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! ♥

Sketch # 4 - Winners

Hello to all friends of Scrap Africa out there!

It is time to share with you the winning layouts for the Sketch # 4.

Every time we are amazed and very pleased to see so many really beautiful projects!

We thank you for it!

We had a lot of favorites. It was extremely difficult to choose just a few projects to feature on our blog today. So, here they are. Congratulations, ladies on the exceptional job you did!

Canica Van Loggerenberg

(South Africa)

Keren Tamir

(Canada)

Georgia Heald

(Australia)

Graziela Fortes

(Brazil)

Saule' (Shine)

(Kazakhstan)

Canica and Keren we would like to invite you to join us as guest designers for one of our future challenges.

Please contact us at saustin"@"yandex.ru for more details.

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Our current sponsor is Le Shabby Cafe'

You still have a chance of winning a prize pack from them - just make sure to enter your project for the Mother's Day challenge on our blog.

Good luck, everyone!

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Don't forget to visit Scrap Africa on Thursday (10 May) for our new sketch reveal. We have some exiting news to share with you. Don't miss it!

Thank you for visiting us today!

Have a fantastic day! ♥

Mother's Day Inspiration

Hello everyone!

We enjoyed very long 5 days weekend here in South Africa
and today everything is back to normal.

We decided to share with you a few of our creations to inspire you even more to start
with those Mother's Day projects for our current challenge.

Enjoy it!

Mother's Day Card by Evgenia Petzer

"The Best Mom" by Cathy Lane

Mother's Day Card by Jowilna Nolte

"Hand in Hand" by Svetlana Austin

The journaling reads: "We hold our children's hands for a short while, but they hold our hearts forever."

"The Key to my Heart" by Svetlana Austin

Clock Frame by Jeaunes Viljoen

This clock frame Jeaunes made as a gift for her mother for Mother's Day last year.
The journaling reads: "Only a Mother can share love with all of her children, yet give each child undivided love."

"Mothers are One of a Kind" by Jeaunes Viljoen

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Don't forget that tomorrow is the last day to enter your layouts based on the Sketch # 4!

We will announce the winners on Tuesday (May, 8).

Thank you for visiting Scrap Africa today!

Have a wonderful day! ♥