Monday 28 December 2015

Letting you all know more about 'More Than Words'
Challenge Blog! First Challenge in January 2016!






HELLO EVERYONE AT SCRAP AROUND THE WORLD!!
Nicole here with you today!  Firstly, thank you Helen for giving all
 of us at 'More Than Words' the opportunity to share all the details
 about our new challenge blog here in our own special blog post!

When Helen broke the news to us that Scrap Around The World
was coming to an end we went through a mix of emotions 
couldn't bear the thought of no longer having SATW around!

It has been such an incredible source of creative inspiration 
& encouragement each month, offering the best mood boards, 
the most talented & conscientious designers & social media
 ambassadors, the most consistent postings & of course
 the most fantastic prizes & exposure opportunities!

SATW feels like a family to us all, & Helen is our mama bird,
finally pushing us out of the nest to spread our wings & fly on
 our own!  None of us, including Helen, want things to change, 
but life has got in the way, & Helen has no choice but to free
 herself up for her 2016 adventure of starting a new life overseas.

SO We have all had to accept & embrace this change as a leap
 towards bright new horizons & amazing opportunities for all of us!  
In the words of our last beautiful mood board... 
"THE FUTURE IS BRIGHT!"

All of us at 'More Than Words' will  be forever grateful to Helen for having 
given us the opportunity to learn first hand how to successfully manage a 
challenge blog.  We have ALL learnt, including Helen, that the way to do it 
is as a TEAM!  SO 6 of us decided to create & administer a brand new 
challenge blog called 'More Than Words', & Helen couldn't be happier for us!
You have no doubt heard about this new Challenge Blog!
We have been advertising hectically on social media this month!!

MORE THAN WORDS was founded by 6 members of the SATW Admin Team, 
in an attempt to fill the gap that the closure of SATW will undoubtedly leave 
in the scrapbooking community, as well as in our hearts!

 

 

 


The concept behind the 'More Than Words' challenges revolves around a WORD as inspiration. We will offer 2 monthly challenges.  Joining the 6 of us at 'More Than Words' are another 8 more outstanding designers, completing our team of 14.   

The Main Challenge will offer a 'Creative Challenge' along with the WORD.
This challenge will be open to layouts, canvases & art journal pages & will 
go live on the 1st of each month.  The Mini Challenge takes place during
 the last week of each month & is for cards, tags & ATC's only!  
This challenge requires you to use a specific word on your project & to 
enter via Facebook, starting on the 23rd of each month.

You can learn more about 'More Than Words', our challenges, 
our designers, our sponsors & our rules by visiting our blog HERE!  
We hope that you will also take the opportunity to enter the 'More Than Words' New Followers Contest - going on right now - HERE

 It's very easy to enter!  All you need to do is follow the MORE THAN WORDS blog HERE&,for more chances to win,LIKE our Facebook HEREfollow us on Pinterest HERE & on Instagram HERE.
These 6 fabulous prizes are up for grabs!!

Di, Heather, Pamela, Rachael, Valia & I hope that you 
will play along at MORE THAN WORDS in 2016!
Written & posted by Nicole Doiron






Thursday 24 December 2015

December 2015 Guest Team Inspiration
from The Dusty Attic




Hello Scrap Around The World fans!!! 

Anna Wiśniewska here with you today, bringing
you the very last Guest Design Team post.

We all LOVE our fabulous FINAL MOOD BOARD!

We are also very happy that you are loving it as much as we do & you created so many AMAZING projects this month so far!

As you know, in December, there are 22 wonderful prizes 
up for grabs!! 

You can view all the details for our
  FINAL challenge *HERE*.



Today we are very pleased to welcome 
some wonderful designers from

 They agreed to share their talent with us & created fantastic
 interpretations of our FINAL December Mood Board.


 The Dusty Attic is an Australian owned Laser Cutting business that designs
 & manufactures craft items & embellishments for the paper crafting market.  
We began in July 2009 & are located in Perth, Western Australia.  We are proud 
to be able to make our mark on the scrap booking & craft industry with our great
 range of products. We are continually creating new designs to keep things fresh!   We love seeing the creations our customers have made & also love to hear your feedback, as this helps us with new ideas.  We have an online store 
from which you can get all of your Dusty Attic supplies. Visit our store HERE 
and our blog HERE! If you are a retail business & would like to stock our 
range of unique products, please contact us for details on how to 
open up a wholesale account.  Thank you to SATW for allowing us to inspire others with our own designs and Good Luck to the winners this month.
 
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Here's a reminder of our fabulous final mood board, which our Guests used as inspiration. It was created by wonderful Valia Katzaki from Greece.


Now let's see what our Guests have created for us!



Lizzy Hill {Australia}



Heather Jacob {Australia}



Heather McMahon {Australia}



Joanne Bain {Australia}



Melinda Sweetman {Australia}



Jen Burns {Australia}


WHAT EXQUISITE CREATIVE INSPIRATION FROM THESE LADIES ON THE DUSTY ATTIC TEAM.  A BIG THANK YOU TO EACH & EVERY ONE!
Please leave some comment love for these fabulous designers
& visit The Dusty Attic blog *HERE* to see more of their beautiful work!

This month, The Dusty Attic is offering to our 2nd place winner 
a $50 AUS store credit!


Don't waste any more time & link up your projects 
by 31st December for your chance to win 

& have your project on the GRAND WALL OF FAME 
that will remain here for ever!!!



Compiled & posted by 
Anna Wiśniewska
  SATW Guest Coordinator


 

Sunday 20 December 2015

December 2015 Guest Designer
Marie-Josee Hamel from Canada





Hello everyone!
It's Anna Wiśniewska here with you today!!

I would like to introduce you
to our LAST monthly Guest Designer!

She won our November challenge
& was so kind that she agreed to prepare
a wonderful layout inspired by our fabulous
FINAL MOOD BOARD!!!
 
I am sure that you will love it as much as we do!


 
You can view all the details for our FINAL challenge *HERE*.
& our mid-month reveal based on the same challenge *HERE*.

 
Our FINAL - December Guest Designer is... 

Marie-Josee Hamel {Canada}

 


Let's get to know Marie-Josee a little better:

"Hi! My name is Marie-Josee Hamel.
I am a French Canadian living in Gatineau, Quebec, Canada with my daughter & my husband.  I have been scrapbooking since 2006. I create layouts, but also cards, altered art & mixed media projects. I LOVE flowers, & color is always my main source of inspiration. You can visit my blog *HERE*or follow my Facebook page *HERE*"


 
Take a look at Marie-Josee's amazing layout, based on our FINAL mood board!



Marie-Josee has captured so many elements of the mood board!  Look at the colors & gold glitter.  The background of her layout as well as the compositon are amazing!


 

I love her use of coloured chipboard!!




These small roses look fabulous with a faint touch of white!



The delicate, black splashing add much character to this layout.
Very beautiful, Marie-Josee!
 
Thank you so much Marie-Josee for participating in our challenges &
for agreeing to be our Guest Designer this month.
We were wowed by your November winning layout
& we also absolutely love this one!



Please leave Marie-Josee some love in the comments
& visit her blog *HERE* to see more details on how she created
this layout as well as more of her outstanding creations.


For any of you who haven't linked your project yet,
we hope that you will be inspired to play along & link up soon!

There are TWENTY TWO wonderful prizes up for grabs!!

 

Challenge closes on Thursday, 31st December!

 


Compiled & posted by
Anna Wiśniewska, SATW Guest Coordinator





Wednesday 16 December 2015

Design Team Mid Month Reveal
{December 2015 challenge 32 by Valia Katzaki}




Hello sweet SATW fans!
This is our very last challenge. Every ending is a new beginning, so we do not want any sadness. During the time Scrap Around The World has been running we have made great friends, we shared tons of inspiration and we have met amazing artists, that you all are. We received great amount of good vibes from you - we could soak up in beautiful colors, shapes, textures, photos that were parts of your wonderful creations. Thank you!

The December mood board was created by Valia Katzaki from Greece. 
Be inspired by the beauty of it and join our very last challenge.



This is reveal two.
Reveal one is available here.

Here is what the second part of our team has created to inspire you:


 
 Tusia Lech {Poland}

 



Marta Turska - Grochocka {Poland} ART JOURNAL SPREAD





Elena Ovchinnikova {Spain} CANVAS 12x12




Pam Ellis {Canada}





Nicole Doiron {Canada} CANVAS 12x12





Lilibleu Scrap {France}




Fiona Paltridge {Australia}





Marina Syskova {Russia} ART JOURNAL SPREAD

 





Rachael Funnell {Australia}

 





Priscilla Lim {Singapore} CANVAS

 




Nupur Patel {India}




Natalya Loi (Ukraine)



IMPORTANT STUFF BELOW!!
PLEASE READ THROUGH OUR RULES BEFORE BEGINNING YOUR PROJECT - EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW IS HERE.

PLEASE NOTE REGARDING PRIZES:
In the unlikely event that you DO NOT receive your prize after a reasonable amount of time has passed (ie 6 weeks), please contact Nicole Doiron, our sponsorship assistant, via email at nicutopia {at} hotmail {dot} com together with your prize details {what you won, in which month & from who}. She needs to know ALL THOSE DETAILS to liaise with the sponsor on your behalf & will be sure to get back to you!

A NOTE REGARDING COMMENTS:
Please note our new policy is to comment on entries until 48 hours before closing as after that time we are busy compiling our votes, so if comments are very important to you please get your entries in early!
Please also remove word verification for guaranteed comment success!

A NOTE REGARDING CANVASES/BOARDS:
Please don't forget to cast your eyes over our rules at the top of our blog HERE before you begin your project as we do not allow cards, tags, OTP projects or mini-albums & if you make a canvas or art journal page or spread we have MINIMUM SIZES so that it makes our judging more fair, with everyone having created something involving the same amount of effort.

NOW onto our prizes!!
THIS MONTH WE HAVE 22 PRIZES!
That's 20 prizes for our GRAND WALL OF FAME!!
PLUS 2 random prizes - one for a player & one for a commenter! THANK YOU TO ALL OF OUR AMAZING SPONSORS FOR THEIR SUPPORT!!

Please check now that you are an official Google Friend Connect follower of Scrap Around The World. Check in our sidebar on the gadget that looks like this (top left):


To be eligible for our random prize, you need to share your project to our Facebook Wall & LIKE our Facebook page HERE.

You are also welcome to follow us on Instagram HERE & we'll follow you back if you upload your entries to Instagram & link up to us with @ as well as #hashtag us as #scraparoundtheworld.

You can also find us on Pinterest HERE.

ALL OUR PRIZES INCLUDE FREE INTERNATIONAL POSTAGE unless otherwise stated!! 



1ST PRIZE - 50 Euros worth of products from The MiNi art


{Image shows only part of the chipboard and stencils that you will receive}
The MiNi art is a Polish craft products manufacturer specializing in chipboard, 
rubber stamps, masks & stencils as well as scrapbooking papers, plywood,
felt embellishments & self-adhesive buttons.  Our goal is to supply our 
customers with great quality products, which is why all the MiNi art 
products are made & packed in Poland.  Customers can choose 
products from our collections or request special products based
 on their own designs.  For more information, please visit our 
ONLINE STORE. Find us on Facebook & Pinterest too.


2ND PRIZE - $50 AUS store credit from The Dusty Attic


The Dusty Attic is an Australian owned Laser Cutting business that designs
 & manufactures craft items & embellishments for the paper crafting market.  
We began in July 2009 & are located in Perth, Western Australia.  We are proud 
to be able to make our mark on the scrap booking & craft industry with our great
 range of products. We are continually creating new designs to keep things fresh! 
  We love seeing the creations our customers have 
made & also love to hear your feedback, as this helps us with new ideas.  We have an online store 
from which you can get all of your Dusty Attic supplies. Visit our store HERE 
and our blog HERE! If you are a retail business & would like to stock our 
range of unique products, please contact us for details on how to 
open up a wholesale account.

3RD PRIZE - Over $50 worth of scrapbooking supplies also from Design Team member Pamela Ellis {Canada}


This prize includes - Swirlydoos Sun Kissed main kit including Bo Bunny
 & Authentique papers, Bo Bunny Double Dot jewels, Prima flowers,
 Petaloo flowers, Creative Embellishments chipboard heart, Stickles, 
2 die-cut tags, word & alpha stickers, lace ribbon, twine as well as 
an extra pack of Prima flowers & Prima wood embellishments!

4TH PRIZE - Over $50 worth of scrapbooking supplies
 also from Design Team member Pamela Ellis {Canada}


This prize includes -  Bo Bunny 'Juliet' 12x12 collection pack,
  Bo Bunny 'Juliet' 6x6 paper pad, Dusty Attic stencil,
Prima Color Bloom spray 'Peony' - THANK YOU
PAM FOR YOUR TWO GENEROUS PRIZES!!


5th PRIZE Over $50 worth of scrapbooking supplies
from Design Team member Helen Tilbury {South Africa}


Huge Prima & Webster's Pages assorted embellishments pack.


6th PRIZE - $50 worth of scrapbooking supplies 
from Design Team member Tusia Lech {Poland}


This prize includes - as assortment of patterned papers from ILS & UHK Gallery,
Prima ribbons, Scrapiniec chipboard, 7 Dots Studio stickers & die-cut elements,
American Crafts dimensional stickers.


7TH PRIZE - $50 gift voucher 
from Design Team member Nupur Patel {India}


{To be used at the online scrapbooking store of your choice.
Please note that this prize does NOT include postage.}


8th PRIZE - Over $30 worth of scrapbooking supplies
from Design Team member Heather McMahon {Australia}


This prize includes - Manor House Creations flower pack, Bo Bunny acrylic stamps, 2 packs of Darkroom Door photo chips, Graphic 45 chipboard buttons & much more!


9th PRIZE - $30 worth of laser-cut chipboard from 2Crafty Chipboard


{Image is for illustration purposes & may not reflect exactly what you will receive}


10th PRIZE - $30 worth of laser-cut chipboard 
also from 2Crafty Chipboard


{Image is for illustration purposes & may not reflect exactly what you will receive}



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. Visit our website HERE & our blog HERE!  We are happy
 to quote on personalized jobs, whether it be a single title for customer,
 or large jobs for retreats, classes, etc. If you are a retailer would like to
 stock our products, please contact us for more information. 


11th PRIZE - $30 gift voucher from 
Design Team member Pascale B. {France}


{To be used at an online scrapbooking store of your choice.
Please note that this prize does NOT include postage}


12th PRIZE - $30 worth of Julie Nutting Stamps 
from Design Team Member Helen Tilbury {South Africa}



13th PRIZE - $25 worth of scrapbooking supplies 
from Design Team member Nicole Doiron {Canada}


This prize includes - AC Amy Tangerine 'Cut & Paste' 6x6 paper pad,
 rotary phrase stamp, adhesives resin bows, die cut tags & wood veneer tags.


14TH PRIZE - $25 worth of scrapbooking supplies 
from Design Team member Valia Katzaki {Greece}


This prize includes - Prima 'Julie Nutting' cling stamps, DecoArt Media 
black modeling paste, assorted vintage flowers & chipboard.



15th PRIZE - $20 worth of products from Scrapiniec


{Image is for illustration purposes & may not reflect exactly what you will receive}


16th PRIZE - $20 worth of products also from Scrapiniec


{Image is for illustration purposes & may not reflect exactly what you will receive}


Scrapiniec is the first Polish producer of die-cut chipboard for scrapbooking.  We make individual orders & fulfill even the most unusual requests.  We are characterized by reliability, high quality products & friendly customer contact.  You can visit our blog HERE & look at all our amazing designs in our online shop HERE!  We are also very present on social media & would love you to join us on Facebook HERE, Instagram HERE, Google Plus HERE, Pinterest HERE & Twitter HERE!


17th PRIZE - $15 worth of Prima products from 
Design Team Member Helen Tilbury {South Africa}


3 x Julie Nutting Christmas Ornament packs,
Holly, Angel & Starr {Prima Marketing Inc}


18th PRIZE - $15 worth of Prima Product also from 
Design Team Member Helen Tilbury {South Africa}



19th PRIZE - $15 gift voucher from The Flying Unicorn




The Flying Unicorn on-line store HERE has an incredible selection of products for all paper-craft artists.  Our Kit of the Month is filled is filled with the latest & greatest - including an off-the-page project to keep your creative muse flowing!  Be sure to check out Flying Unicorn forums HERE, a hot & happening place which includes monthly challenges, tips, techniques & friendships that last!  We also have a blog HERE & a Facebook page HERE where you can find loads of inspiration!


20th PRIZE - $20 gift voucher from Design Team 
member Fiona Paltridge {Australia}


{To be used at the online scrapbooking store of your choice.
Please note that this prize does NOT include postage}


RANDOM PRIZE

A prize package valued at over $50 from 13arts


{exactly as shown}


13arts is a Polish manufacturer specializing in scrapbook papers, embellishments & mixed media, artistic mediums.  See our store HERE where we ship worldwide!
  Our blog HERE is full of inspiration & we have a monthly challenge where all
 are welcome!  Please follow us on Instagram HERE, Twitter HERE
Pinterest HERE & Facebook HERE!


FOLLOWERS PRIZE

$30 worth of products from Studio 75




Studio 75 is a Polish manufacturer of scrapbooking papers & items such as chipboard albums, notebooks, spiral bindings & magnetic sheets.  We have our online store HERE, a bustling Facebook page HERE & a highly inspirational blog HERE!  Come visit us - let's connect!


The deadline for this challenge is
Thursday 31st December 2015.

HAPPY HOLIDAYS & THANKS FOR PLAYING!!