Homespun Family Recipe Box

Hello Blue Fern Studios Crafters, it's Aida from  @aidaville . Do you have favorite family recipes that everyone loves ? Keeping recipes and the stories about them is a wonderful way to remember and continue your family history. I've made a Recipe Box with decorated separators to help you organise the different recipes. The Homespun Collection is just perfect in soft shades of pinks, yellows and greens.

These are the Blue Fern Studios products I used :

Homespun Paper Collection and Printed Chipboard.

Others : Heavy weight white cardstock  |  Pale Green Glitter Cardstock | Buttons

The front of the box measures 6 inches (top and bottom) and 71/2 inches at the sides. This gave enough room to use the lovely chipboard shapes from the Printed Chipboard sheet. The word "Recipe" is die-cut from glitter cardstock.

Below are the closer photos of the Box.

The recipe separators are easily made from heavy cardstock and decorated with patterned papers and die-cut words. Each piece measures 4 1/2 inches at the top and 8 inches tall.

The tabs are circle punch outs with leftover papers.

Keeping family history alive is so important and using food to tell our stories is a great way to connect. I hope this post will start your own creative ideas on how to stow your favourite recipes.

Thank you for coming by today, have a good week ahead !

Aida Haron  @aidaville

May Layouts by Jessica

"Happiness is Homemade"

Hello friends!  My first layout for the month uses the Homespun Collection.

Using the Homemade paper for my background and Home Sweet Home for matting, I used the printed chipboard under the picture and as my title.  I used Glass seedlings and Army Dust glitter along with the Crackle Texture Stamp with green mists to create the background.

To the left of the picture you will see the the heart from the XOXO Title chipboard primed with gesso then painted in 2 different colors of pink mists.  The lily on this side is from the Harvest Lillies set.

To the right of the page, you can see a piece of the Wanderlust Vine Set and flower from the Dark Tropic Lillies Set.  I used a piece of Lace #12 to decorate the bottom.

Blue Fern Studios products used:

Paper

Homespun - Homemade

Homespun - Home Sweet Home

Chipboard

Xoxo Title Set

Homespun Printed Chipboard

Flowers

Harvest Lillies

Dark Tropic Lillies

Wanderlust Vine

Stamp

Crackle Texture

Seedlings

Glass

Glitter

Army Dust

Lace

Lace #12

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"'arty"

My next layout is pretty basic.  The background paper is Tweet Melody from the Amber & Apricot Collection.

I took four metal embellishments from my stash and painted them with black gesso.  Then I embossed them with Pearl embossing powder.  While the Pearl was still hot, I sprinkled Baby Pink embossing powder over it in spots to melt them together.  While they were still hot, I sprinkled some Petunia glitter over the embellishments.  For the background, I used a stencil with matte gel and Beating Heart seedlings.  You will also see the Tattered Newsprint stamping and the vertical stamping with one of the Distressed Titles stamps.

The Honey Comb Bits chipboard were embossed with Baby Pink and Coral embossing powder.

The pink lily is from the Harvest Lillies set and the little white bloom is from the Apricot Blooms set.

Blue Fern Studios products used:

Paper

Amber & Apricot - Tweet Melody

Chipboard

Honeycomb Bits

Flowers

Harvest Lillies

Apricot Blooms

Glitter

Rose Gold

Petunia

Embossing Powder

Baby Pink

Pearl

Coral

Seedlings

Beating Heart

Stamps

Distressed Titles

Tattered Newsprint

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"Sweet and Happy"

My last project features the Remnants Collection.  The background paper is Devonshire, and I also used Bloomsbury paper and Mini Remnants paper pieces for my background work under the mists.  To make the tag under the photo, I used the Bloomsbury paper with the Tattered Newsprint Stamp.

All of the chipboard on this page is the Remnants Printed Chipboard.  Some of them I even used with gesso to create part of the background and adhered it to the paper with matte gel.  The title pieces are also part of the Printed Chipboard Pieces set with glossy adhesive medium applied to the tops.

The lilies are part of the Harvest Lillies set.

The frame behind the picture is actually from the Printed Chipboard pieces.  I embossed it with Green Ivory embossing powder and sprinkled some Dark Chocolate embossing powder on top while it was still hot.  I randomly applied Burgundy seedlings in spots around the picture.

Blue Fern Studios products used:

Paper

Remnants - Devonshire

Remnants - Bloomsbury

Remnants - Mini Remnants

Chipboard

Remnants Patterned Chipboard

Embossing Powder

Green Ivory

Dark Chocolate

Seedlings

Burgandy

Stamp

Tattered Newsprint

Flowers

Harvest Lillies

Well, that's all for this month!  I will see you back here in June with some new projects to share.  Have a great May!

~Jessica

Sharon's March Pages!

Hi Everyone!

It's so nice to be here again today!  I am excited to share 3 layouts that I made for March.  ♥

Without further ado, here are my projects . . .

Layout #1:  Memories. . .

Featuring Homespun:

I have been going through old photos and attempting to organize them.  In the process, I have found beloved pictures that I want to scrap!  This one is of my oldest daughter, Katie, and is a definite favorite of mine.  I loved telling her, through this scrapbook page, to keep her beautiful inner light shining!

I used the beautiful "Homemade" paper from the Blue Fern Studios Homespun Collection and mounted it on the Wanderlust "Road Trip" paper because I loved the newspaper look.  And I had an amazing time framing the photo with the beautiful swirly chipboard that I embossed with Goldenrod embossing powder.  

Here are some close ups:

Here's my Blue Fern Product List:

Paper: Homespun "Homemade," backed with Wanderlust "Road Trip"

Chipboard: Ornate Wreath, In the Mood Printed Chipboard Shapes, Homespun Printed Chipboard Shapes

Embossing Powder: Goldenrod

Flowers: Happy Roses

Seedlings: Twig

Lace:  Ivory braided trim

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Layout #2:  Best Friends . . .

Featuring In the Mood:

Again, as I went through my photos, I found an old one that I absolutely love.  It is one of my twin sister and me when we were toddlers.  Just look at those hair cuts!!  I love the way we were holding hands.

For this page I used "In the Mood" papers, flowers and printed chipboard!  I also used Shabby Brick Bits chipboard that I embossed and spruced up with some ink.

Here are some close ups for you to see:

And here is my Blue Fern Product List:

Paper: In the Mood "Peaceful;" backed with In the Mood "Ecstatic"

Chipboard: Shabby Brick Bits, In the Mood Printed Chipboard Shapes,

Embossing Powder: Black Sand, Baby Pink

Flowers: Moody Florals, Remnants Blooms

Seedlings: Mauve

Lace:  Lace 11

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Layout #3: Family is a Circle of Love . . .

Featuring Amber & Apricot:

For my third and final layout, I used a recent photo that I took of my family with my tripod and timer at a nearby park!  We love this park and go for walks there all the time.  This photo was also used for our annual Christmas card.

I featured the amazing Amber and Apricot Collection here - it's so beautiful and a dream to work with.  Lace 9C is absolutely beautiful, too!

Here are some close ups so you can get a better look:

My Blue Fern Product List:

Paper: Amber & Apricot "Birdsong" and "Busy Bees"

Chipboard: Wicker Wreath,  Amber & Apricot Printed Chipboard Shapes

Embossing Powder: Antique Gold, Garnet, Ivory

Flowers: Moody Florals, Remnants Blooms

Glitter: Cranberry

Seedlings: Harvest

Lace:  Lace 9C

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I hope I was able to inspire you to scrap some of your treasured photos!  I find that using the Blue Fern Studios paper collections and products makes scrapping so easy and fun.

Thanks so much for your visit!  I am looking forward to seeing you again next month. ♥