New DT Member - Ada Nicholls

Hello Everyone

We hope you are playing along with our current challenge, BUT for now we would just love you to know about our newest DT member, Ada Nicholls.

Ada Nicholls

Hi my name is Ada Nicholls and I live in the beautiful South Africa. I am married to Bruce and have 3 children and 4 grandchildren.  

My work has been published by our local scrapbooking magazine.

I  have recently been chosen to be on the design team of Let’s Scrap. It is my first attempt at being a design team member.  

I am a freelance scrapbook teacher and have been for the last 8 years.

Creating layouts around my photos is just what I love doing.

Busy layouts are for me and I love adding lots of embellishments. Never to take away the emphasis of the reason for scrapbooking. My photographs!!!!

I have a LOVE of chipboard on my layouts as it gives it a bit of dimension.   I hope you enjoy it. Catch up with me and my activities on Face book as well as my block – http://adaskits.blogspot.com

Here is some of Ada's beautiful work below.

Welcome Ada and we are so delighted to have you on the DT! We look forward to seeing all your creations and working with you!

Please visit Ada's blog for more eye-candy.

Winners - Sketch no.20

Morning All

"Easy like Sunday Morning" springs to mind, as I write this post and hope that you are still resting and will have a super Sunday.

We have some winners to announce from Sketch no.20 and I really want to thank everyone for playing along. We had so many gorgeous entries, it was difficult to choose.

So without further adieu, here are the TOP 3 projects.

A hearty congratulations to 3. Linda Eggleton !

We loved this page, the styling, the details and the journalling were just awesome! Such a fabulous page Linda and we certainly hope you have a fabulous trip! ;-)

 14. Sharon Fritchman 

Well done Sharon, this page is such a super, earthy and fabulous layout! We loved the different textures and the real chicken wire...so creative and unique.

19. Adri du Preez 

Congratulations Adri, this is another stunner! So many gorgeous details and a magnificent photo to match!

Beautifully done!

Well done ladies, you really created gorgeous projects! ;-)

We would love to see more of Linda Eggleton's work, so please can you contact us for a Guest Design opportunity, by sending a mail to scrapafrica@gmail.com! Thanks

Now to our random winner of the goodies below.

Thanks again to Fabscraps for providing us with some giveaway goodies.

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Congratulations Merisa! Please send your details to scrapafrica@gmail.com and we will pop it in the post for you!

A HUGE thanks to everyone who played along. We really appreciate your support and hope to see you playing along with the current challenge here.

Have a super day! xx

Challenge no.20 - Blue/Green/White + 2 photo's

Hello Everyone

We have a wonderful challenge starting today and I am sure you are going to love this one.

The challenge is to use the colour scheme of blue, green and white, with more than 1 photo.

The host for this challenge is Kerryn.

Kerryn has generously offered 2 super prize packages, for 2 random winners.  Check out these yummy scrap goodies.

And if that isn't enough inspiration to play along, here is another package up for grabs.

Scrap and Card boutique

1 chippie border

1 mirrored embellishment

1 mini album including mini papers inside the album

1 large gem butterfly embellishment

1 packet of brads and rhinestones

1 alphabet sticker sheet

1 chipboard sticker sheet

1 paper sticker sheet

1 acrylic stamp set

1 mini day book including papers, embellishments inside the album

1 fabric sticker pack

1 chipboard banner kit

12 sheets of paper

So 3 packages up for grabs!! We really hope you will play along! ;-)

To inspire you even more, we have an awesome Special Guest Designer for this challenge.

Adriana Bolzon is a wonderfully talented and creative lady! I was delighted when she agreed to Guest Design for us, as Adriana has such a super style!

Hi my name is Adriana Bolzon. I live in Australia.

I am married to a wonderful man, and we have a precious daughter.

I have been a devoted card-maker for many years and have been scrapbooking and paper crafting for over 11 years.  It is a hobby and my creative out let which I am totally passionate about. I believe that preserving memories is important and people will always treasure handmade items.

My style is classic with a distressed vintage feel, with lots of attention to details.  I like experimenting and trying different techniques all the time. Another passion of mine is altered art pieces, turning everyday items into works of art.

I am currently on the Design Teams for Kaiser craft, Meg’s Garden, Cardabilities and Couture Creations. I have been published in many magazines around the world, and I am currently on the Designer Hall of Fame for “Australian Scrapbook Ideas” magazine.

I am so happy, excited and thrilled to be a Guest Designer here at

“Scrap Africa”  this month. Thank you for inviting me. Your challenges are so inspiring and your current Design Team members are such very talented individuals.  I was so excited to play along with this color challenge.

Thanks again and big hugs to all

You can find my creations here on my blog:

http://abinspirations.blogspot.com/

Adriana created this stunning page.

This is a vibrant and fun page and the background and blooms are just fabulous!

Thanks so much Adriana for this inspiration!

For more eye candy, I am sure Adriana would love for you to pop along to her blog and say HI! ;-)

We also have a previous TOP 3 to share her super page with us.

Ana Lucia Cardosa

 This is a precious and sweet layout and the butterflies and photo's are just fabulous!

Thanks so much to Adriana and Ana, for your heavenly inspiration! ;-)

The DT have excelled for this challenge too, so check these gorgeous projects below.

Ana Castro

Billie - Jean

 

Channa

Denise

Elena

Elizna

Jowilna

Julie

Ludmila

 

Baby book for a little boy. Used chipboards Wycinanka.

Marelize

Kerryn

Rene'

Lynette

My background was made using texture paste and Panpastels.

Patricia

You have until the 31st August to upload your entries.

We really look forward to seeing all your creative projects.

Winners Patchwork Challenge

Hello Everyone

It is almost weekend! I am surely looking forward to it and I am sure you are too! Nothing like a little bit of rest and relaxation to feed the soul! ;-)

Thanks sooooo much to everyone who played along with us for this challenge, there were some super pages and, to be honest, there was such widespread vioting amongst the DT! Just goes to show that there were many stunning entries!

So the top 3 projects are these stunners.

 6. Bazena 

This is an absolutely stunning and elegant card! So a huge congrats Bazena on this amazing and stunning project! We really loved this, and it is gorgeous in every which way! ;-)

12. Val Thorpe 

Well done Val! This is a stunning page, all round too! The colouring and the fabulous photo and details are just amazing! Soooo beautifully done! Love it!

 8. Mitra Pratt 

 

 

Congratulations Mitra on this wonderfully unique page! We loved the patchwork effect here and love how everything was tied together! So very creative and so very gorgeous!

 

Beautifully done ladies! Congratulations, once again, to Bazena, Val and Mitra.

 

And JUST BECAUSE there were so many beautiful entries I would just like to share a few more with you.

 

 9. julia5002 

 

 

 17. Debbie B. 

 

 

23. Dani Cristina 

 

 

29. Cathi O'Neill 

 

Thanks so much for your beautiful inspiration ladies! ;-)

 

Now for our giveaways.

 

The gorgeous washi tape goes to 22. Ana Lúcia - Nanukis.arte 

Congratulations Ana!

 

 

 http://www.japanesewashi.co.za

 

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Evgenia's goodies goes to

 1. Margaret Creighton-Jones 

 

Congratulations Margaret!

 

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Please can the random winners send your details to scrapafrica@gmail.com, so that we can pop it in the post for you! ;-)

 

Bazena, we would love to see more of your work and so please also contact us at scrapafrica@gmail.com for an upcoming challenge.

 

Thanks again, to everyone who played along! You guys rocked this challenge!

Have a super weekend!

x

Sketch no.20

Hello Everyone

We start off a new month and we also start off a new sketch challenge here at Scrap Africa.

Check out the super sketch below.

We are so honoured and delighted to have a super, amazing Guest Designer this month and I have no doubt that you will know her instantly. She is the amazingly talented Keren Tamir!

My name is Keren Tamir and I'm 39 years old. I am a wife to a wonderful husband who is very supportive of my scrapbooking and a mother of two amazing kids; an 12 year old boy and a 6 years old girl. I've been scrapbooking for 10 years and I mainly scrapbook about my family. I love to create and experiment with many different mediums and techniques.

My style is mainly Shabby chic but I love to combine it with mixed media. I use lots of flowers and vines on my projects mixed with pastes and mists. My style is always evolving and that’s one of the things I love about this art.

One of the main reasons I started scrapbooking was to preserve memories and photos for my children. However over the couple of years, I’ve started to enjoy another aspect of scrapbooking. I love the artistic outlet that it gives me. I love to create and I’m passionate about what I do.

I’m currently a design team member at Prima Marketing, 13 Arts, 2 Crafty, Scrap around the world, Sketchbook 365 and Scrap for Help.

Hope you enjoy my creations!!

Keren

http://kerentamir.blogspot.com/

Keren created this gorgeous page! Aren't the details and layering just fabulous?

Some close-ups below, will really show you this super detail.

Thanks so much Keren for this heavenly inspiration! ;-) She really does create magic with paper!!

Please pop by Keren's blog to view more of her eye-candy!

We also have another two Guest Designers, who were winners from previous challenges to offer their inspiration too.

Debbie Burns created this stunner! Pinkalicious! ;-)

This is such a divine page, with the soft colouring and beautiful styling!

Denise Sachet created this fresh and vibrant page!

This is a super, cool page! Love the gorgeous background and the super fun elements.

Thanks so much to Keren, Debbie and Denise for these awesome projects!

The DT have really created some fabulous projects to inspire you.
Let's have a look at these below.

Ana Castro

Channa

Denise

Elena

Elizna

Julie

Kerryn

Ludmila - "Forest Whisper"

Lynette

Marelize

Rene'

Patricia

So what's up for grabs??  We have our super prize from Fabscraps.

Thanks again to Fabscraps for providing us with some giveaway goodies.

Well we hope that you will play along with us!

You have until 14 August.