Love You with Blue Fern Studios

Hello friends!

Popping in today on a hot, hot afternoon to share a project I made with the new Deja Vu collection from Blue Fern Studios. I absolutely love the soft colors and can't get enough of these papers!

Here is the project:



Seeing my boys in their fleece jackets made me miss the nice chilly weather of Perth in winter! I chose the papers with a nice neutral tone to highlight the orange fleece my youngest (for now) was wearing. Lots of floral and botanical motifs from the different sheets in the collection were used as well in my layering to match the nature in the background. Incidentally this was one of the mornings on the farm stay when I took them out into the orchard and grounds to explore.

Some close-ups:

The Vintage Label chipboard which I had fun altering with 13arts matte paints.

Mixed Chain chipboard which I brushed on a generous layer of crackle paint and cut into three different sections to join them up with twine. 

The Twiggy Branch chipboard was perfect for my wooden bird to perch on, and it was covered with stucco and gelato.

Using the Half-tone stamp to create some texture and resist in my background.

That's all I have for today, thanks for dropping by the blog!

love, 

Cherish with Blue Fern Studios

Hello friends!

It is the month of June now and the summer is upon us! I'm looking forward to spending some time with the kiddos this month as school is out. What about you?

Today I have a video tutorial for Blue Fern Studios to share with you, using their new fabulous collection Deja Vu as well as their gorgeous chippies.

Here is the project:

I've focused a lot more on chipboard alteration for this project rather than creating my background, simply because the products are just so pretty!

Some close-ups:

My title piece "Cherish". I'm loving the black gesso from 13@rts!

The butterfly dangle from "Deja Vu Dangles". Such a sweet little piece to work with. 

Vintage Label chipboard which I had fun stamping with the new Blue Fern stamp. Thanks Stacey for the lace details!

And here is the video of how I put the whole thing together:



And you know that the beginning of every month we have a new sketch up on the blog. Here is this month's gorgeous sketch. Do play along for a chance to win some fabulous prizes from Blue Fern Studios!

And that's all I have, thanks for dropping by!

love,

Smile! with Maja Design

Hello friends!

Popping in today to share a layout I made for Maja Design using their Vintage Summer Basics, working with turquoise, blue and grey.

Here is the layout:



You can see where the idea for the color palette came from; sometimes when I'm need of inspiration the photo helps a lot and I managed to match the papers from the Summer Vintage collection perfectly.

Some close-ups:

My Blue Fern Studios chipboards (Notebook Edges and XOXO) which I altered. For Notebook edges I blended different gelato colors and did some script stamping. For the heart it was also gelato but a generous coat of crackle paint. My background was a lot of sponge dabbing with Ayeeda paints.

My title piece, layered on top of a Graduated Square frame, on top of the many layers of Vintage Summer papers I have layered. The idea is to create a triangular visual flow that accents the photo itself, so I arranged the papers and chipboards (right down to the size) used to achieve that. Lots of textural details in the background too using microbeads and distress glitter, as well as more intense color to contrast against the simplicity and slightly desaturated colors of the photo.

Simple heat embossing and paint splattering.

And that's all I have for today. Thanks for dropping by!

love,