Sample Thanksgiving Card for November Challenge

I made this card for my DT work for Bird is the Word. Unfortunately the word was Adore, for some reason I am not sure how I mixed that up with the word "Give". But with this mistake, I realized that this fits our November Challenge.

I made this card with one of Berry71Bleu tags. I will send this card to my husband's Aunt.

I hope this will inspire you to join the challenge. I embossed the background using gold embossing powder. I added the tag with lots of layers, added flowers, buttons etc. For the metal part I used the sequined pick.

Can't wait to see what you will create..

By the way, I will be opening a new etsy shop maybe in a month. I will be selling vintage items for crafting, ephemera, skeleton keys, handmade flowers and other odds and ends. I will update you when the store will open as I will have a giveaway when it opens. The name of the new shop will be "Zeus and Zoe".

On a lighter note..I found this poem from Stitchin' Heaven. I am not a quilter, but I love their fabric.

Now with this poem, I guess will just trade "Quilter" to "Scrapper".

Ode to My Wife the Quilter - Author Unknown

She learned to Quilt on Monday,
Her stitches all were very fine.
She forgot to thaw out dinner,
So we went out to dine.

She quilted miniatures on Tuesday.
She says they are a must.
They were quite lovely,
But she forgot to dust.

On Wednesday it was a sampler.
She says stippling's fun.
What highlights! What shadows!
But the laundry wasn't done.

Her patches were on Thursday -
Green, yellow, blue and red.
I guess she was really engrossed;
She never made the bed.

It was wall hangings on Friday,
In colors she adores.
It never bothered her at all,
The crumbs on the floors.

I found a maid on Saturday.
My week is now complete.
My wife can quilt the hours away;
The house will still be neat.

Well, It's already Sunday.
I think I'm about to wilt.
I cursed, I raved, I ranted;
The maid has learned to QUILT !

Have fun!!

November 1st DT Reveal and November's Challenge

I hope everyone had a great Halloween. Now that it's November, time to reveal the DTs project. I love autumn, I love the rich colors of Fall..the browns, oranges, yellow. I just think that Fall is too short of a season. After Halloween is over, christmas is just around the corner. Most of the stores just skip thanksgiving all together and I'm sure they're all decorated for Christmas already.

The Design Team and I made sure that we don't forget Autumn and Thanksgiving as we all have a lot to be thankful for..

I am thankful for all my scrappy and blog friends who always inspire me to create and I hope I will always be able to share my creations with you. No matter where you are, which country you live in, you are always welcome here on our blog and you are welcome to join our challenges or our giveaways.

Without futher ado, here are their projects:

Aymee Gandy

Jing van Opstal

Lisa Novogrodski

Michelle Hodges

Renea Harrison

Aren't the projects gorgeous? I am so proud of my DT team because they always work so hard to make something special with the tags..Thank you Guys!!

Now, for the challenge for this month: Courtesy of our new team member Renea. She is hosting this month's challenge.

Here are the requirements for the challenge:

"Hi everybody and welcome to my November Challenge, as you can see I took the word November and came up with the rules to play along by. Your project can be any type of project you dream up as long as it meets all of the rules listed. I will be giving away a small rack from my Etsy Shop. The winner will receive, one set of Tiger Butterflies, one set of Sugar & Spice Butterflies, and one set of Elegance In Flight Butterflies. Good Luck!"


New -Do a project type that you have never done before or use a new technique
One -Use at least one fall flower
Variation -Use at least 2 different variations of the fall colors
Emboss-emboss an element on your project
Metal -Use a metal embellishment
Butterfly -Use at least one butterfly
Eleven -Use eleven of an element or embellishment (example: layers of pp)
Remember Have Fun!!!!

Here is my example for the November Challenge:
New - I had never made a hanging banner so this project type was new to me
One - As you can see I used some of my favorite fall flowers, sunflowers
Variation - I used the fall colors, pumpkin, gold, brown and terra cotta
Emboss - I used embossing powders and embossed my chipboard pieces
Metal - I used the Tim Holtz metal clips to attach the ribbon to my project
Butterfly - I used two of my hand made Sugar & Spice Butterflies
Eleven - I used eleven Prima E-pearls on my project
Remember Have Fun!!!! I definitely had fun!!

Just follow the requirements of each letter of the word for November. This is open to anyone, anywhere in the world. Deadline to submit your project is on November 30 by Midnight Central Time. I will add a link gadget tomorrow on this blog so you can link up your project.

Here are the prizes for the challenge winner:

These beautiful butterflies are from Renea.

Visit MY GLITTER COATED LIFE for amazing and beautiful embellishments.

You will also win this kit and tags from BERRY71BLEU

Come join us for this fun challenge!!

To end this post, a couple of excerpt from H. Jackson Brown's Life's Little Instruction Book

1. Drive inexpensive cars, but own the best house you can afford

2. Be forgiving of yourself and others

3. Learn three clean jokes.

4. Wear polished shoes.

5. Floss your teeth

6. Drink champagne for no reason at all.

7. Ask for a raise when you feel you've earned it.

8. Buy whatever kids are selling on card tables in their front yard.

9. If in a fight, hit first and hit hard.

10. Return all things you borrow.

11. Teach some kind of class.

12. Be a student in some kind of class.

13. Treat everyone you meet like you want to be treated.

14. Make new friends but cherish the old ones.

15. Take lots of snapshots.

16. Never give up on anybody. Miracles happen every day.

Winners and more

I'd like to thank everyone who stopped by and left comments on the kits. I can only pick 3 winners, but always keep an eye on our blog ad I will have random giveaways. November is coming up in a couple of days and we will start a new challenge with awesome prizes. Plus, there will be a blog hop in the middle of November with great prizes too.

In fact today I added a couple of prizes so I can pick a couple more winners. These are tags from my ETSY SHOP. If you're interested, check out my SHOP for handmade tags and premade scrapbook pages.

I will be opening another shop soon. But this shop will mainly supplies, kits, ephemera and a lot of vintage and antique papers. I will announce the opening here on this blog.

The winners:

They are all randomly picked using random.org

The Hello Kitty Kit winner is:

Stacie/Craft Princess

Halloween Kit winner is:

Nic K.

Vintage Tag and kit is:

Georgia Heald

Extra Tag giveaway:

Sandi Taloumis won this tag (thanksgiving)

Helen Tilbury won this tag (christmas)

Congratulations to all the winners. You will always have a chance to win here. I have another halloween tag giveaway on my facebook page tomorrow. For a chance to win check my halloween post here: FACEBOOK.

On a lighter note, I will be sharing with you excerpt from my go-to books of all times. I haven't read it in years, I am packing my books and I found it. It is called "Life's Little Instruction Book" by H. Jackson Brown, Jr. I thought I'd share some with you every once in awhile.

From Volume one:

1. Compliment three people everyday

2. Have a dog.

3. Watch a sunrise at least once a year.

4. Remember other people's birthday.

5. Overtip breakfast waitresses.

6. Have a firm handshake.

7. Look people in the eye.

8. Say "thank you" a lot.

9. Say "please" a lot.

10. Learn to play a musical instrument.

11. Sing in the shower.

12. Use the good silver.

13. Learn to make great chili.

14. Plant flowers every spring.

15. Be the first to say, "Hello".


Have a great week and winners, don't forget to email me your address. Berry71bleu@gmail.com

Another Prize for you to win

Another chance to win this kit with a tag I made:

The kit below includes:

Flour Sack Ready-Set-Chip Alphabets
5 x 8 Notebook Journal from Fancy Pants
Webster's Pages Vellum and diecut kit
Webster's Pages Bloomers
Making Memories Bravissimo Badge
K & Co Grand Adhesion Hannah Paper Flowers
Making Memories Bravissimo Rosettes
Prima Dechire Collection Creme
Vintage Script fabric
Glitter Glue
Paper Doilies
Berry71Bleu Vintage Style Tag

Just become a follower and leave me a comment, If you are already a follower, leave me a comment to add your name to the draw.

Thank you to all of you. So grateful to have your support.

Just Because

How are you? Tomorrow is my ETSY 1st anniversary. I'm giving away a few prizes to thank you for being part of Berry71Bleu.

Wanna win a Halloween RAK? I also made a tag to go with it. Just become a follower and leave a comment, if you're already a follower, leave me a comment so I can add your name to the draw.

Do you like Hello Kitty? I don't have a Hello Kitty Tag, but I have a kit to giveaway.

Tomorrow, I have another prize to give away so stay tuned for that..I will draw the names randomly and will announce the winner on Friday.

October 15 Projects from DT and GDT members

Would love to share with you projects that our DT/GDT members created for this reveal...They made such inspiring projects and I hope you get to enjoy this as much as I have.

Thank you to all our DT members and of course, thank you to our GDT members this month..We just love having them!!

GDT MEMBERS:

Cathy Cafun

Gerry van Gent

Karen Wilson

Tina Rutledge

DT Members Projects:

Aymee Gandy

Iris Uy

Jing van Opstal

Lisa Novogrodski

Michelle Hodges

Come back again in a few days for more exciting events. Thank you so much for stopping by!

Sharing with you Helen's Projects

Helen Tilbury of Scrap Addict Blog shared with me pictures of her September project as a Guest DT for Berry71bleu. I'm so glad that she took a bunch of pictures to share with us.

Have a look and decide for yourself..I just ooooooh(ed) and aaaaaah(ed)when I went through the pictures..Helen, my dear friend, you did an awesome job!!!

Thank you!!!

Pretty..isn't it?

Thanks for stopping by!

A Bun In The Oven

Hey y'all! Aymee Gandy of 'A Scraphappy Southernbelle' here with you on this beautiful day to share a new card I have created. I know you are thinking with that blog post title, what on Earth is Aymee thinking? Or you might be thinking...'Is Aymee pregnant?' LOL! Well, no I am NOT pregnant. It is not my turn just yet. But I am so excited to announce that I am going to be an aunt again! My brother and his wife have announced that they are expecting their second child next April! Brandon and I are so excited! We can't wait to spoil the new baby!

So in honor of their new arrival I have created a card to congratulate them. I really wanted them to know how excited we are and to make them laugh. I have had this idea for a 'bun in the oven' card for quite some time. I'm so glad I finally got to try it out. I used my Gypsy to design the card and my Cricut to cut it out. Here is what I will be sharing with you today:

"Bun In The Oven" Card

Supplies Used

Cardstock: The Paper Studio, Bazzill Basics Paper

Patterned Paper, Die Cuts: Colorbok

Pearls: Queen & Co

Twine: My Craft Spot

Ink: ColorBox (Clearsnap)

Electronic Cutter: Cricut Expression (Provo Craft)

Cartridges: Gypsy Wanderings (card base/card front), Wild Card (sentiment), New Arrival (baby), From My Kitchn (oven), Simply Charmed (bun)

Software: Cricut Gypsy (Provo Craft)

Adhesive: Helmar

Velcro

 See how the oven door opens to reveal the 'bun?' Tee Hee!

 Now, let me share with you how easy this was to do!

When you cut out your oven using the 'From My Kitchen' cartridge, you will want to cut out each piece as shown below PLUS 2 extra of the shadow behind the 'oven door'. You will cut one of them out in white and one black. (or the colors of your choice)

 To create the opening mechanism, start with the oven door and a basic 'U' shaped cardstock hinge. I created my hinge out of leftover white cardstock I had from cutting. I used my bone folder and the groove in my paper trimmer to score some lines. It does not have to be perfect. Most of the hinge will be hidden from view.

 Flip the oven door over on its backside and center the hinge as shown. Notice, you will be able to see the hinge. Well this is unsightly to the finished card, but never fear....

 Remember the extra white piece we cut, adhere this over the top. This will help to hide it.

 Repeat the process as shown below for the 'inside' of the oven....

 Cover up the unsightly hinge with the extra 'inside oven' piece I mentioned earlier that you need to cut.

 You will be left with something like this...

 Now, to keep the oven door shut when not in use, I used a velcro dot. It works great and is pretty strong. I think craft magnets would work good for this type of project as well, so use whatever you have. You could even use repositionable adhesive if need be.

 And you'll be left with something like this...voila'!!!

 I added a die cut and a twine bow to the front of my oven.

 Here is a view to show you the dimension of this card...

 I decorated the inside of my card too.

 This 'Congrats' is from the Wild Card cartridge and the baby is from New Arrival.

 For the back, I used another die cut and my personalized stamp.

I hope you have enjoyed this card today and that you'll give it a try! It really was very easy to create!

Have a fabulous day! Happy Scrappin'!!!