Dancer - GDT for Berry71Bleu for November!

I am so excited to be joining Berry71Bleu in January on their full DT, but this month I've had the wonderful opportunity to be a guest designer and work with one of Marivic's gorgeous vintage tags as well!

The tag I received has a beautiful fairy ballerina and a bottlecap that says dance on it, so I just knew I had to do a layout of Aine and her love of ballet. I found a photo of Aine during her first months of ballet in 2007 and funny enough with arms outstretched just like her one from ballet camp this summer, I just had to use it. I fussy cut around her younger photo and placed it into the layout! This month's challenge theme is Change is Beautiful and I think Aine's changes as she grows into a graceful ballerina fit the theme perfectly!!

I chose the colors of my layout from the gorgeous tag. The blues, greens and pinks perfectly suited the 9th Wave papers, die cuts, and stickers I had from 7 Dots as well. I used some gorgeous Molossi chipboard, cutting a heart in half and using it on both sides of the layout cluster. I colored it with pink chalk ink to tone in with the tag colors and then used a Prima stamp and added some gesso. I also added some chicken wire chipboard and colored that in with the teal chalk ink...

I added some Molossi paper flowers and some gorgeous Petaloo flowers I had in my stash, added a bit of stamping and splatters and a tiny bit of modelling paste on my background.

I hope you like my inspiration for Berry71Bleu's November challenge using the gorgeous mood board:

I hope you are inspired to play along, just look at this months prizes!!!

Main Prize:

Liquitex Prize Package

Acrylic mediums

Adult Size Liquitex Apron

Random Prize:

Sponsors: 

Liquitex

Liquitex offers the widest spectrum of vibrant intense acrylic paints, acrylic mediums and art supplies that enable you to bring your creative vision to life. The possibilities to expand your creativity are endless with their innovative toolbox. Liquitex was the first water-based acrylic paint created in 1955 and since then has partnered with artists to ensure that they continually 
evolve and innovate – resulting in a long history of acrylic innovation. Today, Liquitex offers the largest array of vibrant acrylic paints, mediums and tools to enable acrylic artists to continually explore their art and take it to new and unprecedented boundaries. Their innovative drive, creative passion and intense desire to share the joys of artistic expression through unparalleled education and community outreach programs, has ensured that Liquitex will continue to be a strong partner in helping artists explore their art for decades to come.

Frog Dog Studio

Frog Dog Studio is a monthly Mixed Media kit club. We have a talented team of designers who will share video and photo tutorials on how to make kit projects
and use kit supplies, in easy, fun, and creative ways. We pride ourselves on making the world Mixed Media friendly and want to share our excitement and passion for creating art with our subscribers. We believe that Mixed Media is the window to the soul, and embrace individualism, and self expression. Getting our hands messy with paint, ink, and glue is a natural part of our lives.

www.majadesign.nu

Maja Design Corp is based in Uddevalla, Sweden. We are dedicated to create unique and high quality vintage inspired patterned paper for scrapbooking and crafts. Maja Design was founded in November 2007, and since then, have grown to supply over 70 retailers in Sweden and 90 all over the world. Founder Marie Jansson says: "In the fall of 2004, a dear friend asked me to join her to a scrapbooking course. From that moment, I became totally amazed and thrilled by all the beautiful papers and decorations in the art of scrapbooking. After some time as a captivated scrapper, I got curious to create my own patterns. I have always had a devotion for color and form. I had access to great printing facility, as I worked at a printers office. Since 2007, I have been blessed to be able to work with my great passion - to design and create colored coordinated paper."

Our Design Team 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 collections are made from thick (250gsm), acid-free, lignin-free, archival scrapbooking paper. We also offer high quality cardstock stickers.

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 for stopping by my blog and I hope to see your beautiful creations this month!

Dream Layout for Creative Expressions

This week I am sharing a layout featuring the gorgeous Winter Flower stamp plate and Heartfelt Creations Antiquities paper pad! I love the way the layout turned out and have used many yummy products from Creative Expressions!!

The layout has many many layers of gorgeous designs cut from the Antiquities papers. I love how they provide titles, journal cards, 6x6 and 12x12 papers all within the same paper pad. I layered many of the journal cards, using one as a frame for my photo of Aisling! Aisling means dream in Irish and my girl is a bit of a daydreamer so I thought it was a perfect title for the layout.

The stamp I chose from the Winter Flower plate this week is this gorgeous hellebore. Using scraps from the paper pad, I stamped it twice in Sepia Archival Ink and painted in with Cosmic Shimmer Antique Rose Vintage Mist and Forest Moss Drawing Ink. I fussy cut these out and place them on the layout around my frame.

I used some gorgeous May Arts Cream Crochet Lace cut it in half and misted it with the Antique Rose Vintage Mist.  I cut some gorgeous butterflies from the Couture Creations Ornate Frame 3 in 1 Set and used the script stamp from the same collection for the background. The butterflies were cut using some of the paper pad scraps again and because I am addicted to the Enchanted Gold Gilding Wax, they are coated with that for a lovely shimmer. I used Perfect Medium and Copper Mica Powder to do my background script stamping, very subtle but a lovely detail.

It is Fun Time Friday again 

over at the Creative Expressions Facebook Page!!

This week, we want to hear about the WORST Christmas Presents you have ever received 

(or perhaps heard of someone else receiving).

The prize today is a collection of festively coloured glitters and 2 x CE Christmas Bauble Singles Stamps!

To take part, please LIKE the post, leave a COMMENT about your worst presents 

and SHARE this post with your friends (let's grow this amazing community!).

The competition will close at 5pm today and the winner will be announced shortly afterwards!

Thank you so much for stopping by today, I'd love to hear from you and would love for you to subscribe!!

  

            

   

Seasons Greetings Layout for Visible Image

I wanted to feature this great Christmas Eve stamp that I got and I thought this photo of the girls from Christmas last year was perfect to go with it! I used my Seasons Greetings sentiment stamp for my title in Walnut Stain Distress Ink. I also added the Brick Wall stamp to the background as brick fireplaces always remind me of Christmas, usually with stockings hanging off them!

I added some gorgeous Prima and BoBunny flowers from my stash and a gorgeous Molossi chipboard chandelier which I embossed in Black and used Cosmic Shimmer Gilding Wax.

I added some Molossi chipboard flourishes to my flower clusters as a finishing touch. The papers used are Prima Holiday Jubilee.

I really love how this turned out and I hope you enjoyed looking! If you like any of the stamps, simply click on the link or image to head to the shop.

Visible Image also run a challenge each month on their blog.

This month the theme is:

MAKE IT SPARKLE

Use a Visible Image Sentiment stamp on a project and link it up, easy peasy,
and you could win £20 of your choice of Visible Image gorgeousness!

Join us over at our fan page on Facebook or join our GROUP!

This month if you load a Visible Image project you've created in the group,
you also have a chance at another £20 prize, you have to be in it to win it though,
so I hope you have a look at the site and get some stamps and join in.

   

Joy In Life

 Welcome to the

In order to get here, you must have come via Trace Metcalfe's Blog. If you arrived here from Trace's page then you are in the right place.

I decided to share my layout I made with the Couture Creations 3 in 1 sets! 

After making my cards, I wanted to use all the gorgeous stamps folders and die cuts to make a layout. This has elements from 5 of the 6 sets!!

I started my layout by sewing in black around the border of my page. I chose papers from the Tim Holtz Retro Grunge Paper Stash. I did some background stamping in Jet Black Archival Ink using the script stamp and butterfly stamp from the Couture Creations 3 in 1 Ornate Frame set randomly around the page. I didn't place my stamp on a block but just moved it around and used sections of it to stamp the pattern. 

My next layer I embossed more Tim Holtz Retro Grunge paper with the fun Couture Creations 3 in 1 Party Time set embossing folder...I love its bubbly look! To highlight the raised areas, I used Creative Expressions Enchanted Gold Gilding Wax. I added more black stitching around this layer of paper and added it to the center of my layout.

Next I gave a new product for me a try: Cosmic Shimmer Heat Bondable Angel Fibres. I simply made a layer of the fibres, sandwiched them between greaseproof paper and ironed them together, fusing them into a fun shimmery organic looking layer to use on my layout!

I used dies from several of the 3 in 1 sets: a butterfly from Ornate Frame, a butterfly from Butterfly Notes and the great banners from Party Time. Again all of these are cut out from my Tim Holtz paper. I added the fun banner shapes to a bit of twine and placed them on my layout.

I also made some flowers with the medallion die from Floral Wreath, adding Clear Sparkles into the center.

With the flower cluster I added a gorgeous Creative Expressions tan Zipper Rose and some Metal Leaf Embellishments.

To finish off the layout I added one of the Creative Expressions Fancy Key Charms and stamped a little banner with the Joy in Life sentiment from the 3 in 1 Pattern Quilt set. 

Thank you for visiting my blog, please leave a comment in order to be in with a chance of winning the amazing prizes! We have some fantastic prize bundles to give away! Each prize bundle is worth over £10 and contains a selection of Glitters, Glue, Embossing Powders and a Singles Stamp from Creative Expressions. The star prize will be the same as the other prize bundles, but will also include one of the 3-in-1 Dreamboat Collection Sets! Our star prize is worth £30! Here is what you can win on my blog: 

To Have & To Hold Pre Cut Stamp

Glitter 

Cosmic Shimmer Dries Clear Glue

Cosmic Shimmer Silver Shine Details Embossing Powder 

To be in with a chance of winning a prize, all you need to do is leave a comment
here and on each of the ten blogs over the course of the hop.

Once you have left a comment here, you will need to click here to visit Tracy Evans' blog.

To help you along the way, here is a list of the Blog Hop:-

Creative Expressions News Page

Kim Robertson

Pam Smith

Neil Burley

Donna Ratcliffe

Tracy Heaton

Kerry Hickton

Kim Dellow

Trace Metcalfe

Cathi O’Neill

Tracy Evans

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