A BLACK SWAN by DT Agnieszka Bellaidea, the very last project...

Hi!
With the end of the year it's time to show you my very last one project made for Berry 71 Bleu with lovely papers from our sponsor, UHK Gallery from Poland.
I made a page about Christmas before - you can see another page with UHK for Berry 71 Bleu HERE , you can also find there all info about a challenge and sponsors.

This time I used beautiful tag from Marivic to create a page about a girl who used to dance! The Black Swan.

I used several masks and stencils with gesso from 13 arts.

All flowers, lace, buttons etc are from Marvic's shop, Zeus and Zoe

Thank you so much Marivic for several years of fun and cooperation!
Let's stay in touch!
I will miss your beautiful tags a lot :)

WIGILIA by DT Agnieszka Bellaidea - UHK - 13 arts - Wycinanka

Hi!
It's Bellaidea today with my last project for Berry 71 Bleu. This month we have a great challenge , it's all about JOY!
I made a project about the day I was always waiting for when I was a child. Better then Birthday and first day  of Summer together. Magical family time. Wigilia. What a joy!

Since it's my last time I have a chance to do it here I would like to thank Marivic for last couple years we spent together here , for all fun and cooperation. I would like to wish all of you Merry Christmas too!

To create my page I used lovely papers from our sponsor, UHK, thank you again!

My tag was made by Marivic and you know by now you can get them in her shop too!

All chipboards from Wycinanka - our ex-sponsors!

Main Prize:

Liquitex Paint Marker Set

Choice of 3 13arts Chipboard/Stencil Designs

Random Prize:

The Random Winner will receive a Hot & Cold paper pack from UHK.

Sponsors:  

Liquitex

Liquitex offers the widest spectrum of vibrant intense acrylic paints, acrylic mediums and art supplies that enable you to bring your creative vision to life. The possibilities to expand your creativity are endless with their innovative toolbox. Liquitex was the first water-based acrylic paint created in 1955 and since then has partnered with artists to ensure that they continually evolve and innovate – resulting in a long history of acrylic innovation. Today, Liquitex offers the largest array of vibrant acrylic paints, mediums and tools to enable acrylic artists to continually explore their art and take it to new and unprecedented boundaries. Their innovative drive, creative passion and intense desire to share the joys of artistic expression through unparalleled education and community outreach programs, has ensured that Liquitex will continue to be a strong partner in helping artists explore their art for decades to come.

13arts

13arts is a Polish scrapbooking paper and artistic media manufacturer.

A Polish paper company producing beautiful scrapbook and crafting papers.

A special thanks to UHK Gallery for sponsoring the Design Team this month!

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!

QUEEN OF HEARTS by Agnieszka Bellaidea

Hi!
It's Bellaidea today with a new Autumn project.
Did you joined already our challenge in October?
You still have some time for it!
I was working with a Gelli plate from our sponsor /thank you again! / and Papercraft Scandinavia /Inkido papers /our EX-sponsor :) /.

I am not a big fan of Autumn colors / me and orange... but I love gold so I mixed a little paint from Speedball Art Products Company, mists, gesso, inks etc..
I deffinitly got inspired my our Board!

I know... I did it for the first time and ...I like it!
I can only hope you don't think I did something wrong ...:)
Marivic's tag has a two parts now .

Thank you so much for looking and see you next month, my November projects is ready but need to wait several weeks now :)

As always, make sure you review our challenge rules.  

First Prize:

Random Prizes:

 6x6 Gelli Arts Gel Printing Plate

You will get 2 tubes of Green and Blue Speedball paint.

Main Sponsors:  

Speedball Art Products Company

facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/SpeedballArt

 Product Catalog

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Speedball Block Printing Inks: Give your creations all the brilliance they deserve with inks from Speedball. Speedball’s Water Soluble Block Printing Inks come in 18 brilliant colors available in 37cc, 75cc, 150cc tubes plus 8oz. and 16oz jars. These inks are easy to clean up with water, non-toxic, gluten free and super for printmaking with linoleum, wood, Flexible Printing Plate, Speedy-Carve™, Speedy-Cut™ and Polyprint. All Speedball inks are AP Non-Toxic and are excellent for use in the studio, school or home. Speedball also carries Oil-Based Block Printing Inks available in 10 brilliant colors in 37cc tubes or 7 colors available in 75cc tubes. Suitable for printing on papers and fabrics, they are non-darkening,
waterproof and permanent.

A special thanks to Speedball Art Products and  Gelli Arts for supplying the Design Team with Gelli Arts Gel Printing Plates and Speedball Block Printing Paints.

We love gelatin printing and we've developed a better way to do it!

Our Gel Printing Plate looks and feels like gelatin, but is durable, reusable and stores at room temperature. It's easy to clean and always ready for printing. Monoprinting on a Gelli plate is simple and fun. The gratification is immediate, and the prints are too cool!

Enjoy The Little Things In Life by Debbie

Hi, Debbie here with you today to share with you my layout for our June Challenge: What is the thing you love to do most in the Summer?  I spend a lot of time outdoors enjoying the sunshine.  You can find me working in my flower gardens, or sitting out on my deck with a cool refreshing drink and a good book to read.  My favorite author is Fern Michaels. 

Our Design Team sponsor for the month of June is 7 Dots Studio. 

We were lucky to be furnished with some collections to work with.  I used papers and tags from their Domestic Goddess, Hopefully and Love Is In The Air collections.

Our prize sponsor this month is Jacquard. 

 

I was furnished a couple of colors of their PearlEx Power Pigments to work with and used them on the chipboard and lace on my layout.

I first covered my chipboard with some bronze ink.  Then I applied some distress crackle paint and PearlEx Green-Purple and Violet-Brass.  Once dried, I repeated the process.  I also randomly inked the lace below my picture and added some of the PearlEx colors.

A few closeups:

There is plenty of time for you to join our challenge.  

Please check out all of the details and prize information here.

Happy creating!

. . . Debbie

Beauty by DT Agnieszka Bellaidea

Hi!
It's Bellaidea today with my take for Debbie's challenge about flowers.
  "April showers bring May flowers"

I had a chance to work with Beautiful collection from our sponsor Inkido and a tag from Marivic!
She makes beautiful tags and I think you know by now you can buy it from her?

HERE you can find all info about prizes /yummy!/ and rules. Don't forget to link in!
Thank you for looking and see you on the 1st of May, I am busy making new challenge for you right now:).

Regards
Bellaidea

You color my world by DT Agnieszka Bellaidea

Hi!
It's Bellaidea today with my new project for Berry 71 Bleu.
I have to admit I liked Kay's challenge "You Color My World"  from the very first moment she told us about it.
Great idea, cool photo, so many ways to participate.
I have "a thing" for air baloons so I just had to use one too.

 Thanks to our sponsor, Deco Art I had a chance to use great stencil and lots of paints...
I do admit, I went crazy with colors:)
You can aslo see I played with gesso, stencils, stamps, flowers, lace , my own mists and embossing powder .
Do I have to tell you who colors my world?

 

Thank you so much for looking, can not wait to see your projects made for Kay's challenge!

 March Sponsor

The prize:

The sponsor of our March Challenge is DecoArt.

"Since 1985, DecoArt has manufactured one of the broadest lines of
acrylic paints and finishes for general arts and crafts use in the
world. The line includes all-purpose acrylics for professional artists,
crafters, and students. Located centrally in the United States, DecoArt
manufactures numerous specialty paints that are designed specifically
for surfaces like glass, ceramics, fabric, and metal, from its Stanford,
Kentucky production facility"

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We make safe products.  Our paints and specialty products are made in the USA to federally-mandated and industry wide safety and quality standards as established by the Art & Creative Materials Institute (ACMI). ACMI employs one of the nation's top independent toxicology groups at Duke University.  All of our formulas are reviewed and have been certified as non-toxic by this group.

http://www.decoart.com

The winner of our March Challenge will win the following prize package from DecoArt:

LOVE STORY by Bellaidea, new challenge and new position.

Hi, it`s Bellaidea today with my new project.
It`s all starts with The Tag. Also this time :).
So nice to see you  after all those weeks.
Thanks you again for lovely comments on my blog during our last Blog Hop. We all had so much fun,
I hope we will do it again soon.
Last time I could only show you my tag for this month.
Marivic made it in colors that I don`t scrap a lot of, so it was very nice change for me.
I use even more of this yellow and add more brown.

The story about this LO?  It`s all in the title, LOVE STORY, it`s about love for books, even if some book are about LOVE too.
So you know my girl loves to read. This photo was taken on the beach, our beach is a great place for reading. Like so many other places.

I would also like to remind you about our challenge, I hope you will play with us? It`s a great challenge for chipboards lovers.

As a new  Sponsor Coordinator for Berry 71 Bleu /what a fantastic job!:) / I would like you to contact me if you have any sugestions who should I invite for sponsorships. We are looking mostly for sponsors for 2013!

Talk to you soon, can not wait to see your new projects made for our challenge!