Scrap Africa: June 2015

Monday, 22 June 2015

Meet the new Design Team

Hello Everyone

As you will know, we have some exciting new Design Team members and they have already started showing us their beautiful work! But I wanted to really introduce you to these lovely and creative ladies....so that you get to know them and watch out for their eye candy!

So today we take a look at these ladies, Ana Paula Cardoso, Anna Solnyshkina and Asmah Zainal Abidin.

Welcome Ana Paula Cardoso!

Name: Ana Paula Bastos Cardoso

Age: 31 years

I am from Balneário Camboriú - SC, Brazil

I'm married and i have a couple of Kids.

After God my family is my biggest inspiration.

I love scrapbook and your infinite possibilities of application and i work with It 2 years.

My work and my style is eclectic but I consider more Shabby chic and clean.

I don't use a lot of technique and not cling to it, I just let my heart flow to the role and everything I do in scrapbook.

Here is some of Ana Paula's beautiful work.

Please pop over to Ana Paula's blog for some more inspiration.

Hello Anna Solnyshkina

My name is Anna Solnyshkina, I live in Moscow, Russia.

I'm a mom of one sweet son - Misha, and I can't imagine my life without all this creative mess in my craftroom :) I create since 2012. My passion are layouts, cards and altered art.

I work in different styles - shabby chic, vintage .. Paints and sprays my favorite craft supplies with flowers and resins, I love lots of layers and decor. My second love at this time - video tutorial. But my big love is flowers, I use them in all my works.

my blog - http://scrapomann.blogspot.ru/

Let's have a look at some of Anna's work.

To see more of Anna's eye candy, please pop over to her blog! ;-)

Welcome Asmah Zainal Abidin

"Hi! I am Asmah from Malaysia married to a supporting husband and a mother to four blessings. Since leaving the National TV station years ago, I am able to do arts&crafts full-time from home which I am so passionate about. I love artwork, art journal, scrapbooking, making cards, altered projects, home decoration, photography besides sewing, counted cross-stitch, ribbon embroidery, beadwork and needlecraft (when time allows). I love making flowers and embellishments, creating background, experimenting and exploring, learning happy mistakes along the way ever since my love for mixed media emerges the past couple of years. My style is always shabby/vintage with lots of bulky layers {I always say the more the merrier but sometimes I also love less is more} and the next minute will dabble in my work with inks and paints which is my true forte since childhood. I've been in some design teams the past years. At present I use variety of digital images for two design teams. I also play with lots of medium as part of my commitment to a mixed media design team. And on this day I feel happy to join Scrap Africa design team, thank you Denise. Last but not least, I am blessed by the inspirations from my children who are my strength and main source to keep me going into my artistic journey which can be viewed at my blog. I love to inspire and being inspired. Thank you for your time and artsy&crafty support."

Here is some of Asmah's super work!

To see more of Asmah's beautiful work, please pop over to her blog! ;-)

Welcome ladies and we really do look forward to seeing much, much more of your gorgeous work!

Thursday, 18 June 2015

Winners and TOP HATS - Sketch Challenge no.52

Hello Everyone

Thanks so much to everyone who played along with the sketch challenge! You guys got sketchy and blew us away! ;-) We really loved all of your projects and creativity! ;-)

Unfortunately, we always have to (only) pick a TOP 3 and I can tell you that the voting was very, very close! It was not easy to decide the TOP 3. So yes, that really speaks to the quality of projects!

Without further adieu, our TOP HAT for this challenge was

7. Heike Bruhn The Netherlands!

Congratulations Heike! ;-)

We loved that amazing background, the layers, the stamping and fabulous styling! We loved the colouring too, which just offset those photo's! Congratulations Heike! ;-)

Our 2nd place TOP HAT is this gorgeous page by 9. Erina(Greece)

Well done Erina! ;-)

We loved the background, textures and layering! We also loved all the amazing little details on this page, that really just made it so special! So well done Erina on this gorgeous page! ;-)

Our 3rd place TOP HAT is this beauty by

10. Mary (Greece)

Congratulations Mary on another stunning page! ;-)

We loved that romantic photo, that draws one into the created scene! We loved the detailing and amazing styling and textures! Just so pretty! Congratulations Mary! ;-)

We would love to see more of Heike and Erina's work, so please email scrapafrica@tynox.co.za for a Guest Design opportunity.

So now to the goodies up for grabs! ;-)

Thanks ever so much to Elizna at Scrap-It Design Studio for sponsoring this prize.

Scrap It Design Studio, situated in the beautiful coastal Port Elizabeth,

is selling a wide selection of Lifestyle Crafts, memory Box and Poppystamps dies.

Scrap It Design Studio will soon move into a business premises in Richmond Hill

from where the owner, Elizna Parsons, will teach classes

and sell dies and other scrapbooking basics.

http://scrapitdesignstudio.com/

on FACEBOOK: SCRAP IT DESIGN STUDIO

E-MAIL: parri@telkomsa.net

12. SaraK wins this super prize pack! ;-)

Congratulations Sara! ;-)

This was Sara's gorgeous page! ;-)

Sara please email scrapafrica@tynox.co.za to claim your prize! ;-)

Thanks again, to everyone who played along! You guys are the one's that keep us going at Scrap Africa and are the reason that we love to play and create here!

Be back soon! xx

Monday, 15 June 2015

Challenge no.53 - Planes, Trains & Automobiles Mood Board

Hello Everyone

It's that time of the month again and so we have a Mood Board that is really going to get those creative juices flowing! ;-)

This board is really versatile and can include boys and their toys or even travel or just the mood board colouring! Whatever grabs you on this board...we would love to see what you come up with! ;-)

Remember to tell us what your inspiration is! ;-)

You can create a card, tag, layout, an altered project, journal pages or even a digital project! You can create whatever you like! ;-)

We have a really super, special Guest Designer today. She is a really super lady too!

I am really so thrilled that Ilene Tell could join us for this challenge! ;-)

Here's a little about Ilene.

Hi guys, I am so excited to be guest designing for Scrap Africa! It's such an honor to be participating in this fun challenge today. I've been scrapbooking for more than ten years now, and I've been lucky enough to have designed for many wonderful companies, websites, and kit clubs and have had a great time along the way. Currently, I am designing for BoBunny. If you'd like to learn a little more about me, or just stop by and say "hi" or chat a little, my blog is http://whatabunchofscrap.blogspot.com

Ilene created this gorgeous and fabulous boy page!

That sweet and happy little face just makes this photo! ;-)

The accents are just perfect! ;-)

A great design and perfect for this theme! ;-)

Pop over to Ilene's blog to see more of her beautiful and gorgeous work! ;-)

Thanks so much Ilene for creating this special and wonderful page! ;-)

We have another Guest Designer and she is a previous TOP HAT

Irma Tirza. Welcome Irma! ;-)

Here's what Irma had to say about herself.

My name is Irma Tirza, 49 years old, I live in Indonesia, with my two grown up son ( 26 and 22 yo ), I still work in company and currently teach at a craft store too.

I felt in love with craft paper since end of 2013 , I thought I was late to found my passion in my life. I absolutely love mixed media so I prefer to bought art material than bought dress, or shoes. I also make a card, album,altered and sometimes I colouring but the most of all is scrapbooking because I can reflect the photo with art in an unique way. I create my works let the imagination flow and my mood. I love to learn in many technique and idea, using many layers, and used some medium. I'm so thrilled with this chance, thankyou Denise for this wonderful opportunity. I hope you love my creations and I would love you to visit my blog at irmatirza.blogspot.com :)

Irma created this gorgeous page.