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Spellbinders has announced the 40 designers that will continue on to round 2 of their 2012 design team contest. Here's the excerpt from the Spellbinders blog...

Wow! What a first round it has been! The entries poured in from all over... not just the country... but from all over the world! The amount of talent that was showcased just blows our minds. We had all sorts of entries from cards, to scrapbook layouts, to mixed media projects. Each one of them was unique and truly showed the spirit of the person who created it. Thank you to everyone who participated in round one!

And now... to announce the 40 creative souls moving on to round 2! Congratulations to...

AJ Otto

Angela Fehr

Angela Ploegman

Ashley Harris

Astrid Maclean

Christine Emberson

Darsie Bruno

Debbie Seyer

Giovanna Smith

Heidi Van Laar

Iwona Palamountain

Jamie Cripps

Judy Hayes

Kalyn Kepner

Katarina Damm-Blomberg

Kathy Roney

Katie Piotrowski <--- that's ME!!!

Kendra Sand

Kim Nath

Kimberly Crawford

Latisha Yoast

Lesley Langdon

Linda Lucas

Lisa Fish

Marisa Job

Michelle Woerner

Monika Martinson

Sarah Mullanix

Shanna Vineyard

Stacy Rodriguez

Susie Bentz

Sylvia Blum

Teresa Horner

Terrance Doxie

Theresa Momber

Tina McDonald

Tonya Dirk

Trina McClune

Windy Robinson

Yvonne von de Grijp

The second round of submissions for these 40 people are due by 11:59pm CST on January 4th, 2012. Design submissions should be sent to designteam@spellbinders.us. The second round submissions will narrow it down to 20 people for the third round! We're very excited to see how this unfolds. Good luck to all second round participants!

I cannot even begin to tell you how exciting it is just to make it through the first round! I have about 100 ideas swirling in my head for my round 2 project! I appreciate everyone who has emailed me and left comments! I feel so blessed!