The Colors of Blues and Browns by Joyce

Greetings everyone, this month I found inspiration in the colors of the blues and browns found in the Blue Fern Garden papers.

The Love Letters Paper was used on this layout:

Most of the flowers in the layout were made with a die cut and the Parlour paper,  the bike surrounded by the flowers near the photo is the Penny Farthing cycle chipboard.

 

Here's a little mixed media tag using the Signature paper as the base, with lost of stamping and gesso on top of the reverse side of the paper which was then torn into strips. The little fussy cutting ribbon came from the Calling Cards paper. The Apothecary jar was treated with some white paint, fiber paper, and blue mist applied with a fine paint brush, then it was placed on top of one of the many Ever After Frames.

And, finally here's a greeting card using one of the Calling Cards, applied on top of the back side of the Parlour paper.  The little humming bird was treated with white paint, script stamp, and some blue mist.

 

Thank you for stopping by and allowing me to share my design team creations with you.  I'll be seeing you again on June 17th with some creations from the new Blue Fern Studios Ombre Dreams paper collection. 

Lace Organization Project, and a Shabby Chic Tag

Hello everyone, Joyce here to share an organization idea for your lacy bits.  I had several boxes of acquired lacy bits, and after some time, the boxes became overfilled, disorganized, and I quit reaching for them to use on projects.  They were just too pretty not to be used. I organized them so that I could see all the different patterns, and hopefully make them easier to reach for any put away too.  I made a template out of a 4 x 6 index card in the shape of an “H”, just like those organizational embroidery cards for DMC floss, and cut the “H” shape out of various old scrapbooking papers.  Then you simply wind all the lacy bits over each card.  Don’t they look pretty all organized in the box?  They sure make me want to use them now.  Of course, I couldn’t just leave them in a plain white photo box.  Each boxed lid is embellished with some lovely Blue Fern Studios chipboard pieces.  Even though each chipboard piece is different, the boxes look like a collection because they were designed with the same colors, and similar elements.

Here’s the lid on the first box featuring the blooming foliage chipboard treated with paints, and the fiber tissue paper technique on those little buds:

Here’s the lid featuring a Bohemian Flower and the  Leafy Page Accent chipboard treated with paint  a homemade glaze, and crackle.

Shabby Chic Tag:

 The base of the tag was created with the Boudoir Blue Fern Garden paper, and Signature paper pattern was torn in strips and applied to the base with a heavy gel medium.  Various stamps were applied to the paper before the application of gesso and creamy colored acrylic paint.  After the gesso/acrylic paint application dried, another application of various stamps were used on top of the strips and the base of the tag.  After all the products were dried, a lot of tea bag throwing went on to render an aged look. 

The apothecary jar was created with white acrylic paint, one layer of fiber paper, stamping, stencil and molding paste, and finally some application of pink mist.  It looks so pretty and feminine.

Here’s a picture of the front of the tag.  

Here's a picture of the back of the tag, see how he front flap folds over?  That's because of the jump rings attached to each of the three eyelets.

Thanks for the visit.  I hope I have inspired you to use your Blue Fern Studios chipboard pieces on an organizational idea.