April Inspiration by Debbie

Hi everyone!  Debbie here with you today to share my April layouts.  Seeing as Spring has just begun I got to thinking about all the beautiful colors of the flowers that will come into bloom and drew from that to create my projects.  I have two layouts using the In The Mood collection and one using the Homespun collection.

"Hushed"

This layout features the In The Mood collection.  I used the Amused paper for the background.  I applied some masking using an apricot paste.  Lots of layering under the photo using the Mellow paper.

I really like the mixture of embossing powder on the floral chipboard.  I mixed Blood Orange and Ivory.  The foliage is a mixture of Seafoam and Green Ivory. The flowers are Apricot Blooms.

Lots of layering with chipboard and here I've placed a flower from the Chesterville Florals.

Another closeup of the mixture of Blood Orange and Ivory embossing powders.

I used the same mixture of Blood Orange and Ivory embossing powders on the title.  Lots of layering under the photo with chipboard and flowers.

Blue Fern Studios Products:

Paper:  In the Mood

Amused

Mellow

Embossing Power:

Blood Orange

Ivory

Seafoam

Green Ivory

Flowers:

Apricot Bloomsss

Chesterville Florals

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"Adore"

This layout also features the In The Mood collection. The background paper is Flirty, and I used Blissful and Mellow to created layers under the photo.  I added some stamping to the background with the Tattered Newsprint and Essential Textures stamps.

I first applied some light pink paste to the background using a rose stencil.  After applying the paste, I sprinkled it with some Pink Pearl Glitter.  The chipboard pieces were embossed with a mixture of Baby Pink and Iridescent Gray embossing powders.   I applied a mixture of Sterling Silver and Mauve Seedlings to the chipboard, flowers and background paper.

The lantern chipboard piece was embossed with a mixture of Iridescent Gray and Pearl embossing powders.  The flowers are from Moody Florals, Moody Blooms and Remnants Florals.

The title was embossed with Baby Pink embossing powder.

Blue Fern Studios Products:

Paper:  In the Mood

Flirty

Blissful

Mellow

Embossing Power:

Pearl

Iridescent Grrey

Baby Pink

Flowers:

Moody Florals

Moody Blooms

Remnants Florals

Stamps:

Tattered Newsprint

Essential Textures

Glitter:

Pink Pearl

Seedlings:

Sterling Silver

Mauve

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"Sweet"

My third layout uses the Homespun collection.  I used the Tea Time paper on the background.

Lots of layering under the photo using the Homespun Printed Chipboard and Picturesque (side b), Homespun Minis, Calling Cards and Crafty papers.

All of the chipboard pieces were embossed with a mixture of Pretty In Pink, Baby Pink and Ivory embossing powders.  I stamped some flowers and embossed them with Baby Pink and fussy cut them.  I used a couple of flowers from the Moody Blooms.

The title was embossed with Baby Pink and if you look to the right of the photo you can see the stamped and embossed flowers.

Blue Fern Studios Products:

Paper:  Homespun

Tea Time

Picturesque

Homespun Minis

Calling Cards

Crafty

Chipboard:  Homespun Printed Chipboard

Embossing Power:

Ivory

Pretty In Pink

Baby Pink

Flowers:

Moody Florals

I hope I've inspired you!

I'll see you next month.

. . . Debbie

February Inspiration by Debbie Burns

Hi everyone!  Debbie back with you today to share my February layouts.   I have two today, one created with the new In The Mood Collection and the second one featuring the Amber & Apricot collection.

"I Love You"

I enjoyed working with the new collection, In The Mood.  Lots of beautiful papers to choose from.  I used the Dreamy paper for my base.  Not much sun here in my neck of the woods to truly show the beautiful colors and details in the background paper.

To achieve the coloring on the chipboard piece, I used a mixture of two new embossing powders, Black & Gold along with Pure Red and a tiny amount of It's A Girl.

Lot of layering behind the photo using the Dreamy paper and Pensive Side B, 

along with the printed chipboard.

Look at all of those lovely flowers!   Most of them are from the new Moody Florals and Moody Blooms collections. I placed some chipboard pieces among the flowers which I embossed with Black & Gold and added some Fire Engine Glitter.   At the base of the flowers I used a mixture of two new Seedlings, Beating Heart and Pink Topaz.

Blue Fern Studios Products:

In The Mood Paper

Dreamy (both sides)

Pensive (Side B)

In The Mood Printed Chipboard

Embossing Powders

Black & Gold

It's A Girl

Pure Red

Flowers

Moody Forals

Moody Blooms

Seedlings

 Beating Heart

Pink Topaz

Lace

Lace 10

My second layout highlights the Amber & Apricot collection.

"Happy Little Moment"

The background paper is Chapters (Side B).  I thought the aged design on the paper was a perfect compliment to the old photo of my Mom and her family.  I applied some coral mist and stamping using the Swiss Dots and Tattered Newsprint stamps.

Lots of layering under the picture using pieces from the Printed chipboard that coordinates with the Amber & Apricot collection.  I embossed the chipboard with Blood Orange Embossing Powder. 

The title is from the Printed Chipboard.  I embossed some chipboard pieces with a mixture of Dark Chocolate and Blood Orange Embossing Powders.  

Lots of flowers from Late Winter Lilies, Chesterville Florals, Christmas Blooms, Homespun Blooms and Remnants Blossoms surround the picture.  

Blue Fern Studios Products:

Amber & Apricot

Birdsong (Side B)

Chapters (Side B)

Friendship

Amber & Apricot Printed Chipboard

Embossing Powders

Blood Orange

Dark Chocolate

Flowers

Late winter Lilies

Chesterville Florals

Christmas Blooms

Homespun Blooms

Remnants Blossoms

Stamps

Swiss Dots

Tattered Newsprint

 Thanks for stopping by.
I hope I have inspired you!
I'll see you next month.

. . . Debbie

September inspiration by Pascale B.

Hello Sweeties

Today I'm up on Blue Fern Studio with three new projects. For the first one, I chose to work with the Wanderlust collection which fits perfectly with this photo of the castle of Valençay (Loire Valley, France) I've taken.

I primed the background with clear gesso. Then I sprayed a plastic bag with an ink and I pressed my paper onto it. I dried the background before I repeated the process with another ink. 

Next, I added a design with a stencil and modeling paste. I sprinkled the modeling paste with the Paprika embossing powder while the paste was still wet and heated set. 

I primed the chipboards with white gesso. I embossed the Whimsy Flourishes with the Antique Gold powder. I 

I painted the Rose Leaves with two brown ink and sprinkled them with the Paprika embossing while they were still wet. Then I heat set them. 

I used the Departure stamp to add a random design to the background before I glued all the embellishments

To finished the layout I added some seedlings and glitters.

Blue Fern Studios products:

Wanderlust - Mountain view	Rose Leaves	Whimsy Flourishes
Chesterville Florals	Departure	Chesterville Blooms

Antique Gold

Chili Powder

Paprika

Twig

Blue Ice

Blue Diamond

Pyrite

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The second project I have to share with you is made with the Amber and Apricot collection from Blue Fern Studios. I chose a photo of a statue that can be seen in the park of the castle of Valençay (Loire Valley, France)

I primed the background with clear gesso. Next, I added a design with a stencil and acrylic paints. When dry, I added a second design with another stencil and modeling paste. 

I primed all the chipboards with white gesso. I just painted the title with a brown watercolor. I also painted the leaves with different colors of watercolor. While the watercolors were still wet I sprinkled some Verdant embossing powder to add some texture. 

I embossed the Pretty Weeds with the Chili Powder and the Hot Cocoa powders. 

I colored the background with some watercolors to help the rose design to stand out.

I cut a few papers to add under the photo. I dried brush the Chesterville Floral flower with white gesso and I glued all the embellishments with a 3D gel.

To finish the layout, I added some seedlings and glitter.

Blue Fern Studios products:

Friendship	Tweet Melody	Joyful	Apricot Blooms
Spring Branch	Pretty Weeds	Serendipity Words 1	Chesterville Floral

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Chili Powder

Hot Cocoa

Verdant

Twig

Russet

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Here is the last project I have to share with you. I chose to work with the Wanderlust collection again which fits perfectly with this photo of the castle of Montpoupon (Loire Valley, France) I've taken.

I primed the background paper with clear gesso. Then I used the Wallflower stamp to add a design that I embossed with the In the Navy powder. 

I added another design with a stencil and a white crackle paste. I let dry alone to allow the cracks to appear.

In the meantime, I primed all the chipboard with white heavy gesso. I altered the Marrakech Panel with waxes.  

I colored the Leafy Twigs with watercolor and I sprinkled them with the Black Sand powder. 

I cut a few papers in the Souvenir sheet to add under the photo. I glued all the embellishments with a 3D gel.

To finish the layout I added some seedlings and glitters.

Blue Fern Studios products:

Memento	Souvenir	Marrakesh Panel	Leafy Twigs
Departure	Chesterville  Blooms	Wanderlust Lillies	Wallflower

Black Sand

In the Navy

Soot

Russet

Mocha

Twigs