A HUGE congratulations to the winner of our Cricut Create - "Sam M" who came in and put a bid in for his wife. So the winning bid?.....................9 cents. What a fabulous Christmas present that would have been under the tree. The auction was drawn on Tuesday 23rd December but we had to keep the successful bidder a secret until after Christmas (for obvious reasons).

We hope that you all had a lovely Christmas and got lots of lovely goodies. Speaking of lovely goodies we have heaps and heaps of stock in transit at the moment so keep an eye on the blog and your email for notification for when it all arrives.
Our first order of Cricut Deep Cut Blade Housing sold out, so we have placed another order with Print Blocks for more (if you haven't got your name down for one you had better do so really quickly - considering the first lot lasted one day).

January sees the exciting new class timetable beginning - we have heaps of exciting things planned for you as well as some great new teachers. If you haven't got your copy pop in store and pick one up or email us and ask us to email you one.

Don't forget the January School Holiday Programme - it's filling fast and there are limited positions in all classes.

Hope to see you in store soon

You have until Monday 5pm to get your bids in for the Cricut Create Reverse Auction - what a lovely Christmas gift that would be. Remember bid slips are $10 and in order to win you need to be the lowest individual bidder.

Our last crop night for 2008 is tomorrow night. Ring us to reserve your spot 9249 1303

We have heaps of new stock in transit - hopefully it may arrive before Christmas. Keep checking back for updates as to what's arriving.

Christmas / New Year Opening hours

Tuesday 23rd December 9.30 - 5.00
Wednesday 24th December (Christmas Eve) - CLOSED
Thursday 25th December (Christmas Day) - CLOSED
Friday 26th December (Boxing Day) - CLOSED
Saturday 27th December - 9.30 - 4.00
Sunday 28th December - 11.00 - 4.00
Monday 29th December - 9.30 - 5.00
Tuesday 30th December - 9.30 - 5.00
Wednesday 31st December - CLOSED
Thursday 1st January - CLOSED
Friday 2nd January - 9.30 - 5.00
Normal trading hours resume Saturday 3rd January 2009

Remember FREE CROP DAYS Monday 29th & Tuesday 30th December 9.30 - 4.30. Ring the store to reserve your spot today 9249 1303

Not long to Christmas! How's the shopping going? If people are stuck what to get you for Christmas send them down to the shop - we can help them! We have gift vouchers available for any amount or we can help them put together a special gift personalised just for you. If you want to tell us your wish list we can also point them in the right direction.
We currently have Cricut Design Studio, Cricut Create and Big Shot in stock for immediate purchase.

The January 2009 was emailed out to everyone on our mailing list yesterday. If you aren't on our mailing list and would like a copy send us a email and ask to be added to the mailing list

scrapbooktodifor@bigpond.com

Christmas / New Year Opening Hours

Tuesday 23rd - 9.30 - 5.00
Wednesday 24th (Christmas Eve) - CLOSED
Thursday 25th (Christmas Day) - CLOSED
Friday 26th (Boxing Day) - CLOSED
Saturday 27th - 9.30 -4.00
Sunday 28th - 11.00 - 4.00
Monday 29th - 9.30 - 5.00
Tuesday 30th - 9.30 - 4.00
Wednesday 31st (New Year's Eve) - CLOSED
Thursday 1st (New Year's Day) - CLOSED
Friday 2nd - 9.30 - 5.00

FREE CROP DAYS - Monday 29th & Tuesday 30th
come in and crop the day away 9.30 - 4.30. Ring the store to add your name to the list

Hope to see you in store soon

Okay - I think we are now officially over the little hurdles in terms of phones, eftpos and email. After the email that went out the other day another hiccup occurred.....grrr.....but now back to normal....yippee!!!

So what has happened since we posted last....

New stock has arrived

Little Yellow Bicycle - Christmas Magic (get in quick this one is flying out the door)

Collage Press - Scrooge & Marley

Scenic Route - Garland (so nice and Christmassy)

Glimmer Mist

Crop-A-Dials

Christmas Felt

American Craft Buttons

Canvases - lots of different sizes ready for that handmade Christmas gift.

In transit (hopefully) we have more Kaiser products - too many to list :)

Don't forget our Cricut Create Reverse Auction

- come in and bid now

see our previous post for further info or pop in and ask us.

We have been open for a week - hasn't this last week flown by. Thanks again to all those who have popped in to see the new shop - it's lovely to see some familiar and not so familiar faces. We are STILL unpacking but definately not many to go now - we are at the "oh I don't know what to do with what's in the box" stage...lol

Some new stock has come in this week and our reverse auction was launched today.....so starting with the new stock:

Some new versacolour inks (sorry still waiting for the pinecone)

Pale Gold Krylon Gold Leafing Pens

Black, and Silver Gel Pens (the really nice ones)

Imaginsce Baby Flocked Paper (both a boy and girl one)

American Craft Buttons - heaps of colours

American Craft Rub-ons - holiday and Christmas

American Craft Brads - Christmas Red and Green



Still coming we have:

Little Yellow Bicycle - Christmas Magic

Scenic Route - Garland

Glimmer Mist

and I can't remember what else at the moment but there is MORE!!!



and the EXCITING news is we are now stocking the wonderful, the fantastic CRICUT machines!! We currently have a Cricut Create in as a demo - you will fall in love with it - we promise, ask one of us to give you a demo if you haven't seen one in action before.

We will operate generally on an ordering basis but in the lead up to Christmas we hopefully will have a couple in stock - but if you are wanting to layby one for Christmas or find one under the Christmas tree you had better get in quick as the big day is only 32 sleeps away. Cricut cartridges will generally be the same deal - we will try to have a few in stock but you may find that the one you are after may need ordering.

Speaking of Christmas feel free to pop in and write out a Christmas Wish List - we will keep it safe until you send people in to have a look. Ask one of the staff for a Christmas Wish List today!



So can you guess what's up for grabs in our REVERSE AUCTION??? If you guessed a Cricut you would be right! So which Cricut is up for grabs? The recently released Cricut Create - Baby Bug Portability - Big Bug Functionality. It combines the very best features of the standard Cricut with the advanced features of the Cricut Expression.

So how does it work? You need to purchase a Bid Slip for $10 and then write on your slip the lowest price that you would pay for the Cricut Create - that's right the LOWEST amount. If you are the lowest INDIVIDUAL bidder you will be the winner. So if we have 5 people who bid 4cents, and the next lowest bid is 10c and there is only one bid at 10c then that is the successful bidder.......get it? If not ask us and we will try to make it clearer for you - I am sure that I haven't typed it as clear as I could...lol

We would love to see you soon, so drop in and say hi. We still have no fixed date for having email up and running so if you have a msg for us please leave it here.

So what do you think??

ok ok I know we aren't quite as set up as we would like to be but what is your impression??? We would love to know!!

Stock is on its way - there is an order from Printblocks, Aussie scrap source, Twiddleybitz and more from Kaiser as we sold out of some on the first day!!

Our first crop night is THIS FRIDAY :) :) :) Hope to see you all there!

Outwit Outcreate and Outscrap
You all have till Friday 28th November to get your final challenge in. We are going to add another twist after this challenge as a thankyou for all your patience whilst we moved.

Recap - this challenge a 12x12 Layout that includes hidden journalling of at least 200 words about a life altering event in your life. It must include a photo and title as well. The rest of it is up to you - also if you don't want the public to read your hidden journalling just let us know when you hand it in and we won't show!


Also I muffed up the opening times!! lol that's what happens when I try to do things early in the morning without my coffee and with Miss C by my side.

Opening hours

Mon, Tues, Thurs, Fri, Sat 9.30am - 5pm (Please note every fortnight we have our Friday night crop nights so shop remains open to those at the crop till midnight!)

Saturday 9.30am - 4pm

Sunday 11am - 4pm

Closed WEDNESDAY :)

One final thing

We would just love to say a HUGE BIG THANKYOU to all our fairy helpers.

Bev Lemm who has helped out numerous times to help unpack

Carol T who along with dear little Sophie helped unpack stock and ribbons

Carol Needham (and those yummy scones went down a treat!)

Jason for our new roof and all the "man work" we needed done

Mat - (Kat's DH) another lot of muscles put to good use

Lyn from next door for her help and advice!

Maggie for your help :)

:) MWAH :)

WE ARE OPEN

although perhaps not as ready as we want to be - we are suffering withdrawls and need to open!!

Our new address is

Unit 3 / 18 Enterprise Crescent in Malaga

Ph 9249 1303

Opening hours 9.30-4.30 Mon, Tues, Thurs, every second Friday and Sat. Midnight crops will start next week and we are open Sundays to - please note we are CLOSED on WEDNESDAYS now. Thanks :)

From our old shop - go to the end of Capital Road (heading away from Alexander Drive) - you hit a T Junction - TURN RIGHT.

We are located about 100m on your LEFT HAND side - just past the parquetry flooring shop - you will see our signs on the front fence (waiting to be put up to cover the Sun auto wrecking sign!!)

Internet was hopefully being connected as of yesterday - so we may not have eftpost up and running just yet.

New stock is arriving daily and Mel is still waiting for her little yellow bicycle range to come in :)
Big deliveries of Making Memories, Fancy Pants and Kaiser goodies are on the floor.

Please pop in and say hello - we have some fantastic opening specials which we will update in here later on today/tomorrow. Also don't forget the little comp Mel has running on her blog for all the Scrapbooking to Di for Customers - just go down a few posts to find it as she has updated her blog a couple times this week hehe....

Only a couple more days till we open

The painting is finished (phew says Di who has ended up with paint in her hair and all over her ear after answering the phone!), phones are on but still no internet or eftpost for another week or so whilst they sort out the lines..... and we HAVE POWER on!!!

And as of yesterday afternoon it was starting to resemble a scrapping shop - fixtures are now being put in place and the crop area mapped out.

Now just to finalise where things are going, a couple of boards to be put up and to unpack all the stock!!!!

We would just like to thankyou all for your patience in this move - it has been longer than we thought due to unforeseen circumstances but I promise you it will be worth the wait!!!!

Outwit Outcreate Outscrap comp is still on - we have extended the deadline and as a little bonus we will pop you all through to the next round - start thinking about something that has changed your life and get writing as it will involve a LO with LOTS of journalling based on that event!!!

:)

Happy scrapping everyone :)

WOOHOO

Floors are finished, painting was being completed yesterday so all there is left to do is set up shop!!!! Fingers crossed we will be open tomorrow - will update later today to confirm!

Mel is running a special little challenge to celebrate the opening of the new shop so check out her blog for details :) :) :)

It's exciting - things are happening a little quicker now....the flooring people start work at 10am today! The painting is happening - it's going to look fabulous.

Okay time for another hint

1. I am still excited by the reverse auction....so wish I could give another clue but then I may just give it away :)

Keep coming back for more news on how things are progressing

Hi there everyone

Well things are happening in the shop - but as you know sometimes things don't necessarily go according to what's planned.I was at the new shop today and what did I see??????? I saw lots of work going on - ie ceilings being put in therefore we won't be opening as planned tomorrow. We still have the flooring to go in before we can set the shop up to let you all in. It's really starting to look good and I can't wait to see it all finished, I think Di and Mel are feeling the same way I am (a little impatient - but patience is a virtue and once it's finished it will certainly have been worth the wait).

So if you are a participant in Outwit, Outcreate, Outscrap you have been given a little extra time - but if you are calling past you are more than welcome to knock on the door and drop your entry off - unfortunately we really can't have people wandering in as it's pretty much a building site at the moment. So when are we hoping to open? We would like to say Tuesday - but in reality more than likely Thursday. At the moment this is pretty much our only way of communicating with our customers as the power only went on today and the phones/computer are still out of action. So if you know any customers who may not read the blog please let them know what's happening.

I can give you a few clues as to some exciting things that will be happening once we open.....come back tomorrow and perhaps I will let you in on a few more secrets?

1. A reverse auction will be a main feature - on a fantastic item which has never been stocked by us before!

2. The new stock that's arrived and/or in transit - there are some lovely surprises to come - Kat can't wait to get into the new Fancy Pants Chrissy range and Mel thinks the Little Yellow Bicycle Range is to die for!

See you all soon

Store update......

well we have moved.......


BUT it will be a few more days yet before we are open again!! Those trivial things such as floor, walls, painting, roof and signs need to be done first to the new place before we can start setting it all up for you all ...

Speaking for myself (but I know Kat (& hubby) and Di) are probably feeling a bit stiff and buggered tonight. Scrap shops are not easy to move!

As of today everything has been moved from the old shop and is patiently waiting for it's new spot in the new shop. Along with all the new and oh so exciting stock that is being delivered - Xmas has come early for us :) :) :)

If there is anything at all you have seen whilst surfing the net or browsing around and you would like to get - just let us know - add a post to the end of this email and we will endeavour to get it for you.

In the meantime - HAPPY SCRAPPING EVERYONE :) :) :)

I am sure that you have heard that we are on the move - well the time has come. We will be closing shop at our current location after the Crop Night Friday 24 October and will re-open at our new premises Unit 3 /18 Enterprise Cres, Malaga. Literally just down the road if you are standing at the front door to the shop - turn left go to the end, turn right and we are there on the left side of the road. If everything goes to plan we will open on Thursday 6th November at 9.30am.

Over the next week - you will see us in store packing etc. Please note the shop will not be open for purchases - not even just little quick ones...sorry. Thanks to those people who have volunteered to assist us - we appreciate it and we will contact you if needed.

Outwit, Outcreate, Outscrap Challenges 6 & 7

Due to our upcoming move we have released Challenges 6 & 7 - both of these will be due in store by 5.00pm Thursday 6th November.

CHALLENGE 6 - complete a layout using some CREATIVE STAMPING (ie. stamping on items, embossing, cut out and layer your stamping, Heat and Set Powder, Staz-On, Stamp Resist - check out our link to Tim Holtz for handy hints and ideas)

CHALLENGE 7 - complete a Christmas Off-The-Page item. This challenge may be completed using any item - it may even be a non-scrapbooking item which you wish to alter.

We look forward to seeing you in our brand new shop soon - it's very exciting. We have lots of yummy new products just waiting to be delivered once we move.

Challenge 4

Apologies for the late posting - Mel had trouble from home accessing the blog!!!

We have our Challenge 3 winners - Congratulations to all it was close voting all round - we even had to do a backcount to work out who was off to the outcast gallery.

1) Wild at Heart
2) Fishing
3) Always

Challenge 4

5 Christmas cards

Round 4's challenge is to create 5 Christmas cards that we will be raffling off to raise money for Breast Cancer Foundation with October being "Pink Month". Please come into the store and see the wide range of styles in the cards and keep an eye out on the blog on how you will be able to purchase them with all money raised being donated towards the National Breast Cancer Foundation. All cards must be instore by close of trade THIS WEDNESDAY 15th October :) :) :)

MYSTERY SALE TIME

up for sale are our MYSTERY Embellishment bags priced at $20.00 with over $50.00 worth of embellishments inside - it may include rubons, alpha's, ribbons, flowers - it is all a surprise and excellant value for money. We also have Paper Pizza Boxes where you will receive 60 sheets of paper from ranges such as Basic grey, Bohemia, Fancy Pants, Kaisercraft etc all for the low price of $30.00. that works out to be 50 cents a sheet (normal rrp of some of these papers is $1.85 each) Customers who have purchased either of these special bargains have come back for more so be quick before they run out of the door.

NEW STOCK

New to the store are the Basic Grey ranges Uban Prairie (perfect for those girlie pages) and Granola which has awesome blues, browns and greens in it - just right for those masculine pages. Also new to store include more parchment tools and accessories, Making Memories Fa La La range of embellishments but these are walking out the door so be quick!

Mystery Sale Time

It's on! Come in and buy a mystery sale item.....
we have Embellishment Bags valued at around $50 on sale for only $20
***Limited stock available

Mystery Paper Boxes - 60 sheets of paper for $30 - that's 50c a sheet....
new and older stock included within the packs.
We have Boy/Masculine, Girl/Feminine, Baby and General Boxes available.
***Please note there are limited numbers of each box.

Votes counted, winners announced!
Well done to everyone - this Challenge was even closer in the voting than Challenge 1.

1st Place - Entrant 9 "Flowers in My Garden"

3 Way Tie for 2nd - (listed in no particular order)

Entrant 10 "The Little Things Count"
Entrant 4 "The Trouble with Bubbles"
Entrant 1 "It Just Takes Two"

Remember Challenge 3 is underway. It is a TIMED challenge and you need to ring us up to book what time you want to complete your challenge. Challenge 3 closes Monday 6 October.

CHALLENGE 3

While the voting is still going I can give you a sneaky hint for Challenge 3...

It will be a TIME CHALLENGE...


You must complete a LO (whether it is a single or double) within 40 Minutes AT THE SHOP.

Requirements for the LO

1) Photo must be larger than 4x6 size
2) LO must contain title and journalling
3) LO must have an embellishment created by using the Sizzix machine INSTORE.

Please come to the store sometime between Wednesday 1st October and next Monday 6th October to complete the LO. You may prepare as much as you like HOWEVER you cannot have it stuck down etc prior to commencing the LO in store... You will need to bring your scrapping supplies and equipment with you.

Please note you will need to be here an hour before closing if you wish to complete it in the late afternoon.

Once the 40 Minutes is up - we will take the LO and post it on the wall as is - if it isn't completed then you will just have to cross your fingers and hope to get through to the next round. :) :) :)

GOOD LUCK

Challenge 2 Layouts

Hi Everyone

Apologies for the delay in getting the layouts up for voting - some computer difficulties and general life do get in the way sometimes! Apologies for the large spaces - still having some computer issues....lol

Here are the entries for Challenge 2 of Outwit, Outcreate, Outscrap....I am sure that you will be impressed with the way the entrants have interpreted the 5,4,3,2,1 challenge. Remember that you are able to vote through the blog by leaving a comment with your 1st, 2nd and 3rd preferences.

***Some customers mentioned that as they didn't have a blogger account that they were unable to vote, therefore you are able to vote via the anonymous comment but your name MUST be included in the post.

Entry One

Entry Three

Entry Four

Entry Five

Entry Seven

Entry Eight

Entry Nine

Entry Ten

Entry 11

Entry 12

As we had one entrant who did not return her layout to the store by the required time - all entrants will continue through in the MAIN GALLERY for Challenge 3.

OUTCAST GALLERY

Currently you are not able to vote for the following entry

Entry 2

SCHOOL HOLIDAYS HAVE BEGUN!

We have arranged a number of classes to keep them busy on Tuesdays and Thursdays. The Tuesday classes are based on creating a Scrapbook page - cost $10. The Thursday classes are for creating Off the Page items - cost $12.50. If you are interested phone the store for further information and bookings - 9249 1303

Don't forget the ALL DAY CROP next SATURDAY 4th OCTOBER. Come and scrap from 10am - 9pm, join in the fun and perhaps win a mystery giveaway. Tea, Coffee, Light Snack provided - cost $10. Ring today and book your place (9249 1303)

The Outwit, Outcreate, Outscrap gallery just looks amazing - congrats to everyone who is participating. Well the voting has been done, the votes counted and........drum roll please.....

1st Place - Entry 4 - 5 Minutes for Me


2nd Place - Entry 7 - What a Star


3rd Place - Entry 8 - Lose Yourself in Nature


If you are one of the placegetters for Challenge 1 drop into the store and pick up your mini-challenge prize.

ALL Entries will continue in the main Outwit, Outcreate, Outscrap gallery for Challenge 2. However at the close of Challenge 2 voting one entry will be knocked out and moved to the Outcast Gallery (remember if you are an Outcast - you still compete just for different prizes, and also have the possibility of earning the Wildcard back into the main competition)

The Second Challenge is well and truly underway and we have received a number of entries already. If you haven't already dropped your entry in you have until 5pm TOMORROW (Thursday 25 Sept). A reminder that Challenge 2 can be completed as either a single or double layout but must incorporate the following 5-4-3-2-1 Challenge.

5 buttons

4 words in your title

3 photos

2 patterned papers

1 journalling block

Voting for Challenge 2 will commence instore Friday 26 September @ 9.30am and close Tuesday 30 September @2.00pm. Voting will commence via the Blog Friday 26 September once all layouts have been photographed and uploaded. You can vote via the Anonymous link however for your vote to be counted you must include your name in the post.

SNEAK PEEK of upcoming class in November

This is just one of the upcoming Christmas themed classes that we have planned for you.

Have you noticed the new addition to the wall behind the counter? Are you interested? If so keep a watch out on the upcoming Class Schedules.


We will be releasing the October and November Class Schedules with our Newsletter on Friday. But some of the October inclusions are:

October School Holiday programme - running Tuesdays and Thursdays. Tuesday is completing a scrapbook layout $10 and Thursday will be completing an Off the Page item $12.50. Ring for bookings and further details.

All Day Crop (10am - 9pm) Saturday 4 October $10. Come and have a fabulous day working on whatever you choose to. There will be mystery prize giveaways and supper included. Book your space today.

New Stock is arriving....
Mel and Kat have had fun checking out all of the yummy new stock that is arriving - now it's your turn :) We have had new deliveries of the Fiskar's embossing border punches, the ever-so-popular Magic Mesh, new stickers, Embossing Powders in colours to Di for, new Totes and storage containers.
As I type this we are expecting a new delivery at any time.......

MYSTERY SALE
Sorry can't give you anymore info yet, you'll have to keep watching.....

Please don't forget to leave us your comments - we like to know that people are out there...lol

Round 1 has closed and Round 2 is up and running......

Round finished with a flurry of entries last night and our gallery wall is looking awesome.....


Voting has commenced instore - please pop in and vote for your favourite three as there will be a prize for the first round winner.

For those of you who can't make it into the store - please look at the following 11 entries and chose your favourite three and post a comment (annoymous voting will not be counted - you MUST leave you name) naming your three favourite LO's - have a good look at them all as there has been a lot of effort put into these LO's :) :)

Entry 1






















Entry 2 - This entrant has unfortunately been in hospital and was unable to enter her LO in - We all hope she is getting better and bub is ok and will continue on in the Outcast gallery :)


Entry 3























Entry 4 including close up of detail


























Entry 5

































Entry 6






























Entry 7 and close up of detail
























Entry 8 and close up of gumleaves :)


























Entry 9

























Entry 10 and close up on the "inchies" work!


























Entry 11
































Entry 12







































ROUND 2.....

is a 5-4-3-2-1 Challenge...

On your Layout you MUST include the following.....

5 Buttons
4 words in your title (TITLE must only be 4 words)
3 Photo's
2 lots of Patterned paper
1 journalling block.

Your layout may be a single or a double layout. You may include whatever embellishments you like AS LONG AS in consists of the 5-4-3-2-1 list above.

Entries must be in by close of trade Thursday 25th September. Please ensure when you hand it in- it is given your contestant number and signed off.




OTHER NEWS - new in to the store

Basic Grey - ranges from Eva, Ambrosia with more ranges expected anyday.
Thickers - alpha's in a range of colours and styles with some Christmas tinsel coloured ones as well.
Twiddleybitz have some new card chipboard ranges which are new to store.
American Craft D ring 12x12 albums.

In need of somewhere to store you paper - we have a few of our paper racks for sale at $30.00 each.

Also come and have a look at our 60cents papers - a wide range of colours and designs available

Christmas card crop day is this Saturday (10am -4pm $10.00) - we will be having 10% off all christmas related items so pop in and make a start on your christmas cards before the silly season is upon us. A rep from Sizzix will also be here demonstrating the use of the sizzix with Christmas cards.


Interested in having your work published??? Come in and ask Mel or Kat the details on how to submit your work to the national scrapbooking magazines such as Scrapbooking Memories and Scrapbook Creations..

Been published recently - want to show off your work -bring it in and we can pop it up on our wall for some bragging rights.

Happy scrapping everyone and hope to see you all instore soon :)

More Exciting News......

Just a quick update of what is happening in the shop this week.


1. For those of you who know Jodi that used to work here – she had a baby Girl Mahalia early Saturday morning. Mum and bub are doing very well and little Mahalia is gorgeous J Congratulations Jodi, Craig and Jonah on your newest addition to your family. J

2. We now have a blog up and running – if you add it to your favourites we will be updating it weekly with any special news, stock and gossip from the shop www.scrapbookingtodifor.blogspot.com If you wish to leave a comment or any suggestions as to new stock items you have seen – you may do this via the blog simply by clicking on the comment section at the end of each post. We will answer them asap.

3. New stock in store this week includes the new 12x12 size laminating pouches – other purchase from us or we can laminate those 12x12 pages for you. Also refills of Pritt glue have hit the shelves. New chipboard shapes,designs and words such as New Zealand, London etc from RW Cuts, Christmas stock is starting to roll in starting with some poinsettia flowers with a bling centre, 123DDX papercrafting system complete with DVD for all those nifty idea’s.

4. Having a tidy up in the shop atm and from our crop tools we have for sale a 2nd Hand Sizzix Die cutting machine with a complete font set – Garden Delight (numbers and alpha’s) for $100.00 if purchased together or $60.00 each – there is only 1 of these so first in first served – ph 9249 1303. There is also a couple of other dies ranging in price from $20.00 upwards.

5. Also this weeks special is 25% off the Dream Cutz machine and Bind it all Machine – these are fantastic for quickly making your own mini albums complete with binding.

6. Entries are starting to roll in for our Outwit, Outcreate and Outscrap competition – Registration is still open and is free – please check our blog for more information – Prizes are starting to roll in from our suppliers such as Twiddleybitz, Enjo, Body shop as well lots of mini prizes such as Kaisercraft mini albums. Please collect a registration form from the shop today and start creating – you could end up the final contestant in this challenge J


Have a great week

From the team at Scrapbooking to DI for – Di, Kat and Mel

Some exciting news..............

Just to keep you all updated we have had some exciting news today in the shop - Melanie recieved a phone call from Scrapbooking Memories magazine to say she had made it through to the top 50 entrants to their Masters competition. Her next step is to pack her entries up and send them over to Sydney for the final judging of the competition. Fingers crossed for her and lets hope we have a new Master in our midst before the end of the year.

YAY for Mel - winners are announced in their special edition released at Christmas time :)


We have had a few entrants to our Outwit Outcreate and Outscrap - please keep them coming in - it is wonderful to see everyones interpretation of the sketch.

New products to the store in the last week include RW laser cut chipboard in some new designs - EG England, New Zealand, lamp post and circle frame borders. ALso new to our shelves are Pearl Ex powders and lots of exciting parchment goodies :)

Hope to see you all in the store soon

What's happening this week?

Have you entered Outwit, Outcreate, Outscrap yet? or are you thinking about it but don't know what to do with the sketch? perhaps you just want to learn a little more about sketch interpretation and journalling? Kat is running a Sketch & Journalling class this coming Saturday between 11am - 1pm. Class cost is $20 and you will come away with a compete layout and information sheets on sketches and journalling.

This Saturday we are also running the September All Day Crop from 10am. Come with friends or on your own. Places are still available so ring the store to reserve your spot. We would love to see more of you joining in for the All Day Crops - remember if you can't come until later in the day that's fine just let us know when reserving your spot.

Kat's example of the Outwit, Outcreate, Outscrap Challenge 1 is done and you can have a closer look in store from Saturday. Kat has also rotated the sketch 90 degrees (but in the opposite way to Mel).

Challenge 1

Outwit Outcreate and Outscrap your friends in challenge one - provided with a sketch (see post below) you MUST create a 12x12 LO that reflects something about you and your personality with the only rule being you CANNOT use a photo of yourself or family (so you cannot be identified from your LO)

Now sketch's are great fun - whether you are stuck for inspiration or don't have a lot of time sketch can do half the work for you. They don't have to be exactly as you see it - in other words you may rotate the sketch, flip the sketch do a mirror image as long as the same design principles in the sketch stay the same.


Here is an example Mel has whipped up to demonstrate Challenge 1 - Mel has rotated the sketch here 90 degrees and kept basically the same design principles. It may be viewed in the shop as of Tuesday.




















Please remember if you have any queries at all don't hesitate to contact us either at the shop or even in here - simply click on the comment bit at the end of each post and we will get back to you asap :)

Happy scrapping everyone :)

Outwit, Outcreate & Outscrap

OUTWIT, OUTCREATE, OUTSCRAP!

It’s our brand NEW competition and we would love for you to be a part of it!

So what is it? A competition based on the completion of 8 scrapbooking challenges held over a period of 12 weeks. It’s a completely anonymous voting system – therefore we will not accept entries that contain photos of yourself or immediate family. This is to ensure that the competition remains fair and unbiased for all entrants.

How to do you participate? Come in store, pick up a registration form and return it to us with a 6 x 4 PORTRAIT orientation photo of yourself and your first completed challenge.

What’s the FIRST challenge? Complete a layout about your personality - based on a provided sketch (not using a photo of yourself or your family). Sketch courtesy of http://www.pagemaps.com/ is located just below :) Remember with sketches you are able to rotate them, flip them, do mirror images as long as it follows the design principles in the sketch.

Then what happens? Each challenge has a closing date after that non-entrants / customers will vote and a number of entrants will be eliminated each round.

Do I get a list of upcoming challenges? No – to keep it fair, each challenge will be released on a particular given date. You may elect to have the challenged emailed, or sent via SMS or you may pick it up in store.

What happens if I’m eliminated? You may continue to complete and enter the challenges into the OUTCAST gallery to be in the running for some great prizes and also the opportunity to be given a wildcard entry back into the competition.

Prizes? Absolutely – there will be $100 gift voucher to the winner who can Outwit, Outcreate and Outscrap all their competitors. Other prizes will be awarded along the way for ingenuity, interpretation and generally thinking outside the square.

FAQS

Is there any entry fee? No – however one challenge will require you to purchase a particular item from the store (approx. $10) to complete the challenge

Do I have to use products from the store? We would obviously encourage you to but it is not a requirement for entry

How much time to I have to complete a challenge? Where possible we have arranged the dates to include a weekend to assist you in the completion of the challenges. Each challenge may be run over a different length of time – depending on the type of challenge. All challenges must be signed off by the close of trade on the provided Schedule of Challenge dates.

Can anyone enter? Yes, the more entries – the more prizes that will be available to win.

Can I post my entry in? If you want to post your entry in that’s okay with us, however, we will not take responsibility for lost parcels or parcels that don’t arrive by the closing date of each challenge. There is one challenge that will require you to complete the challenge in store – this has been scheduled to include a weekend and a crop night. Please note you will need to ring and pre-book your attendance time.

Who votes? At the end of each challenge round, there will be a specified number of days where non-entrants will be asked to vote anonymously. Therefore if you are going to enter the competition will are not able to vote.

Is there a competition blog? Yes – by signing the registration form you permit us to use your completed challenges for display on the internet and for promotional purposes.