Showing posts with label Tattered Newsprint. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Tattered Newsprint. Show all posts

Monday, June 18, 2018

June inspiration by Jennifer Jacques

Hello Blue Fern fans!
Jennifer here for June inspirations.
2 layouts with the new Tattered walls collection and another one with previous release.

So, I will start today with a layout about my brother's first Spartan Race.  

I've start this layout by simply add some ink through a stencil on my background, 
which is The maid's room
Used a lot of new assorted ephemeras to built my focus point.
Numbers are cut out from In the garage paper.


Then' I've finish this first layout bu adding some flowers from my own stash, flairs, enamel dots and some dimensional black paint drops.

Really love that Blue Fern Studios now have ephemeras to complete our layouts :)

Blue fern studios products i've used here

Papers: Collection Tattered walls
-The maid's room (b-side)
-numbers cuts from In the garage
and ephemera

Chipboards
-mini frame


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For my second layout, it was also the Tattered Walls collection that have inspired me.  And my boyfriend gave me a challenge: using a Cercei's picture from Games of Thrones.

So let's start with it!


Here I've start with clear gesso on my background paper: Powder room (b-side)
Then, some sprays to add watercolors, some modeling paste with a stencil and some random stamping with differents Blue Fern Studios stamps.  Above, you can easily see the Tattered Newsprint stamp.  Under, Penned flourishes stamp.


You can see  an Opulence and Elegant Flourish chipboards, 
embossed with the new Sparkling navy embossing powder.
I'm glad that the Spring Peony matches my layout this well.  They surrounded my picture very nicely.


Spring blooms and a summer bloom complete my flowers clusterings.

Here again, ephemeras helped me a lot to build my focus point.
Finish with my usual paint splatters and that was it!

Blue Fern Studios used here

Papers: Collection Tattered walls
-Powder room
and Ephemeras


Chipboards
-Opulence
-Elegant Flourish

Stamps
-Penned flourishes
-Tattered newsprint

Embossing Powder
-Sparkling navy

Flowers
-Spring peony
-Spring blooms
-Summer blooms
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Finally, with the only Déjà Vu paper that I had in my stash:  Lustre :)


Here again, clear gesso, pearl modeling paste through a stencil.  
I have painted all my frame chipboards 
(Glam frame, Embellished frame, and one from Classic Mini frames set)
in white and then stamped with an Halftone stamp on them.

For my title, I used 2 different embossing powdersSparkling navy and then, Lavender eggs.


A few Blue Fern Studios flowers here and there mixed with some others from my stash.

Above, the white one from Spring blooms
Under, the yellow one from Fresh florals, same as under my title :)


Really love how it goes all together :)

Blue Fern Studios used here

Papers: Collection Déjà vu
- Lustre

Chipboards
- Family and Memories
-Glam frame
-Embellished frame
-Classic mini frame set

Stamps
-Halftone

Embossing Powder
-Sparkling navy
-Lavender eggs

Thanks for passing by, see you next month!






Monday, May 21, 2018

May Inspirations by Jennifer Jacques

Hi all Blue Fern Studios fans!
It's Jennifer here, with my 3 layouts as May inpsirations!

First of all, I'll start the month with a layout with "Happy Accident".


I choose to work with "Lucky" paper as my background.
I added a bit of texture paste through a stencil and displayed my picture on a die cut doilie.  You can see in the clustering below that I also tucked in two pieces of Checker bits chipboard that I have embossed with the Honey embossing powder.


My chipboard title is from the Remnants collection and here, this is the Sunlight Rose embossing powder that I've chose to embossed with.  You'll see underneath the Fern Leaves embossed with Green Ivory embossing powder.  Did you see the beautiful lilies from the Wanderlust Lilies set? They really are my favorite Blue Fern flowers. On the next corner, the white flower is from Homespun blossoms set :)


Below, I've made some ornements out of velum paper with the Texture circles stamp and Ivory embossing powder.  I've put together one clustering on each side of my focal point with 
Apricot blooms and some stuff from my own stash.



So, here is the list of the products I've used on that layout

Papers: Collection Happy Accident
-Lucky

Chipboards
-Checker bits 
-Dream
-Fern leaves

Stamps
-Texture circle

Embossing Powder
-Honey
-Sunlight rose
-Green Ivory

Flowers
-Wanderlust lilies
-Apricot blooms
-Homespun blossoms
-Fresh floral

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Second layout with In the moods collection.


This time, this is B-side of "Dreamy" paper that is my background.  Clear gesso, some sprays as watercolor effect and texture paste through a stencil again.  You can see below that I've displayed my picture on a piece of Mémoire "post cards" paper.


On the left of my picture, there is some chipboards.  The Flutter page dangles is embossed with Stormy skies, a beautiful blue-grey color.  Really love that metallic effect.  Right on the background, a Petite boutique Frame which is colored with some wax.


Here. my title is a piece from  Remnants collection chipboard that I've cut to use only the word "You".  I've tried very hard to show you the beautiful color of Vintage Jade glitter but I've failed.  It's magnificent, believe me! 💙💚  Again, some beautiful lilies from Wanderlust set.


Here, a Christmas blooms, with a pearl in her center.
Some sequins, flair and love quotes from my stash.  
Finally, to add some texture, some Silver seedlings  in different spots and some stamping with Tattered Newsprint stamp and permanent ink.


Again, here is the list of the products I've used on that layout

 Papers: Collection In the mood and Mémoire
-Dreamy (b-side)
-Post cards

Chipboards
-Petite Boutique Frame
-Flutter page dangles
-You (a part of Remnants title chipboard)

Stamps
-Tattered newsprint 

Embossing Powder
-Stormy skies

Glitter
-Vintage Jade

Flowers
-Wanderlust lilies
-Christmas blooms

Seedlings
-silver

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Finally, my last layout with In the mood again.


A soft layout, with "Amused" paper as the background.  No mixed media here.

The tag on the left was cut out of "Blissful" b-side paper.    My title, from the French words set is embossed with the delicate and sooooooo gorgeous  Pixie Dust embossing powder.  My set up is displayed on a big piece of a chipboard panel (which is no longer available, sorry!) that I've simply paint in black for a dramatic effect.


On the right, chipboard flower was simply stained in black and colored with wax.



Finally, to ornate the lower corner of my picture, Blue Fern Studios flowers :)
The white one is from Christmas blooms (but I've replaced the center to match my layout), the pink one is from Garden Blooms (here, I've put a pearl in the middle) and, the black one, a beautiful Dark Tropic lilies... A piece of "Pensive" paper in the upper right corner :)


It's a minimalist layout so I finished with some flairs and love quotes and that was it!

 Here is the products I've used on that layout this time

 Papers: Collection In the mood
-Blissful (b-side)
-Pensive (b-side)

Embossing Powder
-Pixie dust

Flowers
-Dark tropic lilies
-Christmas blooms
-Garden blooms

Seedlings
-silver

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So this is it!
Hope to inspired you and see you in June!




Wednesday, May 16, 2018

Megan's May Inspiration

Hi Everyone!
Today I have a couple of layouts to share plus an OTP project that I had banging around in my head as soon as I saw the HomeSpun Collection, just loved these papers :)


I took an ATC sized craft coloured box and used this as my base, covering the inside and outside with patterned paper, and inked the edges in pinecone ink.


I chose quite a few of the printed chipboard elements and used these in the middle of the box to support all the fussy cut pieces I used throughout.


A birds eye view gives you a perfect view of all those layers I assembled.


Isn't that little sewing machine super cute?!


On the back of the box I used one of the 6x6 patterned pieces and layered another chipboard element on top.

Products Used

Patterned Paper:
HomeSpun
Minis, Tea Time, Crafty, Homegrown, Calling Cards

Printed Chipboard:
HomeSpun




My first of two layouts uses paper from the Wanderlust collection.  The neutral colour scheme of this collection makes it so versatile!


This photo had such lovely memories of fabulous weekend away we had and this particular day was at Mt Cook village, such a beautiful part of our country. :)
On my background I used clear gesso and then applied different sprays.  Once all the layers were dry I mixed 3D gloss gel with glitter to create a paste and applied that to my stencil.  Then I stamped randomly over my page, using white and black ink.


To glitter my chipboard title I painted it a coordinating colour and while still wet sprinkled glitter on it.  It was originally just embossed but just didnt seem to stand out, this worked much better!


To get the best out of my chipboard I used the positive and the negative pieces from the cogs set and cut apart the bits I wanted from the numbers set.  The cogs are just inked with pinecone while the rest is embossed with wheat embossing powder.

Products Used

Patterned Paper:
Wanderlust - Lakeside

Printed Chipboard:
Wanderlust

Glitter:
Russet, Blue Ice

Embossing Powder:
Wheat

Stamps:
Tattered Newsprint




My last project used paper from the Remnants Collection.


 On this background I also applied clear gesso and used a two toned spray, and again randomly stamped over the design.  There are a number of layers to this layout - 4! - giving it depth and a bit more interest.


Cannot get enough of those Lillies!! <3
Two layers of chipboard this time, one left black and the other embossed with powder so the two layers looked separate and didnt blend into each other.


I fussy cut around the floral cluster piece of the printed chipboard - to do this I carefully separated the layers that make up the chipboard til I was left two, making it much easier to trim around.


Products Used

Patterned Paper:
Remnants - Beaumont

Printed Chipboard:
Remnants

Stamps:
Tattered Newsprint

Seedlings:
Leaf

Embossing Powder:

Glitter:
In the Forest

Chipboard:
Floral Lattice Bits


Thanks for popping by and having a look this month!  See you next time :)

Wednesday, April 18, 2018

April Inspiration - Megan

Hi Blue Fern Fans :)

Today I have two layouts to share with you, and one storage solution :) and for each project Ive used a different collection.
I recently found this photo hiding in my photo stash and had to use it; my wee Dougal <3 when he was a puppy peering over the temporary gate - he's 14 now!
This project uses two pieces of Optimistic from the new In the Mood Collection.


To create the background I have cut several of the 'diamonds' from the second piece of paper, inked the edges with a grey ink pad and popped them up with foam dots.  Ive also splattered pink and white paint over the page, and randomly stamped with grey ink.  The heart at the centre of the title has been painted pink and then covered in glitter.


I used two different chipboard designs, one to enhance the focal point of my photo and the other to give extra depth and interest to the page.  Each piece uses a different embossing powder which helps separate each piece from the other.


Printed chipboard is so versatile, here Ive just taken two of the printed chipboard pieces and layered them on top of each each, and Ive also used the circle pieces to help pop the photo up, giving more depth, and leaving just enough out for extra embellishment.


Products Used

Patterned Paper: 
In The Mood - Optimistic

Printed Chipboard:
In the Mood

Glitter:
Pink Diamond

Chipboard:
Chelsea Vines
Eclectic Hearts

Embossing Powder:
Pink Dust
Snow

Seedlings:
Tickled

Stamps:
Tattered Newsprint
Remnants Collage



My second project uses two more cute boys ;) and this time the Wanderlust Collection.  The paper I used is Memento.


This time my background was created by spreading clear gesso over it and when dry spritzing with water and using different powders.  Again I have randomly stamped all around my composition.


Layers beneath the photo were created using the Calling Cards, and popping chipboard scraps between the layers.  A little chipboard can go a long way - I had one piece of Printer Bits left - I chopped this into three pieces, layering each piece on top of the Circle Groups chipboard.  The filmstrip was also a scrap piece left over.


Here you can see the depth created by all the layers.


The chipboard was embossed with Hot Cocoa and Wheat embossing powders.  The Beaded String and the filmstrip were coloured using rust pastes.

Products Used

Patterned Paper:
Wanderlust - Momento, Calling Cards

Stamps:
Journey

Chipboard:
Circle Groups
Beaded Strings
Printer Bits

Embossing Powder:
Hot Cocoa
Wheat

Seedlings:
Gold Nugget
Paprika




For my third and final project I wanted to create something to store my bottles of seedlings, embossing powders and glitters and I found the drawers at our local Warehouse.   This time I used the Remnants Collection.


Highgate patterned paper was used to cover the sides and the top of the drawers.  The white and grey woven pattern on the drawers was already there, I just covered the drawer handles with glitter.


To give the butterfly dimension, I sprayed it with water and curved the wings while wet.  When it was dry it was simply painted.


The berries on the end of the leaves I dipped in seedlings - they look like grapes!


The flourish underneath the cluster was from the Printed Chipboard set - this was simply painted to match the overall colour scheme.

Products Used

Patterned Paper:
Remnants - Highgate

Printed Chipboard:
Remnants

Chipboard:
Brigitte Butterfly Set

Seedlings:
Purple Haze

Flowers:
Late Winter Lillies
Spring Peony & Berries
Moody Florals
Glitter:
In the Forest


I hope theres been something there to inspire you today :)  til next time ............................ xx