Dollops of Scrap

Sunday, 16 March 2014

Design Team Mid Month Reveal & the FIRST of our NEW Design Team Members! {March 2014 Challenge 11 by Alexandra Polyzou}

Welcome back to reveal two of SATW challenge eleven

hosted by Design Team member Alexandra Polyzou from Greece.

The deadline for this challenge is Monday, 31 March 2014

You will find our first reveal HERE. If you haven't seen
it yet be sure to click on the link & check it out!

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Along with our mid-month reveal we have another "reveal"!

The first new member of our 2nd term team!! Rachael Funnel of Australia!!

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Feel free to interpret Alexandra's mood board in any way you like,

using one image, several of them, all of them or even just

one aspect of an image, using ANY COLOURS!

To be eligible for judging:

You need to follow our 10 Golden Rules found HERE, which include :

1 Sharing the mood board image.

2 Mentioning Scrap Around The World {in full - not just

SATW - and linking back to the current challenge

3 Mentioning HOW you were inspired by our mood board

4 Linking back to your SATW blog post

NOT YOUR ENTIRE BLOG

If receiving comments from some of our Design Team members is important

to you please ensure that you have WORD VERIFICATION TURNED OFF

PRIZES - ALL WITH FREE SHIPPING!!

1st prize

A $50 gift voucher from The Flying Unicorn!

Store: www.flyingunicornstore.com

Forums: www.flyingunicornforums.com

Facebook: www.facebook.com/pages/Flying-Unicorn/120928447946596

Blog: www.flyingunicornblog.com

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2nd prize

AWESOME PRIZE OF METAL EMBELLISHMENTS

from Scrap-Unlimited, Dutch Manufacturer

Visit their fabulous site HERE & their blog HERE

& be sure to LIKE their Facebook page HERE

& follow them on Pinterest HERE.

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3rd prize

Scrapmatts Chipboard valued at $25!

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4th prize

KIT BY 3RD EYE CRAFT valued at $20

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5th prize

A random selection of Purple Pumpkin products ~ value $15.

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Random prize

TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR THIS YOU NEED TO ALSO POST YOUR

PROJECT ON OUR

SCRAP AROUND THE WORLD FACEBOOK PAGE

6 mists from 13arts {Poland} value ~ $30

The deadline for this challenge is Monday, 31 March 2014

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And here is my take; a set of four canvases. Each measures

20 cm x 20 cm or 8 x 8 inches.

As always, soft colours don't photograph well at all.

I will be back with close-ups of each panel.

Till then, have a wonderful Sunday and beautiful start to a new week!

Toodelipip! xoxo Eila

Tuesday, 11 March 2014

Spring tags

Hi there!

Spring is continuing to wow me with its birdsong and spring flowers peeking up. It rained today, the kind of rain that has big droplets and showers the world mildly. Not the autumn gusts that drench you to the bone.

As I mentioned a couple of blogposts earlier, many family members and friends have their birthdays in the spring so I make cards and tags every week.

Thought I'd share the two latest ones with you. First one that isn't for a birthday girl, but it is making its way down to France together with some prize goodies as I write this blog post.

The papers on this one are from Prima Delight, Prima

Stationer's Desk and Prima Something Blue.

D-E-L-I-S-H collections all of them!

As you all know, I love my Prima blooms.

These are from my stash.

New Prima lace trim rondelles peeking out under the cluster.

A bit of dimension.

And from the other side.

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Then a fresh spring tag for a sweet birthday girl.

Once again I've used Prima papers, these are also from the

Delight, Princess and Something Blue collections.

A mix of old and new blooms.

The clock face paper clip is from Prima Princess.

The new Prima resin butterflies are super cute.

Adore the new lace trims! one in the shape of a flower

peeks out under the cluster.

Et voilà!

I hope you like them as much as I enjoyed making them.

Thanks for your visit!

Toodelipip! xoxo Eila

Saturday, 8 March 2014

My first publication in Scrap365 Magazine + a surprise from Belarus + an art exhibition

Hello beautiful peeps!

It's Saturday and SPRING has come to Stockholm! yay yay yay!!

Yesterday the postie brought me this - the April/May issue of the Scrap365 magazine.

The entire page 77 is my first ever published layout

in a "paper" magazine!

WOOT! am I happy or what!!! *doing the crazy dance*

Here's a sneaky from it

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The PaperHaus Magazine will release its Spring issue on 1 April,
so stay tuned for more sneakies of publications!

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With the postie also came a parcel from my dear friend
Elena Olinevich in Belarus.
She is not only beautiful, incredibly talented, and
a fantastic Prima educator.
She is also sweet, kind and very generous.

Just look what she sent me!

A million times THANK YOU Elena!!
Mwah!

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I really am so sorry that I have so little time to
come for a visit at the moment,
but all my time is spent on working on projects behind the scenes.

I am also working on a portfolio of canvases
for an art gallery exhibition in Stockholm
later in May. Very exciting indeed!

Take care! see you later in the week if you have the time.

Toodelipip! xoxo Eila

Monday, 3 March 2014

A card and gift box for a cool chick

Hello there and welcome to a new week!

March is a month of many birthdays, first up is a cool chick who likes pretty things with an edge. So when I made the gift box for the bracelet she got as pressie, I went a bit grungier than I normally do. I also made a card.

First the giftbox;

The box is covered in one of the new papers from the Prima Princess collection.

An old large Prima flower from my stash, misted and

painted in different

browns, greens, pinks and a bit of gold.

I had some unused fussy cut flowers from a KaiserCraft

paper laying on my desk.

Think they are from the Tea Party collection.

A couple of super old Maya Road leaf stick pins,

Prima jewels and some lace that I misted and

painted to match the flower.

And then the card.

When I came to the card I couldn't help myself,

had to go a bit girlie with the fussy cutting.

Here I used the same paper as on the box together

with stash-raided stuff.

A bit of subtle stamping in soft peachy pink.

And that's all for today!

Thank ever so much for taking the time to come for a visit!

Toodelipip! xoxo Eila

Saturday, 1 March 2014

March 2014 Challenge ELEVEN - A Pretty in Pink Mood Board by Alexandra Polyzou

Welcome back to Scrap Around The World Challenge ELEVEN,

hosted by Design Team member Alexandra Polyzou

Γειά σας from Greece!

The deadline for this challenge is Monday, 31 March 2014

Alex is our "Wall of Fame" creator/poster

& does an amazing job every month with it - THANK YOU ALEX!!

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A reminder about our DESIGN TEAM CALL - click HERE for further details.

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Feel free to interpret Alexandra's mood board in any way you like,

using one image, several of them, all of them or even just

one aspect of an image, using ANY COLOURS!

To be eligible for judging:

You need to follow our 10 Golden Rules found HERE, which include :

1 Sharing the mood board image.

2 Mentioning Scrap Around The World {in full - not just

SATW - and linking back to the current challenge

3 Mentioning HOW you were inspired by our mood board

4 Linking back to your SATW blog post

NOT YOUR ENTIRE BLOG

If receiving comments from some of our Design Team members is important

to you please ensure that you have WORD VERIFICATION TURNED OFF

This is REVEAL ONE. We now have a MID-MONTH REVEAL

as well - that goes LIVE on the 16th of every month with another

full set of inspiration from more of our designers!!

Alexandra Polyzou {Greece}

1st prize

A $50 gift voucher from The Flying Unicorn

PLUS FREE SHIPPING!!

***TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR THIS YOU NEED TO ALSO POST YOUR

PROJECT ON OUR SCRAP AROUND THE WORLD FACEBOOK PAGE.

2nd prize

WOW AWESOME PRIZE PACK

METAL EMBELLISHMENTS

from Scrap-Unlimited,

Dutch Manufacturer

3rd prize

Scrapmatts Chipboard valued at $25!

4th prize

KIT BY 3RD EYE CRAFT

5th prize

A random selection of Purple Pumpkin products,

to the value of $15.

Random prize

***TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR THIS YOU NEED TO ALSO POST YOUR

PROJECT ON OUR

SCRAP AROUND THE WORLD FACEBOOK PAGE

~ please post the image only then a link to your blog if you like,

but DO NOT POST THE LINK ONLY & PLEASE INCLUDE

THE NUMBER OF YOUR ENTRY according to our linky tool***

6 mists from 13arts {Poland} value ~ $30

Description:

Mists coloring - with a capacity of 33ml (1.1 oz.). Non-toxic water-based ink gloss

banner effect. For dyeing, among others, paper, fabric and other surfacess

difficult to be washed after drying.

Description: Water based ink in mist - shining effect.

Non toxic. Transparent. You can use it to color paper, fabrics and other materials.

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The deadline for the challenge is Monday, 31 March 2014

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As I am in the second team, my take will be in the mid-month reveal

that goes live on 16 March.

Wishing you all a wonderful scrappy week!

Cheers! xoxo Eila

Thursday, 27 February 2014

Prima February PPP 2014 - canvas "Garden of Life"

Hello there!

Myyy oohh myyy how gorgeous the new Prima collections are! Have been creating behind the scenes since I got my parcel last Friday, have even put in a third order to re-stock some items.

My second shipment of Prima goodies came yesterday, PERFECT for the Feruary PPP that I hurried to make last night and took to work today to photograph.

A quick post today with only a few photos.

Here it is, my take on the pretty pretty February PPP; an 12 x 12 canvas that I have called "Garden of Life". It goes to someone special. The colours look brighter than they are IRL, what looks like pale blue is more of a pale teal/mintyish hue that matches the Princess blooms.