Hello, Vicky here!

Hello everyone!

It is my turn to share what I've done with my beautiful Berry71bleu tag and the fantastic "Studio 75" papers and chipboard!!!

For the background, I used a brick mask and Martha Stewart thick paste, some misting and stamping!!!

I can't say that purple is my favorite color but I enjoyed making this one!!! The tag, the purple flowers and embellies inspired and helped me out!!!

Thank you for visiting!!!

Have a nice creative day!!!

She's Got Style - LO by Cathy

This month at Berry71Bleu the Design Team was sponsored by Studio 75 and we were all given the gorgeous "Summer and Latte" paper range and some chipboard to play with.  I was inspired by Marivic's beautiful tag and the Studio 75 papers to create this vintage LO of my mother looking so chic in Paris at the age of 21.

She's Got Style
I decided to alter the background paper with some gesso, ink, glimmer mist and masks, then grunged up the edges with a border punch.

List of Materials:  Berry71Bleu tag, Studio 75 Summer and Latte papers + chipboard, paper and crochet doilies, Prima chipboard, Petaloo flowers, Mulberry wild roses, Kaisercraft journal tags, Basic Grey diecut sticker, metal charms, EK Success border punch, Carolees tiny alpha stickers, Gesso, Ink, Glimmermist

Don't forget about our Challenge here at Berry71Bleu

The Challenge for this month is STEAMPUNK!  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 as we have a second 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 and 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.

Thanks so much for stopping by.

Cathy

Celebrate Layout by Helen

Hello there!  Helen here with my monthly project

for Berry71Bleu!  Isn't my tag just the cutest?!  Just

like my little girl {well she is a 'tween' now so not so

little any more!}.  Here's a look at the tag I was sent.

I used the beautiful "Summer & Latte" papers from our

Polish sponsor this month, Studio 75.

All the chipboard that you see on this layout also 

comes from Studio 75.  See their blog HERE.

I embellished with die-cuts from Pink Paislee 'Soiree' collection,

which really helped bring out the colours and add some 'zing'!

I used the new Donna Downey for Prima 'Poppies & Peonies'

stencil on my white cardstock base & hand journaled my story.

I used 4 different patterned papers from Studio 75 on this layout.

One to matt the photo, one as a punched strip, one as my base &

one for the border around the layout.  I inked all the edges to give

some depth & a bit more variation as the papers are beautifully subtle.

I used a metallic pen to doodle the circles around the edge of my

white cardstock and a thick 'Creative Memories' pen to create the

dots around the border of my photograph.  I hope you enjoyed my

page today & that your week is going well for you so far!

Supplies List for 'Celebrate' Page

Papers - Studio 75 - Summer & Latte -05 - photo matt

Studio 75 - Summer & Latte - o3 - Edging

Studio 75 - Summer & Latte - 01 - Base

Studio 75 - Summer & Latte - 07 - punched strip

White cardstock - American Crafts

Punches - Martha Stewart - Flower Bed Deep Edge Punch

& Deco Flowers

Tag - Berry71Bleu

Inks - Ocean {Colorbox} Yellow & Green {Pretty Color}

Maroon - Prima - Blossom Bud

Stencils - Donna Downey for Prima - Poppies & Peonies

The Crafter's Workshop - 6' Brick Stencil

Chipboard - Studio 75 - Summer & Latte

Embossing Powder - American Crafts - Aqua - Zing

Pens - Creative Memories & Pental Superball Metallic

Resin & doily - stash

Mist - Maya Road - Granny Smith Apple Green

Maroon flower - American Crafts - Thickers Asterisk

Embellishments - Pink Paislee - Soiree

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Don't forget our challenge that runs through 'til the end of the

month.  It's easy peasy - create a layout with some element

of STEAMPUNK in it - use our image for your inspiration.

I've included a definition to give you a hand!

OUR LOVE IS GROWING by Bellaidea

Hi! It`s Bellaidea today with my new LO.
This is a page with last Summer photo I like a lot. Beautiful tag gave me an idea about kids staying in touch..

I used papers from our September sponsor , Studio 75!

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!!

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