Keren's September Project

Do you believe in Magic?

Here is my layout this month using Berry71Bleu's Tag.

We were very lucky this month to have Studio 75Sponsor our Design Team and sponsor our challenge. If you participate in our challenge you have a chance to win products from Studio 75.

I was sent some beautiful papers and chipboard from Studio 75 and this is the layout I made.

I used this beautiful picture of my kids holding tinkerbell in their hand.

She appears by magic after you take the picture. They always love this effect!!!

Don't forget about our Challenge here at Berry71Bleu:

The Challenge for this month is STEAMPUNK! I wanted to do something different and use Marivic tag in another scenery. So your challenge for this month is to use any kind of steampunk element/embellishment on your craft project. To give you some ideas, i have put together an inspirational picture.



Our 1st Challenge sponsor:

MOLD MUSE

Welcome to Mold Muse. We have been working with clay and resin since 1978 and making molds for over 20 years. Our experience brings you excellent quality molds using only high grade silicone rubber, not too soft, not too hard and perfect for highly detailed pieces and a long mold life. 

All molds are handmade by Ludi and her husband.

Have a look at there etsy shop HERE

Mold muse prize:$25.00 gift certificate

We are very blessed this month because we have another Challenge Sponsor this month!!

Our 2nd Sponsor is:

Studio75

Studio75 is a Polish manufacturer of scrapbooking papers and other craft embellishments.

Have a look at there store : HERE

And there blog: HERE

Studio71 Prize: The entire summer&latte collection.

The colors of this collection are beautiful, soft yellow, green, blue.

RULES

1. 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.

Thank you so much for visiting us today!!

if you want to see more of my work please visit me at

http://kerentamir.blogspot.ca/

Last but not least and since I was the one to post today out of all days. I want to make a small prayer here for those who perished in 9/11. May they rest in peace!!

Sit & Dream Featuring This Month's Sponsor Studio 75

It's the 1st Friday of the month, and time for my Berry71Bleu Pages and Tags Reveal! Today is a bittersweet day for me, because it is my last reveal for Berry Bleu as a Design Team member. I just want to take the time to thank Marivic for the wonderful opportunity of working on such a talented team. I have loved working with Marivic's gorgeous tags, and it has been a pleasure to design for her. So, thank you Marivic, and to all of my Berry Bleu Sisters, who have never ceased to amaze me with their talents.

This month our sponsors are Studio 75. Studio75 is a Polish manufacturer of scrapbooking papers and other craft embellishments.

Have a look at there store : HERE

And there blog: HERE

Studio71 Prize: The entire summer&latte collection.

And here is my project that I created using that gorgeous line, along with some of their chipboard pieces and my stunning Berry71Bleu tag that just happened to have the perfect colors in it for these papers.

I cut a chipboard piece from a template that I made, and then covered one side with Summer Latte 03 paper and the other side with Summer Latte 02 paper that I had distressed and inked the edges on.

I then used a Prima Stencil and modeling paste to create the raised, texture area of the banner. With the stencil still in place, I layered on layers of color to bring out the color in my tag and in the papers.

Next, I took a layer of the Studio 75 Latte o1 paper, distressed and inked the edges and then used it as a mat for my Berry71Bleu tag. The tag was instant glamour, and I really didn't need to much more to finish the project off. I added in a couple of small flowers, and then took 2 of the swirls from the Studio 75 Summer & Latte chipboard pieces, painted them with perfect pearls, added some Prima e-pearls and then tucked them under the tag. I then took the large medallion from the same chipboard panel (I loved that the chipboard matched the patterns in some of the papers), painted it with Perfect Pearls and added a Prima E-Pearl and then tucked it under the side of the tag.

To finish out the banner, I created the title work using Studio 75 Summer & Latte Alphas, twisted some hand dyed seam binding and sheer ribbon together and attached it to the banner with Tim Holtz Clips that I alchohol inked and added e-pearls to, and then added on a set of my Memory Keeper butterflies from my Etsy Shop for lots of dimension.

I hope you have enjoyed my projects here at Berry71Bleu, and I am so grateful to all of you who support my work and that of Marivic! May you find the time to "Sit And Dream" ~Renea

August 2012 Winners & Features!

Hi there Berry71Bleu fans!  Time to announce our winners & features today - yay!  Thanks to everyone for playing along - this was a popular challenge with 35 entries!

PLEASE NOTE that some entrants didn't mention Berry71Bleu in their blog post and others did but then forgot to link up - please read our Challenge Rules at the top of our blog as you need to fulfil these requirements to be in with a chance to win!

Here is our winning layout from the very talented Elena.

See Elena's blog HERE.

Stunning, artistic layout with great photos & details!

Here is your winner's sidebar badge Elena - Congratulations! 

 Please contact Marivic at berry71bleu@gmail.com as soon as possible with your postal details so she can get your Scrapmatts chipboard prize out to you.

Our second place goes to Paloma!  See her blog HERE.

Beautiful layout!  Love how the photo is so integrated with the background.

Our 3rd place goes to Sharm!  See her blog HERE.

Amazing layout Sharm - a true work of art!!

Paloma & Sharm please help yourself to the FEATURED sidebar badge for your blogs - congratulations!

And lastly we have our random winner!

Tracey!  See her blog HERE.

Gorgeous page with so many beautiful hand-crafted details!!

Tracey you are lucky enough to have won yourself a full set of six keys from Marivic's Zeus and Zoe store!  Don't forget to send an e mail to Marivic at berry71bleu@gmail.com as soon as possible, with your postal address so she can get those keys out to you!!

And don't forget the Zeus and Zoe store HERE is currently packed to the hilt with divine SCRAP FX chipboards AND amazing Manor House Creations Flowers, so if you feel like a little indulgence  click on in and have yourself some retail therapy!

These chipboards & flowers are not readily available in the US, being manufactured in Australia, so take advantage of Marivic's great prices & the easy availability before they sell out .  

Wherever you are in the world, Marivic will ship to you at ACTUAL POSTAGE COST.  So - if you are not based in the US - don't worry about the Etsy postage calculations - just get your order into the cart then e mail Marivic at berry71bleu@gmail.com & she'll be able to see your order in the cart & let you know how much the shipping will be.  

Thanks for playing everyone & have a great week!

September Steampunk Challenge By Channa

Good Morning All,

September has started and that means that it's time for me to host the Berry71Blue Challenge!

The Challenge for this month is STEAMPUNK! I wanted to do something different and use Marivic tag in another scenery. So your challenge for this month is to use any kind of steampunk element/embellishment on your craft project. To give you some ideas, i have put together an inspirational picture.

My layout for this month is nothing like i have ever done before, so for me it was a challenge also.With a little help from one of our lovely sponsors this month i created this layout.Using the Victorian tag from marivic combined with rods, metal elements, screws basically lots of items that i found in my husbands toolbox.

Our 1st Challenge sponsor:

MOLD MUSE

Welcome to Mold Muse. We have been working with clay and resin since 1978 and making molds for over 20 years. Our experience brings you excellent quality molds using only high grade silicone rubber, not too soft, not too hard and perfect for highly detailed pieces and a long mold life. 

All molds are handmade by Ludi and her husband.

Have a look at there etsy shop HERE

Mold muse prize:$25.00 gift certificate

To show how to use these molds i have made a small tutorial. I used Fimo polymer clay but you can also use resin. The molds are really easy to use and easy to clean.As you have seen on my layout i used several molds for this project. Because they are so easy to use i have used different colors of clay to make many little embellishments. 

1. Take a mold, Clay and a knife

2. Roll a small ball of clay that will fit in the mold.

3. Press the ball in the mold, until the whole shape is covered. Make sure that you press it gently so all the details are pressed in your clay.

4. With very little force the clay will fall out of the mold.

5. As i used Fimo polymer clay you have to oven bake it for 30min on 110 Celsius/270 Fahrenheit.

6.After you take it out of the oven and let it cool down a little bit... and they are ready to use!!

We are very blessed this month because we have two Challenge Sponsors this month!!

Our 2nd Sponsor is:

Studio75

Studio75 is a Polish manufacturer of scrapbooking papers and other craft embellishments.

Have a look at there store : HERE

And there blog: HERE

Studio71 Prize: The entire summer&latte collection.

The colors of this collection are beautiful, soft yellow, green, blue.

For this project i decided to make an altered tissue box. 

All papers and chipboard used are from the Summer&Latte collection.

RULES

1. 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.

Good luck to you all, cant wait to see all your creations!

Have a good weekend and thank you for stopping by, 

Channa

Ice cream time - Channa

Good Morning all,

It's the last day of the month and August is ending.....
Summer is still here in Greece, but i believe normal live will start again after this weekend.

Today i wanted to share with you a layout i made for Berry71Blue! My fellow DT member Cathy Cafun has a great challenge for you this month " Wings " with a lovely inspirational picture. Most of you have entered your beautiful creations but if you have not, this is your last day to do it.

This was my take on the challenge:

Lots and lots of flowers this month!

Some of them handmade and some were a gift from Marivic.

I added a cluster of flowers at the top corner of this layout. In between was my first element for this challenge a love bird cage from Scrapmatts. Our sponsor for this month, and they were so generous to give lots of Goodies that you will see in future layouts. 

Of course not to forget, my inspirational tag for this month! Ice cream, on of the things that i could not stay away from these hot summer months. 

My 2nd element for the wings challenge are the Butterflies, 3 on each side of the layout. 

RULES

1. 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 last 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.

Our sponsor this month:

HERE

Inspirational picture:

And of course we have a random prize winner:

HERE

So this is your last chance to enter our Challenge at Berry71blue.

Thanks for joining us!

Channa

"My 2 little Angels" by Vicky

Hello Everyone!

This is my DT layout for Berry71bleu this month!

I decided to follow Cathy's challenge which required wings in your project and this beautiful tag was perfect for it!!!

These are my 2 little Angels...Nefeli & Ioli.

This tag is SO YUMMY!!!!!

Scrapmatts Chipboards were kind enough to send some lovely products to all the B71B DT!!!!

Aren't these angels lovely???

You still have time to enter our challenge but you must be quick!!!

Look at what you could win!!!

Thank you all for visiting!!!

xxx