challenge #14

hey nerdy girls,, happy friday!!! were back and were making up for lost time,, starting with the april collage. here is the collage,,,

followed by what our rocking design team came up with,,,,

nerdy girl, leah l' orange

nerdy girl marja

a card created by nerdy girl alysse

miss nerdy girl emmeli

nerdy girl crystal moody

nerdy ninja girl ally*cakes

nerdy girl meg

we will be back with mays collage and layout inspirations soon,,,,

love, the nvs design team

nerdy girl #7,, marje

hey nerds!!! miss us?!?! were back,, and totally ready to rock and catch you up on whats been happening for us nerdy designers these past few weeks,,, {months??} for now,, we need to introduce our newest nerdy girl,, marje,,, shes adorable and from sweden!!! go check out her blog leave her love and make her feel welcome!!! we will be back very soon with our last two collages and our nerdy girls take on them,,,

Please meet NERDY GIRL #6

Name: Crystal Moody

Nickname: "Moody Girl"

Location: A loft in Springfield, MO

Blog: http://justplainmoody.blogspot.com

First words that came out of her mouth when she found out she made the nerdiest DT ever: "Wholy Guacamole!" ....

....and that my NVS friends is why she's on the team. :-)

Here are a couple examples of her artwork that she has created using our most recent inspirational collages:

And here is her take to our current March inspirational collage:

Stay tuned for more of Crystal's work in the coming months as she gets settled into her nerdiest design team role.  In the meantime, view our March inspirational collage HERE and join the challenge!

p.s.  We're always on the lookout for SPONSORS.  Please contact us at nvsgirls@hotmail.com with your interest.

Challenge #13 - Sponsored by Candy Shoppe Designs

Let's get right to it.....

Here's the fabulous collage our Nerd Ally supplied for us this month to take inspiration from:

Take from it what you will (the colors, the patterns, the objects, etc.) and do what you do!

Remember, you do not need to create a collage yourself (that's old skool anyway)....just take inspiration from this one and create whatever it is you want.

To better inspire you, here are what the NERDY GIRLS created with this collage as inspiration:

Did I not mention that our newest Nerdy Girl Emmeli Steinwall is fitting right in?  Well, this is her take and you can see for yourself that she is starting off on the right foot.

Nerdy Girl Megan Aaron shows you that it's okay to go out of the box and create a card instead.  In fact, you can submit anything that you are inspired to create!

Our Nerdy Girl Alysse McDaniel is loving her new Instax camera and shares with us her first layout ever using the pics. from it.

Nerdy Girl Ally Serrato shares her happy place with us.

Nerdy Girl Leah L'Orange goes pictureless with a card using one of her newest stamps she just added to her collection. LOVE!

YOUR TURN!

RULES (gotta have em') PLEASE READ:

-There must be at least 5 challenge entries in order to win a prize. So, start spreading the news about this challenge. We want to see a competition!

-Your creation(s) must be linked up by Thursday, March 31st for judging.  You can submit more than just 1 creation for a better chance at winning.  The winner will be announced on or by the 7th of the following month.

*International Nerds, Geeks and Dorks are welcomed but they must pay their own s&h if they are announced the winner.

Guest Designers at Envious

We're looking for our first-ever Guest Designers to share their takes to our fabulous inspiration collages along with our Nerdy Girls. To get our search started we want you to take this ultra fab inspiration collage supplied by our Nerd Ally and create whatever you are inspired to create with it. 

Then, link up your creations on the 7th when we post what our Nerdy Girls did with it and show us what you're all about. Make sure to leave a comment letting us know if you'd like to be considered for a Guest spot on Envious and also email us (nvsgirls@hotmail.com) with your contact info and blog address. 

We are looking for several Guest Designers (1 for each month for the remaining of the year: May, June, July, etc.).  In return we will feature YOU on our site and have a link to your blog on our sidebar permanently to get more traffic your way. 

If chosen as an up-coming guest you will be provided with one of our inspirational collages to work on and you are expected to supply us with at least 1 creation from it by the due date we give you.  FYI-You'll have a month or more to get prepared for it.

p.s.  We're really hoping to see Jennifer, JediFlame, and MrsPolkaDot amongst the entries. :-)  We've become very fond of your work! 

Winner, Winner, Chicken Dinner!

It's official...a decision has been made about who will be filling the last 2 Nerdy Girl DT spots. But first, we want to give a warm welcome to our newest NERDY GIRL who we just added on to the team from our last competition round. Give it up to Emmeli Steinwall....

Although she's hot stuff she's been proving to be a perfect match to our team of nerdy designers and we can't wait to show off her first DT piece in a few days.  So, don't forget to check back with us on the 7th!

Last month (February), we challenged you all to take inspiration from this collage piece:

We loved seeing you all work it into your creations and we had so much fun viewing all of your submissions.

Here were our 2 WINNING favorites:

by Moody Girl

and

by Marja/Miss Deerest

After all, if Moody Girl really is moody, then we're going to need Marja (Miss Deerest) on the team to calm things down. ;-)  Right? 

If you girls would contact me to let me know if you are still interested in the DT positions, please do so at nvsgirls@hotmail.com for more deets.  Please make sure to leave your mailing info. for me to send prizes out.  *International winners must pay their own s&h. 

As for everyone else, we seriously enjoyed viewing your work and we hope that you continue sharing future works of art with us to view each month.  Keep a lookout for a the next spot to open up on our team because you can be sure that when you do, we'll be holding down another fun competition. ;-)

Stay tuned tomorrow as we announce a Guest DT position with us.  We have a few girls in mind that we would love to have.  Could it be YOU?

PLUS, WE NEED SPONSORS!

  If you would like to gain more traffic to your Etsy Shop, Online Store, Blog, or Website PLEASE contact us to let us know of your interest.  The prize does not need to be scrapbook related, just something worth giving.  Send us an email to: nvsgirls@hotmail.com.

Challenge #12 - Sponsored by Candy Shoppe Designs

WOWEE!  We challenged you all to bring it and you sure brought it!

You ladies out there are seriously talented and you've made the deciding factor extremely hard!

As you know, there are only a few empty spots on our team of designers and a decision's been made for 1 lucky WINNER so far but to give a recap first....here's the collage we asked you to gather inspiration from in January:

We loved all of your entries but here are some of our absolute faves from the bunch that we received:

by Marja

by Moody Girl

by Peg

 

by MrsPolkaDot

by Jennifer

and....

by JediFlame

The January prize WINNER that we'd also like to bring on as a lucky NERDY GIRL is....

Emmeli Steinwall.  She created this gorgeous work of art by taking inspiration from our January collage....

Emmeli - We Nerdy Girls would like to invite you on to our team if you are still interested that is.  For all you other Envious Followers....DON'T GIVE UP!  We still have 2 more spots to fill.  Show us more of what you got by taking inspiration from this February collage photo....

Take from it what you will (the colors, the patterns, the objects, etc.) and do what you do!

Remember, you do not need to create a collage yourself (that's old skool anyway)....just take inspiration from this one and create whatever it is you want.

Here's what our Nerdy Girls were inspired to create:

by Nerdy Girl Ally Serrato

by Nerdy Girl Alysse McDaniel

and

by Nerdy Girl Megan Aaron

RULES (gotta have em')

-There must be at least 5 challenge entries in order to win a prize. So, start spreading the news about this challenge. We want to see a competition!

-Your creation must be linked up by Monday, February 28th for judging.  A voting poll will go up between 3/1/2011 and 3/6/2011. We invite everyone (even non participants) to come vote for their favorite February creation. A private voting party will be going on behind-the-scenes and the Nerdy Girls will be casting their votes too! On 3/7/2011 the January challenge winner (that the Nerdy Girls have decided upon) will be announced as the winner. If different from the public voters choice, the public voters choice will be given an Honorable Mention.

*International players welcomed but International winners must pay their own s&h.

NERDY GIRL DESIGN TEAM CALL

Dear Envious Followers, we are holding a Nerdy Girl Design Team Call.  We need a couple more NERDS to join our team. Interested? Being a NERD for N.V.S. is SUPER easy! I, the Headmistress, will give you the monthly inspiration collage early on and all you have to do is create something based off it every month. That's all! Inspire others to bring their nerdiness out of them and join our team of the nerdiest designers. The term will end in June 2011. To apply all you have to do is play along to our challenge this month (and possibly next). Link your creation up as usual and then leave a comment with your blog address and let us know you also want to be evaluated as a DT Member.

Challenge #11 - Sponsored by Candy Shoppe Designs

It's 2011 and this is our 11th challenge so far to date.  I'm hoping that this year we prosper in the name of all Nerds, Geeks and Dorks.

When we post our monthly challenges we hope that you are helping to spread the news about them (even if you aren't participating).  Get the word out, help bring in more traffic and we'll continue on. 

Here's a recap from our last challenge....

This is the collage photo we gave you for inspiration....

and here is the December challenge WINNER's creation.... 

SEVEN

It was a really hard choice choosing a WINNER because the other couple of entries were amazing as well. 

Check them out.... 

So, I went with the creation that I thought did the best job drawing inspiration from the collage inspiration photo.

*Prizes are awarded only when there are at least 5 challenge entries.  So make sure you spread the word and invite your nerdy friends over.

Onto our first challenge of the New Year....

Here is the JANUARY INSPIRATION PHOTO....

Take from it what you will (the colors, the patterns, the objects, etc.) and do what you do!

Remember, you do not need to create a collage yourself (that's old skool anyway)....just take inspiration from this one and create whatever it is you want.

To further inspire you, here are what the trusty Nerdy Girls created with this challenge in mind.... 

by the Victorious HeadMistress, Lynnette Davis

by Nerdy Girl, Leah L'orange

by Nerdy Girl, Alysse McDaniel

by Nerdy Girl, Ally Serrato

by Nerdy Girl, Megan Aaron

RULES (gotta have em')

There must be at least 5 challenge entries in order to win a prize. So, start spreading the news about this challenge. We want to see a competition!

Your creation must be linked up by Monday, January 31st for judging.

A voting poll will go up between 2/1/2011 and 2/6/2011. We invite everyone (even non participants) to come vote for their favorite January creation. A private voting party will be going on behind-the-scenes and the Nerdy Girls will be casting their votes too! On 2/7/2011 the January challenge winner (that the Nerdy Girls have decided upon) will be announced as the winner. If different from the public voters choice, the public voters choice will be given an Honorable Mention.

*International players welcomed but International winners must pay their own s&h.

Great News!  We are on the lookout for a few Nerdy Girls to fill our extra Design Team spots.  Interested?  Being a NERD for N.V.S. is SUPER easy!  I, the Headmistress, will give you the monthly inspiration collage early on and all you have to do is create something based off it every month.  That's all!  Inspire others to bring their nerdiness out of them and join our team of the nerdiest designers.  The term will end in June 2011.  To apply all you have to do is play along to our challenge this month (and possibly next).  Link your creation up as usual and then leave a comment with your blog address and let us know you also want to be evaluated as a DT Member.

Challenge #10 - Sponsored by Candy Shoppe Designs

First, let's announce the November Challenge Winner and Honorable Mention.

The NERDY GIRLS voted and they chose Jennifer's "25 YRS" as the winning entry.

And coming in with 62% of the public votes is this "TOP MODEL" entry.

Irit Shalom gets an Honorable Mention. 

*Since there wasn't 5 challenge players this time around no prizes go out but thank you so much for playing!

Here's your December collage challenge photo.  Take from it what you will (the colors, the patterns, the objects, etc.) and do what you do!

Remember, you DO NOT have to create a collage yourself (that's old skool anyway)...just take inspiration from this one and create whatever it is you want.

To further inspire you, here are what the trusty Nerdy Girls created with this collage in mind...

I LOVE YOU MORE THAN A NERD LOVES MATH CLASS 

by Nerdy Girl Alysse McDaniel

FOR YOU CARD 

by Nerdy Girl Megan Aaron

I GOT 'EM AND I'M SILENTLY JUDGING YOU! 

by Nerdy Girl Leah l' Orange

Our December Sponsor is Candy Shoppe Designs.  Here's the fabulous prize package! 

RULES (gotta have em')

• There must be at least 5 challenge participants in order to win the prize. So, start spreading the news about this challenge.  We want to see a competition!
• Your creation must be newly made between December 7, 2010-December 31, 2010 and linked up by the due date: December 31, 2010 for judging.

A voting poll will go up between January 1, 2011 and January 6, 2011.  We invite everyone (even non participants) to come vote for their favorite December creation.  A private voting party will be going on behind-the-scenes and the Nerdy Girls will be casting their votes too!  On December 7th (or soon after) the December challenge winner (that the Nerdy Girls have decided upon) will be announced as the winner.  If different from the public voters choice, the public voters choice will be given an Honorable Mention.

*International players welcomed but International winners must pay their own s&h.