Thursday, June 30, 2016

Mystical: Summer Sprinklers


Supplies: Bazzill Cardstock White, Basic Grey Lemonade: Poppy Field and Sundress, Crate Paper Maggie Holmes Cut outs Washi Tape: Kaiser Polka Peacock and WeRMemory Keepers: Pink , Twine- Yellow, Kaiser Rhinestones Aquamarine, Kaiser Mists: Yellow and Thickers Glitter.

Mystical Scrapbooks is an online scrapbook store based in Forrestfield, Perth, WA.
They have a great community and monthly challenges you can join in on and win prizes.
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Wednesday, June 29, 2016

Tuesday, June 28, 2016

Mystical: Nelson


Supplies used: Cardstock Bazzill; White. Patterned Paper: October Afternoon; Her Bureau, Attic Trunk, Clothesline, Kitchen Cupboard, Cocoa Vanilla Free Spirit Eclectic; journal card, October Afternoon Journal Cards and Label Stickers,  Kaiser Rhinestones Silver.


Mystical Scrapbooks is an online scrapbook store based in Forrestfield, Perth, WA.
They have a great community and monthly challenges you can join in on and win prizes.
Come and join in the fun!
Check out the Mystical Store.
Blog 

http://www.mysticalscrapbooks.com.au/

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Saturday, June 25, 2016

Friday, June 24, 2016

Thursday, June 23, 2016

Mystical: Me at Six


My DT Kit for May was full of October Afternoon's Farmhouse range- which definitely made my heart full. I love OA, they are my favourite scrapbook company. One of the features of October Afternoon are their cream base and the often vintage or retro feel. Farmhouse is definitely more on the vintage side which is probably why this months kit had me reaching for some older photos. Like this sweet one of on a swing around 6 years old.

This LO features October Afternoon Farmhouse Papers: Church Social, Clothesline, and Faded Wallpaper and Shape Stickers, Journal cards, Flower Sack, and Little Flyers. Core'dinations Gibraltar cardstock, Kaisercraft Lace Cream, and Resin Blossoms, Basic Grey Serenade Element Stickers.

The Basic Grey Serenade line marries well with this Farmhouse line if you are looking to mix and match papers.


Mystical Scrapbooks is an online scrapbook store based in Forrestfield, Perth, WA.
They have a great community and monthly challenges you can join in on and win prizes.
Come and join in the fun!
Check out the Mystical Store.
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http://www.mysticalscrapbooks.com.au/

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Wednesday, June 22, 2016

Mystical: Always Family



Supplies used: Cardstock- Core'dinations Gibraltar, Patterned Paper: Fancy Pants Memories Captured: Family Album and Panorama Cocoa Vanilla Free Spirit: Eclectic, KI Memories Glitter Lace Heartbeat Pure. Crate Paper Fourteen 12x12 Chipboard, Cocoa Vanilla Free Spirit Die Cut stickers and Puffy Stickers, October Afternoon Farmhouse: Label Stickers and 12x12 Alphabet Stickers.



Mystical Scrapbooks is an online scrapbook store based in Forrestfield, Perth, WA.
They have a great community and monthly challenges you can join in on and win prizes.
Come and join in the fun!
Check out the Mystical Store.
Blog 

http://www.mysticalscrapbooks.com.au/

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Tuesday, June 21, 2016

Sunday, June 19, 2016

Mystical: Love


 Supplies used: October Afternoon Farmhouse Papers: Sunday Dinner, Phonograph, Porch Swing, and Label Stickers. Tim Holtz Distress Ink, Core'dinations Cardstock Gibraltar.

Mystical Scrapbooks is an online scrapbook store based in Forrestfield, Perth, WA.
They have a great community and monthly challenges you can join in on and win prizes.
Come and join in the fun!
Check out the Mystical Store.
Blog 

http://www.mysticalscrapbooks.com.au/

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Saturday, June 18, 2016

Mystical: Me at Two



Supplies used: Cardstock Core'dinations Gibraltar and Bazzill. Patterned Paper: October Afternoon; Church Social, Gravel Road, Her Bureau, Phonograph, Attic Trunk, October Afternoon Flower Sack and Label Stickers, Basic Grey Serenade Element Stickers, Kaiser Lace Cream, and Thickers Lovely in cream.


Mystical Scrapbooks is an online scrapbook store based in Forrestfield, Perth, WA.
They have a great community and monthly challenges you can join in on and win prizes.
Come and join in the fun!
Check out the Mystical Store.
Blog 

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Friday, June 17, 2016

Mystical: Welcome My Girl

This week I'm once again using the KI Memories Glitter Lace Cardstock.  I'm sharing an easy technique for creating a fun water coloury background using Tim Holtz Distress inks.


I've chosen (clockwise from top left): Worn Lipstick, Pickled Raspberry, Broken China and Squeezed Lemonade. I used the plastic packaging that the Glitter Lace cardstock came in and swiped the ink pad across it to give a generous square of ink on my plastic sheet.


Then I've spritzed each ink with water I keep in a small spray bottle on my table.


I love the way the colours match up with the flowers in this cardstock piece from Crate Paper.


I lightly traced around the bottom edge of my Glitter Lace Cardstock in pencil- I'm using the Bouquet ~ Pure this week.


Then using a smaller piece of the plastic packaging folded around my finger I'm picking up the watery ink.


And applying it to the page in small swipes. The colours combine in this technique to produce new shades- so my pink and yellow come together to make a nice apricot. The blue and pink a lovely purple.


Pencil lines rubbed off- here's the finished effect I haven't worried too much about keeping in the lines- I like the messy look.



And here's the final page. I've adhered the Glitter lace cardstock added my photos and kept the embellishments minimal as the page is already quite busy.



Mystical Scrapbooks is an online scrapbook store based in Forrestfield, Perth, WA.
They have a great community and monthly challenges you can join in on and win prizes.
Come and join in the fun!
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Thursday, June 16, 2016

Mystical- Onslow Memories


 

 

This page that I made using Donna's Sketch (above) for the May Cybercrop will go alongside the Onslow House page in my album- it gives some history and tells my part of the story of the house. That's me and my Nana up there at Onslow House in 1974. :-)

I ended up spending over 25 hours doing some research online on Onslow House as a result of starting this page. It's amazing the amount of historical information you can find online now. I'm looking forward to writing some posts for my personal blog about the House's history and the characters I found along the way. 

I've turned Donna's sketch 180 degrees, and added a hefty block of journalling done on my typewriter. Here's what I used: Cardstock: Core'dinations GibraltaBazzillOctober Afternoon Farmhouse Papers: Attic TrunkGravel RoadClothesline, and 8x8 Paper Pad, Label StickersFlower Sack, and Journal Cards.



Mystical Scrapbooks is an online scrapbook store based in Forrestfield, Perth, WA.
They have a great community and monthly challenges you can join in on and win prizes.
Come and join in the fun!
Check out the Mystical Store.
Blog 

http://www.mysticalscrapbooks.com.au/

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Wednesday, June 15, 2016

Onslow House



Before I was born my dad's mum was managing a Boarding House for Railway workers in Dunedin, NZ. One of her boarders was my mum's dad... you can join the dots as to how my parents met. :-) That place was Onslow House, built in 1878 and demolished in 1981. 

I've used October Afternoon's lovely Farmhouse range for most of this LO- while it can be used for a bunch of different themes I think it works really well with black and white photos and heritage themed layouts.

 Supplies used: October Afternoon Farmhouse: Papers: Porch Swing, Attic Trunk, Church Social, Gravel Road. Journal cards, Cardstock Stickers, and Mini Market Alphas.


Mystical Scrapbooks is an online scrapbook store based in Forrestfield, Perth, WA.
They have a great community and monthly challenges you can join in on and win prizes.
Come and join in the fun!
Check out the Mystical Store.
Blog 

http://www.mysticalscrapbooks.com.au/

  ♥

Tuesday, June 14, 2016

Sunday, June 12, 2016

Birth Announcement


A couple of birth announcements posters I made a couple of months back for a friend.

Saturday, June 11, 2016

This is Us 2010

Scrap room re-do and purge!


I recently did a big purge on my scrapbook stuff. It all started when I needed paint and discovered mine was dry and as a result chucked it out and freed up a space on my table. That lead to moving my paper racks and having a bit of a re-arrange. Which led to having a sort through and reducing my colour bins from overflowing to manageable.


The hardest decision was to keep or not keep my ribbon, I hardly ever use ribbon on a page- I'm much more likely to reach for Washi tape where ribbon once went on my pages. In the end I kept the ribbon because I had the space.


Here's the stack of stuff I did purge- I gave it all to a local scrapbooker. And while I didn't expect it I got a whole heap of wrapping paper and greeting cards in return (she's a rep) so that was an awesome bonus!




The last job was sorting my project life cards by colour. And then dividing them into filler cards and journalling cards. I scrap by colour but they were sorted by kit and it was so hard to find what I wanted in like that I wasn't use the cards as much as I could have. This job was a mission!!


I am super happy with my revamped space. One of the best changes I made was putting my acrylic stamp bin right by my side- I am so much more likely to use them on a page now.

 

The other changes that make me happy are:
1. Pulling all my October Afternoon supplies into one container. It's my favourite brand and I hoarded it- but now I'm inspired to use it! :-) 


2. I brought my distress inks out of their drawer and now it's so much easier to decide which colour to use and grab it.


3. I rearranged my Raskog cart, moving as much as I could to the colour bins. I had been putting the new stuff in there and it was my 'go to' for pages. Leaving the older supplies neglected and unused.
I added my stickers to the raskog- so they are now right at hand and more likely to end up on a page.



4. I moved some less used supplies like my paint brushes off my table where they were taking up precious real estate.

5. I retired my sad old cutlery basket- which had been a great organiser for pens and scissors. I replaced it with some much prettier containers- that makes me super happy too- I like pretty!



6. I moved some mixed media stuff out of a container that had things stack on it and was therefore hard to access into a drawer.


I thought it was a great working space before- now it's awesome!

 
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