Scrap Africa

Wednesday, 1 June 2016

Scrap Africa Mood Board Challenge no.75

Hello Everyone

Welcome to June and welcome to a new Scrap Africa Mood Board Challenge! ;-)

We hope that you enjoyed that last months challenge ran for a month, and this month is no different! You have a WHOLE month to play along with this gorgeous mood board! ;-)

You can create a card, tag, layout, an altered project, journal pages or even a digital project!

You can create whatever you like! ;-)

We would just love to know what inspired you from the mood board and the sentiment behind your project!;-)

As always we have some amazing Guest Designers to inspire you.

These amazing ladies are previous TOP HATS and create with so much passion and love.

A warm welcome to Bente Fagerberg and Erina Katerina.

Here's a little more about Bente, firstly.

Hi I'm Bente. I am a Norwegian lady living in southern Sweden and I've been scrapbooking for I guess six-seven years now. I still love it. I love that I'm preserving my three daughters memories through my pages, but that's not the whole truth about why I am doing this. I am doing it mostly for me,...because I enjoy it!

Since March I am working full time,-or more sometimes, and it can be hard to find time for scrapbooking. But even when I am not playing with paper, paint and all kinds of supplies I am definitely thinking about it! :-) I love the smell of new paper and the touch new flowers :-)

I have always been happiest doing my own brand of shabby chic, but at the moment I am very much enjoying everything mixed media. I find it's so liberating !

After I started working full time I cut back on design team work. I am currently designing for an awesome French paper company called Les Papiers de Pandore.

I have been proud to design for some great teams during the last few years including Lemoncraft, Scraps of Elegance, Blue Fern Studios and Sizzix

I have a blog Paper and Glue Heaven and you are most welcome to visit me there.

Bente created this fabulous and beautiful page for this mood board.

The colouring, styling and gorgeous photo, make for a stunning, stunning page! ;-)

Thanks so much Bente for creating this soft and beautiful page for us.
Please pop over to Bente's blog to even more inspiration! ;-)

Secondly, here is a little more about our second Guest Designer Erina.

I'm Erina and I live in Crete island of Greece, with my beautiful family !!!

From small kid I had an artistic mood and i was practicing for many years

through painting !!! In 2011 at my trip to England I learned the magical world of

crafts !!First from the cards and later with my first lessons in scrapbooking!!

The scrapbooking enchanted me, mainly because I could keep alive my memories

and accurate the history of every picture !!I love all the styles of scrapbooking but mostly

i make greeting cards, layouts and mini albums!! A world of fun and mostly relaxing !!!

Erina created this stunning and gorgeous page.

Isn't that background just amazing, with all the textures and elements?

Here's some close-ups.

Thanks so much Erina for this fabulous, fun and fresh project! ;-)

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

On 15th June, we will have another Guest Designer feature and so remember to pop back here on the 15th June! ;-)

Now let's see what the Design Team created.

Kerstin is our newest Design Team Member and we are so excited that she has joined the team. I will share more about her on our 15 June post! ;-)

Thanks so much to the Design Team for their gorgeous inspiration.

Now we would love to see what you create.

For some inspiration too...there are also 2 random prizes up for grabs.

2 x R300 BoBunny surprise parcel up for grabs.








You have until 30 June to upload your projects! ;-)

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Thursday, 5 May 2016

TOP HATS & Winners - Mood Board no.73

Hello Everyone

Wow! Thanks so much to everyone who played along with this gorgeous mood board!

You guys rocked this challenge and we so loved each and every entry! ;-)

Sadly, we can only pick 3 or 4 winners...

But we encourage you to keep playing along, as one never knows when your turn is up! ;-)

So without further adieu, here are the TOP HATS for this challenge.

Congratulations

10. Bente Fagerberg (Sweden)

on being the TOP HAT for this challenge! ;-)

We loved the design, the textures and the beautiful styling, which just makes this page shine and so divine! ;-)

Our 2nd placed TOP HAT is this fabulous project by

17. Inspire | Sugallatok | Virag Reti | Hungary

We loved these journal pages, for their elegance, beauty and amazing details! ;-)

Well done Virag! ;-)

Our 3rd place TOP HAT was

6. Ikemo (Poland)

Congratulations Ikemo! ;-)

We so loved these layers, the textures and those amazing chipboard pieces! Such a delight!

Congratulations to all our TOP HATS your projects were really amazing! ;-)

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

As for our BoBunny giveaway...

R300 worth of BoBunny Misc. Me goodies.

Congratulations 11. Never give up Jolande van Oosterhout! ;-)

This was Jolande's gorgeous page.

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

Many, Many thanks again, to everyone who played along!

We appreciate each and every entry! ;-)

Sunday, 1 May 2016

Scrap Africa Sketch Challenge no. 74

Hello Everyone

It's a new month and a new sketch challenge!

This month, we also have some very exciting news.

As of this month, our challenges will run for an entire month, so you will have lots of time to play along and prepare your entries.

Double the time and double the fun! ;-)

So here's our first monthly sketch.

You can create a card, tag, layout, an altered project, journal pages or even a digital project!

You can create whatever you like! ;-)

We would just love to know what inspired you from the sketch and the sentiment behind your project!;-)

Today we have 2 amazing Guest Designers, who are TOP HATS from previous challenges.

A very warm welcome to Jolanda Oudshoorn and Emma Fryxelius.

To start, here is a little about our first Guest Designer, Jolanda.

Hello, My name is Jolanda and I live in the Netherlands. I am a 23 year old creative and enthusiastic student Interior Design at the art academy. For me scrapbooking is a way to relax and a wonderful creative outlet besides my study. I make mostly lay-outs, but also make cards every once in a while. I often work with watercolour paint and ink to create the basis for my lay-outs. I especially love creating nice compositions and finding the right colours and materials to create the perfect lay-out. You can find more of my work at my blog: http://jolandascrapscreaties.blogspot.nl/

x Jolanda

This is my take on the May sketch. I found it a very nice and inspiring sketch to work with.

The basis of my lay-out was made with watercolour paint and

stamps. I finished my lay-out with different kinds of embellishments.

Thank you for this wonderful opportunity!

We so love the styling and design of this page! So fresh and gorgeous! ;-)

Here are some close-ups.

A fun and fabulous page! ;-) Thanks so much Jolanda! ;-)

Our second Guest Designer is Emma Fryxelius...and here's a little about Emma.

My name is Emma Fryxelius and I live in Sweden. I started out as a card maker 16 years ago, now-a-days I make mostly layouts, pocket scrapbooking and mixed media. For me, it is the photo and the story that is most important when I scrap. If they are in focus the layout will stay interesting throughout the passing of time and the inevitable changes of trends and personal taste. The colours is another thing of great importance to me, If they do not harmonize I do not like my finished layout. I keep my layouts relatively simple but with an attention to detail, and I love stamps and inks and masks. You are most welcome to visit me at www.dorcasdetaljer.wordpress.com

This sketch was so inspiring and I made a layout about how my daughter loves to help out with the dishes. The title translates: “Mummy’s little helper”. It is not the best photo perhaps, but it tells a story that I want to remember. Soon, my daughter will be all grown up, and will probably shun all chores. ;-) Thank you Scrap Africa for having me as a Guest Designer!