Purrs and Pants
Your source for whimsical dog and cat rubber stamps
Our original card designer, Jennifer did a fantastic job! But she is passing the torch for designing Purrs and Pants cards. This is our official call out for potential design team members!
WHAT I AM LOOKING FOR:
--Dog and cat lovers. If you don’t enjoy the furry folks we share this world with, you need not apply! Love of animals will be reflected in your work, and I want to see that.
--Good photography, scanner, and computer skills. I need people who can take a clear scan or picture of their work, and email it to me in a .jpeg format ready to be uploaded to my website. Obviously this requires knowledge of how to send and receive emails, add attachments and also open attachments.
--Excitement about our company/a chatter. I want someone that will chat about us in their chat rooms, blogs, swap sites, magazine submissions, stamp stores, (doggy day care?), etc.
--Great coloring skills. Our images REQUIRE coloring. No way around it! I don’t mind if you use the new-and-fabulous coloring methods, or if you prefer the old standbys. Your submission will be judged on overall appearance, not by what you used to color.
THE DESIGN TEAM REQUIREMENTS:
--Your submission (with selection) is your agreement to serve as a Purrs and Pants DT member for 6 months and to fill all of the requirements of that DT (follows).
-- DT 6-month period starts in the spring, with your first assigned work due in May 2010. You will receive your welcome kit right away, along with the stamps for your first 3 months of assignments. Stamps will be sent to you as unmounted, so you will need some acrylic blocks.
--Each month you will create a project (preferably a card or tag) using ONLY Purrs and Pants stamps. All other papers, embellishments, etc are ok to use.
--For each project you will provide a list of materials you used as well as easy to follow instructions.
--You will email your work to purrsandpants@earthlink.net. Card pictures/scans will be in .jpeg format, and card recipes need to be typed out in the body of the email, or attached as a word document.
--You will upload your projects to any sites where you stamp, chat, swap, blog, etc.
--Projects are due on the last day of each month.
--You will mail the originals (or duplicates) to Purrs and Pants every 3 months. We love having the originals to display in our expo booth!
*** Your design becomes our property to use in the advertisement of our company as we see fit. This means that Purrs and Pants reserves the right to use your assignments in advertisements, displays, magazines, blogs, on our website, etc. *** We DEFINITELY understand the pride that you (and we) take in your work, and will provide you with full recognition as the sole creator and give you all due kudos!
BENEFITS FOR DT MEMBERS:
--You will receive an initial welcome package with several of our most popular stamps for your pleasure!
--The stamps that you use in your assignments are also yours to keep once you turn in your assignment.
--Each month that you successfully complete your assignment you will earn a free stamp of your choice. Your first 3 stamps will be sent to you after your first 3 months of completed projects. Your final 3 stamps will be sent to you upon completion of your final 3 months of completed projects.
--You will be featured on our website as a DT member (and all the bragging rights that implies!) We’d love to post a picture of you with a furry family member or two (no I’m not talking about a hairy husband…) and brief bio.
--A link to your blog from www.purrsandpants.com
HOW TO APPLY:
(Please note that your ability to comply with these instructions will be a part of the judging process).
--Email 3 samples of your work in a .jpeg format to purrsandpants@earthlink.net. Label each with your name and #1, #2, #3. (Ex: Jane Doe 1). If your files are not saved with your name, they will be rejected. These samples should be work that would inspire stampers at any level. Each card that you submit should have a different style or use different techniques. Include step by step instructions for each submitted work.
Obviously, samples submitted using Purrs and Pants stamps will help you, since I will be able to see a good representation of how you work with my images. Your submitted projects do NOT have to use Purrs and Pants stamps, but if I am torn between choosing between 2 equally talented designers and one used P&P stamps of course I will pick them.
--Please send in a short paragraph describing yourself and why you would like to be a P&P DT member. This should include all the points below, and needs to be saved into a WORD DOCUMENT with your name as the file name so I can keep it matched with your jpeg files.
--Specifically state which you prefer to work with: Dog images, or Cat images? I plan to try to choose one “dog person” and one “cat person”. I feel it would be a benefit to your creativity if you are working with the species that you are most comfortable with. Please note that many of our images have BOTH dogs and cats together, so you will be working with those images also. Include any references to your own pets if they are your inspiration. We always love to hear how our customers connect our images to their own pets.
--Explain the different techniques/tools/tricks that you use and how you would like to use these with our images.
--Explain how you found out about us and what your experience is with our company line.
--Provide info on any other design teams you have been on in the past.
--List your affiliations with any stamp or scrapbook stores, magazines, blogs, chat/swap boards, stamp groups, etc.
--Explain what you typically use stamps for: cards, tags, scrapbooking, other? (The DT is set up mainly for cards or tags)
--Your blog address, if you have one.
--Contact info for you including phone number (with best time to call), time zone, a snail mail address, and an email address. Make sure your email address is set up to accept any emails from me. We will consider out-of-US applicants, although we may have to adjust our timelines for you to accommodate the mail service.
Your application needs to have all of the elements listed above in order to be considered.
Many will apply, only 2 will be selected.
Application deadline: April 2nd, 2010
Design Team announcement: April 12th, 2010. Your welcome kit and your first assignment stamps will be mailed about April 15th, with your first submission due on May 30th. Your final submission will be Oct 31st.
Your submission and selection is your agreement to the 6-month period of DT membership.
Please note that Purrs and Pants reserves the right to make any changes at any time to the DT selection criteria, rewards, or management of the P&P DT. We will always respect your time and effort in any decision that we make.