Reminder

Hello everyone!

We just want to remind you that tomorrow is the last day to enter 

your beautiful layouts based on the Sketch # 5. 

Make sure you are not late! 

Our current sponsor is Kaisercraft

To stand a chance of winning one of two prize packs you need to take a part in one or two of our challenges (sketch # 5 and/or challenge # 5).

Each prize includes:

35 sheets of paper, 3 paper pads, 3 packs of rub-ons, 3 packs of stamps, 1 pack of ribbons, 

1 pack of collectables, 1 acetate sheet , 5 sticker sheets (30 x 30).

These prize packs include materials from the brand new collections

 Magnolia Grove and Rock Pool, 

as well  as other 4 new collections that will be released in June and July. 

How cool is that? You don't want to miss this great opportunity!

We will announce the winners of the Sketch # 5 challenge 

on the 5th of June (Tuesday)

Thank you for stopping by!

Have a wonderful day! ♥

Challenge # 5 - Keep Calm and...

Hello dear friends of Scrap Africa!

We are very excited to bring you a new challenge today.

We must say that it was a lot of fun and surely it was challenging even for us to create our projects for this reveal.

So, here it is. First of all, please keep calm :-)) 

Off course all of you are familiar with this type of posters:

(the image is taken from Pinterest)

You will need to create any scrap project (a layout, a card or an altered object) with a phrase on it "Keep Calm and..." - the end of the phrase is up to you. Be funny, be creative, be thoughtful - whatever the moodyou are in, as long as you spread the calmness around :-)))

If you will decide to create a poster featuring a phrase, make sure you think of something innovative and interesting: 

It must not be just plain letters on the plain background!

You can see some ideas of "Keep Calm" phrases on this Pinterest board

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Our guest designers for today's challenge are Roulien Stahnke and Val Thorpe.

These ladies were among the winners of our Rainbow Challenge.

We are very happy and honored that they joined us today to bring you some wonderful inspiration.

"Keep Calm and Love Family" Frame 

by Roulien Stahnke

"Keep Calm and Scrap On" Altered Box for Sketch Cards 

by Val Thorpe

Val says about her project: 

" I recently purchased the Pagemaps 1 & 2 from Becky Fleck. Not only do you get the book of sketches and samples but at the back of the book you get all the sketches and samples on little cards, like playing cards and you also get the box for the cards. The box can be altered and so in keeping with the theme I decided to go with KEEP CALM AND SCRAP ON J because the boxes will sit on my desk and I will be able to take them with me wherever I go and so I will always have inspiration allowing me to KEEP CALM AND SCRAP ON... I loved this challenge. Thank you."

Please visit Val's blog to see more details on her project.

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Now it is our designer's turn to keep you calm :-))

Enjoy!

"Keep Calm and Enjoy the Ride" 

by Svetlana Austin

"Keep Calm and Look at the World from a Different Point of View" 

by Cathy Lane

"Keep Calm and Journey on" 

by Elizna Parsons

"Keep Calm & Take it Slow" 

by Jeaunes Viljoen

"Keep Calm and Make Stuff" 

by Jowilna Nolte

Here is what Jowilna says:
"I loved this challenge. I have threatened for ages to paint a Union Jack flag and this was the time. I used a piece of wood as my base board. I originally started off with black board paint but it wasn't meant to be...I used a purple blue paint dabber over the black to create the navy, then filled in the white and red. on top of everything I added my lettering cut on the cricut machine in plain white card stock. I sealed everything with a layer of gel medium. lastly, I added a layer of antiquing liquid that i use when painting furniture to give it an aged and antique look. A single oval diamond finishes off the crown also cut on the cricut. so I am off...to make some stuff..."

"Keep Calm. God is in Control"
by Lynette Jacobs

Lynette says:
"I never thought I would scrap these photos of my darling son.  The title was however perfect for this.  These photos were taken during a period of 3 months in which my son was diagnosed with a malformation in his brain which is inoperable and after two brain bleeds he was blind.  The Lord restored his sight over a period of months, something the doctors believed was impossible."

"Keep Calm and Enjoy This" 

by Patricia Basson 

"Keep Calm & Balance" 

by Rene' Sharp

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We believe that by now you are totally calm and ready to begin with your own exciting projects.

Once completed, please link it bellow.

You have until 14th of June to do so (3 weeks).

Make sure you play according to the rules - it is pretty simple.

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Our current sponsor is Kaisercraft!

To stand a chance of winning one of two prize packs you need to take a part in one or two of our challenges 
(sketch # 5 and this challenge).
Each prize includes:
35 sheets of paper, 3 paper pads, 3 packs of rub-ons, 3 packs of stamps, 1 pack of ribbons, 
1 pack of collectables, 1 acetate sheet , 5 sticker sheets (30 x 30).
These prize packs include materials from the brand new collections Magnolia Grove and Rock Pool, as well  as other 4 new collections that will be released in June and July. How cool is that? You don't want to miss this great opportunity!

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Remember, you still have 1 week to complete and enter your layouts based on 

the Sketch # 5

We can't wait to see your wonderful projects!

Thank you for visiting Scrap Africa today!

Have a great day, everyone! ♥

Mother's Day Challenge - Winners

Hello everyone!

It is time to feature our favorite projects you submitted for our Mother's Day Challenge.

But before we do that we want to tell you that we were very excited to see so many amazingly beautiful entries!

Thank you for your wonderful projects!

Unfortunately some of you didn't pay attention to the rules of the challenge 

or to the rules of the blog.

There were a few projects that didn't have a phrase dedicated to a mother and then there were projects that you entered into other Mother's Day theme challenges. 

It is sad to us that now we can't feature some of our favorites. 

Please play according to the rules to avoid disappointment! ♥

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Here are the projects that we loved the most:

Denise van Deventer

(South Africa)

Canica Van Loggerenberg

(South Africa)

Roulien Stahnke

(South Africa / Saudi Arabia)

Janet

(Mauritius)

Congratulations, ladies! You did a great job!

We would like to ask Denise to join us as a guest designer for one of our future challenges.

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Now it is time to see who will get a prize pack from our sponsor Le Shabby Cafe'

(all entries from the Sketch # 4 and Challenge # 4 are taking part in the lucky draw)

Congratulations, Betta! Please send your postal address at saustin"@"yandex.ru

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If you didn't make your layouts based on the Sketch # 5 then hurry up - you don't want to miss your chance of winning all the new cool goodies from Kaisercraft!

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Please come back on Thursday, we prepared a very interesting new challenge for you!

We are pretty sure that you will have a lot of fun with it!

Thank you for visiting Scrap Africa today!

Have a fabulous day, everyone! ♥

Meet the Team - Rene'

Hello to all our dear scrappy friends!

Are you as excited about the coming weekend as we are? Do you plan to do some scrapping?

Today we want to introduce you to Rene' Sharp. 

We believe that you will find her creative and bright projects inspiring.

Please give a very warm welcome to this wonderful lady!

Here is what Rene' has to say about herself:

"Hello, my name is Rene’ Sharp and I live in a small town Dundee in Northern KZN. I have been happily married to my hubby Ray for 14 years now and we have 3 sons, Caide – 12, Bryce – 10 and Jamie – 4. I absolutely adore being a Mom and Wife and love the life we live in our little town. It’s a great place to bring up our boys!!

I have been scrapbooking since 2005 when I was shown a small demonstration, and have been hooked ever since. I am absolutely passionate about this hobby, and love the rewards it brings. To me there is nothing better than when my boys pull out their albums and they get excited remembering occasions and events from years gone by.

I am currently on the DT for the following sites - Scrapbook Studio (A South African online shop), Sketches in Thyme and Southern Girls Challenges, and in the past years have been on numerous scrapbooking and card making Design Teams.

I am absolutely THRILLED to have been asked to be a DT girl here at Scrap Africa, I have loved the site since I first found it. The challenges are fun and different to a lot of other sites, the sketches are always super inspiring!! I look forward to seeing where my Scrap Africa journey takes me!!!

I would love for you to drop by my blog - Living In Sunny South Africa and say “hi”.

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Here are a few of Rene's bright and happy layouts for you to enjoy :-)

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Make sure you don't miss our Sketch # 5

Our current sponsor is Kaisercraft . Two people stand a chance of winning really big prizes!

Come back on Tuesday to see the winning projects from the Mother's Day challenge.

Keep well, everyone! ♥

Meet the Team - Patricia

Hello our dear friends!

Are you all having a good week? 

We hope you get some time to be creative in the midst of busy lives.

Today it is Patricia's turn to share a little about herself.

We are very happy to have this wonderfully creative lady on our team. 

Please give her a very warm welcome :-)

"Hello all...

I am Patricia Basson, mother of three grown up children and wife to George who is very lenient and supportive of my hobby. 

I started Scrapbooking in 2007, after watching my youngest daughter scrapping her New York and Disney photos. I thought it looked like fun and decided to do a few pages...and never stopped from there on! I must admit though that my pages look way better now than they did then! And that all by just looking at other scrappers work via the internet and scrapping sites. It took me awhile to figure out what I like and what style suits me...and am still trying out different techniques. 

I love layering and distressing my papers, I also love having a little bit of needle work on my pages. Another favourite is using chipboard elements which also get a lot of treatment. I love using punches and I am also a huge fan of anything Tim Holtz...be it techniques or products! 

I am currently on the Design Team for Enmarc Crafts, a local producer of chipboard elements and Scrapbook Studio, a Scrapbook Store situated in Jeffreysbaai. 

I feel very privileged to have been asked to join the team here at Scrap Africa! I hope that I will be able to offer a little inspiration to some one, some were, looking at my work...

Please feel free to visit my blog Between the Sheets to see more of my work."

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Here are a few inspirational projects Patricia shared with us that showcase perfectly 

her style and talent.

Enjoy!

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Don't forget that tomorrow is the last day to submit your projects for

 our Mother's Day challenge.

It is also your last chance of winning a prize pack from Le Shabby Cafe'

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We are waiting for you layouts base on the Sketch #5 until 31 of May.

Our sponsor is  Kaisercraft and 2 people will win some really great prizes, 

so don't miss your chance!

Thank you fro visiting Scrap Africa today!

Have a fantastic day! ♥

Meet the Team - Elizna

Hello everyone!

We hope that you are all having a fantastic day today!

As we promised a few days ago, we want to introduce you to our new designer.

We will begin with Elizna Parsons.

Here is what Elizna has to say about herself:

"I am 40-old and been married for almost 19 years. 

Together we have two gorgeous children, now 7 and 10.

I am passionate about life and what it has to offer....

I love traveling and seeing the world....just worried that there would not be enough time to see it all...LOL!!

I stress too easily and {possibly} also trust too easily...and want to believe that all people are good...!

I have been a "modern" scrapper for almost 10 yrs and a "photo&memory" collector for years and years before that...

To me scrapbooking is a lifestyle and the perfect hobby as so many other hobbies are contained within scrapbooking.

I love to share my passion for this craft with the ladies that I teach at our local scrapbooking stores.

My other DT's include Kaisercraft (2009-2010), Scrap Shack Studio (2010), 

Let's Scrap (Dec. 2011 - June 2012) and Scrapbook Studio (2012). 

My favorite quote: "It is the little things that make life BIG!"

Make sure to visit Elizna's blog - there you will find a lot of stylish and creative projects!

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Here are a few of Elizna's beautiful layouts for you to enjoy right now.

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Don't forget that you still have a few days left to enter 

your Mother's Day projects for our challenge and stand a chance of winning 

a great prize pack from Le Shabby Cafe'

The Sketch # 5 is on. Did you start working on your layouts already?

There are two(!) really BIG prizes from Kaisercraft to be won

   

Thank you for visiting Scrap Africa today!

Keep well! ♥

Happy Mother's Day!

Happy Mother's Day to all mothers out there! ♥

(the image is taken here)

We wish that those who call you "mother", show you a lot of love and appreciation!

We hope that tomorrow you will have a beautiful day and that your loved ones will spoil you.

In case you have some doubts on the last one, here is a beautiful post to help them realize how they should treat you, and preferably not only 1 day per year but as often as possible - 

What Moms Really Want for Mother's Day

You still have time so hurry up, let your loves ones read it! :-))))

OK, now we know that you will be spoiled tomorrow! Enjoy it! ♥

Sketch # 5

Hello everyone!
We hope that you are all having a wonderful week and waiting for our new sketch and all 
the inspiration that comes along with it. You surely will not be disappointed!
But first, we want to share with you some very exciting new.
We have an addition to our team!
Please welcome Rene' Sharp, Elizna Parsons and Patricia Basson

They are very talented and creative and we know that you will enjoy their amazing work.
In the following days we will introduce you a little bit better to these wonderful ladies.
So, make sure you don't miss it!


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But it is not all. We have something else for you that you will certainly enjoy!
Our sponsor for this month is.... Kaisercraft!

This time we have two prizes for you. To stand a chance of winning one of two prize packs you need to take a part in one or two of our challenges 
(sketch # 5 and the up-coming in 2 weeks time challenge # 5).
Each prize includes:
35 sheets of paper, 3 paper pads, 3 packs of rub-ons, 3 packs of stamps, 1 pack of ribbons, 
1 pack of collectables, 1 acetate sheet , 5 sticker sheets (30 x 30).
These prize packs include materials from the brand new collections Magnolia Grove and Rock Pool, as well  as other 4 new collections that will be released in June and July. How cool is that? You don't want to miss this great opportunity!

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OK, now let's check the new sketch and the work of our designers. 
There are a lot of different interpretations to this sketch. Enjoy!

Our special guest designer today is Carla de Zinger 
whose beautiful work simply can't be unnoticed.

Here is what Carla has to say about herself:
"Hi, I am Carla de Zinger and honoured to be a guest designer for The Scrap Africa challenge blog. 
I live in Pretoria, South Africa and share my house with a loving husband and 5 dogs! 
I live my dream and is the proud owner of a Scrapbook Store, Sweet Scrappin’s for the last 9 years and enjoy every moment of it! I have a weakness for beautiful paper and therefore stock a large variety of paper. I adore everything with a heritage feel and love to scrapbook with old photos, lace, ribbon and vintage style papers. 
I have also been doing a technique article for a local Scrapbook magazine Scrapping&Kie since its origin 8 years ago. 
It is wonderful to see the wonderful scrapbook talent that we have in our country!"


Thank you, Carla, for joining us today at Scrap Africa! It is big honor to have you here!


"Boleros, Belts and Tiers" by Carla de Zinger

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Leila Cassimira and Sarah Groen were among the winners of our Sketch # 3 
and today they joined us as guest designers with their amazing layouts.

"Sweet Life" by Leila Cassimira

"A Walk on the Beach" by Sarah Groen

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And now it is our designer's turn to inspire you.

"Crazy for Cars" by Evgenia Petzer

"Dinner Time" by Svetlana Austin

"Pure and Innocent" by Cathy Lane

"Movie Night" by Elizna Parsons

"Journey" by Jeaunes Viljoen

"Memories" by Jowilna Nolte

"Hello There, Handsome" by Lynette Jacobs

"You ♥ to Play" by Patricia Basson

"My sweet ♥" by Rene' Sharp

Now it is your turn. 

You can enter your layouts based on this sketch until May, 31 

(you have 3 weeks to complete your projects!).

Please make sure you know the rules before you play along!

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There is still 1 week left to enter your projects for our Mother's Day challenge.

Don't miss your chance of winning the great prize pack from Le Shabby Cafe'

Thank you for visiting Scrap Africa today!

Have a fantastic day! ♥