June Stack-a-holic Challenge Winners!

Hello all of my Stack-a-hoics! Another month has come to an end. JUNE and I just can't believe it! Summer is going by just way too fast :) We got lots of entries in the challenge this month! I think every month we get more and more partisipants. It's so fun to see how talented our fans are!

Page Sketch from Sketch Savvy

Here is our page sketch that we played with in June. I loved it even more after seeing your creative work! Here is our top 10 for the layout challenge!

Jessica Baker / Dots, Stripes & Plaids Stack

Sofia Peniche / Glam Gal Stack

Laura Carazo / Luxury Stack

Karen Hanson / Cotton Bloom Stack

Rachel Kleinman / Carnival Stak

Kelly Braund / Cotton Bloom Stack

Sarah Andrews / Snapshot Stack

Cindy Velasquez / Lemon Flower Stack

Holly Elliot / Green Tea Stack

Karla Der / Playtime Stack

Love those layouts!! You guys rock :) Now on to the awesome card sketch! This one was so much fun to use!!

Card Sketch from Got Sketch?

Here are the top 10 for the card challenge!

Kathy Perry / Sweet Stack

Suzanne Pipitone / Nantucket Stack

Nina Nuernberger / Retro Collage Stack

Cynthia Baldwin / Jingle Bells Stack

Tracie Johnson / Lemon Flower Stack

Cheryl Bullock / All About Boy Stack

Pamela Haskin / Coral Couture Stack

Katie Wade / Snapshot Stack

Amanda Lundgren / Lemon Flower Stack

Amy Thompson / Guy Stack

You never cease to amaze me! We had so many wonderful entries this month, thank you again to everyone who played! I will have July's Challenges up on Monday!

For our random winners (1 from the layouts and 1 from the cards) Congratulations to:

RACHEL & NINA!

Email me your addresses at erinmadsen@diecutsinc.com and I will get your prize right out to you!!

Have a wonderful day!!

$$ Dollar Days Sale at DCWV Warehouse $$

Everyone LOVE a sale but a $1 Sale?! Bring it on!! If you are anywhere around the Utah/Idaho area, you don't want to miss this sale! We have never dropped our prices so low and you will not be disappointed!!

You are invited to the

"DCWV DOLLAR DAYS

Cash & Carry BLOWOUT SALE!"

All DCWV Scrapbook supplies, DCWV home decor items and Blue Moon Bead jewelry are $1.00

Spread the word to your friends & family by sharing it on Facebook!

DCWV

751 South 170 East

Provo, UT 84606

Thursday, June 28th 10am-3pm

Friday, June 29th 10am-1:30pm

Location: Across the parking lot from the main building. Please note date and time of sale. (No Saturday).

See you there!

TLC's Craft Wars

I am SOOOO excited for tonight!! It feels like forever since I heard about this awesome new show on TLC called Craft Wars! It debuts tonight so tune in or set your DVR!

Here's the scoop: The darling Tori Spelling hosts a major craft challenge! 3 crafters are given a challenge having to use certain materials. Then they have access to the Michaels Closet which has tons of supplies (including LOTS of DCWV Stacks! So fun!) They have a time limit to complete their project and then they are judged! The winner receives $10,000!

Have you ever seen a cuter judge than the one and only Jo Pearson from Michaels who also happens to be my great friend?! I'm so excited for her big debut tonight. I also hear that Christy Thomlinson will be one of the 3 participants tonight which makes me even MORE excited!! 

Check your local listings for tonight's big debut. And I'm sure you can catch some repeats throughout the week!! 

Type & Homespun LOVE

Hello everyone! Thanks for stopping by the blog today!! I am back from filming "Beads, Baubles & Jewels" with Katie Hacker where I represented out Blue Moon Beads. 

As always, I had a blast! I love traveling, meeting new people and representing the company that I love! Sorry, the photo is a bit blurry but I promise it's us ;) And even better, I had a great weekend with my cute little family. I hope yours was the same!

First, I want to pick a couple winners from last week's blog comments! It pays to interact with us by leaving your comment on the blog!

JenniferJune 20, 2012 9:36 AM

Love these layouts and new stacks! That Homespun paper looks gorgeous. Have a blast in Cleveland!

AND

Dawn SamaniegoJune 18, 2012 11:27 AM

Got to get me some Gilded Orchard! And I might just pick up the Stardust stack...I could potentically see some boy pages with that (ie: Star Wars or some other space theme).

Email me your address {erinmadsen@diecutsinc.com} and I will get your prizes right to you!

I have some fun new projects to show you using two of our new stacks that are out at Jo-Ann Stores NOW! I know lots of you have already picked yours up!! The Homespun Stack & the A Type of Art Stack are both fabulous!! 

These first 3 projects were created by Sarah Hamer aka Pink Cricut :) We love her work and her support for us at DCWV! 

This card uses the A Type of Art Stack. I love how simple it and love the use of the & paper! Did you notice all of the little & in the patterned paper?? So cute for this wedding card. Check out a video HERE for a great tip to make the little banners!

The next two project were made with the new Homespun Stack which is also at Jo-Ann Stores right now. She used her Silhouette to cut out the USA and the cute  little states. Darling!

And check out this cute little gift card holder! I love how it shows the awesome texture of the cardstock which coordinates with our Homespun Stack. The textured cardstock is totally new for us and I love it! Hope to see more of it too!

You can see a video HERE on how to make this gift card holder.

This card using the Homespun Stack and the following page using A Type of Art Stack were created by Mou Saha who is a contributing writer for Creating Keepsakes! You can see more views of these projects on here blog HERE. 

If you haven't seen these two stacks at Jo-Anns yet, go and pick them up and fall in love! Our designers nailed it once again with these designs.

Don't forget Wednesday is the last day to enter in June's Stack-a-holc Template Challenge!! And Saturday is the deadline for our Design Team entries! Busy, busy! Can't wait to see what you create!

Just Some Gorgeous Paper!!!

Yes.

Just some gorgeous paper here on the blog today. I am just loving all of these new stacks! Did you see THIS VIDEO that I posted on Monday featuring the new Stardust, Homespun, A Type of Art & Guilded Orchard Stacks? Seriously in love with each of them for different reasons!

Check out these layouts created by Susan Stringfellow! Closer views of them can be found on her amazing blog, she is so talented!!

Homespun Stack

I love these colors! Just makes me happy. And this stack has an awesome ribbed texture on it which is 100% new for us! The cardstock in the matching cardstock stack is ribbed too! 

Guilded Orchard Stack

I love the rich colors in this stack. The birds and apples are so adorable! Love the asian flowers and all of the gold accents. I am so addicted to anything GOLD right now!

Stardust Stack

This stack is going to be so fun for so many pages! The colors are gorgeous...I am thinking Star Wars, Star Trek, Epcot Center, Harry Potter. The list goes on! This stack totally fills a niche that we really needed in the paper industry!

A Type of Art

Another great color scheme! Love all the lettering, newsprint and monograms. There are so many possibilites for titles in this stack! Love all of the alphabet cards too. You must see this one :)

These stacks will be out at Jo-Anns starting next week!! I didn't tease you for too long right?! ;)

I am off today to Cleveland to film Beads, Baubles & Jewels featuring our Blue Moon Beads! I love doing the on-air presentations. Totally my THING!! Makes me happy! But I'll be back and will be here on the blog on Friday! See you then :)

Canadian Scrapbooker Magazine Winners!

Thank you to everyone who entered in last week's giveaway with Canadian Scrapbooker Magazine!! I want to announce our 3 winners who will each win 3 new DCWV stacks! If you are one of the winners, please email me your address {erinmadsen@diecutsinc.com} and I will get your prizes right out to you!

mammy2oneJune 16, 2012 4:08 PM

Canadian Scrapbooker sent me! Love your products :)

SandyJune 15, 2012 10:25 PM

I've loved Canadian Scrapbooker since it started. Jackie and Katharina have done a wonderful job along with their talented host of contributing editors!! Thanks so much for the chance to win :)

Silverdragon1958June 15, 2012 11:47 AM

Already Love CS magazine! They are the ones who sent me here also:)

Have a wonderful day!!

Video: New Stacks at Jo-Anns!

Hey everyone! I hope everyone had a great weekend! Mine was fab...we had lots of warm weather here in Utah so I did lots of swimming and tanning with the kiddos, yummy Mexican food, a fun baby shower for my cousin...just a good weekend of hanging out basically :) Love those kinds! I did work quite a bit this weekend too! Which is totally OK...when you work from home, it seems like you just work whenever you can including weekends. It works for me :) 

This weekend was FUN work too. Did you hear the big news?! No, I am not pregnant ;) 

We are looking for our very first design team!! Get all of the details HERE on how you can enter. The deadline is June 30th. We will be announcing the new team at CHA on July 16th which will be very fun :) But it makes for a tight deadline so get going on your submissions! I have already been getting lots of questions so I wanted to answer them here so everyone can see.

Do we have to have a blog to apply? 

We really want our design team to each have their own blogs that they maintain. You don't have to have a blog to apply but if you are chosen, we would like you to start one then.

I live overseas and would REALLY like to apply. Any way you can lift your international restriction? 

I talked to Bossman yesterday about this and after lots of discussion, we decided YES, we want our International Stack-a-holics to apply! The issue we were faced with is high costs of shipping products overseas. Our paper is HEAVY and I want to spoil our team which means high shipping costs that we will be paying. But this is something we will take on because we really want to keep this open to everyone!!! ***I have changed the original blog post to allow international submissions.

What is an "off the page" project? 

Basically it is anything that is not a layout or a card! Think altered items, home decor projects, gift items, holiday items, mini albums, party set ups....HERE is a link to Michaels website to their "Off the Page Idea" Category which may help :)

Can the projects we submit be projects we have already made?

Yes! Whatever you feel is your best work which represents you as a crafter the best way!

Will you compensate design team members that get their projects (using your products) published in print magazines?

This is something I will have to discuss with Bossman. There really are only a few print magazines left sadly :) If we decide to do this I will let the design team know once they are chosen.

I hope this helps clear up some confusion! I am already getting submissions and I am SOOO excited!!! This is going to be so much fun!

And if the excitement level wasn't high enough already... HERE is a new video showing you 4 new lines that will be new to Jo-Anns! Stardust, Homespun, A Type of Art & Guilded Orchard will be out as early as NEXT WEEK! I think I said in the video the end of July but I meant the end of June ;) Hey, I'm not perfect hee hee! 

Be sure and leave me a comment telling me what your favorites are!! I love reading your favorite picks!

Have a fabulous day, everyone!

Announcing...DCWV Stack-a-holic Design Team!

So. I was going to wait until Monday to announce this. But I just can't wait I am SO excited! I have worked for DCWV for over 8 years and I feel like I have been asking for that long if we could have a design team!! Well. The time is NOW!!! Who is in?!

We are thrilled to announce the addition of our very first DCWV Stack-a-holic Design Team for 2012-2013!

Our team at DCWV Inc has always prided ourselves with being the leading manufacturer of quality scrapbooking products at reasonable prices. We are looking for a dedicated Stack-a-holic Design Team to help promote our brand for the upcoming year. The successful applicants will need to work well with deadlines, direction within a team environment and always produce projects of a high standard.

Our DCWV Stack-a-holic Design Team will commence as of the 1st of August 2012 and run till the 30th of July 2013.

Being a part of the first ever DCWV Stack-a-holic Design Team you will…

            Receive a regular supply of DCWV products including new releases of paper stacks. Occasionally, you will receive our home décor, stationary and bead products.

            The opportunity to be featured regularly on the DCWV Diary blog.

           

If you are chosen to be one of the 12 members of the DCWV Stack-a-holic Contributing Design Team, you will agree to the following responsibilities:

            Create (1) card, (1) layout and (1) off the page project each month. These projects will be put on the DCWV blog and social media sites.

            Be involved in our monthly Stack-a-holic Template Challenges.

            Maintain your personal blog and link to the DCWV website/blog using our products on your projects and linking

            Actively promoting DCWV which includes an active presence on       

            social media sites.

           

            If requested, special projects for shows, catalogues, promotional items and trade shows.

If the above description sounds perfect to you, we want you to apply!

Please forward the following information by June 30^th 11:59pm EST via email > erinmadsen@diecutsinc.com with ‘DCWV Stack-a-holic Design Team Application’ in the subject line. **Please note that no late submissions will be accepted.

- Full name, address, daytime/evening phone number and email address.

- Recent photograph & short biography on why you want to be a part of the DCWV Stack-a-holic Design Team.

- Links to your online gallery or blog.

- List of any other design teams you have been on or are still with.

- Four Photos of your work which include a card, layout and (2) off the page project. The projects are to show that a majority of DCWV products have been used.

 ** Make sure your photos are no bigger than 500kb each.

We welcome submissions from Stack-a-holics all around the world! There will be no international restrictions on this design call. 

The 2012 – 2013 DCWV Stack-a-holic Design Team of 12 members will be announced at the CHA-Summer Trade Show in Chicago on July 16^th, 2012.

May Arts/ DCWV Challenge WINNERS!

We have had so much fun with May Arts for this challenge! We definitely want to do it again sometime...maybe a holiday edition?! Wait and see!

We have winners to announce!! 

For our Grand Prize Winner, congratulations:

Karen Hanson!!

Our May Arts Ribbon Winners are:

Charity Becker

Jasmine Ford

Marie Otake

Amy England

Jan Garber

And for our blog comment winner...congrats to:

DeeDee LDJune 13, 2012 11:53 AM

Soooooo FABULOUS! What wonderful projects they all did. My favorites are the Address book and the Wagon full of memories. Great job by all those who made a project.

Email me {erinmadsen@diecutsinc.com} your addresses so I can send you your ribbon!

YOU could still be one of our winners!

Head over to the May Arts blog to see their 5 DCWV PAPER winners & blog comment winner as well!

Canadian Scrapbooker Giveaway!

Happy Friday, my friends!! It has been an exciting week on the blog! Lots of giveaways...and we are finishing off the week with one more! I want to introduce you to a great publication that we work with that you may not be familiar with!

Canadian Scrapbooker Website

In 2005, two enthusiastic ladies in Canada (Jackie Ludlage and Katharina

Doyle) created Canadian Scrapbooker magazine. Their quarterly "book" is chock-a-block with inspirational projects, stories, and technique-rich step by steps. Plus, it is gorgeous! Their loyal fan-base looks forward to each issue with avid anticipation. It is a magazine that readers have come to collect and cherish for years. 

Throughout the past 8 years, Jackie and Katharina have created the perfect balance between being a mom and loving the work they do, working from their home-based offices. They are sisters in the truest sense, with family and friends-old and new-cheering them on. These two ladies had a dream, and together with a strong team, they made it happen, while creating an exciting new world for themselves along the way!

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So now that you have know a little more about their great company, we would love for you to enter our giveaway! Head over to their Canadian Scrapbooker Facebook Page and "like" them! Come back here and leave me a comment saying you did so and you will be entered in a giveaway! Monday we will pick THREE winners who will each get 3 of the newest stacks coming to Michaels next month! Be sure to leave your comment on this blog post to be entered!!


I will make one more blogpost later today announcing our May Arts Challenge winners! Told you it was busy on the blog!!

May Arts/DCWV Challenge Results!

*To be entered in our weekly stack giveaways, leave a comment on each blog post throughout the week. Leave me a comment each time you share our blog post on Facebook, Twitter or Pinterest! Winners will be chosen at random from comments from the entire week combined. 

4 entries per post per person*

I have been waiting and waiting and waiting for today to get here! I have been watching the May Arts Challenge results roll in for a few weeks and I have just been blown away by your talent and creativity! Today is the day we get to show you ALL of the challenge projects!! If you forgot, 25 people received 1/2 of a DCWV Snapshot Stack and selected ribbon from May Arts and they created a project with it. It's amazing how you can make such different stuff with the same supplies! Check these out...  

Lisa Lahiff's amazing Photo Frame. Love the quote "Our Beautiful Life As We Know It."

Monique Leslie's fun school banner! Any teacher would love seeing this banner with students photos hanging from it!

Theresa Calderini's gorgeous shadow box. Looks like a piece of art!

Marie Otake's darling memo board! Love this! Great for a gift for a teen!

Laura Drahozal's paper wreath. This just makes me happy and I would love it on my front door :)

Debbie O'Neal's photo wreath. Love the "family" banner made out of the Polaroid paper! Another great gift idea!

Sandy Lewis's incredible "Now & Then" Album. An amazing family keepsake.

Charity Becker's "Tooth Tales" Shadow Box. I would LOVE to make one of these for my boys. I think it's so unique and adorable documenting each lost tooth :)

Angela Alexander's altered photo frame. Looks like great friends in there and this would make a perfect gift. And I love that ribbon flower!

Sassy's Wagon full of memories! Love how this wagon acts like a basket to hold memories and photos. Great coffee table conversation piece!

Amy England's amazing Address Book! A wonderful keepsake, check out her video to see a closer look!

 Michelle Moody's altered canvas. I love this, would look so happy on an empty wall. And it holds the perfect quote, "She was grateful for her blessings."

Can you believe all of these awesome project!? And these are only HALF of them! Go to the May Arts Blog to see the other half! We are both doing a giveaway on THIS POST so if you want to be entered, leave me a comment and let me know which projects are your favs and you will be entered in to win some awesome MA Ribbon!! Winners will be posted on Friday :)

Have a great day! See you back here on Friday :)