Guest Designing at Berry71bleu

What an honor it is to guest design for Berry71bleu!!!
Have you seen the November Berry71bleu Mood Board? I hope you enter. There's still time!!

Here's the tag that Ms Marivic sent me. It's gorgeous!!! I was inspired by Agnieszka Bellaidea .
 I had so much fun designing around these colors with my 7Dots Studio papers -Wonderland.

I love the colors on this tag!

Here are a few closeups:

I used some Vintage Trinkets from Prima. My friend Cathi O'Neill sent me some pretty flowers. I colored one of the white ones with Lindy Stamp Gang -Industrial Chic - Steel Shimmerz

In the above photo I used my Stencil Girl Butterfly Stencil newly designed by Maria McGuire. I used my ShimmerZ -TextureZ in Gritty Graphite. 

I loved the expression of the woman in the photo (found on Flickr - not mine) reminded me of the cameo.

In this picture you can see the tag again and Gina's Design's Chipboard that I heat embossed. 

Here's the finished layout:

I love the vintage direction I was able to go with these papers and that awesome tag! Thank you Marivic for such an inspirational tag!

Products used:
Fabulous Tag by Marivic from Berry71Bleu
Stencil Girl Stencil - Butterfly Stencil and Butterfly Duo Stencil
Gina Designs Chipboard - Flourish set.
7 Dots Studio - Wonderland
Quick Quotes - Pink Cheeks
Zutter - Distress It All
Teresa Collins - Mega Runner
Tim Holtz Distress Ink - Evergreen Bough, Ice Spruce, Broken China,
Lindy's Stamp Gang -Industrial Chic Sprays- Steampunk Sepia, Steel Shimmerz, Time Travel Teal,
Ruby Lantern, Lime, Shabby Turbine Teal,
LSG - IC - Embossing powder - Bzyantine Bronze
Shimmerz - Texturez - These are so my favorite - Patina, Brick Wall, Gritty Graphite

Thanks for stopping by!! Be sure to check out Berry71Bleu for amazing inspiration and a chance to win some fabulous prizes.

Happy Scrappn!

The Paper Mixing Bowl ~SOAR~

It's that time of the month again.. what a fantastically beautiful recipe card we have for this month of April!!! It's Ambrosia Salad.  So perfect and full of spring's promise!
I love these soft beautiful colors. I sure hope you will join us this month and cook up something beautiful.

I also had the challenge in mind that is being hosted over at Berry71Bleu.
I love my flowers. They give me a sense of hope, peace and joy. I will be entering this lo for that challenge.


Here is my take on the recipe:

SOAR

a row of flowers

Prima Say in Crystals Butterfly - in love

Dusty attic flutterbies

ReneaBouquet's magnificent butterfly

Some Gesso...

Webster's Pages and Prima Stamps

Prima stamps

Some of my ingredients were : gesso, flowers, butterflies, birds and torn paper.
My Whipped Cream I have spread in the upper left and right corners with a little gesso.
I sprinkled some butteflies thru out. On the right side of my garden I have a little bird taking flight.

That Magnificent butterfly in the upper right corner was made by the lovely Renea Bouquet. Be sure to check out her Etsy for mouth watering embellishments!

Supplies used:
3rd Eye Stamp : Kardiogram TES-006
Prima Divine Collection:
Magnola Green Vine Bling
TCW-Mini Ledger
Gesso, Dusty Attic :0543, 0766
Distress Inks: Squeezed Lemonade, Gathered Twig, Tea Dye
Reinker-Squeezed Lemonade ; Distress Stain : Victorian Velvet
Prima Flowers : Pankita Rose Summer Mix, Trixie Cinder, Prelude C, Bretton Vines Alyssa, Parisa Winston Mix, Marmonie Pastel, Lady Godiva Nougat, Stamp -557126, Tatiana Coral, Say it in Crystals -553999
Close To My Heart : Live Out Loud Stamp
Webster Pages : Whimsy Hearts and Pefect Accents (Sunday Picnic)

Thanks for taking a peek and telling me what ya think.
God Bless and Happy Scrappn!

Scraputante's Mixed Media Challenge

I thought this was way cool the way this challenge was set up. We were to use certain elements. I haven't painted in a long time so I did a quickie practice and gave it a whirl. I might get out my sheets and practice some of my flowers I like to paint. Can't wait to see the next challenge.
This is how it was laid for us:
Our First Challenge--I am including an inspiration piece (just to help you get started if you don't know where to begin) in addition to the quote, which is “I must have flowers, always, and always.” ― Claude Monet.

Required Elements--please use both
1) flowers (duh) :)
2) scrapbook paper 

Mixed Media Elements--choose 3 out of five
1) ribbon
2) paint
3) mist
4) a button or buttons
5) a rub-on

You can use a blank (white or cream or black) 12x12, canvas or art journal page of 5x7 or larger for this piece.

I chose flowers and did use a flower made from scrapbook paper. I created this on an art journal page. I used a ribbon, a button, rubons and paint.

Painted the page with Black Gesso as a foundation.

3rd Eye -TES-087 BORDERS 2  with Art Anthology

Small rose from 3rd Eye

Ribbon stem

Different color of Art Anthology 

Makes me want to drag out my paints and paint a bit more.

I got to use my Prima Foam Stamp that I won in a chat. How cool I love how easy it was to use and clean.  I chose to use my Metallic Distress Stains to make them shimmer off the black.

I love flowers and find them inspiring.. they are full of life and color and make me happy.

Supplies used:

Prima Foam Stamp

Tim Holtz Metallic Distress Stains 3 : Tarnished Brass, Brushed Pewter, Antiqued Bronze

Prima Buttons from Engraver Collection

3rd Eye stamps : Leaf small -TES-026S; Rose small -TES-020S; Borders 2 - TES-087

Folk Art Paints: Metallic Pure Gold, Regal Red, Sapphire

PowderPuff Chalk Inks : Tahiti, Pink Cheeks

Kaisercraft Rubon's: Charlotte's Dream

Art Anthology Dimensional Crystals: Guava, BlueBird

I had a good time, Thank you Kelly.

I am going to also enter this at Berry71Bleu March Challenge You Color My world. 

Happy Scrappn and Happy Easter.

Round Robin and MORE

I designed a very special layout for my first time as leading the Round Robin over at Scraps of Darkness.

I absolutely LOVED using my 13 @arts papers. I used Frosted Life  : COLD WALL.

The first challenge I would like to enter this layout is over at Zeus and Zoe: January Challenge Your Word for 2013:  I chose LOVE. I want to love more.. to explore love more, show more love for my family, friends and especially love for my craft. Live with Passion and love as much as possible.

The second challenge I am entering is over at Berry71Bleu : January Challenge  Celebrate Me.
Sometimes I find it hard to scrap about myself. I wanted to make something really beautiful. I like shiny things, beautiful things, and all kinds of baubles. I am holding my nephew Hezekiah. I'm not sure about the look on my face but I liked it.  There's a new song out that I really like and part of the song says   "Sometimes gotta close my eyes just to open my soul".

Products used:

13 @Arts - Frosted Life - Cold Wall
Prima Products : Ledger Pad, Ingrid B. Ink -Worn Jeans, Harmonie Pastal Flowers, Vintage Trinkets,
Allegra Biscuits, Regent Collection Cmberland
Websters Page - Bulk Medallion Sparklers
Petaloo - Velvet Hydrangea - Cream
Teresa Collins - Rhinestone Medallion
Melissa Frances - Embellishments and Trinkets and Baubles
 Martha Stewart -Pink Carnation ink
Modeling Paste
Recollections Embellishments
DUSTY ATTIC : DA0055
Faber Castell - Gesso
ColorBox Chalk - Popcorn
The Rubber Cafe - Puffy Paint Bubble Gum Pink

Here's the finished product and closeups following it.

Thanks for looking!
Happy Scrappn!