PaperTraders Art: Announcing the 2012 Round Robin Journal Project!

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We're changing things up here at Paper Traders. Instead of the monthly challenges of the past, we'll now be hosting special challenges that might feature a specific technique or product and will be rewarded with actual prizes sponsored by our group members.

Our new challenge for 2013 is a year long word prompt journaling project/challenge. Each specific challenge will be open for one month and all art bloggers can participate, whether you are a Paper Traders member or not. Each artist will comment with a link to their blog post that features the artwork for that particular challenge. For each challenge, a winner will be selected whose art best exemplifies the challenge. The winning artist will be featured here and get a "Trader Treasure" blog button to display on their own blog. They also will receive one chance for each entry for the end of the year prize drawing. Watch this page for more details and challenge announcements.

Monday, December 26, 2011

Announcing the 2012 Round Robin Journal Project!

Open to Paper Traders members only

(art journal by Kim Smith)

We will be starting another round for our Round Robin Journal Project soon. This project is open to all Paper Traders members - domestic and international. If you want to participate, please send an email to the project coordinator, Beckie Holso. Sign-ups for this round will close on February 15th with journals mailing out on March 15th.

If you participated in the last round and want to use the same journal this time, you may do so - just let me know so that I can try to put you in a round with different artists. However, we recommend that you remove the completed pages you've already received to cut down on the weight of your package as well as reduce your risk of loss.

To ensure that this is a fun and successful project and avoid any of the problems we've had in the past, we will be strictly monitoring the progress and making sure that all the posted guidelines are adhered to. This will be to the benefit of all the artists.

Please read the full details for this project on the Yahoo site - see Message #34992.

If you have ever participated in one of these Round Robin Journal Projects then you know how inspiring they can be. Your cooperation with the project guidelines will make for a more pleasant process with a positive outcome for everyone involved... and the resulting journals will be a treasure to keep and enjoy for years to come!

Happy Arting!