Projects for May by Lydia Guijt

Hello Paper and Blue Fern Studios friends! 

This month our new collection Happy Accident is a big favorite of mine. Love the designs and wonderful colors. To top it all off Blue Ferns Studios also created a Printed Chipboard sheet to compliment the papers. What's not to love. 

Let's check out my first layout!

Beauty in Chaos 

To show of these wonderful new Happy Accident Chipboard Pieces I created this layout. Whenever I create you should see my table. Yes you guessed it. Chaos. So I found this particular title perfect to make a layout with .

I started with the Halftone and London Chronicle stamps to create some interest on the Fate background page. Because the page already has circles on there I decided to keep up with that theme. 

The Circle Group Pieces I embossed with Ebony and the Mini Ring Things with the gorgeous new Plum color. Perfect fit with this new collection. Now it's time to create my layers and started stacking. Having all the interesting parts pop out. The beautiful light green Late Winter Lily matched perfectly. To fine tune the look I added some thread, lace, I die-cut some leaves and some sparkle with the new Pea Soup glitter, some mists, beads and bling. 

I hope you like it! 

Paper

Happy Accident : Fate

Chipboard

Circle Group

Mini Ring Things

Happy Accident : Printed Chipboard

BFS Embossing

Plum

Ebony

Glitter

Pea Soup

Stamps

London Chronicle

Halftone

Flowers 

Late Winter Lilies

Free Spirit

For my second layout I'm using an older collection, Paisley & Vine. Beautiful papers with gorgeous contrasting colors, details and even some abstract patterns. 

When we visited Las Vegas I took photos of this statue that I wanted to use. The Metal trees surrounding it in the red is what made the decision to use this collection the winner.

I layered the Splendor, Passion and Pathway papers so the red just shows a thin outline. 

With the Tattered News Print stamp I stamped randomly around the page. Now with one of my stencils I added some texture with paste.

The Bits of Honeycomb were embossed with Icicle, the Graduated Circle, leftover part from the Swirly Circle and Chesterville Doodle embossed with Speckled Mint with some Peacock Glitter sprinkled over it too. The leaves I've used on the layout are cut out Blooms & Stems stamp prints embossed with Fern.

Now that we have all the building blocks for our layout prepared we can put it together. For some layering under the photo I cut up pieces from the Playing Cards sheet. Using one of the cards as the title. Layering the chipboard pieces and placing the flowers including the Late Winter Lilies to finish of the layout. 

Paper

Paisley & Vine: Pathway, Playing Cards, Splendor 

Chipboard

Graduated Circles

Swirly Circle

Chesterville Doodle

Bits of Honeycomb

BFS Embossing Powder 

Oatmeal

Icicle

Peacock

Speckled Mint

Fern

Stamps

Tattered News Print

Blooms & Stems Stamp

Flowers 

Late Winter Lilies

These are my layouts for you this month!

Next month I hope to show you some fun layouts from my visit to Disney World.

Thank you so much for having a look!

Hugs, Lydia

Happy Accident - Free - By Lydia Guijt

Hello Paper and Blue Fern Studios friends. 

We're so happy with the new Happy Accident Collection and brand new introduction of the  Happy Accident Printed Chipboard Pieces that I'm sharing an extra post with you this month.

For this layout I'm using a photo of my niece's little boy visiting a WWII memorial with his Granddad, which is very fitting for this time of the year when many countries have their own remembrance days. It's so important to teach our children their history. 

- Free -

I'm using the Happy Accident - Incident sheet as the base. For my background I chose the Texture Circles Stamp and embossed some of the prints with Snow Embossing powder and others I did in black ink. Some extra stamping with the  London Chronicle Stamp. After that I got out a stencil and created some texture over the page with some paste.

The Abstract Wire Frame got embossed with Stormy Skies. A beautiful new metallic blue color embossing powder. The Rose Wreath chipboard  was cut in a couple of pieces and embossed with Rusty Rose. I sprinkled some of the Pea Soup Glitter over the leafy parts of the Rose Wreath and heat set it.

Having done all the preparation work I was now ready to start putting my layout together. All these chipboard pieces make for some wonderful layers.

Adding Chesterville Blooms and other flowers to decorate. Some final ink splatters and we're all done. I hope you will have fun with this collection!

Paper

Happy Accident : Accident

Chipboard

Printed Chipboard, Abstract Wire Frame, Rose Wreath

Embossing Powder 

Snow,  Rusty Rose, Stormy Skies

Glitter

Pea Soup

Stamps

London Chronicle, Texture Circles

Flowers 

Chesterville Blooms

Thank you so much for having a look!

Hugs

Lydia Guijt

April projects by Lydia Guijt

Hello Blue Fern Studios and Paper Friends.

This month I have 3 very different layouts for you.

Two of them are with the beautiful Spring Parade Collection and the third one is with one of my favorite collections Chesterville. 

Let's get started

Discover

When we took this tour through the Grand Canyon this Sunset was just amazing. I knew I had to scrapbook it.

I'm using the Market Place paper as my base. The Tattered News Print Stamp right now is one of my favorite stamps and for this layout I used it to create some background interest. I chose one of my stencils and used paste to add more background details.

I wanted to use some straws for this layout to create a dramatic effect. The Turkish Bits pieces and Discover were embossed with Ebony embossing powder. 

The Layering Stems with Sea Mist embossing powder and topped with a layer of Caribbean Glitter. 

Behind my photo I put some smaller pieces from Spring Parade - Market Place and Sunday Best to create some layers. The straws already created some depth and helped with a nicely layered look. 

The beautiful Peony flower (Spring Peony and Berries) is quite big and is perfect to take apart and use in parts. Filling up the rest of the layout with some more flowers and embellishments. Some beads, micro beads and splatters to finish of the layout and we're all done.

Paper

Spring Parade : Market Place, Sunday Best

Chipboard

Turkish Bits, Layering Stems, Journey, Explore, Discover

Embossing Powder 

Sea Mist, Ebony

Glitter

Caribbean

Stamps

Tattered News Print

Flowers 

Spring Peony and Berries

  

Memories

For my second layout I'm going a little more classic. The base is Spring Parade - Sun Rise. Although in the corner it has an Easter theme. By covering it up. You can make it into whatever you chose it to be. I found the saying on Attic Charm - Calling Cards and went from there.

For the background I used the Tattered News Print Stamp to create interest around the page with Antique Gold Embossing Powder.

The Blooming Curls,  Whimsy Flourishes and Leafy Page Accents chipboard pieces all got embossed with Oatmeal embossing powder with the flowers on the Blooming Curls piece in Pink Dust.

I positioned all the pieces and started adding a variety of Blue Fern Studios flowers, Spring Florals, Soft Blossoms, Late Winter Lilies, together with some pieces of lace, ribbon and other embellishments. Some finishing touches with pearls, art stones and beads.

Paper

Spring Parade : Sun Rise 

Attic Charm : Calling Cards

Chipboard

Blooming Curls, Whimsy Flourishes, Leafy Page Accents

Embossing Powder 

Antique Gold, Pink Dust, Oatmeal

Stamps

Tattered News Print

Flowers 

Spring Florals, Soft Blossoms, Late Winter Lilies

Journey

My third and last layout for this month is a more masculine layout using the Chesterville collection.
This collection is just perfect for layouts like this.

I used Chesterville - Keswick as the base and started preparing my page with clear gesso. Then used the Tattered News Print stamp around the page. Next I got out 2 stencils and a combination of pastes to create some interest. Since I'm going for a metallic look. I used gold, silver and graphite. Continuing with splatter inks. Now that the background is all done it's time to get the chipboard pieces prepared. 

Circuitry and Discovery are embossed in Sand and Sea with a sprinkle of  Antique Gold here and there. The Faucets in Black Sand. Putting it all together on the page creating some layers with Chesterville : Keswick, Chester pieces. Some flowers from the Chesterville Blooms, Harvest Lilies and other embellishments to complete the look. 

Paper

Chesterville : Keswick, Chester, 

Chipboard

Circuitry, Faucets, Journey, Explore, Discover

Embossing Powder 

Black Sand, Antique Gold, Sand and Sea

Stamps

Tattered News Print

Flowers 

Chesterville Blooms, Harvest Lilies

I hope you liked the 3 completely different styles this month I created for you.

Looking forward to showing you more next month. 

Thank you for stopping by today!

Have a great day!

Lydia