New In Store Now -

We now have the Carta Bella's “Rustic Elegance,” range in store.  A beautiful collection for  weddings and romantic pages.... But I can see this range to be extremely versatile!

Celebrate your special day with this beautiful union of rustic icons and elegant water colored images. Designed for invitations, party planning, as well as, documenting your wedding memories, this sophisticated collection highlights your most cherished moments. You’ll be saying“I do” to this gorgeous collection dedicated to celebrating your wedding day.

As a premium brand, Carta Bella offers a product assortment with a distinctly sophisticated design style. Using high quality heavy weight  textured patterned paper.  Find the range in store -  HERE

August Cyber Crop

"Farewell to Winter" Cyber Crop

There is a touch of Spring in my part of the country ... the days are longer, the nights are warmer, the sunshine is out, the wattle is in full bloom.  It is time to wave goodbye to winter...

This month my challenge is finding inspiration two ways from this wonderful moodboard.

Jane's Challenges

Challenge One  is to find colours in this moodboard and base your layout on them - you must use at least 3 colours from the board (with the addition of black and white).

For my page I focused on the yellow, red and green combination.

Challenge Two  is to find inspiration by way of a theme or product from the moodboard.  You may like to scrap a page about ruging up in winter woolies, or your favourite hot drink or sitting around your log fire, warm and toasty at night or perhaps you are drawn to the use of wood veneer or fabric/thread on your page.

I decided to focus my page on a winter's day at the beach.

Donna's challenge

I have a sketch for you with the requirement that prominent colour must be white!

And here is my take...

I've used Bazzill Cardstock - White  with Fancy Pants What a Wonderful Day papers and embellishments....with a Kaisercraft - Resin Blossoms and some bits from my stash.

You have a full week plus, to scrap these challenges, upload them to our gallery and be in the winning for a store voucher or a pack of lovely goodies for being the DT pick.

Due date Sunday 30th August - Midnight

And don't forget to stop by our Facebook chat group over the weekend - there just may be a game or two happening with the odd prize being thrown your way ;)

Happy scrapping !!

Mystical Team

August challenge #2

Time for a second challenge this month.

One of the things I have to remind myself is that it is important that I get my story told as well as telling the stories of my children and our lives together.

This month I am challenging you to tell a story and include a photograph about yourself - it can be from your childhood like my page, or it can be of you as an adult.   It can even be of you with a member of your family BUT it must be about you - a funny story, a childhood memory, an observation, just so long as it is primarily about you.  

This is me at about 4 months old.  My Dad took this photo in the backyard of the home we were living in at the time - I know this because I can see his shadow against the backdrop.  My journalling is hidden on the pull out card beneath the photo.

I have used ..

Little Yellow Bicycle - Snugglebug Girl range 
White Bazzill cardstock
We R Memory Keepers washi tape
Kaisercraft pearls
Making Memories journaling spots
Ki Memories - Sheer Delights

Challenge Rules:

• Create a NEW project layout, 3 cards, canvas for this challenge 
• Please upload your entry to our gallery by 11.55pm 31st Aug to be eligible for the prize. 
• Have fun and please share with your scrappy friends

Hope to see your work in our gallery.

A highlight or two ...

Just spent a happy 10 minutes checking out the Mystical gallery and thought I might do a highlight or two or three :)

First one is by 2BoysOwnMyHeart from our July challenges.

and by DebW from our #1 challenge (using washi) in the July Washi, Twine and Ribbon Cyber Crop 

and by LisaJane from our #2 challenge (using twine) in the July Washi, Twine and Ribbon Cyber Crop 

and by Kikyee from our #3 challenge (using ribbon) in the July Washi, Twine and Ribbon Cyber Crop 

Lovely work ladies - can't wait to see what you come up with this month for our two challenges and our upcoming Cyber Crop.

Just arrived!!

Kaisercraft's gorgeous new  “Time Machine” range is now available!!   This range has a fabulous steam-punk feel to it!  You can find the range in store here  

Check out Kaisercraft's blog for example of this range - Here

Top up stock of the much loved Printed tapes,  and we have add several new lines, including Clocks, that co-ordinate beautifully with the new Time Machine range!  See them all here

New Stars 12x12 Template  - I can see this being a lot of fun with Christmas coming up!!

New Hot Air Balloon Die with Cloud.   Perfect for cards and pages!  Hot air balloon measures approx 5 x 7 cm

New into our shop are these gorgeous Kraft Chevron printed tags, and Journal Tickets.  you can find these in our Journaling Cards/Spot category - Here

Project UFO

I'm declaring August as Project UFO month!!

I, like a lot of scrapper's I know have 1 or 2 (or more!) Un-Finished Objects on our desks!  So lets inspire each other to finish them.

In our gallery under the On the Spot Challenges folder, you will find a new folder called - Project UFO.

Choose an unfinished project, take a photo and upload it ....then you have the month of August to complete it, then upload a photo when your done!!  Come on girls...I need a shove to get my UFO's done....Let's inspire each other and fill our gallery!!

Find the gallery here

Ready set go!

August Challenge #1

Wow...I can’t believe its already time for a new challenge!. I want to say thanks to everyone who played along with our July challenges, we will have winners announced soon.   

For our 1st August challenge, I have an 2 part requirement challenge for you. 

Step 1 -  you must include

The colour blue..... a little or a lot, it's up to you!

Texture - you can choose what and how....but I need to see some texture.  You can crumple a bit of paper and then ink it...or use texture paste...or glue some sand on your page...  anything you want, I want to to push yourself our of your comfort zone and play!

AND

Please choose 3 elements from the list below,  and let us know what they are when you upload to our gallery.

Flower - Star - Chipboard - Bling, (either rhinestones or Pearls) - Tag - Stamp - Twine

This months prize is a set of our new Kraft cards, a Twiddleybitz Template and some Kaisercraft paint.

Challenge Rules:

• Create a NEW project layout, det of 3 card, canvas for this challenge 
• Please upload your entry to our gallery by 11.55pm 31st Aug to be eligible for the prize. 
• Have fun and please share with your scrappy friends

Here's my take on this challenge..

I've used the new Kaisercraft Kraft and I am loving it!!  This card handles paint really well, it's a little thicker so I've found it doesn't 'warp' when it gets wet.

 For the blue requirement I've used a sheet from  MME Lime Twist- Happy Go Lucky range - Here  And to add texture I've embossed it, then sand it lightly.

I've distress the edges for a touch more texture...

Hope you have fun with this challenge :)