Fifty

This month Berry71bleu is collaborating with Once Upon A Sketch.

To enter this month's Berry71bleu challenge you must use the sketch provided by OUAS and incorporate numbers anywhere on your project.  In addition, you need to use chipboard on your project which is Berry71bleu's part of the challenge. Here is my layout for the May Challenge at Berry71bleu, a layout of my sister celebrating her 50th birthday.

The DT was provided with papers from Lucky 7 Factory, our main sponsor this month.  We all worked with their Technologie Collection which is part of our main prize.  We were also fortunate to work with chipboard provided to us by Scrap FX.

Here are a few closeups:

And here is the lovely sketch I worked with from OUAS:

We have lots of prizes up for grab this month so the rest of this post is going to be a long one, but well worth it!

Main prize for May: Lucky7 Factory
 

The Lucky7 Factory is a young company in Quebec, Canada. It all started around a table practicing our favorite hobby, scrapbooking. Our friendship circle then added another string to its bow; by becoming business women.

For 3 years now, we offer collections that include double-sided papers and handmade ornaments. We are now in our seventh collection (Technology). With the latter, we offer handmade flowers, buttons and alphabets stickers. Together, they are perfectly coordinated.

Our goal is to create a quality product while respecting our beautiful planet. That is why our paper is 100% recyclable. It is thick enough to make cards and is the perfect support for mix-media techniques. It is quite versatile. The handmade ornaments are made with lots of love and care. To ensure customer satisfaction, we try to surpass ourselves with each new collection.

In addition, via our blog, we love sharing tips and tricks to create while recycling everyday objects. Twice per month, we create challenges that help motivate or get you out of your comfort zone.  It is also a great way to get to know each member of our Design Team (DT) and follow the evolution of the company.

Through this adventure, we love talking to our customers and share our passion with them.  These moments are always filled with small joys and madness. This represents us very well!

Come discover us by visiting our blog, our Facebook page and Pinterest.

Blog: http://thelucky7factory.blogspot.com/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Lucky-Seven-Factory/104851736221583
Pinterest: http://pinterest.com/frarin/lucky-7-factory-scrapbooking/

First Prize winner will receive these new collections from Lucky 7 Factory

Second Place Prize:

Rapakivi

Rapakivi is young Polish company that designs original scrapbooking papers. We love our work which is also our hobby and we want to share our passion with other scrapbookers. Our papers are always full of colours and beautifull patterns. For our designs we use only acid & lignin free, thick (250 gsm) paper with FSC certification. In our plans we have also other product dedicated to paper crafters. 

Second place winner will get Just a Note collection from Rapakivi.

 The owners of Rapakivi were so nice to get you two sets of it!

Just A Note Collection

and a collection from

Sweet Melody Collection

6 double sided papers

Third Place:

 3rd place winner will get a collection from Rapakivi BE OPTIMISTIC. 

The owners of Rapakivi were so nice to get you two sets of it!

 

Random prizes:

ScrapFX

and

Studio75

We are a polish producer of scrapbooking papers and other craft embellishments.

Special Moments collection:

I hope you will join us this month at Berry71bleu.  Create a project and link it here on our blog.

Thanks for stopping by!

. . . Debbie

Love You Beyond Measure

I had a wonderful Mothers Day yesterday!  Hope you all did too!  

Two days in a row with a layout to share!☺  A new record for me.   Frosted Designs Fabulous Friday Challenge is Black and White + one color.  I chose red!♥

 I dug into my stash and came across the Yours Truly collection by Echo Park.  I admit that I forgot that I  had it.  I've got to start looking through my stash more.  I was shocked at the various Echo Park collections that I had purchased and forgotten about.  

Here are a few closeups with lots of Purple Pumpkin embellishments:

Purple Pumpkin red fabric button.

Purple Pumpkin red heart button

Purple Pumpkin red spotty button

I painted gesso on the polka dot paper, added some stitching and stamping.

Frosted Designs challenge is sponsored by

SpiegelMom Scraps

10 Yards of May Arts burlap string (red and Natural) 2 wooden veneers (winners choice) and 2 Washi tapes and again lucky winner, you'll get to choose that too!

Please stop by the Frosted Designs blog for inspiration by our DT and join us in the challenge.  You have until 12:00 pm (cst) Thursday, 5/23!

You Sparkle

Wishing all you mothers out there a Happy Mothers Day today!  Hope your day is as special as you are!

It's been a while since I've shared a layout with you, let alone paying you a visit,  but you know . . . life gets in the way. I'm happy to report that I am on the up and  up and working very hard to get my life back into some sort of order.  It's a slow process, one day at a time.  It took me several days to get this layout completed and I had fun working with my May kit from Artful Delight along with their May layout sketch.

I used my Silhoutte for a lot of the cuts:

If you would like a chance to win a June Scrapbook or Card kit from Artful Delight please join our sketch challenges:

There are still a few May kits left if you would like to order one.  You can check out the contents of both the Scrapbook Kit and Card Kit here.

Any special plans for today?  

I am having my sister over for a small family cookout and then the both of us will be going to visit my Mom.

Thanks for stopping by!

 . . . Debbie

Silhouette Cuts:

Doodle Border

Hearts

Flower

Flower

Today

Sisters

Happiness Is My Binky!

I am so in love with the Vintage Bliss Collection by Simple Stories!  Love the colors and designs!

I used it on my layout I created for the May Sketch Challenge at Purple Pumpkin.

Lots of Purple Pumpkin embellishments on this layout! 

Stop by the Purple Pumpkin Store here.

A cute fabric bird button and small yellow crochet doily.

A large pink crochet doily along with some flowers.

A pink plaid fabric button.

And a cute little girl flair button!

Hope you have some free time this month to join in on our sketch challenge.

I designed this month's sketch:

Enter for a chance to win $25.00 in Purple Pumpkin products.

Check out all of the details here.

Thanks for stopping by!

. . . Debbie

This Is My Happy Place

Gosh the weekend just flew by . . .  Saturday was beautiful, warm and sunny.  Spent lots of time out side working in the yard.  Sunday on the other hand was quite the opposite, cloudy and chilly, a perfect day to stay in doors and scrap.  I actually got 3 layouts done and here is one I'd like to share with you.

I created this layout for the Fabulous Friday Challenge at Frosted Designs:  Doilies + Sketch.

I had a wonderful sketch to work with designed by one of my fellow DT members, Brenshevia:

I titled my layout "This Is My Happy Place" as I so enjoy working in my flower gardens.  Beautiful flowers bring a smile to my face.

Here are a few close ups:

I used Crate Paper's new Maggie Holmes collection along with some flowers from my stash and lots of Purple Pumpkin embellishments!

Hope you have time to join in on the Fabulous Friday Challenge.  You have until noon, Wednesday May 9th to enter for a chance to win a great prize from our sponsor Vintage Street Market.  Check out all of the details here!

Thanks for stopping by!

. . . Debbie

Dare To Believe In Yourself

For those of you that know me and follow my blog, the past couple of years have been extremely 

difficult for me.  I lost my job back in 2010 and am still out of work.  It seems the older you get the more "unemployable" you are.  Factor that in along with my Mom's diagnosis of Alzheimers in the summer of 2011 and all I can say is life has been a struggle.  I've dealt with emotions that I never knew I had and so much of me is lost.  Not quite sure what has held me together, but I am still here.   The April Challenge at Zeus and Zoe - Life As It Is Now was my inspiration for my layout.  Create and journal a project about 'life as it is now', the subject being 'you as an individual'.  My journaling is very private ("note to self") and is on the back of my layout.

The left hand side of my layout represents me the past couple of years, dark and non dimensional.  I used some Tim Holtz and Teresa Collins stamps along with rub ons from my stash.

The right hand side of my layout represents my future, colorful and dimensional and a reminder of how life was before, colorful, happy, full of life and love, something to reach for and hold onto.  

 I used some buttons,  K & Company stickers and rub ons from my stash along with some gorgeous flowers and hexagon chipboard I purchased from UmWow Studio.  I purchased the flowers a while back from DeeDee at UmWow.  Since my purchase she has taken a new direction in her shop and no longer carries flowers, but does carry some amazing chipboard.

I look forward in the years to come to look at this layout and see where I am in life and the changes that have taken place.  One can only look towards the future with hope and dreams, taking it one day at a time.

Thank you for stopping by and allowing me to share a little bit about me.

. . . Debbie

Love This Moment

I know I've been a bad blogger . . .  just been busy and all.  I won't rattle on with the details as most of you know what's going on in my life.  I did have a little free time and used it wisely creating this layout using my April kit  from Artful Delight along with the April sketch
and the new word "Moment" challenge at Bird is the Word.

There are still a couple of days left to enter the sketch challenge at Artful Delight. Create a project using the layout sketch, card sketch or both for a chance to win your choice of the May Scrapbook kit or Card Kit. Check out all of the details here.

Thanks for stopping by!

. . . Debbie

Spring Blossoms

Good morning!  

I'm excited to share that I will be staying on for another term at Purple Pumpkin as their sketch designer.  Here is my layout for the April sketch challenge.

I live about an hour from Washington DC, known for its Cherry Blossom trees in the Spring.  This year the weather has been cold and the blossoms have not opened yet.  Thousands of people visit this time of year to see the spectacular site along the Tidal Basin.  I have to admit that I have lived in Maryland my whole life and have never been downtown to see the trees.  The picture in my layout was taken years ago by my daughter.

I got a little creative with my background and did some misting, inking and stamping.  To create the sky effect I combined some blue acrylic paint with water in a spray bottle.  Just as effective as mists, but a lot cheaper!

Love this cute cloud fabric button from Purple Pumpkin! 

I inked it a little to blend in with my blue background.

I added some sead beads to my flowers and added a touch of yellow paint.

My cluster includes a pink doily and fabric flower button from Purple Pumpkin.

I hope you will join us for the April Sketch Challenge.  Here is the sketch I created:

Check out all of the details and prizes here.

Hope everyone is enjoying their weekend.  

It's been chilly here, but today temps are suppose to reach the 60's and tomorrow the 70's!

Thanks for stopping by!

. . . Debbie

Love Blooms Here

I'm hosting the April Challenge this month at Berry71bleu!  You all know how much I love to work outside in the Spring and Summer in my flower gardens, so my challenge for you is to create a project using lots of flowers!  Our main sponsor for the challenge is Inkido, who provided the DT with a set of their Beautiful Memories papers to work with.

If you're wondering, yes that's me in the picture.

Here are a few closeups:

A beautiful handmade tag from Berry71bleu's etsy store.

Lots of misting and stamping:

And of course, flowers:

I made a home made rub on for my title and will be sharing a tutorial 

for this next week on the Berry71bleu blog.

We  have lots of prizes up for grab:

1st place will win the Beautiful Memories Collection from Inkido:

2nd Place will win this chipboard collection from Um Wow Studio:

And one random winner will receive their choice of 3 Pearly Mists from 13 Arts:

Looking forward to seeing what you create.  

Make sure you check out my blog post here on Berry71bleu!

Thanks for stopping by!

. . . Debbie