March 2014 Challenge 11 - A Pretty in Pink Mood Board by Alexandra Polyzou

Hello everyone!  GOSH can you believe it is MARCH already?!?  Crazy!!! 

 February is soooo short that March has snuck up on me by surprise!!  

Can't actually believe it is here already!!! We had such an AWESOME month 

with a RECORD number of entries!  THANK YOU!!  The ENTIRE Design Team

 at Scrap Around The World works very hard each & every month to bring you

 beautiful inspiration, not to mention prizes, etc, etc so your participation is our reward!

Without further ado, welcome to Challenge ELEVEN, hosted by Design Team member

 Alexandra Polyzou Γειά σας from Greece!  Alex is our "Wall of Fame" creator/poster

 & does an amazing job every month with it - THANK YOU ALEX!!  

She has created a really charming & pretty mood board just like herself 

for us this month.  There's no way you won't just ADORE it!

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A reminder about our  DESIGN TEAM CALL - click HERE for further details.

  I am not wanting a team with dozens of people.  I know that is "de rigueur"

 at the moment but I love a manageable group of people that can get to know 

each other & feel like an integral & indispensable part of something special 

so I'm being very selective & already have my shortlist.

   Please apply SOON if you are interested as it's getting tougher by the day :)

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Feel free to interpret the 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.

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!!

Alexandra Polyzou {Greece}

Di Garling {Australia}CANVAS 

Gayle Price {Australia}

Leonie Neal-Dawson {Australia}

Agnieszka Bellaidea {Canada}

Keren Tamir {Canada}

Helen Tilbury {South Africa}

Carla Marchee {Netherlands} ART JOURNAL SPREAD

Mette Kallander {Sweden}

PRIZES - ALL WITH FREE SHIPPING!!

1st prize - A $50 gift voucher from The Flying Unicorn!

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 & includes 

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 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

2nd prize - AWESOME PRIZE OF METAL EMBELLISHMENTS

 from Scrap-Unlimited, Dutch Manufacturer

Scrap-Unlimited is a young company with our own brand ~ Scrap-Unlimited by Bettina.

We sell embellishments for scrapbooking, cards & mixed media projects. 

We specialize in Vintage kits for home decor & mini albums.

Visit their fabulous site HERE  & their blog HERE

& be sure to LIKE their Facebook page HERE

 & follow them on Pinterest 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.

SCRAPMATTS NOW HAS AN AWESOME NEW BLOG HERE!!

You can now follow them on Blog Lovin' HERE too!

4th prize - KIT BY 3RD EYE CRAFT valued at $20

Kit includes: set of 7 different flair buttons with adhesive foam - 

one flair button with pin - one chipboards sheet TEC-029 feathers2 

- stamp TES-020S rose small - stencil TEM003 little stars.

What is 3rd Eye? 

It's world of imagination created by one Mixed Media freak! 

Creating her own scrap goodies world (yes, that's me!). 

You can find there rubber stamps with a lot of very versatile designs,

 chipboards to decorate your beautiful projects, adhesive flair buttons

 & pins to embellish & masks to create patterns & textures! 

Do You think that's all? 

Of course not! 

Check my brand & find Your 3rd Eye of creativity! 

Wishing you tons of inspiration! - Drycha

3rdeyecraft.com

http://3rdeyecraft.blogspot.com/ 

https://www.facebook.com/3rdEyecraft

5th prize - A random selection of Purple Pumpkin products ~ value $15. 

Below is just ONE EXAMPLE of the many  products stocked in their online store.

They stock a huge range of embellishments, washi tape,

 motex tape, etc in their online store HERE. 

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!  

RANDOM PRIZE

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

PROJECT ON OUR SCRAP AROUND THE WORLD FACEBOOK PAGE

~ please post the image only then a link to your blog if you like,

but DO NOT POST THE LINK ONLY & PLEASE INCLUDE

 THE NUMBER OF YOUR ENTRY according to our linky tool***

6 mists from 13arts {Poland} value ~ $30

Description:
Mists coloring - with a capacity of 33ml (1.1 oz.). Non-toxic water-based ink gloss. 
banner effect. For dyeing, among others, paper, fabric and other surfaces. 
difficult to be washed after drying. Description: Water based ink in mist - shining effect.

 Non toxic. Transparent. You can use it to color paper, fabrics and other materials.

13arts is a very cool Polish manufacturer owned & run by awesome mixed media artist Aida Domisiewicz.  

They produce their own exclusive range of scrapbooking papers & stickers

 as well as an ever-expanding range of mediums including mists, paints, 

gesso, gel medium & my very favourite must-have item - Microspheres!!

Follow the 13arts blog HERE

Visit their online store HERE

13arts ships internationally at actual postage costs!

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The deadline for this challenge is MONDAY 31TH MARCH 2014.

Hope you enjoyed our REVEAL ONE.

Please leave a comment for the awesome SATW 

designers & let us know which prize is your favourite!!

February Guest Educator - Rikki Graziani from Australia with an AMAZING!! Background Technique Tutorial.

Hi Everyone!  Today we welcome one of our players, Rikki Graziani to Scrap Around The World, 

to share a technique tutorial with us on how she creates her amazing backgrounds.

Her December entry really caught our eye so we invited her to join us as our

February Guest Educator.  Welcome Rikki!

"Hi!  Rikki here & I am thrilled to have been invited as a Guest Educator at Scrap Around The World! 
Thank you so much for the opportunity & I hope I inspire you with my technique.

I live in Mandurah, Western Australia, with my hubby, our 3 beautiful kids, our dog & two bunnies. 
I am a very lucky to be a stay at home mum & have been scrapping since I was 16 years old.
 I am currently on several design teams, namely Molossi, Sawyer’s Place, 
White with One, Scrap the Boys & Scrap it with attitude.  

I have been published many times both in Scrapbooking Creations & Scrapbooking Memories, 
where I was very honoured to have one of my layouts featured on the front cover.

I love participating in challenges, especially mood boards as sometimes I can be quite
 colour challenged.  My pages vary a lot ~ I can’t go past a bit of fussy cutting 
& at the moment my latest love is mixed media."

You can see more of my work on my blog & Facebook page."

http://justtoobsessed-rikki.blogspot.com.au/

https://www.facebook.com/JustToObessed

1.  Using a large 12 inch , mask mist your paper with the contrasting colours starting with the lightest
 colour first. Once your happy with the result set aside to dry, or use your heat gun to speed up
 the process.  To stop your cardstock from warping, dry the front & back alternately as you go.

2.  Using Stazon/archival ink, stamp over your misted background with your script

& music note stamps.  Don't use a stamping block as holding the stamp in your

hands makes for a freer look.  Use a brick stamp around the edge of your layout.

3.  Choose  6 inch mask to add some more background design, randomly around your page, 
using texture paste.  Overlap the mask with the edges of your layout too so you can go right 
over the edge with your design.  Dry off with a heat gun or overnight/a few hours.

4.  Using a pipette or dropper, add large splashes with Heidi Swapp Colorshine – Gold Lame. 
I have added mine in a diagonal pattern starting in the bottom right hand up to the top left hand. 
Allow to dry naturally as using a heat gun will manipulate the mist into different shapes.  
If you are in a hurry try blowing gently on the back with your heat gun.

5.  Stand back & admire your background - you did it!!

6.  To finish off the background add some stamped butterflies (using black ink)
approximately ¾ of the way on the layout as if they are flying up the page.
Remember this can be chalk ink now as you are not adding any more 
layers of medium.

7.  Complete your layout using photos, patterned papers & embellishments

I used metallic gold cardstock, die-cuts & doilies to match my page.

8.  Don't forget to add a title and/or journaling.

                                    

SUPPLIES USED:-

Tattered Angels Mist – Deep Plum, Black Cherry, Cupid.

Heidi Swapp Color shine – Gold Lame

Stazon ink– Black

Jo Sonja’s – Texture Paste

Prima Marketing – mini stamps (brick wall x2)
         12 inch Template (Swirls)

Script & music note stamps – Stash

Butterflies stamps – UNITY 

Crafters Workshop 6 inch Triangle Mask

Crate paper - Flea Market tags & Ephemera Pack

Pink Paislee – Prairie Hill Bitty Blocks Alphas

Paper Doily - stash

WOW!!!!  Thanks so much Rikki for sharing with us!

How AWESOME is that background & what a top-notch tutorial Rikki prepared for us!!

  Thank you!  Thank you!!  Please leave some comment LOVE for Rikki if you agree!!!

  Here's a reminder of our FEBRUARY MOOD BOARD that so clearly inspired Rikki.
There's still TIME for you to enter - just 4 days mind!  So if you haven't got your entry
 in NOW'S THE TIME!!  We've had a boat-load of inspiration this month, from our
 Design Team, Guest Team & Guest Designer so track back the blog if you are
 looking for your mojo.  You're sure to find it here :)

  The current challenge is located HERE and HERE (our mid-month reveal).

February Guest Designer Tanita Shmigun of Russia!

Please view our current challenge HERE & our

2nd reveal based on the same challenge HERE.
{& don't forget our Design Team Call HERE}.

Today we welcome back the winner of our January 2014 Challenge,

Tanita Shmigun of Russia, as our February Guest Designer!

"Hi everyone!   My name is Tanya, but my online name is Tanita.

 I’m 19 years old & live in the little city of Angarsk (Siberia) in Russia.

I've just finished school & soon I will be furthering my studies.  
 I live with my parents, little sister & brother.

I began scrapbooking in 2010 & I still try to learn more & more about this amazing art.
I love to tell my stories through layouts & mini-albums ~ to express my feelings & emotions.
 I love to use paints, stamps, stickers & confetti & I love to layer.
At the moment I am experimenting with mixed-media, steampunk & grunge. 
My  inspiration comes from my boyfriend, my friends, my family.  

Scrapbooking is my therapy & makes my world better, brighter & happier ~
you can find my blog *HERE*  

 

 

 Tanita has used our current mood board for inspiration.

I love the touches of yellow Tanita has used

 {inspired by the gold in the flower-pot image}.

Just look at all those luscious layers!!  I can count ELEVEN!!!

Yet Tanita's layout is not at all bulky.  Very clever!

Such a wonderful photo too.  

Tanita sure knows how to capture the

 essence of our mood boards doesn't she?

Thank you so much Tanita for creating this wonderful 
page especially for Scrap Around The World!

Please leave some encouragement for Tanita,
who is still a teenager!  {Makes me wish I had
been able to take up scrapbooking earlier than I did!}

Just 8 DAYS TO GO until our current challenge closes.
Remember it's February which is a short month,
so if you haven't had a chance to play along yet why not 
schedule some "ME" time this weekend?

Challenge closes on Friday 28th Feb - midnight EST.

Design Team Call! 2014 Term 2 {May 2014 - October 2014}

Hello again everyone!!  Just reminding you all about our DESIGN TEAM CALL in case you missed our first announcement.  {It was within another post HERE} but here are all the important deets for you again.

*We have had such an amazing response that I am already making my 

shortlist so please DO NOT DELAY - the sooner I receive your entry the better*

We have nearly completed a year here at Scrap Around The World & I am in need of some new Ambassadors!  
At last the time has come for everyone to have a chance to join the SATW team!!  I have
 had countless enquiries as to how to do so over the last year so here is the 411!!

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 lack of time :(  Running this challenge blog is a detailed & time-consuming job
 in itself & is only a small part of what I do so I ask for your forgiveness & understanding in advance :)

 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.  

I have put all the necessary/vital information into a jpeg for y'all!  

So that all interested parties can right click & SAVE to your desktop 
{to make it easier for you to refer to}.

Anything needing clarification?
Please leave your question here & I will answer it asap!
All the best for your applications!!

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.

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.

Scrap Around The World is in need of designers from all over the world & representative of all different styles too. The selection process is never an easy one 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 taking the time to apply!!

WE ARE REALLY EXCITED TO PUT TOGETHER A CRACKER JACK TEAM FOR OUR 2ND TERM 
SO THROW YOUR HAT IN & TRY OUT TO BE PART OF SOMETHING AWESOME!

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