Wednesday 16 April 2014

Design Team Mid Month Reveal {April 2014 Challenge 12 by Riikka Kovasin}






Hi there! Back again with REVEAL TWO - our mid month reveal!
Even more wonderful inspiration for YOU from our fantastic design team!
We hope you feel EVEN MORE INSPIRED to create with Riikka's fantastic
mood board & urge you to refer to Reveal One HERE for full details.


Scrap Around The World is turning ONE!
We have some major celebrations planned!!
Hope to see you ALL there!!!

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Welcome to REVEAL TWO of 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.

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Tusia Lech {Poland}





Zanka - Zaneta Glowa {Sweden}





Eila Sandberg {Sweden} Canvas in a shadow box




Marilyn Rivera  {USA}




Alexandra Polyzou {Greece} 




Kim Ewins {Australia} 




Rachael Funnell {Australia}




Amy Voorthuis {The Netherlands}




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.
Just 2 weeks left to go now!
Remember to leave some comment ♥ for our hard-working designers!







Saturday 12 April 2014

MIND-BOGGLING Guest Design Team Inspiration from Mixed Media Place!






Hello Scrap Around The World Fans!

***Don't forget to play along with our current challenge Here***

Help yourself if you have featured here as part of one of our invited Guest Teams! 

Today we have the wonderfully talented design team from 
Mixed Media Place sharing their interpretations of our current
 mood board.  THANK YOU so much ladies for your inspirational projects!

Store banner/ Banner sklepu

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!



Mixed Media Place are sponsoring a cracker jack prize this month - 
FORTY EUROS worth of goodies PLUS free shipping!!  MAHOOSIVE!!!
  What a truly amazing & generous sponsorship - thank you thank you
thank you thank you!!!!  {That is over $55 US dollars before postage!}

 
Let's see what the Mixed Media Team has created using our current mood board.


Agnieszka Anna {Poland}







 http://mixedmediaplace.com/pl/paints/acrylic-paints/claudine-hellmuth-blank-canvas http://mixedmediaplace.com/pl/paints/acrylic-paints/claudine-hellmuth-classic-teal
http://mixedmediaplace.com/pl/paints/watercolours/ecoline-pastel-blue-580
http://mixedmediaplace.com/pl/paints/watercolours/ecoline-turquoise-blue-522
http://mixedmediaplace.com/pl/paints/paint-gelatos/faber-castell-gelatos-double-scoop-snow-cone
http://mixedmediaplace.com/pl/viva-decor-crackle-paint-transparent
http://mixedmediaplace.com/pl/stazon-jet-black
http://mixedmediaplace.com/pl/7-dots-studio/cold-country/7-dots-studio-cold-country-clear-stamps-4x6
http://mixedmediaplace.com/pl/inks/inne-tusze/talens-indian-ink
http://mixedmediaplace.com/pl/7-dots-studio/illumination/7-dots-studio-illumination-word-stickers-6x12 http://mixedmediaplace.com/pl/7-dots-studio/illumination/7-dots-studio-illumination-acceptance
http://mixedmediaplace.com/pl/inks/chalk-inks/prima-chalk-edger-pastel-brown
http://mixedmediaplace.com/pl/inks/chalk-inks/prima-chalk-edger-pastel-pink


France Papillon {Belgium}









Pascale B. Scrap {France}


 http://mixedmediaplace.com/7-dots-studio/illumination/7-dots-studio-illumination-tolerance http://mixedmediaplace.com/7-dots-studio/illumination/7-dots-studio-illumination-word-stickers-6x12
http://mixedmediaplace.com/7-dots-studio/messy-head/7-dots-studio-messy-head-big-words
http://mixedmediaplace.com/embellishments/paper-flowers/prima-paper-flowers-chantelle-heirloom-white
http://mixedmediaplace.com/paints/twinkling-h2os/twinkling-h2o-majestic-blue-mini-jar
http://mixedmediaplace.com/paints/twinkling-h2os/twinkling-h2o-northern-lights-mini-jar
http://mixedmediaplace.com/paints/twinkling-h2os/twinkling-h2o-african-jade-mini-jar
http://mixedmediaplace.com/paints/twinkling-h2os/twinkling-h2o-mediterranean-blue-mini-jar
http://mixedmediaplace.com/finnabair-s-store/finnabairs-stencils-masks/prima-elementals-12x12-stencil-lace
http://mixedmediaplace.com/gesso-primers-media/gesso/liquitex-gesso-basics-250ml
http://mixedmediaplace.com/gesso-primers-media/pastes/viva-decor-crackle-paint-white


Riikka Kovasin {Finland}


http://mixedmediaplace.com/finnabair-s-store/finnabairs-journal-washi-stickers-alphabets/prima-finnabair-mixed-media-journal http://mixedmediaplace.com/cardstock/cardstock-eco-12x12-285gsm
http://mixedmediaplace.com/prima-elementals-12x12-white-resist-canvas-checkered?filter_name=resist
http://mixedmediaplace.com/7-dots-studio/cold-country/7-dots-studio-cold-country-die-cut-elements-12x12 http://mixedmediaplace.com/pens/faber-castell-mix-match-pitt-artist-pens-assorted
http://mixedmediaplace.com/inks/archival/archival-ink-watering-can
http://mixedmediaplace.com/inks/archival/archival-ink-jet-black
http://mixedmediaplace.com/mists-and-sprays/glimmer-mist/glimmer-mist-it-s-black
http://mixedmediaplace.com/glimmer-mist-bubble-light-green?filter_name=bubble
http://mixedmediaplace.com/glimmer-mist-electric-blue?filter_name=electric
http://mixedmediaplace.com/liquitex-gesso-basics-250ml?filter_name=gesso
http://mixedmediaplace.com/ranger-distress-dry-glitter-clear-rock-candy?filter_name=glitter&page=2
http://mixedmediaplace.com/ranger-glossy-accents?filter_name=glossy%20accent
http://mixedmediaplace.com/embellishments/cardboard-embellishments/3rd-eye-clocks-chipboard
http://mixedmediaplace.com/3rd-eye-dreamcatchers-chipboard?filter_name=dreamcatcher
http://mixedmediaplace.com/stamps/stamps-3rdEye/3rd-eye-butterfly
http://mixedmediaplace.com/panpastel-sofft-art-sponge-bar-wedge-3pc?filter_name=panpastel


 Tusia Lech {Poland} 


 What an truly mind-blowing reveal from the team at Mixed Media Place!!!

THANK YOU ALL OVER AGAIN!!

Please remember to leave some COMMENT LOVE for these
 truly talented & forward thinking/original paper-crafting artists!

You can see more of their stunning creations*** HERE ***




Tuesday 8 April 2014

March 2014 Wall of Fame


                                   

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

MARCH  WINNER

1st - Anna Rogalska - Poland

TOP 4 FEATURED

2nd -  Debbie Burns - USA
3rd -  Jelissa Mei - Singapore
4th - Elpimpi - Poland
5th - Stephanie Papin - France

TOP 10 FINALISTS

  Dorotka Dolega - France
Romy Veul - Netherlands
Maie Rowe - USA
Rikki Graziani - Australia
Sarah Groen - New Zealand


***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 below to display on your own blog!***




Please support us by playing along with this month's mood board. 



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