Love Letters Altered Memory Box

TGIF Everybody!! Time for another Berry71Bleu project reveal. I am so excited to announce that Scrapmatts is our sponsor this month!! My Berry Bleu sister Cathy Cafun is hosting the challenge this month and the theme is wings! Here is the information about her challenge;


 For this challenge there is only one criteria - I would like to see any form of wings on your LO, Card or OTP project.  Can be one or many forms, whatever you like as long as I see some wings.  Here are some examples to get you started - fairies, angels, birds, winged insects, dragons unicorns and bats. 

This month our sponsor is:

Scrapmatts

and they have donated a fabulous chipboard pack as the prize for our challenge winner.  Click on the link above and check out all the beautiful chipboard designs available in store.  Scrapmatts also have a fabulous gallery with so many gorgeous creations which are sure to inspire you.

The prize above is for our merit winner. We also have a prize for our random

winner too. That prize is sponsored by Zeus and Zoe - Marivic's Kit Store.

You can win this entire pack of keys! They are gorgeous!!

To win this random prize everyone has an equal chance, just by entering!

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.


And here is my project based on Cathy's Challenge:

 I used a mix of some past Scraps Of Elegance Kits, along with one of Marivic's gorgeous tags  to create, an altered memory box. I love anything soft, Vintage or Shabby Chic, and these boxes are perfect for storing those little memories in.

  I, of course, used my Berry71Bleu tag as my focal point. With that gorgeous Vintage Post Card image of a dove, it was perfect for the "wings" challenge. I layered it on top of a couple of varying sized Doilies for a lacy soft mat. I added a feather, a die cut foliage and swirl piece and a few small Prima roses to compliment the tag and add lots of charm to the box.

 I then took some Vintage Charms pieces and layered them in under the corner and added a little resin wing to the girl image.

 I took a small ScrapMatts butterfly and embossed it, then added some little crystals to the body and popped it onto the top corner.

 I then took a second ScrapMatts butterfly and added it to the bottom.

 For the lip of the box lid, I added some Vintage look lace. The box was first painted with gesso, then inked and then stamped with a Vintage script stamp to add layers of very soft color. I then added some swirls and two larger ScrapMatts Chipboard butterflies that I also embossed and added crystals to.

 Here is the opposite side.


I just love working with chipboard, and if you have never checked out ScrapMatts Chipboard, I encourage you to do so. They have so many wonderful and unique designs!  Sofie Rossides is just the sweetest and all the girls over there are so very talented and inspiring. Their beautiful chipboard pieces, along with that gorgeous Berry71Bleu tag made creating this project sheer heaven!!

Hope you get to come play along for a chance at those FABulous prizes!!  Thanks for dropping by! ~Renea

August Wings Challenge hosted by Cathy

Hi Girls,
Well this month is my turn to host the Berry71Bleu challenge.  I was inspired by Marivic's gorgeous vintage tag and decided to make it nice and simple and have a theme of WINGS.

For this challenge there is only one criteria - I would like to see any form of wings on your LO, Card or OTP project.  Can be one or many forms, whatever you like as long as I see some wings.  Here are some examples to get you started - fairies, angels, birds, winged insects, dragons unicorns and bats.

HOLD FAST TO YOUR DREAMS
Here is my project for the challenge.  I adore anything with wings, so I went a bit crazy...  I have birds, butterflies, a cherub, angel wings and a bee.

I am lucky enough to be on the DT for Scrapmatts who are our sponsors this month, and was given the new Layered Frame to play which I thought would be a perfect way to show off Marivic's gorgeous vintage tag and all my winged embellishments.  My quote reads:  "Hold fast to your dreams for without them life is a broken-winged bird which cannot fly."   I have used quite a few Scrapmatts chipboard pieces on my creation and altered them in various ways with paint, gesso metallic inks, microbeads and also an altered dress form with a tutorial below.

List of Materials:  Scrapmatts chipboard Layered Frame, Dress Form, Clock, Butterflies, Wings, Berry71Bleu vintage tag, Basic Grey Curio and Prima Printery pp's, Kaisercraft die cuts, rubons and pearls, Tim Holtz tickets, MM pagemark, Prima crystal and pearl flourish, Prima flower, mini rose, KandCo typewriter key, metal flower and bee charms, vintage button, crochet doily, lace, ribbon, braid,  Viva Ferro  paste, Brilliance & Memento inks, gesso, paint.

This month our sponsor is:

Scrapmatts

and they have donated a fabulous chipboard pack as the prize for our challenge winner.  Click on the link above and check out all the beautiful chipboard designs available in store.  Scrapmatts also have a fabulous gallery with so many gorgeous creations which are sure to inspire you.

The prize above is for our merit winner. We also have a prize for our random

winner too. That prize is sponsored by Zeus and Zoe - Marivic's Kit Store.

You can win this entire pack of keys! They are gorgeous!!

To win this random prize everyone has an equal chance, just by entering!

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.

Dress Form Tutorial

Start with a chipboard dress form (you could also use a die cut dress form).
1.  Paint the dress form to suit your colour scheme.  I then inked over the top of the paint with copper metallic ink.
2.  Make a skirt from 2 layers of scalloped lace gathered together on the sewing machine, but you can hand stitch if you don't have a machine.  (You could also used pattern papers for your skirt and punch the bottom of the skirt with a border punch or experiment with other fabrics like tulle, muslin or pretty printed fabrics.)

3.  Trace the bodice section onto some pattern paper and adhere with glue, then trim the top with a bit of braid or trim.
4.  Attach the gathered skirt with a bit of tape around the waistline, making sure it is secured about 1/2 cm around the back for a nice finish.
5.  Tie some satin seam binding around the waist in a bow to cover the raw edges of the skirt and adhere a little flower in the centre of the bow or you could use a bead, brad or pearl to accent the bow.
6.  I decided to add wings to my dress form to tie in with the Challenge Theme and my vintage LO.  I inked the wings with metallic ink, then backed them with pattern paper.  I then dabbed some clear glue randomly on the paper and pressed in some gold micro beads.  Once they are dry attach the wings behind the dress form and you are all finished.

Here are a few other ideas on how to dress a dress form.

Thanks so much for stopping by.. can't wait to see what you all come up with for this month's challenge!!

Cathy :))

Happy Birthday by Channa

Good morning all, 

It's my turn again at Berry71blue!

Today i will share with you a special birthday card. 

July is a very busy month for me with birthdays and anniversaries. 

It all start with a beautiful tag, made by Marivic and i love 

the challenge every month creating something around it.

So this was my tag:

 I made this card for my mother, her birthday was yesterday (26th) and to remind her what her daughter looked liked 35 years ago ( my birthday tomorrow 28th) i send her this.

I added one of my pins with pearls & swarovski. 

And some pearls on the side of the card with a perlen-pen 

and i sewed some pearls trough the little holes. 

And to add the finishing touch i made a paper flower with lace in between.

You still have a few days left to join are challenge this month, 

hosted by talented fellow DT member Hellen.

Enjoy your weekend and thanks for stopping by!

Channa

A cute card by Vicky.

Hello dear Berry 71 Bleu followers!

I have made a card this time using that gorgeous shabby tag made by Marivic!

I was inspired by the vintage photo of the tag for the title!

I am currently on my summer vacation and this photo was taken from the balcony of the house we are staying in Samos island! Maybe you can see some olive trees and vines and of course the sea in the background!

I'll be back to share with you more projects as the talented ladies from the DT have some really inspirational challenges coming up in the next few months!!!

An don't forget about our current challenge! 

You still have time to enter and maybe win some awesome prizes!!!

Enjoy scrapping!!!!

xxx

Cathy's July Project

Hi Girls,

I have a LO to share created with a one of Marivic's gorgeous Berry71Bleu hand made tags. I was totally inspired by Marivic's beautiful Spring tag on this LO.

The delicious tag was accented with clusters of yummy flowers.  I used muslin on my background to add some delicate texture and also lightly highlighted the flowers and leaves with gesso to tie in with the softness of the muslin.

List of Materials:  Berry71Bleu tag, Websters, KandCo pp's, Prima flowers, Manor House Creation flowers, Dusty Attic flowers, muslin, gesso, leaf flourish die, crochet doily, Craft Queen mulberry leaves

THIS MONTH'S CHALLENGE

Berry71Bleu's challenge this month is hosted by our fabulously talented DT member Helen
Check out the details for a chance to win some fabulous prizes:

Inspirational Challenge

This month we have a fab new sponsor, none other than

RUBY ROCK-IT!

Ruby Rock-it offers a range of products for Scrapbooking, Cardmaking,

Paper Craft, Embellishments, Bling, Chipboard, and so much more.

"Scrapping is love made visible!"

The prize above is for our merit winner. We also have a prize for our random

winner too. That prize is sponsored by Zeus and Zoe - Marivic's Kit Store.

You can win this entire pack of keys! They are gorgeous!!

To win this random prize everyone has an equal chance, just by entering!

Thanks for stopping by :))

Canvas Art using July's Inspiration

Hi this is Marivic, giving Helen's challenge a try this month and also killing 2 birds with 1 stone and making this project for Zeus and Zoe Challenge.

I made this Art canvas following Helen's inspiration photo and Jaz Lee's OTP challenge requirement.

I used 12x12 canvas which I misted I primed with gesso, misted with Tattered Angel's vintage pink. In the background, I used modeling paste mixed with Martha Stewart's acrylic paint and using brick stencil and script stencil. I also used journaling stamp using gesso on the bottom of the canvas.

Just added a few bits and pieces from Zeus and Zoe Custom Kit. The image is from a 2012 Calendar. I hated the fact that I had to cut the calendar, but I love the image so much, it is worth cutting it. Thank you to Calendars.com and I found the same calendar and got 3 more so I can use the images for this purpose, forget about birthdays and appointments!!

These flowers are my latest project lately. I spent so many hours making them it gives me so much pleasure after the seeing the final result. I hand-cut each petal, painted them with Luminarte, hand-curl each petal and glue them all together.

So far, I've done a bouquet of them...I made over 10 flowers in different colors. I enjoy making them, so relaxing for me, makes me forget about stress.. .even though it takes me about 3 hours to make each one of them.

Here is Helen's Challenge again:

Inspirational Challenge

How's this for a "PRETTY IN PINK" CHALLENGE?!

I hope that you are inspired by the images I have

chosen off Pinterest for you!!  You need to read

up about exactly what you need to do too...

This month we have a fab new sponsor, none other than 

RUBY ROCK-IT!

Ruby Rock-it offers a range of products for Scrapbooking, Cardmaking,

 Paper Craft, Embellishments, Bling, Chipboard, and so much more.

"Scrapping is love made visible!" 

Yup YOU could win that ENTIRE prize pack!  So listen up for all the deets...

The prize above is for our merit winner.  We also have a prize for our random

winner too.  That prize is sponsored by Zeus and Zoe - Marivic's Kit Store.

You can win this entire pack of keys!  They are gorgeous!!
To win this random prize everyone has an equal chance, just by entering!

Zeus and Zoe Challenge:

Our challenge for July 15th: 

Create an altered project that is OTP (Off the page). You can be creative and design anything ie jewelleries, cigarboxes, mini albums, altered bottles, just anything that inspire you. Entries must be received by AUGUST 15, 2012.

Our plan with our monthly challenges is to support other artists by promoting their hand made embellishments, so you are interested, please let us know!

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 Zeus & Zoe TOGETHER with a link 
back to our blog.

5. All entries must be received by MIDNIGHT EST on the

15th 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.

Winner will receive beautiful embellishment packs from 

Crafts and Pieces

by Channa Suitella.

A package of vintage-style buttons from 

Zeus and Zoe Etsy Shop

 (You will receive similar buttons as pictured)

And we will pick a random winner who will receive a set of vintage-

style set of skeleton keys from Zeus and Zoe Etsy Shop

We hope to see your beautiful projects!!