Goodbyes and Hello's - Design Team Members

Hello Everyone

As on any Design Teams, members come and go. 

So today we say goodbye to some special Design Team members.

We say goodbye to

Jenny Andersson

Yana Novikova

Channa Suitella

Thanks so much ladies for your creativity, contributions and friendship! ;-)

We, however, also welcome a Design Team member and so a warm welcome to

Christina Lampropoulou! ;-)

Here's a little about Christina! ;-)

Hello crafters!!! My name is Christina Lampropoulou and I live in beautiful, sunny Greece with my husband and my two daughters . I have been scrapping for about 4 years and my girls (5 and 3,5 years old) are often my inspiration. I mostly love creating LOS but sometimes I prefer to keep my photos in handmade mini albums. Although I started with card making , now LOS are my obsession. I adore mixed media style and I always try to pop up my photo and not to hide it with embellishements. I love having my photo as the focal point of my page. Anyway that's some information about me.I am so excited about being in this wonderful team surrounded by these talented ladies. I thank Denise for giving me this opportunity! I am looking forward to sharing my projects with you!

Here is some of Christina's fabulous work.

I am really so thrilled that Christina has joined the team and I really look forward to all the creations that she will share with us! ;-)

So pop over to Christina's blog to see more of her gorgeous inspiration and also watch this space for more of her beautiful work! ;-)

Remember to play along with our sketch challenge here.

Be back soon!

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Meet our new Design Team Member - Heike Bruhn

Hello Everyone

Welcome to our newest Design Team member - Heike Bruhn!

I am so excited that Heike decided to join the team and really can't wait to see what she will create! ;-)

Heike is such a talented lady...

but firstly, here's a little about Heike.



My name is Heike,

I`m married to the love of my life.  He helps and supports me in everything I do, including 

my scrapbooking. I am a fulltime mom of four fantastic, beautiful, lovely kids.

I live in The Netherlands.

I love the moments in my little studio.

 Art work is my soul and my conversation over my life.I try to transfer that in my own piece of art work. 

I like to mixture different styles. I improvise and put several types of expressions in my projects.

Blog - http://heikesaugenblick.blogspot.nl/

Facebook- https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100005314604908

Here is a little taste of Heike's gorgeous work.

Please pop over to Heike's blog to see more of her eye candy and inspiration! ;-)

Keep an eye out for more of this lady's gorgeous work in our upcoming challenges! ;-)

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Special Guest Designer - Virag Reti / New Design Team Members - Mary Catt & Kerstin Filou

Hello Everyone

We have a Special Guest Designer today, Virag Reti...a really warm welcome Virag! ;-)

Virag was a previous TOP 3 and is with us today, to share her take on the current mood board.

Firstly, here's a little about Virag.

My name is Virág Réti and I live in Budapest, Hungary. Virág means flower in Hungarian. I work as a marketing manager on weekdays, but my passion is scrapbooking. This is not just a craft activity for me, it is my real holiday and time for relaxation. My scraproom is a calm island in this busy world. I started scrapbooking 5 years ago, but last year when I met with mixed media scrapbooking techniques in an American YouTube video I felt that I found my line, the technique what I was looking for. My style is a little vintage and grunge, sometimes romantic and shabby, but I cannot define exactly. I am able to reform day by day. My favourite products are chipboards, flakes, beautiful papers, paints, mists, nowdays flowers, tags. I am able to prepare layouts in different styles, it depends on my mood, the embellishments and the papers I use. I am a coffee lover. I love singing loudly, but my voice is horrible. And I know, I am a bit crazy, because normal is boring for me. :)

Here's the gorgeous canvas that Virag created.

I used rose patterned stencil on the background and than I colored the flowers with pink pastel mist. Green and yellow colours are made with rainbow powder. For the second step I stamped grunge patterns with grey ink and I used triangle stencil with white modelling paste to brighten the background a little. My photo was taken in Alsace, France last summer in a charming little village. 

And I put a word sticker onto the photo: Take time to smell the roses. 

Virag created a gorgeous and beautiful canvas.  The stencilled roses and soft colouring, along with the beautiful photo and sentiment are just perfect for the mood board.

Thanks so much Virag for creating this stunning piece.  Please pop along to Virag's blog and you will find amazing inspiration and creativity! ;-)

Today we also welcome to 2 Design Team Members to the team...

Mary Catt has been with us for a little while now, but I had not formally introduced her.
So welcome Mary and we are delighted to have you on the team.

Hello! I'm Mary and I live in Greece. I'm married to a wonderfully supportive husband and we have three children. I met scrapbooking two years ago and I can honestly say it was love at first sight. I love mixed media style but I also like to experiment with other styles too. The only thing I can tell for sure is that I can't create without flowers and embellishments. I use them, in all my projects, a lot. I find lots of my inspiration in everyday life and when I scrap I feel so happy that I totally forget everything around me. 

I'm very happy to be here as a Team Member and I want to thank Scrap Africa for that honor!

Here is a gorgeous page of Mary's, just as a little "taster" of her work and we hope you will pop along to her blog to see more of her beautiful work! ;-)

Secondly, a warm welcome to the team too, is Kerstin Filou! ;-)

My name is Kerstin-Inga Peters, aka Kerstin F. and I come from Germany.

I have been creating for many years now, always in search of new techniques and yet unexplored territory in craft  land. I'm a modern girl with a big vintage heart and love the things that are old and nobody wants anymore, because they have a history.

My big passion are colours and textures. With Scrapbooking, Mixed Media Style and Art Journaling I have found 'my' perfect favourite genres - as it combines words and pictures, thoughts and feelings, and the application of various innovative techniques and the idea of telling stories.

I love to work with stencils and chipboards on Layouts or other mixed media projects, because this a perfect addition and there are so many opportunities to create.

I'm a DT in Scrap FX, SanDee & Amelies Steampunk Challenge and a

member of DecoArt Outreach Blogger program

 my blog http://scrapdesigns77.blogspot.com/

I have a gallery on scrapbook. com, Pinterest and Facebook.

https://de.pinterest.com/Vintagelady777/

http://www.scrapbook.com/places/Vintagelady

Here is a stunning page of Kerstin's and hope you will also pop over to her blog, to see more of her creativity and inspiration! ;-)

Welcome Kerstin and we really look forward to seeing all that you create! ;-)

Lastly, don't forget about our gorgeous mood board.

You have until 30 June to upload your projects!

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Scrap Africa Mood Board Challenge no.73

Hello Everyone

Welcome to our mood board challenge for April! ;-)

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!;-)

We have 2 amazing Special Guest Designers for our challenge today!

Firstly, is a really amazing creator and her styling is just divine!

Welcome Lisa Griffith!!

Hello! My name is Lisa Griffith and I live in the United States with my husband and my eight year old son, Liam. I have been scrapbooking since my son was born but it has become a real passion for me since discovering mixed media several years ago. You can find me most Saturday mornings at estates sales, looking for vintage treasures that I like to incorporate into my work….bits of tattered lace, buttons, vintage photographs, beautiful old magazines….My style varies with the themes I choose and I love to add a lot of texture with masks and paints. I love antiques and anything vintage so the invitation for this challenge was really enjoyable to me! Currently I design for Blue Fern Studios, The Scrapbook Diaries and Pion Design. I would love for you to visit me at www.thepaperattic.blogspot.com. Thank you Scrap Africa for having me! 

Lisa created this fabulous page!

Aren't the details and the styling just amazing!!!!! So beautiful, in every way! ;-)

Thanks so much Lisa for this super, amazing page! ;-)

Our second fabulous designer, is Marina Syskova! ;-)

So welcome Marina we are so pleased to have you here today too! ;-)

         Hello! My name is Marina Syskova  and I am pleased to be a Guest Designer on the Scrap Africa blog! 

        In August of 2012. I first discovered the wonderful world of scrapbooking and now can not imagine my life without it!

Marina created these gorgeous and beautiful journal pages! ;-)

The vintage feel and the fabulous background and beautiful styling, just make for a stunning project! ;-)

Thanks sooo much Marina for this stunning inspiration! ;-)

Thanks so both Lisa and Marina, again, for your fabulous works! ;-)

Please pop over to their blogs to see some creativity and crafty eye candy of note! 

Next we see what the Design Team have created for us.

 

Ada

Arantzazu

Asica

Channa

Denise

Eirini

Ewelina

Joanna

Marie

Nolene

Olga

Regiane

Salla

The last Design Team project is by our newest Team Member Mary Catt! ;-)

Woot woot Mary! So glad you have joined our team! ;-)

Mary

Thanks sooo much to the Design Team for their wonderful inspiration! ;-)

As always, we have a random giveaway up for grabs.

This month is no different and it's a goodie.

R300 worth of BoBunny Misc. Me goodies.

So we would love you to play along and show us what you create! ;-)

You have until 30 April to upload your projects.

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Meet the new Design Team - Part 2

Hello Everyone

Apologies...I should have done this post already...but life has a way of getting "busy" on one! LOL

In any case... in this 2nd part, I am going to list the next few new members of the Design Team.

I am really so pleased to have all these ladies on the team and I am thrilled that they agreed to share the Scrap Africa journey with me, for the next year! ;-)

So a huge welcome to all these amazing ladies! ;-)

Beatriz Sanchez

I am Spanish and live in Pamplona (Navarra), the city of the "San Fermines". I live with my 5 year old son and my three kittens adopted. Since childhood I liked to do and work with my hands, paint, create ... all I could express my heart through my hands. I like painting, I painted pictures and have become useless things useful to my great imagination like my mother, jejejeje says ... I also love photography and I am very sensitive but I have my character. When I discovered scrapbooking ... I found my happy world !!! because it binds everything that I like.

Well, I think now if you all ... with emotion forget to write.

A big hug and thank you very much again

Beatriz

Here is some of Beatriz's gorgeous work.

Christina Panetsou

My name is Christina Panetsou and I'm a happily married mommy of three from beautiful and sunny Greece.

I always wanted to keep my memories alive, that's why I started scrapbooking back in 2013.

I mostly scrap about my kids, they are my inspiration.

I don't have any specific style, I always want to try new stuff!

Enjoy the journey...

Thanks for stepping by,

Love

Christina 

Here's a little taste of Christina's gorgeous work.

Eirini Tsaima

Hello, my name is Eirini (Irene)Tsaima.I live and work as a trainer in a public school in the beautiful  island of Crete in sunny Greece.I'm married to a wonderful man who tolerates and supports  my  new passion ... scrapbooking!!!We have two kids and their coming in our lives, made me looking into anything handmade  that I could do as a new mother  to keep memories  alive.Somewhere  there I met  scrapbooking albums,lay outs and cards until I fell on mixed media ... That was !! It was love at  first  sight .Ever since i  stuck in this style, making lay outs who express me  at different phases of my life .Personally i like order and discipline in my life, but not in art.Art has no limits and barriers ... Inspired by everything in everyday life, from a photo-advertisement-music up to  a walk in my garden, by the sea or  at the center of my town.Glad to be the Design Team of Scrap Africa and I hope  in my turn to give inspiration to all of you.You can find me here http://renagym.blogspot.gr/ ,https://www.pinterest.com/eirinitsaima/ and on facebook .

Love you xxx..

Here is a look at Eirini's stunning eye candy.

Elzbieta Noga

My name is Ela, but in scrap-world I have a nickname Sonrisa. In Spanish it means "a smile". It's because, when I scrap, I smile a lot. That's my passion and I love it sooo much. And also I wish some of my cards, albums or even LOs will make smile someone else...

In my private life I am a wife and a mother. I like scrapbooking, healthy cooking and travelling. I love experiments and trying new thing; vegetarian, Indian food and I am very keen on running and... reading... ;)

My blog: http://sonrisaart.wordpress.com/

Here's some gorgeousness from Ela! ;-)

Jenny Andersson

My name is Jenny Andersson and I live in the north of Sweden with my husband and three boys. Love to photograph my family and trips we make, which goes well together with my biggest hobby, scrapbooking. I make all kinds of thing in my scrapcave such as LO, birthdaycards and so on. I find lots of inspiration in everyday things, photographs as well as a creative sketch :) I´m on two designteams here in Sweden and I also have my own blog. I would love it if you visit me www.vitatulpanen.wordpress.com  

Here's some of Jenny's beautiful inspiration! ;-)

Please pop over to their blogs and say HI! I am sure they would love a visit!

Be back very soon with Part 3.

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