Guest Designer Renea Harrison Featuring 7Dots Studio

Welcome to the weekend everybody!! I am back as a Guest Designer this week and was so very excited to get to work with the Berry71Bleu Sponsor this month,  7Dots Studios' gorgeous papers!! I love 7Dots Papers, they are so nice and thick and perfect for the kind of distressing and technique work that I love to do. 

I also got to play along with Bellaidea's Fun Challenge this month.

She decided to break some rules and have lots of fun!

For this challenge there is only one criteria - 

FORGET ABOUT MODERATION AND GO CRAZY!

Do something the way you have never done before. 

Mix together bold or unusual colours , add texture

& unusual embellishments.

Our sponsor from Poland -  7 Dots Studio are so generous -  not only

 did they supply the whole design team and us Guest Designers  with beautiful papers, 

they have also given us THREE beautiful paper packs as prizes too - 

so the merit winner AND THE RUNNER UP (2nd place) will also

 win a complete paper pack, then of course a random winner too!

We also are offering our Merit Winner an opportunity to

Guest Design on our blog here too!

Check out the 7 Dots Studio Blog for ideas on how to 

use these wonderful papers! 

Contest 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.

Now here is my layout that I created using those amazing 7Dots Studio papers:

I used lots of distressed layers of the 7Dots Domestic Goddess Papers and tags, along with 7Dots Hopefully stickers and tags. I got a little crazy and did some paint splatters in unusual colors for me, black, gold and pink, and then used this crazy florist "ribbon" that I found that looked like chicken wire that was coated. I love the pattern, and the coating lends tons of texture.

Here you can see all the water distressing I did, and the rolling back of the paper to form a pocket that I layered with painted corrugated board and then filled with lots of flowers, and a metal charm that I popped one of the 7Dots Hopefully Stickers onto.

Here are all those messy paint splatters, and you can see that I used a 7Dots tag that I cut out in the shape of a banner and tucked behind the photo with some pleated Vintage lace. I did 3 different distressed peek a boos that I layered seed beads onto, and then tucked some of the 7Dots stickers behind with more pleated lace.

I layered my photo on top of one of the 7Dots journaling tags that I used to create my title "Destination", and then added on two of my Pink Lemonade Glitter Glass Butterflies from my Etsy Shop to add even more dimension.

I just love scrapping with no moderation and with a touch of wildness. It sets me free and allows me to create without boundaries. This challenge was soooo much fun-thank you Bellaidea!! And a huge thank you to 7Dots Studios!!! You make creating beautiful projects a snap! ~Renea