Monarch by Mandy

Happy Hello Berry71Bleu Fans!

 

Mandy here popping in to share my take on this month's "Leaves in Layers" challenge and I thought it's a perfect time to create something "Autumn" inspired! 

Well I didn't actually layer leaves but I layered the beautiful diamond shaped chippies supplied by Creative Embellishments "click here" - This month's  design team sponsor! Thank you!

I added stamp work in the shape of diamonds - A very COOL stamp from "Creative Embellishments"  I just dab my finger in the paint and tap it against the stamp....If I get too much paint on the stamp I put the excess on used paper....I didn't add paper or fabric leaves but I did add some to the left of the page using a bright yellow paint....

 

 

 The beautiful moodboard below shows lush leaves full of rich colors!
I wanted to incorporate the below colors in to my project .....I can't believe October is almost over!

 

.  Creative Embellishments is sponsoring the design team this month with some gorgeous chipboard, rubber stamps and more...... 

Check out the fab prizes below!! 

1^st Prize

 Set of chipboards by Creative Embellishments

Random Prize

Special Kit prepared by our sweet DT member Marie

Make sure you visit her blog http://www.createwithoutlimits.com/

Sponsor:

Creative Embellishments is a family owned company created by Michael & Nicolle Kramer, a husband & wife team, designing & manufacturing unique, high quality chipboard, wood, rubber stamps & fair products since 2013. We offer fun, inspiring products to add to any project! We are expending into other product lines such as acrylic & stencil embellishments SOON. We also custom cut for individual orders & have a wholesale store for retailers, kit clubs & classes.

Shop:  http://creativeembellishments.com/

Blog:  http://creativeembellishments.com/blog/

Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/CreativeEmbellishment

Tweeter:  https://twitter.com/CEchipboard?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

Pinterest:  https://www.pinterest.com/creativeembelli/

 

 

Thank you for stopping by!

'Unbelievable Lough'- mixed media canvas by Sylwia

Hello Artsy Souls!

Sylwia here with my super yellow canvas:) I love the mood board for this challenge. Yellow wouldn't be my favourite colour but I love to challenge myself sometimes. It makes creative process more interesting;)  For this project I used fantastic chipboards by Blue Fern Studios. I also used everything and anything from my stash of embellishments i.e. string, metal pieces, flowers, little bee, bulb and pieces of white canvas.

I hope I inspired you to make a sunny project and join our challenge!

1st Prize

Set of Chipboards from Blue Fern Studios

Random Prize

6x6 Paper Pad from 7 Dots Studio

Sponsors:

Blue Fern Studios

Blog:  http://bluefernstudios.blogspot.ie/

Youtube  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzbwaRfdLcUe37PHIztLwMA

Facebook  https://www.facebook.com/BlueFernStudios

Pinterest  https://www.pinterest.com/bluefernstudios/ 

7 Dots Studio

We are a team of creative women who cannot image their world without paper, glue and the creative process. Scrapbooking is our passion and we love to share our passion with other scrapbookers. For this reason, 7 Dots Studio exists. The quality of our products is our top priority. Our lines consist of papers, stickers, die-cut elements, clear stamps, stencils and chipboard pieces. You can find our products in scrapbooking stores around the world.

Blog: http://7dotsstudio.com/archives/category/blog

Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/7DotsStudio

Twitter: https://twitter.com/7DotsStudio

Pinterest: http://pinterest.com/7dotsstudio

Retail store: http://retailstore.7dotsstudio.com/

We appreciate each and every challenge entry and share the designs that catch our eye on our facebook page and Pinterest Boards. Look for your work there!

Time Flies by Cathi

Hi! Cathi here today sharing my take on Sandra's August sketch. This month we were generously sponsored by Creative Embellishments and by the ChantalVandenberg Etsy Shop!  I even based the color scheme of my layout on Chantal's gorgeous Flower Dreamer Embellishment felt embellishments I used!

Here you can see the fun  #SUMMER chippie I used from the Social Hash Tag chipboard set.  Sandra's sketch has a very modern look so I went for modern shaped chippies, like the Time Flies Frame Set and the Squares set.

I used the adorable Flower Dreamer Embellishment from Chantal in two places. I painted my chipboard  in a blue to match the embellishments and used a fun pink Scrap Cake paper from my stash that fit in perfectly. Because I had to add some of my usual touches I used a Prima Circles mask and some Shimmerz Texturez to make my background and of course added a few flowers!

I hope you will find the time to play along with this challenge. Here is Sandra's sketch:

Check out the fabulous prizes donated by our generous sponsors:

First Prize: Lemon Owl - Around The Corner Collection

(12-12x12 patterned papers, epoxy stickers, die-cut embellishments,

1-12x12 sheet with cards and two sheets with frames.)

Second Prize: Creative Embellishments Gift Certificate

Random Prize: 2 Berry71Bleu Handmade Tags 

(Please note that the photos are just samples and are not the actual tags the prize winner will receive.)

Sponsors:

Lemon Owl 

Website: http://lemon-owl.com

Blog: http://blog.lemon-owl.com/ 

Facebook: www.facebook.com/LemonOwl 

Twitter: https://twitter.com/Lemon_Owl

Lemon Owl is an Ukrainian scrapbook and paper crafting brand created in the end of 2012. We put our first collection, Attic Door, on sale right before the New Year – the magical time between old and new, past and future, when dreams can come true. We like to experiment with colour combos and interesting patterns while creating our unique designs. Our style is fresh and bright, sometimes it is eclectic, and sometimes it is clean and elegant. 

Creative Embellishments 

Website: http://creativeembellishments.com/

Blog: http://creativeembellishments.com/blog

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CreativeEmbellishment

Twitter: https://twitter.com/CEchipboard

Creative Embellishments is a new family owned company created by Michael and Nicolle Kramer. They are a husband and wife team who design and manufacture unique, high quality chipboard, rubber stamps, flair and wood veneer products. It is their mission to offer fun and inspiring products that can be creativity added to any project. In the near future, they will be expanding into other mediums such as stencils!

Marivic Clifton

Zeus and Zoe Etsy Shop

https://www.etsy.com/shop/ZeusandZoe/

Zeus and Zoe is the sister Etsy Shop to Berry71Bleu and sells one-of-a-kind crafting embellishments for scrapbooking, crafting, altered art, home decor and collage art. All tags are handmade and can be designed according to your preference. Please contact Marivic through her Etsy Shop to request a custom order.

byChantalVandenberg Etsy Shop

If you have clicked on one of my creations and smiled then I consider my work a success! My name is Chantal and I live in beautiful Adelaide, South Australia. I began scrapbooking 5 years ago and since then I've never looked back. I've always loved art (particularly cartooning) and through scrapbooking, this passion has been dusted off and reignited tenfold! Yay! I would describe my scrapbooking style as fun, funky, colourful and whimsical. I love to inject lots of personality into my work and I really enjoy bringing memories to life through creativity.

I'm very fortunate and blessed to be a 2014 Scrapbooking Memories Master, and to have my work published regularly in scrapbooking magazines in Australia and worldwide. Plus now I'm also having so much fun designing and making my own scrapbooking embellishments - so that you can enjoy crafting and creating with a lovely collection of cute bits and pieces to play with too! If you see something you like, but would like a larger quantity, please feel free to convo me. I'm also always happy to make up custom orders.

Have lots of fun looking around and thank YOU for considering byChantalVandenberg! :)

A special thanks to Creative Embellishments and Chantal Vandenberg

 for sponsoring our design team this month!

Please note that if the winner(s) of this challenge are international they will be responsible for shipping costs. Make sure you follow our CHALLENGE RULES.

Thank you and we hope to see your beautiful creations!

We appreciate each and every challenge entry and share the designs that catch our eye
on our Facebook page and Pinterest Boards. Look for your work there!

Heartbreaker by Kay

Good morning fellow Berry71Bleu fans!  Kay here with my interpretation of this month's challenge.  I've created this layout based on a sketch provided by fellow DT member Sandra Przybylska.

This is my son when he was about 6 months old.  I put one of my husband's baseball caps on him & I was able to capture this wonderful shot of him peeking out from under the hat with one eye.  He's my little 'heartbreaker'.  This is one of my favorite photos!  :-)

August Sketch by Sandra Przybylska

Here's the sketch that you much use in order to participate in this month's challenge.  It's simple but versatile.  One can interpret the elements of this sketch in a variety of different ways.

 I've used felt embellishments generously provided by Chantal Vandenberg--one of our sponsors this month & owner of an Etsy shop that provides many felt embellishments in a variety of themes.

 Here's a closeup of a felt mushroom by Chantal Vandenberg.  How cute & befitting for my page.

 Here's another felt embellishment by Chantal & the yellow felt clouds are also by Chantal.  I've tucked several different embellishments all along my page that represent both little baby boys (such as the punched yellow elephant seen here) & more masculine embellishments (such as the bow tie & mustache) to represent the 'little man' he's slowly growing up to be.

The 'Heartbreaker' title & the large steampunk hot air balloon are chipboard pieces provided by another one of our sponsors for this month 'Creative Embellishments'.  Here's a closeup of the hot air balloon.  It was first painted in white paint, then red.  I spread a bit of transparent glitter paint & finished it off by adding a light coat of crackle paint.

Now onto the sponsors for this month & all the wonderful prizes up for grab.  Good luck to all who participate...

First Prize: Lemon Owl - Around The Corner Collection

 (12-12x12 patterned papers, epoxy stickers, die-cut embellishments,

1-12x12 sheet with cards and two sheets with frames. )

Second Prize: Creative Embellishments Gift Certificate 

Random Prize: 2 Berry71Bleu Handmade Tags

(Please note that the photos are just samples and are not the actual tags the prize winner will receive.)

Sponsors:

Lemon Owl 

Website: http://lemon-owl.com

Blog: http://blog.lemon-owl.com/ 

Facebook: www.facebook.com/LemonOwl 

Twitter: https://twitter.com/Lemon_Owl

Lemon Owl is an Ukrainian scrapbook and paper crafting brand created in the end of 2012. We put our first collection, Attic Door, on sale right before the New Year – the magical time between old and new, past and future, when dreams can come true. We like to experiment with colour combos and interesting patterns while creating our unique designs. Our style is fresh and bright, sometimes it is eclectic, and sometimes it is clean and elegant.

Creative Embellishments

Website: http://creativeembellishments.com/

Blog: http://creativeembellishments.com/blog

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CreativeEmbellishment

Twitter: https://twitter.com/CEchipboard

Creative Embellishments is a new family owned company created by Michael and 

Nicolle Kramer. They are a husband and wife team who design and 

manufacture unique, high quality chipboard, rubber stamps, flair and 

wood veneer products. It is their mission to offer fun and inspiring 

products that can be creativity added to any project. In the near 

future, they will be expanding into other mediums such as stencils!

Marivic Clifton

Zeus and Zoe Etsy Shop

https://www.etsy.com/shop/ZeusandZoe/

Zeus and Zoe is the sister Etsy Shop to Berry71Bleu and sells one-of-a-kind crafting embellishments for scrapbooking, crafting, altered art, home decor and collage art. All tags are handmade and can be designed according to your preference. Please contact Marivic through her Etsy Shop to request a custom order.

ChantalVandenberg Etsy Shop

If you have clicked on one of my creations and smiled then I consider my work a success! My name is Chantal and I live in beautiful Adelaide, South Australia. I began scrapbooking 5 years ago and since then I've never looked back. I've always loved art (particularly cartooning) and through scrapbooking, this passion has been dusted off and reignited tenfold! Yay! I would describe my scrapbooking style as fun, funky, colourful and whimsical. I love to inject lots of personality into my work and I really enjoy bringing memories to life through creativity.

I'm very fortunate and blessed to be a 2014 Scrapbooking Memories Master, and to have my work published regularly in scrapbooking magazines in Australia and worldwide. Plus now I'm also having so much fun designing and making my own scrapbooking embellishments - so that you can enjoy crafting and creating with a lovely collection of cute bits and pieces to play with too! If you see something you like, but would like a larger quantity, please feel free to convo me. I'm also always happy to make up custom orders.

Have lots of fun looking around and thank YOU for considering byChantalVandenberg! :)

A special thanks to Creative Embellishments and Chantal Vandenberg for sponsoring our design team this month!

Please
note that if the winner(s) of this challenge are international they
will be responsible for shipping costs. Make sure you follow our CHALLENGE RULES.

Thank you and we hope to see your beautiful creations!

We appreciate each and every challenge entry and share the designs that catch our eye on our facebook page and Pinterest Boards. Look for your work there!

Adventure By Kay

Good morning fellow scrappers!  Kay here with my interpretation of the February 'mixed media' challenge hosted by fellow DT member Mandy. When I see the term 'mixed media' I always think of 'messy fun'.  Needless to say I ended up going into the office for two days straight with blue fingers because of this page.  I ended up getting the dark blue mist onto my fingers & it decided to stay there for a few! 

Here I am with my cousin who visited me from my homeland of Chile just this past Spring.  We're standing on top of the Empire State Building taking 'selfies'.  The title of the page 'Adventure' is really meant for my cousin since visiting the USA was a first for her & a very memorable adventure.

Here's a recap of the challenge...

Mixed media, in visual art, refers to an artwork in the making of which more than one medium has been employed. For this challenge, create a "mixed media" page, canvas, card, etc. using more than one medium. Example: paints, mists, textured paste, gesso, chalks, inks, rubs, embossing powder, and more!

 Let's see, I ended up using a couple of techniques & mediums on this page.  I used mists, inks, modeling paste, embossing & a touch of gesso. I also did some stamping which in my little world, I consider to be a form of mixed media as well.  It's amazing the different effects you can get from stamping.

I tucked a kraft bag behind my trio of photos & created a tag to store in it which holds my journaling.  The blue flower shown here was actually all white.  I spritzed it with dark blue mists & spread a bit of gesso on it.

 I'm a big fan of layers & tend to add them in abundance to my pages when possible--here you can see how the layers 'pop' off the page I bit.  I use foam dots to give my layers a bit of dimension.

 A combo of modeling paste, stamping, misting & inking.

 For the Molossi 'Bird Branch' chipboard--I didn't do much to it--I kept it in the raw since the natural color of the chipboard went with my page.  I just added some highlights to the leaves with a white gel pen & heat embossed the whole chipboard with Star Dust Translucent Embossing Powder by Stampendous.  This gave the chippie a shimmery effect that 'pops' off the page. 

 Now onto the prizes...

1st Prize:

Molossi Gift Pack (Chipboard, Bling and Flowers)

2nd Prize:

7 Dots Studio 6x6 Paper Pads

3rd Prize:

1 Lawn Fawn Clear Stamp Set

Sponsors:

Molossi

http://www.molossi.com.au/

Molossi is an Australian
retail and wholesale supplier to the scrapbooking and papercraft
industry. Molossi strives to bring you an online shopping experience
where you can relish in a huge range of scrapbooking supplies to
compliment your scrapbooking addiction. Molossi offers thousands of products
including: albums, cardstock, flowers, bling, personal die-cutting
machines, stickers, embellishments and plenty more! Become a part of our scrapping community and enter the stash giveaways and competitions
on our Facebook page and Blog.
For a large range of page layout ideas, sign up for our monthly
newsletter to stay up-to-date with the scrapbooking world and monthly
promotions.

7 Dots Studio

http://7dotsstudio.com/

We are a team of creative women who cannot image their world without
paper, glue and the creative process. Scrapbooking is our passion and we
love to share our passion with other scrapbookers. For this reason, 7
Dots Studio exists. The quality of our products is our top priority. Our
collections are made from thick (250gsm), acid-free, lignin-free,
archival scrapbooking paper. We also offer high quality cardstock
stickers.

Lawn Fawn

http://www.lawnfawn.com/

We're a small company from Southern California that specializes in crafting products that are fun and lively. We began in March 2010 with the release of four stamp sets and are now proud to showcase our entire collection of over 95 sets in our little corner of the web. In 2012, we introduced paper, stickers and twine, and as of 2013 we are happy to feature new dies for some of our most popular stamp sets! At Lawn Fawn, we love crafting products that are truly one of a kind. All of our stamps and paper feature original designs that have been created just for you; even our fonts have been customized! Our products have been seen in the pages of Paper Crafts, CARDS, Take Ten, and Creating Keepsakes magazines with many more publications to come. Here at Lawn Fawn you will find crafting products that are cute, whimsical, and even a bit quirky, but one thing they all have in common is the ability to inspire creativity in everyone. Our products can’t
wait to jump start your next craft project!

Visit us anytime to browse our latest products or simply find inspiration! And don't forget to check out our Flickr and Facebook pages, follow us on Twitter and read our blog. We love to feature our customers and give away free stuff!

A special thanks to Molossi for sponsoring our design team this month! Molossi is a permanent sponsor for 2014, so there will be more chances to win Molossi prize packages in the coming months.

Please note that if the winner(s) of this challenge are international they will be responsible for
shipping costs.

Make sure you follow our CHALLENGE RULES. 

Thank you and we hope to see your beautiful creations this month!