Sunday 22 September 2013

10 Golden Rules {to make your scrapbooking life easier & more fun!}





See our latest challenge HERE.

Please take a minute to read through our NEW & UPDATED rules.

Things are getting simpler for you here at Scrap Around The World
as we head into our 6th month already! 
 So take a peek to keep yourself in the loop!!  
Happy Sunday!!!

I have copied & pasted the '10 Golden Rules' from our page tab up top.


1.  We are a South African based challenge blog with an international design team
 & encourage all scrapbookers & art journalers to join in, whatever your style
& wherever you live :) {ALL our prizes are always sent out internationally}.

2.  We accept scrapbooking pages/layouts & canvases with a minimum size
of 8 x 8 inches.  We also accept art journal DOUBLE-SPREAD pages
(minimum single page size of 14 x 19cm/5.5 x 7.5 inches per page).  We do
not accept digital entries, off-the-page projects, altered items, ATCs or tags.

3.   To play along all you have to do is use our ANYTHING on our MOOD BOARD
for inspiration & LET US KNOW what it was that inspired you!  For example one
of the images or more than one of them, or perhaps just the general mood/theme or
the colours.  As we are NOT a COLOUR CHALLENGE SITE you don't need to
 use any colours from our mood boards UNLESS YOU WANT TO (if you do you
can use as many or as few as you like).  Our sketches are OPTIONAL. 

4.  You need to post the image of our mood board in your post AND mention
 that you are playing along with us at 'Scrap Around The World' -
 including a link back to the challenge reveal post to be eligible to enter.

5.  You need to be a blog owner to play.  (so you can link up to your blog).

 Please don't link up to galleries as often this is problematic if our design team 
are not members of the same gallery & therefore cannot gain access easily.

6.  You may combine our challenges with any other challenges
 that allow it or any of your design team work.

7.  You may submit as many entries as you like!
8.  To enter our challenges you need to add your creation to our linky tool
on the right-hand side of our blog RIGHT AT THE TOP,
along with a DIRECT LINK TO YOUR POST.

{To do this click on the title of your post then copy & paste what
 you see in the address bar - the ENTIRE URL into the linky tool}

Please do not link to your entire blog as this makes it difficult to find your post
 & therefore could result in us being unable to comment on or judge your entry.

Then add your NAME & COUNTRY to your title on the linky tool - this is so
that if you are a finalist or featured we get your location correct on our Wall of Fame
as this cannot be changed once it is  created & if you don't tell us we have to guess... :)
9.  In the unlikely event that our linky tool is malfunctioning we will accept links
 in the comments section but for this reason only,
if all is working as per normal please use the Linky!
{& if the linky malfunctions & is repaired please return & add your layout to the Linky}.

9.  The onus is on the prize winners to email me at scrapaddict {at} telkomsa {dot} net
on or before the 10th of the following month.  Prize winners are to please provide
their postage details (full name & full postal address) together with their name &
WHAT THEY HAVE WON in the subject line.  

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Our challenges will run ONCE A MONTH and be revealed on the 1st day of every
 month.  Entries are due in by midnight (Eastern Standard Time - US) on the LAST
DAYof each month, with winners announced around the 4th of the following month.

We feature TEN ENTRIES every month.  Finalists are voted for by our Design Team
& we have ONE winner, FOUR features & 5 finalists who each get a badge to
display on their blogs.  We also draw a random winner monthly so anyone can win!

Wherever possible prizes will be awarded to our top 5 entries plus our random winner.
The merit winner is invited back as our Guest Designer the following month & is featured
in his/her own post together with a head shot, 10 sentence bio & any relevant links.

We do our best to ensure that each entrant receives a comment from a few of our
design team members IF they do NOT have Word Verification on their blogs
{if you do it is less likely that you will receive comments so if they are
important to you please select COMMENT MODERATION instead}.




Tuesday 17 September 2013

September 2013 Guest Designer Po Prostu Asia of Poland!





*** See our challenge HERE & remember our deadline date has changed 
to the last day of the month & our sketch is now OPTIONAL!*** 

Today we welcome the winner of our August challenge,
Po Prostu Asia from Poland, as our September Guest Designer!!


{isn't she beautiful?  Just saying'!}
She also has an awesome-sauce blog HERE.

"Hello! My name is Asia {in the scrap world I use my nickname
 Po prostu Asia}. I'm 17 years old and I attend high school. 
I live in Poland.  I started scrapbooking in 2011 & now I am addicted! 
I love colours, masks & stains, but don't think I have one particular style. 
I really like to try new things :)
I make everything - cards, albums, notebooks, but I totally love layouts!
I'm currently on the Design Team for a great Polish online-store, Scrapki.pl
I'm so excited to have had the wonderful opportunity to be a 
part of Scrap Around the World, thanks so much for having me!"


Asia worked with our current mood board above.


Absolutely awesome in my opinion!


Just look at all those layers!!


And I just LOVE the hand-drawn lines around the edge of her pieces...


Mind-boggling that Asia is just 17 years old too...
WOW!  Obviously she has a phenomenal natural talent!

Thank you so much for joining us Asia!!
Please remember to leave some comment ♥ {love} for her :)



Thursday 12 September 2013

Your Weekend Inspiration - Courtesy of our September Sponsors - Wycinanka!








Yes we are back ALREADY!!  
We have some MORE inspiration to share with you
 from the awesome team at Wycinanka!  They are our 
VERY GENEROUS First Prize Sponsors this month!! 

 For those of you that have not heard of Wycinanka before - 
where have you been?!  Just kidding...!!!  Wycinanka is a Polish
 company that manufactures & sells THE MOST AWESOME 
chipboard, at very reasonable prices!  Their selection is ginormous!!  

Check it out HERE!!!  You can follow the Wycinanka blog HERE too - 
for even more fantastic inspiration!



Wow!!  Thank you Zuzia Bodakowska  for this incredible layout!!





Ciri has also created this OUTSTANDING piece for us!  Thank you Ciri!!





Sanna Lippert made this fantastic graphic design for us! Thank you so much Sanna!!





Sandy Ang contributed this wonderful interpretation - thanks Sandy!





Isn't this a SUPER 'clean & simple' page by Kasia Beta?  
Just goes to show that CAS can still look artsy - thanks so much Kasia!





Last but not least Linda Grovan Arre!
  Lovely artistic take on our mood board - thank you so much!!


Woooo!!  What a ROCKING team from Wycinanka!!
That was an awesome line-up in my opinion!
THANK YOU WYCINANKA LADIES!!!

I hope that you have been inspired here AGAIN today ♥
Please remember to stop by & leave a comment for these 
dear girls who have worked so hard to provide incredible
 inspiration pieces to share with you!!  

Have a wonderful weekend & remember to enter our latest
 challenge using the mood board  you see above!  

Our sketch is now OPTIONAL and for your inspiration only :)



Sunday 8 September 2013

Guest Design Team Inspiration from Inkido!




Hello there Scrap Around The World fans!
Today we have some extra inspiration to share with you,
from one of our previous sponsors, Inkido!  {Papercrafts Scandinavia}.


Using our current mood board {and optional sketch} - 
Just look at what their talented designers have come up with for YOU!


First up we have our old friend  Bente Fagerberg from Sweden.

Bente was clearly inspired by the theme of the mood board & has shared such 
a true sentiment with her daughter - great use of our mood board from Bente!


Next up we have Ulrika Blomfelt, another talented Swede!


Ulrika was clearly inspired by the bold & graphic nature of
 the mood board,not to mention the colour scheme too of course!

  Thank you Ulrika for this stunning contribution!!
                                                            


Karin - Kajsan also contributed a wonderful page.

Karin has made such a beautiful layout - love all the white & the soft touches of black!  
Proof that black & white can still be gentle, romantic & shabby if that is your style!!

Lastly we have the super-talented Emeline Seet of 
Singapore with one of her amazing signature-style layouts!
                                       
                         
    Gorgeous!!  I love how Emeline was so clearly inspired by the tender 
        image of mother & daughter, hence chose such a sweet photo of her own child.  

                 
          
I hope that you have been inspired today!

Please leave some LOVE for these talented ladies & pop 
in at the Inkido blog HERE for even more inspiration!!

You can buy Inkido products online HERE.

Don't forget about our Facebook competition 
HERE as it ends tomorrow!!



Saturday 7 September 2013

August 2013 Wall of Fame! And New Badges!!





***Click HERE to view our current challenge***

AUGUST WINNER

1st - Po Prostu Asia - Poland

TOP 4 FEATURED

2nd - Rachael Funnel - Australia
3rd - Nicole Dorion - Canada
4th - Aida Domisiewicz - Poland
5th - Mona Pendleton - USA

TOP 10 FINALISTS

Sandie Edwards - Australia
Adriana Bolzon - Australia
Denise Van Deventer - South Africa
Tone K - Norway
Lisa Griffith - USA



***Winner, Features & Finalists please feel free to right-click & save the Wall of Fame to add to your resume, as well as grabbing the correct badge from the sidebar to display on your own blog!***

Please support us by playing along with this month's mood board! {sketch optional}.


Posted by Alexandra Polyzou.



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The new badges are here!  YAY!!

The FEATURED badge is for the first 4 names to appear after the winner.



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We have changed the name of our "Honourable Mentions"to "Finalists" {to fit on the badge LOL!} so please feel free to grab the badge BELOW if you have been an honourable mention in the past!


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From now on we will have a winner, 4 features & 5 finalists, making a total of 10 places for every challenge, irrespective of the number of entries, although only the top 4 places will receive prizes.

Please do not take a badge you have not earned.  
{Sadly I have already seen it happen & am hoping it was a mistake & will be rectified now that we have enough badges.}



Tuesday 3 September 2013

Our Featured You-Tuber this month is Limor Webber!! LIVE on USTREAM tonight!!!





See our current challenge HERE.


Yes you read that right!  Isn't that WONDERFUL news!?!  
I am so excited about it, as we ALL are here at Scrap Around The World.  
For us this really is the bomb-dot-com!  
What a great start to our new "Featured You-Tuber" post!!

Limor Webber will be designing LIVE ON USTREAM TONIGHT!
Using our September mood board!!


Here are the MUST HAVE deets you need to know NOW!
Limor's blog address where she gives us a mention and a link HERE!!

**** See the event details on FACEBOOK here****

{copied & pasted below}

Join me Tuesday 7pm MST (6pm PST, 8pm CST, 9pm EST) where I will put together 
a layout based on a Sketch and show you step by step how I go about designing 
my layouts. This class is absolutely FREE!!!!
http://www.ustream.tv/channel/limor1806
Our Fabulous sponsor this month is 7 Dots Studio!!! 

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The beautiful lady herself!

Limor's You-Tube Channel HERE where she 
has a not-too-shabby 9 045 subscribers!!


Limor has an impressive list of Design Teams under her belt & currently designs
 for Lindy's Stamp Gang & Fabscraps, works as an educator for Prima & 
The Flying Unicorn as well as holding live classes in Canada where she lives, 
as well as live demonstrations on her Ustream channel every Tuesday
 & Guest Designing for Design Memory Craft {Faber Castell} at the moment.

Phew that was quite a mouthful of achievements wasn't it?!
Yes you could say she is definitely one of my muses!!

I hope you will be able to make Limor's LIVE CLASS tonight!

I wish I could but for me it is 3am in the morning so with a 6.30a.m start
I will be sound asleep but I will definitely be catching it on You Tube
where Limor loads all her live classes within a few days.

Please watch if you can & support Limor by signing up to her You-Tube Channel.
She is a super awesome scrapper & an amazing educator!
You will benefit enormously from her knowledge!!

I will be embedding the video here later in the month too :)



Monday 2 September 2013

Want to win some Unique & Beautiful Jewellery? Here's What you need to do!




View our latest challenge HERE!

One of our lovely participants, Jo from Italy, not only scrapbooks but is
 also an excellent jewellery maker & has her wonderful hand-made creations
 on sale through a few different online stores.  We have teamed together 
to offer ONE LUCKY WINNER 

a $20 gift-voucher at any of her stores PLUS FREE SHIPPING anywhere in the world!  


Awesome right?!  Here's what you need to do:-

1.  LIKE Scrap Around The World on Facebook HERE.

2.  Share our latest CHALLENGE POST on your blog then 

leave a comment ON THIS POST with the link to your post.

3.  Please title your post:-

'Scrap Around The World September Challenge & Facebook Subscriber Giveaway'

& add the text below to the top of the post:-

 'Share this post to win!  See full details at Scrap Around The World'

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YOU NEED TO DO THIS ON OR BEFORE MONDAY 9TH SEPTEMBER 2013
to be eligible to win - winner will be announced here before the end of the month!

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Check out Jo's jewellery on Blomming HERE , on Artesanum HERE & on Etsy HERE.


I'm Jò and and I'm the designer behind jewellery brand: "Jò in Wonderland Creations".
I started three years ago making jewellery for myself, to have something unique & special.
 Since then I haven't stopped! My adventure in jewellery making began with assembling components (beads, metallic elements, etc) & more recently the inclusion of wire & metalwork too. 

I love to model, hammer, sand & oxidise my foil sheets to see my ideas come to life, creating truly unique pieces where every component is hand made.  No two pieces I make are ever identical - just like the women who buy my jewellery!  Seeing the ideas in my head turn into reality gives me immense satisfaction.  I pour my heart into my work, making it special & personalised.

 My latest additions are engraved copper plates created on commission with quotes or words chosen by the customer.  Each season I release 3 or 4 different collections, each varied in nature so there is something to suit every woman, style & mood. I would love for you to follow me on Facebook to keep up with what is on offer at Jo in Wonderland Creations - thank you!