Take a Note - Canvas by Virág Reti

Hi Crafty Friends,

The monthly mood board and its vintage feeling is so close to my my style. I decided to prepare a canvas in brown and that wonderful turquoise colour. I used so many techniques on the background. First of all I really like to upcycle the frames of the paper tags so I glued them to the canvas. After that I steciled some patters and coloured the background. Behind the photo there are may layers of papers. The rustic effects was made with mica flakes and other grainy embellisments. Fort he last step I stemped some non-figurative pattern to the canvas.

I hope you like the result. 

Here is the mood board I used: 

My canvas:

Some close-ups:

Our Sponsor this month is:

Established in 2000, 7gypsies has enjoyed being a part of the craft and scrapbooking industries. 7gyspies has taken a few journeys along the way, with the caravan’s final destination with Canvas Corp. 

a bit of the 7gypsies story…

A young architect who wanted to be a painter met an Australian school teacher with a penchant for collecting things. They married and traveled the world together, having 7 kids on 3 different continents. As age mellowed them, they settled in the southwestern US and began designing for the scrapbooking industry, drawing upon a lifetime of traveling and experiences. 

  

The Canvas Corp family welcomes this amazing brand, with a penchant for preserving the original inspiration behind the brand.  This catalog brings together vintage and brand new 7gypsies products.

the gypsies today… 

With a focus on preserving the inspiration for the brands and the product line, the 7gypsies development team has designed a number of vintage inspired collections that have a look of the past but are relevant to the creative market today. We have converted a considerable amount of products to production in the USA, while continuing to source world-wide to find the most exciting products, designs and technologies.  We are excited to release our most exciting collection Architextures™ which is going to take the 7gypsies brand in many wonderful new directions. 

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7gypsies give the winner of the challenge one of their "Junk Packs" - a collection of vintage papers, handmade papers, fabric, tags and more with a writing and lettering theme. No two are alike. AND  as an there is a chance to win a additional prize - if you both submit an entry for the Berry71Bleu Challenge & the current Canvas Corp Brands Challenge you are eligable to win a second prize. You will find a link to the Canvas Corp Brands April Challenge under our Challenge board in the right sidebar. 

You have until April 30 to link up you project by using the linkytool in the right sidebar! Link up your project for the Canvas Corp Brands Challenge in their blog.

Do not forget to join the montly challenge!

Here are the details: 

April Challenge

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March Mood Board Challenge - Tiny Miracles by Virag Reti

Hi Crafty Friends, 

Here I am with the new moodboard challenge. 

I really love Provence style interior decorating, so I decided to create a mood board that is a little vintage but full of bright colours. 

Let's welcome spring together with this wonderful image collection!

I hope I can inspire you with my layout to join our challenge. 

Here are some close ups: 

This months sponsor is:

"Lemoncraft was born from a passion and desire to fulfill your creative dreams! We are a Polish manufacture of products for all paper craft artists who share our passion for beautiful artistic designs. In our product selection, you will find a wide range of scrapbooking papers, ribbons, flowers, buttons/badges (flair) as well as other useful items for scrapbooking, card-making, decoupage and many other areas of creativity and inspiration!"

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Lemoncraft will send a prize to the March Challenge Winner!

You have until March 31 to upload your projects by using the linkytool in the right sidebar.

Come and join to out monthly challenge!

I hope I can see you wonderful creations here. 

Cards of Our Love by Virág Réti

Hi My Crafty Friends, 

Today is the day of love. :) 

Do you feel the emotions in the air? 

I decided to create something special for my boyfriend. I don't want to prepare a big layout so I choose normal card size and I cut two pieces. It is two separated sheets, but the pages are connected to each other with a yarn. This way it looks like as a page pair of a notebook.
The notebook of our love. :)

Do not forget to join ou monthly challenge.

Here is the fantastic mood board: 

And here are all the details about the current challenge:

There is only one happiness in life. To love and be loved. 

Happy Valentine's Day for you all.

I am looking forward to see your wonderful projects.

This months sponsor is:

Scrap and Craft specializes in scrapbooking products made in Poland.

We stock many Polish, leading brands like Studio75, Scrapiniec, The Mini Art and others.

In our offer we have scrapbooking papers, hidden hinge albums, die cut chipboard, foamiran 

Our mission is provide worldwide scrapbookers with unique items and make you happy with crafting.

Keep calm and craft on !

Online store: www.scrapandcraft.co.uk 

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Scrap & Craft kindly sponsor us with this prize!

This is our story by Virág Réti with video tutorial

Hi My Crafty Friends,

Today I am going to show you my brand new mixed media layout. I do not like using vivid embellishments and the shades of pink and purple, but the monthly moodboard inspired me. 

I cut out flourish motif, butterflies and pigeons from a printable sheet and started to decorate the page. I must say that the result is totally out of my comfort zone, but I really like this page. 

This is the first memory that I keep from the new chapter of my life. 

So many of my smiles begin with this layout, because our story has started... :)

Here is the process video: 

Here are some close-ups: 

Don't forget to join our monthly challenge!

More info: here

Let's see our beautiful vivid moodboard that can easily inspire you:

Thanks for stopping by! 

This months sponsor is:

Scrap and Craft specializes in scrapbooking products made in Poland.

We stock many Polish, leading brands like Studio75, Scrapiniec, The Mini Art and others.

In our offer we have scrapbooking papers, hidden hinge albums, die cut chipboard, foamiran 

Our mission is provide worldwide scrapbookers with unique items and make you happy with crafting.

Keep calm and craft on !

Online store: www.scrapandcraft.co.uk 

Facebook

Blog 

Pinterest

Scrap & Craft kindly sponsor us with this prize!

Joy - Christmas Card by Virág

Hi My Crafty Friends!

I hope you started to feel that the holiday season is coming. :)
I am a real fan of cards so I decided to show you one of my mixed media creations in Christmas style. The colour combination is a little bit unusual, I wanted to leave behind the classic gold and red pairs.
Can you feel the joy? 

Here are some close ups:

Do not forget to join our monthly challange here. 

Look at this fabolous mood board!

Our Sponsor:

We are happy to introduce 13@rts as our sponsor in December.

You can shop the fantastic products that the brand offers in their online store. A click on the picture will take you directly there.

13@arts give one winner the fabulous prize below!

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Thanks for stopping by!

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"Navy Is My Neutral" November 2016 Challenge

Hi My Crafty Friends!

Christmas is coming so I decided to create a mood board for you that plays with the colours of winter without any festive feeling. 

The new challenge is a little monochromatic but it can be exciting for those who like dark colours such as navy and grey.

And here comes the new challenge:

I create an ispirational layout for my mood board. 

The story behind:

I really like nautical style so I wear that kind of clothes all summer long. This way I could choose a photo easily that can fit to my composition.
To be honest my own mood board was difficult for me, but when I found the perfect paper from the Writer's Block collection I felt calm and I started to decorate the layout with paints, mica flakes, microbeads and glitters. I used some tags behind the photo and sizal to make it more dinamic.

Here is the result:

And now some close ups:

PRIZE SPONSOR

Welcome to Jones Crafts, we are a trade only company supplying many ranges of crafts to retailers across the United Kingdom.

If you would like a representative to visit and show the full craft range, please email:

craftsales@jonesnottm.co.uk.

Keep up to date with our Facebook page, JONES CRAFTS https://www.facebook.com/jonescraftsuk/?fref=ts

We are proud to be distributors for some fantastic new and different up and coming companies.

OUR PRIZE

Our prize this month is sponsored by Jones Crafts UK

It is the BRAND NEW SAFARI COLLECTION FROM FABSCRAPS

FABSCRAPS

"FabScraps was established in 2005 and is South Africa’s largest scrapbooking manufacturer.

We’ve been spreading creativity to the rest of the world for the past 10 years!

FabScraps has over 3000 product lines which include papers, canvases, die-cuts, stickers, stencils, card kits, journals, embellishments and so much more.

We are excited about adding stunning fabric collections to our diverse range of products.

We are now truly Africa’s largest craft manufacturer, producing over 60 new products a month!"

Thank you for stopping by and I am looking forward to meet with your great projects on our challenge!
Good luck Ladies!