Merry & Bright Layout - Guest Designer - Tina Ollett

Welcome .........

Today I am very excited and honoured to have been asked by the lovely Denise Van Deventer from Berry71Bleu Scrapbook Layouts to Guest Design for December!!! Thank you Denise from the bottom of my heart! Denise is also my Design Team buddy from Fabscraps, so I thought it only fitting to create my layout using the new Christmas Collection from Fabscraps called 

"Christmas Memories". I absolutely adore these patterned papers and chippies from this collection. 

Here's a little bit about myself - Tina Ollett

I am a wife, a mum and a mad keen crafter.

Here is the mood board this month - Festive Fancy

And this is my interpretation of the moodboard!

Layout titled "Merry & Bright".

On my first look at the moodboard is was most obvious to me that I would be using the black and red! My favourite colour combo for Christmas I would have to say, and I also had the perfect photo!! As my son is getting older he is not as happy to be in front of the camera. These kinds of photos are a rarity! So this is one photo from not so long ago that he was happy to be a part of and I think the title sums up the photo brilliantly!

I have used a LOT of embossing powders for this one, making my own transparencies and dressing my chippies and also the metal embellishment which you can see here.

The heart wood flourish was inked and then covered with a great deal of Crackle Accents to achieve these cracks. The Fabscraps title "Merry & Bright" was embossed several times to give a desired dimension to it, then it was sprinkled with gold embossing powders to make the title pop.

Oh and how I love my lace. Well there is plenty here to lay your eyes upon. I have tucked a lace motif under the base of the photo matting. I firstly spritzed it with a charcoal spray but it didn't give me the intensity I was looking for so I then decided to paint it with my Dusty Attic acrylic paint (Soot), and it was perfect. I highlighted areas with some Dusty Attic Vintage Gold and also a dry brushing of gesso.

This fabulous Fabscraps chipboard Candle and Holly was the actual starting point to my layout. It has been dressed with embossing powders in differing sections. The holly leaves were outlined and coloured with a little distress ink and then covered with clear embossing powder.

And from a different point of view.

I hope I have inspired you in some way to use this month's Berry71Bleu Moodboard. 

There is so much inspiration that can be taken from it.

Thank you for looking and until next time happy scrapping.

Tina xx

Materials List

Fabscraps Christmas Memories - Christmas Tags C79 008

Fabscraps Christmas Memories - Working Elves C79 004

Fabscraps Christmas Memories - Father Christmas C79 001

Fabscraps Christmas Memories - Christmas Decor C79 002

Fabscraps Christmas Memories - Christmas Children C79 007

Fabscraps - Merry & Bright DC79 005

Fabscraps - Candle and Holly DC79 013  

Fabscraps Metal Embellishments     

Other Products

Lace Motif

Lace

Dusty Attic Acrylic Paint (Soot) DA0925

Dusty Attic Acrylic Paint (Vintage Gold) DA0926

Liquitex Gesso

Ranger Archival Ink Jet Black

Ranger Gold Embossing Powder

Ranger Black Embossing Powder

Ranger Distress Ink - Black Soot

Ranger Distress Ink - Crushed Olive

Ranger Distress Ink - Forest Moss

Ranger - Emboss It Dabber

Ranger Crackle Accents

Daler Rowney  Acrylic Artists Ink - Black

Splatter Brush

Transparency Paper

Cocoa Vanilla Flowers (Tis' the Season)

Prima Marketing Inc.

Prima Marketing Flowers Inc. Metal Embellishments #583552

Prima Marketing Inc. Clear Stamp  #579210

Stampin' Up Stamps - Flourish

Petaloo International Flowers

Miscellanous Christmas Berries

Kaisercraft Wood Flourish (Heart)

Kaisercraft Acrylic Stamp - Script

Kaisercraft Black Rhinestones

Stampin' Up Stamps - Flourish

Joyeux Noel by Cathi

Hello fellow scappy friends, Cathi here with my layout for December challenge. This month moodboard is created by Denise van Deventer. I just love it!

My project this month features products from several of our sponsors over the year, gorgeous 7 Dots Studio Yuletide papers, stamps, tags and stickers, the stunning Out of this World Frame from Creative Embellishments and amazing glittery Blue Fern Embossing Powder

I just love the tags and stickers in the Yuletide collection! I layered lots and lots of tags adding some fun hearts and stars and words into the mix.

You can  see all the layers here and some gorgeous Christmasy flowers from my stash! I just love the frame from Creative Embellishments!

I chose a wintery Christmasy vintage image I had already printed as my focal photo. Here you can how the light catches the glittery embossing powder from Blue Fern Studios  I added some texture paste circles to the background to imitate snow and added some stamping of stars and the word merry to add to the background textures. I finally finished off with some brown and red splashes!

I hope you like my layout and thank you so much for stopping by! I hope you will join us this month for a chance to win some amazing prizes!

And now - the prizes :)

First Prize:

C'est Magnifique December Main Kit

(Featuring a Holiday Collection designed by Astrid Maclean.)

Random Prize:

Scrapiniec Prize Package
(Prize may differ from designs shown.)

Sponsors:

Blog: http://cestmagnifiquekits.blogspot.com/
Store: http://www.cestmagnifiquekits.com/cart/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Cest-Magnifique-Kits/100101170107994
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Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cestmagnifiquekits/ 
Twitter: https://twitter.com/CM_Kits

C'est Magnifique Kits is a scrapbook kit club that caters to the more sophisticated crafter. We aspire to bring something a little different to our monthly kits. We offer predominately international papers and embellishments each month, from countries such as France, Germany, Poland, Sweden and more! Stop by our blog, http://cestmagnifiquekits.blogspot.com/, to see what our talented International design team creates with our monthly kits. Follow us on Facebook and sign up for our emails to stay informed about new product, kit contents and giveaways.

Scrapiniec Die-Cut Chipboard

Blog: http://scrapiniec-inspiracje.blogspot.com/

Scrapiniec is the first Polish manufacturer of laser die-cut chipboard products for use in scrapbooking. They satisfy even the most unusual individual orders and are characterized by reliability, high quality and friendly customer service.

Please note: International winners may be responsible for shipping costs.
Please be sure to follow our CHALLENGE RULES.

Thank you and we hope to see your beautiful creations this month!

We appreciate each and every challenge entry and share the designs that catch our eye on our facebook page and Pinterest Boards. Look for your work there!

Merry Christmas from Marie

It is my Marie´s day to post at today. The December Moodboard really inspired me to create Christmas cards using bits and bobs that our team has been sponsored with this past term. This is how the moodboard looks this month:

For this card I used papers from 7 Dot´s Studio collection Yuletide. The chipboard comes from Creative Embellishments and the flair from UmWowStudio. 

Don´t you love the sparkly stars in the background? I hade them by using Mega Flakes & Flitter Glu from Indigblu togheter with a background stamp from 7 Dot´s Studio. 

The card below has papers from the same collection. 

The chipboard tree is painted with Metallic paint.

o now, we would love to see your take on the mood board.

We also have some gorgeous goodies up for grabs! ;-)

First Prize:

C'est Magnifique December Main Kit

(Featuring a Holiday Collection designed by Astrid Maclean.)

Random Prize:

Scrapiniec Prize Package

(Prize may differ from designs shown.)

Sponsors:

Blog: http://cestmagnifiquekits.blogspot.com/

Store: http://www.cestmagnifiquekits.com/cart/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Cest-Magnifique-Kits/100101170107994

Pinterest: http://www.pinterest.com/cmkits/cest-magnifique-design-team-projects/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cestmagnifiquekits/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/CM_Kits

C'est Magnifique Kits is a scrapbook kit club that caters to the more sophisticated crafter. We aspire to bring something a little different to our monthly kits. We offer predominately international papers and embellishments each month, from countries such as France, Germany, Poland, Sweden and more! Stop by our blog, http://cestmagnifiquekits.blogspot.com/, to see what our talented International design team creates with our monthly kits. Follow us on Facebook and sign up for our emails to stay informed about new product, kit contents and giveaways.

Scrapiniec Die-Cut Chipboard

Blog: http://scrapiniec-inspiracje.blogspot.com/

Scrapiniec is the first Polish manufacturer of laser die-cut chipboard products for use in scrapbooking. They satisfy even the most unusual individual orders and are characterized by reliability, high quality and friendly customer service.

Please note: International winners may be responsible for shipping costs.

Please be sure to follow our CHALLENGE RULES.

Thank you and we hope to see your beautiful creations this month!

We appreciate each and every challenge entry and share the designs that catch our eye on our facebook page and Pinterest Boards. Look for your work there!

Holiday cheer by Tusia Lech

Hello sweet Berry71Bleu followers :)

I would like to remind you about our DT Call - it is open till December, 14th :) For details please read this e-mail.

This month moodboard is created by Denise van Deventer. Beautiful selection of colours and patterns!

My project is a Christmas card:

And now - the prizes :)

First Prize:

C'est Magnifique December Main Kit

(Featuring a Holiday Collection designed by Astrid Maclean.)

Random Prize:

Scrapiniec Prize Package
(Prize may differ from designs shown.)

Sponsors:

Blog: http://cestmagnifiquekits.blogspot.com/
Store: http://www.cestmagnifiquekits.com/cart/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Cest-Magnifique-Kits/100101170107994
Pinterest: http://www.pinterest.com/cmkits/cest-magnifique-design-team-projects/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cestmagnifiquekits/ 
Twitter: https://twitter.com/CM_Kits

C'est Magnifique Kits is a scrapbook kit club that caters to the more sophisticated crafter. We aspire to bring something a little different to our monthly kits. We offer predominately international papers and embellishments each month, from countries such as France, Germany, Poland, Sweden and more! Stop by our blog, http://cestmagnifiquekits.blogspot.com/, to see what our talented International design team creates with our monthly kits. Follow us on Facebook and sign up for our emails to stay informed about new product, kit contents and giveaways.

Scrapiniec Die-Cut Chipboard

Blog: http://scrapiniec-inspiracje.blogspot.com/

Scrapiniec is the first Polish manufacturer of laser die-cut chipboard products for use in scrapbooking. They satisfy even the most unusual individual orders and are characterized by reliability, high quality and friendly customer service.

Please note: International winners may be responsible for shipping costs.
Please be sure to follow our CHALLENGE RULES.

Thank you and we hope to see your beautiful creations this month!

We appreciate each and every challenge entry and share the designs that catch our eye on our facebook page and Pinterest Boards. Look for your work there!

Jolly Holiday by Dana Tatar

Hi friends! Dana Tatar here today sharing my take on Denise's December Mood Board. I immediately loved the repetitive geometric designs in several of the images so I tried to included repeating patterns in my design.

I played with a bright color palette for this festive time of year and added touches of sparkle with an over-sized gem, rhinestone arrow, and glittered flower.

I hope you can find the time this month to play along! We have some amazing prizes up for grabs!

First Prize:

C'est Magnifique December Main Kit

(Featuring a Holiday Collection designed by Astrid Maclean.)

Random Prize:

Scrapiniec Prize Package
(Prize may differ from designs shown.)

Sponsors:

Blog: http://cestmagnifiquekits.blogspot.com/
Store: http://www.cestmagnifiquekits.com/cart/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Cest-Magnifique-Kits/100101170107994
Pinterest: http://www.pinterest.com/cmkits/cest-magnifique-design-team-projects/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cestmagnifiquekits/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/CM_Kits

C'est Magnifique Kits is a scrapbook kit club that caters to the more sophisticated crafter. We aspire to bring something a little different to our monthly kits. We offer predominately international papers and embellishments each month, from countries such as France, Germany, Poland, Sweden and more! Stop by our blog, http://cestmagnifiquekits.blogspot.com/, to see what our talented International design team creates with our monthly kits. Follow us on Facebook and sign up for our emails to stay informed about new product, kit contents and giveaways.

Scrapiniec Die-Cut Chipboard

Blog: http://scrapiniec-inspiracje.blogspot.com/

Scrapiniec is the first Polish manufacturer of laser die-cut chipboard products for use in scrapbooking. They satisfy even the most unusual individual orders and are characterized by reliability, high quality and friendly customer service.

Please note: International winners may be responsible for shipping costs.
Please be sure to follow our CHALLENGE RULES.

Thank you and we hope to see your beautiful creations this month!

We appreciate each and every challenge entry and share the designs that catch our eye on our facebook page and Pinterest Boards. Look for your work there!