February Challenge..."In the Mood for LOVE"

Hi,everyone we have a new challenge for you this month of February. But first of all I would like to thank everyone who joined our January challenge. We had 81 entries! Wow..Thank you, I am overjoyed that you've taken the time to join us.

I will announce the winner, hopefully by tonight, tomorrow will be latest. We will go through all entries to be sure we didn't missed anything.

We invite you to join this month's challenge being hosted by our talented DT, AYMEE GANDY

February Challenge

"In The Mood For Love"

February is the month of love! It's the time to snuggle up with your sweetie and share decadent chocolate treats as you romance the night away. This love filled month can provide ample inspiration for your crafting projects. Take a moment to look around you as Cupid spears your heart with his arrow and take note of all of the Valentine's decor'. Let all this lovey dovey art inspire you. For the challenge, we want to see a project centered around love. Your project can be a layout, card, altered art, home decor', etc. Your project must include the color 'pink' and at least one of the following: lace, buttons, bling, and/or glitter. Make us fall head over heels in love with your artwork! Hugs & Kisses! XOXO!

Here is my example for the project. I found this vintage muffin tin at a local thrift store for a whopping 49 cents! You could tell the tin had been lovingly used for years. After cleaning it up, I almost painted it. But then I saw all of the age that use over the years had left on the tin and I decided to leave it. I added various scrapbooking embellishments, including a gorgeous tag from Berry Bleu, to decorate the tin. I will hang this on my front door for the month of February.

Here is the prize that you can win:

This is open to anyone around the world. Entries must be linked up to the sidebar using Linky tools. We must received your entries by 2/29/12. If you have any questions, pls. email me at berry71bleu@gmail.com.

Thanks for stopping by!

November 1st DT Reveal and November's Challenge

I hope everyone had a great Halloween. Now that it's November, time to reveal the DTs project. I love autumn, I love the rich colors of Fall..the browns, oranges, yellow. I just think that Fall is too short of a season. After Halloween is over, christmas is just around the corner. Most of the stores just skip thanksgiving all together and I'm sure they're all decorated for Christmas already.

The Design Team and I made sure that we don't forget Autumn and Thanksgiving as we all have a lot to be thankful for..

I am thankful for all my scrappy and blog friends who always inspire me to create and I hope I will always be able to share my creations with you. No matter where you are, which country you live in, you are always welcome here on our blog and you are welcome to join our challenges or our giveaways.

Without futher ado, here are their projects:

Aymee Gandy

Jing van Opstal

Lisa Novogrodski

Michelle Hodges

Renea Harrison

Aren't the projects gorgeous? I am so proud of my DT team because they always work so hard to make something special with the tags..Thank you Guys!!

Now, for the challenge for this month: Courtesy of our new team member Renea. She is hosting this month's challenge.

Here are the requirements for the challenge:

"Hi everybody and welcome to my November Challenge, as you can see I took the word November and came up with the rules to play along by. Your project can be any type of project you dream up as long as it meets all of the rules listed. I will be giving away a small rack from my Etsy Shop. The winner will receive, one set of Tiger Butterflies, one set of Sugar & Spice Butterflies, and one set of Elegance In Flight Butterflies. Good Luck!"


New -Do a project type that you have never done before or use a new technique
One -Use at least one fall flower
Variation -Use at least 2 different variations of the fall colors
Emboss-emboss an element on your project
Metal -Use a metal embellishment
Butterfly -Use at least one butterfly
Eleven -Use eleven of an element or embellishment (example: layers of pp)
Remember Have Fun!!!!

Here is my example for the November Challenge:
New - I had never made a hanging banner so this project type was new to me
One - As you can see I used some of my favorite fall flowers, sunflowers
Variation - I used the fall colors, pumpkin, gold, brown and terra cotta
Emboss - I used embossing powders and embossed my chipboard pieces
Metal - I used the Tim Holtz metal clips to attach the ribbon to my project
Butterfly - I used two of my hand made Sugar & Spice Butterflies
Eleven - I used eleven Prima E-pearls on my project
Remember Have Fun!!!! I definitely had fun!!

Just follow the requirements of each letter of the word for November. This is open to anyone, anywhere in the world. Deadline to submit your project is on November 30 by Midnight Central Time. I will add a link gadget tomorrow on this blog so you can link up your project.

Here are the prizes for the challenge winner:

These beautiful butterflies are from Renea.

Visit MY GLITTER COATED LIFE for amazing and beautiful embellishments.

You will also win this kit and tags from BERRY71BLEU

Come join us for this fun challenge!!

To end this post, a couple of excerpt from H. Jackson Brown's Life's Little Instruction Book

1. Drive inexpensive cars, but own the best house you can afford

2. Be forgiving of yourself and others

3. Learn three clean jokes.

4. Wear polished shoes.

5. Floss your teeth

6. Drink champagne for no reason at all.

7. Ask for a raise when you feel you've earned it.

8. Buy whatever kids are selling on card tables in their front yard.

9. If in a fight, hit first and hit hard.

10. Return all things you borrow.

11. Teach some kind of class.

12. Be a student in some kind of class.

13. Treat everyone you meet like you want to be treated.

14. Make new friends but cherish the old ones.

15. Take lots of snapshots.

16. Never give up on anybody. Miracles happen every day.

October 15 Projects from DT and GDT members

Would love to share with you projects that our DT/GDT members created for this reveal...They made such inspiring projects and I hope you get to enjoy this as much as I have.

Thank you to all our DT members and of course, thank you to our GDT members this month..We just love having them!!

GDT MEMBERS:

Cathy Cafun

Gerry van Gent

Karen Wilson

Tina Rutledge

DT Members Projects:

Aymee Gandy

Iris Uy

Jing van Opstal

Lisa Novogrodski

Michelle Hodges

Come back again in a few days for more exciting events. Thank you so much for stopping by!