Saturday, 12 July 2014

Guest Team Inspiration from 7 Dots Studio!





Hello Scrap Around The World Fans!
***Don't forget to play along with our current challenge*** HERE***

Help yourself if you have featured here as part of one of our invited Guest Teams! 

Today we have the wonderfully talented design team from
7 Dots Studio  sharing their interpretations of our current
 mood board. THANK YOU so much ladies for your inspiration!

2014 Major AND Epic Event Sponsor

7 Dots Studio was born from dreams & for dreams. We are a European
 scrapbooking manufacturer of high quality scrapbooking products
 – papers, stickers, die-cuts, collage sheets, 6x6 pads, collection
 kits, stamps &chipboard. Quality of our products is our top priority.

 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 work perfectly with all kinds of media.

 Among our products you will find also 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 around the world!

 If you would like to see more awesome inspiration from our
 design team please visit our blog or Facebook fan page


Here is our June Mood Board, designed by the owner of
7 Dots Studio herself! Tusia Lech, & used as a source of 
inspiration for our Guest Team today.


Let's see what the 7 Dots Studio Team have created!



Pascale B {France}








Tanya Dudkina {Ukraine}






Wiosanka {Poland}





Helen Tilbury {South Africa}








Riikka Kovasin {Finland}


Messy Head - 6x12 Die-Cut Elements












What a magnificent showcase of work from the 7 Dots Team!
Please remember to leave some words of encouragement
& thanks for these fabulous designers!!

You can see more of their creations over at
the 7 Dots Studio blog ***HERE***




Tuesday, 8 July 2014

June 2014 Wall of Fame


   ***Click HERE to view our current challenge***

JUNE  WINNER

1st - Brandi Matos - USA

TOP 4 FEATURED

2nd -  Yuliya Khudyakova - Russia
3rd -  Jaya Raghuvanshi India
4th - Olga Ryzhkova- Russia
5th - Nupur Patel - India

TOP 10 FINALISTS

  Tiphanie - France
Lilybleu - France
Athanasia Papantoniou - Greece
Galina Sazonova- Russia
Birgit - Austria

Click the Wall of Fame banner IN OUR HEADER at the top of the blog to go straight
 through to the Winners' Post so you can then go through to our Winners' personal
 blogs & browse through even more of their gorgeous work!


***Winner, Features & Finalists please feel free to right-click & save
 the Wall of Fame to add to your resume, as well as grabbing 
the correct badge from below to display on your own blog!***




Please support us by playing along with this month's mood board. 




PLEASE REMEMBER TO ALSO SHARE YOUR PROJECT WITH US DIRECTLY ON 
OUR FACEBOOK PAGE in order to be ELIGIBLE FOR OUR RANDOM PRIZE as 
only those who have shared their entries on our Facebook wall will be eligible.  

Find our Facebook page HERE  & remember to 
QUOTE YOUR LINKY NUMBER to be eligible, for example
 "Jennifer Garner - Entry 50" at the beginning of your description. 

THIS SHOWS US WHO YOU ARE QUICKLY & EASILY to avoid you losing out!

 Please share with us directly,don't just tag us, THANK YOU!

Upload your IMAGE not just a link to your blog please :)

PLEASE FOLLOW US ON BLOG LOVIN' HERE & LIKE us
 on Facebook HERE to benefit from all we have to offer you :)

WE NOW HAVE A FOLLOWERS GADGET IN THE LEFT SIDEBAR
TOO - PLEASE SIGN UP TO BECOME AN OFFICIAL FOLLOWER
 TO BE ELIGIBLE TO WIN OUR PRIZES & BE FEATURED!!

Friday, 4 July 2014

June 2014 Winners, Features & Finalists! Plus some Honourable Mentions too!!




124 AMAZING entries this month!  Yikes you are NOT making life easy for me LOL!!  
Over 9  hours later we have our winners!!!  Seriously this took 2 evenings!!  Rest 
assured that I have viewed each & every one, as has the Design Team too!! 

 Each month I receive at least TEN "Top Ten" lists from the DT & make up a points 
chart & meticulously add, add, add until we have our winners, chosen by a complete
 cross-section of the team! {And different DT members each month} so we really
 do take this seriously.  We could come up with a much quicker way but we want
 to honour the effort you make & the skills & the talent you each possess.

Because we had such a GREAT turnout this month we decided to include 
10 honourable mentions too.  We may not do this each time & it would be far
too time-consuming to link up to 20 people & display all those projects, but
if you see your name there know that you came *this close! & be encouraged!

A reminder of the board, which really brought people out of their 
comfort zones & produced some phenomenal creations!!


Snag if you won FIRST PLACE!

1st place - Brandi Matos - USA!


Faultless!!  Amazing!!!  A-D-O-R-E-!!!

Snag if you came 2nd, 3rd, 4th or 5th!

2nd place - Yuliya Khudyakova - Russia


Wow!!So many small elements collaged together
 so beautifully & just look at that gesso work!



3rd place - Jaya Raghuvanshi - India


So dreamy & beautiful!



4th place - Olga Ryzhkova - Russia


Nothing short of a work of ART!!
How awesome is this?!?



5th place - Nupur Patel - India


So excellent!  Such careful & tender work!!

Snag if you came 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th or 10th!

6th place - Tiphanie - France

page scrapbooking SATW june combo black yellow sunshineandscrap

VERY cool!  Awesome background work!!



7th place - Lilybleu - France

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HOW pretty?!?  The picture of happiness!!



8th place - Athanasia Papantoniou - Greece


Stunning freedom to this piece!!



9th place - Galina Sazonova - Russia


Thoroughly gorgeous!!



10th place - Birgit - Austria


Great composition, proportions, simplicity!!
And showcasing such a lovely photo!

And onto our HONOURABLE MENTIONS

Please note that we are leaving the old linky up until the 8th this month,
to give you all a chance to check out our HMs for yourselves!!

In no particular order - Helen Wallace {Australia} Entry 119, Val Thorpe {South Africa} Entry 20, Audrey Yeager {USA} Entry 48, Elena Lishchenko {Russia} Entry 105, Autour de Mwa {Algeria} Entry 102, Joanne Bain {Australia} Entry 94, Becky {USA} Entry 80, Brenda Van der Hulst {Netherlands} Entry 75, Miyake {Korea} Entry 67, Nina Roganova {Russia} Entry 31.  

Congratulations on some STERLING work!!

Now onto our RANDOM winner - Arantzazu - Spain!


Beautiful page too!!  And such a funny photo :-D

PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU ARE FOLLOWING US ON FACEBOOK HERE UPLOAD 
YOUR CREATION TO OUR WALL TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR OUR RANDOM PRIZE.

Prizewinners Notes

Brandi please send your postal address to Vanessa at :-
sales {at} 2crafty {at} optusnet {dot} com {dot} au to receive 
your $50 worth of 2Crafty Chipboard!

Yuliya please send your postal address to Chrissy at :-
create {at} gauchealchemy {dot} com to receive your $40 kit!

Jaya please send your postal address to Di Garling at :-
vgarling {at} bigpond {dot} net {dot} au to receive your $30
worth of Green Tara goodies!!

Olga please send your postal address to Rachel at info {at}
darkroomdoor {dot} com to receive your giant button stamp!

Nupur please send your postal address to Tusia at tusia {at} 
7dotsstudio {dot} com to receive your $15 worth of 7Dots product!

And lastly Arantzazu please register first at The Flying Unicorn
store here then email Alda at cs {at} flyingunicornllc {dot} com 
with SATW RANDOM WINNER in the subject line so you can
make arrangements to select your $25 worth of goodies :-D

BIG CONGRATS TO ALL OUR WINNERS!!!
Thanks for your support everyone & hope you are getting busy with
Tusia's awesome new board for July - it's a very versatile one!!



Tuesday, 1 July 2014

July 2014 Challenge 15 - A Light & Airy Mood Board
by Tusia Lech






Helloooo out there!!  Welcome to Challenge 15 hosted by Tusia Lech from Poland!

REMEMBER TO SHARE YOUR TAKE ON IT ON OUR FACEBOOK PAGE TOO
to be in with a chance to win our RANDOM prize.  We have regular giveaways 
theretoo & have one currently on the go RIGHT NOW!!


Tusia's mood board is fun, whimsical & full of positivity with a magical feel!

The possibilities are endless!!  Remember you only need to be inspired
by ONE image or many, up to YOU!  And you don't need to follow all the 
colours or ANY of them if necessary.  The world is your oyster at Scrap
Around The World!  Just let us know how you were inspired unless it
is glaringly obvious :)

To be eligible for judging you need to follow our 10 Golden Rules
 HEREwhich include:- 1)  Sharing the mood board image.

2)  Mentioning Scrap Around The World {in full - not just 
SATW} & LINKING BACK to the current challenge.

3)  Mentioning HOW you were inspired by our mood board,
UNLESS IT IS EXTREMELY OBVIOUS!

4)  Linking back to your SATW blog post NOT YOUR ENTIRE BLOG.

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If receiving comments from some of our Design Team members is important
 to you please ensure that you have WORD VERIFICATION TURNED OFF.

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This is REVEAL ONE.  We now have a MID-MONTH REVEAL 
as well - that goes LIVE on the 16th of every month with another
 full set of inspiration from more of our designers!!

Tusia Lech {Poland}





Helen Tilbury {South Africa} A4 Art Journal page










Di Garling {Australia}





Dorota Dołęga {France} - Art Journal Spread





Zuzia Bodakowska {Poland}





Hera Sugitani {Brazil}





Debbie Burns {USA} Canvas 





Karita Vainio {Finland}





Anna Komenda  {Poland}





Erica Houghton {USA} Sneak Peek of Video Tutorial coming soon!


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Now onto our magnificent prizes {ALL of which ALWAYS include
 FREE POSTAGE ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD} & awesome sponsors!!

1ST PRIZE

OVER $50 worth of sprays & embossing powders from
 Lindy's Stamp Gang, sponsored by SCRAPS OF ELEGANCE KIT CLUB!


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.



Please also check out the inspiration from our design team on the shop's blog!
You can also find us on Facebook & Pinterest & YouTube - let's connect!
Our tutorials you can find here!
Store: http://store.scrapsofdarkness.com
Blog: http://scrapsofelegancekits.blogspot.com
Community / Gallery: https://www.facebook.com/groups/scrapsofdarkness

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2ND PRIZE

$40 worth of goodies from 2Crafty Chipboard!


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.

We are happy to quote on personalised jobs, whether it be a single title for a 
customer, or large jobs for retreats, classes etc.  If you are a retail business 
& would like to stock our range of unique products, please contact us
 for more information.  Please see further details on our blog!


Image depicts a sampling of 2Crafty's latest products & is for illustration purposes only. Prizewinner will receive an awesome selection of 2Crafty Chipboard to the value of their prize.

 Blog: http://www.2craftychipboard.blogspot.com.au/
Website: http://www.2crafty.com.au/
Email:  salesat2crafty@optusnet.com.au

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3RD PRIZE

$30 gift card from The Flying Unicorn Online Store!


Flying Unicorn...Your Passion. Your Art. 
Their on line store has an incredible selection of products for all paper crafting artists. 
Their Kit of the Month is filled with the latest & greatest ~ including 
an off-the-page project to keep your creative muse flowing!
Be sure to check out the Flying Unicorn forums, a hot & happening place 
which includes monthly challenges, tips, techniques & friendships that last!


They also have a blog &  Facebook page where you can find loads of inspiration!


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4TH PRIZE


$20 worth of Green Tara products & flowers!



Green Tara are an Australian based company & are importers & wholesalers
 of fine handmade & milled mulberry papers,beautiful ribbons,both fabric & paper 
 flowers, washi tape, etc. They are continually adding to their collections of high
 quality products & provide papers with rich colours, wonderful textures & beautiful patterns!


Image depicts a sampling of Green Tara's latest products & is for illustration purposes only. Prizewinner will receive an awesome selection of Green Tara products worth $30.

Blog:  http://www.greentara1.blogspot.com.au/
Website:  http://www.greentara.com.au/home.php 

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5TH PRIZE

$15 worth of Darkroom Door




Darkroom Door is owned by photographer Rachel Greig &  graphic designer 
Stewart Yule, who combine their talents to design a unique range of rubber stamps
 &  papercraft products suitable for card making, scrapbooking, invitations, collage, 
mixed media & altered art. As the name suggests, Darkroom Door products
 have a strong photographic element in their design.


This is just an example of the type of stamp you could WIN!!
Check out the Darkroom Door website to see their full product range
 along with a gallery full of projects and ideas!


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RANDOM PRIZE


 $25 worth of product from 7Dots Studio!



7 Dots Studio was born from dreams & for dreams. 
We are a European scrapbooking manufacturer of high 
quality scrapbooking products – papers, stickers, die-cuts,
 collage sheets, 6x6 pads, collection kits &chipboards. 
Quality of our products is our top priority. 

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 work perfectly with all kinds of media.

 Among our products you will find also 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 around the world!

If you would like to see more awesome inspiration from 
our design team please visit our blog or Facebook fan page.


Blog/website: http://7dotsstudio.com/

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ALL OUR PRIZES ALWAYS INCLUDE FREE INTERNATIONAL POSTAGE!!

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The deadline for this challenge is  THURSDAY 31st JULY 2014.

Please let us know how you like our reveal & give our designers
& sponsors some comment support ♥