ESCAPE by Mandy Zimmerman

Thank you Tusia Lech for hosting this month's fun challenge here at Berry71Bleu!   She loves drinking coffee, creating pretty things, watching sunsets and smelling flowers. Things do not have to be big, to be pleasant!

My take on this month's "Simple Pleasures" challenge is my love for flowers, gardening and relaxing by the pool-

 I loaded on the gorgeous "bling" from the design team sponsor Molossi -

 I tucked in some flower images and wording from our design team sponsor darkroom door-

The photo was taken more then 3 years ago before we had flooding in our area.....The flowering plants you see in the photo surprisingly came back and were not damaged.

  Here is a close-up of the stenciling/heat embossing/misting:

 

 

 Below shows the board of inspiration for this month's May challenge:

 

 SIMPLE PLEASURES

 

Please feel free to inspire yourself with anything, what simple pleasures mean to you. Tusia created the above board using some wonderful images from Pinterest - whether you prefer muted colors and simplicity or bold, fresh colors and profusion, I hope you find something for you.

 

Do you feel inspired?  There is still some time to join our challenge this month :

Check this month fabulous prizes donated by our generous sponsors:

1st Prize:

Molossi Gift Pack (Chipboard, Bling and Flowers)

2nd Prize: 

Darkroom Door Paper Collection

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.

Darkroom Door
Website: http://www.darkroomdoor.com/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/darkroomdoor
Twitter: https://twitter.com/darkroom_door
Pinterest: http://pinterest.com/darkroomdoor/
Flickr Group: http://www.flickr.com/groups/darkroomdoor/
YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/user/rachelgreig
Blog: blog.darkroomdoor.com

Darkroom Door is owned by photographer Rachel Greig and graphic designer Stewart Yule who combine their talents to design a unique range of rubber stamps and papercraft products suitable for card making, scrapbooking, invitations, collage, mixed media and altered art. As the name suggests, Darkroom Door products have a strong photographic element in their design. Products include: Rubber Stamps, Photo Stamps, Background Stamps, Frame Stamps, Collage Stamps, Word Block Stamps, Montage Sheets, Photochips, and Filmstrips along with a wide range of accessories for all type of paper crafts.

Darkroom Door also has a fabulous blog that is updated regularly with projects created by many talented artists. Check out the Darkroom Door website to see their full product range along with a gallery full of projects and ideas!

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!