Design Team Mid Month Reveal - February 2014 Challenge 10 by Christin Gronslett

Welcome back to REVEAL TWO of SATW Challenge TEN

 hosted by Design Team member Christin Gronslett from Sweden!

You will find our first reveal HERE.  If you haven't seen
 it yet be sure to click the link & go & check it out!!

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Along with our MID MONTH REVEAL we also welcome
 another new Ambassador ~ Amy Voorthuis  from the Netherlands!

 

This is what Amy has to say!

"Hi! I'm Amy Voorthuis & I'm almost 36 years of age. I have been married to the love of my life for almost 2 years now & we have been together for 15 years.  We have one handsome son,  Kevin,  who is 9 years old.  I live in The Netherlands but I have a lot of relatives in the States, in fact it was my aunt there who introduced me to scrapbooking 10 years ago!  Scrapbooking has become my passion ~  I love it so much that I sometimes create in my dreams :)  I think it's a great way to preserve wonderful memories. I feel very blessed to be  joining Scrap Around The World & currently am also designing for Imaginarium Designs (Australian Chipboard Company) BoBunny Press {American Manufacturer} & Cheery Lynn Designs (Die Cut Company)"

Amy has a very pretty, classic vintage/shabby style that is admired by many.
Please join me in welcoming Amy!

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Feel free to interpret Christin's mood board in any way you like,

 using one image, several of them, all of them or even just 

one aspect of an image, using ANY COLOURS!

To be eligible for judging:-

1.   You need to follow our 10 Golden Rules found HERE, which 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.

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

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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Riikka Kovasin {Finland} has created a gorgeous CANVAS!

Tusia Lech {Poland} has created a vibrant A4 art journal page
{you can create in A5 size but then you need to create a double spread}.

  

Kim Ewins {Australia} has created a BEAUTIFUL layout portraying the ultimate love!

 Zaneta Glowa aka Zanka {Sweden} has created such a soft & beautiful layout!

  Eila Sandberg {Sweden} has made this stunning A4 scrapbook page!

Alexandra Polyzou {Greece} wows us with an absolutely brilliant layout!

Marilyn Rivera {USA} presents us with such a darling page!

 

 Amy Voorthuis {Netherlands} has created a stunning debut page for us!

PRIZES!!

{all with FREE SHIPPING!}

1st Prize - GIGANTIC PRIZE PACK OF BLING

 EMBELLISHMENTS from FLOURISH WITH A BLING 

{Australian Embellishment Manufacturer}

who also have a FABULOUS 50% OFF SALE

on right now - so if you want to STOCK UP ON SOME

FWABulous bling embellishments or beautiful chiffon and/or

satin flowers NOW IS THE TIME!! {click the link above!}

FWAB have sponsored a MASSIVE $175 PRIZE!!!!

Wahoo!!!  Whoever wins this will be "in bling" for the

 rest of the year at least!!  

Flourish with a Bling is an Australian retail and wholesale company, owned by Lucy Patrick, Kate Settineri & Maggie Lloyd, who are 3 passionate & avid crafting mums with a love for design, colour & everything Bling! “Our aim is to bring more colour & variety into the world of flourishes & embellishments. With our unique designs & new materials we feel we are putting the ‘Bling into Scrapbooking’. We have a beautiful range of flourishes, vines, pearls & rhinestones. Recently we have introduced our own range of gorgeous flowers too.” They also sell fabulous themed packs at amazing prices. They have flat rate postage & free shipping for larger orders. They post internationally at actual post & packaging charges! You can contact them or find all their products on their easy-to-use website www.flourishwithabling.com.au.  

Follow their blog here http://www.flourishwithabling.com.au/blog/ & their gallery 

here http://www.flourishwithabling.com.au/gallery/

2nd Prize - WONDERFUL MISCELLANY PACK OF STICKERS, PRINTED CHIPBOARD & BLING EMBELLISHMENTS from Papirdesign {Norwegian Manufacturer}

Papirdesign have sponsored this AWESOME prize-pack valued at OVER $75!!

Papirdesign makes paper products, scrapbooking papers, stamps & accessories. 

Papirdesign is focused on colors, pattern & design & draw inspiration from the

 beautiful nature of the Northern part of Norway. The contrast & beauty in the nature 

there...art, culture & the local people, are their greatest source of inspiration.

FOLLOW THE PAPIRDESIGN BLOG HERE.

3rd prize - Scrapmatts Chipboard valued at $25!

 

Australian Made Laser Cut Chipboard to compliment your scrapbook pages,
 cards & paper-crafting projects. Scrapmatts has a Ning site that showcases
 an amazing talented international design team who post regularly on the blog
 there, a gallery, customer challenges & an online store. Come join in the fun here!

Below is just one example of some of the awesome products they stock HERE.

 

4th prize - $25 prize-pack of flowers, chipboard & embellishments

from Prima, Petaloo & Pink Paislee, etc - donated by our lovely

 Design Team member Eila Sandberg!  

You need to be a follower of her blog HERE to be eligible!!  

{worth it believe me!!}

 

 5th prize - A random selection of Purple Pumpkin products, to the value of $15.

 

Purple Pumpkin {Australia} manufactures high-quality embellishments of a fun & funky nature,
 specializing in fabric buttons, handmade flowers,resin, twine & washi tape.  

They have a great blog that is constantly active & they hold monthly challenges 
open to all, with Guest Designer positions up for grabs as well as awesome 
prizes of Purple Pumpkin loveliness!  

They stock a huge range of embellishments, washi tape, motex tape, 
etc in their online store HERE. Below is just ONE EXAMPLE
 of the many  products stocked in their online store.

 RANDOM PRIZE! 

A $25 gift voucher from The Flying Unicorn 

PLUS FREE SHIPPING!!

***TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR THIS YOU NEED TO ALSO POST YOUR

PROJECT ON OUR SCRAP AROUND THE WORLD FACEBOOK PAGE***

{Please post your layout photo as an image then you can add a link to your blog in the text rather than linking only to your blog so that if people want to see your image they go straight to your blog}

 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 and greatest and includes an off-the-page project to keep your creative muse flowing! Be sure to check out the Flying Unicorn forums, a hot and happening place which includes monthly challenges, tips, techniques and friendships that last! 

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

store: www.flyingunicornstore.com

Forums: www.flyingunicornforums.com

Facebook: 
www.facebook.com/pages/Flying-Unicorn/120928447946596

Blog: www.flyingunicornblog.com

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 The deadline for this challenge is Friday 28th February.
Please tell us what you think of our challenges
 & layouts in the comments section!
Just 12 DAYS LEFT to get your entries in!!

Guest Design Team Inspiration from Flourish With A Bling.

Hello Scrap Around The World Fans!

***Don't forget to play along with our current challenge HERE***

Today we are totally honoured to have the team from FWAB with us today!
They have outdone themselves with some absolutely incredible projects!!
THANK YOU so much to the lovely ladies at Flourish With A Bling
- who also just happen to be our main sponsor this month!

Flourish with a Bling is an Australian wholesale/retail manufacturer, 

owned by Lucy Patrick, Kate Settineri & Maggie Lloyd, who are 3 passionate & avid crafting mums with a love for design, colour & everything Bling! “Our aim is to bring more colour & variety into the world of flourishes & embellishments. With our unique designs & new materials we feel we are putting the ‘Bling into Scrapbooking’. 

We have a beautiful range of flourishes, vines, pearls & rhinestones. Recently we have introduced our own range of gorgeous flowers too.” FWAB also sell fabulous themed packs at amazing prices. 

They have flat rate postage & free shipping for larger orders.  

They post internationally at actual post & packaging charges!  

You can contact them or find all their products on

their easy-to-use website www.flourishwithabling.com.au.  

Follow their blog here http://www.flourishwithabling.com.au/blog

 & their gallery here http://www.flourishwithabling.com.au/gallery/

Look out for their monthly challenge with a great prize pack each month too!

 

Let's see how the team at FWAB interpreted our current mood board shall we?

 Amy Prior {Australia}

Amy has used FWAB Individual Pearls in White, 
Teal, Plum, Mango, Pink, Rose Pink & Antique Gold. 

  

Judith Armstrong {Australia}

Judith has used FWAB Chloe Pearl Flourish in Antique Gold,  FWAB
 Jasmine Laser Flourish in Gold & some FWAB adhesive pearls in Plum.

Linda Thompson  {Australia} 

Linda has used FWAB Pearls in antique gold, FWAB Grace pearls
 in mango, FWAB Jasmine in teal & FWAB Grace pearls in Rose pink.

 Tatiana Yemelyanenko  {Ukraine} 

 Tatiana has used FWAB Chloe Pearl Flourish in 
Antique Gold, FWAB Maddison flowers in Pink.

 Chloe Nielsen  {Australia}

Chloe has used FWAB Chloe flourishes in Antique Gold,
 FWAB Grace flourish in Plum & some FWAB Bella in Wine.

 Tracey Fowler  {Australia}

 

 Tracey has used the FWAB Chloe Flourish
 in purple & FWAB Adhesive Pearls in Purple.

 Evgenia Sokolinskaya {Russia}

 Evgenia has used FWAB Grace Pearl Flourish Copper, 
FWAB Jasmine Puffy Flourish White, & FWAB
 Adhesive Rhinestones 100 Pack Silver.

 Laura Gilhuly {Canada}

 Laura has used  FWAB Jasmine flourish, FWAB Bella Rhinestone
 flourishes, FWAB adhesive pearls, FWAB Maddison & Elise flowers

GOODNESS GRACIOUS ME!  What a seriously AWESOME reveal
today from FWAB!  Do you agree??  I'm sure they would LOVE to hear
from you today!  You can find the FWAB blog *** HERE***  to check out 
more of their work on a daily basis.  See you all again in a few days
with our MID-MONTH reveal from our own fabulous designers too!!

Thanks too to Kim Ewins for her help in getting
 everything together for me from the ladies at FWAB!

January 2014 Wall of Fame & our First Ever Design Team Call!!

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

JANUARY  WINNER

1st - Tanita - Russia

TOP 4 FEATURED

2nd -  Yulia Mozhova - Ukraine

3rd -  Zuziucha - Poland

4th - Asia Ossowska - Poland

5th - Rachael Funnel - Australia

TOP 10 FINALISTS

  Dorota Delega - France

Annar - Poland

Jelissa Mei - Singapore

Veera Saarivuo - Finland
Stephanie Papin - France

***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! 

IMPORTANT RULE CHANGE

We would LOVE to see your creations, made for our challenges here at Scrap Around The World, SHARED ON OUR FACEBOOK PAGE AS WELL so we ask that you PLEASE SHARE to our Facebook page in future, in order to be ELIGIBLE FOR OUR RANDOM PRIZE as only those who have shared their entries on our Facebook wall will be eligible.  

Please click on our "Scrap Around The World"page on Facebook HERE to share your work 

with us & remember to QUOTE YOUR LINKY NUMBER to be eligible, for example

 "Beatrice Lawson - Entry 50" at the beginning of your description. 

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

By sharing your entries with us on Facebook YOU will get more exposure
 & we can all enjoy seeing the SATW entries in our newsfeeds as well!

You are welcome to share a link to your actual blog post on Facebook
 too if you like, this drives more traffic to your blog if people want to take
 a closer look!  So it's a WIN/WIN deal right?!?

Posted by Alexandra Polyzou.

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Now onto our First Ever Design Team Call!

Excited Much?!?  You should be!!  Scrap Around The World is soon to be ONE YEAR OLD!!   
We have survived the first year, which is always a tough one!  Well I sure hope
 things are going to get easier from here on as it has been challenging!!

BUT there is no doubt about it - it has been worth all the time & effort & we are here to stay!
  I have some great key members in my Admin team that are staying on to help me
 "run the joint" & I am eternally grateful to them for making my load a bit lighter!

SO!  We are in need of some new Ambassadors!  
The time has come for our players to apply!!
If you are interested in joining the Design Team at SATW
here is the information you need...

1)  You need to have taken part in one of our challenges,
so if you haven't played yet, now is your chance.  Play
along with our current {February} mood board & link up!

2)  You need to have your own, current & active blog.
We are looking for people who have an established 
online presence, as we need to spread the word about
our new challenge site & our ambassadors help us do that!

{That means you need to blog regularly - at least once a week
 on average} & have built up an online audience.  

3)  You need to be on Facebook {regularly}.  This is because
 Facebook is a great marketing tool & makes it really easy for us
 to share our information there, with our Facebook Friends &/or
 Followers & also because Facebook Groups are the way 
Design Teams store, share & discuss their "behind-the-scenes"
 information with one another.  

However, it is fine for you to have just a "fan page" rather
than a personal page.  We are ALL expected to SHARE
SATW info regularly on Facebook as well as to blog about
the SATW reveal once a month on our own personal blogs.

4)  You need to have or create a Pinterest account to
 be able to PIN your project to our group board once a month.

5)  You need to create ONE PROJECT PER MONTH, to 
be ready by the 25th of the previous month, irrespective of
 whether or not you are in the 1st of the month reveal or the 
Mid-Month (16th) reveal.  

5)  You need to SHARE the reveal post in FULL on your blog 
once a month, including our prizes & sponsor information (but not 
everyone else's projects - just your own) by the 3rd of each month,
 including a link back to our reveal post.  

{Our mid-month team shares the first reveal post by the 3rd 
& then their project on the 16th, 17th or 18th of each month,
 on their blog, including a link back to the mid-month reveal}

6)  You will be on comment & voting duty every alternate
month & will be required to comment on half the entries
only then send in your top ten votes within 60 hours of
entries closing.  So you have one month on then one
month COMPLETELY OFF commenting & judging.
This should take no more than an hour on average
each month (2 hours every 2nd month) absolute max.

7)  You need to be prepared to help out with small administrative
tasks each month to split the load of responsibility, as you may be 
asked by the admin team to help out in some small way.
  This will not amount to more than an hour per month if that.

8)  We are looking for Scrapbooking Artists, Mixed Media
Artists & Art Journallers from ALL AROUND THE WORLD
but you need to have a good command of the English 
language in order to communicate within our Facebook
group & join in our discussions there.  We don't mind at 
all if your English is not perfect, we do not judge that :)

9)  You need to read the instructions below & apply exactly
as we have asked, by sending NO PHOTOS PLEASE,
 - you need to create a hyperlink in your email - to your
 blog - so I can look at your creations there.  If you have 
played at SATW more than once you only need to 
link up to ONE post on your blog, in your email.

I've prepared a jpg image for this call so that you can SAVE IT
 for your reference.  Anything needing clarification?  Please
 leave your question here & I will answer it as soon as I  can.

We are looking for all styles of artistic scrapbooking
 from people from every country in the world that have 
the time to commit themselves to our requirements.

There is no compensation for challenge blog positions,
however those experienced with them can vouch for the
satisfaction, exposure & experience gained from
 being on well-run & well-supported teams like SATW.

Please bear in mind that from our side the selection process
 is never easy as there are many factors to take into consideration, 
as well as a limited number of places.  Only a small amount of
  people who apply for a Design Team position can be successful
 so please don't take it personally if you don't make the team.  

There is always next time or other opportunities that come along! 

 Thank you so much in advance to those of you who apply!!

  I will NOT be sending any confirmation e mails, nor will I be replying
 to anyone other than the successful applicants, for no other reason
 than a genuine lack of time.  I wish there were more hours in the day!

 I check my spam folder regularly so there is no way I will miss your 
application but if you would like to leave a comment ON THIS POST
to say that you have applied I will get back to you ONLY IF I HAVEN'T
RECEIVED IT so that can give you some peace of mind if you are
concerned about that.  

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

January 2014 Winner, Features, Finalists & Guest Educator Announcement!

Hi again!!  The time you have all been waiting for is here!  I know how exciting it is to find out if you have been featured in a challenge or not so I hate to keep you waiting & always do my best to get our winners announced on time each month.  We had an absolutely awesome 108 entries last month!  We could not believe our eyes!!  Every time we went to check the linky there were MORE entries - I felt like Mark Zuckerberg's character in the "The Social Network"movie - watching the numbers rolling in right before my very eyes - it was truly wonderful :p  THANK YOU!

*** Just one thing!!  PLEASE REMEMBER you need to link us up to YOUR BLOG - we do not accept entries linked up to galleries or places like Tumblr - only to personal blogs.  This is due to accessibility issues - thank you ***

Here's a reminder of what our January mood board looked like!

Kim Ewins, our designer who created this mood board, is really a phenomenal talent.  You should check out her blog HERE.  She has such a beautiful, soft style, that I really admire.  YOU all loved her mood board too, clearly :)  Not only did we have the most amount of entries EVER but the standard of entries was also the HIGHEST we have ever seen!  To me this is actually MORE IMPORTANT than how many entries we get, as it is living proof that people are motivated by prizes (which is a great thing - I am a capitalist through & through) & it shows me that people are really pushing themselves to MAKE GOOD ART!!  That is what this site is all about!

If you've never watched the video above - NOW IS THE TIME.  It could be the best 20 minutes you spend all year - it certainly was life-changing for me last year & all about MAKING GOOD ART.  Of course this made the judging very difficult & time-consuming but we did it, because we have that responsibility to you, our players, who spend hours creating a feast of gorgeous inspiration for us that gives us absolutely infinite pleasure!!  

We inspire you - you inspire us - it's such a joyful mix and so rewarding!!

Our top 4 layouts this month were mere points apart - all really phenomenal!

Our winner this month is Tanita from Russia!  (Again!!  Our winner last month was also from Russia).  

Tanita understood our mood board PERFECTLY & not only created a beautiful work of art

 but also gave us such a fantastic explanation of her inspiration.  This is what she told us:-

 " I was Inspired as much by not palette, as by atmosphere of these pics.  Easiness, airiness, light-heartedness, peace and harmony. That's why I wanted to make light, bright, soft, gentle & romantic layout, full of love; layout, that could hug & warm you. But sure, I used some aspects of palette too :) All the Shades of beige, Milky &Sandy, Natural Shades of wood & accents of blue & Turquoise.  Also I want to note, That I don't like to use in Flowers my works, but here, when I looked at the mood board, I decided to add more romantic & used them :)  Hope, you'll Understand my Feelings and emotions :)  Thanks for your Challenge, it really was a splash of art for me :)"

2nd place goes to Yulia Mozhova from Ukraine.  Another fantastic take on our mood board,

from someone who totally "got it!"  We also LOVED what Yulia had to say about our board...

"Are children not wonderful creations?  No matter what -  the sound of waves, the hot sun, the loud cries of seagulls - noise...movement... The child needs a rest!  And let the whole world wait..."   Even Yulia's description is pure poetry!!

3rd place goes to Zuziucha from Poland, with a very beautiful page, 

 totally layered up & luscious, with stunning use of colour & texture.  GREAT job!!

4th place goes to Asia Ossowska, also from Poland.  She said this about her page.  "I was very inspired by pictures with lights & glass balls in a net. I decided to refer to them & I made ​​a kind of garland with linen thread & some transparent glass beads."  TOO COOL!!!  What a completely adorable idea!!

5th place goes to Rachael Funnel of Australia.  Her layout
 is completely evocative.  Amazing colouring & layering!

And that completes our winners & features.  Now onto our finalists...

6th place goes to Dorota Dolega of France!  Dorota admits to
 being "texture obsessed" - well we can see that & we're impressed!

7th place goes to Annar from Poland for this charming page.

8th place goes to Jelissa Mei of Singapore!  So clean
 & beachy but also rustic & grungy - great combo!!

9th place goes to Veera Saarivuo from Finland - peace on a page :)  Exquisite!!





10th place goes to Stephanie Papin of France for this uber-chic layout.



Congratulations talented & tenacious ladies!!



Now onto our Guest Educator!

Who caught our eye this week with their wonderful techniques!?!
Leila Cardoso of Brazil that's who!!  Leila is a regular player at
Scrap Around The World & submitted this lovely layout last month.



There is a lot of goodness in this page, so we would like Leila to come back next month as our Guest Educator, 
to share a step-by-step photo tutorial of how to create another layout, in a similar style
 to this one, to show us how she goes about her creative process!

Now onto our RANDOM winner!  REMEMBER that to be eligible for this prize 
you now need to ALSO UPLOAD your entry to FACEBOOK {our page HERE}.  

Congratulations to Sarah Routledge from Canada!  
She created this ADORABLY SWEET layout!!





**** PRIZEWINNERS NOTES****

1ST PRIZE - Tanita - please email me {Helen} at
scrapaddict {at} telkomsa {dot} net asap with the title
"1st prize - Tanita- Creativica prize-pack"in the subject line
& your postal details, to claim your prize THEN please also
 contact our Guest Designer co-ordinator, Kim Ewins, 
@ kimewins {at} hotmail {dot} com with the title 
"Tanita - SATW Winner Jan 2014 Guest Designer"

in the subject line, so she can send you what you need

for your {optional} Guest Designer post.

2ND PRIZE - Yulia Mozhova - please email Di Garling @

vgarling {at} bigpond {dot} net {dot} au with the title

"2nd prize - Yulia Mozhovo - 2Crafty prize-pack" in the

subject line & your postal, details to claim your prize.

3RD PRIZE - Zuziucha - please email me {Helen} @

scrapaddict {at} telkomsa {dot} net with "3rd prize -

 Zuziucha - Scrapmatts prize-pack in the subject line 

& your postal details, to claim your prize.

4TH PRIZE - Asia Ossawska - please email me {Helen}

@ scrapaddict@telkomsa {dot} net with "4th prize - 

Asia Ossawska - Purple Pumpkin prize-pack" in the 

subject line & your postal details, to claim your prize.

5TH PRIZE - Rachael Funnel - please contact Eila

Sandberg in connection with your prize :)

RANDOM PRIZE - Sarah Routledge - please contact 

me with "Random Prize - Sarah Routledge - Studio 75

Collection" in the subject line, plus your postage details.

Guest Educator - Leila Cardoso - please email our Education

Co-ordinator, Leonie Neal-Dawson, at leoniend12

{at} gmail{dot} com with the title "Leila Cardoso -

SATW Guest Educator Spot Jan 2014 for Feb 2014''

in the subject line - THANK YOU WINNERS!!!

And once again thanks to EVERYONE WHO PARTICIPATED!

You all did a totes awesome job & we loved looking through all

108 entries!!  Please join us again this month & REMEMBER

TO LEAVE SOME COMMENT LOVE  for our winners!!!