Around The World in 8 Weeks - Mystical Scrapbooks

Winners!!

Hello crafty friends!

I finally have our winners scored all totalled up after taking a break for a week due to a sad family event.

Again I would like to say a big thank you to my fab DT girls, Julie & Louise, for all their extra efforts in helping me create and run the competition.

And a big thank you to everyone that joined in and made it such fun, and to those that took the time to vote, it certainly was not an easy task!

The scores were very close with only a point or two points separating the top 3... I have also added a little bit extra to each prize as you have all been so patient waiting for me!

Our 3rd prize winner is....

Debra Beer

Debra your prize contains;
Echo Park collection kit - Welcome Easter - Pack of American Craft Thickers - Set of Cotton Stem Flowers - Set of Chipboard Frames with Arrows from Memory Maze.

Our 2nd prize winner is....

Jane Inger

Jane your prize contains;

1x Make Art Stay-tion, Wendy Vecchi MAKE ART Stay-tion™ is an all-in-one magnetic surface for stencilling, aligning, embossing, and creating! 

A collection kit from  Uniquely Creative new 'Fresh Folk' range  - Pack of American Craft Thickers - Set of Cotton Stem Flowers.

And our 1st prize goes too...

Kerry Anne Evans

Kerry your prize contains;

Tonic Table Tidy - Set of 3 Mulberry flowers, Apple Blosson, Gardenia & Magnolias- Pack of wood flourish pack from Kaisercraft - Set of blending brushes -  Nuvo markers -  Nuvo Drops -  Candence Metallic Paint - Champagne, 6x6 Paper Pad from Uniquely Creative Country Roads -  Uniquely Creative Journaling sheet - Double-sided tape -  Foam squares.

Congratulations to you all....and to everyone for making this such a fun competition, everyone did such an awesome job! 

Winners, please email me at admin@mysticalscrapbooks.com.au to confirm your shipping addresses.

Thank you.

Donna

Week Eight - Australia

And our last leg brings us back to the place we love... 'down under'!

Australia boasts some of the world's most beautiful natural wonders such as the Great Barrier Reef - the world's largest coral reef system, the Heritage Listed Ayers Rock (Uluru), the Bungle Bungles in Western Australia, the Twelve Apostles along the Great Ocean Road. Man-made icons include the Sydney Harbour Bridge and the Sydney Opera House. *

I was very lucky to have grown up travelling around our gorgeous country I may not have really appreciated that as a kid, but now looking back, I'm very grateful for the experiences. We travelled mostly up and down WA and trips across the Nullarbor to visit family on the other side, so when I think of Australia, I think of wide-open space and the wonderful splattering sound of rain on tin, and red dirt.

And here's my page. I'm scrapping a day trip we had to a big rock back in 2019... yes I'm just a bit behind!!

Kaisercraft papers, torn and layered to add interest.... Splatters of my very favourite gold paint

Chipboard from the kit, colour with Art Alchemy Metallique Wax

I've tucked everything under the photo to keep the negative space on my page.

Have fun creating!
Donna

* Australian explore

Week Seven - China

Heading north east now...

China has a lot going for it, culture, production, animals and tourism.

But what really grabs me is their food ...

Symbolism of Chinese Food

Here is my food layout "Don't get Hangry"

I've started with this pineapple paper and torn it into strips. Then I've layered the strips over the top and distressed the edges.

I knew I wanted to add some colour to the white background so I've prepped my paper with gesso

I've then used Colour Blast Shimmer Dust to add some colour to the background.

A little bit of stitching in a circle to draw in the black.

I've created my own title by cutting the word "Hangry" three times with my Silhouette Cameo and layered them on top of each other.

I've used some sequins and Rhinestones for bling.

Here is the process video:

Can't wait to see your creations.

Happy Scrapping

Week Six - India

Heading south now...

Today we are starting week 6 of our Around the World in 8 Weeks challenge

A few points of interest.

The population of India in 2019 was 1.366 Billion. In 2019 China's population was 1.398 Billion and Australia's was 25.63 Million.

The Taj Mahal is the No. 1 tourist destination in India

There are more than 19500 languages or dialects spoken in India as mother tongues

The Indian government has announced it will spend $1.4 billion on it's first manned space mission.

On to scrapbooking now....

The bright colour I have chosen to use is the bright pink cardstock. I have a 1/4" strip at the top and bottom of my layout, the photo is matted on it and the title is cut from it.

The yellow is quite bright in real life too.

All of the papers on the page have had the edges inked with Versa Colour black Ink

I cut Cocoa Vanilla Daydream - Sunshower paper to 8" x 12".

Uniquely Creative's Gums & Roses - Rosebud Border paper was cut to 4" x 12"

These were attached to a piece of white cardstock with the Sunshower at the top and the Rosebud Border at the bottom.

Two 1/4" strips of the bright pink were attached to the layout, one at the top and one at the bottom.

Along side of the pink, I ran a row of 1/4" double sided tape. I then rubbed Gold Fab Foil on top of this tape so the foil would attach to it giving me a foiled strip along the top and bottom of my layout.

My photo is 5" x 7" and had a white border around it. I trimmed the border to 1/8" all around then matted the photo onto more of the bright pink cardstock with a 1/8" border all around except for the bottom which is torn on a slight angle.

I tied the ribbon from the optional kit to the left hand edge of the photo.

I mounted the photo onto some craft foam before attaching it to the layout.

Lots of fussy cut flowers from Cocoa Vanilla's Daydream - Garden Variety paper were used to embellish along the join of the two patterned papers.

The final step was to cut the title from the bright pink cardstock using my Kaisercraft DD735 Uppercase Alpha dies

Here is the process video if you would like to watch it

I have loved seeing all of your great layouts so far in the competition and I am looking forward to seeing what you create this week too.

Hugs

Julie

Week Five - Russia

Still heading east... by train or hot air balloon for the truly adventurous!...

The world's largest country offers it all, from historic cities and idyllic countryside to artistic riches, epic train rides and vodka-fuelled nightlife. *

My first thoughts of Russia is St Basil's Cathedral! A wonderful and crazy mix of colours and patterns, it's hard not to be fascinated by it all!

And here's my page, I've torn and distress my PP to make my curves, layered everything and added some flicks of gold.

After coating my cardstock with white gesso, I stamped with Versamark and embossed it with white embossing powder for a resist effect, I created the watercolour background with Shimmer Dust and spritz of water.

These Bee Arty - Arty Farty papers are so bright and colourful, perfect for a photo of my nephew painting. (Stock image used for public) I've torn and distressed the edges to make my curve., layed up everything using 3D foam and finished off with some flick of my fav gold paint.

Added some cotton, sayings and a flair from the Travel kit.

Enjoy creating
Donna

* from Lonely Planet web page.

Week Four - France

Heading east now across the North Atlantic Ocean ...

When I think of France I immediately think of Paris and the week I spent there.

Five things to see in Paris

The Eiffel Tower.
The Louvre.
Notre-Dame de Paris. Although this is in the process of being re-constructed after the fire a couple of years ago
Palace Of Versailles.
and Moulin Rouge.

France conjures up images of wine, fashion, love and much more for me.

The requirement this week is to use fabric, the technique is to sponge paint, the optional kit item is lace.

I have used Colour Blast Bee Arty Find Paradise Mystic Garden paper for the background of my layout

The paint on my layout is the white acrylic paint that I have sponged through Kaisercraft's Lattice stencil to the whole background

I also used Turquoise acrylic paint to colour my chipboard which came from

Dusty Attics Mini Captions #1 set and some white cardstock to cut my title from.

I have fussy cut the leaves from printed PVC fabric. The PVC fabric makes it very easy to attach the fabric to the page without getting in a mess with the glue showing through.

I used a bright pink cardstock to add a torn strip to the bottom of the layout and to mat my photos.

I used Kaisercraft's Alphabet Upper Case dies to cut my title, which is the name of the island we were on when these photos were taken.

The title was underlined with a fine black pen

The lace from the optional kit was attached at the top of the top photo and the bottom of the bottom photo.

Underlining the title and a scribbly border finish this page off.