March Challenge at Berry71bleu

It is definitely starting to feel like spring here in Ireland and I have been totally inspired by Tusia's gorgeous moodboard to create some lovely spring like pastel cards!! I took the colors and the shapes of the flowers and added some butterflies all from the moodboard below:

Here is my first card.

I just love all the 7 Dots papers, but the gorgeous Illumination collection is PERFECT for spring! I love the soft muted pastel colors!  I also used a sticker from the Soulmates collection for this!  I had some Prima flowers and vines from my stash that worked perfectly and added a beautiful butterfly from Reneabouquet. I finished off the card with some stitching along the edges.

My second card also features the Illumination paper and the sticker from the Soulmates collection.  I chose another Prima flower and vine and Reneabouquet butterfly to match the moodboard. These two cards in the set work great together and I think follow the moodboard well!!  Will you join us for this challenge and make your own gorgeous spring colored projects??

Sponsor:

UmWowStudio

UmWowStudio is a US based manufacturer of chipboard, stencils/masks, and flair for the general artsy community. Our products make great additions to cards and scrapbooking as well as mixed media pieces, altered art, tags, canvases, art journaling and more. Our chipboard is extra heavy duty to stand up to any mediums you can manage to throw at it. Our stencils and masks come in a super thick durable plastic to give your pieces extra dimension, and our flair is flat backed for easy use.

Connect with us! Visit us on FACEBOOK, view our BLOG, we're on INSTAGRAM, PINTEREST and our shop can be found at UmWowStudio.com

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Pinterest: https://pinterest.com/umwowstudio

Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/UmWowStudio

Um Wow Studio has give the winner a 30 USD Gift Certificate!

Please note: International winners may be responsible for shipping costs.

Please be sure to follow our CHALLENGE RULES.

We appreciate each and every challenge entry and share the designs that catch our eye on our Facebook page and Pinterest Boards.

Thank you and I am looking forward to meet with your great projects on our challenge!

Uniquely You

This month's theme at Berry71bleu is Venice Carnival! The moodboard is filled with lots of gold and vintage charm. Here is the gorgeous moodboard we used:

I just loved it! I found a great carnival photo and just had to use it! I kept to a brown and dark pink theme and loaded my chipboard up with gold embossing powder!

Here you can see the gorgeous rich text of the Imagine Ink 14 Karat Embossing Powder from Blue Fern Studios. I love the look it gives! I added some sewing and splashes as well as some background stamping for detail.

I used flowers from my stash in browns and deep pinks with a touch of gold.

Here you can see more of the rich gold on the beautiful dress form chipboard from Blue Fern Studios.

I just love how this turned out with the sewing and embossing added for texture.  I hope you join in with us and play along!!

Our Sponsor this month is:

"Viva Las VegaStamps! is a US based manufacturer of deeply etched pink rubber stamps. Super high quality makes for beautifully stamped images. Our near 20,000 image inventory ranges from steampunk to vintage, realistic to sayings, people to animals and more. Our stamps are great for scrapbooking, mixed media, art journaling, cards, jewelry, food, wax and more!" 

Connect with us!

 Visit us on FACEBOOK https://www.facebook.com/vlvstamps

 View our BLOG http://vivalas.blogspot.ie/

 We're on INSTAGRAM  https://instagram.com/vivalasvegastamps/

               PINTEREST  https://www.pinterest.com/vlvstamps/

 Our shop can be found https:/www.atvlvstamps.com 

Viva Las Vegas Stamps give one winner a $30 Gift Certificate to use in their store!

Come play along for your chance to win!!!

Sealed with a Kiss: Berry71bleu January Challenge

I'd love to share my layout for the Get Your Sparkle On January Berry71bleu challenge! We were challenged to use the moodboard and to add some sparkle to our project! I have used the gorgeous 7 Dots Studio Verano Azul collection for my project.

Check out the gorgeous moodboard!

There are lots of great journaling cards in the Verano Azul collection and I have layered up many of them here. I have also added some tags from the 7 Dots Lost and Found collection.

I've also added some great chipboard pieces from Blue Fern Studios here, the Arrow Words and the Winter Page Dangles.

I used some of my glitter paste and a mask to make my glittery background, adding lots of gorgeous flowers, lace and buttons from my stash.

I finally finished off the layout with some stamping using the 7 Dots Cold Country collection script stamp.  I had a lot of fun layering up and embellishing my layout this month.

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

Our sponsor this month is

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/

This month the winner get this fab prize!

Even though Christmas has passed this collection is really, really versatile! And this years Christmas Pictures can be used straight away too!

One Random winner will receive this prize.

Please note: International winners may be responsible for shipping costs.
Please be sure to follow our CHALLENGE RULES.

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!

Joyeux Noel for Berry71 Bleu December Challenge

Hello fellow scappy friends, I'm here with my layout for the Berry71bleu December challenge. This month moodboard is created by Denise van Deventer. I just love it!

My project this month features products from several of our sponsors over the year, gorgeous 7 Dots Studio Yuletide papers, stamps, tags and stickers, the stunning Out of this World Frame from Creative Embellishments and amazing glittery Blue Fern Embossing Powder

I just love the tags and stickers in the Yuletide collection! I layered lots and lots of tags adding some fun hearts and stars and words into the mix.

You can  see all the layers here and some gorgeous Christmasy flowers from my stash! I just love the frame from Creative Embellishments!

I chose a wintery Christmasy vintage image I had already printed as my focal photo. Here you can how the light catches the glittery embossing powder from Blue Fern Studios  I added some texture paste circles to the background to imitate snow and added some stamping of stars and the word merry to add to the background textures. I finally finished off with some brown and red splashes!

I hope you like my layout and thank you so much for stopping by! I hope you will join us this month for a chance to win some amazing prizes!

And now - the prizes :)

First Prize:

C'est Magnifique December Main Kit

(Featuring a Holiday Collection designed by Astrid Maclean.)

Random Prize:

Scrapiniec Prize Package
(Prize may differ from designs shown.)

Sponsors:

Blog: http://cestmagnifiquekits.blogspot.com/
Store: http://www.cestmagnifiquekits.com/cart/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Cest-Magnifique-Kits/100101170107994
Pinterest: http://www.pinterest.com/cmkits/cest-magnifique-design-team-projects/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cestmagnifiquekits/ 
Twitter: https://twitter.com/CM_Kits

C'est Magnifique Kits is a scrapbook kit club that caters to the more sophisticated crafter. We aspire to bring something a little different to our monthly kits. We offer predominately international papers and embellishments each month, from countries such as France, Germany, Poland, Sweden and more! Stop by our blog, http://cestmagnifiquekits.blogspot.com/, to see what our talented International design team creates with our monthly kits. Follow us on Facebook and sign up for our emails to stay informed about new product, kit contents and giveaways.

Scrapiniec Die-Cut Chipboard

Blog: http://scrapiniec-inspiracje.blogspot.com/

Scrapiniec is the first Polish manufacturer of laser die-cut chipboard products for use in scrapbooking. They satisfy even the most unusual individual orders and are characterized by reliability, high quality and friendly customer service.

Please note: International winners may be responsible for shipping costs.
Please be sure to follow our CHALLENGE RULES.

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

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!

Explore

Hi Cathi here with my layout for the October challenge! This month our challenge is to use the colors orange, brown and gold and incorporate layers of leaves in your project. You can be inspired by the beautiful moodboard below!

I chose to use a autumn themed vintage image for my layout and ltos of layers of different leaves...you can see the masked leaves on the base of my layout, using Shimmerz Dazzlers.  The explore chipboard comes from the our sponsor this month Creative Embellishments from the Adventure Word Set.

Here you can see the gorgeous Flourish 1 chipboard from Creative Embellishments, I've tucked in a Prima flower and gold frame behind the photo adding a bit of corrugated cardboard.

The gorgeous paper I used this month is Paisley and Vine Pathway from Blue Fern Studios, a previous sponsor this year. You can see lots more leaves I have added into the layout and a fun Dragonfly from Renee Bouquets. I finished off the layout with a bit of chevron stamping and some splashes.

This month prizes are:

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/

You have until 31st October to upload your projects!

Hope you join us!!!

Happy Happy Life Layout for Berry71bleu Forest Moodboard challenge!

Hi, fellow crafters, Cathi back again! This month our challenge is Forest and Tusia has made a gorgeous moodboard for us:

I had a great time incorporating this theme into my layout starting with a photo of my gorgeous daughter taking a nature walk years and years ago!

I used a lot of paper, tags, and stamps from the 7 Dots Studio Lost and Found collection. Here you can see a close up of polka dot masking and stamping both from the collection. The tags and cut out images are also from Lost and Found!  I had this gorgeous branch from Prima that fit perfectly and added the leaves.

I took an adorable speech bubble cut out from the Verano Azul collection and added some Petaloo flowers in earthy forest colors!  I added some pink and blue stamping to tie a little in with my daughter's clothes.

The thread like fibres on my page are actually from a package of raffia I bought just for this purpose, I knew I could use them somehow in my crafts!!

I hope you play along with us this month for this gorgeous challenge!!

Participate and this is what you can win:

1st prize:

Lost and Found collection sponsored by 7 Dots Studio (as shown below)

Random Prize:

Set of TandiArt prints and cards

Our sponsors provided prizes with international shipping included!

Sponsors:

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/

TandiArt

Mixed media art, home decoration and workshops with a little bit of magic:) This dreamy art work is created with heart and soul by Sylwia Gryczuk.

 Instagram: http://instagram.com/tandiart

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

Blog: http://tandiart.blogspot.ie/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/Tandiart

Pinterest: http://www.pinterest.com/tandiart/

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!