New Design Team Members for Berry71bleu

Meet our New Design Team Members. You will see their fabulous work in April.

Agnieszka of Bellaidea
Poland/Canada

My name is Agnieszka but in the scrapbooking world I go by Bellaidea.
I scrapbook for many reasons: to preserve memories, to make my kids remember I always care about them, to have MY time when I need it, to keep in touch with all my scrap-friends all over the world. My style is ecletic, partly romantic with a touch of whimsy. I like to use lace, chipboards, doilies, turned corners, fussy cutting, etc but never forget the most important is the photo and a story.

I love experimenting and trying out new techniques when I create a new page. I`m into misting, stamping, stitching, handcutting, distressing and layering. I also like editing photos. I like layouts with one photo the most, sometimes I just add 1-2 small ones. A 12x12 is my favorite size. I love challenges and every now and again challenges likes me:)
Sometimes I hide my journaling when it`s very personal...

I design for several websites and manufacturers. I also collect all kind of items for altering.

I was very lucky in 2011 I had about 20 pages published and have new ones accepted for publication. I miss teaching a lot so it`s something I want to start again in 2012. I`m open for propositions:)You can visit me anytime!
I know Berry71Bleu for a long time and I`m so happy and thankful for this stunning oportunity to design for Marivic.

Amanda Aveiro
Olympia, Washington

Aloha! My name is Amanda Aveiro (Qween of the Crop in the virtual world) and I live in Olympia Washington with my husband of 19 years, two teenage children and three dogs...I have been scrapping for about five years – mostly gifts for other people – only in the past year or so have I started to do projects for myself. I am truly passionate about this art form and firmly believe that it is a great way of preserving memories and sharing them with others. Photos do not belong in a box on a shelf or in a file on a computer – they should be displayed where everyone can enjoy them and reminisce. I am beyond excited to be on the Berry71bleu design team and I want to thank Marivic for this awesome opportunity! Lets get scrapping!!!

Cathy Cafun
Australia

Hi, my name is Cathy Cafun. I live in Queensland, Australia with my husband of 25 years and 2 teenage children. Scrapping has been part of my life for about 7 years now and it’s an all-consuming passion!! I’m not sure of my style, but I do love Shabby Chic/Vintage and am very partial to the grungy distressed look. My inspiration usually starts with photos of my family, and I just let my creations flow from there, but I also find inspiration from browsing blogs, online galleries & mags and all the ever-changing & exciting products out there. My creations usually have elements of texture and dimension and I find fussy cutting, layering and distressing a wonderful way to achieve this. I really enjoy experimenting with new techniques and am loving mixed media at the moment.Currently, I am designing for, Meg’s Garden, Scrapmatts & Bird is the Word and have had my work published in Scrapbooking Memories and Scrapbooking Creations.

Over the years scrapbooking has provided me with a wonderful way to express myself creatively whilst being able to record all those precious family memories for my children and hopefully my grandchildren one day.I have been a big fan of Marivic’s gorgeous tags for a while now and am so excited to have been asked to be part of her amazingly talented Design Team. I can’t wait to be able to inspire you all with her little pieces of art!Here is my blog if you would like to pop in and say hello: MY BLOG

Channa Suitella
Greece

My name is Channa Suitella and i am born and raised in The Netherlands, but for the last 5 years i live in Athens, Greece. I am married for almost 3 years, with my gorgeous greek husband, hens the reason we live in Greece. No children or pets, that is still work in progress. I have been introduced to scrap-booking about 9 years ago by my mother, who has thought me several crafting options. From making small figurines of fimo clay, sewing, jewelry making, cards to scrap-booking. Over the years i have made several lay outs which are stored in the Netherlands and i am making a new collection here in Greece. I have several passions............travelling, addicted to series, shopping etc but the main one is crafting. Recently i have been given the opportunity to become a "lady of leisure" and i dedicate all my time to my husband and of course crafting. I love making cards & lay outs, using several techniques and tools, stamps, ribbons, punches basically anything that i can find. And I am happy to be part of this team.

Helen Tilbury
South Africa

Hello there, my name is Helen Tilbury and you can find my blog at http://helentilbury.blogspot.com/. I live in Durban, South Africa and have done so for the last 6 years, being originally from Zimbabwe, a little country neighbouring South Africa to the North. I have been scrapbooking for the last 8 years but only seriously for the last 4 years, since I discovered the online scrapbooking world and got HOOKED! Now I create, not only to record the memories, but also to be a part of such a vibrant international community of fellow papercrafting artists and for the Sake of the art itself, which I find so enjoyable!

I am 44 years old, have been married to my sweetheart for 21 years and we share 4 children, 2 boys and 2 girls, aged 18, 16, 14 and 11, as well as 3 cats. These are the people and creatures that are the subjects of most of my pages, although the girls get scrapbooked more because I simply cannot resist all the beautiful scrapbooking supplies available that cater to the feminine style, my favourite! I like to surround my little studio with pretty things like lace, doilies and rhinestones, layering my pages up until I feel satisfied! Like enjoying a good meal!! I also love to create cards and altered/off the page items at times, especially for handmade gifts, and would love for you to pop into my blog to say hello and see everything else that I am up to! I love international visitors as it feels like a vacation for me to blog hop “around the world!” I am on various other Design teams, all of which you can find in the sidebar of my blog. I am really excited to be working alongside Marivic and her hand-picked team of stellar scrapbookers and to encourage you all to try working with her delectable tags!

Keren Tamir
Canada

My name is Keren Tamir and I'm 37 years old. I am a wife to a wonderful
husband who is very supportive of my scrapbooking hobby and a mother of two
amazing kids; a 10 year old boy and a 5 years old girl. I've been scrapbooking for 7 years and I mainly scrapbook about our family. I love to create and experiment with many different mediums and techniques and I get inspiration from many places. I love my camera and I’m always taking pictures everywhere I go. I believe my style is shabby chic vintage and romantic. I love designing with flowers, butterflies, doilies and lace. I scrapbook mainly layouts however I do love making mini-albums and just recently I began making different altered projects. Every once in a while I like getting a little grungy and distressing my
pages with many paints, mists and inks. My style is always evolving and that’s one of the things I love about this hobby.

One of the main reasons why I started scrapbooking was to preserve memories
and photos for my children and grandchildren. However in this past year, I’ve started to enjoy another aspect of scrapbooking. I love the artistic outlet that it gives me. It has become an obsession, a healthy addiction which helps me relax in life. I love it so much and I hope to scrapbook for many years to come!! I’m very happy to be part of the Berry71bleu Design Team.

Check out my blog: http://kerentamir.blogspot.com/


Renea Harrison
Tennessee

Hi everyone! I am a 44 year old, stay at home Mom. I laugh when I say stay at home, because I actually am the secretary/accountant and jack of all trades for our local family based business.

I don't just love scrapbooking, I am passionate about it. I love every aspect of this amazing multi-media art. The art of the creation itself, from taking the design in my head and getting it out onto the paper, to the social aspect of it. I love sharing what I know, and learning what others share. I love talking about it, as well as encouraging others to take that leap and dive right in. I have quickly become a forum junky and I love the sisterhood aspect of all who share in this experience.


I would also like to shout out a thanks to both my husband and son. They not only put up with my scrapbook insanity, but encourage me to pursue my passion. I have been married to my husband for over 21 years, and he has always been, not only the love of my life, but my biggest supporter in all aspects of my life. We have built a wonderful life together, and have raised an amazing son. God has definitely blessed me beyond anything I could have imagined!

Vicky Varvadouka
Greece

My name is Vicky Varvadouka, I am a happily married mum of two little girls (Nefeli 4 & Ioli 2) and I work in a big company in Greece. Scrapbooking is my passion and a way to express my self! I started making layouts in September 2010 and have been obsessed ever since. My kids are the main source of inspiration for my work and are the primary subjects of my layouts. I can't say I have a certain style because I don't limit myself to one style, I choose a photograph or paper line and adapt accordingly! I love to experiment and challenge myself with new techniques and textures! My work has been published in scrapbooking magazines and I have been a designer for several blogs and on line shops! I like to share my work with others and hopefully inspire and encourage some people to try something new! I LOVE scrapbooking and I can't imagine myself without it! Thank you Marivic for giving me this awesome opportunity! It is an honor!!!

You can see my work here---->My Embellished World

Marivic Clifton
Houston, Texas

"Hi, I am Marivic and I am behind Berry71bleu.
I love paper crafting and collecting vintage findings. I love the shabby chic, romantic French cottage designs. Most of my creations are based on vintage or victorian theme.

I am happily married with 3 children. I am a stay-at-home (with background in the medical field) and I work in my studio in between taking care of my 2 small kids. I also have a son who is now a sophomore in college.

I had been crafting since I was a young girl. I always find a way to repurpose something. My husband thinks I am a hoarder, I could not let go of those little things. It could be a fancy tag label from clothing, paper coasters from restaurants, tickets from parks, zoo, museums and so on. I keep them because they are as memorable as the pictures taken during those moments.

I am very glad to have met so many great people through this hobby. I have met a lot of good friends and learned so many things from people I meet online everyday.

I started making these tags as a display on my desk cork board. I kinda liked how it truned out and now I sell them on etsy and I also get custom orders for it. It is an easy embellishment to any crafting projects, the tags are full embellishments and it is basically "attach and you're done". I love all my DT members old and new..They have created a new world out there for my creations and they always take it to the next level. That's why I am very thankful for all their hard work.

You can visit my other blog:A PAPER'S PURPOSE to see what my life is like".

Pls. come visit us often on the blog. We have lots inspiration, ideas, monthly challenges, new friends to meet, and giveways too.

Welcome to our new DT Members!

Spring is in the air.....March in for new NEWS

Hello everyone!!

Happy March!I hope wherever you are you can now see a glimpse of Spring. Here in Houston it was a balmy day yesterday, it went up in the low 80's. I am not ready for summer yet, we will have more than our fair share of HOT and HUMID weather. Today was a pretty nice day.

This month we are not going to have a challenge. We are sponsoring
ONCE UPON A SKETCH Challenge Blog.

March Challenge

Journalling Criteria: ALL ABOUT ME


The focus of your journalling and the theme of your layout has to be based on YOU and something/s that you are really good at. Don't be shy! We are all good at something as small or as big as it might be.


Ideas for journalling: being a good mum, cooking, talking, understanding people, organising, cleaning, gardening, studying, computers, fashion, exercising, scrapbooking, good at my job, maths, languages, writing , drawing, painting, photography, running, craft, sewing. Maybe you can talk about an aspect of your personality..your sensitivity, your 6th sense, your patience, your strength or bravery, your ability to stay positive.

Remember that you are allowed to also create a card or altered project based on this sketch and theme and instead of the journalling criteria you need to use a quote.

You MUST combine our journalling criteria with this sketch..

Please link your project to their website, following the linky tool on the side bar.

Click HERE
to go to their website.

The winner will win this kit from BERRY71BLEU

Next, I would like to thank everyone who sent in applications for the Berry71bleu DT. I truly appreciate that you have taken time to apply and you are all so talented. If you didn't make it into our team this term, we will have another call in October.

Tomorrow I will announce our NEW DT..

And the winner for February challenge is.....

Jan Hennings
with this project.
FAIRY ALBUM

Congrats to Jan!!

Thank you to those who joined. I will have a giveaway coming up soon and please don't forget to join the challenge Once Upon a Sketch.

More Projects To Share from our February Guest Designers

Bonita Rose

Sandi Taloumis

It was such a great pleasure having both Bonita Rose and Sandi designing for us this month. They are truly talented and pls. visit their blogs to see more wonderful creations.

Thanks for stopping by!

Design Team Project Reveal!!!

Hey Folks!
Lisa here sharing my latest creation using Marivic's beautiful tag from her Berry Bleu etsy shoppe.
This is the top to a gift box that I altered. It's just one of those round cardboard style covers.

I plan to use this as a wall hanging. I covered the front with papers from Scraps the Elegance Vintage kit for February and combined them with this gorgeous tag! The outside edges were layered with white lace and punched paper.

I had some chipboard fleur de lis on hand and I covered it pink acrylic paint and dabbed white acrylic paint over it with a paper towel. I then stamped it with a script stamp once all the paint dried.

I enjoy working with these tags. They work on so many different projects from altered art, mixed media to scrapbook pages.

Thank you for stopping in and having a look. I hope this has inspired you to create something beautiful today!

Featured DT Member, Michelle Hodges

Today we are featuring our DT member, Michelle Hodges

I am Michelle Hodges and I live in South Texas. My husband and I have a
seven year old daughter. I'm a SAHM and I volunteer at our daughters school
and at church.
When I'm not scrapping I enjoy spending time with family, being outdoors,
Church activities, and traveling.
I started scrapbooking twelve years ago and I started getting involved in
the online scrapping World right after our daughter was born!
My scrapbooking style is shabby-chic, artsy, simple with clean lines and
some vintage.

When I'm not creating tags, cards, or LO's I love to alter items, and create Mixed Media projects! I love to use misting, inking, paint and layering when I create! My DT time with Berry71 Bleu tags will soon be ending. I have really enjoyed creating with Marivic's amazing & gorgeous tags!
Thank you Marivic for being a part of your DT team!!

Below are some of my favorite projects creating with Berry71Bleu tags!!

Happy Friday!! Today I'm sharing a quick and easy flower tutorial using
paper scraps!

First you need to punch 2 circles out! I used a 2 inch size circle for my
petals. ( The larger the circle the larger the flower will be.) The bottom
circle can either be a little large as shown in Step 3 where you see the
bottom layer showing, which is the lighter outside green color. If you do
not want that bottom layer of flower shown you will want to use a smaller
circle to attach the final flower on top of.
If you would like inside petals of your flower to have a certain color or
pattern you will need to use double sided paper!

For Step 2 you will want to fold the outside paper inward like shown in the
picture. If you would like your inside petals to have more of a point than a rounded inside point to the petals, you will want to fold your papers more of a point at the bottom of your circle when you are folding the paper.

As seen in step 2. I would suggest practicing with your first 2 circles before you finish the entire flower when deciding how you would like your inside flower petals to look!

The final step in step 3 is to start attaching you flower on the outside
circle with glue or glue dots.
Depending on how you over lap each circle of your petals on the bottom
circle will depends on how large and how you would like your flower to look
when completed. I inked the inside of my petals since I did not use double
sided paper. You could always add glitter to the inside petals or leave them white or use the double sided paper before you start your project!
Here are two flowers I completed on this LO! I used double sided papers from Graphic 45 to create these two flowers!
The flowers are so versatile in creating your style the way you desire them
to look!

I hope I have inspired you to create some more flowers with using your paper scraps!!

Thank you Michelle. You can visit Michelle's blog by clicking
HERE.

February Guest Designers

I'd like to share with you our February Guest DT and their projects using Berry71bleu tags.

Bonita Rose

My name is Bonita Rose and I’m a creative soul living on the prairies in Fargo ND. I love to inspire. I am a collector and lover of all thing vintage. I love thrifting! I make art. I play with color. I sew and play with paint, paper, and rubber stamps. I've been a paper-crafter and memory keeper for almost 20 years. Art and creating has always saved me. Always. Real books and reading are two of my passions. One day, I want to write my story and share my life with the world. Writing to me comes as easy to me as breathing. I am a noncustodial mom to my two fabulous teenage daughters. My dream is to one day, move down south with my husband Greg to Tybee Island, Georgia and live near the ocean. I'd love to open my own brick and mortar store and be a thriving member of the local arts community. One more thing, one can never have enough pretty paper and pretty things. Never.

Contact Bonita Rose HERE
BLOG
SHOP
TWITTER
PINTEREST
FLICKR

Sandi

Hi everyone! My name is Sandi Taloumis. First I'd like to thank Marivic for inviting me to be a guest designer. What a huge honor it is to be here at Barry71Bleu and to receive one of her gorgeous tags first, as a winner of one of the giveways, and then as a guest. Her tags leave you breathless with their beauty!
I'm not only a scrapbooker, but I'm also a huge vintage lover, so when I received Marivic's tag I was ecstatic! I've been scrapping for about 8 years now and am absolutely obsessed with it! I am a proud DT member for Once Upon a Sketch, Scrap for Help, Another Freaking Scrappy Challenge, and the Pixie Dust Paperie Kit Club.
I invite you to visit me on my BLOG.

Thank you to both Sandi and Bonita Rose for joining us this month and for a job well done.

Love Yourself by Bellaidea

BELLAIDEA shared a beautiful Layout she made using a Berry71bleu tag.

If you have ever won a tag or purchased a tag from me in the past, pls. email me a photo. I would love to show your project here on our blog.

Thanks Bellaidea for doing such a stunning job with the tag. And thanks for sharing too!!!

January Challenge Winner(s)

Last month's challenge was the hardest to judge. We had received over 80 beautiful entries and we are so thankful to each one of you that submitted to our challenge. It was a great success and we're so happy that you had a chance to join us. You are all so talented! We have a monthly challenge that we host here on our blog and we hope through this monthly challenge we can inspire you to create something and share with us and our blogger friends.

I have asked our Design Team to help me judge the entries..This was not an easy job to do as you all have submitted stunning projects.

Without further ado...our grand prize winner is Teresa with her altered box.

Congratulations Teresa!!

We also would like to announce that we picked 6 other entries. Each one will get a berry71bleu tag.

Patricia-Vintage Dress Card
Jan Hennings- Altered Can
Gini Cagle- Butterfly card
Jona Panesa- My Fave
Paula- Explosion Card
Denise- Believe Box

Congratulations Ladies!!
Pls. email me your address so we can get the prizes out to you.
Berry71bleu@gmail.com

Thank you again everyone!!! We hope to see your projects this month.

February Challenge..."In the Mood for LOVE"

Hi,everyone we have a new challenge for you this month of February. But first of all I would like to thank everyone who joined our January challenge. We had 81 entries! Wow..Thank you, I am overjoyed that you've taken the time to join us.

I will announce the winner, hopefully by tonight, tomorrow will be latest. We will go through all entries to be sure we didn't missed anything.

We invite you to join this month's challenge being hosted by our talented DT, AYMEE GANDY

February Challenge

"In The Mood For Love"

February is the month of love! It's the time to snuggle up with your sweetie and share decadent chocolate treats as you romance the night away. This love filled month can provide ample inspiration for your crafting projects. Take a moment to look around you as Cupid spears your heart with his arrow and take note of all of the Valentine's decor'. Let all this lovey dovey art inspire you. For the challenge, we want to see a project centered around love. Your project can be a layout, card, altered art, home decor', etc. Your project must include the color 'pink' and at least one of the following: lace, buttons, bling, and/or glitter. Make us fall head over heels in love with your artwork! Hugs & Kisses! XOXO!

Here is my example for the project. I found this vintage muffin tin at a local thrift store for a whopping 49 cents! You could tell the tin had been lovingly used for years. After cleaning it up, I almost painted it. But then I saw all of the age that use over the years had left on the tin and I decided to leave it. I added various scrapbooking embellishments, including a gorgeous tag from Berry Bleu, to decorate the tin. I will hang this on my front door for the month of February.

Here is the prize that you can win:

This is open to anyone around the world. Entries must be linked up to the sidebar using Linky tools. We must received your entries by 2/29/12. If you have any questions, pls. email me at berry71bleu@gmail.com.

Thanks for stopping by!

Design Team Call and Guest Designers Call for Berry71bleu (April 2012-September 2012)

Berry71bleu Blog and Etsy shop is looking for enthusiastic, new DT members and Guest Designers.

As a DT member you will be required to do 1 monthly project (Layout, cards, altered project or any creative form you can add the tags to) with Berry71bleu tags. This term will start in April 2012 and will end in September 2012. You will be assigned a certain day of the week every month in which you will post your completed project on our blog. During your term, you are required to do 1 tutorial and host 1 monthly challenge. You are allowed to combine all projects for this. When you host a challenge, you will also be featured as Designer of the month.

You must have a blog where you can post your projects. You will also help us promote Berry71bleu Tags and Etsy shop any way you can, as long as it is allowed, either on Facebook or scrapbook galleries.

As a compensation, you will receive 2 large kits and handmade tags during your 6 month term.

We have a laid back team. We respect and support each other. We follow the golden rule, "Do unto others as you would have them do unto you". No drama and no back stabbing. We treat each other like family.

If you are interested, email your application with 3 photos of your best projects. DT commitments past and present. Tell me something about yourself and why you would want to be considered for our design team. This call is open to anyone, international applicants are encouraged to apply.
DT experience is not required. I believe in giving chances, we all have to start somewhere. Pls. email me (Marivic) at berry71bleu@gmail.com
with all the information requested with the subject DT CALL. If you also have any further question, pls. don't hesitate to email me.

Have a look around the blog and check out our DT and GDT projects to give you an idea on what you will be working with.

Submission must be received by 2/25/2012.

Thank you.

Below are samples of the tags similar to what you will be recieving as a DT and GDT.