Aug 30, 2008

CT and Hybrid Team Calls!

Creative Team, One Kit Wonder CT and Hybrid Team Calls:

I am looking to add a few talented page artists and hybrid artists to my team for EITHER a 3-4 month gig, or a ONE KIT WONDER gig.

The holidays are coming, I am going back to school and I know I need more scrappers to help me test and sample my upcoming kits. If you are interested in applying for the team here's the details:

The call will be open until filled. I have no set number of positions, if I love what you do I will add you to the team! If you are interested in being a One Kit Wonder please indicate that when you apply and tell me which kit you'd like to work with! I will post preview pics on this blog only! And you can tell me your preference.

My CT Call:

I have a FREE Mini kit in my store- Farmer's Market. If you are interested in applying you must grab that kit and use it (and no other products) to scrap the best layout you can! Upload the page at DST, MSA or Mega Byte Mall and send me a link by e-mail. I will choose my new CT members based on what I see you can do with the free kit! This is a mini, I have not included everything from the full kit. I am wanting to see how creatively you use the items and just what you think of! (more details below)


One Kit Wonder CT:

*I will be requiring ONE page (done beautifully) with one kit you choose from my list of open kits. It must be high quality, show off the kit to its fullest potential and be eye catching. It also can only contain my products.

*I require the layout to be posted in the galleries at DST, MSA, MegaByte Mall and one other open gallery of your choice. Then you will e-mail me a link to the galleries.

No further commitment involved!

CT Requirements:

*I will be requiring ONE page (done beautifully) per kit. It must be high quality, show off the kit to its fullest potential and be eye catching. It also can only contain my products.

*I require the layouts to be posted in the galleries at DST, MSA, MegaByte Mall and one other open gallery of your choice.

*I require you to use everything you get from my store in at least one layout. You will be given a store credit to use as you choose, but you must use each item in at least one layout.

*I require at least one layout per month. Other than that it is as much or little as you want.

(BLOG Challenges are not going to be happening. I just can't take that on! So if you saw that requirement it is no longer here.)

*You are required to be active in the CT forum, posting at least once per week, and keeping track of your progress in the forum. (The CT forum is only for CT members, no public forums are on my site. So no forum participation is required other than to keep you up to date!

To apply:

1. Grab the free kit in my store

2. Scrap your best layout with only that kit.

3. Upload the kit at DST, MSA or Mega Byte Mall

4. Send me an e-mail (send to ctcall@digiapedesigns.com) with the following:

*your name AND your DST or MSA username and specify which forum it is from

*a link to the page you created and uploaded

*tell me a little about you- your hobbies, interests, style of scrapping, your family or anything else that would help me get to know you a little bit more.

*If you have any references that I can contact that would be a bonus for you!

*Tell me if you are currently on any other teams (and which ones they are) or if you have been on any teams in the past.

*If you want to be a One Kit Wonder CT this is an ongoing call. You can let me know which kit preview you prefer to use. Follow all of the steps above, but if the free kit is not in the store then skip that step.

HYBRID Design Team Call:

If you love hybrid and would like to earn products you can use for gifts or yourself the ext 3 months then this call might be just for you! I am looking for a hybrid team that will use and sample kits I am working on! This call will be taken very seriously. If you do not send all of the information I am asking for your application will be deleted. Sorry, but I have to know you are able to follow instructions to a "t"! And the application is the first place to start. So please follow the instructions carefully!

Hybrid Design Team Requirements:

*I will require you to make something beautiful with a kit I will mail you. I will send you the supplies you need other than cutting/adhesive supplies. (Yeah, in other words you will be getting real live product in the mail as well as any downloads specifically for the project!!!)

*You will receive an unspecified amount of kits. It will not be more than one per month. You will have 2-3 weeks to complete the project, take your pictures and send them to me.

*Upload pictures of the projects and post in the galleries at DST, MSA, MegaByte Mall and one other open gallery of your choice.

***You are required to be active in the CT forum, posting at least once per week, and keeping track of your progress in the forum.**

This is pretty serious as it isn't free for me. So I will be looking for the best! If you are a hard worker, do your best with your projects, honest and loving hybrid then read below for your instructions to apply!

(I am no longer going to do challenges on the blog)

To Apply:

1. Send me an e-mail (send to hybridcall@digiapedesigns.com) with the following:

*your name AND your DST or MSA username and specify which forum it is from

*a link to the project you created and uploaded (or pictures of the project)

*tell me a little about you- your hobbies, interests, style of scrapping, your family or anything else that would help me get to know you a little bit more.

2. I need to know where you live- city, (state), country, zip

3. I also need to see 3-5 sample photos of a project you have done. They need to be high quality so that they would be usable in a store sample gallery. This will be as important as the project itself in my decision. I will not accept blurry, low res or bad lighting in sample pictures. They must be 300dpi, jpg format, and at least 1000 pixels wide.

4. If you have any references that I can contact that would be a bonus for you!

5. Tell me if you are currently on any other teams (and which ones they are) or if you have been on any teams in the past.

Thank you! And good luck to everyone who applies!

Aug 7, 2008

Sheesh, they thought I was a spam blog!

Sorry for the long hiatus! I was gone, then back and a spam blog according to their robots, and then I was gone again. LOL! So I have a new freebie for you! You can only get it free until Aug 11th so get it fast!

Please, please support me by posting your pages in the gallery! It makes a world of difference! Makes me so happy, sort of validation for the time spent in front of my computer! hee hee

I have an element pack that you can grab this week! It will coordinate with the Almost Forks kit. So more bang for your free buck! LOL! If you grab it and use it please post your page! I love seeing how you use my kits! It just makes my day!

Click the pic to go to the gallery and get the link! Thank you so much for supporting me!

Jul 4, 2008

July News!


Current Deals
$1and $2 Categories!
For all the Bargain Hunters! I am always adding new products to these categories!
Some are only there for a short time so keep checking back!


Freebie!
From July 1st to the 5th you can grab this mini kit free!
http://www.digiapedesigns.com/home.php

SALES!

From July 1-5th
Everything Digital is $2 or less!

For the entire month:
Christmas In July!
All Christmas Kits are $1 or $2!

For the entire month:
Hybrid Supplies from Maya Road and Cosmo Cricket will be 30% off!


CT Member Spotlight

Tammy



Tammy has been on my CT for over a year now! I love her pages. They are always clean and fresh. They always have great meaning behind them. I am always excited to see what she has created next!

Some of My Favorite pages from Tammy
http://www.digishoptalk.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=345617
Page using my Josh Kit

http://www.digishoptalk.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=366776
Page using Liberty by Clever Crow

Tammy also sells the most fabulous hair things and jewelry for girls! Check out her store here:

http://www.tagleenterprises.com/

Summer Sun!
by April Staker
Well, it finally got hot here. I don't think we've ever had a spring, since I moved to Utah, that lasted for so long. I loved it, and yet longed for the summer sun to arrive. And now, fickle as I am, would like it to go back to the 80s for a while. Along with the extreme heat comes a longing to be indoors in the cool air. And I find myself back in front of the computer more. So maybe I will have more kits designed as a result!

I have some hybrid projects on my counter waiting for their turn for fame. I am excited to get them finished!

I also have a few great promotions lined up for the summer! So keep your eyes peeled for them!

The Latest Releases

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My latest release is called Leah, and I named it after my youngest daughter. She is so full of feisty and yet such girly spirit! I just adore her. You never know quite what to expect from her. And this kit with its unique color palette captures that same spirit of fun! Grab it this week while it is on sale for just $2!

http://www.digiapedesigns.com/product.php?productid=103&cat=13&page=1

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Want a Gift Certificate??
If you use one of my kits in a layout, and post it in one of the galleries below I will give you
a $5 gift certificate!

Post in one of these galleries:
DigiShopTalk, MyScrapbookArt and MegaByteMall or
Plain Digital Wrapper.
Please credit my designs, April Staker or DigiApeDesigns and send me a link to the gallery post! That's it!
EVERY person who sends a link to me gets a gift certificate!
Offer expires July 31st!
send links to april@digiapedesigns.com, use a subject line of "Gallery Gift Certificate" so it won't get lost in my inbox!
Newsletter Specials
Coupon Code only for my newsletter readers! Thank you for reading my news, and thank you for shopping at DigiApeDesigns!

40% Off any purchase! (This is on top of clearance or sale prices!)

Code: NewsJuly
Valid on anything in the "Everything Digital" category
Expires: 7/31/08

Bonus Points
Earn 10 Bonus Points for every $1 (subtotal) you purchase! Bonus Points earn you gift certificates! Once you get 100 points you can start converting them to a gift certificate! You can let them add up longer if you wish, there is no limit!

May 10, 2008

FYI- YOUR online photos are at risk!

I do not get into "uproars" much. I hate the drama. I hate the half-truths. But this is one piece of legislation that is real, and it has been attempted in the past and has been re-drafted and is making its appearance again. It is called the Orphan Works bill. And essentially anything you post online will be able to become "orphaned" and anyone can legally take it and use it as they wish. Imagine all of the photos we post for our friends and families. Porn sites could abuse them. Advertisers could steal them. You may be getting the idea.

Could you imagine if someone used your child's photo in an unsavory advertisement and you had no say and no rights to make them stop using it! This could easily happen if these bills are passed. There has already been an instance of Virgin Mobile using unauthorized Flickr photos of children in advertisements & billboards and that is before this law was proposed. We do not need to make it easier for them to steal your family photos!

This is NOT a hoax. This is FOR REAL. And it is scary. Some people say us illustrators and designers are being alarmist, but I would rather err on the side of caution, defeat this bill and keep my copyrights as they are now. These bills were shot down once because of strong resistance from Illustrators, designers and photographers we can defeat these bills again!

This is text from the Illustrator Partnership web site:
Due to the lack of publicity about this bill, the most innocent victims of this plunder – those who put images online - are still completely unaware of it. Who am I talking about? Average American families who have enjoyed the internet as a way to share the happiest, and even saddest, moments of their lives with their friends and family across the country, and even around the world, through the wonders of technology. Google has already said they plan to use these orphan works in the millions. Why should companies like this be allowed to to harvest our property from private web pages, blog sites, share sites and the like?


Please take a minute to go to this link, you can fill out a simple form (the letter is pre-filled out so you may want to personalize it), takes less than 2 minutes, and your local congressmen and senators will be sent your letter to ban this bill.

Thank you!

May 2, 2008

TONS of new Products! Cosmo Cricket, Maya Road and kits!

INTERnational Scrapbook Day
Grab Bag available NOW!

Only $3 through May 5th Only!
http://www.digiapedesigns.com/product.php?productid=83&cat=0&page=1
Plus get 50% Off ALL Orders over $2!
Just add the items to your cart,
once you get $2 in there it will start discounting your subtotal!

(Grab Bag, shippable products and New Releases at the New Release Price excluded)
Expires May 5th


And now carrying Hybrid Supplies from
Cosmo Cricket and Maya Road!!
Come see them all in the store!
http://www.digiapedesigns.com/product.php?productid=82&cat=18&page=1

http://www.digiapedesigns.com/product.php?productid=85&cat=18&page=1
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Apr 26, 2008

2 New Releases just $2 this week!

New Releases!
Grab them this week for just $2!

Did you know- You earn bonus points with every purchase?
You can use those to get a gift certificate in the store!
So it is like a coupon every time you shop!

Newest Release! Only $2 for ONE WEEK Only!





Thanks for looking!
DigiApeDesigns.com

Apr 4, 2008

New Release $2! Bubbly!

Are you a Coupon Hunter?!?
Watch for my banners at
DigiShopTalk
and MegaByte Mall
and you can find Incredible Coupon Codes!


My designs are S4O/S4H Friendly!


If you have my coupon from the
Trash 2 Treasure hunt you can use it now until May 1st!
Talk about a sweet deal!

Did you know- You earn bonus points with every purchase?
You can use those to get a gift certificate in the store!
So it is like a coupon every time you shop!

Newest Release! Only $2 for ONE WEEK Only!
http://www.digiapedesigns.com/product.php?productid=73&cat=13&page=1


Thanks for looking!
DigiApeDesigns.com