Friday 2 May 2014

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}









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









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!!




Thursday 1 May 2014

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}
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!



Monday 28 April 2014

Featured You-Tuber - Karolina Stopyra {Drycha} of Poland!





Hi again everyone!  Thanks so much for your participation this month!!
It has been truly AWESOME!!  We are sitting on EIGHTY EIGHT

entries so far & they are still coming in thick & fast!  Keep 'em coming
ladies!  {& gents are welcome too!!} There are just 3 MORE DAYS TO GO!!



If you have been snoozing this month - don't worry!  You still have time to wake up
 & join the party!!  Our current mood board is above & you can find both our fabulous
 reveals a few posts back, for LOADS of inspiration!!  See HERE & HERE!!!



Today we introduce to you Karolina Stopyra - an extremely talented artist & crafter 
from Poland.  She really needs no introduction as her brand - 3rd Eye Crafts
is testament to her amazing creative talents!  Here she is!!

"Hello!   I'm Karolina Stopyra {aka Drycha} & I live in Warsaw, the capital of Poland.
 I have always created – drawing, painting, taking photos, etc.
 In spring 2008 I found scrapbooking & started to create albums & cards.
 With time I jumped more & more into mixed media and I just LOVE it!.
 I love to learn new techniques, experiment with new medias & bring it all together.
 I love to create a lot of things such as layouts, cards, altered art, jewellery & art dolls.


I have been featured in scrapbook & crafting magazines & am the owner & designer

 of my own Polish craft brand 3rd Eye Crafts.   We manufacture rubber stamps, 

chipboard, shadowboxes, mounting blocks, stickers, stencils & flairs. You can find me, 
my projects & mytutorials on my blog Drycha.blogspot.com & I welcome your visit!
You can subscribe to my You-Tube channel HERE.




This is what Drycha has to say about her project :-
"Riikka's inspirations is so-not-Drycha's-style but I gathered medias on my desk
 & started creating! Playing with all these layers & medias was pure fun!
 I also used white crackle paint & repeated the circle motif from the mood board.
The butterflies reminded me of the Lumiere paint in shade "Halo blue gold" which is
 SO shimmery & opalescent - from blue through greens to gold - amazing effect! 

Despite the use of many elements from Riikka's mood board - page stayed in my style :) 
You can see whole creating process (excl. putting paper scraps on the background ;) 
by watching my video. Hope you enjoy it!  Let me know what you think!!



Well I know what I think!  I think this is one of the most beautiful creations I have seen 
using this board!!  And what does it show you?!?  That NO MATTER WHAT YOUR STYLE
 you can be inspired by the Scrap Around The World boards & create with us every month!! 
 Thanks so much Drycha!!!


If you enjoy our tutorials here at SATW let us know!  Leave some love for our wonderful contributors!! 

Drycha is one hard-working creative force that is actively contributing to the worldwide
 crafting community at large each & every day with her creative skills!!



Thursday 24 April 2014

April Guest Educator - Debbie Burns of USA!





Hello again everyone!  How are you all today?  Things are going SO WELL this month at Scrap Around The World - we are sitting on EIGHTY ENTRIES so far this month!  Woohoo & thank you!!  It makes me VERY HAPPY when all we do here is appreciated & enjoyed, & it spurs me on to keep providing inspiration for the worldwide scrappy community so thanks peeps!!

This month we welcome Debbie Burns as our Guest Educator!  Debbie has played along with us a few times & creates very pretty canvas works, one of which we are showcasing here today.  Last month Debbie was placed 2nd on our Wall of Fame & the month prior (February) her lovely work caught our eye & she was selected as a future educator.

So here she is!


Hi everyone, Debbie here with you today!  
What a thrill to be invited as Guest Educator for Scrap Around The World
 & to share with you my techniques in creating a canvas!


I live in a small rural town in the state of Maryland, about an hour's drive from Washington, DC. I've been scrapbooking for 14 years & love the creative side of me that translates into my projects. Last year I tried my hand at creating using a canvas along with mixed media & fell in love with the craft. There are no boundaries & the sky is the limit! You can see more of my work on my blog http://lovelifeslittlepleasures.blogspot.com/.  I would love a visit!!





1.  I started with a 9 x 12 canvas &randomly added some
 torn stripes of paper from Bo Bunny's Country Garden.






2.  I then covered the canvas with some gesso & after it
 dried I colored some of the canvas with crayon pastels, 
gelatos & randomly added some drywall tape then
 stenciled using modeling paste &various masks.





3. I wasn't thrilled with the crayon pastels, thinking the 
colors looked washed out, so I added some more gesso
followed by some water colors & pastel inks.  Lastly
 I randomly stamped using various stamps.





 4.  Next I tore some strips of washi tape, placed them
 on the canvas then covered them lightly with gesso.





5.  I then added some more stenciling using the Tim Holtz 
Doily mask together with some modelling paste then 
inked over it once dry, using some cream ink.





6.  Lastly I added my flowers & embellishments & was done!


Here are a few close ups.  
Why not give a canvas a try? 
 As you can see it's really not that hard when broken down
 into simple steps is it?  SATW allows canvases 8 x 8 inches or larger.


A lot of older paper collections can be transformed
 using a light layer of gesso & some misting or inking.




Supplies used :-


9x12 canvas
Stencils/Masks: Tim Holtz, The Crafters Workshop
Gesso, Modelling Paste
Prima Chalk Fluid Ink
Drywall Tape
Watercolor Paints
Pastel Crayons
Washi Tape
Stamps - My Mind's Eye, Kaisercraft, Prima
Faber Castell Gelatos
Bo Bunny Country Garden papers & embellishments
Prima Flowers



Ooooh just look at all those yummy supplies!! 
 Makes my heart do a little flippity flip! 
 You can keep the shoes - just give me the stamps!!!

THANK YOU DEBBIE for creating this beautiful piece especially 
for us this month!  Please remember to leave some encouragement
for Debbie as she ventures (very successfully) into this new realm
of mixed media canvas making!!  

Just  ONE WEEK LEFT to enter our challenge this month so
come along anyone that's been too busy.  Just get cracking
& hopefully with all the inspiration you find here the ideas will
flow!  See you all soon with a VIDEO TUTORIAL up next!!



Sunday 20 April 2014

April Guest Designer Anna Rogalska of Poland!






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

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



Hello! My name is Anna Rogalska. I live in Poland & work as a landscape designer. 
 I've been scrapbooking for nearly 6 years now. My scrapping style is romantic, 
little shabby & with lots of mixed-media.  I am definitely a flower addict!  
 My favourite forms are layouts, cards & tags. I love chipboards too, 
aswell as inks, paints,mists & masks. You can find me here *HERE*



Anna has used our current mood board for inspiration


Wow has she done a stunning job or what?!


I love to see all these layers of Anna's favourite things!


So stunning!  Love it!!  Thank you Anna!!!


Don't forget to leave some comment love for Anna!
The entries are rolling in so thick & fast this month we can hardly keep up!!

Get yours in if you haven't already - remember it's our EPIC EVENT next month!
If you are featured this month (if you haven't been already) it will boost your 
chances of winning one of our EPIC PRIZES by 90% next month, as 9 out of 10
 of our prizes go to our past winners, features or finalists, in order for us to reward
 our TOP TEN PLAYERS of 2014{our first year - May 2013 - April 2014} 

The deadline for this challenge is WEDNESDAY 30th of APRIL 2014.