January 2015 Guest Design Team Inspiration from 7 Dots Studio

Hello Scrap Around The World fans!
Nicole here with you today, bringing you the Guest Design Team post.

Thank you so much for all your entries so far this month!

What better New Year resolution than to

take more time to do the things that you love,

and that is, scrapbooking!

If you haven't had a chance to play along yet this month
it's time to get to it as we are almost half way through January already!

You can view all the details for our current challenge *HERE*.

Today we welcome some very talented designers from 7 Dots Studio

who have agreed to share with us their fabulous interpretations 
of our current mood board. 

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 the 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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Here's a reminder of our January mood board,

which the 7 Dots Studio designers used as inspiration. 
It was created by our very own Karita Vainio, 

Now without further ado, let's see what the 7 Dots Studio ladies have created!

Anna Rogalska {Poland}

 Anna Wiśniewska (aka Wiosanka) {Poland}

Elena Morgun {Ukraine}

Riikka Kovasin {Finland}






 Melenia Agapides {Greece}

Helen Tilbury {South Africa}

Tusia Lech {Poland}

I'm sure that you are inspired, as I am, by all these amazing creations.

What beautiful & intricate layouts, 
each one unique & perfect in its own way for our mood board.
 

Please leave some comment love for these fabulous designers
& visit the 7 Dots Studio blog HERE to see more of their beautiful work! 

This month 7 Dots Studio is sponsoring a prize worth OVER $50 
exactly as shown below 
 as well as FREE INTERNATIONAL POSTAGE!

So don't waste any time!
Link up your project by January 31st
for your chance to win! 
And of course please remember to leave some LOVE
 for the wonderful 7 Dots Studio Designers!

Compiled & posted by Nicole Doiron 

December 2014 Winners, Finalists, Features & Honourable MentionsAnd a New Sponsor & Competition Announcement!

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}

THANKS FOR YOUR SUPPORT!  

We have gained almost 100 followers in a week!!

Well! hello to you all... Rachael Funnell here bringing you our WINNERS,
 finalists, features & honourable mentions!   There were  92 entries for
 our December challenge!!  THANK YOU to everyone who played along...

The Winner is...

1st -Halyna Filippenko of Ukraine 

Halyna!   We are happy to say that you are invited
 to back to be our February Guest Designer!

Please email our Guest Co-ordinator, Nicole Doiron at

 nicutopia{at}hotmail{dot}com so she can send you our requirements!

Next up is our TOP 4...

2nd place goes to...
Tanya SonataJoy, also from Ukraine! 

3rd place...
  Athanasia Papantoniou from Greece

4th place...
  Fiona Paltridge from Australia 

5th place...
 Elena Tretiakova from Russia

6th place...
 Tanya SonataJoy from Ukraine {again!!}

7th place...
 Mariemily from Canada

8th place....
 Natalya Trofimova from Primorye

 

9th place...
 Mona Pendleton from USA

10th place.....
  Evgenia Kovton from Ukraine

We also have some honourable mentions that you

 can view under our Previous Challenges tab HERE.  

Honourable Mentions IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER go to :-

Entry 79 - Arantzazu {Spain}

Entry 52 - Dagmara Kos {Poland}

Entry 3 - Jelissa Mei {Singapore}

Entry 31 - Marta De {Poland}

Entry 45 - Nicole Doiron {Canada}

Bonus prize winner of best entry combined with Stuck?! Sketch goes to...
Entry 68 - Heather Robertson from Alaska!

Random Prize winner is...
Entry 9 -Denisa from Czech Republic



Your entries are all so amazing & even if you feel you may not be in the 

same league as some of the unbelievably talented ladies that play here -

 not to worry!  

We have a random prize every month AND a monthly Competition prize too

 - both of which you can win by just uploading your entry to our Facebook page!

Winners' Notes

Halyna please email cs {at} flyingunicornllc {dot} com with your postal address
 so you can receive your $60+ worth of kits!

Tanya & Athanasia please email Pam Ellis at langeatheart {at} hotmail {dot} com 
with your postal addresses to receive your Christmas kits

Elena & Tanya please email Rachael Funnel at rachel {dot} funnell {at} bigpond {dot} com 
with your postal addresses to receive your prize packs

Denisa please email sales {at} wowembossingpowder {dot} co {dot} uk 
with your postal address to receive your embossing powders & moulds.

Heather please email Annie at alayte {at} hotmail {dot} com
 with your postal address to receive your stamp set!

Don't forget to join us for our latest challenge HERE 

going on until the last day of the month!

REMEMBER TO LEAVE YOUR CONGRATULATIONS

 for all our well-deserving winners!!

COMPILED & POSTED BY RACHAEL FUNNELL

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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 HERE 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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SCRAP AROUND THE WORLD MOOD BOARD & COMPETITION INFORMATION

  

Monthly mood board challenge site with plenty of inspiration as well as plenty of prizes!

We have a team of 24 designers from ALL OVER THE WORLD sharing their projects

with you in 2 REVEALS EVERY MONTH as well as a Guest Designer & Guest Team

 each month PLUS TWO TUTORIALS!!  We are sponsored by 11 amazing companies

 that ship OUT ALL OUR PRIZES INTERNATIONALLY.  We vote for our TOP TEN 

WINNERS based on MERIT each month as well as well as choosing one RANDOM

  winner & one COMPETITION winner each month.  COME HAVE FUN, LEARN & PLAY!

Find our site HERE & join in our Followers Competition right now!  See blog for details!!

Streamlining Scrap Around The World for 2015!

Hello again!  Today is usually the day that we announce our winners.

We have made a change to our schedule going forward & we will be

announcing our winners on the 8th of each month in future.

This may seem like a long time when you are waiting, but for us it

has been very difficult to get the winner's post done & out by the 4th

of each month & to do so is unnecessarily stressful all round.

If you have ever wondered about our voting process this is how

things work :-  Once the challenge has closed approximately

a quarter of our team {6 ladies} compile their votes & send them

in to me within 2 days {we have a rotating voting schedule}.

This is because voting is no easy task & takes around 2 hours!!

Once I receive all votes I draw up a table & transcribe all the

numbers into one place (everyone assigns points from 10 to 1).

I then add up all the points & compile the post from there.

As we receive a large amount of entries within the last few days of 

closing, voting can only start on the 1st & the DT cannot drop

 everything to get their votes to me within 48 hours as at times

the end of the month may coincide with the weekend.

 With such a high standard of work from our entrants & so many

entries we want to be able to study EVERY entry & not rush

through the process so have decided it is best all round to 

to have 4 days to get the votes in & a couple of days for me

to tally everything up then get the information necessary

passed on to Rachael who in turn will need a couple of days

to create the Wall of Fame along with the post!

This year I will not be writing all of the posts myself 

& the posting team will be fully responsible for them. 

Scrap Around The World is a great place to run but I have

never wanted it to be my only achievement & have a number

of other endeavours on my agenda this year, so thanks to

these capable ladies for helping me out until June!

Rachael Funnell - Winner's Post & Wall of Fame

Nicole Doiron - Guest Designer & Guest Team posts.

Tusia Lech - mid-month reveal.

Heather McMahon - both  tutorial posts.  

January 2015 Challenge 21 A Shabby Chic, Vintage Mood Board by Karita Vainio

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}

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!

Hello everyone!!  Welcome to a brand new challenge here at 

Scrap Around The World!  We are looking forward to keeping you 

busy the whole year round so do hop on & join us!!

Today we have a very beautiful new mood board from you,

all the way from Finland, created by Karita Vainio!

Karita has created such a soft board - a great way to slide into 2015!!

So ease yourself in gently with the beautiful chalky colours, metallics,

time-aged rust, old lace, clock images, Roman numerals, greenery,

romantic flowers, verdigris, distressed wood, ornate trimmings &

some food for thought with the quote about what to keep in your life

this year & what needs getting rid of...so many possibilities here!!

The Design Team are raring to go & ready to see what you have to show us!

This is what Karita has to tell you about herself...

"Hello! My name is Karita Vainio &I'm from Finland. 
I´m a mother to 3 wonderful children, 2 grown up boys
 & a teenage girl, & wife to a kind & supportive man.
My family is my inspiration for scrapbooking & I love to 
create layouts of our daily life. It is the best way to capture
 our memories.  If you like to see my work, please visit
 my blog HERE.  You can find me on Pinterest, Instagram,
Faceboook& YouTube too!! I´m looking forward to seeing 
how you are inspired by my mood board - have fun & I will
 be visiting EACH of you enters this month!" KARITA

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This year we are wowing you with TEN merit-based prizes

 each month as well as ONE random prize.  11 prizes!!

Believe me it was quite a feat to secure them but I did it!!!

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.  

 All our prizes always include international shipping! 

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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This is REVEAL ONE.  We now have a MID-MONTH REVEAL that goes LIVE

 on the 16th with another full set of inspiration from the other half of our team!

Save yourself a copy of our mood board now!!

 Karita Vainio {Finland}

Di Garling {Australia}





Helen Tilbury {South Africa}

Heather McMahon {Australia}

Zuzia Bodakowska {Poland}

Marianne Johansson, {Norway} ART JOURNAL SPREAD

Pascale B. {France}

Jelissa Mei {Singapore}

Tatyana Sidorenko {Belarus}

Jaya Raghuvanshi {India} Sneak peek {Photo tutorial}

Terhi Koskinen {Finland}

Tanya Dudkina {Russia}

Now onto our AWESOME PRIZES!

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

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