Monday 4 August 2014

July 2014 Winners, Features, Finalists AND Honourable Mentions!







Hello again everyone & THANK YOU for your awesome participation last month!
WOW when I finally went through each & every entry on Sunday my jaw was on the floor - 
remarkable work & so many EXCELLENT ENTRIES!  I can see that we are making you
 stretch every creative muscle in your scrappy bodies!!  Keep up the great work & keep trying! 
 Competition is STIFF at SATW but that's what makes our 6 prizes that much more coveted - 
because they are GREAT PRIZES & they are HARD WON!! 
 Remember to follow our rules so your entry can be considered!

We had 99 entries in July - which was GREAT considering that July is traditionally
THE SLOWEST MONTH at challenge blogs, due to the European Summer.
So even the sunshine can't keep you away any more!  AWESOME!!
Above is a reminder of our July mood board.




Absolutely incredible piece of work.  Completely Breathtaking!
Everything necessary is here.  Clean but artistic.  Layered but simple.
Clustered but not overdone.  Perfect Balance!!
CONGRATULATIONS NUPUR!


Now onto our Top 4 Features - Places 2 - 5

 How absolutely precious is this?  And how seamlessly does the photo
 meld with the photo stack & that then into the stunning hand-painted 
background?  WOW.... This is something very special!



Jelissa is one of those people that produces constantly amazing work so if you want to see
 how it's done I suggest following her blog, 'cos this girl sure knows how to do it!  
She is a regular here on our Wall of Fame & for good reason.
  Beautiful work & photographed perfectly.



Dreamy!  I absolutely LOVE this layout & I wasn't the only one!
Pretty, pretty, pretty, pretty!  I love the dandelions flying all about
the page & the feeling of lightness & freedom.  Excellent job.



How absolutely yum is this?!!  You really need to click in HERE to
 take a look at the close-ups on Marta's blog.  Absolute treasure...



 

Completely gorgeous page & love the vibrancy of the colours 
& the freedom & lightness of the mixed media work!




So soft & light & LOVE that idea of the punched strips on the
 background - definitely want to try that out - what a great idea...



GREAT colours & love the design.  Not too much or too little
& such an eclectic mix!  Love the use of the maps too!!


page scrapbooking SATW\

A dramatic take on any challenge is always a sure fire way to catch the eye 
of the Design Team.  Take a look HERE at how Tiphanie created that AMAZING
 background - & guess what?!?  ANYONE can do it - it's a must see...



Another very pretty entry full of beautiful mixed media work & resist
 techniques/products. Again perfectly balanced with a touch of black for
 definition & so light!!  Very gentle & lovely.  Well done ladies!!

Honourable mentions this month go to {in no particular order}

Atour-de-Mwa
Mitralee 
Lizzy Hill
Wilma Voermans
Romy Veul
Eila Sandberg 
Arantzazu
 Brenda Vd Huist
Becky S
Truskawka M
Ela 17
Sue Smith
Vasso Sofou

Every one of you created very special pages
 so we want you to know we noticed! 

Our Random Winner - Fiona Ong - Singapore




Congratulations & way-to-go on the adventurous mixed-media work
 here together with the vintage photo - what an eclectic mix!

PLEASE REMEMBER TO FOLLOW US ON OUR FOLLOWERS GADGET
IN OUR RIGHT HAND SIDE-BAR (JUST ABOVE WHERE YOU LOAD YOUR
ENTRIES) WE ADDED THIS ONLY IN APRIL DUE TO TECHNICAL
 PROBLEMS SO WE HAVE LOTS OF CATCHING UP TO DO!  

Photo: SCRAP AROUND THE WORLD........."FOLLOWERS" GIVEAWAY
TODAY IS THE LAST DAY - OFFER CLOSES 31st July
We have recently added a "followers" tool to our blog & we would
love you to be a follower over there so that you can take advantage of all we have on offer, SO, go over to SATW blog, sign up as an official follower on the gadget on the right hand side just above the linky (where it says JOIN THIS SITE) then you must leave a comment HERE to say you have signed up as an official follower of SATW or that you had signed up previously. Then you will go in our draw to win this fabulous pack of seven Cheery Lynne Dies valued at over $100. Woo Hoo, what are you waiting for girls, go sign up, today is the last day !!!!
http://scraparoundtheworld.blogspot.com.au/

We also have regular Facebook competitions HERE, the most recent
of which {as shown above} has been won by Priscilla Lim from Singapore!
CONGRATULATIONS PRISCILLA!!

We have a new giveaway launching really soon so keep
 a look out for it everyone - it is coming some time this month!

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PRIZE WINNERS NOTES

Nupur please contact sales {at} scrapsofdarkness {dot}com to let Melinda know that
 you are our July winner & supply your postal address please.  You win awesome
 mists & embossing powders to help you with your your beautiful mixed media work.

You are also invited back as our Guest Designer for September so please contact
our Guest Co-ordinator Kim Ewins at kimewins {at} hotmail {dot} com to let her
know if you would like to take up the offer.  If so she will send you more details.

Arnlaug please email Vanessa at sales {at} 2crafty {at} optusnet {dot} com {dot} au 
with your postal address so she can get your $40 worth of 2Crafty Chipboard 
out to you.  You will have a lot of fun with it!

Jelissa please email Alda at cs {at} flyingunicornllc {dot} com for your voucher
code for the store, to claim your $30 worth of Flying Unicorn goodies, together
with free postage!  An awesome prize for you!!  Remember to register at FU first.

JaMajka please email Di Garling at vgarling {at} bigpont {dot} net {dot} au with your
 postal address so you can receive your $20 worth of Green Tara flowers & goodies.

Marta please email Rachel at info {at} darkroomdoor {dot} com with your postal
address so she can get your $15 stamp sent to you.  Enjoy it!

Fiona Ong - please email Tusia at 7dotsstudio {dot} com with your postal address
so she can send you your Illumination & Hopefully Collection Papers, etc.  Yay!!

CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OUR WINNERS, FEATURES, FINALISTS,
HONOURABLE MENTIONS & OUR LUCKY RANDOM WINNER!

AND OUR FACEBOOK WINNER TOO!!

Please remember to share the love by leaving a nice
 comment for these well-deserving ladies for their efforts!





35 comments:

Terhi Koskinen said...

Congrats Nupur and all other winners! Well done, so happy for all of you <3

Rachael Funnell said...

So many GORGEOUS creations here.. CONGRATS to the WINNERS! :)

Lady_Libellule said...

These layouts are so gorgeous. Congratulations to all winners.

Fiona Paltridge Designs said...

Congrats Nupur, beautiful design xx Thank you SATW for your vote of confidence and congrats to all the winners and HM's. Keep up the awesome work SATW Can't wait to get my teeth into the next challenge :)

Val-Belle said...

CONGRATULATIONS! so many wonderful layouts and I love them all... way to go girls.

Kim Ewins said...

A Huge congrats to all the winners......some seriously stunning layouts!!!
Well Done :)

Val-Belle said...

CONGRATULATIONS! so many wonderful layouts and I love them all... way to go girls.

Lizzyc said...

Well done everyone, such wonderfully creative layouts this month!

Eila Sandberg said...

Congratulations to all winners! and thank you so much for the honourable mention! xox

Unknown said...

congrats to everyone and thank you!!

Unknown said...

Congratulations to all winners!

Julia Tsvetkova said...

Congrats to all winners! Very beautiful and creative layouts!

Di Garling said...

Big CONGRATS to all our wonderful winners & honourable mentions. Sooo many superb layouts ladies & we look forward to seeing what you all do next time. Cheers Di

Unknown said...

Congrats to all the winners. The pieces are so gorgeous and they give so much inspiration.

Thank you SATW for holding the Facebook competition too. Can't wait to start playing with the cheery Lynn dies! :)

sue said...

Wow!! How amazing are all those wi nning layouts!! awesome work! I feel very honoured to even get an honourable mention! :)

famillemarleau said...

Congrats to all the winners. Johanne Lacombe

Erica said...

CONGRATS to all! So many beautiful, inspiring projects!

mamaLeka (Olga Ryzhkova) said...

Congratulations to all, especially Nupur! I admire your works!!! So many beautiful!!!

Nupur said...

Wohoooo....Congrats to all the winners...wonderful wonderful creations....yaayieee...thanks a lot SATW for choosing me as a winner...Thanks Tusia for the wonderful inspiring moodboard....wohoooo...what an honour..yayaieee...on cloud9 indeed....xx

Tusia Lech said...

There were so many amazing entries!! I am so happy my moodboard inspired you all to create such amazing projects!!! Thank you! And congrats to everyone - winners, finalists, features and honorable mentions xxx

Lizzy Hill said...

Feeling VERY humbled to be in such AMAZING company.....big congrats to all the winners....you girls are INCREDIBLE scrappers:):)

Miae said...

Oh yay, congrats to the winners and thank you so much!!

Arnlaug said...

Oh wow! Thank you for choosing my page to be in the top 4! I'm so honored and thankful:-)

Congrats to all the other features and especially to Nupur:-)

Marilyn said...

Congratulations to all the winners!!! Congrats Nupur! :) :)

Vasso Sofou said...

Congratulations to all the ladies!! I saw some of the most beautiful pages! You are a big inspiration to all of us! I am so happy to be mentioned here!! :-)

Tone-Lill said...

Congrats to all the wonderful ladies mentioned, awesome job everyone :)

Heather McMahon said...

Wow! What an inspirational selection of work. Fabulous! Congrats to all the winners. <3

aniouchka said...

bravo aux gagnantes

Unknown said...

Congrats to all the winners.Your layouts are fantastic.

Lilibleu said...

Congrats to all the winners.Your layouts are fantastic !!

Arantzazu said...

Congrats to all !!!
And thank you so much for the lovely words!
;)

Unknown said...

Well done to ALL the entrants! If only I had half their talent....x

Hera said...

Congratulations, sweet girls!!! Your projects are stunning!!! Thanks so much for sharing with us, ladies!!!

Riikka Kovasin said...

Congratulations to all! Stunning, stunning pages!

Ania Komenda said...

oh my! so many wonderful creations; so many inspirations; great job girls