Wednesday, 12 August 2015

August 2015 Guest Design Team Inspiration
from Creative Embellishments





Hello Scrap Around The World fans!

Anna Wiśniewska here with you today,
bringing you the Guest Design Team post.

I have to admit that the August mood board is just amazing...
  summery, warm & bringing lots of wonderful summer memories & emotions.
I am sure that you will play along with us this month
as there are wonderful prizes up for grabs as usual!!

You can view all the details for our current challenge *HERE*.

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

Today we welcome some very talented designers from
Creative Embellishments
who agreed to share their incredible talent with us
& created amazing interpretations of our current mood board.


Creative Embellishments is a family owned company created by
Michael & Nicolle Kramer, a husband & wife team, designing & manufacturing 
unique, high quality chipboard, wood, rubber stamps & flair products since 2013.
We offer fun, inspiring products to add to any project!  We are expanding 
into other product lines such as acrylic & stencil embellishments SOON.
We also custom cut for individual orders & have a wholesale store for retailers,
 kit clubs & classes.  Do your shopping HERE!  If you own a store, register for 
our wholesale section HERE.  Be inspired by our blog HERE & follow us on Instagram HERE YouTube HERE.

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Here's a reminder of our tranquil traveler's August mood board
that was also the inspiration for the Creative Embellishments designers. 

It was created by Jaya Raghuvanshi from India.



Now let's see what the Creative Embellishments designers have created for us!


Caroline Elliam {Canada}





 Debbie Standard {USA}




Doris Widder {USA}




Laetitia Pauchet {France}




Lainie Michel {USA}




Maggi Harding {USA}




Nicolle Kramer {USA}



What exquisite inspiration from all these talented ladies
from the Creative Embellishments team!
A big THANK YOU to each & every one!

Please leave some comment love for these fabulous designers & visit the 
Creative Embellishments blog HERE to see more of their beautiful work! 

This month Creative Embellishments is offering 
a $20 gift certificate to our 5th place winner!!!




So don't waste your time
& link up your project by 31st August for your chance to win!


Compiled & posted by Anna Wiśniewska
SATW Guest Coordinator





Saturday, 8 August 2015

July 2015 Winners,
Features & Honourable Mentions





Hello Everyone! Rachael with you today!

Let me start off by saying WOW! WOW! WOW!
 We finished on 138 entries for July, with which we were very excited, considering it is the height of European Summer & most people are away on vacation. The bright mood board was actually really well received & embraced by so many.
So a big THANK YOU again!!

Just a reminder of our fiesta of color whish is our July MOOD BOARD, 
the winners of which are below...


***DRUM ROLL PLEASE***

The WINNER of our July mood board challenge is....


1st place - Vera Shelemekh {Russia}


Congratulations Vera! Your layout is absolutely stunning!
  We are very excited to say that you are invited back as our September Guest Designer!  So please email our Guest Co-ordinator, Anna Wisniewska at wisan{at}op{dot}pl so she can send you our requirements!


Next up are our TOP 4 FEATURED...


2nd place - Valerie Ouellet {Canada}





3rd Place - Ulrika Blomfelt {Sweden}





4th place- Anna Rogalska {Poland}





5th place - Nathalie Honore {France}




& to complete our TOP 10 FINALISTS,
our next 5 places go to...


6th place - Evgenia Krapivina {Russia}






7th place - Caroline Parent {Canada}





8th place - Mariela Papeletas {Argentina}






9th place - Julia Kissel {Russia}





& our 10th place - Dagmara Kos {Poland}


Due to such a HIGH standard of entries this month, we have 16 HONOURABLE MENTIONS!  A job very well done to these ladies!! Even narrowing it down to this was very difficult as this mood board brought out the bright side in so many of you! smile emoticon

JULY 2015 HONOURABLE MENTIONS IN NUMERICAL ORDER 

Entry 5 - Tanya SonataJoy {Ukraine}

Entry 8 - Lena Holmstrom {Finland}

Entry 15 - Tracey Henly {Australia}

Entry 20 - Kareen Dion {Canada}

Entry 22 - Marta MyArt {Poland}

Entry 24 - Ayumi Niijima {Japan}

Entry 35 - Mabel Sim {Singapore}

Entry 36 - Tanita {Russia}

Entry 47 - Kasia Udalska {Poland}

Entry 69 Stephanie Brown {Canada}

Entry 70 - Sanderijn de Bruin {Netherlands}

Entry 86 - Nupur Patel {India}

Entry 91 - Anna Solnyshkina {Russia}

Entry 92 - Taru Jehkonen {Finland}

Entry 103 - Evgenia Kovtun {Ukraine}

Entry 129 - Elena Volchkova {Ukraine}


We also have our RANDOM PRIZE & RANDOM FOLLOWERS PRIZE just like every month!

Random Winner - Joi Shultz {USA}

 


Random Followers Winner - Brenda van der Hulst {Netherlands}


Please remember ladies to grab your well deserved badges 
& to add them to your sidebar!

We really do hope you come back & join us this month for 
our vintage & nostalgic Mood Board for August:



Winners' Notes

WINNERS PLEASE NOTE - If you do not receive your prizes within one month of writing to the sponsor, please email our new Sponsor Co-ordinator, 
Nicole Doiron, at nicutopia{at}hotmail{dot}com
so she can look into it for you.  We will do all in our power to ensure you receive
your prizes & we choose great sponsors that can be counted on!

 
PLEASE ASK YOUR SPONSOR TO ACKNOWLEDGE RECEIPT OF YOUR
 EMAIL TO ENSURE IT HASN'T ENDED UP IN THEIR SPAM FOLDER!!

Vera - please email Tusia at 
tusia{at}7dotsstudio{dot}com
 with your postal address so you can receive your prize
of over $50 worth of products!

Valerie - please email Nicolle at
nicolle{at}creativeembellishments{dot}com
 so you can receive your $40 voucher code info!

Ulrika -  please email Aida at 
13arts{at}wp{dot}pl
with your postal address so you can receive $30 worth of products! 

Anna - please email DeeDee at
 umwowstudio{at}gmail{dot}com
 with your postal address so you can receive your $25 worth of products! 

Nathalie - please email Vanessa at
salesat2crafty{at}optusnet{dot}com{dot}au 
with your postal address so you can receive your $20 worth of Chipboard pieces!

Evgenia - please email Bettina at
bettina.kleijer{at}live{dot}de 
with your postal address so you can receive 15 Euros worth of products!

Caroline - please email Andrzej Pekocki at
store{at}mixedmediaplace{dot}com
so you can receive your 15 Euros voucher code info!

Mariela - please email Danny at
info{at}copicmarqueurs{dot}com
 with your postal address so you can receive your 17.50 Euros worth of products! 

Julia - please email Aneta at 
studio{at}studio75{dot}pl
 with your postal address so you can receive your $15 worth of products!

Dagmara - please email Yasmin at
yasmin_toelche{at}hotmail{dot}com
with your postal address so you can receive your prize pack!


Joi - please email Scraps of Elegance at
sales{at}scrapsofdarkness{dot}com 
with your postal address so you can receive your kit valued at $36.95!

Brenda - please email Dusty Attic at 
dustyattic{dot}hq{at}gmail{dot}com
to ask for your $50 voucher code!

REMEMBER TO LEAVE YOUR CONGRATULATIONS to all our well-deserving 
winners & remember that every comment you leave gives you a greater 
chance of winning our Follower's Prize - a $50 GIFT CERTIFICATE
from Dusty Attic in Australia!!


COMPILED & POSTED BY
HELEN TILBURY & RACHAEL FUNNELL 


Site founder/owner/ manager DT co-ordinator, Sponsor Co-ordinator & South African Ambassador  

Saturday, 1 August 2015

August 2015 Challenge 28 by Jaya Raghuvanshi
A Tranquil Traveller's Mood Board





Hello everyone!  Welcome to August & our brand new mood board!!
Isn't it fantastic!?!  And just in time for you to scrap those wonderful 
 photos from your Summer holidays or, if you are in the Southern hemisphere
 like me, get around to scrapping your holiday snaps from LAST Summer!!

Thank you so much to all of you who found the time to take part last month!! 
 As I write this 8 hours before closing we are on 135 entries!! 
 WOOT WOOT!!!  
Not bad for the quietest month of the year online in Europe! 
 {So many people go away on vacation to enjoy the sunshine!!} 

Just a quick note about PRIZES.  
Please let our new Sponsor Assistant, Nicole Doiron at nicutopia{at}hotmail{dot}com
know if you do not receive your prize within a reasonable time period so she can
 make some enquiries on your behalf.  We want everyone to be happy & get the prizes they won & they deserve, so let us know by emailing Nicole stating YOUR NAME, WHICH PLACE YOU WON, 
WHICH CHALLENGE MONTH IT WAS & 
EXACTLY WHAT YOUR PRIZE WAS & WHO THE SPONSOR WAS.

As far as I know almost all of our prizes have reached their destination, 
but there have been a few hiccups of late which we are working on rectifying.  
These are out of our control, but we have expended a lot of time & energy 
doing all we can to ensure that the few missing prizes have been sent out.  

We also welcome a brand NEW SPONSOR this month, Scrapiniec!! 
 Beautiful, laser-cut chipboard all the way from Poland, 
in romantic designs, plus a store full of related goodies & lovely flairs!



There are endless ways you can be inspired by this month's mood board.
  It has a certain vintage & nostalgic quality to it as well as a wonderful quote
 which can apply to life in general, not just to travel pages.  There are some
 awesome textures to be found - metal, sand, wood, paper, water, rust, etc.

 There is everything from deserts to beaches, city lights to retro bicycles, 
maps to packed suitcases!  This mood board is a traveller's delight!

Here is Jaya Raghuvanshi, the designer of this month's 
mood board, to tell us a little about herself...


"Hello everyone!  Jaya Raghuvanshi here from India. 
Scrapbooking for me is not just a hobby, it's my passion!!  
I began experimenting with mixed media scrapbooking last year 
& quickly became addicted! I love playing with colours, textures & different mediums.

Mixed media gives me the freedom to go wrong, make mistakes, learn & create, 
which is why I am so hooked!!  Apart from papercrafts, I also love travelling 
& photography. You can visit my Blog here, my Facebook page here,
my Pinterest gallery here & my Instagram profile here.

I can't wait to see how you interpret my moodboard!"





Helen Tilbury {South Africa} 




 
Di Garling {Australia}


 


Shilpa Nagaonkar {India} 
Art Journal page A4 Double page spread





Karine Gagnon {Canada}




Heather McMahon {Australia}





Pascale B. {France}






Arantzazu Sangrador {Spain}






Anna Wiśniewska {Poland}




Tanya Dudkina {Russia}





Galina Filippenko {Ukraine}
Photo Tutorial coming up 24th August! {sneak-peek}





Art Journal spread
Video Tutorial coming up 28th August! {sneak-peek}


PRIZES

Each month we offer 10 MERIT BASED PRIZES, 1 random prize 
1 follower's prize {see first paragraph} so 12 PRIZES PER MONTH!  

We also offer our WINNER plenty of EXPOSURE with a a 
Guest Designer Position & an exclusive side-bar badge!


To be eligible for our random prize, you need to share your project to our Facebook
 Wall & LIKE our Facebook page HERE. You are also welcome to follow us on
Instagram HERE & we'll follow you back if you upload your entries to 
Instagram & link up to us with @ as well as # hashtag us as
 #scraparoundtheworld.

You can also find & follow us on PINTEREST HERE.


All winners must be official Google Friend Connect Followers 
of the SATW blog {see the SATW's sidebar - top left - to sign up!}

One random winner is chosen from all the entries, but please remember that to be
 eligible for this, you MUST upload your entry to the SATW Facebook page HERE!  

The other random prize is for one lucky COMMENTER so no need to even enter
 a project for this prize!  Just leave some comment encouragement on ANY
 of the SATW 7 monthly blog posts right HERE!  The more posts you 
comment on the more chance you have of winning!

ALL PRIZES ALWAYS INCLUDE FREE INTERNATIONAL POSTAGE!!

1st PRIZE

$50 worth of chipboard from 2Crafty Chipboard


{image is for illustration purposes may 
not reflect exactly what you will receive}


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. Visit our website HERE & our blog HERE!
We are happy to quote on personalized jobs, whether it be a single title for 
customer, or large jobs for retreats, classes, etc.  If you are a retailer 
would like to stock our products, please contact us for more information.  

2ND PRIZE 

$35 value Googie Bag of die-cut chipboard from Scrapiniec



{image is for illustration purposes may 
not reflect exactly what you will receive}


Scrapiniec is the first Polish producer of die-cut chipboard for the purpose of scrapbooking.  We make individual orders & fulfil even the most unusual requests.  We are characterized by reliability, high quality products & friendly customer contact.  You can visit our blog HERE & look at all our amazing designs in our online shop HERE!  We are also very present on social media & would love you to join us on Facebook HERE, Instagram HEREGoogle Plus HEREPinterest HERE & Twitter HERE!

3rd PRIZE 

Prize package valued at $30 from 7 Dots Studio


{prize is exactly as shown}



7 Dots Studio was born from dreams & for dreams. We are a European scrapbooking manufacturer of high quality scrapbooking products – paper, stickers, die-cuts, collage sheets, 6 x 6 pads, collection kits, chipboard, stamps & stencils.  Our collections are created by amazingly talented artists - from clean, graphic designs to mixed-media grungeYou can always be sure of high quality, thick papers, perfect for mixed media.  We feel so blessed &  happy at how much our products are loved by crafters & artists all around the world!  Please visit our blog HERE, our Facebook page HERE & follow us on Twitter HERE, Pinterest HERE & Instagram HERE.

4th PRIZE
 


$25 worth of products from 13@rts



{image is for illustration purposes & may 
not reflect exactly what you will receive}


13arts is a Polish manufacturer specializing in scrapbook papers, embellishments
 & mixed media, artistic mediums. See our store HERE where we ship worldwide!  
Our blog HERE is full of inspiration & we have a monthly challenge where
 all our welcome! Please follow us on Instagram HERE Twitter HERE
Pinterest HERE & Facebook HERE!

5th PRIZE

$20 gift certificate from Creative Embellishments




Creative Embellishments is a family owned company created by Michael & Nicolle Kramer, a husband & wife team, designing & manufacturing unique, high quality chipboard, wood, rubber stamps & flair products since 2013. We offer fun, 
inspiring products to add to any project! We are expanding into other product lines
 such as acrylic & stencil embellishments SOON. We also custom cut for individual
 orders & have a wholesale store for retailers, kit clubs & classes. Do your shopping
 HERE! If you own a store, register for our wholesale section HERE. Be inspired
 by our blog HERE & follow us on Instagram HERE YouTube HERE.

6th PRIZE

$15 gift voucher from Mixed Media Place




Mixed Media Place is a treasure trove of different media for creative minds,
carrying 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!  Find our blog HERE, LIKE us
 on Facebook HERE, follow our boards on Pinterest HERE
 & do your shopping HERE!

7th PRIZE

17.50 Euros worth of products from Danafix, France.



www.copicmarqueurs.com is an online store 100% dedicated to all 
Copic products. All Copic products made & assembled by the European
 importer are available in stock & we offer fast, international delivery!

8th PRIZE

$15 gift certificate from Studio75



Studio 75 is a Polish manufacturer of scrapbooking papers & items 
such as chipboard albums, notebooks, spiral bindings & magnetic sheets.  
We have our own online store HERE, a bustling Facebook page HERE
 & a highly inspirational blog HERE!  Come & visit us - let's connect!

9th PRIZE

15 Euros worth of products from Scrap-Unlimited





{image is for illustration purposes 
& may 
not reflect exactly what you will receive}


Scrap-Unlimited is a craft supplies manufacturer from The Netherlands, creating & selling the most amazing selection of embellishments for the crafting industry.  We offer shabby chic, vintage & steam-punk inspired embellishments, ribbon, flowers, metals, mini-books & mini novelty items.  Check out our online store HERE for SO MUCH MORE!  LIKE us on Facebook HERE & follow our highly inspirational blog HERE & our Pinterest board HERE.

10th PRIZE

Over $30 worth of scrapbooking supplies 

from Design Team member Karine Gagnon {Canada}



 {exactly as shown}

This prize includes 3 packs of chipboard, 1 bottle of Shimmers Coloringz, 
1 stamp sent from Limecitron, 
1 pack of Prima Shabby Chic Treasures & 1 pack of Prima flowers!

RANDOM PRIZE

Scrapbook kit from Scraps of Elegance Kit Club



{The random winner will receive the SOE
 June 2015 kit valued at $36.95}


Scraps of Darkness & Scraps of Elegance are monthly scrapbook kit clubs
 that cater to scrapbookers who are looking for an alternative to what other 
kit clubs offer.  Our kits are designed for artists who wish to take scrapbooking
 to a level beyond.  We strive to include the latest & greatest items on the market
 that will enable you  to create not "just a layout", but a work of art. Visit our blog
 HERE,our Store HERE & sign up for our kits HERE & HEREPlease LIKE us
 on Facebook HERE, follow our boards on Pinterest HEREsubscribe to our YouTube channel HERE & find our tutorials HERE!!

 RANDOM FOLLOWERS PRIZE

$50 gift certificate from The Dusty Attic



The Dusty Attic is an Australian owned Laser Cutting business that designs & manufactures craft items & embellishments for the paper crafting market.  We began
 in July 2009 & are located in Perth, Western Australia.  We are proud to be able
 to make our mark on the scrap booking & craft industry with our great range of
 products. We are continually creating new designs to keep things fresh!   We love 
seeing the creations our customers have made & also love to hear your feedback, 
as this helps us with new ideas.  We have an on-line store from which you can
 get all of your Dusty Attic supplies. Visit our store HERE and our blog HERE. 
If you are a retail business & would like to stock our range of unique products,
please contact us for details on how to open up a wholesale account.

The deadline for this challenge is Monday 31st August 2015.

 PLEASE PLAY ALONG & SPREAD THE WORD!