A Seaside Scrap Around The World

Hello and welcome back!

It's August (the last month of winter - yay!) and the new mood board is up at Scrap Around The World. This is a soft, beachy, vintage mood board, perfect for the warm days the northern hemisphere are currently experiencing. Fortunately, it's also a time when we southerners go on holidays to escape the cold so I also have some very recent beach photos!

Firstly, here's the mood board:

And here's what I made:

Obviously, I was very inspired by the top two photos of the mood board. I managed to get a photo of a bike on a beach with footprints and the sea lapping at the sand. I also got the word 'explore' in there as that's exactly what we were doing!

I love accentuating the open space feel of photos like these. I did this by extending the photo across the whole page. I used different mediums to create different effects. The sky is made with watercolours. These are perfect for wispy skies. The sea is made with Silks. These have a little more body than watercolours and add a subtle glimmer. The sand is made with a mix of Dusty Attic paints, Whipped Spackle and a touch of Silks. I stippled the mix on with the end of a brush to give a sandy look. If you look closely you'll see I used paints to extend the footprints and the bike tracks.

The red heart and some of the flowers are from a pack I received ages ago from Two Sisters Scrapbooking. It's a pretty cool pack!

PRIZES

Each month Scrap Around the World offers10 MERIT BASED PRIZES, 1 random prize & 1 follower's prize so 12 PRIZES PER MONTH!

All winners must be official Google Friend Connect Followers of the SATW blog {see the SATW's sidebar - top left - to sign up!}

One random winner is chosen from all the entries, but please remember that to be eligible for this, you MUST upload your entry to the SATW Facebook page HERE! The other random prize is for one lucky COMMENTER so no need to even enter a project for this prize! Just leave some comment encouragement on any of the SATW 7 monthly blog posts right HERE!

ALL PRIZES ALWAYS INCLUDE FREE INTERNATIONAL POSTAGE!!

1st PRIZE
$50 worth of chipboard from 2Crafty Chipboard
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2ND PRIZE
$35 value Googie Bag of die-cut chipboard from Scrapiniec




3rd PRIZE
Prize package valued at $30 from 7 Dots Studio {exactly as shown below}




4th PRIZE
$25 worth of products from 13@rts
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5th PRIZE
$20 gift certificate from Creative Embellishments




6th PRIZE
$15 gift voucher from Mixed Media Place




7th PRIZE
17.50 Euros worth of products from Danafix, France.

8th PRIZE
$15 gift certificate from Studio75




9th PRIZE
15 Euros worth of products from Scrap-Unlimited
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10th PRIZE
Over $15 worth of scrapbooking supplies from Design Team member Karine Gagnon {Canada}
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RANDOM PRIZE
Scrapbook kit from Scraps of Elegance Kit Club
{The random winner will receive the June 2015 kit valued at $36.95}




RANDOM FOLLOWERS PRIZE
$50 gift certificate from The Dusty Attic




The deadline for this challenge is Monday August 31st 2015.
I hope you will join us at Scrap Around The World!!

Happy scrappin'!

Heather