Tuesday 4 November 2014

Winners Winners Chicken Dinners!!
{October 2014 Winners, Features, Finalists,
Honourable Mentions & our Competition Winners!!!}








Hello again everyone!!  Well we had 101 entries last month - woohoo!!!
That is almost DOUBLE our entries last year!  Thanks so much for all your support!!

Sadly 17 of those 101 entries could not be judged because they didn't follow our rules :(
That makes us all so sad, as some of those entries may have featured on our Wall of Fame.
Please remember to check out our '10 Golden Rules' HERE, & when linking up &
REMEMBER these 5 POINTS - 

1)  Make sure your project is either a layout, art journal page or spread or a canvas.
(check the page out for minimum dimensions).
2)  Include an IMAGE OF OUR MOOD BOARD
3)  Link up to our current challenge 
4)  Mention our name in full - SCRAP AROUND THE WORLD
5)  Describe how you were inspired unless it is GLARINGLY OBVIOUS!!

Please don't jeopardise your chances by remembering the BIG FIVE!!  

PLEASE NOTE IF YOU DO NOT ADD YOUR FULL NAME & COUNTRY
 TO THE LINKY AS WE ASK THEN WE CANNOT USE YOUR FULL NAME 
UNLESS IT IS EASY TO FIND ON YOUR BLOG & WE WILL HAVE TO
 GUESS YOUR COUNTRY
 & CANNOT BE HELD RESPONSIBLE IF OUR GUESS IS INCORRECT :/


October 2014 Winner is Jasmine Shea from Australia!!
Jas will also be invited back as our December GUEST DESIGNER!!!


I am so delighted for Jas who has been a friend of mine for a long time & been through some tough times lately.  Plus it is one for the Aussies!!  Jas your layout was an absolute HIT with the team.  There really is nothing to be faulted on it - just PERFECT!!


Jas is also invited back as our December Guest Designer!
CONGRATULATIONS!!


Now onto our Top 4 Features that are always very close behind each other!


2nd Place goes to Frau Muller from the Ukraine.


What an incredible layout.  Honestly Frau has one of those inimitable styles that is so original.  I also adored the description of how Frau found inspiration from our board.  Really incredible!!  Not to mention the fact that this layout was a hands-down favourite of the team!

3rd place goes to Marta De from Poland!


What an amazing layout!  Yes, this is not a canvas, it is actually a watercolour piece!  
This was a popular choice with our Dt & has so many noticeable pieces of inspiration 
from our mood board.  Simply stunning Marta!  Clapping hands for you!!

4th place goes to Marta from Poland


What a stunning reverse canvas this is!  Just love the softness of it along with
 the grunge & fine detail.  We all oooohed & aaaahed over this lovely piece!!

5th Place goes to Tatiana Yemelyanenko from Ukraine


Now onto places 6 - 10, in that order...


6th place goes to Agnieszka Be from Poland


Fantastic use of the mood board & simplification of the elements!!

7th place goes to Tiphanie Barbreau from France!

Art Journal SATW Octobre Tiphanie

What a beautiful art journal page - loved by so many of us!!
Excellent work Tiphanie - kudos to you!

8th place goes to Kripa Koushik from Australia


Very cool!!  Love the light stamping & the grungy details!

9th place goes to Elena Tretiakova of Russia


Incredible right?!?  Love the tenderness of this page!!

10th place goes to Ansku Puuhaa from Finland


What an amaaaaaayzingggg canvas!!  The depth of colour is really incredible,
the details on the dress, the butterfly stamping that is so ethereal...aaaah...

Now onto our Honourable Mentions for the month!
All these layouts can still be viewed on our "Previous Challenges"page HERE.
{and YES next year you will be getting a BADGE!!}

In no particular order...these layouts were all uber impressive too...

No. 2 - Mona Pendleton - USA
No. 9 - Rysa - Poland
No. 17 - Ros Madeley - Australia
No. 21 - Jodi Dolbel - Australia
No. 27 - Bec Genet - Australia
No, 28 - Marta Debicka - Poland
No. 39 - Kasia Udalska - Poland
No. 44 - Stephanie Papin - France
No. 46 - Merry - Germany
No. 52 - Joefil Cate - USA
No. 54 - Valia Katzaki - Greece
No. 58 - Shinobu Harimatsu - Japan
No. 69 - Christine Coutaud - France
No. 71 - Carol Deal - Australia
No. 72 - Anna Kaczmarek - Poland
No. 80 - Amy Prior - Australia
No. 86 - Sylwia Gryczuk

I know! 17 Honourable Mentions this month!!
Definitely THE BEST ENTRIES SO FAR EVERRRRR!!!

Congratulations everyone!!  
Every one of you, even those without a special mention,
have done marvelously well this time around & your work is just 
getting more & more awesome - which is the very reason we are here
 - to help you achieve that!!

Now onto our RANDOM PRIZE WINNER!
Carol Deal from Australia with this incredible entry
(one of our Honourable Mentions!)
Congrats Carol!!


Now onto our 7 Dots Studio Giveaway winner!

CINDY PORTER from Australia wins the 3 new 7 Dots Studio Collections!

Now onto our ART WORKSHOP KIT CLUB giveaway...

VALIA KATZAKI from Greece wins the kit!!

WINNERS' NOTES

Jas  please email vgarling {at} bigpond {dot} net {dot} au with your postal
 address so you can receive your $50 worth of Green Tara flowers & goodies!
With regard to your Guest Designer position please email 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.

Frau please email Darkroom Door at  info {at} darkroomdoor {dot} com 
with your postal address to receive your $40 worth of  Darkroom Door stamps!

Marta De please email Tusia at tusia {at} 7dotsstudio {dot} com 
with your postal details to receive your prize from 7 Dots Studio.

Marta 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 $20 worth of goodies!

Tatiana please email vgarling {at} bigpond {dot} net {dot} au with your postal
 address so you can receive your $15worth of 2Crafty Chipboard!

Carole please contact sales {at} scrapsofdarkness {dot}com with your postal
 address to claim your set of Lindy's Stamp Gang sprays & lace flowers!

Cindy & Valia please can you both contact Tusia at tusia {at} 7dotsstudio {dot} com
with SATW 7 DOTS GIVEAWAY WINNER & SATW ART WORKSHOP GIVEAWAY 
WINNER in the subject line respectively please to claim your giveaway prizes!!

WOOHOO WHAT A LOT OF WINNERS!
HAPPY NOVEMBER TO YOU ALL!!


Don't forget to join us for our latest challenge HERE going on until the last day of the month!

REMEMBER TO LEAVE YOUR CONGRATULATIONS for all our well-deserving winners!!



Saturday 1 November 2014

November 2014 Challenge 19
A Rich, Vintage Mood Board by Zuzia Bodakowska







Hi everyone! 
Today we are presenting challenge number 19. Can you believe this? 
Zuzia prepared a mysterious moodboard with a vintage, country touch. 
There are so many ways you can get inspired - the music note paper, 
rough twine, flowers, rich colours, bicycles, sunflare, lace & doilies,
woodgrain & script fonts.  The choice is up to you
. We hope to see many glamorous works this month!

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"Hello!  My name is Zuzia Bodakowska, although online I go by Zuziucha.
 I am a happy mom to 2 girls - 8 year old Julia & 2 year old Lili & they are the
 reason for my scrapbooking adventure!   I create mainly layouts & mini-albums. 

My albums are usually very neat but my layouts are quite messy with a bit 
of mixed media & lots of flowers & embellishments, making them very feminine.
I love travelling & visiting new places but I also love my home & spending time
 there.I dream of a big garden where I can grown all my own fruit & vegetables
 as I am crazy about healthy eating!  If you wish to see more of my work please 
visit me at www.zuziucha.blogspot.com I would love that ♥

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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, Zuzia Budakowska,
leading the way, followed by the first half of our amazing team! 

Zuzia Bodakowska {Poland}





Helen Tilbury {South Africa}







Heather McMahon {Australia}






Terhi Koskinen {Finland} CANVAS









Dorota Dołęga {France}










Karita Vainio {Finland}





Hera Sugitani {Brazil}





Anna Rogalska {Poland}




Anna Komenda {Poland}




Di Garling {Australia}


Now onto our AWESOME PRIZES!!

1ST PRIZE

$50 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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2ND PRIZE

$40 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 $40.

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

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3RD PRIZE

Over $30 worth of fantastic 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.

Seaside Inchies Rubber Stamps.

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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4TH PRIZE


$20 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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5TH PRIZE

 $15 worth of Lindy's Magicals from Lindy's Stamp Gang, 
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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RANDOM PRIZE

$25 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.

 Blog: http://www.2craftychipboard.blogspot.com.au/
Website: http://www.2crafty.com.au/

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ALL OUR PRIZES ALWAYS INCLUDE FREE INTERNATIONAL POSTAGE!!

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The deadline for this challenge is  SUNDAY 30th NOVEMBER 2014.

Please remember to leave some COMMENT LOVE 
for our talented & hard-working designers!