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Inspired By
Ever browse through a Paper Crafts magazine or special issue and created a card or project inspired by one of the designs you saw in the publication? We want to hear your story and see your creation! Maybe you took the design of a birthday card and made it into a Valentine, or maybe you switched up the colors to take a Mother’s Day card to a Father’s Day card. Submit an image of your Inspired By project, tell us where we can find the original in our magazine, and you just might have your card featured in the Paper Crafts Connection section of one of our issues! 
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May/June 2010 Sketches
Create cards, gift bags, tags, mini-album covers, treat containers, etc. that utilize these fun sketches. We’re looking for Mother’s Day, Father’s Day, and graduation projects as well as projects for other occasions such as birthday, thank you, hello, friendship, sympathy, get well soon, encouragement, congratulations, etc. SUBMISSIONS DUE BY NOVEMBER 9th at midnight MDT. Click on these links to see the sketches: Sketch #1 Sketch #2
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May/June 2010 Design Challenge: Finding Inspiration in the Garage
Ever think of a garage as being a source of inspiration? We’d like you to blow the garage door wide open with this feature as you think about what you could create with actual items from the garage and/or items that live in the garage that inspire you. And don’t be fooled into thinking that garages are merely the man’s domain. There are plenty of pretties for Mom in there as well. Whether you design with actual screws, tools, nuts, and bolts; or you design with images of cars, bicycles, motorcycles, baskets, and wreaths, we think you’ll find that the garage houses all kinds of inspiration! Please focus your projects on Mother’s Day, Father’s Day, graduation, and all other occasions including thank you, birthday, friendship, congrats, etc. SUBMISSIONS DUE BY NOVEMBER 9th at midnight MDT.
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May/June 2010 Hey There, Sunshine!
Put on your shades, for this is going to be one b-r-i-g-h-t feature! We’re looking for projects for Mother’s Day, Father’s Day, graduation, and all other occasions including thank you, birthday, friendship, get well, etc. that incorporate suns, sunshine rays, clouds, and rainbows! SUBMISSIONS DUE BY NOVEMBER 9th at midnight MDT.
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May/June 2010 Mom & Dad
What better way to honor mom and dad than with something thoughtful and handmade? We’re looking for Mother’s Day and Father’s Day cards, gift card holders, treat containers, mini albums, gift bags, tags, paper crafted gifts, home decor, etc. to say “thanks” for all they do. SUBMISSIONS DUE BY NOVEMBER 9th at midnight MDT.
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May/June 2010 It’s All About the Technique: DIY Embellishments
Trend watchers that we are, we know that making your own embellishments for your paper crafting is all the rage! Whether you ruche a rose out of ribbon; create a cutie out of felt; crochet some kitsch for a card front, fashion a fun focal point out of fabric; or layer punch on punch and/or die cut upon die cut; all while throwing a button or two on for good measure, we’re looking for projects of all types and varieties that incorporate completely handmade embellishments as their focal points. Please focus your projects on Mother’s Day, Father’s Day, graduation, and all other occasions including thank you, birthday, friendship, encouragement, etc. SUBMISSIONS DUE BY NOVEMBER 9th at midnight MDT.
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Send Us Your Best Work!
Do you have a card or other paper crafted project that you want to share with us? You’ll need to include a digital photo, the supplies you used and a description of techniques used, so be sure to have those handy. Projects submitted here may not have been published in current or any related form prior to now and must be free of any copyrights. Be sure photos do not exceed 300KB in size, and submit only one project per form. For detailed projects with multiple views, we suggest using photo editing software to create a collaged image using multiple shots.

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