Kelly's October Shares + Video Tutorial!

Hello!

Kelly here. I hope you are having a great weekend! We are seeing our first bit of snow where I live, but I still am sharing summer pages - perhaps I am in denial? That's OK with me!!

"Adorable"

Summertime with toddlers - well, we are all about the park - especially the swings! There is something *so sweet* about chubby little baby lets dangling from a baby swing!! 

The showcase piece on this page is the Chickenwire Panel..I used it as a textural element on my background as well as tucking into my clusters. I left it mostly bare, but did spray with a subtle gold shimmer mist. The pieces that are up top were just painted to match my background.

 Above you can also see some of the Natural Sprigs. These were water distressed, painted with a pearly paint, and then embossed with gold embossing enamel.

 Above, one of the clouds from Cloudy Skies - I have it a coat of gesso, a touch of stamping with a blue chalk ink, and gently blended the ink around the edges.

Lastly, above is the cute little birdie from the All Natural set, given a gold shimmer then detailed with pen. The word adorable is from the Good Vibes set - this was also painted with gesso and given a shot of gold mist.

                                            Chickenwire Panel:                      Cloudy Skies:

 

                                           Good Vibes:                                 Natural Sprigs:

All Natural Set:

"Enjoy The Little Things"

Blue Fern Studios chipboard often inspires me to create whimsical scenes on my layouts. I was totally inspired by the Spring Branch. I created a video on how I altered this piece:

I love the realistic look of it and was moved to make it a part of a tree for this page..I blended it in with lots of thread, flowers, wire curls, and paint.

Below, the Lattice Fence, All Natural Set, and bits of fibers, flowers, and thread completed the scene.

                                          Lattice Fence:                            All Natural Set:

Spring Branch:

I hope you have enjoyed my projects and my video today!

Have a wonderful week!
*Kelly Foster*

Autumn is in the Air...Winter is coming...

Hello Autumn... Lisa here, bringing you 2 projects today. I will start out with a card (I'm learning how to create them!!) that reflects the colors of the season. Autumn is in the air in some parts of the world. I used a small piece of the the Chain Link chipboard panel as it reminded me of lattice. I base coated it with gesso and sprayed it using a golden /green shimmery spray.

Here is a close up of the Chain Link chipboard. I just cut it randomly not worrying about cutting a straight line.

I base coated the You Shine words  with white gesso, sprayed it with a color spray and topped it with some clear crackle paint to give it a textured sheen .

                                                            
                                                               The Optimist Word Set

                                                                        Chain Link

My next project is a layout  using a winter photo, but I kept the colors on the layout in a warm tone, fading Autumn out until the cold sets in...

  I base coated the Sign Post and Pretty Weeds chipboard with white gesso and sprayed it with colored spray while the gesso was still wet. It created a pretty speckled look when you dry it with a heat tool.

Just a closeup of the post. I added a small acrylic covered sticker inside the Sign Post.

                                                                    Natural Sprigs Set

                                                                    Village Sign Post 2

                                                                        Pretty Weeds

Thank you for joining me today for my October Blue Fern Studios Post. Keep checking back as all of the Designers will be back to inspire you for days to come.

Three Layouts by Kelly Foster

Hello Blue Fern fans - Kelly here.

Today I have three  layouts to share...so I will just get right to it!

"You Are So Fun"

For this layout, I have followed the sketch for this month's challenge...I hope you will play along, too! (Find the link in the right sidebar.)

Below you can see a section of the Renaissance Border, and the word "You" from the Valentine's Word Set. These both were dabbed lightly with gesso, then painted with various colors of water color paint. Once they were dry, I dabbed around the edges randomly with a green chalk ink.

Below is a section of the Twiggy Branch, which was left mostly bare, with just a touch of  green chalk ink.

Below are the other bits of the Renaissance Border and Twiggy Branch, and bottom left I have used one of the Nifty Tags and Tickets to ground my title. I placed one of the adorable little Vintage Keys below that.

Chipboard used:

Renaissance Border

Nifty Tags and Tickets

Vintage Keys

Twiggy Branch

Valentine's Word Set

"Good Vibes"

I used a wide variety of chippies on this one, too...I just really had fun with this page, for the photo that I love so much. First up, the title...this was simply embossed with a white detail embossing powder..I just adore the font for the Good Vibes set, so fun!

Below..one of the Circle Motifs..painted with a shimmery pearl acrylic paint,  a few dots of gold paint for the flower centers, then the leaves were colored with a green watercolor pencil. A touch of stamping with a script stamp was done on top of that.

Up next...Garden Daisies (Large), I applied the same technique as I did the flowers on the Circle Motif, but to top them off I painted on just a bit of a textured medium. The stem was misted with a shimmery green mist.

Good Vibes Word Set

Garden Daisies - Large

Circle Motifs

"Smile"

Another "summer" page. This one is loaded up with bits and pieces of chipboard..see if you can spot them all! Below you will find one of the Nifty Tags and Tickets, which was stamped lightly with green and teal ink. Also, you can see the end of the Calligraphic Border, which was painted with a gold acrylic glaze, then dabbed with a bit of teal acrylic glaze. I also tucked in pieces of the Natural Sprigs, which were distressed, then embossed with green and gold embossing powder. 

For my title, I used the cute "Smile!" polaroid frame from the Picture Perfect set. This was left mostly natural, with a few dabs of ink here and there, and a dark brown chalk in around the edges for definition.

Last but not least, I have added a section of the Blue Fern Frame..I cut this apart and have slowly been using pieces of it. I stamped with a script stamp and then embossed with gold. I then added touches of all of the paints and inks that I used on all of the other pieces in my project to make it blend nicely.

Calligraphic Border

Blue Fern Frame

Nifty Tags and Tickets

Natural Sprigs Set

Picture Perfect

Thank you so much for stopping in today, I hope you have enjoyed my projects. See you soon!