Courtship Lane inspiration by Pascale

Hello Sweeties,

Today I'm up on Blue fern Studios with 3 new projects using the Courtship Mane collection. .

In the first one I chose a photo of my daughter when she was almost 3 years old, no need to say it was some time ago.

And here is the beautiful sketch I follow to make the layout.

You still have time to upload your project until the 31st March here.

I started to add a layer of clear gesso to the background to protect it. While it was drying, I cut several strips in the Est Plaza paper. Then I glued them to the background and added a thin layer of white gesso. When dry, I stamped randomly with an archival black ink with the Garden Frolic design.

I added also a design with the Essentiel Textures and the Snow embossing Powder. 

I primed the  French Word with white gesso and the Turkish Panel with clear gesso. Then I colored the chipboards with different colors of Twinkling H2Os. 

I used the same colors on the background and the flowers in order to have a monochromatic layout. I finished the page with some glitters. 

Blue fern Studios products used:

Courtship Lane collection - Bourbon Ave, Est Plaza, Calling Cards
Chipboards - Turkish Panel, French Words
Stamps - Essentiel Textures, Garden Frolic
Embossing Powder - Snow
Glitter - Dusty Rose, Peridot

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My second layout with the Courtship Lane collection showcase a photo I've taken of my friend during our last photo shoot. 

Here are some close-ups:

And a step-by-step video:

Blue Fern Studios products used:

Courtship Lane collection - Parkway, TwonGossip
Chipboards - Serenpidity Words 2, Folkart Frame
Stamps - Arcadia Textures, Vintage Edges
Embossing Powders - Sage, Verdant, Ginger
Flowers - Courtship Blooms

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For the last layout I chose to work with the green paper from the collection. It was the perfect match for this photo of the Saint Martin Wash House I've bought during a trip to Rennes (France)

I started to apply a layer of clear gesso. Then I added a design with a light modeling paste and a stencil. While the paste was still wet I sprinkled several colors of embossing powders and heat set them. 

I cover the Organic coins with a layer of clear crackle paste and let to dry. When the paste was completly dry, I colored it with a mica powder.

I colored the die-cut leaves with different shades of green and browns that match the photo and sprinkled them with different embossing powders and heat set them.

I used a Primary Element to color the Courtship Roses.

I  finished with splatters of black and white gesso and some random stamping with the Postal Textures stamp.

Blue Fern Studios products used:

Courtship Lane collection - Love Affair
Chipboard - Organic Coins
Embossing Powders - Nutmeg, Ginger, Verdant, Sage, Lime
Flowers - Courtship Blooms, Courtship Roses
Stamp - Postal Texture

March Inspiration with Marilyn

Hi everyone! Marilyn here with you today to share two layouts and a video tutorial using the beautiful Courtship Lane collection and the new Courtship flowers by Blue Fern.

"I Think You're Wonderful" Layout

I made this dimensional background with two East Plaza papers from the  Courtship Lane collection and  you can see all the process in the video tutorial.

The Ruth Doily and the title chipboards were embossed with Pearl and Lilac embossing powders.

I put the chipboard title over a piece of cardboard and added the Courtship Blooms and Roses.  

I painted the Chelsea Vines with distress ink.

I stamped with the Forever-stamp. 

I hope you find some inspiration ...Enjoy the video tutorial!

 "Adorable"

For this page, I used the West Plaza and the Concert Hall papers from Courtship Lane collection.

I embossed the Gazebo chipboard with Pearl embossing powder.

The Adorable (title) and the Whimsy Flourish chipboards were embossed with Iris  embossing powder.

The final touch,  these Courtship blossom and roses that coordinates perfectly with these papers.

Thanks you so much for stopping by....until next time!
Marilyn Rivera

Three layouts with the Serendipity and Courtship Lane collections by Marie-Josee

Hello, Blue Fern Studios fans!

Today, I will show you three layouts I created with the latest Blue Fern Studios collections, Courtship Lane and Serendipty. Here they are.

"Memory of Yesterday" layout

For this layout featuring my grandmother in 1936, I used various papers of the Courtship Lane collection.

I used the Brocade Texture stamp and Blue Fern Studios embossing powders (Lilac and Iris) to add texture and details to my background.

I also used the Arcadia Textures stamp with brown ink in the top right corner and the bottom left corner.

For my title, I used the word "Yesterday" from the Today, Tomorrow, Yesterday chipboard set. I also used pieces of the Garden Lattice Bits set.

 

"I Think You're Wonderful" layout

For this layout, I used the Serendipity collection.

I embossed all the chipboards I used (I Think You're Wonderful and Whimsy Flourishes) with Blue Fern Studios embossing powders. I started with the lightest color, Sea Mist. Then I added more embossing ink and sprinkled a bit of Blue Sky embossing powder and heated it.

I also used the Brocade stamp with the Sea Mist embossing powder on my background.

 

 

"Become your best you" layout

For this layout, I used the Courtship Lane collection and the brand new Blue Fern Studios flowers, which match the Courship Lane collection.

The chipboards I used are the Circle Flourish - Small and the Gatsby Collage. I cut the Gatsby collage in two pieces and put each one under the Circle Flourish.

I also used a stamp from the Shabby Edges stamp set.

 

New Chipboard Designs from Blue Fern Studios

It's spring and what better time to introduce some new chipboard!  We have a great assortment from two designers, Michele Singh and Mina Arutynova.

First up are a couple of beautiful frames designed by Michele Singh, along with a title that is perfect for all those photos of cousins!

 Rose Shield

"Cousins are Friends for Life" title

Looped Frames

Our next set of designs are from Mina Arutynova.  She has created a set of smaller frames, titles for each season of the year, and two elegant borders.

 

Mini Frames

 Seasons

Diamonds and Loops

Dangle Border

Thanks so much for taking time to stop by and see our new chipboard pieces.

Karolina's March Projects

Hi everyone!It's Karolina here. Today I would like to show you my three March projects. I created a layout and two cards using the newest collection from Blue Fern Studios - Courtship Lane and a Blush collection. First collection is very shabby with a lots of soft colors perfect for all your spring projects. While the second one is very vintage.
Take a look for my projects :)

Cards
I prepared two simple cards using Courtship Lane Collection. Like I said - it's very soft, romantic and shabby,

 I covered chipboards using chalk ink. It's really simple and quick solution to paint our chipboard pieces. I also added some stamps in the background to make more contrasty accents.

Papers: Courtship Lane collection - Calling Cards, East Plaza, Lover's Lane, Parkway

Chipboards: Petite Boutique Frames, Leafy Page Accents
Stamps: Forever

Enjoy the journey

My second projects is a layout. In the photo you can see me, my best friend Mariusz and our swedish mom Annki. We made this picture when we was in Sweden in the autumn.

Although Timeless collection is very vintage, your projects do not have to be! Look at my layout and then you will see :)

I mixed these beautiful browns, beige and black papers with magenta, pink and yellow amber accents, that's why I obtained very interesting not-vintage effect.

I decided to use a beautiful chipboards piece "Enjoy the Journey". I covered it using a gesso and a yellow amber mist and two different collors of glitter.

The same colors I used in the background and I added some shiny glitter stains too.

Papers: Timeless collection - Freedom, Calling Cards,Couture, Song, Main Street

Chipboards: Enjoy the Journey
Glitters: Autumn, Burnt Cooper

Thank you for visiting Blue Fern Studios blog today. See you next time in April!

Karolina