June Guest Designer - Dana Tatar

Hi! My name is Dana Tatar and I am a stay-at-home mom currently living in Florida with my husband and two young daughters. I started scrapbooking to preserve memories after the birth of my first daughter and now I enjoy the creative outlet. I love to mix products from different collections on my projects and I frequently find inspiration in music, poetry and pop culture. I'm an active blogger and I like to share my tips and ideas. I create a little of everything, including layouts, cards, tags, artist trading cards, arches and small gift and home decor items.

I am so excited to be a Guest Designer for Berry71Bleu this month! I'm currently a designer for Marivic's sister site, Zeus and Zoe. I love visitors, so please stop by my blog, They Call Me Tatar Salad!

I've created two projects to share today, a layout and a tag. The wonderful products from the sponsors for this month, 7 Dots Studios and Jacquard, were just too fun to work with to stop at one piece!

Marylin's Challenge for this month is all about documenting your favorite Summer activities. I'm always up for a trip to the beach! The fabulous white sand beaches of Florida are absolutely breathtaking year round. I created this page with the 7 Dots Studios Dreamer Collection and some watercolor paint that I mixed up with Jacquard Pearl Ex Powdered Pigments.

I love to use stickers on my projects! The 7 Dots Studios Dreamer Stickers matched my paint perfectly!

I added some fun texture to this page with fishing net, cheese cloth, molding paste, masking tape and some of my favorite beach finds, starfish and shells. The fun heart charm and seashell key (shown above) came in my Zeus and Zoe Kit. If you're looking for a fabulous kit packed with vintage items that is truly one-of-a-kind, email Marivic or stop by the Zeus and Zoe Etsy Shop and check out the NEW Mini Collection Embellishment Project Kits.

If you haven't worked with Pearl Ex Powdered Pigments before, the brilliant shine is fabulous in real life! The shimmer reminds me of the opalescent finish found on oyster shells, the perfect look for a beach themed layout!

I also created this beach themed tag with products from 7 Dots Studios and Jacquard and I'm going to share my step-by-step process!

Step 1. Build up layers of texture on a shipping tag with crepe paper, cheese cloth and masking tape. Note: Don't think too hard during this step! Apply pieces of different materials randomly until the tag is covered.

Step 2. For even more texture and dimension, add a fun design with Jacquard Lumiere 3D Dimensional Metallic Paint & Adhesive to the tag and set aside to dry.

Step 3. Cover the tag with a light coat of gesso and let dry.

Step 4. Mix up several colors of paint using equal parts liquid gum arabic (binder) and Pearl Ex Powdered Pigment and a small amount of water. Note: I used Duo Violet-Brass (693) and Duo Green-Purple (692) Pearl Ex Pigment Powder. If you are using powdered gum arabic, combine 1 part gum arabic to 4 parts powdered pigment. To test the solution, paint a small area on a piece of paper and allow it to dry. If the pigment doesn't rub off when dry, then you have a usable paint. If the pigment does rub off, add more binder.

Step 5. Add some gold highlights and let dry. Note: I used Sparkle Gold (657) Pearl Ex Pigment Powder that I mixed using the same ratio of ingredients as mentioned in the previous step.

Step 6. Paint over the 3D pattern from Step 2 with gold alcohol ink. Once dry, embellish the tag to finish. Note: I used Jacquard Pinata Color in Rich Gold.

Thanks so much for stopping by today! I hope I have inspired you! If you have any questions about the techniques I used on my projects, leave a note in the comments section of this post or send me an email and I'll do my best to answer them. Also, I'd love to have you stop by the Zeus and Zoe Blog and link up a project for the June Favorite Things Challenge!

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

ONLY YOU by Agnieszka Bellaidea with 7 Dots Studio and Jacquard

Hi!

It's Bellaidea today with my new project.

I hope you know by now about our challenge?

Marilyn had this great idea about Summer.

You can check all details about her challenge HERE.

I made my project using lovely papers from our DT sponsor for June, 7 Dots Studio. 

HERE you can see all collection

Love Is In The Air 

 

I think they look fantastic with a Summer photo.

You can based your project on this board:

I started using some chipboards from our next sponsor....You will see more of them next month:)

I had some stickers from older collection by 7 Dots studio /they sponsored us before:)

On the last two photos you can see great products from our main sponsor this month, 
http://www.jacquardproducts.com

 Every couple of days you can visit us and see what all DT made with 7 Dots papers and Jacqard products.
Remember to join our challenge too!
Why?
Let's see..

Thank you for looking!

Agnieszka

May Winners!!

Hi there Berry71Bleu fans!  Debbie here today to

  announce the winners of our May chipboard/OUAS Collaboration challenge.
We received so many creative projects and want to
 thank all of you that joined in on our challenge.

To be considered for a prize, please remember when linking your entry to our challenge your project must be linked up to our linky tool in the sidebar using the URL of the ACTUAL POST, not your entire blog.

We want to thank our sponsors for the month of May:
Lucky7 Factory
 

Rapakivi

Scrap FX


Studio 75

First place and winner of the two collections from Lucky7 Factory is

 Sue
 

Congrats Sue!

Please email Debbie our DT Coordinator at mdjsburns@aol.com
with your mailing information so we can get your prize sent out. Please make sure you put Berry71bleu May winner in your subject line.

Sue you are also invited to Guest Design  for our new June Challenge.

Please email Debbie at mdjsburns@aol.com to accept your invitation and receive the details.
 Please grab this badge to display on your blog.

In second place and winner of the Just A Note Collection from Rapaviki and the Sweet Melody collection from Lucky7 Factory is
Elina
 
Congrats Elina!
 Please email Debbie (mdjsburns@aol.com) with your mailing address.
 Please put Berry71bleu Winner in your subject line.

In third place and winner of the Be Optimistic collection by Rapakivi is
Svetlana
 

Congrats Svetlana!
Please email Debbie at mdjsburns@aol.com with your mailing address.  Please put Berry71bleu Winner in your subject line.

And lastly,  the Random Winner of the Scrap FX Chipboard and Studio 75 Special Moments collection is
Buffy Esser

Congrats Buffy!
Please email Debbie at mdjsburns@aol.com with your mailing address.
Please put Berry71bleu Random Winner in your subject line.

There were some layouts that really caught our eye and we would like to feature the following:
Vicky

 Leila

 

 Ulrika 

 

 Yuko

Ladies, please grab this badge to display on your blog:

 

Our June Challenge, hosted by Marilyn was revealed on the 1st.

 What is the thing you love to do most in SUMMER!!!!

 We some amazing prizes this month.  

You can find Marilyn's reveal post here.  Join in on the fun!
Happy Creating!
. . . Debbie

June Guest Designer...Kim Price

Kim Price

My name is Kim Price and I have been scrapbooking for almost 11 years. I live on the Central Coast of NSW, Australia with my husband and 2 grown up teenaged daughters who are a constant source of inspiration for my scrapbooks. Hardly a day ever goes by without me creating something whether it be a layout, beyond the page project, a card, playing with some mixed media or adding to my art journal. I have been very fortunate to have served on some fantastic design and creative teams over the past 12 months including Once Upon A Sketch, Kraft It Up!, Scrap The Girls, The Studio, Another Freaking Scrappy Challenge and Our Creative Corner. I have also been a member of the creative team for The Scrapbook Store – an online store in Australia, and Green Tara – a flower and ribbon manufacturer also based in Australia. 

I am so happy to be the Guest Designer for June at Berry71bleu and look forward to getting to know you all a little better.

Kim also used 7Dots Studio Paper on her LO.

And Art Journal Page which she hand-drew the girl's image 

 and she used Jacquard powder pigment on the background.

Thank you Kim! We love your work!!!

June Challenge- What is the thing you love to do most in SUMMER!!!!

Hello Marilyn here and I will be hosting the June Challenge!

SUMMER is right around the corner and I started to plan the things I will do with my family.

No school, summer vacation it is fun time!! so the theme of my challenge is..."What do you most like to do in summer...?

My challenge consists in making a project about your favorite activity in Summer and use bright colors in it.  You might love going to the beach, gardening, scrapbooking, watching the kids play in the park, go on vacation or simply sitting down to enjoy a cold glass of lemonade!!!

Our Sponsor for the month of June is:

http://www.jacquardproducts.com

For over thirty years, Jacquard Products has been the leading manufacturer of textile art supplies. Our product lines include: textile paints, dyes, fabric art markers, screen inks
and craft kits. Commercial studios, professional artists & craftspeople, home crafters, do-it-yourselfers and kids appreciate the superior quality and ease-of-use of our products.

Mission Statement: Jacquard Products is committed to meeting the needs of artists and crafters everywhere with excellence and value.

Main prize:

 Pearl Ex Powdered Pigment Set

2nd Prize 

Random Winner Prize:

6 x 6 Loyal Collection from Authentique

http://blog.authentiquepaper.com/

Authentique Paper, LLC was founded by Samantha Wheatley and Bret Cornell in 2011. Our team has over 40 years combined experience in the papercraft industry. We distribute our products to retailers worldwide.

Authentique Paper is the hottest new brand in the paper craft industry, best known for our signature artisan papers which are printed on heavy weight textured paper! Our stickers have a custom made, matte-finish cardstock, also unique to Authentique Paper. Our style is vintage with a modern twist and our products are always made with the crafter of all levels in mind.

Our Design Team sponsor for the month of June is 7 Dots Studio.  We were lucky to be furnished with a few collections to work with.

We are a team of creative women who cannot imagine their world without paper, glue and creative process. Scrapbooking is our passion. And we love to share our passion with other scrapbookers. For this reason, 7 Dots Studio exists.

Quality of our products is our priority. Each of our collections is made of highest quality materials - thick scrapbooking paper (250gsm), acid-free, lignin-free, archival and highest quality matt stickers. We use materials from leading manufacturers in the paper industry.

For my page I used a photo of the last summer when we had our road trip around the island.  Every summer we go and do our trip and we stop in different places in our interest around Puerto Rico.  Here I am in the Mayaguez zoo, my kids love to go to the zoo every summer.

I worked my background with the Jacquard products, they are high quality products, I love them!

I used the beautiful 7 Dots Studio - Love in the Air Collection

I love to make different textures and dimension on my page.

Can't wait to see what you will create for my challenge!!

Please check all the rules...HERE

Until next time!!!

Marilyn