June Challenge...Chipboards, Chipboards, Chipboards

June Challenge...Chipboards, Chipboards, Chipboards

Hi,everybody!  Marivic is hosting  this month's mini challenge over at Berry71Bleu. Our sponsor this month, Wycinanka, had generously provided the winner a package of chipboards.

For this month's challenge, we will use chipboards on our projects...

Paint, mist, glitter, distress, decoupage, stamp, emboss....doesn't matter how you do it, just as long as you use chipboard on your project. It could be a LO, altered art, OTP, home decor, card, tags, or any way you can creatively use chipboards.

Here is what you can win..

Here are the rules to follow in joining the challenge:

NEW RULES AND INFORMATION

As always there are a few basic rules to follow:-

 1. You are allowed to make a card, layout or 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 like for each challenge

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 Berry 71 Bleu TOGETHER with a link back to our blog. 

 5. All entries must be received by MIDNIGHT EST on the

 last 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.

Information about our Challenges:-

1.  Berry71Bleu Challenges are open to anyone, 

anywhere in the world.

2.  Our Design Team do their best to comment 

on all entries, you can make their job easier by turning OFF 

your word verification.  Try it and if spam is a problem 

you can always enable comment moderation.

3,  Challenges are held monthly and each month TWO winners are

chosen.  One winner is chosen by our design team, who all vote for

the project they consider to be the best, while another winner is

chosen by random draw.

4.  Challenge winners will always be announced within a week

of the challenge closing and winners are then required to

contact our Sponsor Co-ordinator, Agnieszka.

5.  Prizes not claimed within 2 weeks of the challenge closing 

will be forfeited.

6.  The Merit winner will have an image of their project featured in 

the winners post, together with a link back to the homepage

of their blog.

7.  Merit winners will be awarded a Winner's Badge to post

on their blog - full bragging rights included!

This challenge ends midnight of 7/1/12. Hope you get to play along! Hugs to you! ~Renea

Winner For My Berry71Bleu Blog Hop Giveaway!!!

Hi everyone! First, I would like to say thank you to all of those who joined us for the Berry71 Bleu Blog Hop!! I had so many sweet and wonderful comments, and they all put a huge smile on my face!!

Now for the winner of my Pink Paislee and Prima RAK.......

The WINNER is.........

Roch492!!!!!

Please contact me with your mailing address within 5 days to collect your prize!!! Thank you for hopping along with us! ~Renea 

Song Bird Card

I don't know about you, but I love to wake up to the sound of birds singing. I created the following card with a sweet little Vintage bird image and gorgeous Donna Salazar paper from my June Scraps Of Elegance Kit, and surrounded it with all kinds of stamped images and goodies from The Rubber Cafe. The design is one that I lifted from my friend Shelly Anne, and I wanted to make sure she got credit for her creativity!!

 I started with some Donna Salazar Botanique Paper from the SOE Kit, distressed the edges and then used the double side to create the top layer, distressing the edges for that girlie grunge look I love.

Using The Rubber Cafe's Blossom Branch Stamp,  I stamped the image, then colored in the blossoms with  some Tim Holtz Distress Markers and then added accents with a Viva Pearl pen.

I layed down a layer of cheesecloth from the SOE Kit and then stamped a Vintage Ephemera layer using one of the stamps from The Rubber Cafe's Vintage Treasures Stamp Set. I then fussy cut the image out, distressed the edges and then took a little Vintage bird image from the SOE embellishment add on, distressed the edges and layered it on top of the stamped image with some One and Only Tape and foam to create dimension.  I added some of The Rubber Cafe's Pearl Jellie Dots for accent. I created a bow with some iridescent ribbon from Really Reasonable Ribbon and a Prima flower from the SOE Floral Add On, and attached them below the image.

 I stamped a butterfly image onto some kit paper using The Rubber Cafe butterfly stamp from the Vintage Treasures Stamp Set, fussy cut it out and attached it with  One and Only Tape and foam to create dimension

 For the back side of the card, I cut out some of the same Botanique paper from the SOE kit into a v-shaped pocket, set eyelets and laced it with some more of the RR ribbon.

 I created a pull out tag by cutting the backside of the paper into a diamond shape, distressing the edges and doing some heavy inking and distress work. I used a Spellbinders Fancy Tags 2 die to create the plate for my tag.

I then stamped the sentiment "Thank You" using The Rubber Cafe's Thank You 3 Stamp. To finish the tag up, I set an eyelet and added a little hanger using the matching ribbon.

I love this style of card with plenty of room to add so many details. Thank you Shelly Anne for your inspiration! I hope you all have a great week! ~Renea

The Rubber Cafe Items Used:

Blossom Branch Stamp 
Vintage Treasures Stamp Set 
Thank You 3 Stamp
Jellie Dots
One and Only Tape
Spellbinders Fancy Tags 2

Welcome To The Berry Blue Blog Hop

Hi girls!

Yes isn't it exciting?!

We are having a Blog Hop at Berry71Bleu  & Zeus and Zoe starting NOW!

This is it!!  

  

You would have arrived here from Keren Tamir's

blog and next you need to hop off to Vicky Varvadouka's blog.

If you have just come to visit and weren't aware that we

were blog-hopping then, if you would like to join in, you

need to go back to the first name on the list and start hopping!

Your first stop on the hop is the Zeus and Zoe blog HERE.
Thereafter the list is as follows :-

Marivic Clifton {Zeus & Zoe and Berry71Bleu Owner} HERE
Jaz Lee {Zeus and Zoe Designer} HERE
Rebecca AKA Bexta76 {Zeus and Zoe Designer} HERE
Mitra Pratt {Zeus & Zoe & DT Co-ordinator} HERE
Sandi Taloumis {Zeus & Zoe Designer} HERE
Jennifer Snyder {Guest Designer} HERE
Lisa Novogrodski-Lead {Alumni} HERE
Agnieszka Bellaidea {Berry71Bleu Designer & Sponsor Co-ordinator} HERE
Amanda Aveiro {Berry71Bleu Designer} HERE
Cathy Cafun {Berry71Bleu Designer} HERE 
Channa Suitella {Berry71Bleu Designer} HERE
Helen Tilbury {Berry71Bleu Designer & DT Co-ordinator} HERE
Karola Witczak{Guest Designer Berry71Bleu}HERE
Keren Tamir {Berry71Bleu Designer} HERE
Renea Harrison {Berry71Bleu Designer} HERE
Vicky Varvadouka {Berry71Bleu Designer} HERE

Ending up at Berry71Bleu Blog HERE.

Yup, that's 17 blogs you need to visit!  But we have certainly made it
worth your while as we have TWO GRAND PRIZES TO BE WON!
Our main prize has been donated by Zeus and Zoe & Berry71Bleu.

 

 We also have another fantastic sponsor! -

Click into the Reneabouquets Etsy shop HERE.

Renea (hey that's me!!) is offering this VERY BEAUTIFUL prize pack!

Up for grabs from me is this sweet Pink Paislee & Prima RAK

In order to qualify for my RAK you must become a follower of my blog and leave me a comment. Please note that this RAK is only being offered to those members within the Continental United States.

 To have a chance of winning one of the GRAND PRIZES you need
to visit EACH AND EVERY BLOG in the hop, become a follower
and leave a comment!

 When you reach Berry71Bleu at the very end of the hop you
MUST MENTION that you have visited ALL THE BLOGS IN THE HOP
 for a chance of winning one of the 3 main sponsored prizes!

You have FOUR FULL DAYS to hop!
Our blog ends at midnight EST on Monday 11th June 2012.
We will be announcing the winners a few days later so keep checking back
on all the blogs for the winners' announcements.
Winners have ONE WEEK ONLY to claim their prizes,
if left unclaimed we will redraw and announce new winners!

 We know our friends
in the Northern Hemisphere are wanting to enjoy the Summer so
we are making it EASY FOR YOU TO WIN in June!

We will be announcing a new challenge once the hop is over,
in the middle of June, as we have been blessed with a fantastic
new sponsor -  Wycinanka Chipboard from Poland!

Keep a look out on the Berry71Bleu blog!
Wycinanka have donated a great prize, a pack
 FULL  of amazing chipboards.

The following is a Victorian Paper Cone that I created using my gorgeous Berry71Bleu Tag.

Here you can see the details of the back of the cone.

Marivic's Tags make creating something beautiful a breeze. They are wonderful all by themselves, and are so inspiring for creating those special projects!!

If you would like to create one of these Victorian Paper Cones of your own, here is a short tutorial on how to get the base shape. I actually made a template first, which allows me to create the cone without having to fold and leave a crease in my decorative paper. Once the template is created, you can save it and use it over and over again.

 Step One:
Take a square piece of cardstock. (I used a 12 x 12, but you can make your cone any size you would like.

Step Two:
Fold the square, diagonally to form a triangle.

 Step Three:
Take a pencil and starting at the shortest corner draw a rounded top.

Step Four:
Cut off the top and you now have your template.

 Step Five:
Open up template, lay it onto your pattern paper. Using a pencil trace the shape onto your pattern paper.

Step Six:
Cut out your shape from the patterned paper.

 

Step Seven:
Curl your cone until one edge over laps the other, and using a hot glue gun, run a lined down the under side, and then press the top side down sealing the edge.

You now have a cone that is ready to decorate.

I hope that you get inspired along the hop to create something beautiful for yourself!!



Now off to Vicky Varvadouka's {Berry71Bleu Designer} HERE blog!! Tell her I said hi!!

Blog Hop Winner!!!

Hey everybody, I am thrilled to announce the WINNER of my Scraps Of Darkness/Scraps of Elegance blog hop give away is...........

langeatheart!!!! 

Yeah!!!  You have won A $20.00 GIFT CARD TO THE SCRAPS OF DARKNESS/SCRAPS OF ELEGANCE STORE!! 

 Please contact me within 5 days and let me know what e-mail address you would like your gift certificate sent to!! Congrats

Some Berry Good News!!!

Some  "Berry Good" news is that we are having a 

BLOG HOP over at Berry 71 Bleu starting Friday, June 8th! 

We are giving you FOUR WHOLE DAYS to comment

and hop!  Why?!  Because we have AWESOME prizes 

ALL ALONG THE WAY so we want to make sure

that no-one misses out due to lack of time!

 

There is no June challenge over at Berry 71 Bleu this month

  because we know that all of you in the Northern Hemisphere 

are going to be enjoying the Summer and off traveling or

just relaxing and having a fun time with your families. 

 We have made it even easier for you to win this month

 with SO MANY great prizes up for grabs, fabulous sponsor

prizes, giveaways all along the hop from our generous

Design Team members and gorgeous Guest Designers

this month so there will still be PLENTY of inspiration

for you all!   Mark your calendars and please join in!!

There is a {{{more than one}}} fantastic GRAND PRIZE
 at the end of it all so it really will be worth your while!!

Welcome To The Scraps of Elegance & Scraps of Darkness Blog Hop

Welcome to the Scraps of Darkness & Scraps of Elegance Design Team Blog Hop with a special guest –  Donna Salazar!!! Internet Scream!!!
The hop begins  at the Scraps of Elegance blog where we have just revealed our June kit, “Country Charm”, featuring Donna Salazar's gorgeous “Botanique” collection and a ton of Prima flowers, Shabby Chic Treasures and Say it in Studs!!!

If you have landed here at My Glitter Coated Life by the way of   Karen Zueger- http://lostcoastscrapper.blogspot.com then you are headed in the right direction! Be sure to read all the way through my post to reveal my prize and to be eligible to win!

We are giving away 4 prizes!!!
Scraps of Elegance is giving away a “Swan Song” kit featuring Prima’s Fairy Belle Collection to one lucky winner;

and one set of Tim Holtz Spring Seasonal Distress Ink to another!

Scraps of Darkness is giving a “Summer Breeze” kit featuring Prima’s Sun Kiss Collection to one winner,

and one set of Tim Holtz Spring Seasonal Distress Ink to another!

NOTE: This is open to international entries; however, you will be responsible for shipping charges in excess of $10.00.
All you have to do to be eligible to win is:

1. Become a follower of my blog and the Scraps of Darkness blog and leave a comment on all of the participating blogs.  Many of the designers are giving away prizes if you become a follower of their blog, as well, so you have lots of chances to win extra prizes!
2. Go back to the Scraps of Elegance Blog when you have finished and let us know you have completed the hop! You will love seeing what our design team has created, and we hope it will inspire you to create something beautiful!
3. You have until midnight June 4th Pacific time to complete the hop and comment. The winner will be announced on the Scraps Of Elegance blog on June 6th.



The hop begins at Scraps of Elegance. I Hope You Have fun!!!


Scraps of Elegance - http://scrapsofelegancekits.blogspot.com/
Lisa Novogrodski- http://lisas-livingincolor.blogspot.com/
Mandy Harrell- http://forscrappingoutloud.blogspot.com/
Karen Zueger- http://lostcoastscrapper.blogspot.com/
Renea Harrison- http://www.myglittercoatedlife.blogspot.com/
Jennifer Snyder- http://scrap-escape.blogspot.com/
Donna Salazar- http://donnasalazar.typepad.com/
Michelle Phillips- http://fullmoonscrapping.blogspot.com.au/
Karolina Stopyra- http://drycha.blogspot.com/
Elena Olinevich- http://eleele-handmade.blogspot.com/
Helena Johansson- http://willeasscrap.blogspot.com/
Escape Kitty- http://escapekitty.blogspot.com/
Charlotte Jenkins - http://suepup.blogspot.com/
Scraps of Darkness- http://scrapsofdarkness.blogspot.com/
Back to Scraps of Elegance  http://scrapsofelegancekits.blogspot.com/!!!

Blog Hop Order: 

The hop begins at Scraps of Elegance. Have fun!!!
Scraps of Elegance - http://scrapsofelegancekits.blogspot.com/
Lisa Novogrodski- http://lisas-livingincolor.blogspot.com/
Mandy Harrell- http://forscrappingoutloud.blogspot.com/
Karen Zueger- http://lostcoastscrapper.blogspot.com/
Renea Harrison- http://www.myglittercoatedlife.blogspot.com/
Jennifer Snyder- http://scrap-escape.blogspot.com/
Donna Salazar- http://donnasalazar.typepad.com/
Michelle Phillips- http://fullmoonscrapping.blogspot.com.au/
Karolina Stopyra- http://drycha.blogspot.com/
Elena Olinevich- http://eleele-handmade.blogspot.com/
Helena Johansson- http://willeasscrap.blogspot.com/
Escape Kitty- http://escapekitty.blogspot.com/
Charlotte Jenkins - http://suepup.blogspot.com/
Scraps of Darkness- http://scrapsofdarkness.blogspot.com/
Back to Scraps of Elegance  http://scrapsofelegancekits.blogspot.com/!!!

The following layout was created with the June Scraps Of Elegance Kit-Country Charm and  features a photo of one of my son's friends, and I love the photo, Abby is such a Natural Beauty and the Donna Salazar papers were perfect for her photo. I love Donna Salazar's products the more I work with them the more I am hooked on her high quality, perfect for my style products, and this kit contained her Botanique papers which are just gorgeous, and heavy duty which is perfect for all that distressing I love to do.

Detail closeups:

 This is my second layout created with that gorgeous Scraps of Elegance Kit featuring the oh so wonderful Botanique Papers from Donna Salazar. It features an engagement photo that my son took of my God Daughter, Michelle and her future husband. 

I used lots of layers of the Donna Salazar papers from the kit. I distressed them using the Donna Salazar Zutter and did some punching on some of the layers.

I got the textured designs on the sides by stamping with a Prima clear stamp and Puffies. 

Here you can see all the yummy layering I did with those Donna Salazar papers!

Scraps Of Elegance Items used for details:

Prima- Shabby Chic Treasured Resin (The Wishing Well)
Kaisercraft- Magnolia Grove- Sticker Sheet (The Branch)
Prima Plum Leaves
Prima Coventry Tranquil Flowers

I stamped the title onto the little tag on the paper and then stamped flourishes around it and added pearl for detail. The butterflies are Ice Butterflies from my Etsy shop.


 The following layouts were created with the super gorgeous Swan Song Kit that is being given away for the Scraps Of Elegance Kit Club :

 

The next layout is one that I created using the May Scraps Of Darkness Kit-Summer Breeze (Yes, the same one that is up for grabs!!) and features a photo of my son, Draven when he was about 18 months old hanging out with his Aunt Karen. We got such a kick out of this photo, because as you can see Draven was mocking his Aunt Karen's pose perfectly!

I started with a layers of the Prima SunKissed Paper from the kit and punched some more of the paper and cut it into strip and then added some crochet lace from my stash to create the strips running behind the photo. The paper behind the photo is another piece of the Prima paper that I distressed.

I did some lacing and made a bow with some of the gorgeous, yummy died crepe ribbon from the Romance Add On. I layered up some of the Prima Chipboard Stickers from the Romance add on and added some Prima E-pearls to create my title "Remember".

I fussy cut the sun from the kit Prima paper and Stickled the edges for lots of shine I gave the sun a sparkle background by using a piece of the Prima Flourish from the Kit.

The flower layer consists of a Prima Mountain Lily Sunflower piece, some Prima Sunkissed Flowers,  and a Prima Vignette Sunshine flower, all from the Flora & Fauna A.O. The Prima Banners, the Craftysprinkles pin created just for this kit,  Prima Chipboard Sticker and Kaisercraft Wooden Dollie were from the kit

Here I stamped the first layer with a Prima Brick Clear Stamp, stamped on top of that with a Prima Script stamp then accented the bricks with texture paste.

For the final touch I tucked a Prima Butterfly from my stash into the corner of the paper under the photo.

This is an altered box project that I created using that gorgeous Summer Breeze Kit:

 I distressed and inked a layer of the Prima Sun Kissed paper from the kit, then misted a Dollie and then layered up Prima paper, and a Prima Chipboard Sticker from the Romance Add On and then mounted my Vintage image on top. 

 I created the floral layer using the Prima Mountain Lily piece From the Flora & Fauna Add on and some Prima Roses ,and a Prima Sparrow Nest from a past kit. I then cut a little bird from the Kit paper and attached a Prima crystal and tucked him in.

 I then layered up some more of the Prima Chipboard stickers to form my title work "Family" and added a Prima Vintage Trinket from my stash. I hand died some seam binding and pleated it across the bottom of the box and then layered on some Prima crochet lace on top of it.

 To complete the top of the box I created 2 hand crafted butterflies and added them on and added some stash Prima E-crystals to the top corner.

For the lip of the box. I painted it with gesso, inked it in multiple layers then added on some Tim Holtz Tissue Tape, inking the tape after application.

The sides where painted with gesso then inked in multiple layers for a distress look, then distress stamped with a Prima Clear Stamp. I then added a piece of the Prima CB  and a button to create the sweet look of a drawer pull.

I hope you have enjoyed a glance at my work using the always gorgeous, always versatile Scraps Of Elegance and Scraps Of Darkness Kits. Thanks for hopping by and letting me share them with you!!!

And NOW..........

for my giveaway!! I am pleased to offer up the perfect prize.......

A $20.00 GIFT CARD TO THE SCRAPS OF DARKNESS/SCRAPS OF ELEGANCE STORE!!

Such a perfect prize, because you get to pick out what you want, or you can even apply the amount towards the purchase of one of our amazing kits. In order to qualify for this prize, you must

1. Become a follower of the Scraps Of Darkness and Scraps of Elegance Blogs.

2. Have visited all of my DT sisters blogs.

3. Leave a comment on this post

4. Become a follower of my blog

I will take all the names from the entries, put them on pieces of paper and have my son draw one from the bowl. I will announce the winner here June 6th and you will have 5 days to respond and claim your prize. 

GOOD LUCK!!!

and now you can hop on over to my uber talented Sister Jennifer Snyder's blog http://scrap-escape.blogspot.com/ and see what she has created! Something amazing I am sure!! Give her a hug for me!!!