Sandi's August creations ~ Seaside Cottage

Hello, hello! 

Sandi here with you today!

I'm posting late this month due to vacation and lots of increased family activities! 

But I was so thrilled to receive my Blue Fern Studios Seaside Cottage collection! 

It is so unique and I love the vintage take on "beach."  

My photo is of a statue named Sirena that resides along Salado Creek in Salado, Texas. She had to be moved to higher ground a few years ago after some flooding of the creek. But she's a must-see every time we stop by there. My husband grew up in that area and we have made frequent trips over the years. 

My base is the beautiful Embark paper. I've also layered some B sides of Mermaid and the Calling Cards paper. Then I used the A side of Calling Cards for my photo layers. 

The Seaside Flourish chipboard is amazing! I want more! I coated it with gesso and them embossed with Oatmeal, Ginger and a hint of Mushroom. You can also see my Seaside Mermaid chippy here. Her upper body is embossed with Oatmeal Emobssing Powder and her lower body with In the Navy. Then I sprinkled some texture beads over that for interest. You can also see my Seaside Lily and my Attic Charm Daisy. 

This title piece could be used so many different ways for almost any theme! I did an ombre sort of embossing with it, the upper portion is done with Oatmeal, the lower portion with In the Navy and a slight bit of Mushroom in the middle. Tucked a lovely Seaside lily under my photo layers. These are such fantastic flowers! We now have them in a variety of colors! 

I've included this close-up to highlight the stamping I've done with the widgets stamp. On this month's projects, I've tried to reduce the clutter of mixed media, so that you can see all the beautiful images and prints on the paper itself. 

I added texture beads to my Seaside Flourish pieces as well. It makes an interesting combination with the shiny look of the Ginger Embossing Powder. 

Aw, sigh, just have to share some fun dimension! That's what chipboard and flowers are all about, right? There are hints of cheesecloth as an under layer for even more texture.

Blue Fern Studios Products used:

Paper: Seaside Cottage Embark, Mermaid and Calling Cards

Chipboard: Seaside Flourish, Perfect Day, Seaside Mermaid

Embossing Powder: Oatmeal, In the Navy, Ginger, Mushroom

Flowers: Seaside Lilies, Attic Charm Daisy
Stamps: Widgets

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The Whitewash paper from Seaside Cottage is my absolute fave! Grunge to the max! But still beautifully vintage! It could be used for so many themes! 

The gorgeous Seashell Frame chipboard piece was embossed with my fave combination of Oatmeal, 

Ginger, Mushroom and Nutmeg Embossing Powder over wet gesso.  I got the wet gesso idea from Wilma! It looks amazing! 

  

  Here's a close-up of the Seashell Frame. The wet gesso helps cease a bubbly effect that is so apropos. 
You can see some Calling Card pieces here as well as some Seaside Lilies and Roses. I also did a tiny bit of paint splattering which you can see. 

Another item created especially for this collection is

 "A Walk on the Beach" chipboard title, which I've embossed 

with Blue Fern Studios Ginger Embossing Powder. Then I dabbed it with white gesso. 

Of course, I had to add a couple of lilies there as well! 

The finishing touches were added, and the layout was embellished with 

 flowers from the Seaside Lilies and Seaside Roses flower collections. They were paint splattered and got a dab of gesso as well! 

 I am in the planning stages of more projects with Seaside Cottage. My dad was in the Navy and I want to scrap some of him in his uniform! This is the perfect collection for those vintage photos of him. 

Blue Fern Studios Products used: 

Paper: Seaside Cottage Whitewash, Calling Cards

Chipboard: Seashell Frame, A Walk on the Beach title 

Embossing Powder: Oatmeal, Ginger, Nutmeg, Mushroom

Flowers: Seaside Lilies, Seaside Roses

I'll be back in a few weeks with my September creations! It hardly feels like it should be August already and yet it's nearly over! My wall calendar still says June … 

See you then! 
Sandi

Three Beach themed Layouts with the Seaside Cottage Collection by Keren Tamir

Hi Everyone!!

I was thrilled to receive the new Seaside Cottage collection. 

I love the beach and being near the ocean. It's my ideal vacation and I go there any chance I get. 

I don't live near the ocean, but whenever I go, I love taking photos on the beach and near the water.

I also love collecting shells and then using them on my projects.

I've created three beach themed layouts below.

Here is the first one:

"Calm"

I used the Embark paper  from the Seaside Cottage collection for the background. I stencilled it with a fish scale looking pattern and sprayed it with blue ink.

The Seaside Frame and Flourish were embossed with Blue Fern Studios Oatmeal embossing powder. Then I gave it some blue touch-ups. The calm title was painted in blue and then covered in clear glittery stickles.

Finally, I added Blue Fern Studios flowers and some seashells I collected during one of my trips.

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"By The Sea"

Here is my second layout for this month using the Voyage paper from the Seaside Cottage collection.

I actually cut the background paper in half and  connected the two edges in the middle so the sail boat would be in the center. Then I used some paste and stencils to create some wave like pattern to cover the seam.

I used the large Blue Fern Flourish chipboard to give the photo some wave-like movement. I embossed the flourish with Sea Mist embossing powder.

As a title I used part of the calling cards paper and then added some Seaside Lilies, roses and other Blue Fern Studios blooms. I also added shells of course.

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"The end of a perfect day"

This is my third layout this month using the Regalia paper from the Seaside Cottage Collection.

I loved creating texture behind my photo by using cheese cloth  like the second layout above. I also used Blue Fern Studios blooms and shells like in my other layouts

To mat the photo I used a couple of pieces from the calling cards paper. I also used the "Seaside Charms" and "The end of a perfect day" title to embellish the layout. I embossed them with the Sea Mist embossing powder.

Thank you so much for visiting the Blue Fern Studios blog!!

Have a wonderful day!!

Keren

Seaside Cottage and Tranquility inspiration layouts by Wilma

Two for the boys.

Our August challenge is a nice one.

And a easy one.

Just use one of three collection.

Seaside Cottage, tranquility or Attic Charm.

My plan was to add three layouts , one for each of these colections.

But because beautiful Switzerland is overcrowded with tourist this saison....

I just coudnt get time enough to do anything creative.

So there was no time for the Attic Charm inspiration layout.

But when you look at the blog, 

there has been lots of inspiration already with the Attic Charm collection

For my first layout I used the beautiful Seaside Cottage collection.

Perfect papers to scrap your beach pictures.

For a beachy and masculine feeling I used textured modeling paste,

 in my background and on my chipboard.

First I colored the title with distress ink.

Than I added the texture paste with a pallette knife.

The seaside Flourish chipboard piece was first stippled with the paste.

Than I added different colors of embossing powder in the still wet paste.

I heated up just a few parts of the powder.

After it dryed here and there a little raw paste to give that beach feeling.

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My second layout has more of a tender feeling.

I wanted a soft natural look.

In the background stamping with a blue color ink that matched perfect with the blue from the paper.

Softened up with white ink.

I love the Wild Field chipboard and I think it matched perfect with the stamped background.

I left it natural and just brushed on a little white ink to set some highlights.

The chipboard is totally flat on the paper, but because of the highlights it becomes depth.

The roses were left in their natural color, just got some white ink here and there.

To keep the page in that soft natural color I left the title just plain .

I hope you will find time to play along with our challenge, there are two more weeks left to join in.

The challenge post

Thank you for visiting the blog.

I hope you liked my post.

x Wilma x

  

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.

Nicole's Seaside Cottage Inspirations

Hello!  Nicole here with you today to share with you my August creations,

all featuring the newest Blue Fern Studios collection called Seaside Cottage!

This collection evokes such a calm, soothing Summer feel, with its beautiful sea-themed papers and lovely coordinating marine chipboard pieces.  Seaside Cottage is definitely a MUST-HAVE paper line to document all your Summer holiday memories which I have done this month.

Island Time

My very favorite paper from this collection is this one called Mermaid.  I have decided to use it as my background for this page featuring a splendid shot of the sailing ship L'Esperance as it was in passage in our area a few years past.  The Island Time title was perfect to go along with the photo.  I created an ombre effect on the chipboard by using 3 shades of embossing powder: In the Navy, Nutmeg and Oatmeal.

I made use of many Blue Fern Studios flowers, some of which from the latest sets designed to go along with this paper line and a few from the Tranquil set.  I added a combination of blue and copper microbeads as well as splatters of different paints to give my page a mixed media touch.

Below, you can see the gorgeous Seaside Flourish and the larger lantern from the Seaside Lanterns set.

I removed the center from the navy blue Seaside Roses to replace it with a brad and decorated my flower cluster with a Whimsy Flourish covered in Oatmeal embossing powder.

Some magnificent papers and chipboard for a magnificent photo!

Blue Fern Studios products

Patterned papers: Seaside Cottage (Mermaid, Relics, Gala)

Chipboard: Island Time title, Seaside Flourish, Seaside Lanterns, Whimsy Flourishes

Flowers: Seaside Roses, Seaside Lilies, Tranquil Blooms

Imagine Ink: Embossing Powders (In the Navy, Oatmeal, Nutmeg)

Summer Vacation

I love creating double-page layouts and I had just the right pictures for this one, to go along with these beautiful papers.  I took these shots during our family Summer vacation in Percé, Quebec two years ago.  Yves was walking on the seashore admiring from afar the famous Rocher Percé.

I choose to use the Summer Vacation chipboard piece as my title and covered it in layers of Stellar Night, Blue Sky, Breeze and Snow embossing powders.

I decorated my page with beautiful blue Seaside Lilies and ivory Seaside Roses along with other flowers from my own stash.  I added pieces of Crackle Bits, covered in Auburn embossing powder, behind my flower clusters to give the illusion of fishing nets.

This is a fabulous new piece called Seashell Frame which I decide to cut in half... using the top half on top of my photo strip and the bottom half peaking out from below.

I sprinkled a little Autumn glitter around my flower clusters and I added some white and blue shimmery paints on my background and embellishments as well as turquoise mist.

I absolutely love this quote to go along with the photos of Yves... 

a boy playing on the sea-shore... :)

Blue Fern Studios products

Patterned papers: Seaside Cottage (Splendor, Voyage, Gala, Calling Cards)

Chipboard: Summer Vacation title, Seashell Frame, Seaside Lanterns, Crackle Bits

Flowers: Seaside Roses, Seaside Lilies

Stamp: Essential Textures

Imagine Ink: Embossing Powders (Stellar Night, Blue Sky, 

Breeze, Snow); Glitter (Autumn)

The End of a Perfect Day

My final layout this month features a super sweet photo of my niece Ella standing ashore, at the end of a perfect day, just before sunset. I used the Icicle embossing powder on the title with a bottom layer of Chili Powder which I found was perfect to go along with the color of the sand on the picture.

Wanting to showcase as much different patterned papers on my layout as possible, I created several tags and slipped them along the ripped and distressed diagonal edge of my page.

Below, you see a piece of the Frolic Mesh covered in Seamist embossing powder to adorn the Blue Fern Studios blooms.

This gorgeous image from the Calling Cards paper went beautifully with my photo and page.

I lined it up with some fussy cut shells and the dolphin from the Ocean Mermaid set.

Also from the Ocean Mermaid set is this fabulous piece on which I used, from the tail tip to the bust, Clover, Peacock, Seamist and Icicle embossing powders.

Oh, how I love this picture!  It seems like the perfect end to my reveal today, showcasing the gorgeous Seaside Cottage line! I hope you have enjoyed my 3 sea-themed projects just as much as I've enjoyed creating them.  I have to say that this DT reveal is my favorite of mine so far.

Blue Fern Studios products

Patterned papers: Seaside Cottage (Whitewash, Regalia, Gala, Calling Cards)

Chipboard: The End of a Perfect Day title, Ocean Mermaid, Frolic Mesh

Flowers: Seaside Lilies, Attic Charm Daisies, Tranquil Roses & Lilies

Imagine Ink: Embossing Powders (Seamist, Clover, Peacock, Icicle, Chili Powder)