Tuesday 16 September 2014

Design Team Mid-Month Reveal
{September 2014 Challenge 17 by Amy Voorthuis}





Hello! Today it is time for our mid month reveal!

We hope you will be inspired by Amy's magical mood board &
 will join us in September - check our first reveal HERE for full details.
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Welcome to REVEAL TWO of Challenge SEVENTEEN, 
hosted by Design Team member Amy Voorthuis from The Netherlands! 


If you want to feel the magic &to spend a moment or two
 with the fairies, take a look at Amy's mood board & be 
inspired to create something beautiful & magical...


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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 Please sign up to follow us on Google Friend Connect
to be eligible for our prizes & follow us on Blog Lovin' as we have a
new post up EVERY 4TH DAY so there is always something new & 
interesting happening at SATW.  We have Guest Designers, Guest
Teams & tutorials too to keep your creative juices flowing....

And now... inspiration from the other half of our super-talented Design Team!




Anna Rogalska {Poland}






Tusia Lech {Poland}





Kim Ewins {Australia}






Alexandra Polyzou {Greece}





Riikka Kovasin {Finland} art journal spread






Tatyana Sidorenko {Belarus}










Dorota Dolega {France} Canvas





 Kasia Bogatko {Poland} (sneak peek - video tutorial coming up!)





Rachael Funnell {Australia}






Pam Ellis {Canada} (sneak peek-photo tutorial coming up!)





Jaya Raghuvanshi {India} Canvas





And what can you WIN?!?

1ST PRIZE

 $50 worth of AWESOME STAMPS from Darkroom Door 


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.


Rubber Stamp set Brush Strokes & Frame Stamp Emulsion.

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

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

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2ND PRIZE

$40 worth of product from 7Dots Studio in the form
of 2 stunning product collections as shown
 PLUS 2 CHIPBOARD PACKS!


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

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3RD PRIZE

$30 worth of Lindy's Stamp Gang sprays, as well as 
some pretty chipboard sponsored by 


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.


Please also check out the inspiration from our design team on the shop's blog!
You can also find us on Facebook & Pinterest & YouTube - let's connect!
Our tutorials you can find here!
Store: http://store.scrapsofdarkness.com
Blog: http://scrapsofdarkness.blogspot.com/
Community / Gallery: https://www.facebook.com/groups/scrapsofdarkness

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4TH PRIZE

$20 worth of NEW RELEASE  2Crafty Chipboard!
 See their awesome new products just released HERE!


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!


Image depicts a sampling of 2Crafty's latest products & is for illustration 
purposes only. Prizewinner will receive an awesome selection 
of 2Crafty Chipboard to the value of their prize.


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5TH PRIZE

$15 gift card from The Flying Unicorn Online Store!


Flying Unicorn...Your Passion. Your Art. 

Their on line store has an incredible selection of products for all paper crafting 
artists. Their Kit of the Month is filled with the latest & greatest ~ including 
an off-the-page project to keep your creative muse flowing!

Be sure to check out the Flying Unicorn forums, a hot & happening place 
which includes monthly challenges, tips, techniques & friendships that last!

They also have a blog &  Facebook page where you can find loads of inspiration!



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RANDOM PRIZE

$25 worth of Green Tara products & flowers!


Green Tara are an Australian based company & are importers 
& wholesalers of fine handmade & milled mulberry papers,beautiful ribbons,
both fabric & paper flowers, washi tape, etc. They are continually adding to
 their collections of high quality products & provide papers with rich colours, 
wonderful textures & beautiful patterns!


Image depicts a sampling of Green Tara's latest products & is for illustration
 purposes only. Prizewinner will receive an awesome selection of Green Tara 
products worth $30.

Blog:  http://www.greentara1.blogspot.com.au/
Website:  http://www.greentara.com.au/home.php

ALL OUR PRIZES ALWAYS INCLUDE FREE INTERNATIONAL POSTAGE!!

The deadline for this challenge is  TUESDAY 30th SEPTEMBER 2014.

We can't WAIT to see what you all come up with based on this
gorgeous mood board!  REMEMBER TO LEAVE A COMMENT
FOR OUR FABULOSO DESIGN TEAM LADIES!!



Friday 12 September 2014

September 2014 Guest Designer Nupur Patel of India!






Hello to you all!
Please view our current challenge HERE.
Our 2nd reveal based on the same challenge will go live on the 16th September.

Today we welcome back the winner of our July 2014 Challenge,
Nupur Patel of India, as our Guest Designer!


Here she is!

"I am Nupur Patel from Mumbai, India.  I am 22 years old & I live with my
 loving & caring parents & my sweet little sister.  I have been crafting 
since my early school years where I developed a love for art & craft

Playing with various colors, mediums & elements opened led to a world
 of Mixed Media, Photography & Graphic Design.  After learning & exploring
 handicrafts, I stepped into the digital world which led to a career in Graphic Design.

 As a Graphic Design graduate I've started scrapbooking to unleash my creativity
 & reach new horizons.  Traveling, capturing & trapping memories inspire me
to scrapbook.  I love the world of scrapbooking that I have discovered as 
there is so much to learn & explore & so many new people to meet!  
Please feel free to visit my blog HERE"



Nupur has used our current mood board {above} HERE for her inspiration.

 
Nupur's use of white space is just stunning!

Thank you Nupur for creating such a beautiful layout 
especially for us at Scrap Around The World!

Please leave some comment LOVE for Nupur if she has inspired you today.

As always we have some truly AMAZING PRIZES up for grabs
 this month so please get creating & upload your entries!

Challenge closes on Tuesday 30th September 2014.
***Have you entered our Facebook Giveaway yet?


Sign up as an official GOOGLE FRIEND CONNECT FOLLOWER
on the gadget just above where you upload your layouts (our linky tool)
in the right-hand sidebar then pop on over to our Facebook page,
share our giveaway post & leave us a comment to let us know!

4 FULL PAPER PACKS ON OFFER FROM GALLERIA PAPIERU


Entries close 16th September for this giveaway, so be quick!


Please remember that in order to be eligible for our random prize each 
month you do need to share your project on our Facebook Wall.


Monday 8 September 2014

August 2014 Wall of Fame






Hello ladies & gents!  Welcome to our August WALL OF FAME!!

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

AUGUST  WINNER

1st - Galina Sazonova - Russia

TOP 4 FEATURED

2nd -  Tanya Palamarchuk - Ukraine
3rd - Marianne Johannson - Norway
4th - Joanne Bain - Australia
5th -  Marta Grochocka - Poland

TOP 10 FINALISTS
 
Anna Kaczmarek - Poland
Srydelkiem W Oko - Poland
Sandra Przybylska - United Kingdom
Romy Veul - Netherlands
Denise Van Deventer - South Africa

Click the Wall of Fame banner IN OUR HEADER at the top of the blog to go straight
 through to the Winners' Post so you can then go through to our Winners' personal
 blogs & browse through even more of their gorgeous work!

http://scraparoundtheworld.blogspot.gr/2014/09/august-2014-winners-features-finalists.html

***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. 

http://scraparoundtheworld.blogspot.gr/2014/09/september-2014-challenge-17-magical.html


PLEASE REMEMBER TO ALSO SHARE YOUR PROJECT WITH US DIRECTLY ON 
OUR FACEBOOK PAGE in order to be ELIGIBLE FOR OUR RANDOM PRIZE as 
only those who have shared their entries on our Facebook wall will be eligible.  

Find our Facebook page HERE  & remember to 
QUOTE YOUR LINKY NUMBER to be eligible, for example
 "Jennifer Garner - Entry 50" at the beginning of your description. 

THIS SHOWS US WHO YOU ARE QUICKLY & EASILY to avoid you losing out!

 Please share with us directly,don't just tag us, THANK YOU!

Upload your IMAGE not just a link to your blog please :)

PLEASE FOLLOW US ON BLOG LOVIN' HERE & LIKE us
 on Facebook HERE to benefit from all we have to offer you :)

WE NOW HAVE A FOLLOWERS GADGET IN THE LEFT SIDEBAR
TOO - PLEASE SIGN UP TO BECOME AN OFFICIAL FOLLOWER
 TO BE ELIGIBLE TO WIN OUR PRIZES & BE FEATURED!!



Thursday 4 September 2014

August 2014 Winners, Features, Finalists & Honourable Mentions







Hi everyone!  Thanks so much for playing along with SATW in August!!
We finished on a very respectable 88 entries in the quietest month online
 {European Summer!!}  Marilyn's beautiful mood board (above) brought out 
THE BEST IN EVERYONE!!!  Selecting 10 Wall of Famers this month was
 the most difficult it has EVER been around here!  But...there are tougher
jobs out there than going through dozens of INCREDIBLE ARTWORKS
month after month & we at SATW are feeling super inspired thanks to YOU!


PLEASE REMEMBER TO FOLLOW THE RULES FOR A CHANCE TO BE FEATURED.
We do not accept cards or Off-the-Page items & we ask that you please provide
YOUR NAME & COUNTRY so that we have those details to mention if you are
a prize winner, for our Winners' Post & Wall of Fame or to list you in our
 Honourable Mentions.  We also need to SEE your layout so you need
 to select it for the linky tool & link back to your ACTUAL BLOG POST - 
doing this will put you in the running with a great chance!  Thank you :)

August 2014 Winner - Galina Sazonova {Russia}
Galina will also hopefully be our October Guest Designer!


Fantastic creation & take on the mood board.
A totally stunning piece of work.
CONGRATULATIONS GALINA!





Now onto our Top 4 Features - Places 2 - 5

2nd place - Tanya Palamarchuk {Ukraine}



A simple but stunning creation with the most amazing 
colour scheme!  CONGRATULATIONS TANYA!




3rd place - Marianne Johannson {Norway}


CONGRATULATIONS MARIANNE!
We all loved this wonderful black & white creation
 that so elegantly showcases this dapper couple!




4th Place - Joanne Bain {Australia}


WHAT a pretty creation!!  This was a RESOUNDING favourite 
with everyone!  CONGRATULATIONS JOANNE.  Such an
 unusual design & WTG with all that fussy cutting!!



5th place - Marta Grochocka {Poland}


CONGRATULATIONS MARTA!  Great photo to match the fashion theme
 & what a beautiful selection of flowers & pretty bits & pieces with
 such lovely soft painterly touches in cool aqua.




NOW ONTO PLACES 6 - 10


6th Place - Anna Kaczmarek {Poland}


CONGRATULATIONS ANNA!  
What a beautiful canvas you have created - so ethereal.




7th Place - Szydelkiem W Oko {Poland}


CONGRATULATIONS!  This really is a GREAT take on our mood board 
in SO many ways {or should I say SEW many ways LOL}. 
 And of course a fabulous photograph always catches our eye!!



8th Place - Sandra Przybylska {United Kingdom}




CONGRATULATIONS SANDRA!  What a lovely colourful page 
without a hint of garishness thanks to the clean white
 background.  Cute photos & quite the trendy tot you have :)




9th place - Romy Veul {Netherlands}


CONGRATULATIONS ROMY!  Just perfect!!  Anyone not familiar with
 Romy's work - go & take a look at what Romy does - she does it so
 well & is just 21 years old & already such a well known name in the 
scrapbooking world. What an achievement at such a young age.




10th Place - Denise Van Deventer {South Africa}


CONGRATULATIONS DENISE!  I. Love. this. layout!  
And I wasn't the only one!  I am just loving the pale base,
 soft watercolours, lightly stencilled texture, adorable little girls 
& the overall soft & symettrical design.  Great composition & detail.  

HONOURABLE MENTIONS in no particular order, go to -
{click HERE to view their layouts}

No. 4 - Mona Pendleton - USA
No. 20 - Yuliya Khudyakova - Russia
No. 27 - Kathleen White - USA
No. 45 - Nicole Doiron - Canada
No. 49 - Valia Katzaki - Greece
No. 54 - Nora Grindheim - USA
No. 56 - Hilde Aaslund - Norway
No. 57 - Heather McMahon - Australia
No. 65 - Asmah Abidin - Malaysia
No. 69 - Wilma Voermans - Switzerland
No. 74 - Madamoiselle Eugenie - Russia
No. 80 - Tosk - Norway

Another 12 excellent layouts. It is very rewarding seeing how much fun 
you all had with the mood board & the great efforts & lengths you went
 to to create beautiful artworks - thank you.  THANKS EVERYONE!

Onto our RANDOM prizewinner...


No. 59!  Irma Tirza {Indonesia}


CONGRATULATIONS IRMA!
What a very clever dress design you have incorporated into your pretty page!




Well done everyone!  I hope you will all be back to play with
 our lovely new Magical Mood Board by Amy this month!

PRIZE WINNERS NOTES

GALINA please email 7dotsstudio {dot} com with your postal address
to receive your wonderful prize of FOUR paper collections!  WOW!!
You are also invited back as our Guest Designer for October so 
please contact our Guest Co-ordinator Kim Ewins at kimewins {at}
 hotmail {dot} com to let her know if you would like to take up 
our offer.  If so she will send you more details.

TANYA please email cs {at} flyingunicornllc {dot} com after registering first 
at The Flying Unicorn online store so you can receive your voucher code.
Remember to supply your address to receive your $40 worth of goodies!

MARIANNE please contact vgarling {at} bigpond {dot} net {dot} au
 with your postal address so you can receive $30 worth of 
2Crafty Chipboard's latest new designs.  

JOANNE please contact sales {at} scrapsofdarkness {dot}com with your
 postal address to claim your set of 9 Inklingz from Shimmerz.

MARTA  please contact vgarling {at} bigpond {dot} net {dot} au with your
postal address to receive your $15 worth of Green Tara goodies.

IRMA please contact info {at} darkroomdoor {dot} com with your 
postal address to receive your 2 lovely Darkroom Door stamps!

And with that I wish you all a wonderful September 
& all the best for our new challenge!