Februari Projects By Wendy Scholten

Hi Everyone,

Today it's my turn to show you my projects for this month, 2 of them feature the new Chesterville collection, it's absolutely stunning!

For my first page

"All Natural"

 i used the Chesterville Hargrave paper, when i saw this one i knew i had to use it!

I mixed some white gesso with artsian powders and created a background for my photo.

Then i used the harlequin of the Texture 1 stamp and one of the vintage phrases

 and also a stencil i used with paint to give my background more texture.

 a few chrystals and string from my own stash.

The Chesterville collection comes with some beautiful grungy chipboard pieces, i used the Chesterville Collage which i cut in pieces to fit my photo right and an older set called All Natural, which matched my theme for this page perfectly.

I treated the Chesterville Collage with Oatmeal embossing powder, The All natural Set with Mushroom  and Sand and Sea embossing powder except for the butterfly (It's a girl embossing powder) and my title, on that one i used Vintage Gold embossing powder.

I also used a few Lilies from the Havest, Late Winter and Spring Lilies, thes are so gorgeous and can be used on everything!

Blue Fern Products used:

Papers:

-Chesterville- Hargrave

Chipboard:

-Chesterville Collage

-All Natural set

Stamps:

-Texture 1

-Vintage Phrases

Embossing Powder:

-Oatmeal

-Mushroom

-Vintage Gold

-Sand and Sea

-It's a girl

Flowers:

-Harvest Lilies

-Late Winter Lilies

-Spring Lilies

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Now for my second one

 "Two Hearts" 

i made a smaller canvas with Attic Charm papers and a picture from our wedding day in 2012.

 I used the Spring Posy papers as well as a few cards from the calling cards paper and strips of paper from the Sachet paper where i put some lace behind and between the layers to give it some depth.

I created the background with the Forever stamp and
i also used some It's a girl embossing powder and the essential texture stamp for different textures.

For my chipboard pieces i used the Floral clock and the Symphony border which i treated with snow embossing powder mixed with some glitters.

The Title Two Hearts from the Wedding Words Set i embossed with mushroom embossing powder but i found it was too dark so i used a little Gesso to tone it down a little.

i used some glitter, small flowers, chrystals and beads from my own stash.

For the flower clusters i used the Harvest Lilies.

 Blue Fern Products Used:

Papers: Attic Charm

- Spring Posy

  -Calling cards

-Sachet

Chipboard:

-Floral Clock

-Wedding Words

-Symphony border

Stamps:

-Essential Texture

-Forever

 Embossing Powders:

-Snow

-It's aGirl

-Mushroom

Flowers:

-Harvest Lilies

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And for the third one

"Sassy"

i also used the new Chesterville Collection.

For this page i used the Whitford paper and placed the Bretton paper (this one is so pretty with the small flowers) which i cut a bit smaller on top.

I cut the inside of the Whitford paper and used a piece of it behind my photo.

I made a lot of photo's of our little girl on our last vacation, i like them so much combined with these papers as you can probably see, because i used two already this month, lol.

 For the background i used modeling paste with a stencil which i colored with artisan powders and mica powders. I tucked in some Cheesecloth behind my photo.

I used the Manchester Frame which is part of this Chesterville Collection and the title Sassy from the Cute Sweet Sassy Set.

The Frame was embossed with the mushroom embossing powder and the title Sassy was treated first with crackle paste for some texture and then i used the vintage gold embossing powder.

 I used the  Late Winter Lilies and the Harvest Lilies.

 To give it al some more texture and depth i used some different sizes of art stones.

 I also used some small embesllishments and flowers from my own stash.

Blue Fern Studios products used:

Papers:

-Whitford

-Bretton

Chipboard:

-Manchester frame

-Cute, Sweet, Sassy

Embossing Powder:

-Mushroom

-vintage Gold

Flowers:

-Late Winter Lilies

-Harvest Lilies

This Chesterville Collection is so stunning and versatile, i'm sold!

Thanks for visiting and have a nice day!

Hugs Wendy



May inspiration by Elena Volchkova

Hi everyone! Today, I have prepared three layouts using Tranquility Collection. And I'm happy to show it to you.

"Two fairies" layout

Mom and daughter. Beautiful and young. Such similar! And so different!
My layout about it. And about love, of course.

Paper Tranquility-Patience was the perfect backdrop for this green layout. Against the background there is a small golden spots created with Honey Imagine Ink Embossing Powder. The same powder covered chipbord Crackle Bits.

"Love" covered Azure Imagine Ink Embossing Powder. It combines perfectly with flowers and shades in the photographs.

Beaded Strings сhipboard and circles from Circle Groups was covered with mixture of Imagine Ink embossing powders in Lime and Sage, which give the the perfect combination!

Blue Fern Studio Supply List:

Paper: Tranquility - Patience
Chipboard: Beaded Strings, Circle Groups, "Adore, Love, Cherish" set, Crackle Bits
Imagine Ink Embossing Powder: Sage, Lime, Azure, Honey
Flowers: Attic Charm Daisies

"The charm of country life" layout

This layout for one wonderful young girl. Mischievous and fun! She likes to enjoy life! A wonderful girl! I wanted to capture the moment of spring joy. Joy of the simple life.

I used the Calm paper from the Tranquility Collection as my background paper. Paper with a summer mood!

"Blissful" I covered with Imagine Ink Seven Seas embossing powder. Circle Groups was covered with Imagine Ink Ginger embossing powder. By Ginger and Heavenly powders I added accents in the background.

For richness tone I added Dreamy and Weathered Doilies Stamps on the background.

Blue Fern Studio Supply List: 

Paper: Tranquility - Calm
Chipboard: Circle Groups, "Blissful, Jubilation, Patience" Set
Stamps: Dreamy, Weathered Doilies
Imagine Ink Embossing Powder: Seven Seas, Ginger, Heavenly
Flowers: Attic Charm Daisies

"Light oriental tale" layout

And the third ...  light, weightless ... oriental tale. Princess in a tent on the beach, waves lace wind. Flowers and sunlight glare.

Paper is so beautiful that define a background mood.
Symphony Border and Eastern Lantern I covered with Imagine Ink Honey embossing powder. This is my favorite shade of gold. Quiet and noble.

"Adore" was covered with Imagine Ink Garnet embossing powder.

This layout decorated with a lot of light and imponderable elements - lace, feathers, tulle. Beads and crystals add luxurious accents for our princess.

Blue Fern Studio Supply List:

Paper: Tranquility - Serenity
Chipboard: Symphony Border, Eastern Lanterns, "Adore, Love, Cherish" set
Imagine Ink Embossing Powder: Honey, Garnet
Flowers: Tranquil Roses and Lilies

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

Hugs, Elena

3x Layout inspiration by Wilma

When I got the Courtship lane collection I saw so many possibilities.

It is just hard to decide which paper to use first ;) 

My first layout is made after the March sketch.

The picture is not the best quality... but I love it so much.

She was walking and acting like a princess that day, but also princesses get tired and soar feet.

The sketch:

For my background I used the beautiful Royal street paper.

And I fussy cut a  few parts out of the West Plaza paper.

The beautiful chipboard  Symphony  was first gessod, than sprayed with colormist in the wet gesso.

Than I took a white piece of cardstock and depped it here and there.

The white shows through and you are left with a great background for a card and colored chipboard..

A few Blue fern flowers and finishing touches ....

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This next  layout was super fun to do.

Playing with color just makes me happy.

My background is made with ecoline watercolor and some Blue Fern Studios embossing powders.

The stamp I used in the background  comes from the Texture1 set .

I cut up the Mod Square panel, and embossed it not to neat with pearl embossing powder.

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The last layout for today is also made with the Courtship lane collection :

The chipboard flowerframe and the titel  are colored with Gansai Tambi watercolor.

Thanks for visiting the blog, I hope you liked my post.

x Wilma x

February Projects by Cathi O'Neill

Got a whole lotta love, for these three! For the Blue Fern February Sketch I have made a layout featuring my husband and two girls. If you peek between their heads you can see the Shannon River and the Clare hills in the background, I just love where we live!  This layout features the Blue Fern Studios Blush Collection, Devoted and Calling Card papers.

And here is the gorgeous sketch we used:

I used a lot of layers for my layout, all from the gorgeous Calling Cards paper. I tucked in some Tattered Diamond Bits covering them with the Imagine Ink Oatmeal Embossing Powder and used the Heart Set which I embossed with Imagine Ink Cotton Candy Embossing Powder.

I've used a lot of gorgeous flowers from my stash and added a twine bow. You can see the Postal Textures stamp I used  in the background along with some masking and splashes.

Blue Fern Studios Supplies:

Paper:

Blue Fern Studios Blush Collection~Devoted

Blue Fern Studios Blush Collection~Calling Cards

Chipboard:

Heart Set

Tattered Diamond Bits

Imagine Ink Embossing Powder:

Cotton Candy

Oatmeal

Stamps:

Postal Textures

My next project is a set of canvases, again using the gorgeous Blush Collecition. this time the Celebration and Enamoured papers and lots of gorgeous Blue Fern Studios chipboard.

I really wanted to try a folk art angel in the style of Kelly Rae Roberts, so my canvas on the left is my version of it!!The skin, bodice and skirt are all made from Blush papers and I used a ton of stamps on these!  

In this close-up you can see the gorgeous Essential Textures Netting stamp.I wanted something inspirational for my angel so I printed out onto some of the Blush sheets, "She thought she could. So she did."  For some extra depth of color I added gelato pigments to the edges of the skirts and the canvas.

For my angel's wings I used the flying wheel stamp from the Widgets stamp set and fussy cut them out!  The angel got her necklace from the Beads and Charms set.  I used the gorgeous Grassy Knoll Imagine Ink Embossing Powder to do some background masking and also on one of the Ornate Medallions. I also used more of the Ornate Medallions cut in half for part of her dress and as decoration on the canvas, these were covered with Cotton Candy Imagine Ink Embossing Powder.

I love my second canvas as well. It is a simpler design but I used the same papers and colors to tie the two together. Here you can see that I colored in the Follow Your Bliss chipboard with the same gelato colors I used on the angel canvas. I love the way I was able to layer the frame, butterlies and title.

For the Royal Monarch butterfly I used Cotton Candy Imagine Ink Embossing Powder. You can see around the edge here that I used more gelatos, the Essential Textures and the Needlework stamps.

At the base of my design I used the beautiful Ever After Frame and embossed it with Grassy Knoll Imagine Ink Embossing Powder.

Blue Fern Studios Supplies:

Paper:

Blue Fern Studios Blush Collection~Fondness

Blue Fern Studios Blush Collection~Celebration

Chipboard:

Follow Your Bliss

Royal Monarchs

Symphony Border

Ornate Medallion

Ever After Frame 

Imagine Ink Embossing Powder:

Cotton Candy

Grassy Knoll

Stamps:

Beads and Charms

Widget

Essential Textures

Needlework

My final project uses our newest paper line Serendipity! I just fell in love with this at first sight, so beautiful and vintage grungy! For my base I used the beautiful Serendipity Contemplation paper.

I have done my favorite thing to do with Blue Fern papers and used the Calling Cards cut apart page to layer behind my vintage image photo. I used the strip from the bottom of the paper as part of the design as well!

Here you can see where I have used one of the Graduated Circles frames to frame my image. I covered the frame in some gorgeous Claret Imagine Ink Glitter!  I made the frame a little more grungy by adding some gesso on top of the glitter .  You can just about see the chipboard flower in the frame. It is from the All Natural set and the stem is embossed with Imagine Ink Sage Embossing Powder while the flower has gorgeous Dusty Rose.Imagine Ink Glitter

Here you can see the flowers and nest I used from my stash. Tucked in with the flowers you can see another piece from the All Natural set, the little leaves which I have embossed with the Imagine Ink Sage Embossing Powder..

To finish off my layout with a title I chose Natural Beauty from the All Natural set, again embossed in Imagine Ink Sage Embossing Powder. As a final touch I added some splashes in pink and some stamping using the netting from the Essential Textures stamp set and the diamond pattern from the Forever stamp set..  Isn't this paper line just gorgeous? Thank you so much for stopping by and visiting!

Blue Fern Studios Supplies:

Paper:

Blue Fern Studios Serendipity Collection~Calling Cards

Blue Fern Studios Serendipity Collection~Contemplation

Chipboard:

Graduated Circles

All Natural Set

Imagine Ink Glitter:

Claret

Dusty Rose

Imagine Ink Embossing Powder:

Sage

Stamps:

Essential Textures

Needlework