Ice cream time - Channa

Good Morning all,

It's the last day of the month and August is ending.....
Summer is still here in Greece, but i believe normal live will start again after this weekend.

Today i wanted to share with you a layout i made for Berry71Blue! My fellow DT member Cathy Cafun has a great challenge for you this month " Wings " with a lovely inspirational picture. Most of you have entered your beautiful creations but if you have not, this is your last day to do it.

This was my take on the challenge:

Lots and lots of flowers this month!

Some of them handmade and some were a gift from Marivic.

I added a cluster of flowers at the top corner of this layout. In between was my first element for this challenge a love bird cage from Scrapmatts. Our sponsor for this month, and they were so generous to give lots of Goodies that you will see in future layouts. 

Of course not to forget, my inspirational tag for this month! Ice cream, on of the things that i could not stay away from these hot summer months. 

My 2nd element for the wings challenge are the Butterflies, 3 on each side of the layout. 

RULES

1. You are allowed to make a an altered/off the page

 project as long as you follow the challenge specifications.

2. Projects must be linked up to our linky tool in the sidebar,

 using the URL of the ACTUAL POST not your entire blog.

3. You may submit as many entries as you want and 

combine your entry with up to 2 other challenges.

4. It is required that you mention in your blog post

 that you are playing along at Berry71Bleu 

TOGETHER with a link back to our blog.

5. All entries must be received by MIDNIGHT EST 

on the last day of the month the challenge was posted.

6. Entries to be submitted via the linky tool at the top

 of the sidebar ONLY, not by e mail and not by 

linking up in the comments section please.

Our sponsor this month:

HERE

Inspirational picture:

And of course we have a random prize winner:

HERE

So this is your last chance to enter our Challenge at Berry71blue.

Thanks for joining us!

Channa

"My 2 little Angels" by Vicky

Hello Everyone!

This is my DT layout for Berry71bleu this month!

I decided to follow Cathy's challenge which required wings in your project and this beautiful tag was perfect for it!!!

These are my 2 little Angels...Nefeli & Ioli.

This tag is SO YUMMY!!!!!

Scrapmatts Chipboards were kind enough to send some lovely products to all the B71B DT!!!!

Aren't these angels lovely???

You still have time to enter our challenge but you must be quick!!!

Look at what you could win!!!

Thank you all for visiting!!!

xxx

True Love Layout by Helen

Hi there everyone!  Helen here sharing my latest layout with you,

using another very beautiful tag from Berry71Bleu Etsy store HERE.

These tags are just SO pretty - it really is IMPOSSIBLE

for your pages to turn out anything short of beautiful!!

Berry71Bleu tags are expertly hand-crafted under various

 different themes and colour schemes and can also be 

ordered & custom-made to your requirements.  

Unfortunately the store is empty right now as all these 

beauties have been snapped up!!!  But if you are

 desperate to get hold of some just contact Marivic 

on berry71bleu@gmail.com & she will sort you out!  

Meanwhile why not take a browse over at our sister Etsy store 

Zeus & Zoe HERE where there are over 100 different items

 in stock, including chipboard, embellishments & Manor House

 Creations flowers - both from Australia - now available

 in USA & able to be sent ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD

 at actual postage cost!

This photo is just to show you how I created my photo "cluster" 

- instead of layering up my photos & tag on patterned paper mats

or strips of different widths I got out my Big Shot & my 

Spellbinders dies, along with some doilies & cut out lots of 

Floral Doily Motifs which I then positioned all layered up 

around the photos & tag.

I stamped, inked and stencilled around the edge of my page & 

used a vast assortment of blooms, leaves, butterflies & hearts 

to surround my focal photos and tag.  Mitra from Zeus & Zoe

made me that beautiful die-cut flower using Tim Holtz dies.  It

matched perfectly - I just inked it a bit more for more depth.

In keeping with the "Cupcakes" tag {& everything sweet} 

I centred my journaling around how SWEET my daughter

& her boyfriend are as a couple.  Truly in love :) ♥♥♥

I cut some of my flowers in half so that I could tuck them in

 behind others {like the green one above} & used all sorts

 of different textures too like die-cut felt flowers.

See the pretty seam-binding above, on top of the tag?

I always just use a couple of glue-dots on each side

to hold down each side. 

See the little butterfly above?  Just above the journaling?

I was sent those little beauties by Scrapmatts Chipboard

company in Australia, who are our sponsors for the month.

Our talented DT member Cathy Cafun set this month's

 challenge & she designs for Scrapmatts so there's plenty

of inspiration to be found on her blog too.

Look at this amazing prize pack they have donated for 

the winner - WOOOOOW!!!  Check them out HERE.

Most of the chipboard I was sent contained WINGS

of some sort, ie butterflies, dragonflies, angels etc as

that is our current challenge theme for August.  

The only requirement for the challenge is that you

use WINGS somewhere on your project!  EASY!!

We also have a prize for our random winner too.

 Sponsored by Zeus and Zoe - Marivic's Kit Store.

                               

                         

You can win this entire pack of keys!  They are gorgeous!!

To win this random prize everyone  has an equal chance, just by entering!

RULES

1. You are allowed to make a an altered/off the page

 project as long as you follow the challenge specifications.

2. Projects must be linked up to our linky tool in the sidebar,

 using the URL of the ACTUAL POST not your entire blog.

3. You may submit as many entries as you want and 

combine your entry with up to 2 other challenges.

4. It is required that you mention in your blog post

 that you are playing along at Berry71Bleu 

TOGETHER with a link back to our blog.

5. All entries must be received by MIDNIGHT EST 

on the last day of the month the challenge was posted.

6. Entries to be submitted via the linky tool at the top

 of the sidebar ONLY, not by e mail and not by 

linking up in the comments section please.

So that's it from me today!  I hope I have inspired you

 to order some of these one-off tags - they truly are mini masterpieces.  

Promoting our sister's blog August Challenge..

Hi.. Marivic here..Just want to promote our new challenge this month at Zeus and Zoe hosted by one of our talented Zeus and Zoe DT... Sandi.

Make sure you link your project on the Zeus and Zoe sidebar using linky tool. Ends on 9/15 at midnight.. Hope to see you there!!

Color and Technique challenge with options!

Hi everyone, Sandi here. Today I'd like to share our Color & Technique with options August challenge with you.

Yup, we'd like you to use our color pallette and our technique for this challenge, yet we are going to give you some fun options as well!

Here's the pallette:

Your colors are: brown, white, yellow, green, and grey.

Your technique is: sewing.

Here's what I created:

Now here's your options:

Color option: If you don't like the color pallette, or don't have the color goodies to do it, we are going to let you grab a photo, that you really like, and do a project using the colors in the photo.

Technique option: If you don't have a sewing mach., or can't sew, we are going to let you draw your stitches using a marking pen of your choice.

Yup! You read this challenge correctly....how easy and fun is this!

Prize for the winner voted on by the DT:

Yes! This is a mini sampling of our gorgeous Vintage style kits!

Prize for the randomly drawn winner:

Yes! This is one of those gorgeous tags, by Marivic, that we all want to get our hands on!

Here's the rules:

1. Projects must be linked up to our linky tool in the side bar, using the URL of the ACTUAL POST, not your entire blog.

2. You may submit as many entries as you would like and combine your entry with up to 2 other challenges.

3. Post this challenge to your blog and mention, in your post, that you are playing along at Zeus and Zoe TOGETHER with a link back to our Zeus and Zoe blog.

4. All entries must be received by MIDNIGHT EST on the 15th day of Sept.

5. Entries to be submitted via the linky tool at the top of the sidebar ONLY, not by e mail and not by linking up in the comments section please.

Information about our challenges:

1. Zeus and Zoe Challenges are open to anyone, anywhere in the world.

2. Our DT do their best to comment on all entries, you can make their job easier by turning off your word verification.

3. Challenges are held monthly and each month TWO winners are chosen. One winner is chosen by our DT and the other is chosen by random draw.

4. Challenge winners will always be announced within a week of the challenge closing and winners are then required to contact Marivic.

5. Prizes not claimed within two weeks will be forfeited.

6. The Merit winner will have an image of their project featured in the winners post, together with a link back to the homepage of their blog.

7. Winners will be awarded a Winner's Badge to post on their blog...full bragging rights included!

I can't wait to see what you come up with for our challenge!

As always, thank you for stopping by. See you soon!

Hugs!

DAY AT THE BEACH by Bellaidea

 Hi!

It`s Bellaidea today.

I have a very good news for you. We have new Challenge for at Berry 71 Bleu! Cathy  would like you to use wings somewhere on your project.  They can be any sort of wings (birds, butterflies, dragons, angels, fairies, winged insects, bats.. to name a few). 

I did used some of my LO!

We have a great prize this month!

We also have a prize for our random winner too. That prize is sponsored by Zeus and Zoe - Marivic's Kit Store.

RULES
1. You are allowed to make a an altered/off the page project as long as you follow the challenge specifications.
2. Projects must be linked up to our linky tool in the sidebar, using the URL of the ACTUAL POST not your entire blog.
3. You may submit as many entries as you want and combine your entry with up to 2 other challenges.
4. It is required that you mention in your blog post that you are playing along at Berry71Bleu TOGETHER with a link back to our blog.
5. All entries must be received by MIDNIGHT EST on the 31st day of the month the challenge was posted.
6. Entries to be submitted via the linky tool at the top of the sidebar ONLY, not by e mail and not by linking up in the comments section please.

Keren's Project Reveal at Berry71Bleu

Keren here today to reveal my new project for Berry71Bleu.

Well this month its Cathy's turn to host the Berry71Bleu challenge.  She decided to make it nice and simple and have a theme of WingsFor this challenge there is only one criteria - I would like to see any form of wings on your LO, Card or OTP project.  Can be one or many forms, whatever you like as long as I see some wings.  Here are some examples to get you started - fairies, angels, birds, winged insects, dragons unicorns and bats.

For my project, I made a beautiful Welcome Sign for my Scrap Room with the B71B tag that Marivic made. I used many different blue toned embellishments to match the blue tag I was given. I also used lots of butterflies to match the theme.

If you would like to see more of my designs please visit me at:
http://kerentamir.blogspot.ca/


Materials used:

Tag: Berry71Bleu

Paper flowers- K&Co

Chipboard butterflies: ScrapMatts

Large butterfly: Melody Ross

paper: MME

lace: Green Tara

Stamp: Tim Holtz

Prima blue chalk ink

Miscellaneous: pearl string and doily

This month our sponsor is:

Scrapmatts

and they have donated a fabulous chipboard pack as the prize for our challenge winner.  Click on the link above and check out all the beautiful chipboard designs available in store.  Scrapmatts also have a fabulous gallery with so many gorgeous creations which are sure to inspire you.

The prize above is for our merit winner. We also have a prize for our random

winner too. That prize is sponsored by Zeus and Zoe - Marivic's Kit Store.

You can win this entire pack of keys! They are gorgeous!!

To win this random prize everyone has an equal chance, just by entering!

RULES1. You are allowed to make a an altered/off the page project as long as you follow the challenge specifications.
2. Projects must be linked up to our linky tool in the sidebar, using the URL of the ACTUAL POST not your entire blog.
3. You may submit as many entries as you want and combine your entry with up to 2 other challenges.
4. It is required that you mention in your blog post that you are playing along at Berry71Bleu TOGETHER with a link back to our blog.
5. All entries must be received by MIDNIGHT EST on the 31st day of the month the challenge was posted.
6. Entries to be submitted via the linky tool at the top of the sidebar ONLY, not by e mail and not by linking up in the comments section please.

July Challenge Winners & Features!

Thanks so much to you all for playing along with our July "Pretty in Pink" challenge!  

We had a really super turn out this month & it is looking even better for July with our WINGS challenge!!  If it weren't for all you wonderful players we wouldn't be doing these challenges so thanks for joining in and making it fun!!  

This month's top 3 were so close together in points that we've decided to feature them all so you can see for yourself the stunning caliber of entries we are so blessed to be receiving these days!

First place goes to the super talented Romy from Holland!!  

I'm sure you will agree that her project is just WOW and fulfils everything required for the challenge.  Congrats Romy on a really beautiful page!

See Romy's blog HERE.

Here is your winner's badge Romy! 

 Please contact Marivic at berry71bleu@gmail.com as soon as possible with your postal details so she can get your Ruby Rockit prize out to you.

In 2nd place we have Paloma from Brazil with this really pretty layout.

Fabulous techniques displayed on this page & just LOVE your background work!

See Paloma's blog HERE.

In 3rd place we have SUCH a gorgeous piece of work from Ime.  Incredible fussy cutting!!

See Ime's blog HERE.

Here is your featured badge Paloma and Ime

And our random winner is Sharm from Malaysia!

I love Sharm's simple design and gorgeous mix of embellies!!

See Sharm's blog HERE.

Sharm you are lucky enough to have won yourself a full set of six keys from Marivic's Zeus and Zoe store!  Don't forget to send an e mail to Marivic at berry71bleu@gmail.com as soon as possible, with your postal address so she can get those keys out to you!!

And don't forget the Zeus and Zoe store HERE is currently packed to the hilt with divine SCRAP FX chipboards, so if you feel like a little indulgence this weekend click on in and have yourselves a little retail therapy!!

These chipboards are not readily available in the US, being manufactured in Australia, so take advantage of Marivic's great prices & the easy availability before they sell out soon :)

HAPPY WEEKEND EVERYONE!