It's always a special day when we feature layouts that have been created by YOU! We love exploring and finding beautiful projects using Blue Fern products. Today we would like to share some awesome layouts that were created by five very talented ladies. Be prepared to be amazed!
I can't believe spring is here! And what better way to celebrate it than with our new Courtship Lane collection? It's gorgeous colors and pretty patterns are perfect for the season!
Love
For this layout, I used two paper as my background: Town Gossip and Concert Hall. I altered them with modeling paste and a stencil, and I added color with watercolor. I also used a card from the Calling Cards paper in my paper cluster.
My main chipboard piece is the Bordeaux Layered frame which come in two parts. The bottom one, I painted with white gesso and sprayed mists over it, to match the color in the background paper. For the swirly top part, I covered it with white gesso. I chose to leave it white because I thought it was contrasting over the pink chipboard.
While I was looking in my box of smaller chipboards, I found a little piece (you can see it in the picture above, just below my frame) that came from a flourish from the Leafy Page Accents. I painted it with white gesso also, to match the frame. I thought it filled the gap between my flower and my frame perfectly. I never throw away even the tiniest pieces: you never know when they can come handy.
My title piece, from the Adore, Love, Cherish set is also painted plain white.
Perfect
My second layout is way much colourful.than my first one. I chose the Parkway paper as my background. I was inspired by the colors of the feather on the left of the page.
My composition on mainly based on the Whimzy Flourishes that frame my picture. I embossed them with Imagine Ink Garnet embossing powder.
I created my flowers clusters around the two flourishes. I also fussy cut some flower from the Calling Cards paper to put in my clusters, to give dimension. You can see, in a few places, that I used the Forever stamp set to add a bit of texture to my background.
My title, part of the Perfect, Adorable, Special set, is embossed with Imagine Ink Iris embossing powder.
Happy
My last layout uses the beautiful West Plaza paper. I chose the colors of my layout based on the damask pattern of the paper.
I used the Garden Frolic stamp set to stamp randomly on my background.
To frame my picture, I used the Celebration Hearts, which I embossed with Imagine Ink Snow embossing powder. I built my flower clusters around them.
My title piece, from The Optimist Word Set, was embossed with Imagine Ink Lilac embossing powder and glued over my embellishments.
Today I'm up on Blue fern Studios with 3 new projects using the Courtship Mane collection. .
In the first one I chose a photo of my daughter when she was almost 3 years old, no need to say it was some time ago.
And here is the beautiful sketch I follow to make the layout.
You still have time to upload your project until the 31st March here.
I started to add a layer of clear gesso to the background to protect it. While it was drying, I cut several strips in the Est Plaza paper. Then I glued them to the background and added a thin layer of white gesso. When dry, I stamped randomly with an archival black ink with the Garden Frolic design.
I added also a design with the Essentiel Textures and the Snow embossing Powder.
I primed the French Word with white gesso and the Turkish Panel with clear gesso. Then I colored the chipboards with different colors of Twinkling H2Os.
I used the same colors on the background and the flowers in order to have a monochromatic layout. I finished the page with some glitters.
Blue fern Studios products used:
Courtship Lane collection - Bourbon Ave, Est Plaza, Calling Cards
Chipboards - Turkish Panel, French Words
Stamps - Essentiel Textures, Garden Frolic
Embossing Powder - Snow
Glitter - Dusty Rose, Peridot
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My second layout with the Courtship Lane collection showcase a photo I've taken of my friend during our last photo shoot.
For the last layout I chose to work with the green paper from the collection. It was the perfect match for this photo of the Saint Martin Wash House I've bought during a trip to Rennes (France)
I started to apply a layer of clear gesso. Then I added a design with a light modeling paste and a stencil. While the paste was still wet I sprinkled several colors of embossing powders and heat set them.
I cover the Organic coins with a layer of clear crackle paste and let to dry. When the paste was completly dry, I colored it with a mica powder.
I colored the die-cut leaves with different shades of green and browns that match the photo and sprinkled them with different embossing powders and heat set them.
I used a Primary Element to color the Courtship Roses.
I finished with splatters of black and white gesso and some random stamping with the Postal Textures stamp.
Blue Fern Studios products used:
Courtship Lane collection - Love Affair
Chipboard - Organic Coins
Embossing Powders - Nutmeg, Ginger, Verdant, Sage, Lime
Flowers - Courtship Blooms, Courtship Roses
Stamp - Postal Texture
Hi everyone! Marilyn here with you today to share two layouts and a video tutorial using the beautiful Courtship Lane collection and the new Courtship flowers by Blue Fern.
"I Think You're Wonderful" Layout
I made this dimensional background with two East Plaza papers from the Courtship Lane collection and you can see all the process in the video tutorial.
The Ruth Doily and the title chipboards were embossed with Pearl and Lilac embossing powders.
I put the chipboard title over a piece of cardboard and added the Courtship Blooms and Roses.
I painted the Chelsea Vines with distress ink.
I stamped with the Forever-stamp.
I hope you find some inspiration ...Enjoy the video tutorial!
"Adorable"
For this page, I used the West Plaza and the Concert Hall papers from Courtship Lane collection.
I embossed the Gazebo chipboard with Pearl embossing powder.
The Adorable (title) and the Whimsy Flourish chipboards were embossed with Iris embossing powder.
The final touch, these Courtship blossom and roses that coordinates perfectly with these papers.
Thanks you so much for stopping by....until next time! Marilyn Rivera
Today, I will show you three layouts I created with the latest Blue Fern Studios collections, Courtship Lane and Serendipty. Here they are.
"Memory of Yesterday" layout
For this layout featuring my grandmother in 1936, I used various papers of the Courtship Lane collection.
I used the Brocade Texture stamp and Blue Fern Studios embossing powders (Lilac and Iris) to add texture and details to my background.
I also used the Arcadia Textures stamp with brown ink in the top right corner and the bottom left corner.
For my title, I used the word "Yesterday" from the Today, Tomorrow, Yesterday chipboard set. I also used pieces of the Garden Lattice Bits set.
"I Think You're Wonderful" layout
For this layout, I used the Serendipity collection.
I embossed all the chipboards I used (I Think You're Wonderful and Whimsy Flourishes) with Blue Fern Studios embossing powders. I started with the lightest color, Sea Mist. Then I added more embossing ink and sprinkled a bit of Blue Sky embossing powder and heated it.
I also used the Brocade stamp with the Sea Mist embossing powder on my background.
"Become your best you" layout
For this layout, I used the Courtship Lane collection and the brand new Blue Fern Studios flowers, which match the Courship Lane collection.
The chipboards I used are the Circle Flourish - Small and the Gatsby Collage. I cut the Gatsby collage in two pieces and put each one under the Circle Flourish.
I also used a stamp from the Shabby Edges stamp set.
