Scrap Africa

Tuesday, 7 January 2014

Meet our new DT Members - Erica Houghton and Helen Wallace

Hello Everyone

We have such exciting news to share with you! We have 2 new Design Team Members.

These 2 ladies are really so very talented and I am personally so thrilled that they have joined our team.

So firstly a HUGE welcome to Erica Houghton.

Here is what Erica had to tell us about herself.

Hi!!

My name is Erica Houghton. My husband, Ben, and I live outside of Washington DC in Stone Ridge, Virginia. When I’m not working or sitting in traffic :) you can find me in my scrapbook room creating. I’m addicted to patterned paper so I’ve resorted to using lots of layers in order to use all of the wonderful papers that come in each collection. I never feel my pages are complete until I’ve added flowers, machine stitching, and usually LOTS of bling (I love glitter, rhinestones, and anything else that has glitz, glamour and a lot of sparkle). I mostly make 12x12 layouts but have expanded my interest into card and tag making, along with a mini album every now and then.

I am on the DT at Sketchabilities and Flying Unicorn, and am very excited to be joining Scrap Africa! You can find me at http://ericahoughton.blogspot.com/or https://www.facebook.com/erica.houghton8, so be sure to pop over and say ‘hello’.

To give you a little taste of Erica's work, have a look at these fabulous projects.

Please pop over to Erica's blog and see all the wonderful eye candy! ;-)

Secondly, a BIG BIG welcome to Helen Wallace.

Hi, I’m Helen and I live in Adelaide, South Australia with my husband, who is my best friend and soul mate. I have three adult sons and four grand children; almost always the subjects of my scrapping. I love to travel, take photographs, eat good food and drink wonderful wine.

I have been scrap booking for quite a few years when I decided to make an album for our oldest son’s birthday. Little did I know that it would become a daily obsession and require a studio to house all my stash.

It’s important to me to pass on the stories of a different era, to put flesh on the bones of my ancestors so they are much more than just a stern black and white image. I want my Grand children to know how different life was when I grew up and the sacrifices their Great Grandparent made to keep food on the table.

I love everything about scrap booking. The photos and papers, the card stock, the ribbons, the buttons and trims, the mists, paints and stencils. I love the "playing" which allows my inner child to be creative. I love getting messy and experimenting with new techniques never quite knowing what might evolve.

I want my boys to know that their "old cheese" (moi) was once young and gorgeous too; that life is fleeting, so they should find time in each day to nurture their spirits. I’ve learned to take better photographs to capture the spirit of our grand children. Their stories are recorded so they will know how much they are loved and enjoyed by their grandparents.

Scrap booking fills a hole in my heart that I didn’t know was there.

Here is some of what we can look forward to ;-)))

Helen is an amazing story teller and I know that I can certainly learn from her! ;-)

So welcome Erica and Helen, we really look forward to working with you and seeing all the wonderful projects you create!

pssssssst...... we will be back very soon with some more exciting news! ;-)

Sunday, 5 January 2014

Winners and TOP 3 - Challenge no.24

Morning Everyone

We have some winners and a TOP 3 to announce for our snowflakes, masking and glitter challenge.

So let's start with the random winners.

The first winner who will get these beautiful flowers to create with is 2. Tina . Congratulations Tina! ;-)

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The second prize up for grabs are these 7 Gypsy goodies and the winner is 7. Joefil Cate . Congratulations Joefil! ;-)

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The last of our random winners, is going to get to play with this beautiful kit from Ada.

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Congratulations to 12. ЯОсенняя .
We know it was a really busy time of the year and so we want to say thanks to everyone who played along! It was really super to see all of your projects! You guys are awesome! ;-)
Okay, now to the TOP projects.
Congratulations to Joefil Cate.

This is one stunning page, with so many beautiful details and is so fun and fresh! Fabulous page!We absolutely loved it! ;-)
Next up is 11. Mona Pendleton

Congratulations Mona on this soft, delicate and beautiful canvas! This is an absolutely gorgeous canvas and we loved the colouring and beautiful textures.
In 3rd spot, we had 2 layouts. We loved these both equally.
Well done to 2. Tina

We loved your amazing background and the beautiful winter scene created. The photo is fabulous too!Gorgeous, gorgeous work! ;-)
Then last but not least, 4. Taniko

We loved this fresh and festive page! The super design, stunning details and fresh colours were a hit with us!Well done Taniko! ;-)
Congratulations to all the winners and TOP projects! ;-)
Thanks again to everyone who played along too!!
We would love to see more of Joefil's work, so please could you mail scrapafrica@gmail.com for a Guest Design opportunity.
For all the random winners, please could you also send us your postal details.
Have a super day and we hope you will play long with our new challenge.

Wednesday, 1 January 2014

Sketch Challenge no.25

Morning Everyone

Welcome to 2014! We wish you many blessings, prosperity and health for this coming year! We also wish you an abundance of creativity and inspiration!

I saw this image and thought it is absolutely the perfect for New Years wishes.

We have a new sketch challenge for you today. We hope that you will play along.
Create a page, card or altered project, which is inspired by the sketch below.

We have 2 fabulous Guest Designers for this sketch challenge and are previous TOP 3 winners.

First up is Helga Saaresto.

Helga created this amazing page for us.

There are so many wonderful textural elements here, as well as those super photo's! This is really such a fabulous page! ;-)

Here is a close-up for good measure.

Please do yourself an inspirational favour and pop along to Helga's blog. You will really be amazed at her stunning projects.

The other Guest Designer is the very talented Miki Yatsuka.

Miki created this wonderful page.

Isn't this just the sweetest page ever?! The gorgeous background, beautiful blooms and sweet photo's, make for a super, super page! ;-)

Thanks so much Helga and Miki for your beautiful pages! ;-)

We have our Design Team to wow you as well, so have a look at these awesome pages below.

Ada

I created a 10'x10' canvas for this challenge...in time I will do some journalling on it....

Rene'

Val

We really hope that you are inspired and will play along!

Tell us what 2014 holds for you, or your dreams and aspirations for 2014.

Use the sketch as inspiration and share a little bit of yourselves with us! ;-)

We have some goodies for a random giveaway.

You have until the 14th January to upload your projects.

Tuesday, 17 December 2013

TOP 3 - Sketch no.24

Hello Everyone

I am sure you are well into the festive season activities, whether it's shopping, leave or just celebrating! ;-)

We certainly have some celebrating to do here, as we have 3 TOPS projects from the last sketch challenge.

Thanks soooo much to everyone who played along, we loved your projects and it was super to visit your blogs and see what you created.

There was a unanimous TOP page for this sketch challenge and it was this fabulous page by 6. Leila Cardoso .

We absolutely loved the splats, the colouring, the sweet photo and the beautiful accents! This page just screams vitality and fun and is just beautiful in every way! Congratulations Leila! ;-)

Then in 2nd spot was this super page by 5. Maiko

We loved this artsy page, for it's amazing background, the super styling and the precious little photo! Stunning page! Well done to Maiko! ;-)

Third spot goes to this wonderful page by 7. libeeti .

This beautiful and fresh layout is gorgeous! We loved the heartfelt journalling and this boy page just tugged at our hearts! Beautiful page! Congratulations Libeeti! ;-)

Congratulations to all 3 ladies, you really created stunning pages!

We would love to see more of Leila and Maiko's work, so please can you email us at scrapafrica@gmail.com for a Guest Design opportunity.

Lastly, we have a random winner to announce, who will have a little Christmas Gift from Scrap Africa and that person is 7. libeeti. Congratulations on your double win! ;-)

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Libeeti, please send your postal details to scrapafrica@gmail.com so that we can get it out to you!

Thanks again to everyone who played along, we really do appreciate your support!

Have a super Christmas!

Sunday, 15 December 2013

Challenge no.24 - Glitter, Snowflakes and Masking

Hello Everyone

Welcome to our last challenge of this year! Can you believe it?! Amazing how the time has flown and this is the last challenge for 2013! It's a goodie though and I am sure that you will like it! What's not to like about Glitter, Snowflakes and Masking! ;-)

So you can create a page, card or tag or even altered project (if you have the time), and we would love to see it! So pull out those snowy photo's and play along! ;-)

We have a super Guest Designer for this challenge and she is the wonderfully talented and creative Yvonne Yam.

Here's what Yvonne had to say:

Hello there! Greetings from sunny Singapore! My name is Yvonne and I'm delighted to be guest designing for Scrap Africa. :)

When asked to define my style, I always say "eclectic" which is really euphemism for..."I can't make up my mind!" *LOL* I do love playing with mediums and incorporating some found ephemera on my projects for a bit of fun and whimsy. Drop by my blog Do More With Less for weekday inspiration as I share projects, tips and tutorials.

Yvonne created this festive and gorgeous page below. The feathers and bow are just such a beautiful touch!