Special Memories Canvas - Berry71Bleu February Mood Board Challenge

Hello Everyone

Welcome to a new month and a new Mood Board Challenge here at Berry71Bleu!

Here is the gorgeous and soft mood board.

I took inspiration from the beautiful and soft pinks and created this canvas.

This photo is of my husbands Grand Mother.  She was a beautiful lady! ;-)

Here's some close ups.

I used chippies and lace and also made some of my own layered flowers.

Crackle paste, distress inks and spray inks were used for the background.

So now we would love to see your inspiration and would love for you to play along.

This months sponsor is:

Scrap and Craft specializes in scrapbooking products made in Poland.

We stock many Polish, leading brands like Studio75, Scrapiniec, The Mini Art and others.

In our offer we have scrapbooking papers, hidden hinge albums, die cut chipboard, foamiran 

Our mission is provide worldwide scrapbookers with unique items and make you happy with crafting.

Keep calm and craft on !

Online store: www.scrapandcraft.co.uk 

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Scrap & Craft kindly sponsor us with this prize!

You have until 28 Feb to upload your projects.

Special Guest Designer - Michelle Frisby

Hello Everyone

We have a super duper, fabulous and creative lady here on the blog today! ;-)

Welcome, lovely lady, Michelle Frisby! ;-)

Let me introduce myself.

My name is Michelle Frisby and in the online world you might also know me as Mrs Frizz.

I live in New Zealand and I tell people that I live close to the bottom of the world and it's true, I really do.

I love creating with paper, flowers, mists, paints.  When I'm not at work, I'm quite happy being at home in my scrap room or my extended scrap room [ssssshhhhhhh!!! as in taking over the kitchen and dining room bench].  It's my happy place and space.

I have the privilege this month of Guest Designing for Berry71Bleu and playing, oops I really should say creating, with their gorgeous mood board.

  

Seriously look at that stunning mood board – inspirational.  Truly.  

I didn’t know where to start, I had so many ideas swirling around in my head.

The texture, the mask, the gondola's.

First off, the mask - I had to create something with a mask and so I did! ;-)

A close up...

and another one...

I really did have a blast.

Let's say that I had "dirty fingers" for days.

After I finished my mask I still kept thinking about the mood board.

My husband and I were lucky enough to visit Venice in September 2013 and boy-oh-boy 
looking at this mood board really was like taking a walk down memory lane.

I would also like to share a canvas which I created for this challenge.

A close up.

Another close up showing a little more of that texture (distress crackle paint) on the mask.

A huge thank you to Denise and the team at Berry71Bleu for the opportunity to Guest Design this month!

Fun, fun fun!

Happy creating everyone! ;-)
CYA
Michelle (aka Mrs Frizz)

Now it's your turn and we would love to see what you create! ;-)

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!

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.

Torn Angel by Marie Johansson

I absolutely adore the Challenge Virág crated for us! I love the colors, the textures, the pictures, the history - well - as you can hear - all of it!!! I was inpiered to do something experimental. I took this clothes stand from my daughters outgrown toys and started to play.

I added layers of paint and tissue paper. First dark copper paints, then golden, whites & silver.

Black Glass glitter add even more texture.

The wings is a piece of chipboard that I stamped on with a Finnabair texture stamp and FlitterGlu from IndigoBlu. By applying MegaFlakes (also from IndigBlu) I got the crackled gold/copper effect. You will find more details about the products used in my blog.

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!

Now hurry up and show us what YOU create for this month Challenge!

Wake Up - Guest Designer - Natalia Trofimova

Hello Everyone

The winner of the January Challenge was Natalia Trofimova and so today she Guest Designs for us and once again, shows us her beautiful and amazing work.

Natalia Trofimova from Russia, blog http://lady-scrap.blogspot.ru

Hi! My name is Natalia, I'm 32 years old, my family - husband and soon-to-four-year daughter plus white Fluffy the cat. Education and profession - lawyer, but after the degree did not come to work and stayed at home watching my daughter. My husband says that's my best work - is to be a mom))). I live in Russia, Ussuriysk. And, you can read 20 facts about me ))

Here is my inspiration of Mood Board. Layout about the beginning of spring, when nature wakes up from its winter sleep. I used lace, birds, butterflies and flowers.

Isn't the softness and detailing just so beautiful!!!

Thanks so much to Natalia for this gorgeous page! It really is a stunner.

Please pop over to Natalia's blog.  I am sure she would love the visit and you will surely find lots and lots of eye candy and inspiration! ;-)

There is still a little bit of time left to play along with this months challenge.

~February Mood Board Challenge~

Join our February Challenge and share some of the things you love! Our challenge host Dana created this mood board using images that caught her eye on Pinterest. Whether you like birds or butterflies, flowers or feathers, postcards or old books, or something else entirely, just have fun creating a project showcasing the things or people you love. Feel free to incorporate photos, patterns and colors from the mood board in your project, but please do not feel required to use these images. This challenge is specifically about the things you love - no restrictions!

Check out the fabulous prizes donated by our generous sponsors:

First Prize: $15 Gift Voucher to the CAT File Store

Second Prize: Art Workshop Kit Club - Pocket Life Kit

Sponsors:

CAT File Store

Blog: http://catfilestore.blogspot.com/

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

CAT File was founded in May 2014 as a family business of two people: Pawel and Mira. We are a small online store providing fresh and colorful digital designs: cut files and printables dedicated mostly for scrapbooking purposes. We love documenting our life and CAT File is our way of sharing this passion with others. It's the platform where crafters from all over the world can gather together, find an inspiration and give it. It's also the space that we created for young designers to grow and develop their skills.

Art Workshop Kit Club

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

Pinterest: http://www.pinterest.com/artworkshoppl/art-workshop-kit-club

Instagram: http://instagram.com/artworkshopkitclub

Art Workshop Kit Club, located in Poland, is a joint effort of Agnieszka Arnold, a huge fan of handicraft and the owner of Art Workshop, and Tusia Lech, designer, coordinator of many scrapbooking ventures and owner of 7 Dots Studio. Our main mission, as a Kit Club, is to get your creative juices flowing. Each month we offer unique scrapbooking kits, with great products inside. We carefully choose the products for each kit, so they match each other and inspire you. Each month there are two main kits - Scrapbooking and Pocket Life. In these kits you will find patterned papers from various manufacturers, colored cardstock, 3x4'' and 4x6'' cards, stickers, alphas, stamps, chipboard, strings, ribbons, crystals and coming soon Art Workshop Kit Club exclusive products.

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

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

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