May Inspiration by Debbie Burns

Hi everyone!  Debbie here with today to share my May projects.  I have three layouts using various Blue Fern Studios papers and products.

"Delightful"

I used three paper collections when creating this layout, Happy Accident, Garden Life and Heartland.  The background paper Fortuity is from Happy Accident.  I did some light masking and misting on the background.  I built up layers under the photo using additional papers from Happy Accident, Fluke, Lucky, Quirk and Windfall.  I did a lot of fussy cutting from In Bloom and Wallflower from Garden Life, and Bicycle for two and Love Song Serenade from Heartland.

Lots of beautiful flowers including Chesterville Florals, Apricot Blooms, Attic Charm Daisies and Moody Blooms.  I embossed the chipboard piece under the photo with my favorite Blue Fern Embossing Powder, Ivory and used a mixture of Sage, Green Ivory and Ivory on the leaves.

More layering under the photo with flowers cut from Garden Life and Heartland papers.

The chipboard title was covered with some pink spray and ink.  To the left of the title you can see more flowers that I fussy cut.

Blue Fern Studios Products Used:

Paper:  Happy Accident

Fortuity, Flike, Lucky,

Quirk and Windfall

Paper:  Garden Life

In Bloom, Wallflowers

Paper:  Heartland

Bicycle for Two, Love Song Serenade

Flowers

Chesterville Florals, Apricot Blooms,

Attic Charm Daisies, Moody Blooms

Embossing Powder

Ivory, Sage, Green Ivory

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My next two layouts feature papers from the Wanderlust collection.

"Capture The Moment"

I used the Ocean Voyage paper for my background.   I used Calling Cards and Souvenir to build up layers under the photo of my mom and her family out on the lake.  I stamped with Tattered Newsprint, Grungy Grid and Forever stamps.  I applied some light brown misting.  

In this picture as well as the one below you can see the Wanderlust Lilies.  I applied some Twig and Gold Nugget Seedlings to the lilies as well as the background.

The chipboard pieces on each side of the photo were embossed with Taupe powder.

The title was also embossed with Taupe Embossing Powder.

Blue Fern Studios Products Used:

Paper:  Wanderlust

Ocean Voyage

Calling Cards

Souvenir

Flowers

Wanderlust Lilies

Embossing Powder

Taupe

Seedlings

Twig

Gold Nugget

Stamps

Tattered Newsprint

Grungy Grid

Forever

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"Destination Unknown"

 I used side B from the Memento paper for the background.  I applied some misting and stamping with the Tattered Newsprint stamp.   Next I used stencils and applied some soft mat gel and embossed with Taupe and Azure embossing powders.  I built up layers under the photo using Wanderlust Petites, Souvenir and Calling Cards.  This lovely lady was my grandmother.  

I altered the Wanderlust Lilies with some white gold paste and a light misting.   I misted  the Heartland Blossom with a touch of gold.

I applied some Gold Nugget and Twig Seedlings to the flowers and background.

Under the photo I used a piece from the Wanderlust Printed Chipboard.

The title came from the Calling Cards paper.

Blue Fern Studios Products Used:

Paper:  Wanderlust

Memento

Calling Cards

Souvenir

Wanderlust Petites

Chipboard:
Wanderlust Printed Chipboard

Flowers

Wanderlust Lilies

Heartland Blossoms

Embossing Powder

Taupe

Azure

Seedlings

Twig

Gold Nugget

Stamps

Tattered Newsprint

I  hope I have inspired you today.

Thanks for stopping by and I'll see you in June!

. . . Debbie

April Inspiration by Debbie

Hi everyone!  Debbie here with you today to share my April layouts.  Seeing as Spring has just begun I got to thinking about all the beautiful colors of the flowers that will come into bloom and drew from that to create my projects.  I have two layouts using the In The Mood collection and one using the Homespun collection.

"Hushed"

This layout features the In The Mood collection.  I used the Amused paper for the background.  I applied some masking using an apricot paste.  Lots of layering under the photo using the Mellow paper.

I really like the mixture of embossing powder on the floral chipboard.  I mixed Blood Orange and Ivory.  The foliage is a mixture of Seafoam and Green Ivory. The flowers are Apricot Blooms.

Lots of layering with chipboard and here I've placed a flower from the Chesterville Florals.

Another closeup of the mixture of Blood Orange and Ivory embossing powders.

I used the same mixture of Blood Orange and Ivory embossing powders on the title.  Lots of layering under the photo with chipboard and flowers.

Blue Fern Studios Products:

Paper:  In the Mood

Amused

Mellow

Embossing Power:

Blood Orange

Ivory

Seafoam

Green Ivory

Flowers:

Apricot Bloomsss

Chesterville Florals

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"Adore"

This layout also features the In The Mood collection. The background paper is Flirty, and I used Blissful and Mellow to created layers under the photo.  I added some stamping to the background with the Tattered Newsprint and Essential Textures stamps.

I first applied some light pink paste to the background using a rose stencil.  After applying the paste, I sprinkled it with some Pink Pearl Glitter.  The chipboard pieces were embossed with a mixture of Baby Pink and Iridescent Gray embossing powders.   I applied a mixture of Sterling Silver and Mauve Seedlings to the chipboard, flowers and background paper.

The lantern chipboard piece was embossed with a mixture of Iridescent Gray and Pearl embossing powders.  The flowers are from Moody Florals, Moody Blooms and Remnants Florals.

The title was embossed with Baby Pink embossing powder.

Blue Fern Studios Products:

Paper:  In the Mood

Flirty

Blissful

Mellow

Embossing Power:

Pearl

Iridescent Grrey

Baby Pink

Flowers:

Moody Florals

Moody Blooms

Remnants Florals

Stamps:

Tattered Newsprint

Essential Textures

Glitter:

Pink Pearl

Seedlings:

Sterling Silver

Mauve

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"Sweet"

My third layout uses the Homespun collection.  I used the Tea Time paper on the background.

Lots of layering under the photo using the Homespun Printed Chipboard and Picturesque (side b), Homespun Minis, Calling Cards and Crafty papers.

All of the chipboard pieces were embossed with a mixture of Pretty In Pink, Baby Pink and Ivory embossing powders.  I stamped some flowers and embossed them with Baby Pink and fussy cut them.  I used a couple of flowers from the Moody Blooms.

The title was embossed with Baby Pink and if you look to the right of the photo you can see the stamped and embossed flowers.

Blue Fern Studios Products:

Paper:  Homespun

Tea Time

Picturesque

Homespun Minis

Calling Cards

Crafty

Chipboard:  Homespun Printed Chipboard

Embossing Power:

Ivory

Pretty In Pink

Baby Pink

Flowers:

Moody Florals

I hope I've inspired you!

I'll see you next month.

. . . Debbie