Tuesday 4 February 2014

January 2014 Winner, Features, Finalists & Guest Educator Announcement!





Hi again!!  The time you have all been waiting for is here!  I know how exciting it is to find out if you have been featured in a challenge or not so I hate to keep you waiting & always do my best to get our winners announced on time each month.  We had an absolutely awesome 108 entries last month!  We could not believe our eyes!!  Every time we went to check the linky there were MORE entries - I felt like Mark Zuckerberg's character in the "The Social Network"movie - watching the numbers rolling in right before my very eyes - it was truly wonderful :p  THANK YOU!

*** Just one thing!!  PLEASE REMEMBER you need to link us up to YOUR BLOG - we do not accept entries linked up to galleries or places like Tumblr - only to personal blogs.  This is due to accessibility issues - thank you ***

Here's a reminder of what our January mood board looked like!


Kim Ewins, our designer who created this mood board, is really a phenomenal talent.  You should check out her blog HERE.  She has such a beautiful, soft style, that I really admire.  YOU all loved her mood board too, clearly :)  Not only did we have the most amount of entries EVER but the standard of entries was also the HIGHEST we have ever seen!  To me this is actually MORE IMPORTANT than how many entries we get, as it is living proof that people are motivated by prizes (which is a great thing - I am a capitalist through & through) & it shows me that people are really pushing themselves to MAKE GOOD ART!!  That is what this site is all about!



If you've never watched the video above - NOW IS THE TIME.  It could be the best 20 minutes you spend all year - it certainly was life-changing for me last year & all about MAKING GOOD ART.  Of course this made the judging very difficult & time-consuming but we did it, because we have that responsibility to you, our players, who spend hours creating a feast of gorgeous inspiration for us that gives us absolutely infinite pleasure!!  
We inspire you - you inspire us - it's such a joyful mix and so rewarding!!

Our top 4 layouts this month were mere points apart - all really phenomenal!


Our winner this month is Tanita from Russia!  (Again!!  Our winner last month was also from Russia).  
Tanita understood our mood board PERFECTLY & not only created a beautiful work of art
 but also gave us such a fantastic explanation of her inspiration.  This is what she told us:-


 " I was Inspired as much by not palette, as by atmosphere of these pics.  Easiness, airiness, light-heartedness, peace and harmony. That's why I wanted to make light, bright, soft, gentle & romantic layout, full of love; layout, that could hug & warm you. But sure, I used some aspects of palette too :) All the Shades of beige, Milky &Sandy, Natural Shades of wood & accents of blue & Turquoise.  Also I want to note, That I don't like to use in Flowers my works, but here, when I looked at the mood board, I decided to add more romantic & used them :)  Hope, you'll Understand my Feelings and emotions :)  Thanks for your Challenge, it really was a splash of art for me :)"


2nd place goes to Yulia Mozhova from Ukraine.  Another fantastic take on our mood board,
from someone who totally "got it!"  We also LOVED what Yulia had to say about our board...


"Are children not wonderful creations?  No matter what -  the sound of waves, the hot sun, the loud cries of seagulls - noise...movement... The child needs a rest!  And let the whole world wait..."   Even Yulia's description is pure poetry!!

3rd place goes to Zuziucha from Poland, with a very beautiful page, 
 totally layered up & luscious, with stunning use of colour & texture.  GREAT job!!





4th place goes to Asia Ossowska, also from Poland.  She said this about her page.  "I was very inspired by pictures with lights & glass balls in a net. I decided to refer to them & I made ​​a kind of garland with linen thread & some transparent glass beads."  TOO COOL!!!  What a completely adorable idea!!





5th place goes to Rachael Funnel of Australia.  Her layout
 is completely evocative.  Amazing colouring & layering!





And that completes our winners & features.  Now onto our finalists...


6th place goes to Dorota Dolega of France!  Dorota admits to
 being "texture obsessed" - well we can see that & we're impressed!





7th place goes to Annar from Poland for this charming page.




8th place goes to Jelissa Mei of Singapore!  So clean
 & beachy but also rustic & grungy - great combo!!




9th place goes to Veera Saarivuo from Finland - peace on a page :)  Exquisite!!





10th place goes to Stephanie Papin of France for this uber-chic layout.



Congratulations talented & tenacious ladies!!



Now onto our Guest Educator!




Who caught our eye this week with their wonderful techniques!?!
Leila Cardoso of Brazil that's who!!  Leila is a regular player at
Scrap Around The World & submitted this lovely layout last month.



There is a lot of goodness in this page, so we would like Leila to come back next month as our Guest Educator, 
to share a step-by-step photo tutorial of how to create another layout, in a similar style
 to this one, to show us how she goes about her creative process!



Now onto our RANDOM winner!  REMEMBER that to be eligible for this prize 
you now need to ALSO UPLOAD your entry to FACEBOOK {our page HERE}.  

Congratulations to Sarah Routledge from Canada!  
She created this ADORABLY SWEET layout!!





**** PRIZEWINNERS NOTES****

1ST PRIZE - Tanita - please email me {Helen} at
scrapaddict {at} telkomsa {dot} net asap with the title
"1st prize - Tanita- Creativica prize-pack"in the subject line
& your postal details, to claim your prize THEN please also
 contact our Guest Designer co-ordinator, Kim Ewins, 
@ kimewins {at} hotmail {dot} com with the title 
"Tanita - SATW Winner Jan 2014 Guest Designer"
in the subject line, so she can send you what you need
for your {optional} Guest Designer post.

2ND PRIZE - Yulia Mozhova - please email Di Garling @
vgarling {at} bigpond {dot} net {dot} au with the title
"2nd prize - Yulia Mozhovo - 2Crafty prize-pack" in the
subject line & your postal, details to claim your prize.

3RD PRIZE - Zuziucha - please email me {Helen} @
scrapaddict {at} telkomsa {dot} net with "3rd prize -
 Zuziucha - Scrapmatts prize-pack in the subject line 
your postal details, to claim your prize.

4TH PRIZE - Asia Ossawska - please email me {Helen}
@ scrapaddict@telkomsa {dot} net with "4th prize - 
Asia Ossawska - Purple Pumpkin prize-pack" in the 
subject line & your postal details, to claim your prize.

5TH PRIZE - Rachael Funnel - please contact Eila
Sandberg in connection with your prize :)

RANDOM PRIZE - Sarah Routledge - please contact 
me with "Random Prize - Sarah Routledge - Studio 75
Collection" in the subject line, plus your postage details.

Guest Educator - Leila Cardoso - please email our Education
Co-ordinator, Leonie Neal-Dawson, at leoniend12
{at} gmail{dot} com with the title "Leila Cardoso -
SATW Guest Educator Spot Jan 2014 for Feb 2014''
in the subject line - THANK YOU WINNERS!!!

And once again thanks to EVERYONE WHO PARTICIPATED!
You all did a totes awesome job & we loved looking through all
108 entries!!  Please join us again this month & REMEMBER
TO LEAVE SOME COMMENT LOVE  for our winners!!!




Saturday 1 February 2014

February 2014 Challenge TEN - A Deliciously ♥ LOVELY ♥ Mood Board by Christin Gronnslett! {and as always some AMAZING UPDATES!}





Welcome back to Scrap Around The World Challenge TEN, 
hosted by Design Team member Christin Grønnslett
aka Umenorskan from Norway!

Norwegian Ambassador

Before we reveal our new challenge 
we have lots of great news to share!  

HAPPY February!!  
THANK YOU for ALL the entries we received in January!

We were COMPLETELY OVERWHELMED & my apologies if you 
didn't get as many comments from us as usual - trying to keep up was
 like shoveling snow when it's snowing!!  Rest assured we have seen
EVERY ENTRY & if you would also like to keep up with WHO is entering
our challenges & check out our amazing entries each week, you need to
sign up to follow SCRAP AROUND THE WORLD on FACEBOOK here.

Di Garling is doing an AMAZING job of sharing EVERYTHING that
goes on here so you can't miss A THING!!  We are also on
 PINTEREST so if you want to stick a pin in us feel free :)  

We also have some AMAZING UPDATES to share with you
 {as usual!}  

1.  Firstly we have a HUGE new BANNER where we will now be
 sharing our WALL OF FAME!  This is fantastic news for YOU 
- the players - BECAUSE it means all our "Winners & Features"
get their "name in lights"ALL MONTH LONG!  No-one is going
 to miss the stars of the show as the header is permanent & will 
simply get switched out monthly on the 8th as usual.

2.  We have MORE BADGES!!  Wahoo!!!
This means MORE ACKNOWLEDGEMENT for you!
Please HELP YOURSELF if you have been one of our
chosen Guest Educators or Featured Youtubers or have
been part of one of our Guest Teams previously.

And finally the Design Team have a badge too!





3.  We have a NEW DESIGN TEAM MEMBER!!

We welcome the lovely & fantastically talented 
METTE KALLANDER  of Sweden!!


"Hi -  I am Mette Kallander -  I´m 46 years young. 
Married and mum of 3 kids - or you might say
 young adults - as they are 19, 23 & 24 already :).

I have lived in Sweden since I was 7 years old 
(we moved here from Finland) - the part in Finland
 where Swedish is spoken so I´m sorry to say that
 I can´t speak any Finnish at all :)

I´ve been scrapping for 6 years now & I just love
 this hobby!  It´s amazing & just the best way to
 save your memories & thoughts!

At the moment I design for 
Skissedilla,  
 Life.Paper.Scrapbook
- Scraplagret
- Skaparlusten

& am very happy to now be a Swedish Ambassador
 for SCRAP AROUND THE WORLD! 


4.  We are having our FIRST EVER DESIGN TEAM CALL!!
Full details will be announced on the 8th of February, meanwhile
if you haven't played along with one of our challenges yet NOW
IS THE TIME as that is one of the requirements!!
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FINALLY ONTO OUR REVEAL!!

No more sketches this year - just moodboards!{because...}


So here we go!!
Christin's FABULOUSLY VALENTINEY moodboard!


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:-

1.   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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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!!






Carla Marchee {Netherlands}





Keren Tamir {Canada}










Leonie Neal Dawson {Australia}










Di Garling {Australia} 





Helen Tilbury {South Africa}





Mette Kallander {Sweden}





PRIZES!!
{all with FREE SHIPPING!}

1st Prize - GIGANTIC PRIZE PACK OF BLING
 EMBELLISHMENTS from FLOURISH WITH A BLING 
{Australian Embellishment Manufacturer}

who also have a FABULOUS 50% OFF SALE
on right now - so if you want to STOCK UP ON SOME
FWABulous bling embellishments or beautiful chiffon and/or
satin flowers NOW IS THE TIME!! {click the link above!}


FWAB have sponsored a MASSIVE $175 PRIZE!!!!

Wahoo!!!  Whoever wins this will be "in bling" for the
 rest of the year at least!!  


Flourish with a Bling is an Australian retail and wholesale company, owned by Lucy Patrick, Kate Settineri & Maggie Lloyd, who are 3 passionate & avid crafting mums with a love for design, colour & everything Bling! “Our aim is to bring more colour & variety into the world of flourishes & embellishments. With our unique designs & new materials we feel we are putting the ‘Bling into Scrapbooking’. We have a beautiful range of flourishes, vines, pearls & rhinestones. Recently we have introduced our own range of gorgeous flowers too.” They also sell fabulous themed packs at amazing prices. They have flat rate postage & free shipping for larger orders. They post internationally at actual post & packaging charges! You can contact them or find all their products on their easy-to-use website www.flourishwithabling.com.au.  

Follow their blog here http://www.flourishwithabling.com.au/blog/ & their gallery 




2nd Prize - WONDERFUL MISCELLANY PACK OF STICKERS, PRINTED CHIPBOARD & BLING EMBELLISHMENTS from Papirdesign {Norwegian Manufacturer}


Papirdesign have sponsored this AWESOME prize-pack valued at OVER $75!!
Papirdesign makes paper products, scrapbooking papers, stamps & accessories. 
Papirdesign is focused on colors, pattern & design & draw inspiration from the
 beautiful nature of the Northern part of Norway. The contrast & beauty in the nature 
there...art, culture & the local people, are their greatest source of inspiration.
FOLLOW THE PAPIRDESIGN BLOG HERE.




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.

CB1202 Roses 02 CB1067 Flourishes 10




4th prize - $25 prize-pack of flowers, chipboard & embellishments
from Prima, Petaloo & Pink Paislee, etc - donated by our lovely
 Design Team member Eila Sandberg!  

You need to be a follower of her blog HERE to be eligible!!  
{worth it believe me!!}





5th prize - A random selection of Purple Pumpkin products, to the value of $15.

Purple Pumpkin

Purple Pumpkin {Australia} manufactures high-quality embellishments of a fun & funky nature,
 specializing 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 HEREBelow is just ONE EXAMPLE
 of the many  products stocked in their online store.





RANDOM PRIZE! 
A $25 gift voucher from The Flying Unicorn 
PLUS FREE SHIPPING!!
***TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR THIS YOU NEED TO ALSO POST YOUR


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 and greatest and includes an off-the-page project to keep your creative muse flowing! Be sure to check out the Flying Unicorn forums, a hot and happening place which includes monthly challenges, tips, techniques and friendships that last! They also have a blog and a Facebook page where you can find loads of inspiration!


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The deadline for this challenge is FRIDAY 28TH FEBRUARY 2014!
{Just 4 short weeks away as February is notoriously SHORT!!}
So TIME TO GET CREATING!! 
Please leave us some comment love ♥ if you ♥ these projects
as much as I do!!  And let us know  what you think of our mood
 board, prizes & all our exciting news!