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!










Monday 1 September 2014

September 2014 Challenge 17 - A Magical Mood Board by Amy Voorthuis






Hello again to you all & a very warm welcome to Challenge 17 brought to
 you by Design Team member Amy Voorthuis from The Netherlands. 

Amy loves fairies as you can see!  
Her work is always shabby & romantic so it's no surprise that her mood board
 is so fantastically feminine!  There is still plenty to be inspired from for a masculine
 take though - just thinkmetal, filigree & embossing & of course - cogs & gears!! 


As per always, we have 5 wonderful merit-based prizes for you this month
 & one random prize which can be won by ANYONE ANYWHERE. 
All our prizes always include international shipping!

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.

We have a new giveaway up on our Facebook page HERE with a lovely prize 
from Galeria Papieru, glosing on the 16th September so still time to enter!


You only need to be inspired by ONE image but can be inspired by
 more than one or even ALL the images - it really is UP TO YOU!!

We are NOT A COLOUR CHALLENGE SITE so there is no need
to follow our colours, although of course if they are your source of
inspiration you are welcome to use them all, or just some of them,
otherwise none at all!  You have complete artistic freedom BUT
we do need to be able to SEE HOW YOU WERE INSPIRED!
So please remember to tell us in your post!!


To be eligible for judging you need to follow our
 10 Golden Rules HEREwhich include:- 

1)  Sharing the mood board image in your blog post.

2)  Mentioning Scrap Around The World {in full - not just 
SATW} & LINKING BACK to our current challenge.

3)  Explaining how you were inspired by our mood board

4)  Linking back to your SATW blog post NOT YOUR ENTIRE BLOG.

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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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This is REVEAL ONE.  
We now have a MID-MONTH REVEAL as well - that goes LIVE on the 
16th of every month with another full set of inspiration from more of
 our designers!!  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....

ON WITH THE SHOW! ------>>>>>

Let's see what our Reveal A team came up with
 from Amy's Magical Mood Board...

Amy Voorthuis {The Netherlands}





Anna Komenda {Poland} Canvas





 Di Garling {Australia}




Zuzia Bodakowska {Poland} 





Terhi Koskinen {Finland} 









Helen Tilbury {South  Africa}
 





Debbie Burns {USA} Canvas




Karita Vainio {Finland}
















Hera Sugitani {Brazil}



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!!