Blue Fern Studios: Brocade Texture S

Hello Sweeties,

Today I'm up on Blue Fern Studios blog for the first time. I have to say that I'm really honored to be part of this amazing Design Team.

For those who don't know me, I'm Pascale B. a working mom of 2 young adults. I live in the Loire Valley (France) well known for its beautiful castles and wines. I love to travel in and out my country and as I take a lot of photos during my trips, you will discover some of my finds in my projects as well as some of my ancestors... I mostly create layouts, but not only...

You can find my work on my personnal blog Scrap Made in Touraine,

some tutorials on Youtube,

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For the first project I choose a photo taken during a walk in the "Fairytales Gardens" of the Castle du Rivau (Léméré, France). It's a sculpture from Bassorade: " The Running Forest ".

I choose to made a really simple layout : some random stamping with the Brocade texture stamp, a touch of color for the background and some embossed chipboards. I used the Lucky powder on the small flourishes and the Ebony on the Dot Grid panel.

... some flowers colored with Twinkling H2Os and Primary Element.

And to finish I sprinkled Carrabean Glitter and Glass Glitter.

Blue Fern Studios products used:

Vintage Christmas
Noel

Frolic
Friendship

Paisley and Vine
Bohemian

Chipboard
Dot Grid Panel

Chipboard
Mini Flourishes

Stamp
Brocade Texture

Embossing Powder
Ebony

Embossing Powder
Lucky

Glitter
Caribbean

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For this second page I chose a photo I took in September of the Castle of Villandry (Villandry, France), well-known for its beautiful "Jardins à la Française" (formal garden). The new Timeless collection is just perfect for this kind of photo.

I started to protect the paper (Timeless - Artistique) with a layer of clear gesso. When dry, I added some colors coordinated to the photo. I also added a design to the background with the Brocade Texture stamp that I heat embossed with the 14 Karat powder.

I covered the chipboards with clear gesso before coloring them with some Twinkling H2Os. When dry, I used the Brocade Texture stamp to add some texture to the chipboards and I embossed them with the 14 Karat powder too.

I added some texture to the grape vines too: I sprinkled some Sage embossing powder when the paint was still wet and I love the result!

I die cut the the title in a cardstock and embossed it first the 14 Karat powder. I embossed a second time with the Ebony powder but I didn't cover it properly so the gold is still visible.

Blue Fern Products used:

Timeless
Artistique

Love Story
The Grand Ball

Love Story
True Harmony

Chipboard
Quatrefoil Panel

Chipboard
Moldings

Imagine Ink - Embossing Powder - 14 Karat

Embossing Powder
14 Karat

Embossing Powder
Sage

Embossing Powder
Ebony

Stamp
Brocade Texture

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And for the last layout I choose a photo of my great-grandparents's wedding in 1901.

I covered the background (Timeless - Couture) with clear gesso to protect it. When dry, I stamped randomly the background with a background stamp (Postal Texture) and an archival ink. I used a second stamp (Halftone) to add more texture and embossed the print with the pearl embossing powder. Then I added some colors to the background.

First I covered the chipboards (Framington Medley and Marrakesh Panel) with clear gesso too, and added a thick layer of clear crackle paste. I let dry naturally. Then I colored them with different mica powders and fixed them.