Canvas with Wings - Alicja (Asica) Panewka

Hello Everyone

Welcome to Friday and a BIG welcome to another Guest Designer this month, Alicja Panewka.

Alicja created a gorgeous canvas for us.

I made a canvas with my photo, which was taken 2 years ago, before I moved to Ireland. It was a very pleasant and nostalgic session with a talented photographer.

I built the background with gesso, old book pages, white paint and glimmer mists. And the wings by Scrapiniec - I played with white paint, gesso, clear artsugar and glimmer mist.

At the end I added some paper flowers by Prima. I made this canvas in a good company with Tandiart, so this project really gives me a wings :)

http://asica-scrap.blogspot.ie/

https://www.facebook.com/TherapyWithScissors?ref=hl

Isn't this canvas just so beautiful and ethereal?

Here's a closer look...

Thanks so much Asica for your gorgeous and stunning project...it really is an inspiration!

Please pop over to Asica's blog, she is sure to welcome the visit! ;-)

There is still a short amount of time to enter this challenge.

You can perhaps squeeze one last project in, before the month ends! ;-)

There's some gorgeous goodies up for grabs.

January 2015 Challenge: Things With Wings

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!

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!

SHABBY CHIC STYLE - HAT BOX by Mandy

Happy Hello Friends!

 

 

Today it's my turn to share my design team project.  I tend to create from one extreme to another.....My last personal post was manly, grungy rocker to romantic, feminine florals and lace....I do love both styles!

When I saw the gorgeous papers from digitalPAPERS -  I knew exactly what I wanted to create.  Shabby Chic style was calling my name! My very first thought was "hat box"! Thank you digitalPAPERS for sponsoring the design team this month! 

This month's fun challenge is called:

"Things with Wings"

hosted by Sylwia

The below photo was taken in daylight.  I wanted this creation to be tiered by adding floral foam to the lid (can be removed).  I created my own butterflies and hot glued them to wire.  They can be removed from the floral foam and arranged any way you like....I show photo's taken at various angles around the box.

I started this project by adhering the digital images (laser copied) to the lid and around the circular box using "Mod Podge"....My cat had to quick get into the picture....He's very nosey while I'm working on my projects.  He likes to keep me company.

I hope you can join us this month!  We are looking forward to seeing your beautiful creations!

 

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!

Guest Designer - Athanasia Papantoniou

Hello Everyone

We have a super Guest Designer for the Things with Wings challenge.

She is a really talented and creative lady....

Athanasia Papantoniou

Hello! My name is Athanasia and I'm very happy to be here with you today! I live in Greece, I am a music teacher in elementary school and in my spare time, when I am not playing the piano, I love making handicrafts, felting, altering things and of course scrapbooking. I like scrapbooking because it combines such a vast deposit of media types not only with memories of my life and my family, but also with emotions and ideas whenever I have in my head and want desperately to express! Inspiration always derives from the photograph I use and the open choice of combination of mixed media techniques. I love to use gesso, mists and stamps! Through scraping I think I have found the best way to express myself and exploit my spare time in the best way.

my blog: http://athanasiameandmyself.blogspot.gr/

Athanasia created this gorgeous page.

For my layout I used a white sheet, because I wanted to create my own background as I visualized it when I found this beautiful photo on Pinterest. I love using photos I find on the web, I think it's more artistic for my work.

Anyway, to create this background, I used a stencil with gesso (I can't work without gesso, lol), then I sprayed a black mist with water to create a watercolor effect and finally I stamped a hand script with black ink.  As I wanted to focus on the background and make the photo stand out of the composition, i used very few embellishments: some flowers (sprayed with black mist) and buttons, some of them broken into pieces and a handmade heart. I also used two chipboard wings; I torn one of them to match it with the title "broken". I sprayed them with black mist and added some golden powder. The title is written with chipboard letters (also sprayed with black mist) and I did some journaling around the page by hand. For the final touch, I splashed the page with black mist.

Isn't this just a beauty of a page!!

Thanks so much Athanasia for creating for us at Berry71Bleu.

There is still time to enter the challenge and some great prizes to be won.

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!

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!

Take Flight Canvas by Denise van Deventer

Hello Everyone

It's Denise here today, to share my "Take Flight" Canvas with you.

These pictures were taken on my 01st Birthday and I can imagine that I was innocent, happy and carefree and so excited about this first Birthday! 

Since the theme for January is Things with Wings, I wanted to incorporate this into my design, as well as my journalling.  I searched the internet for a verse and really loved this one that I found.

This is what the canvas is about and is also on the back of the canvas.

My brother was here over Christmas and he had just turned 40.  We had quite a philosophical conversation, where he asked me and my sister, what we were going to do with the next 40 years of our lives. It certainly made me think. I thought about how quickly these past 40 years or so have gone and how quickly the next 40 are likely to go and I don't want to miss a day of it...I want to make the most of everyday and find my wings. I want to fulfill my dreams and also do things that I never thought I could do!

I am sure that on my first Birthday that I had similar thoughts...about being a fairy princess and having wings to take me to faraway lands and places! ;-) So this is the philosophy behind my canvas! 

I used the beautiful digital coasters from by Digital Paper and really felt I could not cover them up and so kept them quite open, as my background papers.

I added texture with gesso and stencilling, along with some corrugated board.  I then added some water colouring and inking.

I used some really neat, artificial flowers and leaves that I had bought at our local Chinese market and they really do give fabulous dimension and depth. The chippie frames that I used are Dusty Attic.

I used a butterfly punch for the butterflies and these added to my theme.

Here is the link to those beautiful coasters.

https://www.etsy.com/…/old-coaster-1-4-x-4-inch-set-of-4-ca…

Well, we would love for you to play along and share your take on Things with Wings.  There are some gorgeous prizes up for grabs.

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!