Sunday 12 October 2014

Surprise! TWO GIVEAWAYS for you today!!






Hello hello!!  
Who is in need of a little October cheer?!?  

Well I know that I could do with some so I'm sure I'm not the only one! 
 Life is tough but at Scrap Around The World we know what it takes to put
 a smile on a scrapbooker's face!  Love isn't all you need...it's STASH!!! 
 Sing after me..."Stash is all I need - tralalalala!!!" 

We haven't got ONE giveaway for you today...nope...sorry...
We have TWO giveaways for you today!!
TWO GIVEAWAYS!!!

First up we have 7 Dots Studio giving y'all a peek of their THREE new collections!  

LEAVE A COMMENT telling us which is your favourite collection & what you love about it!
 The winner will receive the COMPLETE FULL COLLECTION OF THEIR CHOICE
 - shipped to them free of charge!!  (12 inch paper set, 6 inch paper set, stickers, 
word stickers, stamps and now - for the first time ever - STENCILS too!!) 

The winner will be announced in 2 WEEKS - on the 26th October!!

Only official Google Friend Connect Followers of this blog will be eligible to win so please 
make sure you sign up if you haven't already - we want to see our Followers GROW!


Above is a screen save of the gadget - 
you can find it in our right hand sidebar :)

HERE ARE THE NEW 7 DOTS FALL RELEASES!

If you want to see them in more detail visit the post
 all about themover on the 7 Dots Studio blog HERE.




DESTINATION UNKNOWN designed by DeeDee Catron of UmWow Studio Fame.





Soulmates by Anna Iwanowska




Thoughts Keeper by Olga Heldwein.



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Now as if that wasn't enough already 
WE HAVE ANOTHER GIVEAWAY!!
This fantastic giveaway comes from Art Workshop Kit Club!!!


Artworkshop are giving away their complete October 2014 Pocket Life Kit, 
valued at 25 Euro {over $30! PLUS free shipping!!}

Art Workshop Kit club is a European company with a mission to inspire you
& get your creative juices flowing!  Each month they offer you unique
scrapbooking kits full of great products, carefully chosen to match with
each other.  Choose from 2 main kits - Scrapbooking & Pocket Life.  

In these kits your will find patterned papers from various manufacturers, 
plain cardstock, 3 x 4 inch & 4 x 6 inch cards, stickers, alphas, stamps, 
chipboard, strings, ribbons, crystals & so on.  

You can subscribe to our kits or just buy one - the choice is yours!


To win this kit all you need to do is leave ANOTHER COMMENT
 mentioning Art Workshop & telling us what you think of this kit!!  

Follow them on Facebook HERE if you like, then you will be eligible for another 
chance to win, if you come back & leave ANOTHER comment to tell us
 you are now following them on Facebook too :)

Only official Google Friend Connect Followers of this blog will be eligible to win this 
giveaway too so please make sure you have signed up to our gadget in our 
right hand sidebar that looks like this below...


If you are on Instagram you can follow Art Workshop
 for giveaways, kit club news & constant inspiration 


Art Workshop Kit winner will also be announced on 26th October!

HAPPY OCTOBER FROM SCRAP AROUND THE WORLD!!
Making your scrappy stash dreams come true!!!




Wednesday 8 October 2014

September 2014 Wall of Fame


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

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

SEPTEMBER  WINNER

1st - Yulia Mozhova - Ukraine

TOP 4 FEATURED

2nd -  Irina Angold - Russia
3rd - Elena Tretiakova - Russia
4th - Val Thorpe - South Africa
5th -  Linda Eggleton - Australia

TOP 10 FINALISTS
 
Ewik - Poland
Agnieszka - Poland
Martha - Poland
Fiona Paltridge - Australia
Nicole Doiron - Canada

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!


***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/2014/10/october-2014-challenge-18-vibrant.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!!



Saturday 4 October 2014

September 2014 Winners, Features, Finalists & Honourable Mentions








Hello everyone!  Thank you SO MUCH for your great participation last month!! 
 We were getting very worried behind the scenes as things started off really
 slowly but I think you were all just getting used to the idea of being back at
 work,having said goodbye to Summer over on the top half of the world. 
 We closed on a magnificent 108 entries!!!  

Despite everything we do, without YOUR participation SATW would be worthless,
so THANK YOU for making our dreams come true & playing along!!



PLEASE REMEMBER TO FOLLOW THE RULES FOR A CHANCE TO BE FEATURED.

We do not accept cards, tags or off-the-page items.
We accept layouts, canvases & art-journal page.
Thank you for your understanding.
Judging would be impossible if we had such a variety.

We ask for your NAME & COUNTRY so that, if you are featured,
we can include your correct details in the Wall of Fame.
SATW is all about international participation so it's vital
that we know where you are from to highlight that!

ALSO PLEASE ENSURE YOUR THUMBNAIL IMAGE IS THE ONE
 OF YOUR PROJECT & that you link back to your actual blog post,
 not your entire blog, or we won't be able to view it.

September 2014 Winner is Yulia Mozhova from Ukraine.
Yulia will also be invited back as our December GUEST DESIGNER!!


Congratulations Yulia!
Your layout epitomizes the entire feel of Amy's mood board!
The texture, depth & detail you have created from a sheet of
white cardstock is also absolutely INCREDIBLE!!


Now for places 2 - 5 in that order
Here are our TOP 4 FEATURES

2nd place goes to Irina Angold from Russia!


Irina says she tried to capture the Fairytale feel of the mood board,
which she lives every day as she is a very happy person.  Well,
that definitely shows in her light, airy & beautiful page.
Congratulations Irina!  Incredible!!




3rd place goes to Elena Tretiakova from Russia!


Congratulations Elena!
Such a soft colour palette (taken only from the binoculars image,
& a complete fairytale page!!
Whimsical, delicate & just WOW!!!




4th place goes to Val Thorpe from South Africa!


Congratulations Val!
Your layout was a firm favourite with our Design Team
& I'm sure you can all see why!!
I love how Val has steered clear of the pinks yet still
created something so indicative of the board.  Fabulous!!!




5th place goes to Linda Eggleton from Australia!


Congratulations Linda!
Linda used a photograph of a huge library, in keeping with the image
on the mood board, as well as some cogs & a butterfly image
inspired by the wings, to a brilliant result!!!





Now onto 6th - 10th place, in that order.

6th place goes to Ewik from Poland!


Congratulations Ewik!
An artful masterpiece!!  Love the colours from the 
books & we all know that Paris is a fairytale destination!!




7th place goes to Agnieszka from Poland!



Congratulations Agnieszka!
I love the way Agnieszka replaced the cogs for buttons but kept the
 soft colours, wings & flowers, really making the mood board work for her...




8th place goes to Martha from Poland!



Martha was inspired by the wings & the cogs & created this amazing
framed canvas.  You really need to see the close ups to see how the
sequins, micro-beads & glass pebbles contribute to the fairytale feel.
Congratulations Martha!




9th place goes to Fiona Paltridge from Australia!


Fiona really went full throttle with the fairytale theme & created this 
AWESOME canvas based on a fairytale! Alice in Wonderland!!
Beautiful job & love the soft, subtle colourings & pretty handwriting.




10th place goes to Nicole Doiron from Canada!


Congratulations Nicole!  Such a fairtyale layout,
from the photos, to the embellishments & the soft touch!!
Everything is so pretty!!!




Our Top Ten HONOURABLE MENTIONS go, 
in no particular order, to...

no. 31 - Marta Grochocka - Poland
no. 36 - Vera Shelemekh - Russia
no. 44 - Mona Pendleton - USA
no. 46 - Daria Pneva - Russia
no. 49 - Kathleen White - USA
no. 55 - Brandi Matos - USA
no. 58 - Shinobu Hiramatsu - Japan
no. 72 - Natalie Kaigle - USA
no. 93 - Renata Sarassen - Germany
no.108 - Yvonne Yam - Singapore

Thank you to everyone for your participation.  
There were so many beautiful, fairytale layouts we received this month
 & we are so glad to have inspired you to create such pretty works!!

Our Random Prize Winner is Tanja from Finland


Congratulations to you Tanja!


PRIZEWINNERS' NOTES



Yulia please email Darkroom Door at  info {at} darkroomdoor {dot} com 
with your postal address to receive your $50 worth of  Darkroom Door stamps!
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 GDToffer.  If so she will send you more details.

Irina please email 7dotsstudio {dot} com with your postal address to receive 
your wonderful $40  prize of 2 paper collections with co-ordinating chipboard!

Elena please contact sales {at} scrapsofdarkness {dot}com with your postal address
 to claim your set of Lindy's Stamp Gang sprays & Blue Fern Chipboard sprigs!

Val please email vgarling {at} bigpond {dot} net {dot} au with your postal address
 so you can receive $20 worth of 2Crafty Chipboard's latest new designs.  

Linda 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 $15 worth of goodies!

Tanja please email vgarling {at} bigpond {dot} net {dot} au with your postal
 address so you can receive your $25 worth of Green Tara flowers!


Happy October everyone & we are waiting with baited breath to see how you
 will work with this fantasmagorical mood board from Rachael this month!



Wednesday 1 October 2014

October 2014 Challenge 18
A Vibrant & Glamorous moodboard by Rachael Funnell







Hello & welcome!  We present to you today - Challenge EIGHTEEN, 
hosted by Design Team member Rachael Funnell of Australia.

Rachael has created this fabulous & glamorous mood board for you 
this month & I am sure you will find it as irresistible as the Design Team did!

There are SO MANY WAYS TO BE INSPIRED from this mood board, from the
colours to the ombre effects, Aztec designs, the spots on the butterfly, the
amazing textures of the distressed bird cage to the lace of the shoes & the bling,
cogs & gears & metal in the butterfly image to the cut-outs of the blouse.
WE CANNOT WAIT TO SEE WHAT YOU COME UP WITH!!


As usual 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!

Not only that, but we also offer a Guest Designer Position to our
winner each month too, which comes with plenty of exposure
in your own special post as well as an exclusive badge.

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.

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.

5) We do not accept cards, tags, Off-the-Page items or mini-books.
Only layouts, canvases or art journal pages or spreads
(see our rules for minimum sizes please).

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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 {in our right-hand side bar
 where it says JOIN THIS SITE to be eligible for our prizes & follow us on Blog Lovin'
 as we have anew post up EVERY 4TH DAY so there is always 
something interesting happening here at Scrap Around The World - 
we have Guest Designers, Guest Teams & TWO tutorials EVERY MONTH
 to keep your creative juices flowing...

Here we have the star of this month's show, Rachael Funnell,
followed by the rest of our Team A.  



Rachael Funnell  {Australia}





Helen Tilbury {South Africa}










Anna Komenda {Poland} Art Journal Spread





Di Garling {Australia}










 Dorotka Dolega {France}





Terhi Koskinen {Finland} Art Journal Spread










Karita Vainio {Finland}





Zuzia Bodakowska {Poland}





Lydie Denis - Lilibleu {France} Canvas




NOW FOR WHAT YOU CAN WIN!!

1ST PRIZE

 $50 worth of Green Tara products & flowers!



Green Tara is an Australian based company, importer & wholesaler of 
handmade & milled mulberry papers,beautiful ribbons, fabric & paper flowers, 
washi tape & more!  They are continually adding to their collections of high
 quality products with beautiful embellishments in rich colours & textures!


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 $50.

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


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2ND PRIZE

$40 worth of fantastic stamps from Darkroom Door 
{the lovely Christmas one you see below plus MORE!}



Darkroom Door is owned by photographer Rachel Greig &  graphic designer 
Stewart Yule, who combine their talents to design a unique range of rubber stamps
 &  papercrafting 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 stamps: Brushed Christmas Vol 1.


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

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

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                                                                3RD PRIZE

                                       $30 worth of product from 7Dots Studio!



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/

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4TH PRIZE

$20 gift card from The Flying Unicorn Online Store!
{plus FREE POSTAGE!}


Flying Unicorn...Your Passion. Your Art. 
Our online store has an incredible selection of products for all papercraft
artists. Our Kit of the Month is filled with the latest & greatest ~ including 
an off-the-page project to keep your creative juices flowing!  Be sure to 
check out the Flying Unicorn forums, a hot & happening place that 
includes monthly challenges, tips, techniques & friendships that last! 

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


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5TH PRIZE

 $15 worth of 2Crafty Chipboard!


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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RANDOM PRIZE

$25 worth of Lindy's Stamp Gang sprays, as well as
 a BONUS 9 EXQUISITE LACE FLOWERS  
sponsored by SCRAPS OF ELEGANCE KIT CLUB!


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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ALL OUR PRIZES ALWAYS INCLUDE FREE INTERNATIONAL POSTAGE!!

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The deadline for this challenge is  FRIDAY 31st OCTOBER 2014.

Please remember to leave some COMMENT LOVE for us if you 
are feeling inspired right now & if you love those prizes as much
as we do!!  We worked hard to source them for you ♥