Monday, October 28, 2013

Guest Designer Wilma Voermans

Today we would like to introduce the winner of our September Challenge and Guest Designer for October, Wilma Voermans.

I live in the mountains of the Swiss bernese oberland.
Paradise on earth...lucky me.
My scrapbooking style is not always the same, it can be artsy, but sometimes pictures ask for a romantic style.
I never know what I want to make when I start, I always go with the flow.
Mixed media is a must, I just cant do without it.
My new addiction is "lifeproject mixed media style".
I make my own backgrounds , this way I can turn my art journals and scrapping in a keepsake for my children.
Each one of my 8 children get a BIG memory book like this.
Great project that keepes me of the street , I need at least 10 more years to finish it .
So I really should give up smoking Emoji

I feel very honored to be this month guest designer at Berry71beu !!

Please stop by my blog, Swissdutchy8.


When I saw the moodboard I knew which photos I wanted to use for this.
Here in the mountains where I live fall really starts when the cows come home .
In summer two "sennen" go up real high with the cows (and other animals) from the farmers in the village.
This way the farmers can take their harvest in. And the alps high up keep clean from grass.
Because they are so high up without electricity they use the milk to make the very special mountaincheese by hand.
It is a rough life up there.


So when they come home it is a big festival .
The cows wear flowers on their head , the ones who give the most milk in summer walk in front.
Everybody wears the traditional clothes and the mail "sennen" must have a beard when they come down.
I can't tell the whole story and traditions, it would take to much space.
In the pictures my son with his beard(hate it) and my grandson milo, who is 4 years old, but he manage the cows already.
The woman you see is the other sen ...she is a tough girl!
After the big party in the night fall can begin!

Here are a few closeups:



Thank you Wilma for sharing your layout and story with us.  It is always fun to read about the different festivals from other countries.  Truly a lovely, colorful layout!

Saturday, October 26, 2013

Welcome to our New Design Team Members for 2014

Hello friends!

Thank you from the bottom of my heart to those who applied to our Design Team. It is one of the hardest decision I had to make lately that is why it took me so long to do the announcement. We had received so many amazing applications from so many talented women and I appreciate each and one of you that took time to submit it. 
Unfortunately, we can only pick so many and this is all mutual decision from me, our coordinators, and the rest of the team. 

If you didn't get picked this time, please try again on the next call. In fact, from the applications I received, I will pick guest designers for 2014. The possibility is always there. We like giving people a chance, we all have to start somewhere and if no one will give you that chance, then who will? 
We also suggest that you visit our blog and Facebook page often and join our challenges. We like meeting people and staying friends and this is the only way we get to know you.

We always welcome suggestions and if you feel that you will be a good candidate for our team as DT, please feel free to email me (Marivic...berry71bleu@att.net). I reward creative people that is loyal to our blog and our challenges.  Scrapbooking has been so competitive, but we are not in competition with other challenge blogs nor I would say that we are better than anyone else because we're not. I started this blog almost 5 years ago. My goal was always to meet friends and share ideas and inspirations with people from all walks of life all over the world. Through the years, my goal has remained the same. And I will only pick DT members that share the same goals that I have...to inspire, to create, give gratitude....and.... most important thing, always have an open door for friendship.  I have met a lot of amazing people from all corners of the earth, which I am very thankful for. So we hope by continuing this tradition we will be here for a long time. 

Thank you very much for all your support. Thank you to our Sponsors, Design Team Members (past and present),  Guest Designers, our friends who join our challenges every month and to our friends that give us support by leaving us comments...MY BIGGEST THANK YOU TO ALL OF YOU!

Please help me welcome our new Design Team Members...







and our returning DT members









Friday, October 25, 2013

Guest Designer...Yvonne





Hello there! My name is Yvonne and I reside in sunny Singapore. My style is quirky and eclectic with lots of mixed media and upcycling. I share my creative inspiration via projects, tips and tutorials on my blog Do More With Less and my Facebook Fan Page



I was pretty excited to play with Gelli Arts 6x6 Gelli Plate and Speedball paint and created this fall canvas panel.



The Gelli Plate is awesome for creating background designs quickly. Then add some embellishments and some mediums and you are done!

Here is the challenge this month..You have a few more days to join...






As always, make sure you review our challenge rules.  


First Prize:


Random Prizes:

 6x6 Gelli Arts Gel Printing Plate
You will get 2 tubes of Green and Blue Speedball paint.




Main Sponsors:  


 Product Catalog

A Tradition of Excellence: For more than 100 years,
high quality art products from Speedball have created Unlimited
Possibilities for Artists in both classrooms and professional studios
around the world. Speedball is committed to artistic innovation and
expression.

Printmaking Is A Time-Tested Craft That Is Ideal For Contemporary Art Expression:Today
with the advent of new techniques and materials, Printmaking has gained
renewed interest and unprecedented support. Printmaking begins with
Speedball - America’s leading manufacturer of printmaking materials -
unequaled for quality, safety and ease-of-use.

Economical and Time-Flexible: The Beauty of
Printmaking is in its flexibility and economy. Projects can range from
simple printmaking exercises lasting only for a short session to more
complex projects that can be expanded to include advance detailed
techniques. Printmaking is more popular than ever and Speedball Art
Products is the artist’s choice!

Speedball Block Printing Inks: Give your creations all the brilliance they deserve with inks from Speedball. Speedball’s Water Soluble Block Printing Inks come in 18 brilliant colors available in 37cc, 75cc, 150cc tubes plus 8oz. and 16oz jars. These inks are easy to clean up with water, non-toxic, gluten free and super for printmaking with linoleum, wood, Flexible Printing Plate, Speedy-Carve™, Speedy-Cut™ and Polyprint. All Speedball inks are AP Non-Toxic and are excellent for use in the studio, school or home. Speedball also carries Oil-Based Block Printing Inks available in 10 brilliant colors in 37cc tubes or 7 colors available in 75cc tubes. Suitable for printing on papers and fabrics, they are non-darkening,
waterproof and permanent.


A special thanks to Speedball Art Products and  Gelli Arts for supplying the Design Team with Gelli Arts Gel Printing Plates and Speedball Block Printing Paints.

We love gelatin printing and we've developed a better way to do it!

Our Gel Printing Plate looks and feels like gelatin, but is durable, reusable and stores at room temperature. It's easy to clean and always ready for printing. Monoprinting on a Gelli plate is simple and fun. The gratification is immediate, and the prints are too cool!

Wednesday, October 23, 2013

QUEEN OF HEARTS by Agnieszka Bellaidea

Hi!
It's Bellaidea today with a new Autumn project.
Did you joined already our challenge in October?
You still have some time for it!
I was working with a Gelli plate from our sponsor /thank you again! / and Papercraft Scandinavia /Inkido papers /our EX-sponsor :) /.


I am not a big fan of Autumn colors / me and orange... but I love gold so I mixed a little paint from Speedball Art Products Company, mists, gesso, inks etc..
I deffinitly got inspired my our Board!


I know... I did it for the first time and ...I like it!
I can only hope you don't think I did something wrong ...:)
Marivic's tag has a two parts now .




Thank you so much for looking and see you next month, my November projects is ready but need to wait several weeks now :)

As always, make sure you review our challenge rules.  


First Prize:



Random Prizes:

 6x6 Gelli Arts Gel Printing Plate
You will get 2 tubes of Green and Blue Speedball paint.




Main Sponsors:  


 Product Catalog

A Tradition of Excellence: For more than 100 years,
high quality art products from Speedball have created Unlimited
Possibilities for Artists in both classrooms and professional studios
around the world. Speedball is committed to artistic innovation and
expression.

Printmaking Is A Time-Tested Craft That Is Ideal For Contemporary Art Expression:Today
with the advent of new techniques and materials, Printmaking has gained
renewed interest and unprecedented support. Printmaking begins with
Speedball - America’s leading manufacturer of printmaking materials -
unequaled for quality, safety and ease-of-use.

Economical and Time-Flexible: The Beauty of
Printmaking is in its flexibility and economy. Projects can range from
simple printmaking exercises lasting only for a short session to more
complex projects that can be expanded to include advance detailed
techniques. Printmaking is more popular than ever and Speedball Art
Products is the artist’s choice!

Speedball Block Printing Inks: Give your creations all the brilliance they deserve with inks from Speedball. Speedball’s Water Soluble Block Printing Inks come in 18 brilliant colors available in 37cc, 75cc, 150cc tubes plus 8oz. and 16oz jars. These inks are easy to clean up with water, non-toxic, gluten free and super for printmaking with linoleum, wood, Flexible Printing Plate, Speedy-Carve™, Speedy-Cut™ and Polyprint. All Speedball inks are AP Non-Toxic and are excellent for use in the studio, school or home. Speedball also carries Oil-Based Block Printing Inks available in 10 brilliant colors in 37cc tubes or 7 colors available in 75cc tubes. Suitable for printing on papers and fabrics, they are non-darkening,
waterproof and permanent.


A special thanks to Speedball Art Products and  Gelli Arts for supplying the Design Team with Gelli Arts Gel Printing Plates and Speedball Block Printing Paints.

We love gelatin printing and we've developed a better way to do it!

Our Gel Printing Plate looks and feels like gelatin, but is durable, reusable and stores at room temperature. It's easy to clean and always ready for printing. Monoprinting on a Gelli plate is simple and fun. The gratification is immediate, and the prints are too cool!

Monday, October 21, 2013

Nature Is The Art Of God

Hi everyone, Debbie here with you today to share my take on Marivic's "Autumn Is In The Air" Challenge!  Fall is one of my favorite times of the year.  I love the cool, crisp air and the magnificent colors of the leaves when they change color.  I chose to make a canvas for my project.

It was quite an art adventure working with products from our sponsors this month, Speedball Art Products and Gelli Arts.  I started off with Speedball paint in dark yellow and added some additional paints in yellow and Orange.  I used a leaf stencil on my background but must admit as I added more layers of paint to my Gelli plate everything sort of blended in together.  I used a paper towel to dab some of the paint on my canvas and love the marbled effect it took on.

I added some stamping and masking to my canvas along with some misting and inking and flowers.  


I hope I have inspired you to join us this month for Marivic's challenge.  You can find all of the details here.
Please make sure to read our challenge rules.

We have some great prizes this month:
First Prize: 



Random Prizes:
 6x6 Gelli Arts Gel Printing Plate

You will get 2 tubes of Green and Blue Speedball paint.


Main Sponsors:  

 Product Catalog

A Tradition of Excellence: For more than 100 years, high quality art products from Speedball have created Unlimited Possibilities for Artists in both classrooms and professional studios around the world. Speedball is committed to artistic innovation and expression.

Printmaking Is A Time-Tested Craft That Is Ideal For Contemporary Art Expression: Today with the advent of new techniques and materials, Printmaking has gained renewed interest and unprecedented support. Printmaking begins with Speedball - America’s leading manufacturer of printmaking materials - unequaled for quality, safety and ease-of-use.

Economical and Time-Flexible: The Beauty of Printmaking is in its flexibility and economy. Projects can range from simple printmaking exercises lasting only for a short session to more complex projects that can be expanded to include advance detailed techniques. Printmaking is more popular than ever and Speedball Art Products is the artist’s choice!

Speedball Block Printing Inks: Give your creations all the brilliance they deserve with inks from Speedball. Speedball’s Water Soluble Block Printing Inks come in 18 brilliant colors available in 37cc, 75cc, 150cc tubes plus 8oz. and 16oz jars. These inks are easy to clean up with water, non-toxic, gluten free and super for printmaking with linoleum, wood, Flexible Printing Plate, Speedy-Carve™, Speedy-Cut™ and Polyprint. All Speedball inks are AP Non-Toxic and are excellent for use in the studio, school or home. Speedball also carries Oil-Based Block Printing Inks available in 10 brilliant colors in 37cc tubes or 7 colors available in 75cc tubes. Suitable for printing on papers and fabrics, they are non-darkening, waterproof and permanent.

A special thanks to Speedball Art Products and  Gelli Arts for supplying the Design Team with Gelli Arts Gel Printing Plates and Speedball Block Printing Paints.


We love gelatin printing and we've developed a better way to do it!

Our Gel Printing Plate looks and feels like gelatin, but is durable, reusable and stores at room temperature. It's easy to clean and always ready for printing. Monoprinting on a Gelli plate is simple and fun. The gratification is immediate, and the prints are too cool!


Friday, October 18, 2013

Lovin' Life...


Hello!!  Marilyn here to show you my take for the October challenge by Marivic.."Autumn is in the Air". I love to see all these gorgeous photo of Autumn in USA but I live in the Caribbean and  here is Summer all year so I don't have any photos like that but I found this photo about this picture I took in October to my son when he was 6 years old so I made my version of this challenge with a boy page.
This month we have as sponsor Speedball Arts Products Company and I had the opportunity to work with the Gelli plate and the Speedball paints...I worked with Light Red, Silver and Platinum White paints and after I saw some tutorials about the Gelli plate, this was my inspiration... 


I worked with the Gelli plate and a mask to create my background.  These paints have a great coverage.  I also added some washi tapes in the same colors.

I had a lot of fun using these products.
Can't wait to see your creations for this challenge.
As always, make sure you review our challenge rules.  Now onto this month's prizes...




First Prize: 



Random Prizes:

 6x6 Gelli Arts Gel Printing Plate


You will get 2 tubes of Green and Blue Speedball paint.




Main Sponsors:  


 Product Catalog

A Tradition of Excellence: For more than 100 years, high quality art products from Speedball have created Unlimited Possibilities for Artists in both classrooms and professional studios around the world. Speedball is committed to artistic innovation and expression.

Printmaking Is A Time-Tested Craft That Is Ideal For Contemporary Art Expression: Today with the advent of new techniques and materials, Printmaking has gained renewed interest and unprecedented support. Printmaking begins with Speedball - America’s leading manufacturer of printmaking materials - unequaled for quality, safety and ease-of-use.

Economical and Time-Flexible: The Beauty of Printmaking is in its flexibility and economy. Projects can range from simple printmaking exercises lasting only for a short session to more complex projects that can be expanded to include advance detailed techniques. Printmaking is more popular than ever and Speedball Art Products is the artist’s choice!

Speedball Block Printing Inks: Give your creations all the brilliance they deserve with inks from Speedball. Speedball’s Water Soluble Block Printing Inks come in 18 brilliant colors available in 37cc, 75cc, 150cc tubes plus 8oz. and 16oz jars. These inks are easy to clean up with water, non-toxic, gluten free and super for printmaking with linoleum, wood, Flexible Printing Plate, Speedy-Carve™, Speedy-Cut™ and Polyprint. All Speedball inks are AP Non-Toxic and are excellent for use in the studio, school or home. Speedball also carries Oil-Based Block Printing Inks available in 10 brilliant colors in 37cc tubes or 7 colors available in 75cc tubes. Suitable for printing on papers and fabrics, they are non-darkening, waterproof and permanent.

A special thanks to Speedball Art Products and  Gelli Arts for supplying the Design Team with Gelli Arts Gel Printing Plates and Speedball Block Printing Paints.


We love gelatin printing and we've developed a better way to do it!

Our Gel Printing Plate looks and feels like gelatin, but is durable, reusable and stores at room temperature. It's easy to clean and always ready for printing. Monoprinting on a Gelli plate is simple and fun. The gratification is immediate, and the prints are too cool!

Until next time!!!
Marilyn

Wednesday, October 16, 2013

Special Guest Designer Emily Hammann!

Today we would like to welcome Special Guest Designer Emily Hammann! 


I’m a mixed media artist living in St. Louis, MO with my fiance, two children, two cats and bird. I started creating in 2008 with layouts after receiving a scrapbook for my birthday. Once I began making layouts, I never looked back. I moved on to tags, cards, altered items and finally mixed media. I prefer mixed media now, and am at my happiest when my hands are covered in paints and inks. I’m fortunate to have an extremely understanding fiance’ when it comes to my work. When I am not in my art studio or teaching at a LSS, I am with my family going for hikes, walks, or visiting local hot spots where I can always find inspiration. If not I will be curled up with a good book or watching one of my favorite shows. Currently I am on the Genuinely Jane Studios and Creative Inspirations Paint Design Teams. You can find me on my blog at www.emilyhammann.com.

Hi! Emily Hammann here today with my Guest Designer post for October using the fantastic "Autumn is in the Air" October Challenge from Marivic along with my Gelli Arts Gel Printing Plate and some Speedball Block Printing Ink. 


Using the Gelli Plate is fun on paper, but using it, along with the Block Printing Ink on other surfaces can be just as fun. You can see how Marivic used them on fabric pages HERE,  and they turned out gorgeous! I used a wood album by Genuinely Jane Studios and created my monoprint directly onto the album pages after first priming the surface with gesso. 


All of my pages are a mixture of first pulls from various paint combos and stencils. I did several layers on each of them with the exception of the second set of pages below. 


This is a combo of two different first pulls. I used the same three Speedball Block Printing Inks on all of my pages. I did add some acrylic ink to tone down some of the colors on a couple pages. This gave me more of the fall hues I wanted similar to the inspiration board on the pages. 


The combo of the Gel Printing Plate, Block Printing Inks and wood surface created a fantastic look that I will be creating over and over again. 


I also created this short slideshow of some of the steps I used with the Speedball Block Printing Inks and Gel Printing Plate on the wood album (this is not the same album I used, but another). Have a great day!


 


We'd love to see how this mood board inspires you! Link up your projects by the end of the month for your chance to win one of two fantastic prize packages!

First Prize:



Random Prizes:
 6x6 Gelli Arts Gel Printing Plate
2 Tubes of Green and Blue Speedball Block Printing Ink

Main Sponsors:

 Product Catalog

A Tradition of Excellence: For more than 100 years, high quality art products from Speedball have created Unlimited Possibilities for Artists in both classrooms and professional studios around the world. Speedball is committed to artistic innovation and expression.
Printmaking Is A Time-Tested Craft That Is Ideal For Contemporary Art Expression: Today with the advent of new techniques and materials, Printmaking has gained renewed interest and unprecedented support. Printmaking begins with Speedball - America’s leading manufacturer of printmaking materials - unequaled for quality, safety and ease-of-use.
Economical and Time-Flexible: The Beauty of Printmaking is in its flexibility and economy. Projects can range from simple printmaking exercises lasting only for a short session to more complex projects that can be expanded to include advance detailed techniques. Printmaking is more popular than ever and Speedball Art Products is the artist’s choice!
Speedball Block Printing Inks: Give your creations all the brilliance they deserve with inks from Speedball. Speedball’s Water Soluble Block Printing Inks come in 18 brilliant colors available in 37cc, 75cc, 150cc tubes plus 8oz. and 16oz jars. These inks are easy to clean up with water, non-toxic, gluten free and super for printmaking with linoleum, wood, Flexible Printing Plate, Speedy-Carve™, Speedy-Cut™ and Polyprint. All Speedball inks are AP Non-Toxic and are excellent for use in the studio, school or home. Speedball also carries Oil-Based Block Printing Inks available in 10 brilliant colors in 37cc tubes or 7 colors available in 75cc tubes. Suitable for printing on papers and fabrics, they are non-darkening, waterproof and permanent.


We love gelatin printing and we've developed a better way to do it!

Our Gel Printing Plate looks and feels like gelatin, but is durable, reusable and stores at room temperature. It's easy to clean and always ready for printing. Monoprinting on a Gelli plate is simple and fun. The gratification is immediate, and the prints are too cool! 
  
A special thanks to Speedball Art Products and  Gelli Arts for supplying the Design Team with Gelli Arts Gel Printing Plates and Speedball Block Printing Ink.

Please note that International winner(s) of this challenge are responsible for shipping costs.
Please make sure you follow the CHALLENGE RULES.

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