Tuesday, 1 April 2014

April 2014 Challenge 12 - A Light & Modern Mood Board by Riikka Kovasin!





Hi there! Another month, another challenge! And what a month March was - the beautiful light & girly moodboard inspired you to make totally gorgeous projects & our team has been gasping while going through the entries!!  Thank you all so much for participating!  It really makes our hearts flutter to see the numbers increasing each month!!! We hope that this new challenge inspires you to come up with even more spectacular projects! 

Before the challenge post just  A LITTLE REMINDER ABOUT OUR RULES - 

1)  please help us find your entry EASILY by linking up to YOUR ACTUAL POST not your entire blog.  We are on 103 entries at the moment so we have our work cut out for us!  Hunting down layouts is adding extra time in for our designers to find your work so PLEASE HELP US :-D  

2)  Please LABEL YOUR ENTRY CORRECTLY with your FULL NAME & COUNTRY.  If you don't put either it takes time to find & we may make a mistake & get it wrong, if you are featured in our Wall of Fame.  We can't change it later & it is best FOR YOU to have your name & country correct.  Please don't write the name of your layout or forget your country :-D

3)  Please click in to your entry after linking up!  Some entries are showing an error message if they are not linked correctly & this means we can't see all your hard work :(  Also, if you enable word verification we sometimes don't have time to fight our way past it so if you LOVE comments like we do, please turn it off!

4)  Lastly, it's not a "rule"as such but please consider showcasing your images as XL so they are easy to see without further clicking.  This gives your beautiful pages SO MUCH MORE IMPACT for any challenge blog, or for any of your blog followers to view & saves extra clicking - every bit helps!  

THANK YOU!!

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Welcome to Challenge TWELVE, hosted by Design Team member
 Riikka Kovasin from Finland! 


Riikka has created this light & modern mood board 
for you to be inspired by, using her favorite colors.


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:-

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!!

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Riikka Kovasin {Finland}


Supplies from Mixed Media Place & 3rd Eye :- 





Helen Tilbury {South Africa}





Gayle Price {Australia}





Agnieszka Bellaidea {Canada} CANVAS





Di Garling {Australia}





  Carla Marchee {Netherlands} ART JOURNAL SPREAD





Keren Tamir {Canada}




Leonie Neal-Dawson {Australia}





Anna Komenda {Poland}


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1ST PRIZE

$50+ Cocoa Daisy Package plus free postage!


Expect Something Different, it's what you'll get from Cocoa Daisy. 
We offer 2 stylishly curated kits on a monthly basis – 
one for scrapbooking, one for the day to day Project Life style
 (plus we offer coordinating add ons, stamps subscriptions, 
art journaling &  project kits) – full of great manufacturers, 
exclusive stamps & products & always lots of inspiration. 
Always. 6 month subscriptions are available to save money
 & ensure that you never miss a month of creativity.

March Main Kit - Emerald Isle PLUS March Add-on - Grey Street





2ND PRIZE - Gift voucher for Mixed Media Place



Does your heart desire to create and to play? 
Are your fingers yearning to get inked and misted? 
Then Mixed Media Place is the place for you! 
The store is the treasure chest of different media for the creative minds
 & also carries 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!


Please also check out the inspiration from our design team
 on the shop's blog! You can also find us on Facebook
Pinterest - let's connect!





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.
They also have a new Blogger blog now HERE.




  



4TH PRIZE - KIT BY 3RD EYE CRAFT




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 inspirations! - Drycha





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

Purple Pumpkin


Purple Pumpkin manufactures high-quality embellishments of a fun & funky nature!  They are
 Australian based & specialize 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.










pop and colours « Art of background »

6 weeks of workshops with step-by-step detailed examples & videos !

Do you like to play with inks ?

Dirty hands, painting in the hair and stains on the apron doesn’t scare you?

Then this workshop is for you!

Whatever your style, learn how to create backgrounds
very personal using the techniques presented in this workshop !
I requested SOME internationally famous guests to
 share their secrets for making scrapbook pages from A to Z.
 Each week two different step-by-steps 
(videos or photos & written explanations) will be presented.  
 6 weeks of workshops with step-by-step detailed examples and videos!
Each week (Tuesday & Friday), the  icing on the cake, 
sample pages created by the various instructors on each technique. 
These examples will show you that the techniques are adaptable to all styles !
The workshop will focus on scrapbooking pages but the techniques are obviously
 suitable for other media (Art Journal, Project Life, mini-album, canvas Mixed Media etc.).
There is no time limit for subscribe the workshop & it will be available for a
 period of one year from the beginning of the workshop (18 October 2014)





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The deadline for this challenge is  WEDNESDAY 30th April 2014.

Hope you enjoyed our REVEAL ONE.
Please leave a comment for the awesome SATW 
designers & let us know which prize is your favourite!!





Friday, 28 March 2014

Featured YouTuber - Rachael Funnel of Australia!





Hello Scrap Around The World fans!!
THANK YOU to all of you who have played along this month!

We are on EIGHTY FOUR entries so far - WOOOOOOOOOOO!!!
JUST 3 MORE DAYS TO GO LADIES! Keep 'em comin...

Our current challenge is located HERE & if you scroll through the month
you will see Guest posts, Guest Designer posts, a mid-month reveal
AND another video tutorial a couple of days ago too!

Yup we try to keep things fresh for you here at SATW & make sure
there is always some kind of buzz going on to keep you inspired!


In our recent mid-month reveal here we introduced you to our
newest Design Team member Rachael Funnel, who also happens
to be our Featured YouTuber for the month as well!  Some
girls are just bundles of talent & our Rach is one of 'em!!


"Hi there, my name is Rachael Funnell I am 37 years old. 
 I live on the outskirts of Cowra, New South Wales, Australia with
 my husband Jason {we have been together for just over 18 years!} 
We have 2 beautiful children, Ethan {11} & Chloee {9}. 



 I started scrapbooking just over 6 years ago & still really enjoy it!




Currently I design for Kaiser craft, Green Tara & Twiddleybitz 

(Australian Chipboard Company) & am on the sketch team 
for the Australian magazine Scrapbook Creations.  



Thank you Helen for inviting me as a Guest Educator,

this is my VERY first video tutorial…so please be gentle…!!!
 I hope you ENJOY it & are inspired in some way....

 If you are interested in seeing more of my work please stop by my blog HERE. http://awindowtoomyworld.blogspot.com.au/

Watch the video to see Rachael create this Scrapbook page from start to finish.


You can subscribe to Rachael's You-Tube channel HERE.





                              Rachael guides us through her creative process as she puts
 together a beautiful page & provides plenty of techniques & tips
 along the way. Thank you so much Rachael for taking the time
 to produce & share this with us at Scrap Around The World.

Please pass on your thanks to Rachael by leaving her
 a comment to let her know how she inspired you!.



Monday, 24 March 2014

March Guest Educator - Leila Cardoso of Brazil with a Video Tutorial to share!





Hi Everyone!  Today we welcome one of our players, Leila Cardozo
 to Scrap Around The World, to share a video tutorial with us on 
how she typically puts her layouts together.Her January entry really 
caught our eye so we invited her to join us as our March Guest Educator. 
 Welcome Leila!


"Hi Everyone!  I am Leila & I am married to Marcelo & mother to Maria Clara
 & Matthew, who are all my greatest sources of inspiration.  I am absolutely 
addicted to scrapbooking, which has also become my therapy.  I love the time
 I spend creating & began in November 2010 & haven't stopped since!  I try to 
scrap every day if I can as I love it so much!!  I would love it if you could
 come & visit my blog HERE & subscribe to my Youtube channel HERE.


Leila used our current March Mood Board to create her beautiful page!


You can also see our fabulous mid-month reveal HERE too.



You still have a week left to enter this challenge so why not watch Leila's quick 3 minute video
 to harness that mojo & whip up a creation to enter? !  Thanks Leila!  Remember to leave 
some comment love for Leila - this is her first video & she has done an awesome job of it!!




Sunday, 23 March 2014

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Thursday, 20 March 2014

March Guest Designer Anna Komenda of Poland! {and OUR NEXT NEW DT member!!}






Please view our current challenge HERE & our 
2nd reveal based on the same challenge HERE.

Today we welcome back the winner of our February 2014 Challenge,
Anna Komenda of Poland, as our March Guest Designer!


Hello!  My name is Anna and I am from Poland.
 I have 2 daughters, who are my constant inspiration, a very
 patient husband & a beagle dog.  I am a geologist by profession but
a scrapbooker by love ♥.  Layouts are my favourite type of projects
to create but I also love to make mini-albums!   I favour colourful designs 
with a light mixed media touch.  You can find my blog  *HERE*"

Anna is also joining our NEW Design Team {most of whom will be 
announced in MAY 2014} but she is joining as of NOW as she loves
SATW so much & we love her right back ♥  Her work is OUTSTANDING!

***Please remember to congratulate her in the comments section***
EVERYBODY LOVES A WOOT!!

 

  Anna has used our current mood board for inspiration.


As usual Anna has created an inspiring masterpiece & I just love it!!


Anna has a very strong personal style which is also totally unique & individual!


So artsy yet also so pretty - beautiful in fact - all at the same time :)  
And always such fruity colours!


And a surprise!!  Anna put together her very first video on how she
created this piece too so if you would like to take a look at it 
here it is!!   Thank you so much Anna for being our Guest &
for joining our Design Team as a Polish Ambassador.

 

♥ Please be sure to leave some appreciation for Anna ♥

and don't delay in getting your entries in - 

Just ELEVEN days left to go now!

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