive the awesome Echo Park A Boy's Life collection kit!

Random.org chose this comment...

from Monique Fox!
Congrats Monique!!!

Ladies, please email us with your address and I'll get these prizes sent out very soon :)

Also,
we'd like to once again thank Tiffany Call for being our guest designer!!
Thanks Tiffany!! 
It was great to have you join us at TPV! :)

We'll return on April 1st with another great TPV challenge, an awesome NEW sponsor, talented guest designer, and daily inspiration & tutorials! Hope you all will join us!

But for now...
Head on over to our Facebook page! We have a WONDERFUL giveaway goin on right now! All you have to do to win is "like" TPV and comment! :) Winner will be announced here on the TPV blog on the 1st!
And when we reach 500 likes on our Facebook page, we'll have another great giveaway! Woot!!

Good luck!!! :)

Gift Certificate Winner!

Last week we reached 500+ followers (Yay!)
It was a great milestone and we look forward to reaching 1000 and 1500 and so on :) The Paper Variety is truly a challenge blog for all paper crafters and we are so thankful to each and every person who contributes to TPV in their own special way.. we wouldn't be here without you! Thank you!

To celebrate our 500, we have a $25 gift certificate to
The Scrapbooking Cottage
to giveaway! :) Yay! :)

We asked you to give us some ideas you'd like to see TPV use as challenge prompts in the future. We received sooo many wonderful, new and fun suggestions, thank you all so much! The design team had a lot of fun reading them all :) Many of your ideas were already on our schedule to be posted in the coming months.. so awesome!

From the comments we received, we randomly chose a winner for the gift certificate :) AND the winner's idea will be used in an upcoming TPV challenge. The winner will also be invited to be a Guest Designer for that week. :) Yay!

So now.. without further ado..

Congratulations Tiffany !!
You'll have alot of fun shopping at TSC! :)
Fabulous suggestion! I think we're all ready for Spring!! :)

Please email us (address at the right side bar) with your primary email address so we can send you your certificate and set up your guest designer date.

Thank you everyone!
Up next is our challenge for this week! Stay tuned! :)

-Abby

Week 25 Winner & a Giveaway!!

Over 50 entries for layout sketch!?!? Super-duper Awesome!!!

Thank you so much for playing along with our challenge this past

week... and a HUGE thank you to Jana Eubank

for joining us and providing us with her fabulous sketch!

What a wonderful week!!

Please be sure to read on after our winner announcement..

we're hosting a

giveaway to celebrate our 500 followers

and we don't want you to miss out on it! :)

~Winner~

Thank goodness our winners are randomly chosen. With so much

fabulous talent, it would be impossible to pick one ourselves!

Lucky number 30 belongs to Lisa M.

Congratulations Lisa!!

Be sure to email us with your primary email address and also your

home address and we'll get these prizes to you asap! :)

And here is a special blinky just for you for your blog!

~Giveaway~

A big thanks to all of our readers for making The Paper Variety

a great success! Suzanne and I are both thrilled that TPV has

become just what we hoped it would.. a fun challenge blog for

everybody! :) We'd like to thank all 500+ of you for your

continued support and participation.

Thank you! Thank you!

Trying to decide on a wide variety of challenges week after

week that will motivate scrapbookers, cardmakers and paper

artists alike isn't an easy task. So we thought, a better way

to give you all the challenges you wish to see would be as

simple as.. asking YOU! :)

We'd LOVE to see your ideas!

Please leave a comment on this post telling us one idea that

you'd like to see us present as a challenge. :)

On Wednesday March 30th, we'll randomly choose a winner

to receive a $25 gift certificate to

The Scrapbooking Cottage!

We'll also use the winner's idea in an upcoming challenge

as well as invite the winner to be a Guest Designer for that

week! :) Because after all, we must give credit

where credit is due!

:) :)

So.. put your thinkin caps on and offer us your best idea! :)

Comments will be accepted on this post until next Tuesday,

March 29th. The randomly selected winner will be announced

Wednesday morning, March 30th.

We value your input and

can't wait to read your ideas!!

Be sure to join us tomorrow for another awesome

challenge and beautiful inspiration from Suzanne and

Team B! A super fun challenge and a

fabulous prize from a NEW sponsor!!

Want a lil hint??

Have a great evening!

Abby

Update: So far we have received many many great challenge ideas. Thank you! Most of our challenge prompts are decided upon weeks/months in advance to allow our DT lots of time to complete their DT work. Many of the challenge ideas you all have offered are already on our schedule! That's awesome! We're soooooo glad that we have scheduled challenges that you want to see at TPV :) Keep em coming! :)

DT Call and THREE GIVEAWAYS!

Hello friends!

The Paper Variety is seeking creative crafters who would like to join our Design Team!

We're looking for 4-6 new smiles to share their love of paper crafting and inspiring others - artists of all styles and experience levels. If you love paper and enjoy using it to create a variety of projects, then we hope to hear from you!

Here are a few DT requirements:

• Be able to create a variety of paper projects including layouts, cards, mini-albums, altered items, banners, decorative pieces, gift bags etc.
• Submit a project every 2 weeks which follows the scheduled challenges
• Have a blog and link our design team blinky on your side bar
  
• Post current TPV challenges and your projects on your blog, linking TPV and sharing sponsor information
• Use mostly current products on your projects (introduced within the past 2 years)
  
• Comment on participant entries
• Commit to a 4 month term beginning January 5th, ending April 27th

Presently there is no compensation for your DT commitment. However Abby and Suzanne do send small gifts of thanks and appreciation to each team member.

We will welcome back several current DT members AND will choose 4-6 new crafters to join us.

Applications will be accepted until December 17th midnight. The announcement of the new team will be posted on December 22nd! :)

If you'd like to apply, please email us at thepapervariety@gmail.com with the following information...

• Your full name and an introduction of yourself.
• Your blog address.
• Links to your online galleries.
• Current/Previous DT experience (not required).
• A photo of yourself (headshot, no smaller than 200x200).
• Photos of 3-5 projects that best showcase your papercrafting style. Please provide at least one layout, one card and one other paper project (such as a mini album, altered item, gift box etc).

We hope to hear from many creative paper crafters! Don't be too shy to try. :)

Wait! There's much much more! :)

We're giving away a Crate Paper "Snow Day" collection kit! I LOVE this collection! So cute, fun and colorful!

You'll receive an entry in the drawing for each of these following tasks you complete. Leave a comment for each task to be sure each is counted. :)

1. Post about our DT call on your blog and link your friends to this post.
2. Complete #1 and become a Paper Variety follower.
   
3. Complete #1 and display our blinky on your side bar.
   
4. Post about our DT call in your favorite scrapbooking forum, twitter or facebook. (Please provide posted link in your comment)

And as gratitude and appreciation to all of you for being a part of The Paper Variety these past few months...

From within all the comments left on this post, we'll be blog hopping. If we see our TPV blinky on your side bar, you could win a "Snow Day" 6x6 paper pad!

And the Grand Prize! If we reach 500 followers by Dec 21st, we'll choose a follower to receive a $25 gift certificate to one of our awesome sponsors, The Scrapbooking Cottage!!

All winners will be chosen randomly and will be posted on Dec 22nd when we'll also announce the new design team! :)

Important note: All prizes must be claimed by Dec 29th. Prizes that are not claimed will then be used for future challenge prizes. We will not draw a replacement winner for unclaimed prizes, so please be sure to check back to see if you've won!

Three GREAT prizes.. Yay!! So what are you waiting for!? Help us advertise our DT call and you could win a Snow Day collection kit! If our blinky is found on your blog, you could win a 6x6 Snow Day! Invite your friends to follow TPV and if we reach 500, you could win a $25 GC from TSC!

Go ahead and apply to join the fun. Send us the above information - our email is thepapervariety at gmail dot com. We would love to hear from you.

Good luck! :)