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

March projects for Lydia Guijt

Hello Blue Fern Studios friends! 

Lydia Guijt here again with some new creations for March.

My first layout will be accompanied with a tutorial. You'll find that below.

For my second feature I've made something completely different. I hope you'll like it.

Memories

The new Spring Parade Collection has a beautiful color combination. For this layout I chose the Susie's Garden sheet.

 For my background I started off using the Tattered Harlequin stamp for embossing and the Tattered News Print stamp for inking. After this I used a stencil and paste. After the background work is done I prepared the chipboard pieces. 

Crossing the Lines with Speckled Mint and some Peacock Feathers. Wild Field Stem with Lavender Eggs on the flower part and Verdant with some sprinkling of Antique Gold. The same process for the Leafy Twigs. The title Memories - Chunky Words Halftone was done in Pink Dust. Once that was all done it was time to assemble the layout. I used the new Spring Peonies and Late Winter Lilies in my flower cluster. To finish off the page I added some further touches. 

Below you'll find the video with the whole process of making this layout. 

Enjoy!

Paper

Spring Parade - Susie's Garden

Chipboard

Crossing the Lines

Wild Filed Stem

Chunky Words Halftone

Leavy Twigs

BFS Embossing Powder 

Pink Dust

Speckled Mint

Lavender Eggs

Verdant

Antique Gold

Glitter

Peacock Feathers

Stamps

Tattered News Print

Tattered Harlequin

Flowers 

Spring Peony and Berries

Late Winter Lilies

Follow your Heart

For my second project I wanted to do something different. 

Our Blue Fern Studios Chipboard is so nice and sturdy, it's perfect to use for Mixed Media projects.

I got a double sided canvas and tore out the center to open it up. I used pastes and stencils to created textures on the outside and center part. Once it was all dry I started with the Shabby Bits Bricks Chipboard pieces as the bast to build the center part on.

Using other materials like cardboard and metal embellishments stacking and tucking in and under to create interest and textures. On one of the top layers a couple of Leafy Page Accents. Around the edges I used the Note book Edges and having the Layering Stems fall over the edges.

With all the items in place and stuck down it was time to paint everything with black gesso. Once that was all dry it's time paint on all the the accents. The Follow your Heart title was first embossed and further highlighted with some acrylics and pastes.

Chipboard

Notebook Edges

Shabby Brick Bits

Layering Stems

Leafy Page Accents

Follow your Heart

Embossing Powder

Antique Gold

Spring Greetings

For the last project this month I decided to make a set of cards using the new Spring Parade collection.

I started of with cutting different sizes of paper and played around with them creating a layered look. Once it was right I started filling it in with some doilies and some lace. For the Easter card I used one of the Easter Egg Ornaments and embossed it with Lavender Egg. Giving it some extra glitter with Peacock Feathers. The Spring card has a Spring Trinkets chipboard piece and is treated the same way. 

To finish off the cards I used Later Winter Lilies and Soft Blossoms and some other decorations. The final touches were some mist splatters and we're all done with our card set.

Paper

Spring Parade -  Susie's Garden, Market Place, Spring Petites

Chipboard

Easter Egg Ornaments

Spring Trinkets

BFS Embossing Powder 

Lavender Eggs

Glitter

Peacock Feathers

Flowers 

Soft Blossoms

Late Winter Lilies

Thank you so much visiting the blog and looking at my projects! 

Hope to see you again next month!

Lydia