3x Layout inspiration by Wilma

When I got the Courtship lane collection I saw so many possibilities.

It is just hard to decide which paper to use first ;) 

My first layout is made after the March sketch.

The picture is not the best quality... but I love it so much.

She was walking and acting like a princess that day, but also princesses get tired and soar feet.

The sketch:

For my background I used the beautiful Royal street paper.

And I fussy cut a  few parts out of the West Plaza paper.

The beautiful chipboard  Symphony  was first gessod, than sprayed with colormist in the wet gesso.

Than I took a white piece of cardstock and depped it here and there.

The white shows through and you are left with a great background for a card and colored chipboard..

A few Blue fern flowers and finishing touches ....

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This next  layout was super fun to do.

Playing with color just makes me happy.

My background is made with ecoline watercolor and some Blue Fern Studios embossing powders.

The stamp I used in the background  comes from the Texture1 set .

I cut up the Mod Square panel, and embossed it not to neat with pearl embossing powder.

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The last layout for today is also made with the Courtship lane collection :

The chipboard flowerframe and the titel  are colored with Gansai Tambi watercolor.

Thanks for visiting the blog, I hope you liked my post.

x Wilma x

March shares by Bec

Hi it's Bec here and today I have my March projects for you. These are featuring the newest Blue Fern Studios paper collections Serendipity and Courtship Lane. They are both SO gorgeous

My first layout is made using this months Sketch featuring the Courtship Lane Collection

Here is the March sketch

I started this layout by cutting strips of the paper to place on my background, next I mixed the Grape glitter and purple micro beads with gel medium and added this mix through a stencil.  I coloured the Circle Groups with the Oatmeal embossing powder.  I glued this to my page and added glitter, micro beads and glass beads into the circle holes. 

I added some random stamping with the Halftone and Essential Textures  stamps.

I coloured the Dare To Dream chipboard piece with three embossing powders (Oatmeal,  Mystic Plum and  Iris) to give and ombre look to it.  

I embellished this layout with flowers,  lace,  twine,  resin and gems 

Blue Fern Studios Products Used:

Courtship Lane Collection

Papers: Royal Street,  Main Street,  East Plaza

Chipboard: Circle Groups,  Dare To Dream

Embossing Powder: Oatmeal,  Mystic Plum,  Iris

Glitter: Grape

Stamps: Halftone and Essential Textures 

My Second layout is using the Serendipity Collection

 I prepared my base paper (Anticipation) with clear gesso before I used modeling paste for texture.  While the paste was still wet I applied the embossing powders Seven Seas and Ginger to add colour to the paste.  

Next I added colour with sprays in blue, teal and beige tones.  To finish off my background I added brown distress ink through a flourish stencil and added random stamping with stamps Halftone and Forever

I cut the Blue Fern Frame to size and coloured the two larger pieces with the embossing powders in Seven Seas, Ginger,  Breeze and Sea Mist. For the two smaller pieces of the frame that were left over and my title Peace I coated them with white gesso and added colour with brown distress ink. 

To embellish the layout I used flowers,  buttons,  metal flowers,  glass pebbles and ribbon.

Blue Fern Studios Products Used:

Serendipity collection 

Papers: Anticipation, Calling Cards, Contemplation,  Imagination 

Chipboard: Blue Fern Frame, Peace from Good Vibes Word Set

Embossing powders: Seven Seas, Ginger,  Breeze,  Sea Mist 

Imagine Ink Spray: Sky

Stamps: Halftone and Forever

 And finally today I have two cards I made with the Courtship Lane Collection Papers, and two of my favourite chipboard pieces that came with the Serendipity Collection.

Sometimes I think the chipboard pieces are too stunning to be hidden amongst a layout and that they need to be featured (in this case on a card).

For this card I used the Chipboard Piece Gazebo, which I coloured with the Embossing Powders Snow and  Ginger. The image on the Courtship Lane paper Lovers Lane fit perfectly inside the Gazebo.

On my second card I made the Couture chipboard piece as the feature. I coloured this with the Embossing powders Snow,  Cotton Candy,  Fuchsia, Lilac and Mystic Plum

Blue Fern Studios Products Used:

Courtship Lane Collection

Papers: Lovers Lane,  Town Gossip,  East Plaza

Chipboard: Couture and Gazebo 

Embossing Powder: Snow,  Cotton Candy,  Fuchsia, Lilac, Mystic Plum,  Ginger

Thank you for visiting today

Bec

It feels like Spring! with Sandi Clarkson

Hello, Blue Fern fans! 

Sandi here with you today sharing my March creations using some of our newest products! 

This month I'm focusing on Courtship Lane! 

I'll be back on the 17th with a Social Media Update. 

Be sure and tag or hashtag us on Instagram because I'm looking for folks to feature!
https://www.instagram.com/bluefernstudios/

Or use the little camera icon at the top of the right sidebar!

"Today" 

I've been wanting to scrap this photo for a while even though it's not the best quality.  This sweet little family is expecting twin boys any day! Anyway, this Courtship Parkway paper seemed perfect for an outdoor family photo. Lots of earth tones mixed in with a pinch of purple. 

I prepared my background with gesso, stenciling and stamping with the Halftone and the Photography stamps. 

Next, I prepared my chipboard and decided to have fun with color this time around. The Seasonal Wildflowers piece is a combination of Sage and Lucky Embossing Powders. Then it was dabbed with gesso. My Graduated Circle piece is just one of this great set of circles, lots for your money! It was prepared with gesso, gelato and Cotton Candy Embossing Powder  .. done randomly. 

This is also a good time to point out the new Flowers! Yes, there are coordinating flowers for the Courtship Lane collection, blooms and roses.  I've added a touch of yellow to the white and purple flower and then gessoed all of them. Loving the yellow I added to that purple rose! Kicked it up a notch! 

The Today title is from the Today, Tomorrow, Yesterday set and was prepared with gesso, gelato and Honey Embossing Powder. I made the heart and bow portion of the Winter Page Dangle the same as the title and circle chips. 

Bits of Honey are left natural and lightly touched with gesso. 

Just another great shot of the new Roses and Blooms. (The peach one is from my stash.) 

I threw this photo in because you can clearly see the Halftone stamping and you get to see the new flowers one more time. 

Blue Fern Studios Products Used:

Paper: Courtship Lane Parkway, Calling Cards and West Plaza

Chipboard: Graduated Circles, Bits of Honey, Today Tomorrow Yesterday set, Seasonal Wildflowers, Winter Page Dangles

Embossing Powder: Honey, Cotton Candy, Sage and Lucky

Stamps: Halftone, Photography

Flowers: Courtship Lane Blooms, Courtship Lane Roses

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"Happy"

I was going to save this sweet layout for next month but I decided to hold another completed project and replace it with this one! For once, my post will have 3 layouts using one paper collection! 

I prepared my background (Royal Street) with clear gesso and then built layers with stenciling, gesso and stamping with the Garden Frolic, Love Story 2 and the Photography stamps. 

I love this sweet photo of a couple of the grandkids. So precious! For photo mat layers I've used the Courtship Lane Calling Cards, and both sides of West Plaza.  Of course, my Butterfly Friends chippy provides yet another layer. It has been prepared with white gesso and then heat embossed with Snow Embossing Powder. You can also see here one of the Courtship purple Roses and a couple of the Courtship Blooms! 

My Happy title is from Arrow Words and was heat embossed with Iris Embossing Powder. I snipped off the arrow and added it higher on the photo. 

Just the other side of the Butterfly Friends chippy which I cut in half so that it could peek out both sides. Love, love, love how that Iris Embossing Powder looks on the Happy title. 

I took this photo to highlight some of the stamping done for adding dimension. 

This magnificent Gazebo piece is simply painted white and then inked, stamped randomly and popped up on dimensional tape. I added the Organic Vine Corner to one edge and wow, it looks like it is growing up the Gazebo! Love that effect. Of course, I had to add in some of the new flowers! 

The vine is simply inked .. one of my favorite ways to alter chipboard. I like a matte finish. 

Just a close-up of the purple Courtship Roses and the light green Courtship Bloom. I made them my own my adding some yellow coloring and microbeads. And isn't that vine to die for? 

Blue Fern Studios Products used:

Paper: Courtship Lane Royal Street, West Plaza, Calling Cards

Chipboard: Butterfly Friends, Gazebo, Organic Vine Corner, Arrow Words

Stamps: Garden Frolic, Love Story 2, Photography

Embossing Powder: Snow, Iris

Flowers: Courtship Roses, Courtship Blooms

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"Anticipation"

This layout was created for our March Sketch Challenge. We hope you get a chance to play along! I decided to go purple on this one. There is lots of simple background work on this one including some stamping with the Christmas Collage stamp .. yes, really! Then I layered the papers as listed below but my primary background layer is Courtship East Plaza. 

I wanted this layout to be all soft and feminine, so my chipboard is simply painted with white gesso. I've used the Serendipity Anticipation title and the Township collage. 

Just a little floral close-up and some stamping and ink splattering. I've used some clusters of microbeads here and there for more texture. 

I've been wanting to use the Banner Flags chippy and when they showed up on this month's sketch. I pulled one out! So cute! 

Just s couple of dimensional shots! Love adding in corrugated cardboard to anything! 

Blue Fern Studios Products used:

Paper:

Courtship Lane East Plaza, West Plaza, Calling Cards

Chipboard:
Anticipation, Township Collage, Banner Flags

Stamp:

Christmas Collage

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That's it from me this month!

Remember,  I'll be back on the 17th with a Social Media Update.
Be sure and tag or hashtag us on Instagram because I'm looking for folks to feature!
https://www.instagram.com/bluefernstudios/
Or use the little camera icon at the top of the right sidebar!

See you then!

March Creations by Nicole Doiron

How happy I am to be here with you again to share some more 

creations using Blue Fern Studios products.

Two of my layouts feature the beautiful new Courtship Lane collection,

starting with this romantic page inspired by the March sketch challenge.

This is the beautiful March sketch.  I'm hoping to see your take on it!

Like all Blue Fern Studios papers, Courtship Lane has elegant floral designs

and is centered on a Home Sweet Home theme.  And when I think of home, I think of love!

I used the Everlasting Love title which I covered in Imagine Ink Copper 

embossing powder and then dabbed in white paint.

Below you see the fancy Floral Vine which I embossed in Imagine Ink Copper, Sage

and Iris embossing powders.  I love the way the mix of colors turned out.

I did some stenciling on my background and mixed in different purple shades of stains.

I added a small piece of the Ironwork Accents set adorned with a purple gem.

All and all, a very soft color palette with a touch of copper to match the beautiful, 

albeit dead, rusted tree in front of which Yves and I posed in this picture.

Blue Fern Studios Supplies

Paper: Courtship Lane (Royal Street, Parkway, Calling Cards)

Chipboard: Everlasting Love, Floral Vine, Ironwork Accents

Imagine Ink Embossing Powder: Copper, Iris, Sage

My 2nd Courtship Lane inspired layout brings the 'home' theme home, so to speak.

I decided to scrap this old but precious family photo.  I have very few pictures of me alone as a baby
 or with my family, and the ones I do have are of very bad 1970's quality. This one, however, is certainly
a favorite of mine and I found that it was perfect for Courtship Lane.

Slipped behind my photo is the Princess Window which I've treated with 2 shades of Imagine Ink  powders,
Ginger and Nutmeg. I then lightly dabbed on some copper and white acrylic paint.

I did the same to this piece from the Leafy Page Accents set...

and this fancy hinge from the Ironwork Accents.

Other chipboard pieces used are the Reminisce word from Serendipity Words 2 and the Shabby Brick Bits
which I simply covered with Snow embossing powder.

Blue Fern Studios Supplies

Paper: Courtship Lane (West Plaza, Parkway)

Chipboard: Princess Window, Ironwork Accents, Leafy Page Accents, 

Serendipity Words 2, Shabby Brick Bits

Imagine Ink Embossing Powder: Ginger, Nutmeg, Snow

As you may know, I'm from Canada and, in my part of the country especially, we have the longest Winters!  

They always seem to drag on and on and on... So to warm myself up a little, 

I thought of using this adorable picture of my friends' daughters on a beautiful 

Summer day matched with the bright happy papers from the Frolic collection.

The beautiful blue background paper, Petits Moments, covered in different shades of blue mist reminds
me of a bright blue sky.  I decided to combine it cut out circles of the pretty butterflies
from Dans le jardin paper.  I love the combination of blue and yellow.

 I chose Sunshine Kisses as my title, using the Sunshine piece from the Optimist Word Set
that I colored in  Buttercup yellow Imagine Ink embossing powder.

Surrounding the picture is the Floral Medley Frame on which I used a mixture of Seven Seas,
Breeze and Azure embossing powders with added white paint.  You can also see below
the Mixed Media Poppies that I cut into 3 pieces to display across diagonally on my page behind the butterflies.

Lastly, I chose to add this sweet little heart and arrow from the Directions set... perfect to accentuate 

the adorable sisterly love between these two little girls!

Blue Fern Studios Supplies

Paper: Frolic (Dans le jardin, Petits moments, Calling Cards)

Chipboard: Floral Medley Frame, Mixed Media Poppies, Directions, Optimist Word Set

Imagine Ink Embossing Powder: Sevens Seas, Breeze, Azure, Buttercup

Whether or not it's Winter where you are, I hope I've added a little sunshine in your day with my projects!  

I can't wait already until next month's post!

- Nicole