August Layouts with Bec

Hi all, today I have two layouts to share with you.

Beach Babe

My first layout is using the gorgeous new Seaside Cottage collection. This collection is PERFECT for all your beach photos!!!

I chose the Embark paper for my background and placed my photo so the sand matched up to the beige half of the paper. I added a little interest to my back ground with the Forever and Essential Texture stamps. 

On the Seaside Lantern chipboard I first covered it with white crackle paste, then I coloured it with blue spray and inked the edges with brown ink.

To the Seaside Flourish chipboard piece I gave it texture with white sand paste before I coloured it with beige spray and brown ink.

On my title Beach Babe I used a mix of embossing powders in Bonny Blue, Breeze, Oatmeal and Snow to colour it

To embellish I used gorgeous flowers from the Seaside Lillies and Tranquil Roses and Lillies packs along with some real seashells and starfish.

Blue Fern Studios Products used:

Seaside Cottage Paper Collection:

Embark

Calling Cards

Relics

Chipboard:

Seaside Flourish 

Seaside Lanterns

Beach Babe

Stamps:

Essential Textures

Forever

Embossing Powder:

Bonny Blue

Breeze 

Oatmeal

Snow

Flowers:

Seaside Lilles

Tranquil Roses and Lillies

Memories

On my second layout I chose to use the Courtship Lane collection. I always love a purple layout :)

On my background I used a mix of stamps from the Serendipity Medley, Forever, Making Plans & Wallflower with embossing powder in Amethyst and Mystic Plum plus some black ink.

I coloured all my chipboard pieces in embossing powder. I used the colours Amethyst, Mystic Plum, Oatmeal & Iris.

I finished the layout with lots of flowers from the Courtship Roses, Courtship Blooms & Tranquil Roses and Lillies.

Blue Fern Studios Products used:

Courtship Lane Paper Collection:

West Plaza

East Plaza

Chipboard:

Clip Frames

Garden Lattice Bits

Classic Ornaments

Stamps:

Serendipity Medley

Forever

Making Plans

Wallflower

Embossing Powder:

Amethyst

Mystic Plum

Oatmeal

Iris

Flowers:

Courtship Roses

Courtship Blooms

Tranquil Roses and Lillies

This is my last post for Blue Fern Studios :( 

Unfortunately life is getting in the way of my scrapbooking so I have to cut back on my commitments.

I want to give a hugh Thank you to Leslie and Valerie for the amazing opportunity to design for Blue Fern. <3

Bec.

August Inspiration With Debbie, Featuring Seaside Cottage

Hi everyone, Debbie here with you today to share my projects created with the new Seaside Cottage collection. I showcased 3 different styles, Vibrant and Bold, Soft and Subtle and Romantic.  Michele Singh created the most beautiful collection to capture your summer memories.  To me there is nothing more calm and soothing as a walk on the beach and the water gently touching your feet.
   As Ralph Waldo Emerson once said, "Live in the sunshine, swim in the sea, drink the wild air".

Summer Vacation

I truly enjoyed working on this layout and especially creating with the Seaside Cottage chipboard pieces and mixing various colors of the Imagine Ink Embossing Powders.  I created this layout for a good friend of mine.  Isn't that a fabulous picture!!!  I used the Gala paper for my background.  I added stars with a stencil which I sprinkled with some Mushroom and 14 Karat Embossing Powders and a few paint splatters. Lots of layering under the photo with Calling Cards and Splendor papers.

Love the Seaside Mermaid.  I embossed the body with Oatmeal Embossing Powder and added some chunky glass glitter and Caribbean Imagine Ink Glitter to the tail.

Look at these gorgeous new flowers from the Seaside Lilies and Seaside Roses collections.  I applied some Imagine Ink Blue Ice Glitter to the large blue rose.  Beneath the flowers I used the Seaside Flourish Chipboard.  Lots of embossing.  Grassy Knoll and Verdant Embossing Powders were mixed to create the vibrant green.  A mixture of  In The Navy, Seven Seas and Breeze Embossing Powers for the blue flowers. Tucked away in the lilies I used the Natural Springs chipboard set, embossed with Grassy Knoll, Verdant and 14 Karat.  The anchor was embossed with a mixture of Mushroom and 14 Karat.

The title Summer Vacation was embossed with a mixture of Mushroom and 14 Karat Embossing Powders.

Blue Fern Studios Products:
Seaside Cottage Paper Collection:
Gala, Calling Cards, Splendor, Mermaid
Chipboard:
Seaside Floral, Seaside Mermaid, Natural Sprigs
Embossing Powders:
In The Navy, Breeze, Seven Seas, Grassy Knoll,
Verdant, Mushroom, Oatmeal, 14 Karat
Glitter:
Blue Ice, Caribbean
Flowers:
Seaside Lilies, Seaside Roses

A Walk On The Beach

My next layout features the Relics paper.  Beautiful pastels and details on the paper.  I added some light inking behind my photo and added some flourish stenciling.  Minimal layering under my photo with the Glory paper, both sides.

 To the left of the photo I used the Floral Spray chipboard which I embossed with Snow and Breeze Embossing Powders and a little Blue Ice Glitter.  Clusters of flowers including the new Seaside Lilies, Courtship Blooms, Tranquil Blooms and Tranquil Lilies.

I love how the title came out.  A mixture of Snow and Breeze Embossing Powders.

Blue Fern Studios Products:
Seaside Cottage Paper Collection:
Relics, Glory
Chipboard:
A Walk On The Beach, Floral Spray
Embossing Powders:
Snow, Breeze
Glitter:
Blue Ice, 
Flowers:
Seaside Lilies, Courtship Blooms,
Tranquil Blooms, Tranquil Lilies

Beach Babe

My final layout was created using the Glory paper for the background.  Love the colors on the paper.  I added some mint inking and mist to various areas on the paper along with some masking using a flower stencil.  Once I applied the modeling paste I sprinkled the flowers with some Petal Embossing Powder.  An added touch with some random stamping and paint splatters.  Lots of layering under the photo using Glory, Regalia, Splendor and Voyage papers.

I cut the Sea Shell Chipboard Frame in half to add some dimension to my layout.  I embossed it with a mixture of Petal, Snow, Mushroom, Sea Mist, Breeze and 14 Karat Embossing Powders.  Love the variation in the colors and how well they compliment the flowers,  Seaside Lilies, Attic Charm Daisies, Tranquil Lilies and Tranquil Blooms.

I wanted a soft look to the title Beach Babe.  To obtain the look I used a mixture of Snow, Petal and Breeze Embossing Powders.  I added some pieces from the Crackle Bits chipboard, embossed with Snow and Petal Embossing Powders under the Attic Charm Daisy.

Blue Fern Studios Products:
Seaside Cottage Paper Collection:
Glory, Regalia, Splendor, Voyage
Chipboard:
Beach Babe, Sea Shell Frame, Crackle Bits
Embossing Powders:
Petal, Snow, Mushroom, Sea Mist,
Breeze, 14 Karat
Flowers:
Seaside Lilies, Attic Charm Daisies,
Tranquil Blooms, Tranquil Lilies

I hope I've inspired you today with my layouts!
Thanks for stopping by!
. . . Debbie

July projects by Karolina

Hi everyone! Karolina here with with a dose of inspiration for you! So sit down comfortable and let's start!

To my works I'm using photos of myself very rarely. I don't know why, I just prefere photos of my friends, family - people I love. So today it's a very unusual day! I would like to show you three different projects, two layout and one frame with me, myself & I ;)

In all projects I used a new beautiful collection Seaside Cottage. I wasn't surprised when I saw this collection for the very first time and I completely fell in love with it. Blue and turquoise are my favourite colors and I love everything in marine style. 

Beach Babe

Ok, so first I would like to show you a round frame. As you can see, I've cut out the outline of me from the picture and tried to create a beach around me. I have used two stripes of papers, some seashells, flowers and a texture sand paste. I also added some glitter in blue shades and I've prepared some glitter caboshons. It's very easy, you need just put some glue to the bottom of the caboshon and then sprinkle a glitter on it. When it will be dry you can stick it on your projects wherever you want.

Finally I added a title - this time it's a piece from the same collection. I have used outmeal embossing powder to cover it. The last step was to make a braid with a string and metal embellishments and put it around my frame.

Papers: Glory, Embark

Chipboard: Beach Babe

Embossing powder: Oatmeal

Glitter: Gulf Coast, Blue Ice, Pyrite, Burnt Cooper

Flowers: Seaside lilies

End of a perfect day

I'm pretty sure that this is the newest photo of me. My brother's fiancée took this picture of me in the last weekend, during a dinner. If I have to be honest, we were in the Warsaw and Warsaw is not a seaside city, but woodboards behind me looked very nice and it really was a perfect end of a perfect day ;)

 I built my composition using papers, flowers and a chipboard piece in the contrasty color. I have used a melon embossing powder.

Papers: Glory, Embark, Whitewash, Regalia

Chipboard: Perfect Day

Embossing powder: Melon, Honey

Flowers: Seaside lilies

Summer Vocation

The Seaside Cottage is a perfect collection not only for your marine projects,  but also for every holiday memories. In my last layout I used photos from Aventine Hill which I made few weeks ago when I was in Rome.

Papers: Embark, Whitewash, Regalia

Chipboard: Summer Vocation

Embossing powder: Ebony

Flowers: Seaside lilies

And that's all in this month! See you soon in August!

xoxo
Karolina

Let's go to the beach!

We are thrilled to announce the release of our new paper collection - Seaside Cottage.   When we hear the word "seaside", several images come to mind; white sand, clear blue water, gentle waves, seashells, summer vacations, and the list could go on-and-on.  The beach is a place you can go to escape all the pressures of life.  

We bring that relaxed feeling to this new collection created by Michele Singh.  

Seaside Cottage is a 10-page collection of double sided paper that evokes the magic of the beach. 

 You will find beautiful images, lots of amazing texture, and soothing beach colors. 

 

We also have 2 sets of coordinating flowers:

And what would a new collection be without some fabulous new chipboard?

We have some seaside images, as well as some amazing titles for all your summer projects!

And to enhance all this beautiful chipboard, we have a few new colors of embossing powder:

Our design team has so many ideas swirling around in their creative minds.  

We can't wait to share some of their projects with you in the upcoming weeks.