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Hello from the Other Side! Mind the Gap!! I'm Busy Relocating from South Africa to England!!!

2016-02-09T10:14:00.000+02:00

Hello Everyone! After 7 years of blogging I am writing my first post from my mobile!! No idea how this will work!!! I haven't posted in a few weeks so here's an update of what I'm up to. Very soon I will be boarding a plane to England, which is to be my new home.

I can't believe the time has finally come - it has been a long time in the making with a huuuuuuge amount of planning & administration. Living in the UK without a British passport (or an EU passport) is no easy feat to accomplish. The amount of red tape involved is phenomenal. Certainly not the simple process it was in the past.

I will be there for several weeks with just my 2 younger children & we will be looking for a home, schools & of course a source of income. We are hoping to settle in the South West. Really, it was like playing 'Pin the tail on the Donkey' figuring out what area best suited our requirements!

For the past few weeks I have been making plans for the other side as well as sorting through our possessions, which will be arriving in a container in a couple of months. Yet again I have been faced with the task of thinning out our possessions to fit into a smaller home, something I have done 3 times in the last 10 years. While it's an arduous task I am grateful for the opportunity to reassess our priorities & bless others with our excess. I feel lighter already!

Currently I am aboard a coach from the Eastern Cape to Durban. I have spent the last few days settling my son into his very first apartment, close to the university he attends. It has been lovely to be together cleaning, purchasing & styling his place into a cosy home. I'm confident & happy that he will have all he needs for the next couple of years, to complete his education in South Africa.

Of course we would love to have him with us in the UK but he is midway through his degree & if he studies in England it would be as an International Student at over 3 times the price of what we are paying :/. My husband & older daughter will be joining us in several weeks, once the transfer of our house is complete, as we need to take the proceeds :). All in all an exciting time for all!

I have been travelling like a pop star for the las month. We spent Christmas & New Year in Cape Town, fondly known here as 'The Mother Ciry' as it is all round awesome. A week after returning we travelled into the Drakensberg Mountains here to say goodbye to some old friends then the day after returning we flew BACK to Cape Town for the funeral of my Step Mother-in-Law who passed away after a long battle with Alzheimer's Disease.

The day after we returned I hopped in the car with my son & embarked on a 2 day road trip! Now I am on my way home again :-D. I haven't switched my laptop on since December!! Creatively speaking I still have a few projects to share but that will have to be from my laptop once in the UK, when I have a moment & have caught up on a fair bit of sleep!!! I am not going to be creating whilst I am waiting for our container to arrive as my luggage allowance is going to be full of winter clothing for the nrxt couple of months.

I am so excited to experience Winter! I know all about air-conditioning but nothing about heating!! I am thinking about starting a new blog to document my journey from Southern Hemisphere living to Northern & my experiences as an African abroad. If I manage to do that I will add the link to that to my sidebar of course. I have resigned from all my Design Teams except for Prima, who have been very understanding of my current situation as I am forced to take a Leave of Absence until my supplies arrive.

I have no idea what the future holds for me from an artistic perspective. I would love to have the time & space to create but at this point I can't place it high on my list of must-haves. Hopefully the next few months will be nothing more of a creative hiatus & perhaps I will find my groove again sooner than I imagine! So for now I'll say Goodbye & talk to you on the flip-side!!

Guest Designer for More Than Words! Challenge Blog - Lover of Life Layout

2016-01-16T07:00:00.000+02:00

Hi everyone! Today I am Guest Designing over at the new challenge blog

"More than Words" started up by 6 of my ex-Scrap Around The World Designers

due to SATW closing down. I am so delighted to have been chosen as their first Guest!

Their first January 2016 challenge is to use a SELFIE! Along with that you need to take

your inspiration from the word PERSONALITY!! With that in mind I created this page

with everything that appealed to me at the time! I love misting the old way, without

the watercolour look, so I grabbed a sheet of white cardstock I had tested some

mist on & started with that, overlaying it with my favourite grey ink & my

current favourite Prima background stamp. I figured using my

FAVOURITE PRODUCTS was a sure fire way to infuse

my PERSONALITY into my work!

I am also crazy about loopy threads right now & flowers are my FOREVER FAVOURITE!

I also added any words that came to mind to describe me, around the photos.

Of course I used my signature staples & my typical double-photo diagonal

design - because I wanted this layout to be a reflection of ME!

And that's my favourite way to design a layout!!

Of course there are loads of unflattering words to describe me too (at my worst LOL)

but that is more for art journaling! For layouts I do my best to focus on the positives!

I really can't remember where I got that cameo above but HOW PERFECT?!?

The woman looking into the mirror really reflects the selfie theme!!

Despite all the words around the page my journaling of "Lover of Life" is what I've chosen

as the title for my page as it really sums me up. I make fun happen out of every day

situations because the truth is my life is not amazing or exciting but I learnt years ago

that it really is the little things that count - so I use my favourite china at each meal

& treat my family as often as I can! Every day is a celebration in our household!

The alphas come from the Royal Menagerie Collection by Prima and are full of fun colours

& different designs, all on the same sheet, which I think is a great idea as it makes it easy-

peasy to get the eclectic look without digging about for various different alpha sheets!

My paper layers are all Prima offcuts from different papers over the years, that I keep in one

bag. I just love creating using what I can get hold of easily, lying about around my desk.

It really takes the "schlep" out of scrapbooking & infuses the creative fun, which makes

the process enjoyable rather than a chore. Now on a more serious note...

Please support these ladies.

They have worked very hard to bring you a great new challenge site.

They were great key players in my administration team at Scrap Around The World

& I fully endorse their new venture. My 2016 is going to be uncertain & I don't know

what it will hold. Moving to a new country as I am doing next month is a very stressful

exercise & that, coupled with working full time & getting my 4 kids sorted out, 2 with us

& 2 away from home, was my main reason for closing SATW down at the end of 2015.

I didn't want to not be able to run SATW the way it needed to be run - with close attention to

details, organisation & presentation, & I can't promise that kind of commitment any longer.

Happy New Year! My OLW {One Little Word} A Scrapbooking Class, Some Vacation Photos & Some Basic Picasa Photo Editing {& Taking} Advice!

2016-01-06T06:00:00.000+02:00

Well Hello there! Yes I know Christmas is over & all that but finally, after 3 weeks offline,

with only my iphone, NO wifi & very little mobile data signal, I am BACK ONLINE!

albeit only for the next 24 hours!! In Africa you have to be grateful for what

you can get LOL!!!

I have chosen STRENGTH as my OLW {One Little Word} for 2016. Although I am not a

fully convinced fan of the OLW it certainly can't hurt to select a word & keep it in mind!

This year I am going to need all the strength I can get!! I have a plane ticket booked

for next month & a busy time after that exploring England deciding where to settle!!

Almost as soon as we arrived in Cape Town {where we still are right now} I taught

a scrapbooking class. I had pre-arranged it months in advance, together with a

very lovely lady called Ann Ledgerwood, & she hosted the class at her home.

There were 8 ladies to teach & I hope they all had as much fun as I did.

It was a mixed media scrapbook page & I taught techniques of misting, how to make

your own, how to keep your paper from warping, balance & composition & how

to successfully achieve a cluster. The ladies achieved some lovely results

& my daughter was kind enough to join us to help clean & take photos :)

I haven't taken a lot of photos at all. I actually go away on holiday to NOT take photos!

I take photos almost every day of the week all year so am happy to take a break!!

I also HATE bad photos & making people feel uncomfortable when we are out

in large groups &, even more than that, I hate photos with ugly backgrounds :/

So here are just a few... along with some basic Picasa Photo Editing Hacks.

So for anyone who doesn't know {that would be ME 8 years ago!!!}

Download Picasa for free HERE then go through your settings to

ensure everything is as you like it.

This is how mine looks - just to give you an idea! What is imperative at the very

beginning is that you spend some {a LOT} of time renaming your files if necessary

{unless you already have a system}. I name my files according to the year {J is for

2015 - A was the year I first went digital - 2005!}, followed by the month. For example -

January is 1, February is 2, etc - up until October, which is 10. Then for November

& December I also name them 10, because if I name them 11 & 12 they come up

after January & before February!! This way I can find what I am looking for with ease.

Once you have a good filing system in place & you can find all your photos you can start

playing with the editing functions. Remember Picasa is downloaded from the web but it

is not web based, so you can use it whenever you like, you do not have to be online.

It is also just a mirror of your ''My Pictures" /Photo Library, etc so you will also

always have your photos stored there too.

Don't bother using Picasa for editing your phone photos. There are plenty of good options for those online that you can use straight from your device. I like to hand my DSLR camera around at family functions & see what people come up with. Takes the pressure off me & makes everyone feel like a professional

photographer. I take for granted the fact that I own an amazing camera but others don't & are

delighted to hold it & click, SO I have to change my manual settings to AUTO, which means there's

not a lot of point using it really, so I need Picasa to rescue the best of a usually bad bunch!

If out at a big family function find a white wall & encourage everyone to use that backdrop

for having some camera fun. At least that way you can play with the sliders in Picasa

& push up the highlights to smooth out the background. Not ideal but the photos

take on a funky, modern look which makes them great for scrapbooking!

Text is another fun option in Picasa. There are plenty enough good options & colours

as well as 2 tone on all of them, & you can pull the text box around, increase or

decrease the size, as well as making multiple text boxes by saving each one

separately as you go along. That way you can have more than one font per

photo. Borders are something else I enjoy adding, as I print my own

photos. {Makes cutting a lot simpler having a line to follow!}

You can also choose your photo sizes, as well as creating your own custom sizes

& saving them under their own name for future use, or simply using the Manual

sizing,with no dimensions. To edit any photos simply RIGHT CLICK & select

VIEW & EDIT (the top option) or DELETE FROM DISK if you don't want them.

Then of course there is the famous Picasa Collage option! To utilise this option

edit all your photos FIRST & crop them down to the right sizes. Choosing similar

sized photos makes for a better looking collage, as well as sticking to 3 - 5 photos,

otherwise the photos end up looking too small. If this does happen you can simply

pull the photos you don't want OUT, as well as dragging the photos around,within

the collage, to re-order them. You can also click at the bottom for the basic grid

structure of the collage to rearrange itself in all the possible configurations.

Black & white is another great photo saver. Everyone looks better in black & white!

Try it & you'll see!! This works especially well when people have wrinkles or

rosacea LOL!! Rather than simply selecting BW I prefer to move the sliders

manually myself & adjust the light & shadows for a bit more drama!!!

When things are really sunny do your best to get the crowd into the shade. If not

possible remember that the character of family photos is more important than

the technology! Notice my daughter's face above, with shadow across!!

Do spend a little time arranging your crowd & trying to get the tallies in

the middle & the shorties at the sides. Also get everyone to squash

together & look out for mobile phones, wallets, etc. Get people to

hide these behind their backs! Arms around each other works well.

I remember when I first started using Picasa 8 years ago & worked through all the teething

problems, someone sent me a Facebook message & asked me to please email them to tell

them how to do it! I replied politely, saying that that would really be impossible but if

they ever needed help with a specific thing they should get in touch. They've never

spoken to me since LOL! Oh well...you win some you lose some :-p

{Can you imagine sending someone an email explaining

how to use a software program?! I could write a book on it!!}

Falmouth Christmas - Studio 75 Winter Morning Collection

2015-12-28T07:00:00.000+02:00

Hi Everyone! Finally I've got a few minutes on my son's computer -

using my husband's ipad as a hotspot!! For some unknown reason

it refuses to recognise my laptop which is quite a problem as it means

to get online I must log out of my son's Google account & into mine!

We are away on vacation & we have NO WIFI!!! That may sound

unbelievable to you but it is TRUE sadly!! The place where we

are staying has no wifi - and this is a common thing in Africa!

Hence I am not posting a lot at the moment {I did manage

to preschedule one post before we left!}

SO A VERY MERRY BELATED CHRISTMAS TO YOU ALL!

I created this layout for Studio 75 HERE - you can see my blogpost

there for all the links to the store & the papers I've used. It's my last

post on the Studio 75 blog as my DT term of 6 months has ended &,

although I was invited back for a new term, I have decided to reduce

the number of Design Teams I am on in 2016. Due to our attempt to

move to the UK & start a new life, having no idea what free time I will have!

I didn't have time to create this project before I left on vacation so I had to plan

my page & take with me the necessary supplies I needed to create it - AND

I had to create it on the floor of our apartment! It was pretty uncomfortable

working like this but I'm happy I was able to do it & I love the way it turned out!

I enjoyed creating slowly for a change (like slow cooking...) inking up the edges,

stamping & generally going "old school" - & think this layout will make a good

base for a teaching page as it is quite an unusual composition with various

different techniques to share. I do hope I will have the time & opportunity to

teach classes in the UK. I taught a big class here in Cape Town & loved it!!

I did a lot of fussy cutting on this page as well as tearing, which I always love,

& used the beautiful matching Studio 75 ribbon to create a double bow.

The base paper I used was from the Yummy Collection, while all the rest were from

the Winter Morning Collection. It started out as cream, but I recoloured it by misting

with Prima Color Bloom Sprays & water, then stamped with a chicken wire stamp

from Crafty Individuals in the UK & a flower stamp from Faber Castell.

My alphas are from Tim Holtz for Ranger & my flowers are from Prima - Royal

Menagerie Collection. I also used some white doilies & some dyed cheesecloth.

I muted my embellishments with white acrylic paint for a colder, more frosty look.

The photo was taken during our overseas holiday, at Falmouth Harbour,

where we were VERY COLD!! We have never experienced really cold

temperatures before so it will be a whole new experience for us when

we move & no doubt will involve a whole new wardrobe eventually too!!

Thanks so much for stopping by here today!

I really appreciate it!! I wish I could get online more easily here

but it really is virtually impossible & as we haven't been away all

year I am just trying to embrace the situation & enjoy some family time :)

I do have another project to share so will try to do that sometime soon too!!

7 Dots Challenge for December - Cold Weather Eurodisney 2012 Layout using Yuletide Collection!

2015-12-20T09:00:00.000+02:00

Hi everyone! Today there is a brand new challenge up at 7 Dots Studio HERE,

presenting our final challenge of the year - our December/January COLD WEATHER

challenge! As usual there is a lovely big merit prize up for grabs & always a couple of

features too so play along for your chance to win some more very sought after 7 Dots

Studio Merchandise! Create any papercrafty item - just remember to use at least

ONE 7 Dots Studio product & let us know what it is if it's not easy to see.

HOW AWESOME is the Yuletide Collection!? What a festive delight!! Only once I

actually tucked into it & created this page did I realise that it really does well with traditional

Wintery Christmas time layouts. Luckily I had just ONE suitable photo - seeing as for me,

in South Africa, our Christmases are always full of sunshine! In 2012 my family & I

travelled abroad & spent new year in France! At EuroDisney of all places!!

It was simply MAGICAL!!!

The 7 Dots Studio pattern papers are so detailed that they do half the mixed media

work for you, which is a real time saver! All that was left for me was to flick on lots

& lots of my home-made white mist, as my SNOW then use some Prima soft gloss gel to

apply some Prima micro beads & some LSG fusing for the ultra snowy overload effects!

I used up almost the entire tag sheet from the Yuletide Collection. I have never

known another manufacturer to produce these & why there hasn't been a copycat yet

I just don't know, as the idea is incredibly awesome. They are die-cut pop outs &

layering them around the centre then popping a photo in the middle is a really

satisfying way to get a quick creative fix! With some other stash for good

measure too of course - the more the merrier!!

The grey alphas are REALLY OLD - Doodlebug I think? And the Thickers are from

American Crafts - yes I still have tons of those - they went out of fashion so fast when

the die-cutting machines made their début - but I still like the look of them occasionally!

I used up some of my white doily offcuts on this page too as well as a glorious gold doily

too - did you know that Prima are now making them in packs of 50 FIFTY for doily

freaks like you & me?! Check out YULETIDE here & please join in!!

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Studio 75 Challenge 12 - Mood Board ChallengeGrowing Your Wings Layout

2015-12-08T07:00:00.000+02:00

Hi everyone! How are you this week? I sure hope you are good! Things my side are moving along quite fast right now. For those of you who connect with me on social media you will be more in the know on what is going on my side at the moment. We are enjoying our final GRANDE FINALE CHALLENGE at Scrap Around The World this month as I am closing the site down to concentrate on my new adventure - which is moving home & hopefully starting a new life in a new country - exciting times ahead! So

PLEASE play along if you can - we have 22 prizes up for grabs & a Wall of Fame featuring 20 players!

Today I am here to share the new challenge from Studio 75 in Poland, with you.

You can view the challenge, that went live a couple of days ago, HERE.

This month the challenge is based around the beautiful mood board below.

The rules are really simple - you can create ANYTHING papercrafty based

on the mood board colours & include any elements you like from it too.

I really LOVE this board! The colours AND the elements are all so lovely & soft!

Creating with it was an absolute PLEASURE! You DO NOT have to use any

Studio 75 products, as they can be hard to come by outside of Poland BUT

if you do please let us know what you have used! And remember that the

merit chosen winner will win 30zloty worth of their choice of goodies

in the Studio 75 online store - so you can get some of this sought-after

product for yourself if you win! Please do not back-link - all projects

must be NEW & you can submit up to 3 entries but as separate posts.

I used all the blue Studio 75 Primo papers HERE - all Studio 75 papers

are so easy to use & match with everything! I have a great time stash-busting

whenever I am doing my DT projects, because I always end up using lots of stuff!

To ground my design I used an awesome Prima background stamp with some stone

grey Tsukeniko ink, adding some light texture with the addition of some gauze

tucked in under my photo (that I raised up on some dimensional board first).

I have a tin of bling to last me the rest of my life, but most of them have now lost their

stickiness so I have to tip them out onto my desk & "pick & mix!" The white alphas

are from Crate & the grey are the little Prima ones from a couple of years back -

they are AWESOME because they go on forever! Because they're on 12 inch sheets!

Something I also have tons of are loads & loads of rolls of twine.

There was a time I couldn't walk past one in real life or on line,

without popping it into my cart! Not to worry as I do love the look

of it rolled & scrolled under my photo & peeking out around it!

This one is quite waxy & thick which makes for great loopy circles.

Flairs are one of my FAVOURITE embellishments & I could keep on buying them forever ♥

I've bought them from all over the place in the past so can't remember where these 3 are

from. The flowers are from PRIMA of course (I've been collecting those for YEARS now

but actually get through them quite fast as I am such a flower freak)!!

The resin fairy & the Beauty typewriter key {paper clip} also come from Prima.

The fairy ties in with the "Growing your Wings" title & finally found it's perfect page!

It's been hiding out in my drawer for the last few years :) So there you have it -

a new challenge & some serious stash busting!! I hope you will play along

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Christmas Sweetie Jar & Tag Using Magic Time Collection by Studio 75

2015-12-06T19:18:00.000+02:00

Hello everyone! Today I am sharing with you a recent project

I created, shown on the Studio 75 blog recently HERE.

I decorated a large jar & made a tag to match.

This year I saved every jar that came into our home, once the contents had been

consumed, so that I would have the basis for many Christmas projects!

I used all sorts of goodies from the new Magic Time Christmas Collection.

If you click into the link above you can take a look at all of them on the

Studio 75 blog, where I also explain how I put everything together.

This was really fun to create & quick & easy too!

The good thing about off-the-page projects is that they

look a lot more impressive than they are difficult to create!!

With a hot glue gun you can rule the world!

I enjoyed adding all sorts of extra bits from my stash,

namely some sparkly tulle, some gauze, some die-cut leaves,

Prima flowers, glass beads & a dangly crystal.

Our Christmas this year is going to be shared with many friends & family

so I decided on the oversized jars & tags as they are quick & easy to

make as well as being inexpensive. I am filling them with chocolates

wrapped in sparkly red, green & gold foil paper & I love that they are REUSABLE

& hope that their new owners will retain them for years to come & enjoy them.

The circular Studio 75 Christmas sentiments fit the lids perfectly

{I first spray painted all the lids gold then adhered a crochet doily

on top of each} Now that the doilies are no longer such a trend

on layouts this is a great way to finish off your doily stash!!

And there you have it!

Red, green & gold goodness!!
I am such a traditionalist when it comes to Christmas!!!

Now onto my tag! Tags are honestly DEAD EASY to make!!

And they look IMPRESSIVE!!! If you have never made your own

Christmas is always a very good time to start. The base of a tag can

be anything...I have used the Prima cardboard backing to the flowers

I used (now that I have finished them off!), cut down the middle -

adhered together then punch cut with a fancy Martha Stewart punch.

If you are anything like me you've always got stray short lengths of ribbon in one

of your drawers {I cut out all mine from newly purchased clothing as I hang my

blouses on hangers & fold everything else} so that's what I've used here -

a simple length of white twill.

I used box cardboard between my layers to add some cushy dimension,

followed by a sentiment card on each side {a blank one on the back

so there is space for me to write a personalised message}.

Embellishing is always the fun part & we all have bits of bling lying about, offcuts

of thread & extra die-cuts so tags are a great way to use up all your itty bits!

Please, please, please!

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Scrap Around The World Grand Finale Challenge! PRIZES!!

2015-12-04T07:00:00.000+02:00

HERE THEY ARE PEOPLE!! PLEASE PLAY ALONG!!!

It's our GRAND FINALE CHALLENGE at Scrap Around The World!

Our VERY LAST CHALLENGE - & it would mean so much to me ♥

1ST PRIZE - 50 Euros worth of products from The MiNi art

{Image shows only part of the chipboard and stencils that you will receive}

The MiNi art is a Polish craft products manufacturer specializing in chipboard,

rubber stamps, masks & stencils as well as scrapbooking papers, plywood,

felt embellishments & self-adhesive buttons. Our goal is to supply our

customers with great quality products, which is why all the MiNi art

products are made & packed in Poland. Customers can choose

products from our collections or request special products based

on their own designs. For more information, please visit our

ONLINE STORE. Find us on Facebook & Pinterest too.

2ND PRIZE - $50 AUS store credit from The Dusty Attic

The Dusty Attic is an Australian owned Laser Cutting business that designs
& manufactures craft items & embellishments for the paper crafting market.
We began in July 2009 & are located in Perth, Western Australia. We are proud
to be able to make our mark on the scrap booking & craft industry with our great
range of products. We are continually creating new designs to keep things fresh!

We love seeing the creations our customers have made & also love to hear your feedback, as this helps us with new ideas. We have an online store

from which you can get all of your Dusty Attic supplies. Visit our store HERE

and our blog HERE! If you are a retail business & would like to stock our

range of unique products, please contact us for details on how to

open up a wholesale account.

3RD PRIZE - Over $50 worth of scrapbooking supplies

also from Design Team member Pamela Ellis {Canada}

This prize includes - Swirlydoos Sun Kissed main kit including Bo Bunny

& Authentique papers, Bo Bunny Double Dot jewels, Prima flowers,

Petaloo flowers, Creative Embellishments chipboard heart, Stickles,

2 die-cut tags, word & alpha stickers, lace ribbon, twine as well as

an extra pack of Prima flowers & Prima wood embellishments!

4TH PRIZE - Over $50 worth of scrapbooking supplies

from Design Team member Pamela Ellis {Canada}

This prize includes - Bo Bunny 'Juliet' 12x12 collection pack,

Bo Bunny 'Juliet' 6x6 paper pad, Dusty Attic stencil,

Prima Color Bloom spray 'Peony' - THANK YOU

PAM FOR YOUR TWO GENEROUS PRIZES!!

5th PRIZE - Over $50 worth of scrapbooking supplies

from Design Team member Helen Tilbury {South Africa}

Huge Prima & Webster's Pages assorted embellishments pack.

6th PRIZE - $50 worth of scrapbooking supplies

from Design Team member Tusia Lech {Poland}

This prize includes - as assortment of patterned papers from ILS & UHK Gallery,

Prima ribbons, Scrapiniec chipboard, 7 Dots Studio stickers & die-cut elements,

American Crafts dimensional stickers.

7th PRIZE - $50 gift voucher from

Design Team member Nupur Patel {India}

{To be used at the online scrapbooking store of your choice}

8th PRIZE - Over $30 worth of scrapbooking supplies

from Design Team member Heather McMahon {Australia}

This prize includes - Manor House Creations flower pack, Bo Bunny acrylic stamps,

2 packs of Darkroom Door photo chips, Graphic 45 chipboard buttons & much more!

9th PRIZE - $30 worth of laser-cut chipboard from 2Crafty Chipboard

{Image is for illustration purposes & may not reflect exactly what you will receive}

10th PRIZE - $30 worth of laser-cut chipboard

also from 2Crafty Chipboard

{Image is for illustration purposes & may not reflect exactly what you will receive}

2Crafty Chipboard is an Australian owned & operated manufacturer & wholesaler

of laser cut chipboard products, located in Sydney, Australia. We have been in

operation since October 2006 & have more than 1 000 designs on offer. We

pride ourselves on quality products that are versatile & up to date with market

trends, as well as offering unbeatable customer service, with quick turnaround

of jobs large & small. Visit our website HERE & our blog HERE! We are happy

to quote on personalized jobs, whether it be a single title for a customer,

or large jobs for retreats, classes, etc. If you are a retailer & would like to

stock our products, please contact us for more information.

11th PRIZE - $30 gift voucher from

Design Team member Pascale B. {France}

{To be used at an online scrapbooking store of your choice.

Please note that this prize does NOT include postage}

12th PRIZE - $30 worth of Julie Nutting Stamps

from Design Team Member Helen Tilbury {South Africa}

13th PRIZE - $25 worth of scrapbooking supplies

from Design Team member Nicole Doiron {Canada}

This prize includes - AC Amy Tangerine 'Cut & Paste' 6x6 paper pad,

rotary phrase stamp, adhesives resin bows, die cut tags & wood veneer tags.

14th PRIZE - $25 worth of scrapbooking supplies

from Design Team member Valia Katzaki {Greece}

This prize includes - Prima 'Julie Nutting' cling stamps, DecoArt Media

black modeling paste, assorted vintage flowers & chipboard.

15th PRIZE - $20 worth of products from Scrapiniec

{Image is for illustration purposes & may not reflect exactly what you will receive}

16th PRIZE - $20 worth of products also from Scrapiniec

{Image is for illustration purposes & may not reflect exactly what you will receive}

Scrapiniec is the first Polish producer of die-cut chipboard for scrapbooking. We make individual orders & fulfill even the most unusual requests. We are characterized by reliability, high quality products & friendly customer contact. You can visit our blog HERE & look at all our amazing designs in our online shop HERE! We are also very present on social media & would love you to join us on Facebook HERE, Instagram HERE, Google Plus HERE, Pinterest HERE & Twitter HERE!

17th PRIZE - $15 worth of Prima products from
Design Team Member Helen Tilbury {South Africa}

3 x Julie Nutting Christmas Ornament packs,

Holly, Angel & Starr {Prima Marketing Inc}

18th PRIZE - $15 worth of Prima Product also from

Design Team Member Helen Tilbury {South Africa}

19th PRIZE - $15 gift voucher from The Flying Unicorn

The Flying Unicorn on-line store HERE has an incredible selection of products for all paper-craft artists. Our Kit of the Month is filled is filled with the latest & greatest - including an off-the-page project to keep your creative muse flowing! Be sure to check out Flying Unicorn forums HERE, a hot & happening place which includes monthly challenges, tips, techniques & friendships that last! We also have a blog HERE & a Facebook page HERE where you can find loads of inspiration!

20th PRIZE - $20 gift voucher from Design Team

member Fiona Paltridge {Australia}

{To be used at the online scrapbooking store of your choice.

Please note that this prize does NOT include postage}

RANDOM PRIZE

A prize package valued at over $50 from 13arts

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13arts is a Polish manufacturer specializing in scrapbook papers, embellishments

& mixed media, artistic mediums. See our store HERE where we ship worldwide!

Our blog HERE is full of inspiration & we have a monthly challenge where all

are welcome! Please follow us on Instagram HERE, Twitter HERE,

Pinterest HERE & Facebook HERE!

FOLLOWERS PRIZE

$30 worth of products from Studio 75

Studio 75 is a Polish manufacturer of scrapbooking papers & items such as chipboard albums, notebooks, spiral bindings & magnetic sheets. We have our online store HERE, a bustling Facebook page HERE & a highly inspirational blog HERE! Come visit us - let's connect!

The deadline for this challenge is Thursday 31 December 2015.