October 2013 Winners, Features & Finalists!

Hello everyone!  Welcome to the Winners' post!!  I'm sure you have all been waiting with baited breath to see who the Design Team has selected as this month's stand outs!  We received 57 entries & SO MANY of them were REALLY good!!  I know I say it each & every month, but the fact is it is TRUE that the standard of our entries increases monthly.  People are clearly motivated by the prizes & kudos & that is such a wonderful thing!

Voting is something we take very seriously & each & every entry is given due consideration.  Do not be discouraged if you are not featured.  It is no easy feat with such amazing international talent abounding & it is not the main objective of our scrapbooking journeys, just the cherry on top for those who work hard on honing their talents.  We aspire to INSPIRE you to CREATE, enjoy the process & be INVOLVED in our community at Scrap Around the World.

The winner of our October 2013 Challenge is JELISSA MEI of Singapore with this absolutely faultless layout!  She has won 3 paper packs, along with embellishments, from Donna Salazar, 

as well as a Guest Designer opportunity with us!

  Please e mail our Guest Designer Co-ordinator, Di Garling at vgarling {at} bigpond.net.au if you would like to be our December Guest Designer!!  Please contact our October challenge host, Jessy Christopher, at  jc.chris {at} gmail.com, with the title OCTOBER 2013 SATW WINNER in the subject line, together with your

 full postal address, so she can get your parcel shipped to you asap.

Onto our Featured Artists!  

In 2nd Place we have Moriony! {Anna Komenda} of Poland with this sublime page.  

She has won a $30 pack of chipboard from 2Crafty!  Please contact Di Garling at vgarling {at} bigpond.net.au 

with the title 2CRAFTY CHIPBOARD WINNER SATW OCT 2013 in the subject line, together with 

your postal address,so she can get your prize shipped asap!

3rd Place goes to Arnlaug Koppang of Norway with this super-sweet layout that we all agreed was LOVELY!  She has won a $25 pack of chipboard from Scrapmatts chipboard in Australia.  Please email me at scrapaddict {at} telkomsa.net asap with the title SCRAPMATTS WINNER OCT 2013 SATW in the subject line 

so I can get your prize shipped to you asap.

4th place goes to Frau Muller of Ukraine with this heart-warming page!

She has won a $15 voucher to the Purple Pumpkin store.  Please go to the store HERE,

 select your prize then e mail Sam at purplepumpkincrafts {at} hotmail.com with your selections 

& your postal address.  Please put OCT 2013 SATW PURPLE PUMPKIN PRIZEWINNER

 in the subject line of your email.

5th place goes to Anna Wisniewska {Wiosanka} of Poland, for this lovely page - the perfect mix of humorous & heart-warming with perfect balance & artsy touches.  You have won a prize pack of ribbons & doilies from Juraci Falcucci, so please contact her directly at jufalcucci {at} gmail.com, with your full postal so she can get your prize shipped off to you asap.  Please put SATW OCT 2013 GIVEAWAY WINNER in the subject line.

Prizes to be claimed on or before the 15th of the month please, otherwise they will no longer remain valid.

PRIZEWINNERS PLEASE NOTE replies will NOT be sent BUT if you do not receive your prize within 6 weeks please contact the email address given {& copy me on scrapaddict {at} telkomsa.net} so they can follow it up for you.  

We trust our sponsors to be honest & reliable but we cannot be held personally responsible for prizes that go awry, although this would be the exception rather than the norm, having never happened to date.

Now for our 5 finalists in order of points!

{Yes from now on the Design Team is voting on 10 layouts a 

month according to points so we are stating TEN positions!}

6th place goes to Jacqueline Moore of Australia with this uber sweet page!

7th place goes to Anna Zaprzelska {Brises} of Poland for this beautiful layout.

8th place goes to Taniko of the Ukraine for this vibrant take on the challenge!

9th place goes to Marie Josee-Hamel {Mariemily} of CANADA with this exquisite page.

10th place goes to Natalie Elphinstone of Australia with this great take on the mood board!

Finally our RANDOM WINNER!

I was SO HAPPY when the name ELAINE COUSTLEY {Australia} came up to win Eila's lovely pack of flowers!  

Elaine has been a faithful player here at Scrap Around The World & was just saying on her blog recently that she 

was giving up playing in challenges for a while!  Well obviously our mood board dissuaded her & hopefully 

this prize will lift her spirits! 

 Elaine please sign up as a FOLLOWER of Eila Sandberg's blog HERE & e mail me at scrapaddict {at} telkomsa.net to claim your prize, giving me your full postal address & putting "OCT 2013 SATW RANDOM WINNER" in the subject line, so we can get that out to you asap!

CONGRATULATIONS ONCE AGAIN TO ALL OUR WINNERS!

Your layouts are all publication worthy & you have shown off your remarkable talent & skills to the max!!  

Such beautiful inspiration it has kept me happy for DAYS & I'm SURE will inspire others for many more 

days to come!!!  I'm sure you all agree?!? Please leave some COMMENT LOVE for these 

fabulous artists who have inspired us all this month!

Here is a reminder of our CURRENT MOOD BOARD - if you are looking for a challenge this month, please consider ours - we have some really excellent prizes up for grabs this month too!  Thank you!!