Guest Designer Michelle McDonald!

We're thrilled to welcome Guest Designer, and December Challenge Winner, Michelle McDonald to the blog today. She created a stunning layout for us as well as a video tutorial! Thanks for sharing your creativity Michelle!

Hi! My name is Michelle, and I’m thrilled to be guest designing for Berry71Bleu. I live in a small town in Tennessee with my wonderfully supportive husband John, and our daughter Makara. My family is featured throughout my work, they are my world. My addiction to scrapbooking began about 2 years ago. I began because I think it's a beautiful way to display photos while documenting our everyday moments, and it's the perfect creative outlet for me - there are so many different techniques, styles and yummy supplies to play with! I enjoy creating a variety of projects including layouts, cards, tags, off the page projects, and the occasional mini album. You can find me at http://michellesscrapdesigns.blogspot.com/. 

Here's Michelle's take on our January "Things with Wings" Challenge.

Here's Michelle's video:

We'd love to have you join us this month!

Thank you to our sponsors for providing beautiful prizes this month!

1st Prize:
3 products of by digital PAPER chosen by the winner



Random Prize:
Set of TandiArt prints and cards



Sponsors:

by digital PAPER

 Etsy Store: https://www.etsy.com/shop/bydigitalpaper
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bydigitalpaper
Twitter: http://twitter.com/madebyjanet

This online shop was set up by amazing graphic designer - Janet who works on graphics many hours daily, so that customers can always be pleased when buying her digital papers. For many years Janet has been collecting old postcards, photos, illustrations and she uses them to make her beautiful digital papers. She also like to draw. Many of her illustrations Janet drew herself.

TandiArt

  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/

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

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 pageand Pinterest Boards. Look for your work there!

My Little Angel Layout By Kay

Happy January Berry71Bleu fans!  Kay here with my interpretation of this month's challenge: Things With Wings.

My project incorporated several items & elements with wings.  I used washi paper in the background with butterfly images, I perched a small yellow bird embellishment on top of the nest & I decided to give my little guy his very own pair of angel wings.  I'm always saying how my son is my 'sweet little angel' so the idea to give him some sort of angel wings has been brewing in my mind for some time now--the opportunity finally came where I can add wings to him & it made sense!

My son was just a little over a month old when this photo was taken.  His sweet face has changed a bit since then but he still has those big brown eyes.

Here you can see the different layers of washi shape that I applied to the background.  I also did a bit of misting & masking with modeling paste.  Working with white mixed media always pops more against a solid black background.

I kept the overall design of the page simple--I wanted the main focus to be on my photo.

I tucked a small glassine bag underneath the photo that serves as pocket where I inserted a tag. This will hold my journaling.

I've used images by one of our sponsors this month by Digital Paper.  The floral images were pink so I edited the color in Photoshop & made them blue to go along with the colors of my layout.  That's the beauty of digital images--you can make them any color you want with just a bit of knowledge on how to edit images with a photo editor.  I then fussy cut the flowers & tucked them behind my photo.  Voila!  Instant customized embellishments!

Thanks for stopping by & looking forward to seeing your interpretation of this month's challenge.  Now onto this month's sponsors & prizes...

Thank you to our sponsors for providing beautiful prizes this month!

1st Prize:

3 products of by digital PAPER chosen by the winner



Random Prize:

Set of TandiArt prints and cards



Sponsors:

by digital PAPER

This online shop was set up by amazing graphic designer - Janet who works on graphics many hours daily, so that customers can always be pleased when buying her digital papers. For many years Janet has been collecting old postcards, photos, illustrations and she uses them to make her beautiful digital papers. She also like to draw. Many of her illustrations Janet drew herself.

Etsy Store: https://www.etsy.com/shop/bydigitalpaper

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

Twitter: http://twitter.com/madebyjanet

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/

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 pageand Pinterest Boards. Look for your work there!

Fly high by Tusia Lech - January Things with Wings challenge

Hello :)

This is my first post in new year, so I would like to wish everyone an amazing 2015 year!!!

I created a layout for our January theme - "Things with Wings". I have included a butterfly, a bird, a feather, but moreover my whole layout is about flying - so very high to reach the dreams!!

I have used wonderful digi from our generous January sponsor by digital paper, that I printed at home. All the images of beautiful roses and hydrangeas come from this set.

As background paper I have used one from 7 Dots Studio - Soulmates collection. Flowers come from Zeus&Zoe etsy store.

Join our 

January 2015 Challenge: Things With Wings
and win amazing prizes!!

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Thank you to our sponsors for providing beautiful prizes this month!


1st Prize:
3 products of by digital PAPER chosen by the winner





Random Prize:
Set of TandiArt prints and cards





Sponsors:

by digital PAPER

This online shop was set up by amazing graphic designer - Janet who works on graphics many hours daily, so that customers can always be pleased when buying her digital papers. For many years Janet has been collecting old postcards, photos, illustrations and she uses them to make her beautiful digital papers. She also like to draw. Many of her illustrations Janet drew herself.

Etsy Store: https://www.etsy.com/shop/bydigitalpaper
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bydigitalpaper
Twitter: http://twitter.com/madebyjanet

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/

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 pageand Pinterest Boards. Look for your work there!

Love by Elena Lishchenko - January Things With Wings Challenge

Hey everyone! My name is Elena. This is my first layout for Berry71Bleu and it's really exciting for me!
This layout is about me and my husband.

I cut several flowers from the patterned papers from our sponsor digitalPAPERS use it as layers under my foto.
I also printed this paper on a napkin. I used this napkin to decorate some chipboard butterflies and my background in decoupage technique.

This challenge is really fun! I hope you find the time to play along!

Thank you to our sponsors for providing beautiful prizes this month!

1st Prize:
3 products of by digital PAPER chosen by the winner





Random Prize:
Set of TandiArt prints and cards





Sponsors:

by digital PAPER

This online shop was set up by amazing graphic designer - Janet who works on graphics many hours daily, so that customers can always be pleased when buying her digital papers. For many years Janet has been collecting old postcards, photos, illustrations and she uses them to make her beautiful digital papers. She also like to draw. Many of her illustrations Janet drew herself.

Etsy Store: https://www.etsy.com/shop/bydigitalpaper
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bydigitalpaper
Twitter: http://twitter.com/madebyjanet

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/

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 pageand Pinterest Boards. Look for your work there!

Thanks for your attention. More projects in my blog. Have a nice day!

Play by Dana Tatar - January Things With Wings Challenge

Hi Berry71Bleu fans! Happy New Year! Dana here today sharing my take on the January "Things With Wings" Challenge. My daughter was a flying mermaid (her idea!) for Halloween this past year, so this theme was perfect for this photo of her in her costume.

I layered several beautiful floral prints from our sponsor digitalPAPERS under my photo. I also cut several flowers from the patterned papers to tuck into my flower clusters. I made several small epoxy charms with inchie prints.

 This challenge is really fun! I hope you find the time to play along!

Thank you to our sponsors for providing beautiful prizes this month!

1st Prize:
3 products of by digital PAPER chosen by the winner





Random Prize:
Set of TandiArt prints and cards





Sponsors:

by digital PAPER

This online shop was set up by amazing graphic designer - Janet who works on graphics many hours daily, so that customers can always be pleased when buying her digital papers. For many years Janet has been collecting old postcards, photos, illustrations and she uses them to make her beautiful digital papers. She also like to draw. Many of her illustrations Janet drew herself.

Etsy Store: https://www.etsy.com/shop/bydigitalpaper
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bydigitalpaper
Twitter: http://twitter.com/madebyjanet

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/

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 pageand Pinterest Boards. Look for your work there!

'Things with wings' two mixed media projects + video tutorial by Sylwia

Hello Arty Souls! Sylwia here with my first post in 2015. First of all Happy New Year to all of you!!! I hope this year will bring you lots of happiness, magic and creativity:)
The theme for this month is 'Things With Wings'. And because it is my favourite theme, I made two projects for you + video tutorial.

First one is a mixed media project on large piece of wood. I love playing with bright colours and recently also with wire:)

Firstly I created background using  acrylic paints, alcohol inks, water-soluble oil pastels and pencil.

Then, I cut out these large flowers from the digital paper from our sponsor digitalPAPERS. They have truly beautiful papers which can be used for all types of projects.

 When my background was ready, I added my favourite word for 2015 and wings made of rusty wire and lace. 

At the end I added some paper flowers by Prima to create a little garden:)

And my second project is a mixed media layout with my precious daughter :) In this project I also used digital papers from our sponsor digitalPAPERS. And also chipboards by Scrapiniec, Gelatos by Faber Castell, Flowers by Prima and Papers by Me&My Big Ideas and Webster's pages. 

Enjoy the video tutorial :

I hope you got inspired and  can't wait to see your projects with wings:)

Thank you to our sponsors for providing beautiful prizes this month!

1st Prize

3 products by digitalPAPERS  chosen by the winner

Random Prize

Set of TandiArt prints and cards

Sponsors:

digitalPAPERS

This online shop was set up by amazing graphic designer - Janet who works on graphics many hours daily, so that customers can always be pleased when buying her digital papers. 
For many years Janet has been collecting old postcards, photos, illustrations and she uses them to make her beautiful digital papers. She also like to draw.  Many of her illustrations Janet drew herself. 

etsy store: https://www.etsy.com/shop/bydigitalpaper

facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bydigitalpaper

twitter: http://twitter.com/madebyjanet

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

http://instagram.com/tandiart

https://www.facebook.com/TandiArt

http://tandiart.blogspot.ie/

https://twitter.com/Tandiart

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

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 pageand Pinterest Boards. Look for your work there!