Epic Anniversary Event PRIZES, Sponsors & Guest Judges! Part 1!!

Hello YET again!!  Finally it is TIME for you to see the wonderful prizes we have on offer for you this month, to read about our amazing sponsors & to see who will be judging your passionate entries!  As you can read in the last couple of posts, we have TEN SPONSORS this month, each offering prizes of very similar value - $100 US DOLLARS each PLUS POSTAGE!  Not too shabby now is it?!?

First up we have INKIDO {Papercrafts Scandinavia} from Sweden.

Inkido is  a family run business who have been in the paper industry

 since the early 90's.  We design, produce & market papers with a 

Scandinavian vintage design feel , flowers, embellishments & bling

 for the scrapbooking industry.  Please visit our website & blog

 for more information & inspiration.

www.papercraftscandinavia.com

Our Blog: http://inkido.blogspot.se

Here is the prize being offered by Inkido!

Loads & loads of beautiful recent papers, embellishments,

 flowers & gems!!  And as the Inkido Guest Judge we have

the very lovely Agnieszka Bellaidea, the Inkido Design Team Co-ordinator!

Witam serdecznie!  Yes I am Polish but recently emigrated to Canada.
I love to visit my home town of Wroclaw every Summer still!!

I have lived in South Africa & Europe as well & love to travel!!

I am a 30 something mum to a girl & a boy & live with them, 
my beloved husband & our precious new kitty Nala.

 I have been scrapbooking for over 4 years now & currently design for
Scrap Around The World, Inkido, Bo Bunny, 13arts, Scrap 365 Sketch Team, 
Canvas Corp, 7 Gypsies, Tattered Angels, Wycinanka & Magenta as well as 
teaching at my local crafts store & Canadian Scrapbooking Events.
I love being involved in the scrapbooking industry & create soft, romantic
pages full of texture & mixed media & usually featuring my favourite
colour - turquoise! I am so excited to be involved with & judging this
very special event taking place on the First Anniversary of Scrap Around
The World & cannot wait to see what beautiful work you all create!

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Sponsor 2 - 2Crafty Chipboard - Australia

2Crafty Chipboard is an Australian owned & operated manufacturer & wholesaler 

of laser cut chipboard products, located in Sydney, Australia.  We have been

 in operation since October 2006 & have more than 1 000 designs on offer.

We pride ourselves on quality products that are versatile & up to date with 

market trends, as well as offering unbeatable customer service, 

with quick turnaround of jobs large & small.

We are happy to quote on personalised jobs, whether it be a single title

 for a customer, or large jobs for retreats, classes etc.  If you are a retail business 

& would like to stock our range of unique products, please contact us

 for more information.  Please see further details on our blog!

2Crafty have sponsored a MASSIVE PRIZE PACK of their very latest

pieces - valued at $100 - the image below shows some of what you 

may receive although the package will be a random selection of product,

plus of course FREE POSTAGE to anywhere in the world - as we do here!

We are truly blessed too to have the wonderful owner of 2Crafty,

Vanessa Tiberti, joining us this month as our 2nd Guest Judge!

As the owner of 2Crafty Chipboard, I don’t get much time to craft anymore,

which is a shame & I miss it very much.  However,  before I began 2Crafty in 2006,

 I was predominately a card maker who sold my creations in my father’s pharmacy.

 After the sudden loss of my Father-in-law in 2005, I began scrapbooking 

by creating a Remembrance Album for the family to look back on. 

 At a local craft show a Laser Cutter was being demonstrated & my mind went

 into overdrive with the possibilities of what this machine was capable of!  

 I gave up my corporate HR/payroll job & embarked on creating 2Crafty Chipboard.!! 

 I truly love this industry & what it brings to peoples lives.

 I am so fortunate to have one of the best International Design Teams working for me

& they inspire me daily to continue to create beautiful & versatile products. 

 I’m thrilled to be able to sponsor & judge this wonderful event

 & look forward to seeing what everyone creates!

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For our 3rd sponsor we welcome 7Dots Studio from Poland!

7 Dots Studio was born from dreams & for dreams. 

We are a European scrapbooking manufacturer of

 high quality scrapbooking products – papers, stickers, die-cuts,

 collage sheets, 6x6 pads, collection kits &chipboards. 

Quality of our products is our top priority. 

Our collections are created by amazingly talented artists - 

from clean, graphic designs to mixed-media, grungy collage look. 

What you can always be sure of are high quality & thickness of our papers, 

which makes them work perfectly with all kinds of media.

 Among our products you will find also clear stamp sets coordinating 

with our collections to make them even more interesting & versatile.

We are amazingly happy & feel very blessed to see how much

 our products are loved by crafters & artists around the world!

If you would like to see more awesome inspiration from 

our design team please visit our blog or facebook fan page.

Blog/website: http://7dotsstudio.com/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/7DotsStudio

Twitter: https://twitter.com/7DotsStudio

Pinterest: http://www.pinterest.com/7dotsstudio

Woah how's this for one awesome prize for one

of our TEN talented winners this month?!?

We also welcome our 3rd Guest Judge, Tusia Lech!

Delightful owner of the inimitable 7DOTS STUDIO!!

I love all kinds of media – if I would have to define my style, I would say that media

 are the only constant thing. My favourite colours are fresh, bold greens, blues & pinks,

 but at the same time I just love delicate, pale hues of beige, rose & white.

 However there is something in my projects that can be found always 

– a positive, feminine style.

Scrapbooking fills my whole life – it is all around me – in my private life & in my job 

& career. I love the process of creation – I have created things since early

 childhood – all kinds of handmade things always attracted me. I cannot

 imagine my life without making some art. Even if I leave for a weekend,

 I always take my small “art-bag”, filled with art-journal supplies

. I am lucky enough to be a designer in a few very creative places.

 I love drinking coffee, reading books, walking through the forest, 

watching flowers on the meadow, basking in the autumn sun & 

being deep in my inner world. I can say that I am happy person 

& wouldn't change a single thing in my life.

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Up next, we have our 4th sponsor, Scrap 365 Magazine!!

 You can read more about Scrap 365 & book your subscription

 to this amazing international magazine HERE as well as keeping

 up with their exciting blog & sketch challenges HERE! 

Why not help spread the love by adding this cool badge to your sidebar

& linking up to the blog HERE?  Your own inspiration hotline!!

Scrap365 is a bimonthly magazine that covers a wide range of articles

 reaching beyond the traditional 12x12 layout: mini albums, digi scrapping, 

art journaling and off the page creations all feature prominently. 

Traditional layouts continue to be a big part of the magazine, but with a focus on 

adding creativity & techniques. Detailed step-by-step tutorials sit alongside pages 

of truly inspirational scrapbooking projects from an international team of talented designers.

 It covers the whole range of styles from clean & simple, to shabby chic, to grungy 

– with something to appeal to every type of scrapper. The fresh & modern design of

 this magazine lets the artwork really shine. We showcase projects with large, clear

 images allowing the reader to delight in the finer details. With 6 issues every year,

 there's plenty of scrapping inspiration for you!

We are very blessed to have secured a fabulous prize from 

Scrap 365, THREE box sets of Kate Crane Art Journaling DVDs!  

You can see exactly what you can win HERE {Art Journaling 1 & 2}, 

HERE {Art Journaling 3 & 4} & HERE {Art Journaling 5 & 6}!!

These fantastic training/education videos are valued at over $100 dollars

 & will be shipped anywhere in the world to the well-deserving winner!!

We are also SO EXCITED to have dear Ali Parris as one of our Guest Judges

for our Epic Anniversary Event as well!  Here she is!!  She is LOVELY!!!

"Hi!   My name is Ali Parris & I live in the UK with my long suffering husband 

(29 years to date!) & our dog Basil. We are lucky enough to have 2 beautiful daughters

 & their chaps plus a grand-daughter & grandson, who are the light of our lives.

I started scrapbooking when my grand-daughter was born 5 years ago.

 I had dabbled in card making but never felt the passion that I have for scrapping!

I played in blog land for a while & joined the Frosted Designs Design Team.

As my confidence grew & I began to develop my style I decided to take the plunge

 & submit a layout to Scrap365 magazine. I was beyond thrilled when it was accepted! 

That was in March 2013 & since then my scrapping life has taken a huge change in direction!

  I was asked to join the Design Team for the magazine & after submitting my first article

 was asked if I would consider becoming the Editor!  As they say, the rest is history!! 

 I now have my dream job - hard work but oh so rewarding!

I am thrilled to have been invited to Guest Judge this month at SATW!

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Our 5th sponsor this month is the uber-cool Darkroom Door from Australia!

Darkroom Door is owned by photographer Rachel Greig &  graphic designer 
Stewart Yule who combine their talents to design a unique range of rubber stamps
 &  papercraft products suitable for card making, scrapbooking, invitations, collage, 
mixed media & altered art. As the name suggests, Darkroom Door products
 have a strong photographic element in their design.

Products include:- 
Rubber Stamps, Photo Stamps, Background Stamps, Frame Stamps,Collage Stamps, 
Word Block Stamps, Montage sheets, Photochips & Filmstrips along with a wide range
 of accessories for all type of paper crafts.  Darkroom Door also has a fabulous blog 
that is updated regularly with projects created by many talented artists.

Check out the Darkroom Door website to see their full product range
 along with a gallery full of projects and ideas!

Website: http://www.darkroomdoor.com/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/darkroomdoor

Twitter: https://twitter.com/darkroom_door

Pinterest: http://pinterest.com/darkroomdoor/

Flickr Group: http://www.flickr.com/groups/darkroomdoor/

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/user/rachelgreig 

Blog: http://www.darkroomdoor.com.au/Blog

Oh my goodness what an awesome prize Darkroom Door have
 sponsoredfor us - thank you SOoOooOOOoooo much Rachel!!

ONE of our lucky TEN EPIC WINNERS will walk away with this set of
high quality stamps together with FREE POSTAGE anywhere in the world!

We are excited to have Rachel Greig, one of the owners of Darkroom Door
 as our 5th Guest Judge this month & thank her for her kindness & generosity!

Rachel Greig is a photographer, rubber stamp artist & proud owner &
designer of Darkroom Door rubber stamps & papercraft products. She
 has been involved in the scrapbook & the creative arts field for over 
10 years. Rachel has a Bachelor of Visual Arts degree, is a
 Ranger Certified Educator & a  Copic Certified Instructor.

Rachel has been published in many books & magazines {with her
 photography articles & craft projects} including Somerset Studio,
 The Stampers Sampler, Take Ten, Craft Stamper, Scrapbooking
 Memories, Paper Crafts, Scrapbooking & Beyond, Creating Keepsakes,
 Memory Makers & Cardmaking Stamping & Papercraft. She has appeared
 on QVC UK TV & makes regular appearances on Scrap It TV.

Rachel loves combining rubber stamps & photography in her projects, using
 lots of ink, paint, & stamping techniques. She enjoys sharing her ideas &
 encouraging her students to unlock the artist within!

Blog: http://www.rachelgreig.typepad.com/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/rachelgreig

Pinterest: http://pinterest.com/rachelgreig/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/rachelgreigyule

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/user/rachelgreig

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COME BACK TOMORROW TO SEE WHO OUR OTHER 5 SPONSORS ARE!
We will be announcing our winners this month on the 6th!!

Epic Event PRIZES Announced! 10 prizes valued at $100 each = $1 000!!

This month, because it is our FIRST BIRTHDAY here at Scrap Around The World,

we have TEN EPIC PRIZES ON OFFER - all of equal value, for our TEN EPIC WINNERS!

Please come back over the weekend to learn more about our sponsors & guest judges. 
 We will be featuring them, along with our Guest Designers, over the next couple of days,
in a lot more details!  

Inkido {Papercrafts Scandinavia} are sponsoring this wonderful prize pack!

2Crafty Chipboard are sponsoring $100 worth of awesome chipboard!

{image is merely a sample of their offerings}

7Dots Studio has sponsored this amazing prize!

Scrap 365  Magazine are offering up these fantastic DVD sets!

Darkroom Door has sponsored this phenomenal prize!

Scraps of Elegance brings this mind-blowing set of goodies to the table!

Um WOW Studio has sponsored this TRENDY selection

of uber-modern chippies, bling & FLAIRS ♥♥♥

Lindy's Stamp Gang has contributed a very generous voucher!

A $100 GIFT CERTIFICATE!!

Shirel Studio has been kind enough to sponsor BOTH 

Pop & Colours Online Courses to one of our talented winners!

The Flying Unicorn Online Store has sponsored this

exciting prize!!!  YOUR selection of the latest goodies!!

And last but not least our very own past DT {inaugural member}

Eila Sandberg, has donated an super lovely RANDOM prize!

{for one lucky TOTALLY RANDOM entrant!}

Oh my oh my!!  

These prizes are all AMAAAAZING!!!

Please come back over the weekend to find out more about our amazing sponsors!

And we haven't forgotten about our April winners either - they will be up as soon as
we have finished sharing our magnificent sponsors with you!!

COME ON!  JOIN IN!!  SEE OUR REVEAL POST HERE 

FOR OUR EPIC ANNIVERSARY COMPETITION RULES!!

May 2014 Challenge 13 - A Celebratory Mood Board by Helen Tilbury - Happy Birthday to SATW! EPIC ANNIVERSARY EVENT COMPETITION!!

Hello & Welcome to another awesome month at Scrap Around The World!

Can you believe we have already hosted ONE YEAR's worth of challenges?

Definitely something worth CELEBRATING don'tchya think!

It's been quite a ride & not without it's hitches & glitches but we are doing our best

 to hang in here for the long haul!  Inspiring YOU is such a fulfilling & rewarding task

 & we have seen our entries rise not only in numbers but also in standard, which

 means success in our eyes!  Our vision is not only to provide fun challenges but
also great incentives for you to improve your work by learning new skills & offering
so many exposure opportunities.

Without our community - ie YOU & your friends!  we wouldn't be doing what we do

 here & having so much darn fun doing it - so THANK YOU!  Please keep supporting

 & encouraging us & LET US KNOW if we make a mistake or do something wrong
in your opinion - as long as you are nice about it we don't mind!  We are learning &
growing as we go along & every month offers up something new for us too!!

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OVER $ 1 000 WORTH OF PRIZES TO BE WON THIS MONTH
 BUT YOU NEED TO FOLLOW OUR SPECIAL 

EPIC COMPETITION RULES 

SO PLEASE READ CAREFULLY!

This month things are going to work a little differently BECAUSE it's competition time! 
 Yes I know that EVERY month we host a challenge here but this month it is EPIC!!

We are looking for our 2014 EPIC WINNERS - ie the TOP TEN PLAYERS for our

first year (May 2013 - April 2014) SO we will be choosing 10 WINNERS as per usual
(plus ONE RANDOM WINNER as always!) BUT here is the difference...

VERY IMPORTANT!  PLEASE READ BEFORE ENTERING!!

1.  We have TEN HUGE prizes (each valued at approximately $100 US!!) 

for TEN WINNERS!  We will not be grading your entries from 1 to 10 this month.

Rather, we have invited TEN GUEST JUDGES to each select one winner,

based on the entry that they find the most suitable, relevant & appealing.

They will be sending their selected winner's name to me, along with a few

 sentences explaining what they really loved about their winning entry.

2.  9 out of 10 of our prizes will be awarded to PAST WOFFERS!  

Woffers are Winners, Features & Finalists, in other words our

 TOP TEN ENTRIES  from the last 12 months!!  This is so that

we are able to determine who are true TOP 10 PLAYERS
 for our First Year are!! So this is like THE FINALS!!

3.  ONE prize will be open to a NEW winner - someone NEVER

featured on our Wall of Fame {WOF} in the past - so there is still

incentive for EVERYONE to enter as one prize is open to anyone

who wins on MERIT & one prize (of $50 value) is open to one

random winner.{as usual but this month even the random
prize is a big one - woot!!}

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4.  For your entry to be eligible you need to write 

WOF or NEW after your name WHEN YOU LINK UP - ie:-

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YOU NEED TO ADD "WOF" OR "NEW" AFTER
 YOUR NAME ON THE LINKY THIS MONTH!!

(if you've been featured at SATW before & forget
to write WOF, or don't state WOF or NEW you will
automatically be put into the NEW category, for 
which there is only one prize, as opposed to nine!

Instead of writing - Julia Roberts - USA

you should now write - Julia Roberts - USA - WOF

 (if you have been a winner, feature or finalist before 

& have therefore featured in our Wall of Fame in the past)

OR - if you have never been a winner, feature or finalist before,

you need to write - Julia Roberts - USA - NEW {for example!}

Got it?!  If you forget & cannot delete your entry then please

load it again.  Only entries with WOF or NEW after the name

& country will be eligible for any prizes - THANK YOU!!

I am your challenge host this month!  Mood board compiled by moi :)

Challenge THIRTEEN hosted by Helen Tilbury, South Africa.

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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:-

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,

unless it is absolutely obvious & no explanation is required.

{better to be safe & write a line or two explaining your inspiration}

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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We have a HUGE reveal for you today! 

NO mid-month reveal this month BECAUSE we are hosting 

most of our sponsor's Design Teams as our Guests this month!

Helen Tilbury {South Africa}

Tusia Lech {Poland}

Riikka Kovasin {Finland}

Di Garling  {Australia}

Agnieszka Bellaidea  {Canada}

Karita Vainio {Finland}

Terhi Koskinen {Finland}

Dorota Dołęga {France}

Hera Sugitani {Brazil}

Zuzia Bodakowska  {Poland}

Pam Ellis {Canada}

Kasia Bogatko {Poland}

Debbie Burns  {USA} CANVAS

Erica Houghton {USA}

Anna Rogalska {Poland}

Rachael Funnell {Australia}

Anna Komenda {Poland}

Marilyn Rivera {USA}

Kim Ewins {Australia}

Tatyana Sidorenko {Belarus}

Alexandra Polyzou {Greece}

Amy Voorthuis {The Netherlands}

Please congratulate the NEW DESIGN TEAM on their 
EPIC FIRST REVEAL & come back tomorrow to see
who are TEN awesome SPONSORS are - what our
TEN AWESOME PRIZES are & who are our Guest Judges!!

2014 Design Team Announcement {May 2014 - December 2014} & a Fond Farewell to some of our Designers!

Hello to you all!  SUCH an exciting time isn't it?!?  
I know you were expecting our MAY REVEAL today 
but you need to come back TOMORROW for that &
it will surely be worth it for you as we are hosting our
EPIC ANNIVERSARY EVENT THIS MONTH!!

A HUGE competition with TEN MASSIVE PRIZES -
but more on that tomorrow!!

I am SURE you are all just ITCHING to know 

WHO the new team of wonderful artists are for

 the next term {term 2} at Scrap Around The World!

THANK YOU to all who applied from FAR and WIDE!

We had a truly wonderful response to our call BUT

the places are limited & the standard is high!!

We now have a 22 strong team of super-talented

ladies each bringing their own individual style

& strength as a team player & ambassador.

Some of our ladies are staying on with us.  These

ladies are helping out beyond their designing &

promoting duties, by either being a part of the 

admin team or being involved with our sponsor

garnering which is a massive part of our job here!

HERE IS OUR NEW TEAM IN ALPHABETICAL 
ORDER!  PLEASE WELCOME THEM!!

Agnieszka Bellaidea - {Canada}
 Inaugural Member & Sponsor Advisor

Alexandra Polyzou -  {Greece} 
Inaugural Member & Wall of Fame Manager

Amy Voorthuis - {Netherlands} 
Joined February 2014

Anna Komenda - {Poland}
 Joined March 2014

Anna Rogalska - {Poland}   

Debbie Burns - {USA }  
Canvas Designer & Education Co-ordinator

Di Garling - {Australia} 
Facebook/Promotions Manager {joined October 2013}

Dorota Dolega - {France}  

  Erica Houghton - {USA} 
Recognitions Officer

Hera Sugitani - {Brazil}

Helen Tilbury - {South Africa} 
Owner/Designer/Sponsor & DT Co-ordinator

Karita Vainio - {Finland}

Kasia Bogatko-Scoczypiec - {Poland}

Kim Ewins - {Australia}
 Guest Co-ordinator 
{joined October 2013}

Marilyn Rivera - {USA}
 {joined December 2013}

Pam Ellis - {Canada} 
Administrative Assistant 

Rachael Funnell - {Australia}
{joined March 2014}

Riikka Kovasin - {Finland}
 {joined October 2013}
Instagram Manager as of May 2014

Tatyana Sidorenko - {Belarus}

Terhi Koskinen - {Finland}

Tusia Lech - {Poland} 
Mid-Month Reveal Poster as of June 2014 
 {joined December 2013}

Zuzia Bodakowska - {Poland}

LET US NOT FORGET TO THANK THOSE LADIES FROM 
OUR CURRENT DESIGN TEAM WHO ARE LEAVING US!

Thank you & warm goodbyes to:-

Carla Marchee - our dedicated Art Journaler
Zaneta Glowa - our delicate genius!
Keren Tamir - Our floral wonder :)
Gayle Price - our present Recognitions Officer
& my confidante & muse
Leonie Neal-Dawson - our Mixed Media master
Eila Sandberg - our one-of-a-kind texture whiz
& all round generous sponsor & commenter!

It is the end of an era for me with these ladies, many of which have
 been with SATW since our very first reveal & shared the highs
 & lows that come with establishing something from scratch.

Of course I know that we will keep in touch!

♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥

See you all again tomorrow for our EPIC ANNIVERSARY EVENT REVEAL!