Wednesday 4 December 2013

November 2013 Winners, Features & Finalists!




Hello Everyone! Time to announce our November 2013 Challenge winners! 
 Thank you so much for all your fantastic entries!! We closed at 68 entries this
 month!!!  So many fabulous colourful entries - we all enjoyed having a peek
 at what you each made & did our best to spread the comment love around :)  

PRIZEWINNERS PLEASE NOTE

Prizes to be claimed on or before the 15th of the month
 please, otherwise they will no longer remain valid.

Replies will NOT be sent BUT if you do not receive your prize 
within 6 weeks please contact the email address given 
{& copy me on scrapaddict {at} telkomsa.net} so we can follow it up.  

We trust our sponsors to be honest & reliable but we cannot be held 
personally responsible for prizes that go awry, although this would
 be the exception rather than the norm, having never happened to date.


Every single one of us agreed that Taniko had embraced the challenge 
so wholeheartedly that she just HAD to be the winner!  I'm sure YOU 
will all agree with our choice too!!  Congratulations Taniko!  
Taniko hails from Ukraine.


Please e mail our Guest Designer Co-ordinator, Kim Ewins
 at kimewins {at} hotmail.com  if you would like to be our 
December Guest Designer.

Please email Leonie at leoniend12 {at} gmail.com with the title
 NOVEMBER 2013 SATW WINNER in the subject line, together
 with your full postal address, so she can get your parcel of 
Imaginarium Designs Chipboard shipped to you asap.  

And BIG CONGRATS from us all at Scrap Around The World 
- we love your style & the enthusiasm you display on your pages
 & would love to see you continue playing along here with us!!


2nd place goes to Moriony!  {Anna Komenda} of Poland!!
Yes, twice in a row - you have won MORE 2Crafty chipboard!!!

Please contact Di Garling at vgarling {at} bigpond.net.au with the title 
2CRAFTY CHIPBOARD WINNER SATW NOV 2013 in the subject line, 
together with your postal address,so she can get your prize shipped asap!

{Please let Di know you won this prize last month too so she can send you
some different pieces!  There is a huge variety & we can't wait to see how 
you use all the lovely chipboard you are accumulating LOL!!} 






3rd Place goes to Pascale B. of France for this beautifully put together 
page!  She has won a $25 pack of chipboard from Scrapmatts chipboard
 in Australia.  Please email me at scrapaddict {at} telkomsa.net asap with 
the title SCRAPMATTS WINNER NOV 2013 SATW in the subject line 
so I can get your prize shipped to you asap.





4th place goes to Mona Pendeleton of the USA for this 
lovely creation!  You have won a $15 voucher to the
 Purple Pumpkin store.  Please go to the store HERE,
 select your prize then e mail Sam at purplepumpkincrafts {at} 
hotmail.com with your selections & your postal address. 
 Please put NOV 2013 SATW PURPLE PUMPKIN 
PRIZEWINNER in the subject line of your email.





5th place goes to Rachael Funnel of Australia, 
for this amazing page!   You have won some beautiful 
Prima goodies from Eila Sandberg - please contact her
 directly via Facebook , with your full postal address, so
 she can get your prize shipped off to you asap.  Please put 
SATW NOV 2013 GIVEAWAY WINNER in the subject line.
Please sign up as a FOLLOWER of Eila's blog HERE 
if you are not one already :)







6th place goes to Sarah Groen of New Zealand for this 
super page!  We LOVE your background & would like to 
offer you a Featured Educator spot for a future month! 
 In other words, please show us all how to do it!!  

Please contact Leonie at leoniend12 {at} gmail.com 
with SATW FUTURE EDUCATOR AS PER NOV 2013
in the subject line if you are interested!!  





7th place goes to Laetitia of France for this effervescent delight!!





8th place goes to Leila Cardoso of Brazil for this happy page!





9th place goes to Zeneva Kovic of Australia for this beautiful creation!





10th place goes to Terhi of Finland for this sweet page!





The random winner of our HUGE Bo Bunny prize
 is Milagros C Rivera from Puerto Rico!
CONGRATULATIONS & enjoy!!


Please e mail me at scrapaddict {at} telkomsa.net to claim
 your prize,  giving me your full postal address & putting
 "NOV 2013 SATW RANDOM WINNER" in the subject line, 
so I can get that out to you asap!

A note to our players!!

We are on the lookout for friendly & encouraging members of our SATW community, to feature as our future "Featured Educators" {a once a month tutorial spot}.  So remember to keep supporting us by playing along & letting us know your thoughts in our comment section {even design team members love encouragement too!} & if we spot a really interesting technique on your challenge page we may just ask you to show us all how you did it! 

 Photo OR video tutorials are both acceptable!!  
So keep visiting, keep playing, keep chatting to us
 in the comments & have a lovely December :)


Here is our current mood board & a reminder of our SPECIAL DECEMBER RULES!

We all know how busy the month of December is SO we are changing our rules FOR THIS MONTH ONLY - we are allowing TAGS and ATC's!!  And there is NO LIMIT on the size of your layouts, canvases or art journal spreads!!  You can even do a single art journal page!!  We understand that this month is about spending time with your families, creating memories to be scrapped in the future, so we are trying to help you save time & still get the chance to be creative, just in a shorter time frame if necessary!!




Sunday 1 December 2013

December 2013 Challenge 8 - A Graceful and Feminine Mood Board by Zaneta Glowa aka Zanka




Welcome back to Scrap Around The World Challenge EIGHT,
hosted by Design Team member Zaneta Glowa aka Zanka from Sweden!


As usual we have secured some very awesome prizes for you again this month
so I hope that you will play along for a chance to snag some of them!

We all know how busy the month of December is SO we are changing our rules FOR THIS MONTH ONLY - we are allowing TAGS and ATC's!!  And there is NO LIMIT on the size of your layouts, canvases or art journal spreads!!  You can even do a single art journal page!!  We understand that this month is about spending time with your families, creating memories to be scrapped in the future, so we are trying to help you save time & still get the chance to be creative, just in a shorter time frame if necessary!!


Feel free to interpret Zanka's 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! Our sketch is OPTIONAL!! 

 Please let us know HOW YOU WERE INSPIRED!! 
{we suggest you read our 10 GOLDEN RULES before you begin}


To be eligible for judging please include in your blog post:-

1)  Our mood board image.

 2)  Our name "Scrap Around The World" & a LINK BACK to this current challenge.

Please link to YOUR BLOG POST NOT your entire blog & please turn off word-verification 
if you would like some of our Design Team members to comment on your entry.






I used supplies from our sponsors:- 
paper & stickers from 7 Dots Studio 

media from our sponsor 13arts



Di Garling {Australia}





Riikka Kovasin {Finland}



Leonie Neal-Dawson {Australia}







I used products from 13 Arts
Decorative white twigs
Turquoise feathers



Agnieszka Bellaidea {Canada} Canvas


I used media from 13 arts



Helen Tilbury {South Africa}


I used supplies from our sponsors :-
Papers from 7 Dots Studio {Messy Head}
Mediums from 13arts store.



Eila Sandberg {Sweden}




Tusia Lech {Poland}


I used supplies from our sponsor:- 
7 Dots Studio - papers from Messy Head collection.



Carla Marchee {Netherlands} Art Journal Page





Christin Grønnslett {Norway} 




Gayle Price   {Australia}





Kim Ewins {Australia} Canvas




Marie-Josee Hamel {Canada}




Alexandra Polyzou {Greece} 




Marilyn Rivera {Puerto Rico}





PRIZES!

1st prize - 3 complete collections from 7 Dots Studio!!
Hopefully, Domestic Goddess & Messy Head {Collection kits}


7 Dots Studio was born from dreams &for dreams. 
We are a European scrapbooking company. 
Quality of our products is our top priority. 
Our collections are created by very talented artists -
 from clean, graphic designs to mixed-media grunge.  

Our high quality papers work perfectly with all kinds of media, 
due to their thickness.  Among our products you will find 
scrapbooking papers, alpha stickers, die-cut elements, 
collage sheets, 6x6 paper pads, element stickers & tags. 

We are amazingly happy & feel very blessed to see that so
 many crafters & artists love our designs! Please visit our blog
to view the awesome inspiration from our design team and our
Facebook Page & Flickr Gallery to share your projects.
We love to see how you use our products!



2nd prize - 2 Crafty Chipboard valued at $30!



2 Crafty offers affordable & versatile laser cut chipboard products to the Australian & International Craft market.  2 Crafty’s products are manufactured in Australia & are suitable for scrapbooking, cardmaking, altered art, invitations & mixed media. With over 700 designs every area has been covered!   

2 Crafty’s owner Vanessa stumbled upon a demonstration of a laser-cutter at a Sydney craft fair in 2006 &, although her background was Human Resources & Payroll her creative mind recognised unlimited possibilities!  
So began her journey into the world of craft wholesaling!!

 Vanessa provides the highest level of customer support & is happy to discuss personalized orders with customers via their local scrapbooking store.  2 Crafty has a fabulous blog Facebook page updated weekly with projects created by it's international Design Team.  Check out the 2 Crafty website for products available to wholesalers & ask your local store to order products for you if they don't have them in stock.


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.

CB7013 Australian Federation Tray 05



4th prize -YOUR CHOICE 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.






5th prize -Assorted Prima Christmas goodies donated by DT member Eila Sandberg.
To be eligible for these you must first be a Follower of her blog 
so please follow the link & sign up - you won't be disappointed!


Eila is a super talented scrapbooker who is also one of the nicest peeps in the biz!
Her blog is always a visual treat & she is well known for her encouraging nature.



Random Prize - Donated by Leonie Neal-Dawson
Kaisercraft paper pad, collectibles, flowers, Maya Road canvas album & trinkets.


Leonie is one of our Design Team members & has been with SATW since it's inception.  
She is a highly talented mixed media artist & currently an Australian 
Scrapbooking Memories Master - for good reason too - her work is awesome!!  

The deadline for this challenge is Tuesday 31st December 2013!
The very last day of this year!!

Please take a minute to leave an encouraging comment for our design team
 & let us know how you feel about this month's mood board & prizes!

And most importantly - do your best to play along!!