August Inspirations with Jelissa

Hello friends, how have you been? 

July has been very exciting and now that August is here, I'm looking to better times ahead! Today I'm so glad to be sharing with you two creations using the fabulous new collection Seaside Cottages. This set of papers speak right to my heart and to say it was love at first sight is a great understatement. Michele has outdone herself yet again with this gorgeous beach-themed collection filled with soft colours and stunning images.

My first layout is of my eldest having some fun with his feet in the sand. Woodgrain is really my thing and I had to use it for the background. Seeing that the paper is so full of details, I toned down my background work and used to it accent the colors on the page. 

Details in the close-ups:

An anchor from part of the Seaside Flourish chippie which I had embossed with Copper EP from Imagine Ink and painted some turquoise acrylic paint over for a tarnished look. The petals were sprinkled with Dusty Pink glitter.

Layer, layer, layer! That's what you do when you have so many pretty papers at hand! Here, I built up lots of dimension with scraps from Calling Cards, Voyage and Splendour. 

Using a Calling Card sentiment as my title. The little stars on the flourish chipboard were also given a nice coat of Sunshine glitter.

Blue Fern Studios products used:

papers: Seaside Cottages - Calling Cards, Voyage, Splendour, Gala

chipboard: Seaside Flourish

EPs: Copper

Glitter, Dusty Pink, Sunshine

My second share is a mixed media canvas and I had used so many fun stuff on it! The starfish and shells that you see are actually from a potpourri set and they smell amazing!

This is the Seashell Frame which I had a lot of fun altering with EP and duo-toned acrylic paint.

A little sailboat from Nautical Set. Check out the background - it's one of the patterned papers from Seaside collection and I didn't have to do much to make it look so grungy and vintage all at the same time!

Who doesn't love a dolphin? I have one here with some seaweed chippies. Check out the Seaside Lilies that come as part of the coordinating flowers - they are so perfectly distressed that I didn't have to fiddle with them at all. 

Mr Octopus saying hi.

I seem to have a thing for anchors again! This one is embossed and wrapped with a piece of twine.

A title piece from Calling Cards, matched by the Seaside Roses.

And here is the video of how I put everything together. Sit back and enjoy!

Blue Fern Studios supplies used:

paper: Seaside Cottages - Calling Card

chipboard: Nautical Set, By the Sea, Seashell Frame, Seaweed chippies

EPs: Ebony, Clover, Fern, Grassy Knoll, Verdant, Sea Breeze, Blue Sky, 14 Karat

Glitter: Mermaid

3 Collections + You!

Welcome to the first day of August!  It's a new month and that means we have a new challenge for you. 
This month's challenge is 3 Collections + You!

During August, we are asking you to create a project using one of the 3 most recent paper collections from Blue Fern Studios.   Here is a sampling of each collection, but you can use any paper from these collections:

Seaside Cottage

 

Attic Charm

 Tranquility

Everything else is up to you!  We will have a prize package of Blue Fern products for one winner chosen by a random draw.  In addition, we will also feature a few projects!

You can create any project you please - a layout, card, canvas, altered item, mini-album, etc. as long as you use at lease one paper from the above mentioned paper collections.

Please upload your project using the Inlinkz tool below by midnight EST on August 31, 2016.

An InLinkz Link-up

July projects by Karolina

Hi everyone! Karolina here with with a dose of inspiration for you! So sit down comfortable and let's start!

To my works I'm using photos of myself very rarely. I don't know why, I just prefere photos of my friends, family - people I love. So today it's a very unusual day! I would like to show you three different projects, two layout and one frame with me, myself & I ;)

In all projects I used a new beautiful collection Seaside Cottage. I wasn't surprised when I saw this collection for the very first time and I completely fell in love with it. Blue and turquoise are my favourite colors and I love everything in marine style. 

Beach Babe

Ok, so first I would like to show you a round frame. As you can see, I've cut out the outline of me from the picture and tried to create a beach around me. I have used two stripes of papers, some seashells, flowers and a texture sand paste. I also added some glitter in blue shades and I've prepared some glitter caboshons. It's very easy, you need just put some glue to the bottom of the caboshon and then sprinkle a glitter on it. When it will be dry you can stick it on your projects wherever you want.

Finally I added a title - this time it's a piece from the same collection. I have used outmeal embossing powder to cover it. The last step was to make a braid with a string and metal embellishments and put it around my frame.

Papers: Glory, Embark

Chipboard: Beach Babe

Embossing powder: Oatmeal

Glitter: Gulf Coast, Blue Ice, Pyrite, Burnt Cooper

Flowers: Seaside lilies

End of a perfect day

I'm pretty sure that this is the newest photo of me. My brother's fiancée took this picture of me in the last weekend, during a dinner. If I have to be honest, we were in the Warsaw and Warsaw is not a seaside city, but woodboards behind me looked very nice and it really was a perfect end of a perfect day ;)

 I built my composition using papers, flowers and a chipboard piece in the contrasty color. I have used a melon embossing powder.

Papers: Glory, Embark, Whitewash, Regalia

Chipboard: Perfect Day

Embossing powder: Melon, Honey

Flowers: Seaside lilies

Summer Vocation

The Seaside Cottage is a perfect collection not only for your marine projects,  but also for every holiday memories. In my last layout I used photos from Aventine Hill which I made few weeks ago when I was in Rome.

Papers: Embark, Whitewash, Regalia

Chipboard: Summer Vocation

Embossing powder: Ebony

Flowers: Seaside lilies

And that's all in this month! See you soon in August!

xoxo
Karolina

July inspiration by Elena Volchkova

Hi everyone! Today is my day to talk about the dreams and inspiration. And it is the sea today. My new love - a collection Seaside Cottage. And the first two pages of it.

"Marine dreams" layout

In this work, it embodied gentle and romantic thoughts about the sea.. The sea always gives us great emotions, it is always waiting for us, and we look forward to seeing him ... waiting and dreaming.

The background is very complicated. I used the Embark paper as my background. And the mix of lace, twigs, beads. And paint, paint, paint!

Anticipation from "Serendipity Words 1" set was covered with Imagine Ink Lilac embossing powders.

Seaside Flourish was covered with mixture of Imagine Ink embossing powders in Petal and 14 karat, that so good together.

Flower from " Seaside Lilies" set.

To show the sun glare, I used Sunshine glitter. It's so sunny!

Seaside Flourish I cut into two parts and this piece has become accent in the corner. Colored to with mixture of Imagine Ink embossing powders in Petal and 14 karat.

Blue Fern Studios Supply List:
Paper: Seaside Cottage - Embark
Chipboard: Seaside Flourish, Ocean Mermaid, Serendipity Words 1
Imagine Ink Embossing Powder: Lilac, Petal, 14 karat
Glitters: Sunshine
Flowers: Seaside Lilies

"Family trip" layout

In this layout there is the story of one wonderful holiday, when a little girl was vacationing on the sea. Photos preserve for us the memory and emotions. This is so wonderful! You can always go back to childhood;)
I used the Voyage paper from the Seaside Cottage Collection as my background paper. And a lot of romantic and tropical details.

These flashlights enchanted me. They are magic! I wanted to use them together, just a little bit in different shades.

Large lantern was covered with mixture of Imagine Ink embossing powders in Honey and Mystic Plum. Little is also covered with a mixture. But other shades - Petal and 14 karat Imagine Ink embossing powders.

Stamps Forever and Postal Textures helps to make an interesting background.

"Reminisce" I covered to with Imagine Ink Mystic Plum embossing powder.

In this work I use the flowers of the sets: Attic Charm Daisies, Seaside Lilies and Attic Charm Glitter Roses.

Blue Fern Studios Supply List:
Paper: Seaside Cottage - Voyage
Chipboard: Seaside Lanterns, Serendipity Words 2
Stamp: Forever, Postal Textures
Imagine Ink Embossing Powder: 14 karat, Honey, Petal, Mystic Plum
Glitters: Sunshine
Flowers: Attic Charm Daisies, Seaside Lilies, Attic Charm Glitter Roses.

"In the Garden" layout

Layout for a girl who loves to be photographed. In this work I tried to continue flowers of pictures in the background and in the decor. I think a bush was very interesting.

Petite window secreted in the bushes behind the curtains of lace. Window was covered with Imagine Ink 14 karat embossing powders.

I used the Serendipity Medley stamp with Imagine Ink 14 karat embossing powder to create some details on my background. They are almost invisible, but they sparkle in the sun.

"Reminisce" I covered to with Imagine Ink Mystic Plum embossing powder.
Sparkles on the background - Dusty Rose Glitter.

Blue Fern Studios Supply List:

Paper: Attic Charm - Attic Key
Chipboard: Serendipity Words 2, Petite Windows
Stamp: Serendipity Medley
Imagine Ink Embossing Powder: 14 karat, Mystic Plum
Glitters: Dusty Rose

I hope you enjoy viewing my projects. See you next time :)

Hugs, Elena

July projects from Maiko

Hello Everyone!

Maiko here with you today to share my July projects.

First and second Layout, I got to play with the beautiful Seaside Cottage collection.

 "Summer Vacation"

 Blue Fern Studios used:

papers:

Seaside Cottage - Voyage

Seaside Cottage - Mermaid

Seaside Cottage - Relics

Chipboard:

 Seaside Lanterns

Summer Vacation

Flowers:

Seaside Lilies

Embossing Powder :

Mushroom

Sea Mist

Oatmeal

I cut this big circle off from paper of the ".Mermaid".

And I raised that using Foam pads.

 These Flowers are "Seaside Lilies".
So Beautiful!

I expressed the waterside using Embossing Powder "Sea Mist"and "Oatmeal". 

 This Chipboard is " Seaside Lanterns".

I colored this with "Mushroom" embossing powder and Brown and White Inks.

Next is...

"A Walk on the Beach"

Blue Fern Studios used:

papers:

Seaside Cottage - Embark 

Chipboard:

A Walk on the Beach

Ocean Mermaid

Seashell Frame

Embossing Powder :

Sea Mist

Oatmeal

 This Chipboard is "Seashell Frame".

I love this.

I colored this Chipboard wits the some Inks.

These Flowers are "Seaside Lilies".

 I chose "A Walk on the Beach" as the title.

First, I painted it with an acrylic paint, colored it with White and Brown Inks,

and finally  I covered it in Glossy Accents.

My last creation today is　Canvas Panel Layout.

 "Blissed"

Blue Fern Studios used:

papers:

Attic Charm - Calling Cards

Attic Charm - Spring Posy

Attic Charm - Mercantile

Chipboard:

 Timeless Floral Corner

Garden Lattice Bits

Blissful, Jubilation, Patience

Embossing Powder :

Cotton Candy

 This pink flower is also "Seaside Lilies" .

So soft!

These Chipboards are the"Garden Lattice Bits".

I cut that into 2 and arranged in left and right of this layout.

And after arranging a chipboard on the paper, I applied the Embossing Paste, sprinkled the Embossing Powder and heated it up by a heater.

That is all from me today.

Thank you for visiting!

Maiko