August Layouts and Video Tutorial by Jessica

"Our Story"

Hi everyone!  My first layout I want to share with you this August features the Tattered Walls Collection and I included a video tutorial that you can find below.

The main background paper is "The Reading Room" and I added a strip of "The Garage" paper.

The Our Story chipboard was first given a coat of gesso, then painted with white acrylic paint.  Next I embossed the whole title with Pearl embossing powder.  Then using the Super Grunge stamp, I embossed the title with Ivory embossing powder.  I love the effect!  The Bits of Honey chipboard pieces were embossed with Fern embossing powder.

The red rose buds are actually from the Homespun Blooms flowers that I took apart and made into rose buds (you can see it in my tutorial).  The rest of the flowers on the page are from the Homespun Blossoms collection and look really nice with the colors in the picture.  Below the flower you are able to see the Green Ivory embossing powder that I used with the Crackle Textures stamp.  You can also see the Marine glitter on the flowers and Lemonade Seedlings that I added around the flowered areas and other spots around the picture.

In this picture you can see more details and see the Tattered Newsprint stamping that I did around the picture.

The Tattered Walls Ephemera was a nice touch to accent the areas around my picture.

And now, here is the video tutorial I created.  I hope you find it helpful and fun. :-)

Products used:

Paper

Tattered Walls - "The Reading Room"

Tattered Walls - "The Garage"

Tattered Walls Ephemera

Chipboard

Bits of Honey

Our Story

Embossing Powder

Fern

Pearl

Ivory

Green Ivory

Flowers

Homespun Blossoms

Homespun Blooms

Stamps

Crackle Texture

Tattered Newsprint

Super Grunge

Glitter

Marine

Seedlings

Lemonade

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"Love This Moment"

My second layout for August also features the Tattered Walls collection.  My background paper is "The Maid's Room" from the Tattered Walls Collection.  I wanted to use the colors blue, red, and yellow so I chose blue as the dominant color, red is the secondary color, then tiny bits of golden yellow as accents.  On three small areas on the background, I used matte gel and a soft floral stencil, then sprinkled some Beating Heart seedlings and some Blue Ice glitter over top.

The title chipboard Love This Moment was first embossed with Azul embossing powder.  Then I embossed over it with Pearl embossing powder.  This seemed to soften the sparkles from the Azul embossing powder.  On this side of the picture, the white flower is from the Christmas Blooms set.  I created the two red rose buds on this page by separating the pieces of one of the Homespun Blooms and folding them into place.  I did the same thing with the off-white Chesterville Florals flower to make some rose buds.

In this picture you can see more of the Beating Heart seedlings surrounding some tiny accent flowers I had from my stash.  The oval frame chipboard piece under my picture was cut in half (to fit the size of my picture) and embossed with Azul embossing powder.  The Gold Nugget seedlings add the touch of golden yellow that I wanted for the layout.

I used the Journaling Cards stamps on watercolor paper and embossed them with Azul Embossing Powder (and added the bits of Gold Nugget Seedlings).  The Card to the left of the picture has a piece of Tattered Walls Ephemera under it for dimension.

The two off-white flowers are both part of the Chesterville Florals set.  The red rose bud was made from one of the Homespun Blooms.  And the blue flower is from the Dark Tropic Lilies set.

Products Used:

Paper

Tattered Walls - "The Maid's Room"

Tattered Walls Ephemera

Flowers

Dark Tropic Lilies

Homespun Blooms

Christmas Blooms

Chesterville Florals

Chipboard

Oval Frame

Love This Moment

Embossing Powder

Azul

Pearl

Seedlings

Gold Nugget

Beating Heart

Glitter

Blue Ice

Stamps

Journaling Cards

I hope you enjoyed my layouts and video tutorial this month!  Stay tuned for more inspiration from the other lovely designers here at Blue Fern Studios.  Have a lovely day :-)

• ~ Jessica ~

Tattered Walls - Layouts by Jessica

"Make Your Own Path"

Hi everyone!  I hope you are having a nice month so far.  I have three layouts featuring the beautiful Tattered Walls Collection to share with you for June.  My first one is "Make Your Own Path".  The background paper is Suite 204 from the Tattered Walls Collection.  Using matte gel, I used the Tattered Walls Ephemera in areas around the picture then lightly covered them with gesso to blend them into the background.  I love the new For the Birds Stamp in the Tattered Walls Collection.  I used the music notes from the stamp set on my background.

You can also see I created my own matting for the picture using Blue Fern Studios Stamps: London Chronicles Stamp and Journaling Cards Stamp then distressed the papers.  The white flowers you see are from the Spring Blooms set and the pink flowers are from the Summer Blooms set.

I love the new colors of seedlings for this collection!  For my layout, I used the Lavender seedlings and Lemonade seedlings lightly spread across my page.  I really love how the Lemonade seedlings are slightly transparent - they really add softness to a page.  You can also see the pretty new glitter Gilded Rose.  The frame on this side of the picture is actually a piece of the Tattered Walls Ephemera embossed twice with Napa Valley Embossing Powder.

The two pieces of chipboard shown below are from the Classic Mini Frames set in the Tattered Walls Collection.  They are both embossed with the new Napa Valley Embossing Powder.

Products Used:

Paper

Tattered Walls - Suite 204

Tattered Walls - Ephemera

Chipboard

Classic Mini Frames

Flowers

Spring Blooms

Summer Blooms

Embossing Powder

Napa Valley

Seedlings

Lavender

Lemonade

Glitter

Gilded Rose

Stamps

London Chronicles

Journaling Cards

For the Birds

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"Today"

My second layout also features the Tatted Walls Collection.  My background paper is The Carpet.  I adhered the Tattered Walls Ephemera with matte gel to the background paper and added areas of gesso over them.  In addition, I used the Tattered Newsprint Stamp randomly on my background.

I created the matting behind the pictures using Blue Fern Studios stamps: London Chronicle Stamp and the new Flutter Music Stamp.  I love the new Embellished Frame Chipboard piece that I used behind my pictures.  I cut it in two pieces then embossed it with the gorgeous Sparkling Navy Embossing Powder.  Then I used the Crackle Texture Stamp and embossed the design with the Ivory Embossing Powder.

The white flowers on my layout are from the Spring Blooms set, while the blue flowers are part of the Heartland Blossoms set.  Here you can see a piece of the Lace 7B behind the flowers.  The green seedlings are Fir Tree and the purple are the new Lavender Seedlings.

The purple berries piece behind the flowers are from the Spring Peony and Berries flowers set.  Finally, here is a closer look at the bottom half of the Embellished Frame Chipboard piece with Sparkling Navy and Ivory Embossing Powders.

Products Used:

Paper

Tattered Walls - The Carpet

Tattered Walls - Ephemera

Chipboard

Embellished Frame

Flowers

Spring Blooms

Heartland Blossoms
Spring Peony and Berries

Embossing Powder

Sparkling Navy
Ivory

Seedlings

Lavender

Fir Tree

Stamps

London Chronicles

Tattered Newsprint

For the Birds
Crackle Texture

Lace
Lace 7B

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"Creating Yourself"

My final layout for June uses the Tattered Walls Collection in a dramatic way!  At the end of this post I added an outline of how I created my background.  The paper is the back side of the Suite 204 paper.  The butterflies on my background are from the Flutter Music stamp.  I cut Tattered Walls The Reading Room Paper into strips and used Tattered Walls Ephemera as a base for my background.  You can also see I ripped The Reading Room paper and used it as matting behind my picture.

The chain designs are from the For the Birds Stamp set and I embossed them with Napa Valley Embossing Powder.  The Tattered Newsprint Stamp was also used with black solvent ink randomly on my layout.  The pink seedlings on my background are the new Maroon Seedlings.  I also added small amounts of Gilded Rose Glitter in areas on my background.

I cut the Briella's Mini Frame Chipboard into two pieces for the left side of the picture.  For the chipboard on my page, I applied two coats of gesso first.  Then I used the Crackle Texture Stamp with Napa Valley Embossing Powder to emboss the design.  I then painted over it with black watercolor paint.

The large flower is from the Spring Peony & Berries Set.  I took apart the flower in the set and made a smaller version of the flower from the top three sections of petals.  The other teal flower is actually a set of petals from a flower in the Summer Blooms Set.  I took apart the flower and folded it to make it look like a little rose bud.  The white flower here is from the Homespun Blooms Set.  I added Gilded Rose Glitter on the white flower and Marine Glitter on the teal flowers.

In this picture, I used the Elegant Flourish Chipboard piece and cut it into three different pieces to use on the right side of my picture.  The white flower is from the Apricot Blooms set and I made another teal rosebud for the right side of my picture from the Summer Blooms set.

Background Creation - Outline: 

To begin, I chose the Tattered Walls Suite 204 paper, covered it with clear gesso, then used the Flutter Music Stamp with a black solvent ink pad to add the butterflies on the background.  To soften the butterflies, I applied diluted gesso on my background.

I cut the Tattered Walls The Reading Room paper into strips and adhered them and some Tattered Walls Ephemera with matte gel.  After that, I used a pallet knife and randomly added gesso over the strips of paper.

Next I chose a stencil with modeling paste to add more texture.  Using several shades of pink and purple mists, I outlined parts of the strips of paper and spritzed it with water to let the ink run a bit.  I let it air dry then used a pink mist to splatter over my page and I let the splatters air dry.  To soften some of the splatters, you can spritz water on them while wet.

Then I used the Tattered Newsprint Stamp with a black solvent ink pad in several places on my background.  Finally, using the chain from the stamp set For the Birds, I embossed the design up and down the page with the new Napa Valley Embossing Powder.

Products Used:

Paper

Tattered Walls - Suite 204
Tattered Walls - The Reading Room

Tattered Walls - Ephemera

Chipboard

Elegant Flourish
Briella's Mini Frames

Flowers

Summer Blooms

Homespun Blossoms
Spring Peony and Berries
Apricot Blooms

Embossing Powder

Napa Valley

Seedlings

Maroon

Stamps

Tattered Newsprint

For the Birds
Crackle Texture
Flutter Music

Glitter
Gilded Rose
Marine

I hope I gave you some inspiration for this gorgeous new Tattered Walls Collection! Have fun creating!

~Jessica