March/April Featured Artist Contest

What's your style? In our book "Scrapbooking: Styles Defined" we discuss different styles of scrapbooking, from the simple lines of the Graphic style to the freehand artistry of the Freestyle.

Here are the rules of the March/April Featured Artist contest:

Submit your best un-published layout that you feel expresses your personal scrapping style. Layouts may be any theme, any page size, and either one or two page. Please specify "March/April Call" in your email subject line. Submit your ONE layout by April 15, 2010 to bluemediasubs@gmail.com. Please note this email is ONLY for submittals, not for general questions, information, customer service, orders, or wholesale.

The BlueMedia editorial staff will choose an artist from the submittals to be our Featured Artist. The Featured Artist will be contacted and asked a few brief questions about themselves, and have their artwork and a brief blurb featured on our blog for the following month. They will also receive a special surprise gift package of great product from our ever-supportive wholesalers.

February Featured Artist: Rachel Houghton

This month's Featured Artist is Rachel Houghton for her use of the February Blueprint in this lovely digital layout "Fuqua Orchid Center". We loved the bright colors, strong contrast, and beautiful photos.



"I took the pictures featured in this layout in May 2009 while I was in Atlanta, Georgia for a conference. I arrived early in Atlanta, so a friend and I went to visit the Atlanta Botanical Garden. One of the featured attractions was the Fuqua Orchid Center, and I was hard pressed not to take a photograph of everything in the greenhouse.

Because I'm not normally a scrapbooker who works with bright colors, it took a while before I found the right kit to work with the gorgeously bright colors found in the flowers. When Songbird Avenue came out with their February 2010 kit, "Port Au Prince," to raise money for Haiti, I was inspired by both the February sketch and the kit to create this layout."

~Rachel Houghton aka rh_scrapbooker

We want to thank all the people who submitted to our call in February.

February Blueprint Contest!

Are you obsessed with sketches? Love the Blueprints series? For all you sketch-crazed scrappers out there, this will be a fun one. This is a brand new Blueprint from Amy Elkins!

What can you do to make this Blueprint your own? We'd love to see!

Here are the rules of the February Featured Artist contest:

Submit your best un-published layout using THIS MONTHS new Layout Blueprint. Layouts may be any theme, any page size, and either one or two page. Please specify "February Blueprint" in your email subject line. Submit them by February 28, 2010 to bluemediasubs@gmail.com. Please note this email is ONLY for submittals, not for general questions, information, customer service, orders, or wholesale.

The BlueMedia editorial staff will choose an artist from the submittals to be our Featured Artist. The Featured Artist will be contacted and asked a few brief questions about themselves, and have their artwork and a brief About Me article featured on our blog for the following month. They will also receive a special surprise gift package of great product from our ever-supportive wholesalers.

Money Saving Tips from our star author

Looking for places to save money on your scrapbooking addiction? Amy Elkins has a new article about saving money through organization. Check it out at her blog.

Special Wholesale Pricing!

January/February 2010 Wholesale Specials
Great new deals for our wholesalers!

Order 12 or more books get 5% off your order!

Order 18 or more books get free shipping on your order!*

Order 24 or more books get 10% off your order!

*International orders will receive 9% off their order. Actual shipping applies.
Contact BlueMedia for your order forms today! If you already have an account, simply email, fax, or call with your order quantities and we will fill your order.

To set up a wholesale account:
Contact us at ws@layoutblueprints.com
We will need a copy of your current business license, and a completed order form.

A New Series of Blueprints!

Watch future issues of Scrap n' Art Magazine for brand new Blueprints by Amy Elkins! The feature will run in every issue, 6 times a year, beginning this May/June issue.

Visit this high-quality publication for ideas, inspiration, and tips at www.scrapnart.com

Keep watching for updates!

Jan 2010 CONTEST! Featured Artist

With the New Year comes a new series of contests! BlueMedia is happy to announce a new Featured Artist contest. Submit your layouts for review, and win a guest spot as a Featured Artist on our blog!

RULES:
Submit your best THREE un-published layouts using any of the Layout Blueprints from book one or two. Layouts may be any theme, any size, and either one or two page. Please specify the Blueprint book and page used as reference. Submit them by January 31, 2010 to bluemediasubs@gmail.com. Please note this email is ONLY for submittals, not for general questions, information, customer service, orders, or wholesale.

The BlueMedia editorial staff will choose an artist from the submittals to be our Featured Artist. The Featured Artist will be contacted and asked a few brief questions about themselves, and have their artwork and a brief About Me article featured on our blog for the following month.