Tuesday Tip: Back to School

I hate to say it but back to school is sneaking up- we're almost halfway through January already!

A super-easy way for your kids to spot their own gear lying around the classroom is to washi tape it!



So much of the washi tape we get comes in an extra-long roll and we'll never use it all- so I like to pick one each year for each kid and wrap a few lengths around as much of the pencil case contents that I can. That makes it easy for them to spot when it's fallen on the classroom floor or when it's out of the table they're sharing with classmates.

10 Days of Christmas: Santa

Scrapped with: Kaisercraft Starry Night Collection. Additional supplies: Thickers: Happy Gold, Bakers Twine Red and White and Red Ric Rac.

10 Days of Christmas: Our Tree

In December life got away with me but I still had a Mystical Kit to scrap with- the stunning Kaisercraft Starry Night Collection. There are so many papers in this line that are so versatile- I definitely don't see it being limited to just Christmas. There are at least seven papers that would work well for elegant party pages, masculine stories, and boy pages. It's great to see a line with a nice navy blue, it's complimented by an off white, tan, and gold.

I decided to use the line to scrap my 2018 Christmas Photos and I've made 10 pages to share with you this month- so maybe you'll have the inspiration to get your Christmas scrapped before Valentines Day!

Weekend Inspiration: Embellish in a box

Have you checked out our January Challenges?  

We're scrapbooking Summer this January and I used one of the new Couture Creations ranges in the store, Sunburnt Country. If you haven't seen it you should go have a look- perfect for your classic Aussie photos- travel, garden, nature, and some of your masculine pages.

 The range has these great papers with a selection of boxes on them. These are really versatile- they work while on their own as part of a linear/blocked LO. They provide a great home for your journalling. The larger ones can give you the perfect spot for a title. They can double as an extra style of patterned paper. There are bits that can be fussy cut out to add to your LO's.

My favourite way to use them as a home for embellishments- I can create something quite complex and because it's all in the box it becomes another feature on my page without overwhelming the rest of the page. Here I've combined Sunburnt Country with Kaisercraft Open Road- these two lines are a perfect partnership!

If you try this I'd love to see - please come chare it on our facebook chat page.

Gallery Pick ~ Property Jane

Each month on our Facebook chat, we host the albums for the monthly and Cybercrop challenges. There is such a great wealth of inspiration in those albums I wanted to pick some scrapbooker's pages to share each week.

This week's Gallery Pick is Property Jane. I'm loving these pages! The photo from 1942- what a great heritage page with heaps of journalling! The second page is just so much fun- that photo, those hearts and the cute little flag banner- not to forget the lovely journalling!

Thanks for sharing Property Jane!

 

Welcome to 2020!!

We hope you all had a wonderful Christmas and looking forward to a happy crafty new year!!

We are kicking off 2020 with some Summer inspired fun.

Our DT has 2 summer-themed challenges for you to have fun with.  As always you can scrap any type of photo you like,  just follow the challenge guidelines.

Challenge 1  - Scrap outside the colour box

Often our summer layouts are in bright colours with pink, yellow and aqua palettes. For this challenge I want you to use some non-traditional summer colours to scrap a summer story. If you haven't got a summer story you want to tell- then scrap a page using a natural based colour palette of greens, blues and browns.  

Supplies Used: I have really mixed it up on this page with papers from Couture Creations ~ Sunburnt Country and Colour Blast ~ Love and Grace. I've added some stickers and die cuts from the Kaisercraft Open Road Collection as well as inking up their sweet little Gumleaf template with some bundled sage distress ink. The letter stickers are from Fancy Pants ~ What a Wonderful Day. You can find the Burlap ribbon here and my mud splatters are Kaiser Mist which 50% off in the store at the moment.


Challenge 2 - 'Summer Multiples'

As the theme is "Summer" for this months challenge #2 you will need to use the word "Summer" along with multiple photos (2 or more) for your entry.

You do not have to use the word "Summer" in the title, you could journal or it could be in the background of one of your photos. There are so many ways you could go with this challenge. I look forward to seeing your creative entries.

My list of items used is below the photos. They are all linked to the Mystical Scrapbooking online shop for quick and easy access for you.

My background has been flicked with Lindy's Gang Bavarian Blue in the Magical Shakers range then I tore strips of patterned papers from the American Crafts range of "Indigo and Ivy" and the Fancy Pants range of "What a Wonderful Day"  for some texture and along with some Core Color Card-stock. My title is Alpha Stickers from Fancy Pants and also some Kaiser-craft stamp ink, a journaling card and ephemera were used to finish off.
Please be sure to read the rules and join in and have some fun, enter more than once if you like.
I look forward to seeing your wonderful creations and most of all have "fun" creating your challenges.


Challenge Rules
Please upload your entries using our Linky, or to the album in our Private Facebook Chat Group by 11.55pm,  31st January 2020 to be eligible for the prize.

Facebook Albums - Here
Chat Page - Here

The prize is by random draw.

· International entries are welcome, however, due to international postage cost, a Creative Design Spot will be offered along with a little surprise in the post.

Australia residents, this month’s prize is a;

Kaisercraft Christmas Edition - 6 1/2 inch Paper pad

Have fun and please share with your scrappy friends!
Mystical Team

Gallery Pick ~ Tracey C

Each month on our Facebook chat, we host the albums for the monthly and Cybercrop challenges. There is such a great wealth of inspiration in those albums I wanted to pick some scrapbooker's pages to share each week.

This week's Gallery Pick is Tracey C- how gorgeous is this page!!?? Love it. Thanks for sharing Tracey!