Challenge no. 19 - Patchwork Effect

Hello Everyone

Welcome to Monday and welcome to a new challenge here at Scrap Africa!

Apologies for the delay in this posting, but between Blogger and my PC, it has been a little bit of a struggle!

Marlelize is hosting the challenge today and this is her challenge to you: 

My challenge to you is to create a background with a patchwork effect, wether it's achieved by using paper piecing or any other medium you like.

We have a super local Guest Designer to share some inspiration with us today, and that is the wonderful Ansie Saaiman.  Ansie is the owner of The Scrappers Village in Edenglen, Edenvale.  It is a super little scrappers haven for all your scrapbooking supplies and needs.



The Scrappers Village also does wonderful kits for easy and fuss free scrapbooking.

6 Edenglen Village

Harris Road

Edenglen

Edenvale

Phone: 011 524 0625

Cell: 082 057 3689

Fax: 086 547 4411

Ansie created this double page for us.

Here are the individual pages for a better view.

This is such a stunning page! I love Ansie's interpretation of the patchwork, which with the colouring is so very effective! Thanks so much Ansie for this awesome inspiration.

We have some more eye-candy from Victoria.

Please click on the link for some of Victoria's gorgeous projects.

BUT here is the one she created for us.

This sweet page is so very precious, with the hexagon patchwork and that awesome little photo! Beautifully done Victoria!

Thanks so much to Ansie and Victoria for their wonderful inspiration.

As always we also have the DT to inspire you, so check out these projects below.

Marelize

 Out for Publication

Ludmila Kodymskaya

Ana Castro

Elena

Elizna

Julie 

Jowilna

Lynette Jacobs

Kerryn

Rene' Sharp

mellpellmell

Patricia Basson

Denise

Channa

We have a really great prize for you today! Check out these amazing washi tapes.

It is 6 rolls of different black and white prints.

 http://www.japanesewashi.co.za

 and a 2nd prize from Evgenia:

We hope that you are truly inspired by these super projects and will play along with us.

You have until the 31st July.

Challenge no.18 - Stencils, Paint and Paste

Morning Everyone

It's always great to start a challenge on a Saturday, as one then has some great scrappy time to get going on a project! So we really hope that today you will put paint, paste and stencils to paper and play along with our new challenge! ;-)

Use texture paint or modelling paste, either with a mask or stencil or free hand and any other wet medium like paint or mists etc.

As always, we have some super inspiration and we have a really great local designer creating for us today.

 Special Guest Designer Liane van Harn

I am the proud wife of an amazing man who has blessed me with two daughters, Shannon {16} & Tyler {12}, I have been married to Steven for 19 years and can honestly say I not only married the man of my dreams, but my best friend.

I started Scrapbooking 13 years ago, when Scrapbooking in South Africa was just starting out, there were a few stores with limited product and that's when I decided to import products from America and start Beautiful Scrapbooks. Although Beautiful Scrapbooks started about 13 years ago and was run from my house as a part time venture, the official store opened 10 years ago and together with my mom we ran the shop until 14 January 2013, when I sold Beautiful Scrapbooks, to 2 very good friends, Debbie & Steph.

I now free lance teach at Beautiful Scrapbooks, and have also been given amazing opportunities to teach @ Rubber Stamp & Engraving thanks to another good friend Lynn that I made while I had my shop.

I am hoping to teach @ other stores, and will go where the Lord takes me.

Together with my "BFF" Amber, we have started creating Scrapbook Kits with a difference, you give us the theme & we create the pages. I cant imagine doing anything more exciting, than being creative with my best friend.

xoxo

Liane

Liane created this super double pager below.  Isn't it just wonderful, with all those super details!!

So beautifully done Liane. Just fabulous!

Next up is a previous Top 3 winner - Irina Gershuk

Irina has such a beautiful and soft style. This card is just gorgeous in every way!

Carol Peixoto is also a previous Top 3 and didn't she create a fun and happy page!

Love this bright and vibrant page. 

Thanks so much to Liane, Irina and Carol for such fabulous inspiration.

So to see what our Design Team created for this challenge, have a look at these super projects.

Ana Castro

Channa

Denise

Elena

I first covered the whole page with texture paste and then the background was further  created using alcohol inks, sprays and stamps

Elizna

I used a Donna Downey Artist Stencil {Item no. 922429}  and texture paste to 

create the hexagons in the background.

The blue colour is Tim Holtz Distress Stain {Colour: Broken China}.

I then misted the whole background with Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist {Old Lace}.

Julie

For my project I created a canvas for my friend :)  It measures 16 inches x 20 inches :)

Jowilna

I used an old Heidi Swapp dot mask with texture paste. I then misted the background using Mister Huey inks and glimmer mist for a shiny finish. The pink splats are water colours applied using a water brush.

Kerryn

I applied texture paste using a Prima stencil and while the stencil was still in place I sprayed the texture paste with Slate and Mustard coloured glimmer mist.  I dabbed the mist lightly with paper towel to absorb the excess mist before carefully lifting the stencil and allowing the texture paste to dry completely before completing my layout.

Ludmila

Lynette

I stencilled with a mixture of lime and aqua paint mixed with texture paste through a Studio Calico stencil.

Marelize

Out for Publication

I have used 3 different coloured mists to create my background.  Once dried I added texture paste using a brick template.

Mary

Patricia

I applied my texture paste with a palette knife on my back ground  and used various colours of Lindy's Stampgang Mists. I also used a resist technique and various Distress Inks on the Dress form....

Rene

Thanks to the Design Team, you girls really rocked this challenge! ;-)

So what's up for grabs?? We have some yummy giveaway goodies from the Scrap and Card Boutique

Scrap and Card boutique

1 chippie border

1 mirrored embellishment

1 mini album including mini papers inside the album

1 large gem butterfly embellishment

1 packet of brads and rhinestones

1 alphabet sticker sheet

1 chipboard sticker sheet

1 paper sticker sheet

1 acrylic stamp set

1 mini day book including papers, embellishments inside the album

1 fabric sticker pack

1 chipboard banner kit

12 sheets of paper

Wow, this is such a super prize! Thanks so much Scrap and Card Boutique for these wonderful goodies!

Evgenia has kindly also offered some wonderful play things.

Well we hope you are truly inspired by our projects, as well as the random prizes for giveaway! We would love for you to play along.  You have until the 30th June.