Blue Fern Studio projects for April!

Hello Blue Fern Studios and Paper Friends.

This month I have 3 very different layouts for you.

Two of them are with the beautiful Spring Parade Collection and the third one is with one of my favorite collections Chesterville. 

Discover

When we took this tour through the Grand Canyon this Sunset was just amazing. I knew I had to scrapbook it!

I'm using the Market Place paper as my base. The Tattered News Print Stamp right now is one of my favorite stamps and for this layout and all the others I used it to create some background interest. I chose one of my stencils and used paste to add more background details.

I wanted to use some straws for this layout to create a dramatic black/white and green effect. The Turkish Bits pieces and Discover were embossed with Ebony embossing powder. 

The Layering Stems with Sea Mist embossing powder and topped with a layer of Caribbean Glitter. 

Behind my photo I put some smaller pieces from Spring Parade - Market Place and Sunday Best to create some layers. The straws already created some depth and helped with a nicely layered look. 

The beautiful Peony flower (Spring Peony and Berries) is quite big and is perfect to take apart and use in parts. Filling up the rest of the layout with some more flowers and embellishments.

Paper

Spring Parade : Market Place, Sunday Best

Chipboard

Turkish Bits, Layering Stems, Journey, Explore, Discover

Embossing Powder 

Sea Mist, Ebony

Glitter

Caribbean

Stamps

Tattered News Print

Flowers 

Spring Peony and Berries

  

Memories

For my second layout I'm going a little more classic. The base is Spring Parade - Sun Rise. Although in the corner it has an Easter theme. By covering it up. You can make it into whatever you chose it to be. I found the saying on Attic Charm - Calling Cards and went from there.

For the background I used the Tattered News Print Stamp to create interest around the page with Antique Gold Embossing Powder.

The Blooming Curls,  Whimsy Flourishes and Leafy Page Accents chipboard pieces all got embossed with Oatmeal embossing powder with the flowers on the Blooming Curls piece in Pink Dust.

I positioned all the pieces and started adding a variety of Blue Fern Studios flowers, Spring Florals, Soft Blossoms, Late Winter Lilies, together with some pieces of lace, ribbon and other embellishments. Some finishing touches with pearls, art stones and beads.

Paper

Spring Parade : Sun Rise 

Attic Charm : Calling Cards

Chipboard

Blooming Curls, Whimsy Flourishes, Leafy Page Accents

Embossing Powder 

Antique Gold, Pink Dust, Oatmeal

Stamps

Tattered News Print

Flowers 

Spring Florals, Soft Blossoms, Late Winter Lilies

Journey

My third and last layout for this month is a more masculine layout using the Chesterville collection.
This collection is just perfect for layouts like this.

I used Chesterville - Keswick as the base and started preparing my page with clear gesso. Then used the Tattered News Print stamp around the page. Next I got out 2 stencils and a combination of pastes to create some interest. Since I'm going for a metallic look. I used gold, silver and graphite. Continuing with splatter inks. Now that the background is all done it's time to get the chipboard pieces prepared. 

Circuitry and Discovery are embossed in Sand and Sea with a sprinkle of  Antique Gold here and there. The Faucets in Black Sand. Putting it all together on the page creating some layers with Chesterville : Keswick, Chester pieces. Some flowers from the Chesterville Blooms, Harvest Lilies and other embellishments to complete the look. 

Paper

Chesterville : Keswick, Chester, 

Chipboard

Circuitry, Faucets, Journey, Explore, Discover

Embossing Powder 

Black Sand, Antique Gold, Sand and Sea

Stamps

Tattered News Print

Flowers 

Chesterville Blooms, Harvest Lilies

I hope you liked the 3 completely different styles this month I created for you.

Looking forward to showing you more next month. 

Thank you for stopping by today!

Have a great day!

Lydia 

Blue Fern Studios - February Projects

 Hello Blue Fern Studios friends. 

It's Lydia here today showing you my 3 projects for February. 

So excited to be using the soon to be released Chesterville Collection. The first 2 layouts are made withe that and the third with the Serendipity Collection. Here goes!

Capture the Moment

For my back ground work I started off with using the Postal Textures Stamp and Antique Gold Embossing Powder to create some interest. After that I followed with a stencil and paste. 

The Swirly Doodle and Swirly Circle Chipboard pieces I embossed with Black Sand BFS Embossing Powder and the Roman Clock Set and Captured Words with Copper BFS Embossing Powder.

Once I had all the preparations done it was time to start layering. Adding Late Winter Lilies and other embellishments to get the layout together. Some finishing touches with some mists and ink splatters and we're done with the first one.

Paper

Chesterville : Bretton - Holmes

Chipboard 

Swirly Doodle

Swirly Circle

Roman Clock Set - Small

Captured words

BFS Embossing Powder 

Black Sand

Copper

Antique Gold

Stamps

Postal Textures

Flowers 

Late Winter Lilies

Explore

For my second layout with the Chestervile collection I used another picture from our trip to the Grand Canyon. The mountains fit perfectly with the colors of these papers. To make things pop I decided to go with a contrasting color. I had my eye on the gorgeous Peacock BFS Embossing Powder for the Manchester Frame. Working my way back to all the other accents with that.

For my background I used the stamp and embossing technique again. Going with the Scratched stamp and Antique Gold BFS Embossing Powder. Followed by a stencil and paste, some misting and ink splatters. 

The Notebook Edges chipboard piece I embossed with Black Sand BFS Embossing Powder. The Seasonal Wild Flowers and Journey, Explore, Discover chipboard pieces with Oatmeal BFS Embossing Powder. Adding Autumn Glitter to the tips. With this all prepared I cut some pieces of paper from the Chester and Holmes papers to create some layers adding the chipboard pieces and Dark Tropic Lilies and other embellishments to finish of the layout. A final touch of ink splatters and we're done. 

Paper

Chesterville : George - Chester - Holmes

Chipboard

Manchester Frame 

Seasonal Wild Flowers

Journey, Explore, Discover

Notebook Edges

Embossing Powder 

Black Sand

Oatmeal

Peacock

Antique Gold

Glitter

Autumn

Stamps

Scratched

Flowers 

Dark Tropic Lilies

Memories Captures

For my last layout this month I chose the brighter color scheme of the Serendipity Collection. Getting ready for Spring this part of the world. 

For the back ground I started with stamping around the page with a combination of stamps, Postal Textures, Christmas Collage & Shabby Edges. Followed by a stencil using an assortment of pastes. The gorgeous Janie's Frame chipboard piece was embossed with Oatmeal BFS Embossing Powder. After it was done I cut it through half to position on either side of the page. 

I fuzzy cut some pieces from the Merriment sheet to use on the layout and several butterflies. Assembling it all I used an assortment of BFS Flowers : Dark Tropc Lilies, Soft Blossoms & Courtship Roses. Adding some final touches with some Burnt Copper & Sunshine Glitter for a bit of extra sparkle and we're done.

Paper

Serendipity: Glee - Merriment

Chipboard 

Janie's Frame

Captured Words

Embossing Powder 

Oatmeal

Glitter 

Burnt Copper

Sunshine

Stamps

Postal Textures

Christmas Collage

Shabby Edges

Flowers 

Dark Tropic Lilies

Soft Blossoms

Courtship Roses

Thank you so much for checking in!

Hugs, 

Lydia Guijt