Sharon's July Layouts!

Hi everyone!  It's hard to believe that it is July already!   We are in the middle of a heat wave here in Pennsylvania - we have a high heat/humidity advisory for the next few days, so it's a perfect time to stay indoors scrap! 

Today I am excited to share my July layouts with you . . .

Layout #1: One Cute Chick

I went straight to the beautiful "Tattered Walls" collection.  This time, I used "The Carolina Room" as the basis for my page.  I utilized both sides:

It's such gorgeous paper, I knew exactly which photos I wanted to use for my layout.  The sweet pictures of my daughter, Anne, were taken on Mother's Day, 2009.  Every time I look at her smile, my heart melts!♥

Back to scrapping . . . I really enjoyed using the "One Cute Chick" chipboard and embossed it with "Pixie Dust" embossing powder.  

It's a DREAM to work with!!!  I also used one of the birds from the "A Spring Day" collection and embossed it with the sparkly "Goldenrod" embossing powder!

Here are is a close up:

And a different view:

Blue Fern Product List:

Paper: Tattered Walls "The Carolina Room" (Both sides!)

Chipboard: A Spring Day, "One Cute Chick"

Embossing Powder: Pixie Dust, Goldenrod

Flowers: Garden Blooms, Moody Florals

Seedlings: Gold Nugget

Glitter: Solar Flare, Gilded Rose

Lace: Ivory Braided Trim, Lace 1, Lace 6, Lace 10

Ephemera: Tattered Walls

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Layout #2: Blessed

I already had this photo of my daughters, Katie and Anne, in mind when I started making this page.  This picture was taken back in November of 2013 for our Christmas card.  Once again, I thought the "Tattered Walls" collection was perfect for y treasured picture! 

I used the flip side of "The Garage:"

Isn't it cool that all of these papers are named after a room?  I love that!

I also used "The Powder Room" to back my photo and to punch out my snowflakes:

I embossed the "Blessed" and "Christmas Tree" chipboard pieces with the amazing "Ivory" embossing powder.  I have to mention that I have never found better embossing powder than that made by Blue Fern Studios!  The Ivory EP is wonderful and no others match up to it!  And because it's a neutral, I use it all the time, and now I have to order more . . .

Here are some close ups of my layout:

I really had fun decorating my tree with pieces from Lace 9C!!!

Blue Fern Product List:

Paper: Tattered Walls "The Garage," "The Powder Room"

Chipboard: Christmas Tree, "Blessed"

Embossing Powder: Ivory

Flowers: Courtship Roses, Harvest Lilies, Late Winter Lilies

Seedlings: Twig

Glitter: Solar Flare

Lace: Lace 9C, Lace 10

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Layout #3:  Love This Moment

I totally enjoyed making this last page using a photo of the group of children that were adopted with Anne when we got together at Pearl S Buck for an adoption picnic.  This "travel group" photo was taken in the summer of 2009!

I adore the Homespun collection and thought it was perfect for this photo.  

I used the flip side of "Hospitality:"

I altered these chipboard pieces:  

"Opulence:"

and "Love This Moment:"

This time I embossed both pieces with "Taupe" embossing powder, then to change things up a bit, I distressed each piece.  

Here are some close ups:

I also enjoyed embossed directly on my page using the "Christmas Collage" stamp set and "Pearl" embossing powder.

Here's a different view:

Blue Fern Product List:

Paper: Homespun "Hospitality" 

Chipboard: "Love This Moment," "Opulence"

Embossing Powder: Taupe, Pearl

Flowers: Homespun Blossoms, Fresh Florals

Seedlings: Wintergreen

Glitter: Army Dust

Stamp Set: Christmas Collage

Lace: Lace 3

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I would like to take a moment to thank you so much for stopping by the Blue Fern Studios blog today.  I enjoyed making these pages using the BFS amazing products and especially loved sharing them with all of you!  Thank you!

I cannot wait to see you again next month!

Until then . . . Happy Scrapping♥

Tattered Walls Layouts by Jessica

Hi everyone and happy July!  I have a few layouts to share with you this month using the newest Tattered Walls Collection.  On with the show!

"Love"

My background paper is "The Powder Room" from the Tattered Walls Collection.  Under the photo I used a piece of "The Reading Room" paper painted brown around the edges.

I used a lot of different flowers from various sets on my layout.  To begin, I took the pink flower from the Summer Blossoms collection and took the two pieces apart.  I then had two buds to use for my project - I just folded them and put them in place.  The flower with the blue gem in the middle is from the new Spring Blooms set.  The off-white flower is from the Fresh Florals set.  I removed the stamens, added a gem and put the new Aquamarine Seedlings around it.

The large blue flower is from the Heartland Blossoms set and the pink petals under it is half of a flower from the Spring Florals set.  The vine you see around the picture is from the Wanderlust Vine set spritzed with a shimmering brown spray mist.  I used the Garden Daisies chipboard behind my flowers and embossed it with Ivory embossing powder.

I used various pieces of the Tattered Walls Ephemera around my layout for interest.  The title Love is from the Adore, Love, Cherish chipboard set.  I first embossed it in Ivory, then I used the Crackle Textures stamp to emboss the crackles with the new Sparkling Navy embossing powder.  I did the same thing with the new Glam Frame behind the picture.

The background was just created by using texture paste with a stencil.  Then I used the Crackle Textures stamp with Sparkling Navy embossing powder for more texture.  I then added a blue spray mist over it.

Products Used:

Paper

Tattered Walls - "The Powder Room"

Tattered Walls - "The Reading Room"

Tattered Walls Ephemera

Flowers

Fresh Florals

Spring Blooms

Summer Blooms

Spring Florals

Hearland Blossoms

Wanderlust Vine

Chipboard

Glam Frame

Adore, Love, Cherish

Garden Daisies

Embossing Powder

Ivory

Sparkling Navy

Seedlings

Aquamarine

Stamps

Crackle Textures

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"Hello"

For my second layout I used the back side of the Tattered Walls Apartment B paper.  It is difficult to see under all of the paints and gesso, but I used strips of the orange Tattered Walls The Reading Room paper.  As matting under the picture, I used an old scrap piece of the Amber and Apricot Chapters paper with the London Chronicles stamp.

The white and peach roses are from the Happy Roses set.  I added some Mocha Glitter on the tips.  The title "Hello" is a piece of the Tattered Walls Ephemera.  I also added a couple of pieces of Lace 3B.  Around the picture area, I used the Crackle Textures stamp with the new Sparkling Navy embossing powder for interest.  In addition, I used the Tattered Newsprint stamp with black solvent ink around the white gesso areas.

Next, you can see the Paprika seedlings that I added around the picture.  I also put some Silver Seedlings around these areas because they match well with the picture.  The rose buds are the two pieces of one of the Christmas Blooms flowers tucked under the roses.

Under the picture, I have tucked in a few pieces of the Tattered Walls Ephemera.  The chipboard I used is the new A Spring Day chipboard that I cut into 3 pieces then I embossed the pieces with the new Azul embossing powder.  Finally, below the Silver Seedlings, I added some Clear seedlings.

Products Used:

Paper

Tattered Walls - Apartment B

Amber and Apricot - Chapters

Tattered Walls - The Reading Room

Tattered Walls Ephemera

Flowers

Happy Roses

Christmas Blooms

Chipboard

A Spring Day

Embossing Powder

Azul

Sparkling Navy

Seedlings

Paprika

Silver

Clear

Glitter

Mocha

Stamps

London Chronicle

Crackle Textures

Tattered Newsprint

Lace

3B

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"Journey"

Finally, my last layout uses The Powder Room paper from the Tattered Walls Collection.  To soften the background, I put on two coats of diluted gesso.  I chose to use the Journey chipboard title at the bottom.  All of my chipboard was painted with a blue paint first, then I used Pearl embossing powder to emboss the pieces.

Next to the photo, I chose to use two pieces from the new Classic Mini Frames set (painted blue then embossed with Pearl embossing powder).

The blue flowers are from the Chesterville Blooms set.  The new flowers with the blue gems are from the Spring Blooms set.  For the stenciled areas, I used clear crackle texture paste and added Blue Ice glitter over the areas.  I used the crackle texture paste so that when I painted around the stenciled areas, the paint would repel from the glittered areas.  You can see around my stenciled area that I used the music notes from the For the Birds stamp set embossed with our new Azul embossing powder.

And lastly, you can see the Tattered Walls Ephemera that I used under my picture.

Products Used:

Paper

Tattered Walls - The Powder Room

Tattered Walls Ephemera

Chipboard

Journey

Classic Mini Frames

Embossing Powder

Azul

Stamps

For the Birds

Flowers

Chesterville Blooms

Spring Blooms

Glitter

Blue Ice

I hope everyone has a wonderful July!  I will see you back here next month.

~ Jessica ~

July Inspiration with Debbie Burns

Hi everyone!  Can't believe it's July already. The months just seem to fly by in a flash. Hope you are enjoying your summer.   I have 3 layouts to share with you today featuring the Tattered Walls and Wanderlust collections.  Let's start with the newest of the collections, Tattered Walls.  I love how versatile this collection is.  I created one layout with a current photo and another with a treasured family vintage photo.

"Cherish"

I used Carport (side B) for the background, and applied some pearl bordeaux mist and grey ink splatters.

I sprayed pieces from Lace 4 with a Precious Stone mist.  Beneath the picture I placed the Embellished Frame chipboard, embossed with Iris embossing powder.

I used the Precious Stone Mist on some lilies from Dark Tropic Lilies.  Tucked beneath the dark lilies I placed roses from Courtship Roses and some light purple lilies from Spring Lilies.  Red Grape and Lavender Seedlings were applied randomly on the flowers and around the photo.

Placed beneath the photo I added some fussy cut flowers from the Carolina Room Paper.  The title "Cherish" is from the Remnants printed chipboard.

Blue Fern Studios Products:
Paper:  Tattered Walls
The Carport (Side B), The Carolina Room

Chipboard
Embellished Frame, Remnants Printed Chipboard

Flowers
Dark Tropic Lilies, Spring Lilies, Courtship Roses

Embossing Powder
Iris

Seedlings
Red Grape, Lavender

Lace
Lace 4
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"Memories"

The background paper is The Sun Room.  I applied some masking and paint splatters.  Layering beneath the photo is from The Library, The Maids Room and pieces from the Ephemera packet.  I placed the Stone Cottage chipboard beneath the photo and left it untreated.

Lots of flowers from Spring Lilies, Wanderlust Lilies, Wanderlust Vines and Moody Blooms.  I added some Dijon Glitter to the centers of the butterflies and art stones and Lemonade Seedlings on the flowers. 

Another closeup of the flowers.

The title is untreated.  Love how it blends with the papers and embellishments.

Blue Fern Studios Products:
Paper:  Tattered Walls
The Sun Room, The Library, The Maids Room

Chipboard
Memories, Stone Cottage

Flowers
Spring Lilies, Wanderlust Lilies,
Wanderlust Vines & Moody Blooms

Ephemera

Glitter
Dijon

Seedlings
Lemonade
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"Calm"

 My final layout features the Wanderlust Collection.  I used Ocean Voyage (Side B) for the background.    For layering beneath the photo l used Souvenir (Side B).  I used the Tattered Newsprint Stamp and added some paint spatters in various colors.

Beneath the layering I used the Quatrefoil Panel chipboard which I treated with some brown stain. I added some Gold Nugget and Aquamarine Seedlings.

Flowers are from  Wanderlust Lilies, Tranquil Blooms and Memories Blooms.  The Leafy Twig chipboard was embossed with Taupe embossing powder.

Here I've used a round calendar piece from The Wanderlust Printed Chipboard.  The doily was cut from Seascape Side B. The leaves are from the Forest Branch Chipboard.  I stained them brown and added some gold wax.

The title was stained brown .

Blue Fern Studios Products:
Paper:  Wanderlust
Ocean Voyage Side B, Souvenir Side B, Seascape Side B

Chipboard
Calm, Leafy Twigs, Quatrefoil Panel, Forest Branch,
Wanderlust Printed Chipboard

Flowers
Tranquil Blooms, Memories Blooms, Wanderlust Lilies

Embossing Powder
Taupe

Seedlings
Gold Nugget, Aquamarine

Stamp
Tattered Newsprint

I hope I've inspired you!
I'll see you next month.
. . . Debbie

A Trio of Tattered Walls - Megan Gourlay

Hi Everyone :)

Today as the title says, I have three layouts to share with you using the new Tattered Walls Collection.  This collection is fabulously versatile to use!

I played with some mixed media colours in the background of The Carport patterned paper, and a little random stamping before adding my embellishments and photo.  For my title I used one of the pieces from the new Ephemera packs - Sweet - and trimmed off the word Moment from the chipboard phrase Love This Moment.

To colour my chipboard I embossed the Glam Frame with Snow embossing powder, and the Honey Bits pieces with Sparkling Navy embossing powder.  I wanted the Glam Frame to surround my photo in the background but it wasn't quite large enough, so I simply cut it into four pieces, so that it just pokes out, and doesn't over take the photo.

Some sprinkles of Lavender Seedlings here and there, completed the page.

Products Used

Patterned Paper:

Tattered Walls - The Carport

Chipboard:

Glam Frame

Love This Moment

Honey Bits

Seedlings:

Lavender 

Embossing Powder:

Sparkling Navy

Snow

Stamps:

Remnants Collage

Tattered Newsprint

Flowers:

Spring Blooms

Wanderlust Lillies

Ephemera:

Tattered Walls

My second layout uses The Garage piece of patterned paper.  In the design of this paper there is a seam down the page and I used this as my starting point.

The background this time is very simple, just random stamping with archival ink using a couple of different stamps.

My title is taken from two different pieces.  The left over piece from the previous layout - Love This - and from the 2 piece pack of Family Memories, I took the word Memories and trimmed off the S.  Both pieces were then covered in  Glitter.  To make the word Memorie stand out more I inked the top half in black archival ink.

A couple of tags and photo frames from the Ephemera pack popped out the side and some twine threaded through, layered with chipboard pieces added further dimension and interest.

Chipboard this time was either glittered with Blue Ice Glitter, embossed with Sparkling Navy, or coloured with rust pastes to mimic the colours in the paper.

Some of the lovely Wanderlust Lillies - Im so addicted to these beautiful flowers! - and some more seedlings sprinkled over the page, finished it off.

Products Used

Patterned Paper:

Tattered Walls - The Garage

Stamps:

Super Grunge

For the Birds

Glitter:

Blue Ice

Seedlings:

Twig

Embossing Powder:

Sparkling Navy

Ephemera:

Tattered Walls

My final layout today uses the The Maids Room and the B side of Apartment B ;)  You can see three layers of paper but there is only two pieces used, I just used the back and front of The Maids Room. I really didn't want to detract from the beautiful floral graphic, so there is no stamping, mixed media or seedlings on this layout.

I even used chipboard from a previous collection, and fussy cut the floral clock cluster from the packaging, tucking it into my ripped layers.

Theres those beautiful Lillies again ;)  The chipboard this time is roughly painted and then inked around the edges.  The little flourish was trimmed off one of the hearts in the Eclectic Hearts pack.

In between the layers of paper I popped some distressed muslin and some of the beautiful BFS lace.

Products Used 

Patterned Paper:

Tattered Walls - The Maids Room, Apartment B

Chipboard:

In the Mood Printed Chipboard

Eclectic Hearts

Flowers:

Spring Blooms

Harvest Lillies

Lace:

Lace 12

Thanks for popping by today, hopefully Ive given you some inspiration :)