Video Tutorial by Lydie Denis - Lilibleu {Design Team 'Moment To Shine'}

Hi everyone. It's Heather McMahon back with you today to welcome 
you to another tutorial in our Design Team 'Moment To Shine' series. 

Today we have a video tutorial by Design Team member Lydie Denis

from France. Lydie was inspired by our current challenge here.

We were lucky enough to see a sneak peek of Lydie's layout in the mid-month 
reveal & now she is sharing a video of how she made her stunning project.

Please let Lydie know what you think by leaving a comment!

Lydie created this beautiful layout based on the mood board

 below. She was inspired by the lovely soft colors, the flowers &
the frames. Lydie will share her creative process with us in her video.

Let's get to know a little about Lydie...

"Hello everybody ! My name is Lydie Denis, aka Lilibleu. I’m 42, married 
& a mother of 2 boys, aged 8 & 6. I live in the South of France, in a lovely
sunny region I love, named Provence.  Together with my husband, 
we run our own e-shop, called Ysandel, selling fantasy jewellery.

I discovered scrapbooking during early 2009, after my second son was born.

Now it's a real part of my everyday life ! My kids, daily life & the beauty of

nature are my main sources of inspiration. I love to give volume to my
 creations,using inks, modeling pastes & flowers. 

You can take a tour into my colourful world through my blog 
as well as on my Facebook page.  I look forward to your visit :)

Watch the video below to see how Lydie created her layout!

Now for a few close-ups . . .

Lydie has used a range of beautifully textured
 products to create her amazing background.

You can be sure there will always be flowers on Lydie's projects! 

Here is Lydie's stunning finished page!

 Here are the products Lydie used :-

SUPPLIES LIST

Paper - Prima
Gesso, modeling paste & gel medium - Pebeo, Cultura & Ranger
Various mists - Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist & Chalkboard Mist
Alphabets - Websters Pages & American Crafts
Flowers & embellishments - Prima, Petaloo
Ink - Aladine & Versafine
Stencil/Mask - Prima
Gauze, lace & wooden frame - stash

Please leave a comment for Lydie if you enjoyed her video!

Remember - there are only 3 days left to enter this month's challenge!
To be in with a chance to win 1 of our 11 amazing prizes you'll need to be quick!

You can find the challenge details here.

COMPILED AND POSTED BY HEATHER MCMAHON

Photo Tutorial by Jaya Raghuvanshi {Design Team 'Moment To Shine' }

Hello everyone!  Heather McMahon here with you today to

 share our January photo tutorial by Design Team member 

Jaya Raghuvanshi from India. Jaya is sharing how she created

 this stunning canvas, inspired by our current challenge HERE.

Jaya was inspired by the colours, blooms, clock images
 & metal elements of the current mood board. 

A reminder about Jaya & her bio:-

"Hello everyone! My name is Jaya Raghuvanshi & I am from India.

 I am 27 years of age & a dental surgeon by profession. 
Crafting, painting & pencil sketching have been my hobbies since childhood. 

I discovered paper crafts in 2012 & have been hooked on them since then.
 My style is a 'mixed bag' & I love to try anything new that comes my way. 

 I started with scrapbooking & began making canvases only recently. 
I find canvases the best way to express myself.

I'd love it if you stopped by my blog here & Facebook pages here & here."

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 1. Apply a generous coat of Mod Podge to adhere your

 patterned paper to the canvas. Let it air dry or use a heat gun.

2. Apply gesso on the base & heat dry.

3. Use your chosen stencils with your texture paste, 
to create some background texture.  

4. Adhere all your embellishments on the canvas. 

Once everything is in place add more stenciling if you feel it is required.  

5. Coat the embellishments with a generous amount of gesso. 

Use crackle texture paste around the flower clusters & edges of the canvas.

6. Use your mists & sprays to cover the embellishments. 
Repeat with alternate coats of gesso & sprays, as many
 times as necessary to achieve the desired result.  

Here are some close-ups...

Jaya created these amazing 3D dribble effects

 by using her hot glue gun.Pretty cool huh?!

The texture & detail in Jaya's work is incredible & canvases are the perfect 
place to have fun with flowers & embellishments without worrying about bulk.

Here is Jaya's finished masterpiece!

Products Used :-

SUPPLIES LIST

12" x 12" canvas - art store
Patterned paper - Kaisercraft Base Coat

 White heavy gesso & texture crackle paste - Prima 

Texture paste - Ranger
 White gelato - Faber Castell
Vibez - Shimmerz white mist

Stencils - Art is & Reverse chicken wire - The Crafter's Workshop

Sprays - Lindy's Starburst Hottie patottie hot pink, 
 Rambling rose red, Cotton candy pink & Shabby turbine teal
Magicals - Lindy's Autumn maple crimson & Queen of hearts red

 Embellishments -Shabby chic oval resin frame, Typo bulbs, 

Ingvild Bolme plate & Finnabair bottle cap - Prima

Other metal embellishments & flowers - stash

Please leave a comment here for Jaya if you found this tutorial inspiring!

There is only 1 week left to get your entries in for this month's challenge! 
There are 11 awesome prizes up for grabs so be quick!

You can find the challenge details here.

We also have our monthly FOLLOWER COMPETITION running HERE
so don't forget to enter if you haven't already!  It also closes in a week!!
You could win a $25 gift certificate without even creating a project!



COMPILED & POSTED BY HEATHER MCMAHON.

January Guest Designer Olga Ryzhkova from Russia

DON'T FORGET OUR FOLLOWERS COMPETITION HERE!

It closes at the end of the month & you could win a $25 gift certificate!!

Hello everyone!  Nicole Doiron here with you today!!

Here's to hoping that 2015 is treating you very well so far

with loads of creative endeavours & endless inspiration.

  

Speaking of which,we have some awesome inspiration
 for you today from our January Guest Designer!

Please view our current challenge *HERE* & our

 mid-month reveal based on the same challenge *HERE*.

Without further ado, let's welcome back the winner of our
November 2014 challenge, Olga Ryzhkova from Russia,

as our Guest Designer this month.
 

Let's get to know Olga a little better!

"Hello, I'm Olga Ryzhkova. I live in the north of Russia, in Murmansk.
I'm a happy wife, mom of 2 daughters & grandmother of 2 granddaughters.
My family is my inspiration! I love to take pictures of my loved ones 
& these photos are always a source of inspiration to me.
I have loved scrapbooking for 5 years & now it's not just a hobby but
 a lifestyle.  I am grateful to scrap because I have made many friends,
 including from other countries.  If you want to get to know me & my 
creativity better - welcome to my blog at: http://lekinamasterskaya.blogspot.ru"

Here is Olga's gorgeous take on this month's mood board, as seen above.

 

Olga was inspired by the overall vintage mood of the board

as well as the clock, the beautiful frames & the delicate flowers.

 

Olga's choice of patterned paper couldn't match the mood board more beautifully!

 

The stenciling & stamping work that she added to her background 

also accentuates the shabby chic feel of her page so well!
 

Thank you Olga for such a pretty & inspiring layout!

Please leave Olga some comment LOVE if you feel inspired by her layout 
& make sure to create your own take on January's Shabby Vintage mood board!

We have AMAZING PRIZES up for grabs again this month

so please join us & link your entry as soon as you can!

Challenge closes Saturday, 31st January!

Compiled & posted by Nicole Doiron, SATW Guest Co-ordinator

Design Team Mid-Month Reveal {January 2015 challenge 21 by Karita Vainio} PLUS a Competition Reminder!

BEFORE READING ON PLEASE CLICK TO JOIN OUR BLOG 

AS AN OFFICIAL FOLLOWER! It will ensure that you are eligible

 to win ANY OF OUR PRIZES!!  AND MAKE US VERY HAPPY!!!

{YOU CAN FIND THIS GADGET ON THE TOP LEFT OF OUR BLOG}

Hello sweet fans of our challenge blog!
Tusia Lech here with you today :)

January challenge is hosted by Karita Vainio, who created

a beautiful, shabby mood board with amazing quote:

"Life is a balance of holding on and letting go".

It is a perfect quote for the beginning of the year, 

when many of us choose their one yearly word

or make new year resolutions.

Feel inspired to create a project influenced by below mood board

& join our challenge - 11 fabulous prizes await you
 (with international shipping included)!

Yay!!!

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WE ARE ALWAYS ON THE LOOKOUT FOR 

FOLLOWERS/FACEBOOK/COMPETITION PRIZES

so anyone looking to promote their products please 
get in touch with us via our Scrap Around The World
Facebook page.  

Not only that, but we also offer a Guest Designer Position to our

winner each month too, which comes with plenty of exposure

in your own special post as well as an exclusive badge.

Please remember that in order to be eligible for our random prize each 

month you do need to share your project on our Facebook Wall.

FOLLOW OUR OFFICIAL FACEBOOK PAGE HERE

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LIKE COMMENTS?  TURN OFF WORD VERIFICATION PLEEEEASE!!

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Save yourself a copy of our mood board now!!

And below you will find set of inspiration from our mid-month reveal design team...

Valia Katzaki {Greece}

Nicole Doiron {Canada} (canvas)

Pam Ellis {Canada}

Tiphanie Sunshineandscrap {France} (art-journal)

Athanasia Papantoniou {Greece}

 Veera Saarivuo {Finland}

Hera Sugitani {Brazil}

Tusia Lech {Poland} (art-journal)

Rachael Funnell {Australia}

Lydie Denis {France} Sneak Peek (Video tutorial coming soon!)

Sandra Przybylska {United Kingdom}

Fiona Paltridge {Australia}

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Now onto our AWESOME PRIZES!

Thanks to our generous sponsors,

ALL OUR PRIZES ALWAYS INCLUDE FREE INTERNATIONAL POSTAGE!!

1ST PRIZE

OVER $50 worth of product from 7 Dots Studio!
EXACTLY AS SHOWN BELOW

7 Dots Studio was born from dreams & for dreams. 

We are a European scrapbooking manufacturer of high 

quality scrapbooking products – paper, stickers, die-cuts,

 collage sheets, 6x6 pads, collection kits &chipboard.

Our collections are created by amazingly talented artists - 

from clean, graphic designs to mixed-media, grungy collage look. 

What you can always be sure of are high quality & thickness

 of our papers, which makes them perfect for all kinds of media.

 Among our products you will also find clear stamp sets coordinating 

with our collections to make them even more interesting & versatile.

We are amazingly happy & feel very blessed to see how much

 our products are loved by crafters & artists all around the world!

If you would like to see more awesome inspiration from our design team

please visit our blog HERE, our Facebook  page HERE & follow us on

Twitter HERE, Pinterest HERE & Instagram {7DOTSSTUDIO}.

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2ND PRIZE

$35 worth of CHIPBOARD from 2Crafty Chipboard
{not necessarily exactly what is shown below but a GREAT selection!}

2Crafty Chipboard is an Australian owned & operated manufacturer & wholesaler 

of laser cut chipboard products, located in Sydney, Australia.  We have been

 in operation since October 2006 & have more than 1 000 designs on offer.

We pride ourselves on quality products that are versatile & up to date with 

market trends, as well as offering unbeatable customer service, 

with quick turnaround of jobs large & small. Visit our website HERE.

We are happy to quote on personalised jobs, whether it be a single title for a 
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& would like to stock our range of unique products, please contact us

 for more information.  Please see further details on our blog HERE!

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3RD PRIZE

$30 worth of product from 13@rts
{A selection of the products shown below}

13arts is a Polish manufacturer specialising in scrapbook papers, 

embellishments & artistic mediums. See our store HERE where

we ship worldwide!  Our blog HERE is full of inspiration & we

 have a monthly challenge where all our welcome!

Follow us on Instagram HERE, Twitter HERE & Facebook

 HERE & remember to follow us on Pinterest HERE too!!

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4TH PRIZE

$25 gift certificate from Creative Embellishments!

Creative Embellishments is a family owned company created by

Michael & Nicolle Kramer, a husband & wife team who design

 & manufacture unique, high quality chipboard, wood, rubber stamps 

& flair products.  We have been in operation since September 2013. 

It is our mission to offer fun & inspiring products that can be added to

 any project to bring out your inner creativity! In the near future we will 

be expanding into other mediums such as acrylic & stencil embellishments.

 We also custom cut for individual orders & have a wholesale store for 

retailers, kit clubs & classes. Do your shopping HERE!  If you own a 

store register for our wholesale section HERE.  Be inspired by our
blog HERE & follow us on Instagram HERE & Youtube HERE.

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5TH PRIZE

$20 worth of product from UmWowStudio!
{based on a good selection of the goodies below!!}

UmWowStudio is an innovative embellishment company located in

 Las Vegas, Nevada.  With chipboard, flair & stencils currently in

 their product line (& more fun things on the way!) they span across

 all bits of paper crafting, including memory saving, card making,

 tags, stamping, mixed media, art journaling & more!

Shop with us HERE, follow our blog HERE & LIKE us on Facebook

HERE!  Follow our boards on Pinterest HERE & Youtube HERE!!

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6TH PRIZE

15 Euros worth of product from Scrap-Unlimited
{you will receive a surprise selection of BEAUTIFUL goodies!}

Scrap-Unlimited is a craft supplies manufacturer from The Netherlands,

creating  & selling the most amazing selection of embellishments for the

crafting industry.  We offer shabby chic, vintage & steampunk inspired 

embellishments, ribbon, flowers, metals, mini-books & mini novelty items.  

Check out our online store HERE for SO MUCH MORE!  

LIKE us on Facebook HERE & follow our highly

 inspirational blog HERE & our Pinterest board HERE.

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7TH PRIZE

15 Euros gift voucher from Mixed Media Place

Mixed Media Place is a treasure chest of different media for creative minds,

carrying a wide variety of embellishments & tools to get your projects going. 

The world of mixed media is a place of limitless possibilities - we are here
 to help you to spread your wings & fly! Find our blog HERE, LIKE us on
Facebook HERE, follow our boards on Pinterest HERE & do your shopping HERE!

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8TH PRIZE

17.50 Euros worth of products from Danafix, France. 
{Exactly as shown below}  Ciao 5+1 set “Vampire Knights”.

www.copicmarqueurs.com is an online store 100% dedicated to all 

Copic products. All Copic products made & assembled by the European

 importer are available in stock & we offer fast, international delivery!

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9TH PRIZE

$15 worth of product from Studio75
{Exactly as shown below}

Studio75 is a  Polish manufacturer of scrapbooking papers & items 

such as chipboard albums, notebooks, spiral bindings & magnetic sheets.  

We have our own online store HERE, a bustling Facebook page HERE

 & a highly inspirational blog HERE - come & visit us - let's connect!

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10TH PRIZE

Over $15 worth of product!!Courtesy of our design team!
{This month from me - Helen Tilbury}

Prize consists of a full pack of 5 inch doilies, airmail washi, a Prima stamp set,

K & Co. brads, Purple Pumpkin flairs & giant button, embroidered flourish,

Basic Grey bling rub-ons & Wycinanka Chipboard Christmas set. 

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RANDOM PRIZE

Scrapbook kit from SCRAPS OF ELEGANCE KIT CLUB
Random Winner will always receive the previous month's kit
from Scraps of Elegance, valued at a whopping $36.95!!

Scraps of Darkness & Scraps of Elegance are monthly scrapbook kit clubs
 that cater to scrapbookers who are looking for an alternative to what other 
kit clubs offer.  Our kits are designed for artists who wish to take scrapbooking
 to a level beyond.  We strive to include the latest & greatest items on the market
 that will enable you  to create not "just a layout", but a work of art. 

Visit our blog HERE,our Store HERE & sign up for our kits HERE & HERE!

Please LIKE us on Facebook HERE, follow our boards on Pinterest HERE ,

subscribe to our Youtube channel HERE & find our tutorials HERE!!

We would LOVE to connect with you!!!

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Onto some more exciting news!!

We have a new 2015 sponsor - SaCrafters from USA!

SaCrafters offers variety of chipboard,sturdy wood products (suitable for mixed media), 

stencils, embellishments& alterable items.  We cut our own product to ensure great quality

 & affordable prices! . Every month we come out with exciting new products, perfect for

 scrapbooking, card making, mini album making, mixed media & altered projects.

 If you would like to customize your order, please feel free to contact us via our Facebook 

page.  Visit our blog, Youtube channel, Facebook page, & Facebook group (a community 

full of amazing crafters) to share your creativity & be inspired!  Shop our store HERE!!

Each month in 2015 SaCrafters is sponsoring us with a $25 gift card for one lucky

 RANDOM WINNER!!  This month our competition is right here on the blog!

HOW TO BE IN WITH A CHANCE TO WIN!!

1)  Make sure you are a BLOG FOLLOWER (see the top of this post!)

2)  then SHARE THIS IMAGE OF OUR MOOD BOARD & our competition information

(including a LINK back to our blog!) on your blog or your Facebook page or both!

3)  Once you have done that come back & LET US KNOW where you have shared

by LEAVING A COMMENT ON THIS POST (Leave a link too if possible!)

(Leave one comment for each place you have shared!)

WE WILL ANNOUNCE A WINNER ON THE 8TH OF NEXT MONTH,

(8th February) IN OUR WINNERS' POST!!  

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The deadline for this challenge is  SATURDAY 31th JANUARY 2015.

Let us know what you're thinking!  Leave us a comment!!  We love 'em!!!

COMPILED & POSTED BY TUSIA LECH