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Friday, 4 April 2014

March Winners, Features & Finalists! {PLUS some HUGE NEWS & a GIVEAWAY!}





Hi there!  It's that exciting time again!!  Time to showcase the very best of the best!!!  Thank you so much for a phenomenal month with 103 entries!  WOW!!  We all LOVED visiting you all, commenting on your beautiful creations & being inspired by YOU!  Don't you just LOVE the circle of inspiration & how what goes around comes around?!  Well I certainly do!!  THANK YOU so much to you all for supporting Scrap Around The World!!!

There are TEN PLACE WINNERS each month as well as a random prize winner, which sounds like A  LOT but when there are SO MANY ENTRIES it means that our winner, features & finalists are THE TOP 10%!  I have also noticed that the STANDARD OF ENTRIES here at SATW is TOP NOTCH.  You all make a HUGE EFFORT and it shows!!  I'm glad that the prizes are motivating everyone out of their comfort zones & into major mojo inspirational spheres!!

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Now onto our HUGE NEWS!  This month - April 2014 - is our  TWELFTH MONTH of being operational - which means we are soon to be ONE YEAR OLD!  Next month - May 2014 - we are having our EPIC ANNIVERSARY EVENT where we are focusing on finding our 2014 EPIC WINNERS for our first year gone as well as featuring all our fabulous EPIC SPONSORS throughout the month!

HOW OUR EPIC COMPETITION NEXT MONTH WILL WORK!

 WE HAVE TEN FANTASTIC PRIZES - ALL OF EQUAL VALUE - 
TO AWARD TO OUR TEN EPIC WINNERS, EACH OF WHOM 
WILL BE CHOSEN BY ONE OF OUR TEN GUEST JUDGES.

 NINE OUT OF TEN OF OUR PRIZES will be awarded to our PAST TOP TEN WINNERS, FEATURES & FINALISTS from the past year {provided that enough of them participate - which surely they will!} & ONE PRIZE WILL BE OPEN TO A NEW WINNER - who has NEVER been featured on our Wall of Fame!

This way EVERYONE CAN PLAY & WE WILL END UP DISCOVERING
 THE BEST OF THE BEST - Scrap Around The World's Epic winners for 2013/14!
What do you think?!?  Awesome huh?!?  We will be holding this competition after
every new 12 month period & all winners will receive a SATW EPIC WINNERS BADGE
plus of course a mahoosive prize!!

So make space in your diary to create for our Epic Competition next month & remember that you can boost your chances by playing along this month & getting featured in our Wall of Fame as 9 out of 10 of our prizes are being awarded to previous winners so if you get featured this month using our April mood board you boost your chances from 10% to 90%!!

 Of course we will always offer a random prize so anyone can 
enter, irrespective of their level of expertise.

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Before our winners announcement a reminder to please follow SATW on Facebook HERE, where we are currently having a superb GIVEAWAY where you can WIN an entire set of Shirel Studio POP & COLORS 2 CLASSES!!  Check out this competition and FOLLOW THE RULES STATED for a chance to win this awesome prize!  Entries close in 11 days!! {15th April 2014}

FINALLY WE HAVE A FOLLOWERS GADGET!!  
Please show your support by adding yourself as a follower in our LEFT SIDE-BAR! 
 Starting from May 2014 YOU NEED TO BE A FOLLOWER TO PLAY!!
I had problems adding the followers gadget as it DOES NOT COME STANDARD
any longer, with any Google+ affiliated blog, so I had to work out how to add it despite
 it no longer being on offer easily.

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Now here is last month's mood board to remind you of what our winners had as their inspiration.
Our winners come from 7 different countries around the world this month!


Again we had a RESOUNDING WINNER for March -


Anna Rogalska from Poland!


It is easy to see why this layout came out tops.
 It has that stand-out WOW factor!

 Now onto our FEATURES!

2nd place goes to Debbie Burns - USA



 This layout is so seamless - everything just blends in so beautifully
 & Debbie's use of tulle to soften things even further is amazing!

3rd place goes to Jelissa Mei from Singapore!



Jelissa's layout is light, bright & beautiful with stunning background
 mixed media work that makes for a beautifully blended page.



4th place goes to Elpimpi from Poland!


The darker tones here really make this layout evocative
 & the soft base & inclusion of lace make it so romantic!



5th place goes to Stephanie Papin of France!



This white base with such delicate black contrast touches
 & pink highlights make for a dramatic yet soft & beautiful layout.




Now onto our 5 Finalists!




6th place goes to Dorotka Dolega from France!


Simple but perfect & the paint spattering &
 clear gems make this layout beyond beautiful!



7th place goes to Romy Veul - Netherlands


The photo, the title, the beautiful doilies & punching as well as 
the lovely pattern matching make this page wonderful!



8th place goes to Maie Rowe of USA!


The very sweet photo & bold simplicity of this layout,
as well as the funky mixed media work make it awesome!!



9th place goes to  Rikki Graziani from Australia!


Talk about prettiness overload!  Right down to 
the Eiffel Tower!!  Just BEAUTIFUL!!



10th place goes to Sarah Groen of New Zealand!


Every detail here enhances the photo & the mood as per our board!



And now for our random winner!


Libeeti Frenkel of Israel!



Congrats Libeeti!  Very pretty page too!!

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Prizewinners Notes:-

 1.    Anna - Please email Shona Keehn at skeehnsic {at} gmail {dot} com with "SATW $50 WINNER" in the subject line, making sure to add your postal address & REGISTER AT FLYING UNICORN so she can send you a shopping code - woop woop!!

2.  Debbie - Please email Carla Marchee @ marcelcarla {at} casema {dot} nl with "SATW SCRAP UNLIMITED METAL EMBELLISHMENTS WINNER" in the subject line, including your postal address.

3.  Jelissa - Please e mail Sofie at shop {at} scrapmatts {dot} comm with "SATW SCRAPMATTS WINNER" in the subject line & include your postal address.

4.  Elpimpi please contact Drycha at 3rdeye {at} wp {dot} pl with "SATW 3RD EYE WINNER" in the subject line & include your postal address.

5.  Stephanie - Please email me at scrapaddict {at} telkomsa {dot} net with "SATW PURPLE PUMPKIN WINNER" in the subject line & include your postal address.

6.  RANDOM WINNER Libeeti please contact me at scrapaddict {at} telkomsa {dot} net with "SATW 13ARTS MISTS WINNER" in the subject line & include your postal address.

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AWESOME EFFORTS EVERYONE!
Thanks to players & sponsors alike!!
PLEASE LEAVE SOME WOOP WOOPS FOR OUR WINNERS!!




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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 :- 

7 Dots Studio "Just Dreaming" paper / 7 Dots Studio "Stormy Sea" paper / Glimmer Mist Jack Frost / Glimmer Mist Bubble Light Green / Glimmer Mist Turquoise Blue / Archival Ink Watering Can / Archival Ink Jet Black / Glossy Accent / Dry Glitter Clear Rock Candy / Indian Ink / Foam Squares, Cupola stamp / Sequins Small stamp / Diamonds background stamp / Dreamcatcher chipboard set / Indian Arrows chipboard




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!!





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