Winners and TOP Projects - Recycling Challenge

Hello Everyone

WOW! You guys really gave us such wonderful eye candy to look at! ;-) You really blew us away with the creativity and the wonderful recycling! So thanks to everyone who played along! You were awesome!

I think we all have so many things around the house that would be super for creating projects, but it's just about being in that mind-set of recycling! I certainly have really given it some more thought, and will try and use a few more goodies in my upcoming projects!

Okay...let's get to the business!!!! ;-)

So start off, let's get straight to our random winners. Billie-Jeans giveaway...

goes to 20. Connie Hall ! Congratulations Connie! ;-)

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Evgenia's giveaway...

goes to 28. Taniko! Conratulations Taniko, you get to play with these goodies!
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Congratulations to our random winners, and thanks so much for playing along! ;-)
Now to our top projects. We really did have so many wonderful entries that the voting was really widespread. So I want to feature quite a number of projects, because of the voting being so widespread, as well as the number of entries.
So the top project is this beautiful album by 2. Marta (Maremi's Small Art) Ireland !

We so loved the originality and the creativity of this album! We loved the little glasses made from tablet packaging and then the sweet photo and gorgeous colouring! This is really so fabulous! So well done Marta, we loved this project! ;-)
In 2nd spot is this super project by  33. Zhanna A. 

The originality of your Pringles can for this little holder is just fabulous! This is a stunning project and so very beautiful and creative! Congratulations Zhanna!
In 3rd spot, is this gorgeous page by 26. Canica Van Loggerenberg !

We loved the cute, recycled clothing tag, as well as those denim hearts. Your photo is just stunning too and we also can't "weight" to see that baby!!!! ;-) Wonderful page! Well done Canica!
So congratulations to the TOP 3 projects, these were really awesome! ;-)
Then we had another 4 stunning projects that were equally voted on and I felt that  they just needed to be featured! In no particular order, are these super projects too!
 21. ChudoOlya 

 8. Denisa (Czech Republic) 

17. Lisa Sarkis 

and 10. Anne Pennington (CANADA) 

Well done to you 4 ladies....these were really such amazing projects and pages too! ;-)
We would love to see more of Marta's work, so please would you email us at scrapafrica@gmail.com for a Guest Design opportunity! The random winners must also please send your postal details to this email address.
Thanks again to everyone who played along...you guys were "GREEN" and we loved it!Hope to see you playing along again soon!

Sketch Challenge no.26

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Whew, where did January go?! It's just gone and I can hardly believe where!!

We have a super new sketch challenge today. Here is the sketch.

Today we have a really super Guest Designer. She is the amazingly creative and talented Wilma Voermans.

http://swissdutchy8.blogspot.ch/

Hello, my name is Wilma Voermans, born in Amsterdam, but I live in the Swiss alps for many years now. 

Mother of 8 children ( 6 boys and 2 girls).

I have a busy job in  lokal hotel .

Addicted to: children & grandchildren, my dogs, music , scrapbooking, color, coffee and  smoking. 

I live my life as uncomplicated as possible and enjoy every minute of it.

I scrap without too much thinking and this works for me. I start with the picture, look at it and feel the mood.

 Then on goes the music & the fun begins.

Mixed Media is almost a must and I like a lot of color.

Wilma created this beautiful page for this challenge.

 The textures, the colours and layers are just amazing! So soft and beautiful!

Now Wilma also created a super video, to show us how she created this page.

So you can follow the link here and watch this inspiring creator in action.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qDQh-dHoeOg

Please also pop over to Wilma's blog, you are certain to find some amazing inspiration and I am sure she would appreciate the visit!

We also have a past winner, who has created a very special page for us too.

Joefil Cate

Joefil created this beautiful page, with such beautiful blooms and such a beautiful photo!

Such a gorgeous take on the sketch!

Thanks so much to Wilma and Joefil for your gorgeous work! ;-)

As always, we have some more inspiration from the Design Team.

Ada

  

Billie-Jean

Cathi

Channa

Denise

Elizna

Erica

Helen

Iya

Jowilna

Lynette

Marelize

Out for Publication

Patricia



Rene'

Tanya

Val

We have a super new sponsor this month, who will be sponsoring us for quite a few challenges and I am super, excited to introduce them.

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Check out this super prize pack you could win...

One random winner will get to play with these super goodies!

So we really hope this will inspire you to play along, and we really look forward to seeing all your entries.

You have until the 14th Feb (The day of Loooove) to add your entries.

Welcome Iya and Tanya - new Design Team Members

Hello Everyone

You might have seen when I posted the last challenge, that I mentioned 2 new Design Team members.

I am so happy and thrilled to say that Iya and Tanya have joined us! A really warm welcome to you!

Here is a little bit about these ladies.

Iya  (Russia)

Hi! My name is Iya Balushkina, I was born and raised in Russia. I am 27 years old. I love to draw. Almost on all of my works, I use paints, sprays, mists and masks. I can't put a name to my style yet, I like them all and I try to combine them together. I am very pleased to join such a great team.

Tanya Palamarchuk (Ukraine)

Something about me: I am a mother) I have 2 children and sometimes going crazy;)

I love scrapbooking! I like to do something new. I love interesting people and coffee)))

In scrapbooking I love all the styles. Oh, and I love bright colors, I love paper and paint!

I like to do pages, cards, tags and albums!I very happy to be a part of ScrapAfrica, It's my first foreign team and I hope  you enjoy what I'm doing!

Have a wonderful day!

These ladies are amazingly talented girls and I just know that you are going to love their work.

Firstly, here is a glimpse of Iya's work.

Please pop over to Iya's blog, she really has so much eye candy to show! ;-)

Here is some of Tanya's work.

Again, for some amazing inspiration, please pop over to Tanya's blog!

I really look forward to working with you ladies and also look forward to seeing all that you create for us! ;-)

TOP 4 - Sketch Challenge no.25

Hello Everyone

We have some winners and TOP projects to showcase today!! 

A huge thanks to everyone who played along, the voting was really tight and certainly was not easy.

We always love seeing your projects and creativity...so please keep playing! ;-)

So, to our TOP 4 projects. Yes TOP 4, as the voting was that close! ;-)

In TOP spot, 11. Ekaterina Antipova ! Congratulations Ekaterina on this happy, fun and vibrant page!

We loved the colouring, styling and super sweet photo's! Just fabulous! ;-) The canvas and texture is just wonderful!

In second place was this super page by  5. cve . Well done Cve, on this gorgeous boy page!

These fabulous photo's were so very cute and your matching page a stunner! ;-)

In 3rd place were these 2 super projects.

9. Jessica Navarro 

We loved the sweet photo's, beautiful background and the added texture from the fibre! Just a gorgeous, fun page! ;-)

Also 7. Melinda Felicilda with this gorgeous page.

So very sweet, adorable and love the styling of your page! Wonderful!

So congratulations to all 4 ladies, you really did give us some wonderful eye candy! ;-)

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

Our random giveaway is going to 8. Cler Machado! Congratylations Cler! Please mail us with your postal details!

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

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Challenge no.25 - Recycling

Hello Everyone

We are already 15 days into the year and we hope that 2014 has been good so far.

We have a fabulous new challenge today and it is about recycling. You need to use at least one recycled item on your project. Create a card, layout or altered piece, that has a recycled item and please tell us what that item is.

This challenge is hosted by the really creative Billie-Jean.

She also has this super little prize up for grabs.

So to inspire you, we have some guest designers.

First up is Leila Cassimira, 

who is a previous TOP 3.

Leila created a super and fresh page.

Aren't these vibrant colours and the little splashes just fabulous?!

So beautiful and gorgeous!

Leila used a clothing tag as her recycled item.

Next we have Daria, 

who was also a TOP 3, and she kindly created this project for us too.

This is so very clever and so very useful and beautiful, all at the same time!

Love this little holder! Daria used a paper ice-cream bucket and an old hockey sock.

Thanks so much Leila and Daria for your super projects! Please pop along to their blogs, you will be sure to find more eye candy and fabulosity!!!! ;-)

As always we have some super projects from the Design Team and I can assure you they will certainly "wow" you.

Billie-Jean

I used drinking straws and I cut the hot air balloons out of a Pumpkin Patch bag.

Ada

I use an egg card box box to create these flowers. I have also added some close up snippets of the flowers. I will post this on my blog when I get back from holiday if there is interest.



 Cathi

Recycling a bit of Christmas for this one: the cardboard came from a Christmas package delivered recently and the netting you can see came from a bag of Christmas chocolates the girls had in their stocking!!

Channa

I recycled a clothing tag

and a lollipop stick

Denise

My background page is a page from an old calendar (year 2000) and the leaves, butterfly, book and chair are fussy cut bits from this calendar too.

Erica

I recycled a plain, brown clipboard!

Helen

My recycled objects are the typewriter tag from some stationery, the ribbon from a Christmas gift and the stars which were cut and inked from a Christmas Bob Bon.  The photo shows a bracelet which is made from old typewriter keys and I photographed it on a table cloth made by my Mother when she was a young girl.   The journalling is tucked behind the photo and it reads:-

A few weeks before Christmas, we flew interstate to visit our youngest son and his partner.  One balmy afternoon, we wandered through a local craft market admiring the hand made jewellery.  Sarah and I stopped to admire some bracelets fashioned from old typewriter keys and I explained that I’d learned to type on an old “Underwood” typewriter with very similar keys.  We strolled on and when she was engrossed in something else, I ducked back and bought the bracelet for her Christmas gift.  On Christmas day, imagine my surprise to open my gift from her, which revealed a bracelet of typewriter keys from the same stall.  She had asked our Son to distract me, while she whizzed back and  bought one for me as well. Neither of us was aware of what the other one was doing. Needless to say, we both love our bracelets.         

 December 25th 2013

Ия (Iya)

(Iya is also a new Design Team member and you will get to meet her shortly)

I used an old book...

and carton boxes.

Jowilna

 i used this large tag from new bedding that i bought to create this tag - the care instructions will be good advise for a friend and a fun twist to add to her gift

Lynette

 I cut a 12x12 square from a cardboard box and set about distressing it to form the background for my page.

Here is a close up of the one corner of the page.

Marelize

Out for Publication

I've kept and used the red bow (and bell) from the chocolate bunny on my layout. :)

Patricia

I used Prima packaging, Gauze swab, Plastic vegetable bag and clothing tag.

Prima packaging and hanger from socks that I bought.

The black and sequence embellishments were from an Alice Band...

Rene'

 I used a clothing tag for my recycled item.

Tanya 

(Tanya is one of our new Design Team members, I will introduce her properly in a little while! ;-))

This  metal  butterfly - my wedding decoration. I broke it into pieces and decorated my page with parts of it!

Val

The heart was from a box that I cut up and covered with the glitter paper, the tag is a clothing tag from Poetry that I stamped on, the ribbon is from a T-shirt that I bought (to hang it up with) and the black banners are from Prima Flower packaging.. 

Well we hope you are inspired by our projects!

In addition to Billie-Jean's prize shown above, there are these yummy goodies up for grabs!

You have until the 31st January to upload your projects!

We really look forward to seeing your creations and all those recycled goodies!