Enjoy the little things! - 7Dots Challenge for Jun-Jul

Hello my wonderful paper friends! 

Thank you for stopping by my blog. 

The page I'm sharing today is for the wonderful 7Dots Challenge this month. 

Link to 7Dots Studios Jun-Jul Challenge

Boy there is just no starting my day of without my cup of tea. Wherever I go I bring my own teabags just to make sure that I have the right ones. Scrapbook retreats, short vacations, Yes, they will be in my suitcase. As the title says on the layout, it's the little things. 

When we visited Epcot - Disney World they had a whole Twinings store. Of course I had to add to my collection. 

For the layout I used the gorgeous new 7Dots Studios - Dreamscapes collection. A total treat to be working with it. Below you'll find the complete list of all the products I used for this project.

7Dots Studios

Dreamscapes - Narwal

Dreamscapes - Wordstickers

Dreamscapes - Die-Cut Elements

Dreamscapes - Triangles Stencil

Dreamscapes - Chipboard

Cold Country - Stamps

Prima

Clear Crackle - 961541

Clear Gesso - 964726

Acrylic Paint - Metallique Steampunk - 963064

Acrylic Paint - Metallique Rusty Red - 963156

Antique Brilliance - Red Amber - 964313

Metallique Wax - White Gold - 964016

Art Stones - 963705

Mini Art Stones - 963712

Love Clippings - Destiny - 594358

Wid+Free - Lost Sienna - 594688

Timeless Memories - Retrospect - 580872

Del mar - Quarter - 577575

Color Bloom - Tea Stain - 573839

Other

49 and Market - Going in Circles stamp

Lindy's Stamp Gang - Autumn Mample Crimson

Tim Holtz - Distress Oxide - Broken China

Time Holtz - Distress Oxide - Walnut

Rope

Cheesecloth

Thank you for taking a look!

Have a fabulous day!

Lydia

Shine like a Supernova! - Mixed Media Place Challenge

Thank you for visiting my blog today! 

I'm sharing this tag today made for the Mixed Media Place Challenge.

Link to the Mixed Media Place June Challenge

For the tag I used the brand new 7Dots Studios - Hazy Days collection with lots of Prima Mixed Media, Blue Fern Studios chipboard, Tim Holt Distress Oxide Inks, Petaloo & Prima flowers.

The colors from the moodboard were so striking I just had to go with them. Gorgeous.

A couple of close-ups!

Thank you for taking a look! 

Have a fabulous day!

Lydia

Summer!

Link to Accent Scrapbooking June Challenge!

Blue Fern Projects for May

Hello Blue Fern Studios and paper friends. 

This is my last month on the Desin Team and it's been a great time. I would like to thank Blue Fern Studios for giving me this wonderful opportunity and their great support. 

For this month I have made a canvas and 2 layouts. 

For the canvas I used the Happy Accident  Collection and for the 2 layouts the brand new beautiful Garden Life Collection. 

Let's get started!

Canvas 

I started of with painting the sides of the canvas with some acrylic, with a second dry-brush coat in blue. Once this was dry I used the Tattered News Print Stamp randomly for some effect. 

The front of the canvas I covered with Happy Accident : Fluke with on top a smaller piece from the same sheet, distressed at the edges. Again I used the Tattered News Print Stamp for some details around the canvas and used a stencil with Graphite paste to create texture.

The Blue Fern Studios chipboard pieces Stick Stacks are embossed with Starry Night to pick up the beautiful light blue from the paper. Having done my preparations it's time to start my layers.

Happy Accident is the first collection to have it's own accompanying Printed Chipboard Shapes sheet and it makes for a wonderful way to add layers, features and titles to your projects. For my canvas I made great use of them.

Also adding ribbon, lace, netting and thread to the mix before finishing off the project with the gorgeous Chesterville Florals and Blooms.

Paper

Happy Accident : Fluke

Chipboard

Stick Stacks

Happy Accident : Printed Chipboard Shapes

BFS Embossing

Starry Night

Stamps

Tattered Newsprint

Flowers

Chesterville Florals 

Chesterville Blooms

The End of a Perfect Day

At the end of May we had a great trip to Disneyworld it had been quite a while since the last time we had been there, but no matter what age, it's always great. Even Tinkerbell joined in for fun!

For this layout I used the brand new Garden Life Collection. The Felicity page for the background and Calling Cards pieces for layering. For the background work I used the Tattered News Print and the Tattered Harlequin stamp, a stencil and mists.

The Honey Bits chipboard pieces are embossed with a mixture of a few embossing powders. Sunlight Rose, Morning Sun, Pink Dust & Copper.

The other chipboard pieces, Graduated Circles, Perfect Day, Roman Clock were first embossed with Sand & Sea with a second coat of Iridescent Grey giving it a beautiful sparkle.

Now that we have prepared all the parts it's time to put the layout together. Stacking the pieces of  embossed chipboard, Garden Life - Printed Chipboard Shapes, pieces of paper and the beautiful Blue Fern Studios flowers, Garden Florals, Harvest Lilies & Chesterville Blooms, 

Paper

Garden Life : Felicity, Calling Cards

Chipboard

Perfect Day

Bits of Honey

Graduated Circles

Roman clock set Small

Garden Life : Printed Chipboard Shapes

BFS Embossing

Sunlight Rose

Morning Sun

Pink Dust

Copper

Sand & Sea

Iridescent Grey

Stamps

Tattered Harlequin

Tattered News Print

Flowers 

Garden Florals

Harvest Lilies

Chesterville Blooms

Disneyworld

On one of the evenings in Disneyworld we so enjoyed the fireworks. What a show they put on. The castle has this spectacular light show and with the fabulous music it's just perfect.

For this photo I chose the Garden Life : Calling Cards sheet as the base of my layout. To continue on the fireworks I used the Christmas Collage Stamp and used it with a silver ink and Antique Gold Embossing Powder. A large diamond stencil with a mixture of gold & silver paste and some white gesso to give the background texture. 

The Floral Lattice Bits were first embossed with Sand & Sea Embossing Powder and a second layer with Iridescent Grey. The Seeing Stars and Disneyworld chipboard pieces first got a Antique Gold coat with embossing powder and then a second layer with Goldenrod Glitter.

Having prepared all the pieces I postioned them on the page where I wanted them and layered everything. Adding embellishments and Blue Fern Studios flowers Spring Florals and Garden Blooms. As finishing touches I splattered a variety of mists.

Paper

Garden Life : Calling Cards

Chipboard

Seeing Starts

Disneyworld

Floral Lattice Bits

BFS Embossing

Sand & Sea

Iridescent Grey

Antique Gold

Glitter

Goldenrod

Stamps

Christmas Collage

Flowers 

Spring Florals

Garden Blooms

It's been an absolute honor to work for this wonderful company.  

I hope I've managed to inspired you 

See you around the world!

Happy travels!

Lydia

Summer Vibes

Loving all the colors in the June Mood board for Berry71Blue

Link to Berry71Blue Blog

Great Summer break to Disney World!

Products by : 7Dots Studios, Prima Marketing, Scrapiniec, Cuts2Luv, Tim Holtz, 13@rts. 

Thank you so much for taking a look! 

Have a great day!

Lydia

Make it Prima - June Challenge - Canvas

Just had a wonderful trip to Disneyworld and we got some great photo's. Worthy of a fun canvas. 

Lots and lots of gorgeous Prima Marketing products from the new St. Tropez collection. 

Thank you for looking!

Lydia

ScrapBerry's - Fun & Sun Adventure

Hello Paper and ScrapBerry's friends!

During May and June we're celebrating all things Family and Kids at ScrapBerry's. Our challenge is also running this theme and the Zoe & Ziggy’s - Sailing Adventures collection is just perfect for fun kids projects.

I started with a reverse frame, distressed the edges a little with a hammer, then painted it with a base yellow color. Dry brushed with some blue and used the Butterfly set of stamps for some details on the frame. 

I used one of the sheets from the Zoe & Ziggy’s - Sailing Adventures 6x6 collection as a background. I fuzzy cut pieces from the Deep Sea Treasures and Anchors Away sheets to create a fun scene with lots of a layers.

On the edge of the frame I added Cherry Blossoms, Seaside

Metal Charms and some other fuzzy cut details to finish of the project.

Thank you so much for taking a look!

Below the list of used ScrapBerry's items:

Zoe & Ziggy’s - Sailing Adventures

6x6 collection - SCB220609909x

Deep Sea Treasures - SCB220609905

Anchors Away - SCB220609907b

Butterflies

Set of Stamps - SCB4907003b

Discover Italy

Ribbon Set - SCB390521

Seaside

Metal Charms - SCB250001063

Cherry Blossoms

Ivory - SCB280702