Special Guest Designer Pascale B.

We're thrilled to welcome our special Guest Designer and April Challenge Winner Pascale B. to the blog today!

Hello Sweeties, my name is Pascale. I'm living in France, near Tours, with my two teenagers. I started scrapbooking at the end of 2010. One of my hobbies is photography and over the years I've taken a lot, really a lot, of pictures, but they always stay in my computer. I've always liked handicraft. So scrapbooking is just a way to combine two of my hobbies, a way to express my creativity and to showcase my photos. Since I began to scrap, flowers are part of my layouts, and I gradually started to use mixed media as well. I don’t know how to define my style, perhaps something like free vintage shabby style could be a good definition. But it’s up to you to judge. :) 

I choose this photo of my daughter and her friend I took during our trip in New York. They were simply sitting there, under the rain, simply happy do share this journey together...

I've made my background using a scrap of plastic bag, some bottle caps and different mediums: Distress ink, Distress stain, paint (Silk), watercolor (Twinkling H2O), gelato... 

I finished the background with crackle paste and stamping. 

The Blooming Branch die cuts have been colored with Gelatos and Twinkling as well as the leaves. 

Please visit Pascale's Blog to view more of her work.

  We hope you can find some time to join this challenge! We have some fantastic prizes to give away!

May Challenge - Simple Pleasures

Things do not have to be big, to be pleasant. Please feel free to find inspiration anywhere. What do simple pleasures mean to you? Our challenge hostess Tusia created the mood board using some wonderful images from Pinterest. Whether you prefer muted colors and simplicity, or bold, fresh colors and profusion, we hope you find something to inspire you!

Check out the fabulous prizes donated by our generous sponsors:

1st Prize:

Molossi Gift Pack (Chipboard, Bling and Flowers)

2nd Prize: Zeus and Zoe Embellishment Collection

Random Prize:

Darkroom Door Paper Collection

Sponsors:

 

Molossi

http://www.molossi.com.au/

Molossi is an Australian retail and wholesale supplier to the scrapbooking and papercraft industry. Molossi strives to bring you an online shopping experience where you can relish in a huge range of scrapbooking supplies to compliment your scrapbooking addiction. Molossi offers thousands of products including: albums, cardstock, flowers, bling, personal die-cutting machines, stickers, embellishments and plenty more! Become a part of our scrapping community and enter the stash giveaways and competitions on our Facebook page and Blog. For a large range of page layout ideas, sign up for our monthly newsletter to stay up-to-date with the scrapbooking world and monthly promotions.

Darkroom Door
Website: http://www.darkroomdoor.com/
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Blog: blog.darkroomdoor.com

Darkroom Door is owned by photographer Rachel Greig and graphic designer Stewart Yule who combine their talents to design a unique range of rubber stamps and papercraft products suitable for card making, scrapbooking, invitations, collage, mixed media and altered art. As the name suggests, Darkroom Door products have a strong photographic element in their design. Products include: Rubber Stamps, Photo Stamps, Background Stamps, Frame Stamps, Collage Stamps, Word Block Stamps, Montage Sheets, Photochips, and Filmstrips along with a wide range of accessories for all type of paper crafts.

Darkroom Door also has a fabulous blog that is updated regularly with projects created by many talented artists. Check out the Darkroom Door website to see their full product range along with a gallery full of projects and ideas!

Zeus and Zoe Etsy Shop

Custom kits with vintage flair. 

Visit store or contact Marivic (berry71bleu at gmail dot com)

Please note that if the winner(s) of this challenge are international they will be responsible for shipping costs.

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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!