Once Upon a Time by Denise van Deventer

Hello Everyone

It's Denise here today with a mixed media page that I created for Mandy's challenge Mix it Up with Mixed Media here.

I created a vintage page of my grandparents. I got this photo from my Aunt at Christmas time and really wanted to use it, as it was so very special! My grandparents were so young here and don't they make a handsome couple!!

I had some embossed papers leftover from my Zeus and Zoe DT kit which I stuck down to the card stock and then added some book page strips across these.  I then gessoed everything and then laid a stencil down and added some spray ink. I added some pen lines and stamping to complete the background.

I had a beautiful, vintage tag from Marivic, which was the inspiration for this page, as the lady in the tag reminded me so much of my Gran when she was young. I also used a gorgeous Molossi chipboard title, a beautiful Manor House flower and the fabulous glass accent flower by Art-i-cake.

Initially I was a bit worried as to the colour combination, but in the end I was thrilled with how the colours all worked so nicely together.  The combination really added to the vintage feel.

The chipboard title from Molossi, I embossed with copper powder and it really did come out beautifully!

Well I hope this has inspired you to play along! We would really love to see your mixed media projects.

1st Prize:

Molossi Gift Pack (Chipboard, Bling and Flowers)

2nd Prize:
7 Dots Studio 6x6 Paper Pads

3rd Prize:

1 Lawn Fawn Clear Stamp Set

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.

7 Dots Studio

http://7dotsstudio.com/

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.

Lawn Fawn

http://www.lawnfawn.com/

We're a small company from Southern California that specializes in crafting products that are fun and lively. We began in March 2010 with the release of four stamp sets and are now proud to showcase our entire collection of over 95 sets in our little corner of the web. In 2012, we introduced paper, stickers and twine, and as of 2013 we are happy to feature new dies for some of our most popular stamp sets! At Lawn Fawn, we love crafting products that are truly one of a kind. All of our stamps and paper feature original designs that have been created just for you; even our fonts have been customized! Our products have been seen in the pages of Paper Crafts, CARDS, Take Ten, and Creating Keepsakes magazines with many more publications to come. Here at Lawn Fawn you will find crafting products that are cute, whimsical, and even a bit quirky, but one thing they all have in common is the ability to inspire creativity in everyone. Our products can’t wait to jump start your next craft project!

Visit us anytime to browse our latest products or simply find inspiration! And don't forget to check out our Flickr and Facebook pages, follow us on Twitter and read our blog. We love to feature our customers and give away free stuff!

A special thanks to Molossi for sponsoring our design team this month! Molossi is a permanent sponsor for 2014, so there will be more chances to win Molossi prize packages in the coming months.

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!

'Love My Life' Layout by Helen

Hello Ladies!  This post is much later than usual today as I have a line fault here & this is the first internet access I've had all day - the signal keeps dropping - very frustrating!  Well here I am sharing my project for the month, using Scrap FX chipboard & Manor House Creations flowers,both available from the Zeus& Zoe Etsy store HERE.  

I used lots of Scrap FX chipboard here - firstly for my TITLE and also the chicken wire you see above - left in it's raw state - and the maroon 'filigree square' piece on top of it that I actually cut in half to use on either side of the photo. 

Don't be afraid to customise your chipboard to suit your needs, I've done that with every piece here.  The chicken wire comes in a much larger piece that I cut down into 4 pieces and only used 2 here (on either side of the photo).   Doing this will make your chipboard go a long way and save your money!

On this side you can just see bits of the chicken wire peeking out from under the flowers.  The filigree square that I cut in half I inked up then embossed/ uteed for a shiny, glittery effect.

Here you can see one of the gorgeous Manor House Creations 'Vintage' Flowers I used - just inked up a bit for some extra depth.  

Here I inked up the cream flower using pink, blue & yellow inks & inked up the pink one with some beige, before cutting it in half so it appears to be 'coming out' from under the photo. (Another way to save money but don't cut straight down the centre, make sure to keep the stamens intact by cutting to the side so one 'half' is slightly bigger than the other).

Here I inked the blue flower lightly using pale green ink - see how a couple of the stamens have absorbed the colour!  These paper flowers take the inks really well so are completely alterable or perfect to use as is.

I customised my title too - it started off all as one long saying 'Love of my Life' which I changed to 'Love my Life' by cutting off the 'of' and splitting the 'Love' from the  'My Life'.  My daughter adores Summer & really does live her life to the full & enjoy our hot weather.

Hope you're all doing well & having a wonderful weekend!!

Thanks for stopping by!

Why not pop on over to the Etsy store & have yourself

a little shop?
I'll have this layout up on my blog next week so pop in HERE
 if you want to check the supplies list :)

Two Hearts by Agnieszka Bellaidea and MMM...

Hi!
It`s Bellaidea today with my new LO and remainder about The Challenge!
Do you know we have fantastic challenge this month at Berry 71 Bleu?
You can thank Keren for ;

 ****MIX MEDIA MADNESS****

I had a chance to work with stencils from Scrap FX on Webster`s pages papers. Made my fingers dirty with gesso, paint, paste, mists and embossing powder. 

I hope I can convince you to do it too? I can promiss, it`s lot`s of fun!

You can see more of my work HERE.

I also have two chipboards from my Scrap FX collection for one nice and "random" person leaving comments on my post.  You will have time to use it for our next challenge in November /will be good a one too:)/.It`s also too rearly talking about December...too bad:)

If you wonder where you can get all flowers , chipboards and some stencils just check and order from

 Zeus and Zoe

The Winner of this month's challenge (as chosen by the Design Team) will win a$35 Gift Certificate from Zeus & Zoe Etsy Shop

And will be invited to participate in our challenge next month as a Guest Designer

We also have a random draw winner. This person will receive this prize from Zeus & Zoe Etsy Shop

 

RULES1. You are allowed to make a an altered/off the page project as long as you follow the challenge specifications.

2. Projects must be linked up to our linky tool in the sidebar, using the URL of the ACTUAL POST not your entire blog.
3. You may submit as many entries as you want and combine your entry with up to 2 other challenges.
4. It is required that you mention in your blog post that you are playing along at Berry71Bleu TOGETHER with a link back to our blog.
5. All entries must be received by MIDNIGHT EST on the 31st day of the month the challenge was posted.
6. Entries to be submitted via the linky tool at the top of the sidebar ONLY, not by e mail and not by linking up in the comments section please.

Come join us on the Berry71Bleu blog for some messy fun!!