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).