It is March and that means spring will be here soon! I really hope so as it has been raining for days here in Ireland!! Since it is a new month it is also time for a new sketch!! This month my layout features the beautiful new collection Courtship Lane. I have used the gorgeous Town Gossip and Calling Cards papers as a base for my layout.
Here is the beautiful sketch for March:
Here you can see a close up where I used the gorgeous
Imagine Ink Dusty Rose glitter through a mask using gel medium to adhere it to the layout through the mask. I chose some yummy flowers from my stash.
I used the
Everlasting Love chipboard as my title, embossing it with the
Imagine Ink Verdant embossing powder. I have also tucked in some of the
Mesh Bits texture chipboard to add some interest to the background of my layout. I embossed them with the really distressed looking
Imagine Ink Oatmeal embossing powder.
I added some metal butterflies as well as a chipboard
Royal Monarch butterfly which is covered again in the
Imagine Ink Dusty Rose glitter. Here you can see several
Calling Card pieces from the collection tucked in under my image. I finished off my layout with a cute little paper clip on the photo, been loving those lately on my cards and layouts.
Blue Fern Studios Supplies:
Paper:
Blue Fern Studios Courtship Lane Collection~Town Gossip
Blue Fern Studios Courtship Lane Collection~Calling Cards
Chipboard:
Mesh Bits
Everlasting Love
Royal Monarchs
Imagine Ink Embossing Powder:
Verdant
Oatmeal
Imagine Ink Glitter:
Dusty Rose
Stamps:
Forever
Essential Textures
My next project is a another layout using the beautiful
Courtship Lane papers. I just love the colors and designs in this new collection, vintage but fresh and spring like too with the gorgeous images and colors. I used the beautiful
Lover's Lane paper as my base and both sides of the
Main Street paper to build up my layers.
In this first closeup you can see the
Turkish Bits chipboard. I colored this randomly for a distressed look with the gorgeous
Imagine Ink Mystic Plum embossing powder.
I used stamps from the
Forever stamp set in Seedless Preserves Distress Ink to give some great texture to my backgrounds. I also stamped a doily from the
Weathered Doilies set in Walnut Stain Distress Ink. I used many flowers from my stash here and some fun piles of twine for texture.
At the bottom right of my layout I used several paper layers and the Amour chipboard from the
French Words set. I embossed this in
Imagine Ink Mystic Plum embossing powder again. Here you can see more of my stamping and some splashing to pick up the purple.
In my main flower cluster I had a great time coloring the beautiful
Symphony Corner chipboard piece. I added a mixture of
Ginger Imagine Ink embossing powder and the
Mystic Plum. I just love the look it gives!! The flowers are from my stash and build up the vintage colors in the papers and image. I added little bark heart from my stash to finish it off. This is one of my favorite layouts I have made lately, just love the unusual mix of colors inspired by this paper!
Blue Fern Studios Supplies:
Paper:
Blue Fern Studios Courtship Lane Collection~Lover's Lane
Blue Fern Studios Courtship Lane Collection~Main Street
Chipboard:
Turkish Bits
French Words
Symphony Corner
Imagine Ink Embossing Powder:
Mystic Plum
Ginger
Stamps:
Weathered Doilies
Forever
For my final March project I did a set of cards using the Montage paper collection. So bright and cheerful, I love how these cards turned out.
I just love using the
Calling Card and
Bouquet papers to add details to these cards. For my first card I have used the Sweet sentiment from the
Bouquet paper. The teacup is fussy cut from the
Calling Cards paper. I have used two layers from the
Invitation and
Society papers from the collection. I have embossed the
Leafy Bough chipboard in
Imagine Ink Grassy Knoll and finished off the card with flowers from my stash and some stitching. I have stamped a bit of texture onto the card using the
Essential Textures net stamp.
My second card features the
Bouquet paper sentiment and the
Now and
Then and Wisdom papers. I layered them and added some stitching, flowers and a twine bow around my sentiment. To finish the card off I used a gorgeous
Brigitte Butterfly embossed in the gorgeous
Imagine Ink Oatmeal embossing powder.
For my final card I have used the
Fairyland paper which I have stitched and stamped with the
Essential Textures stamp set. I have layered lots of flowers from my stash and added some twine loops. My sentiment is from the
Bouquet paper and I have added a beautiful chipboard heart from the
Heart Set embossed in
Imagine Ink Dusty Rose embossing powder.
Blue Fern Studios Supplies:
Paper:
Blue Fern Studios Montage Collection~Bouquet
Blue Fern Studios Montage Collection~Calling Cards
Blue Fern Studios Montage Collection~Invitation
Blue Fern Studios Montage Collection~Society
Blue Fern Studios Montage Collection~Now and Then
Blue Fern Studios Montage Collection~Wisdom
Blue Fern Studios Montage Collection~Fairyland
Chipboard:
Leafy Bough
Brigitte Butterfly Set
Heart Set
Imagine Ink Embossing Powder:
Oatmeal
Grassy Knoll
Dusty Rose
Stamps:
Essential Textures
The new
Courtship Lane papers are just stunning, I love the colors and the beautiful images in the designs and can't wait to play with the new flowers in the collection later this month!! I hope you will go have a look at the
stunning new collection!!
